1 Chapter 1

Irene Zhou was sipping a glass of vodka in the booth in front of the bartender when suddenly a man sat beside her.

"Miss, are you alone?" he asked, using the most common pick-up line in the world. Irene glances at him from head to toe before she looked away.

The man was good looking at first glance and you can tell that he was from a wealthy family because of how he dressed up. He was wearing a limited edition of Shiro's navy blue suit, a watch from the newest collection of Hugh, and a pair of leather shoes from also the newest collection of Piston. He was like a walking treasury.

The man, of course, smirked after he noticed Irene checking out on him from head to toe, and assuming that Irene was interested in him and playing hard to get, he smiled.

"Two glasses of Under the Sheets, please" the man order while looking at Irene. The bartender looked at the man and at Irene as he nodded and grinned meaningfully. When the man saw the bartender grinning meaningfully at him and at Irene, he looked at the bartender and playfully winked at him as he gestured to be quiet. Under the Sheets is a very popular and expensive drink nowadays.

Numerous Young Masters from wealthy families like to order this with their lovers and some wealthy men with and for their mistresses. The drink of lustful love, the other name given by the owner for the Under the Sheets.

"Here you go, Sir," the bartender said after he finished making the two Under the Sheets and he carefully pushes it to the man's direction. The man smiled at the bartender as he thank him after he receives the drinks.

"For you" the man offers to Irene as he pushes the other drink to Irene. Irene looked at the man and smilingly accept the drink.

"My name is Anthony Ji, how about you?" the man introduce himself and offer Irene a handshake. Irene chuckled as she notices how Anthony put stress in his surname. The Ji Family is indeed a wealthy family. Their old patriarch was once a famous businessman and their current patriarch is a current senator in Country Z. With them, Ji Family is indeed a wealthy and famous family.

"I am---" as Irene was about to introduce herself her phone began to ring.

"I'm sorry but I will just answer this call" Irene apologized as she answers the call and went outside the bar without waiting for Anthony's reply.

Anthony who was left at the booth without replying was staring at Irene's back could not help but chuckle.

"It must be very important" he mumbles as he gulped up the drink in one shot, "It's sweet" he commented to the bartender

"What's the matter, Sir?" Irene asked the caller after she notices who the caller was. 

"Where are you?" A cold yet calm voice was penetrated from her phone. Even though it was a common question for Irene, she could sense that the man knows where she was and just testing the waters. The man was her boss.

Irene felt that the temperature around her was lowering after the man spoke and unconsciously hugged herself because of the coldness. Guilt was starting to build up to her conscience.

"I'm at my apartment, Sir" she lied. She was nervous about lying from her boss but she didn't have the guts to tell him that she went to a club late at night despise her work tomorrow.

"Apartment?" The man momentarily paused as if he noticed something but then just continued

"Well, Since your nearby come to the Palace in

15 minutes" her boss said and immediately.

Irene was left dumbfounded and looked at her phone she mumbled "How can I go to the palace for just 15 minutes?"

The bar that she was currently in was 45 minutes' drive from the palace. In a hurry, Irene immediately left the bar and hurriedly get on her blue porche. Driving at a full speed and passed all red lights, Irene arrived at the palace in just fifteen minutes.

The Palace was a very very big mansion. At the Palace's entrance, a man wearing a black suit and an earpiece was waiting for her.

"Secretary Zhou, You only have 45 seconds to go to the President." the man reminded her as he welcomes Irene. Irene throws her keys to the man and run through the long hallway and quickly run up to grand stairs. When Irene managed to arrive on the second floor, she was catching up her breath with her both hands in her knees.

"Why are you like that Secretary Zhou you look like you've run a long way?" a man said coldly as he looked at the exhausted Irene. Irene immediately looked up and saw the man.

The man was tall and had a lean body. The light from the moon that is visible from the window reflected his well-sculpted face. The man was absolutely handsome.

"Pres...Pres...President" Irene hesitated as she looked up at the man. The man was the President of Country Z.

The President slowly raised his eyebrow looking at Irene. "Deduct 3 months worth of salary". As he finished stating those words, he left coldly.

"Wait...What!?" Irene exclaimed after she realizes what her boss means. "3 months worth of salary" she weakly mumbles.

After a couple of silence, a pair of hands was on her both shoulders. Irene was surprised because of this sudden movement so she jolted in alarm.

"My dear, how much of your salary is deducted?" the owner of the hand asked nonchalantly and in a slightly flirty tone. He asked as if he already saw it coming.

"3 months worth, actually" she answered dejectedly. Thereafter, the owner of the hand lightly snickered for what happened to Irene.

Irene glared at him when she saw him snickering at her situation as if saying that 'if you continued I will kill you'.

The latter chuckles and said "Suits you right. Just how could you knock your car keys off on my face and I actually can't believe that you've lied to the President about your exact location"

"Just how did you know about that, Hayden Li?" Irene questioned.

The latter, who's name was Hayden Li pretended to be shocked upon hearing Irene's question. "You don't know about the tracker?"

"What tracker? I never heard about that?" Irene said as she was confused about the tracker.

"The tracker. The GPS tracker. You never heard of it!?" Hayden blurted. This moment he was not pretending, he was entirely shocked about Irene not knowing about the tracker.

"Sh*t, don't tell me she truly didn't know" he mumbles in his mind after he noticed the authentic confused expression of Irene.

"What the hell. Tell me" Irene forcibly shook Hayden. "Don't be shy tell me more" she eagerly said.

'Just what the hell is this tracker that Hayden has been talking about' she thought.

"Last month, President issued an order that every crucial member of the President's Team needs to have a tracker after Daniel was ambushed after attending an event on behalf of the President," Hayden explained. Daniel Xie is the right hand of the President.

"Really? Why don't I know it?"