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CHAPTER 90
"Catch the keys and relieve your stress baby. She is yours for the driving anytime you want her."
"Sure," Andromeda confirmed as she caught the car keys. "My second way and most thrilling way to relieve stress," she muttered under her breath, closing the gap between herself and the car.
This was going to be one hell of a ride and she was overly excited to be its rider.
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Things progressed easily and by the time the materials arrived, Andromeda was the first person to be thrilled by all of it.
Most were materials not commonly used here for designs and each had a rich sense added to it.
Once more she got so occupied and invested most of her time in working, ignoring everyone and everything.
Andromeda was about to close for the day when her phone buzzed on the desk. She looked over to it and noticing the caller, she picked up her phone.
"Hello, good afternoon."
"Andromeda, good evening."
Her cheeks pulled backwards into a fine thin smile at his indirect correction. "Evening. How are you?"
"Same as usual. You?" Liu Xueyi replied briefly.
"Well, what can I say? You know it already."
"Exactly. Stressed as always. But how about this? I just closed from a meeting and I am craving a nice dinner. Are you up for it?"
She took a moment to consider his invitation. One thing was sure and that was the fact that she was tired and if she got home, there was every chance she would be ordering pizza or any meal that her tired brain could conjure.
Of course, this was a nice way to force her body to eat something good. Look on the bright side, she wouldn't be the one paying for such a meal.
"Andy, are you free for dinner?" Liu Xueyi's voice reached out once more, pulling her from her train of thoughts.
"Yeah. Sure. I am."
"Great. Want to go from the office or do you want to head home first and I pick you up later?"
"Let's go now. So that once I'm home, I won't bother leaving the house and crash properly."
A soft chuckle left his lips at her way of putting it. "Don't tell me that my top fashion designer is this lazy?" He teasingly inquired.
"Do not tell me that my, no," she corrected herself. "That the CEO of Liu Corporation has no remorse for this top fashion designer. I have been saddled with work."
"And why do you think I am taking you out for dinner?" He retorted playfully.
"I would have thought it was a date. Ouch, my poor luck. This is just a bribe." If he was there, he would have seen her wink at him as she giggled the thought away.
"So, someone wants to go on a date with me? How romantic. Would there be kissing involved?" A playful smirk adorned the corners of his lips just from the thought of tasting her like again.
"I hope you won't reject me when I actually take you out on a date, Andy? If you want I can take you out on a date now."
"No. No. A boss and a worker, not suited."
"But you just said..."
"I was kidding," she cut him off, letting out a sigh in response.
"You delight in breaking my heart, Andromeda. Fine. I would use my charms to break that stubbornness."
"I'd love to see you try. Okay, I would wait for you at the parking lot or should I head there myself?"
"No need. let me in."
Her brows kneaded at his question but before she could question what he meant by that, she heard a soft knock on her door.
'Oh, I see.' She thought inwardly.
A smile returned to her lips, showing her satisfaction and eagerness. Considering she had few friends, this was one way to kill time and boredom for Andromeda.
She turned on her heels, with her phone still in her hand and went to open the door. Just as expected, Liu Xueyi was right there, wearing his trademark smile that made ladies fall fast.
Even Andromeda couldn't shy away from his charms and instead, tried to keep herself composed.
"Hello, missy."
"Hey. Come in." She tried her best to avoid doing something crazy from how gorgeous he was looking.
Seeing as she was about to stutter, Andromeda bit her lower lip hard to get her senses back into reality and escaped from the Dreamland which she nearly got dragged into.
Unknown to her, his prying eyes caught sight of the bite mark on her lips and several naughty thoughts of that fateful day spiralled in his head.
"Come in," she motioned before stepping back and walking to her desk.
Taking hold of this opportunity, he shut the door behind them and followed her quickly. As soon as she dropped her phone on her desk, Andromeda felt a hand wrap on her waist and pulled her against strong muscles.
He inhaled deeply, taking in her scent as he released a deep breath.
"Xueyi."
Her eyes blinked feeling those muscles and chiseled chest she enjoyed touching press against the small of her back.
For a moment there, she had the strong urge to lean into his protective arms but before her mind could complete the plan in her head, he spun her around to face him, holding her firmly on the waist while his free hand reached for her lips, rubbing his thumb on it.
Her breathing quickened with the closeness. Her body heated up from the warmth of his fresh breath on her skin.
"Why did you have to injure it?" Liu Xueyi asked in a seductive tone.
Andromeda watched through her lashes as his gaze fell down from her eyes to her lips.
She did not need a soothsayer to tell her what was going to happen next when he leaned in, capturing her lips with his.
Her eyes widened despite the fact she already expected it, her heart thumped incredulously as he gently pressed those soft lips of his against hers.
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