Flashback 1

<4 YEARS AGO>

At the Yang Empire, Beijing China- CEO's office.

Belle had been in her office during all this time. She had to read all the reports that has been piling on her desk for how many days. She had not been sleeping so much lately that she would doze off momentarily from time to time. She really needed proper rest. The dark circles around her almond-shaped eyes were now forming.

She had been leisurely sitting on her chair as she flips through the pages of the reports. She glanced at her back to see that the sun is already setting. She put down the folder back to the stack of reports on her table.

Then, a knock coming from her office door awakens her sleepy mind. One of her secretaries came in with a trolley pushing forward.

Out of annoyance, she wrinkled her brows and gave off a cold aura to the poor employee. She could only gulp her saliva down and as sweat trickled down to her face. She wanted to wipe it but seeing the annoyed face of the empress, she would not dare to.

A long silence engulfed the room which made Belle glare at the poor secretary. If her glare could shoot daggers, probably, the secretary spent her life already.

As much as she wanted to runaway in the scene without turning back, the secretary could not do so. It was because of the strict reminder of her supervisor that the Empress should have to eat the food she delivered. She mustered all of her courage to speak to the enraged demoness.

"CEO Yang, please eat something. Mr. Tao instructed me to deliver this food over for you to eat. He said that you have to have something because you haven't eaten anything all day." The poor secretary stated the order.

Belle kept glaring at the secretary then her gaze fall on the covered food on the trolley. 'Is she an idiot? How am I supposed to eat when she did not even prepared it?' she internally rolled her eyes.

Confused by the action of her employer, she dared not to move an inch thinking that it will anger her further.

Belle could not stand it anymore as she roared, "What am I going to eat, that cover or you?" She then gave off an oppressive aura that made the secretary scurry over the trolley.

Shaking with fear, the poor secretary immediately plated the food and brewed tea in that instant. She clearly understood what the lady had meant. It's just that her poor soul wanted to run away from her the moment she entered the den… err… office.

After she carefully placed the food over her table, the secretary blankly stared at the woman in front of her. She was instructed by Mr. Tao to watch as she eat because she will throw the food if when no one will watch her.

Belle started to pick the cutleries when she noticed the poor soul in the corner of the room. She halted her hands and looked at the poor soul as if she would devour it and make it disappear in this earth.

"Is there anything you need CEO Yang?" the poor soul asked out of customary in a small little voice she had close to whisper.

Belle continued to stare at her without uttering a word. Her gaze was really scary to the poor soul that she wanted to dig up a hole and voluntarily burry herself on it.

"Get out!" she said in a low cold voice. The moment the voice rang on her ears, she scurried away from the office and leaving the room with a soft thud of the door.

The poor soul did not care to be chewed by her supervisor because the demoness was way scarier than that skinny man. She dashed to the secretarial office like it was her last chance of living. That was really scary. She did not want to experience it again.

After her senses calmed down, she pondered the scene she saw in the CEO's office. It had so many reports stacked on the table. The demoness seemed so tired but she did not b*tch around just because she held the utmost authority. That was why everyone in the secretary department respects her even though she's scarier than King Yama.

Back at the CEO's office, Belle ate with gusto. She was really hungry as a wolf. She did not care about the ethics and table manners as long as she could fill in her hungry stomach. She even had second servings and she served herself. The scary and oppressive aura that came from her earlier was nowhere to be seen at the moment. She resembled a young maiden that has been enjoying her food without the care in the world.