12 The Gala

"You can't wear that, my dear!!" hearing the word 'dear' come out of Mr. Chenire's mouth, Hui Yin frowned.

"Mr. Chenire, I would only be accompanying Mr. Cheng as his secretary, therefore this would be the perfect outfit for it."

Chenire Gallings was silent for a moment before he looked to Cheng Ming-hùa for help but it was to no avail, he then sighed.

"fine" he gave up seeing. Honestly, he was scared of the girl. Her eyes looked cold but it was as if she knew a lot about him...more that he knew about himself. The thought creeped him out so no matter how much he wanted to style her hair up and let someone dress her...if he didn't have bro Cheng's acknowledgement..he wouldn't be able to do it, even if the girl was truly beautiful.

A few minutes later, the trio came out of the suite. Cheng Ming-hùa wore a navy blue Armani suit embellished with a diamond brooch and wore a diamond watch. He wasn't the type to wear necklaces and rings, to him, it was just nuisance. Chenire Gallings wore an open collar suit, he had a silver guitar necklace hanging on his neck and rings on two fingers for each hand. He also wore studded earings, and his hair was messy which was perfect for his dishevelled look.

Only Hui Yin did not dress up, so as not to attract attention to herself. She knew that if they were to go, then surely someone would recognize her as Hui Yin and not 'Anna Lin'. Although they were made to vow not to tell, it was still better to be safe than sorry. But even though she didn't dress up, if one looked at her closely, they'd see that her suit still made her curves slightly show and her face was still as beautiful as ever. Her waist-long hair was now tied to a bun which made her slender neck show. The eyeglasses she wore was graded but it was only for a fool proof cover up everytime she needed to go somewhere.

They all arrived at L'Franc, a well know 5 star hotel in France. As soon as they got out of the car and stepped onto the red carpet, Chenire and Cheng Ming-hùa were bombarded with questions. Of course, most of the questions were directed to Chenire since they were afraid of the cold-blooded king of the business world. This made Hui Yin glad, it would mean that she didn't need to come up to the camera and answer questions for his sake. Once they entered the hotel, Chenire excused himself and mingled with people, as well as shaking hands with some fans. Cheng Ming-hùa walked to his table with Hui Yin, following him. There were people introducing themselves to him, willing to have a partnership with him, Hui Yin remembered every single one of them.

"aahhh!" one of the passing girls tripped and fell toward Cheng Ming-hùa but one of his private guards blocked her which caused the girl's drink to spill on him.

"ahh..I am so sorry Mr. Cheng, let me wipe that for you" she said meekly as she wiped a tissue on his dampened suit. The girl was indeed daring to even come up with this scheme to get so close to him

"I am sorry but please take your hands off Mr. Cheng" said Hui Yin while holding the girl's arm firmly within her grasp in one hand while the other was holding a glass of undrunk champagne. Ming-hùa, who was about to push off the girl was surprised by her. Indeed she was truly attentive.

"wha...I was just trying to wipe some of the wine off him. Do you know who I am??!!" Instead of answering her, Hui Yin glanced at Mr. Cheng their gazes, meeting

"I have prepared a change of clothes, Mr. Cheng. Would you like to change?" he merely grunted in responce then glanced coldly at girl and said "destroy her". It was simply two words but everyone who heard him felt cold shivers run down their spines. He was really cruel. A few seconds later, everybody received the news that the company of the father of the popular Lucy Robertson, went bankrupt. Just in a few seconds. This caused her to pale, hearing the news that in just a matter of seconds she went from rich to rags.

Inside a private suite in the hotel, Hui Yin handed a new suit to a now half naked Cheng Ming-hùa. Seeing as she didn't get flustered, his gaze became cold. What he didn't know was that, the Hui Yin he was with, has had her share of scenes like this when she was in military and while she worked as a doctor. It didn't make her feel embarrassed at all.

"Let me do that for you Mr. Cheng" she said as she reached out to tie his necktie.

"en. Thank you Anna" again, he didn't do anything as he didn't feel uncomfortable. Neither said a word.

He now wore a business suit and was ready to go out of the hotel when the girl who spilled a drink on him kneeled in front of him, begging.

"Mr. Cheng, I really didn't mean what I did earlier. Please, help me. I will do whatever you want me to...please!!" but although she was good looking, this didn't help her situation, regardless of the begging.

"Anna"

"yes, Mr. Cheng. Security please take this girl away." with that, the boss and secretary left the hotel.

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