Shui Xian was still in a daze when suddenly the voice call disconnected. He thought it was a connection issue and was about to make a call back when he received her call again. But this time, it was a video call.
Shui Xian took two deep breaths before he accepted the call and Raelle's face appeared on the screen. "Why did you get the same lunch for me?" he asked as his eyes bore into her eyes through the screen.
"Because I wanted to have lunch with you," she replied frankly.
Shui Xian could feel the thumping sound of his heart as it drummed in his chest while his eyes continued to gaze into her eyes.
"You're there and I'm here," he said before licking his lips. "How is that having lunch together?"
Raelle took a spoonful of the soup and drank it before saying, "You are eating what I'm eating. I can see you right before my eyes. I can even hear your voice. Tell me, how is this not having lunch together?"
Now, how was the defenseless Shui Xian supposed to argue with that statement? It sounded so wrong and yet, it sounded right! Once again, the feelings she evoked in him were contradictory.
"Aren't you gonna eat?" asked Raelle. "Or you don't like the food?"
Shui Xian gave her a smile, "I have no issue with the food."
"Then do you have an issue with the company you have over this meal?" she inquired.
Shui Xian squinted his eyes at her, "No. I definitely needed the company of my wife for this meal." He placed his phone on the table before him with the support of whatever he could find there before he tasted the food and told her, "Grandfather really chose the best of the best chefs for your meals."
Raelle had nothing to say about that though since she never really focused on what she was eating or how it tasted really. For her, there were only four flavors; spicy, sweet, bitter, and sour! Apart from that, she couldn't tell anything about the rich flavors of her meticulously prepared meals.
"What are you doing?"
He heard Raelle's voice and frowned as he answered, "I'm eating."
Raelle looked up at the screen and shook her head, "I wasn't talking to you, Hubby!"
"Oh..." responded Shui Xian. "Then who are you talking to?"
Raelle looked at the woman who was trying to sneak up to her side, "Cloe, don't you have to go for lunch?"
Cloe's steps halted and her craned neck that had already gone stiff returned to its original place. She had been painstakingly trying to sneak a peek at Raelle's iPad screen but to no avail. Raelle wasn't even letting her come close to her!
Clearing her throat, she said, "Chief, how about I give you company as well?"
"Your company is no longer required," answered Raelle straightforwardly.
Cloe took a moment to inhale deeply before she exhaled and said, "I never thought you'd also forget about the 'old' as long as 'new' got introduced to you." With no other option, as she saw Raelle's blank face, she just had to leave the room.
She never knew her boss was so stingy! Just one look! That's all she asked for but no!
It wasn't her fault that she was growing impatient now! First, those pretty hands and now, that beautiful voice that could strike anyone's heart. Why didn't her boss understand that the more she was hiding her husband, the more curious she was getting! She just had to get one glimpse now! At any cost, she had to see how handsome a man he was to have such a beautiful voice.
"Was that your assistant?" inquired Shui Xian.
"Assistant, Vice General Manager, an onerous person, and an overly saccharine girl," said Raelle as she shrugged. "You can use any of these titles to call her."
"She is Vice General Manager?" asked Shui Xian. "I thought she is your assistant!"
"She started out as my assistant," replied Raelle. "Last year, she reached the position of Vice General Manager but she is still the one playing the role of my assistant."
"Why?"
"Because I'm used to her," was Raelle's response. "Also, finding another assistant as competent as her and getting used to that person would be a long and tiring process. In short, too troublesome for me!"
One couldn't blame Shui Xian for being surprised. After all, anyone would only see Cloe as just Raelle's assistant but only the internal staff knew that she was the second-highest in power within the corporation. Cloe was not only the most trusted person of Raelle, but she was also the person who stayed with her the longest.
And even though Cloe's position was already strong, she still acted as Raelle's assistant. And no one could see it changing it anytime soon.
"Chief, I have the sales analysis report," Cloe's head appeared at the door again.
Raelle lifted up her eyes as she looked straight at Cloe, "Do you want to see my husband or do you want to keep your job?"
"Both!" was Cloe's firm reply. She smiled at Raelle, "It's all because of you. I want to see your husband because it's your husband. And I want to keep the job because that way, you'd stay as my boss."
"If you continued to talk like this, I might assume you're in love with my wife," Cloe heard that mellow and magnetic voice again. Her eyes widened slightly before her mind registered Shui Xian's words.
Scratching the back of her head, she said sheepishly, "I don't have such heavy tastes."
"Pfft!" Shui Xian laughed out before saying, "She is funny."
"For the first time, I feel like I'm can fly to heaven with this one compliment," said Cloe.
"Scram!"
One word from Raelle and Cloe instantly closed the door.
"You won't say anything else to her?" Shui Xian was surprised seeing how Raelle let Cloe mess around with her without saying anything at all.
"She made you laugh," said Raelle. "I think I can overlook the rest!"
Shui Xian was lost for words yet again. He stared at her and asked, "Wifey, are you sure this is your first time in a relationship?"
"Positive!" replied Raelle. "Why?"
"Because you really know how to sneak an attack!"
This 𝓬ontent is taken from fre𝒆webnove(l).𝐜𝐨𝗺