The CEO's Rented Wife

Next morning..

As ordered by her boss, Lina was right on time at Mr. Wang's mansion. The breakfast was ready to be served even before her boss had returned from the gym.

Lina's determination to please her boss was clearly visible on her face and her efforts showed the same. And, Wang could notice it very clearly. He was more than pleased by the efforts of his new employee.

After a few minutes, both of them walked outside the mansion, towards Wang's car.. and soon they were on their way towards Thousand Steps Beach, the place that had been chosen for the first catalog shoot of their new brand ambassador.. Hollywood's leading most and the highest paid actress, Ms. Sparklet Johnson.

Wang was perfectly dressed for his day at the beach. He opted for a red colored Hawaiian shirt and white colored trousers. He looked damn cool in them. If he could be a little more expressive, he would have been a tough competition for Jim Carrey from Ace Ventura.

Lina, who was unaware of what exactly the day's plans were, wore a long single-piece dress. Wang knew that the heat of the sun, on the beach, was going to trouble Lina, but he preferred to remain silent for the moment.

It was a two hours journey from Mr. Wang's mansion to the place of the shoot. And Lina and Wang discussed a little about the company's contract with Miss. Johnson, the efforts that Wang had made to get her sign this contract and how important this was for the company's brand value.

Lina was more than impressed at her boss's hard work and determination. She sincerely wished for everything to go according to the plan.

Two hours later, they finally reached the beach. The actress, other models and the rest of the team had already reached the place in the company's buses. A private helicopter was devoted towards the actress's travel.

Everyone was busy in making all the arrangements for the shoot, which was to start in a few minutes.

It was hot outside; the sun reflected off the white sand, blinding anyone foolish enough to have forgotten the sunglasses. The company's employees were sweating as they ran to and fro the beach.. from vanity vans and the buses to the scene of the shoot.. so as to arrange the stuff needed for the shoot. The beach was filled with dozens of employees from the company, hired models, business managers, department heads and team of photographers, headed by John.

John took upon himself, the responsibility of doing the catalog shoot of Ms. Sparklet Johnson. This was his biggest and the most crucial shoot till date. Shooting Hollywood's highest paid actress was a dream come true for John.. and his expression showed the same. He was over-excited, but burdened, at the same time, due to the responsibility of the tasks and the heavy stakes involved. In past few days, he had been in a number of heated discussions with his boss, Wang. And now was the time, to show his boss, and the rest of the world.. his photography skills.

While Wang and Chunhua stood at a side under the shade of an umbrella, as they observed their team working hard for the shoot, Lina was running to and fro the beach, completing every single task that was given to her by the staff members. She was determined.. not to let her boss's hard work go waste. 

While others took breaks in between, Lina worked non-stop. Sometimes, she would run to the vanity vans to get the dresses or the make-up material, the other times she would run to the nearby cafes to get snacks for the management and the models. Most of the managers and the staff were growing dependent on Lina.

Her name echoed on the entire beach. "Lina.. get me my dress," demanded a model. "Lina, my coffee please," requested John. "Lina, please help the model with her make-up," asked one of the staff members. 

While Lina continued to carry out the tasks for all the team members, she made sure not to ignore her boss, Mr. Wang. "Mr. Wang, you must be feeling thirsty," smiled Lina as she gave Wang the bottle of distilled water and ran back to the scene of the shoot to help the team.

Wang, who had been observing this, smiled at the hard work of his new personal assistant. Chunhua, too, observed everything.. and she was not happy about this. She wanted Wang's attention.. and was getting too frustrated over the fact that Wang was paying too much attention to the crimson haired girl.

John started with the shoot —a hot guy with Miss. Johnson, him wearing a white t-shirt of the company's brand, and the actress with a designer tank top. He was supposedly proposing, with a ring, that too of the company's brand, that made all the difference in whether she said yes or no. While dozens of models were simultaneously being photographed on the beach, but all the eyes were on the Hollywood actress – Ms. Johnson. She looked gorgeous. Her skin was tanned, her false nails pink, long and with diamonds that glittered enticingly. Her mouth was shapely as were her groomed eyebrows that enhanced her large painted grey-blue eyes.

They photographed her and filmed take after take, getting all shots right, making sure angles were correct, wiping sweat from the model and the actress.

It was scorching hot, and Lina wore a long single piece dress. She was sweating heavily from all the running she had been doing for shoot related tasks. Most of the workers were in swimwear, girls wearing their bikinis, and the photographer and grip with board shorts and cool plain t-shirts on. And except Lina, the employees frequently took breaks in between to cool off in the ocean. But, Lina was totally devoted towards her work.

Wang could observe Lina feeling uncomfortable in the single-piece dress that she wore. He gestured Lina to come to him. "Lina, I think you need to change your dress. It is too hot here. Wear something cool and light," said Wang as he asked one the the female staff members to give Lina a t-shirt and a skirt of the company's brand.

"Thank you so much, Mr. Wang. I had no idea that it was going to be so hot here," smiled the innocent crimson haired girl, as she walked away with the female employee to get the new clothes.

Being modest, Lina decided to go to the far side of the van to remove her one piece dress.. and change into something cooler.. a white cotton t-shirt and a short skirt. She had not paid any attention to what was going on at the place of the photo shoot, so was shocked when she came around from the other side of the van to see Miss. Chunhua, reaching for a bottle of water from the bowl where the bottles were sitting in ice. The image was surreal because she grabbed a few ice cubes with the bottle and began to rub them along her neck and shoulder skin—she was trying to seduce Wang!

"Oh my God! It is so hot," said Chunhua as she gave Wang a seductive smile.

Lina tried to ignore everything and went back to work, still sneaking glimpses as she tried to focus on helping the staff.