The fire inside her was burning the little plants that had grown out from the soil. Oh how bad she wished it had burned her as well, turned her into a pile of ashes that couldn't feel anything. A pile of ash that floats along the wind, no burden above its shoulders but it never happened.
He felt something warm running down the skin of his neck. "Are you crying?" He couldn't help but frown. Did I touch her too harshly? He thought to himself and moved his hands a little more away from her. He panicked remembering how he had broken bones of a few people with just a little harsh grip and without even realizing it. "What happened? Are you hurt?"
Their eyes met for a brief moment and she gave him a wide smile which he didn't return for a good few moments. From afar it seemed like his lips parted slightly upon taking in her sight and then he finally greeted her with a slight bow of his head and his habitual stern face. She never saw him smile in forever but she never gave up on trying to make him laugh or atleast smile.
"Boss Li and Boss Zhang, CEO Qin is very keen, someone more viciously keen than anyone else. Your attitudes while drinking spoke volumes to him. I have a suggestion for the both of you. Don't show up in front of him anymore… He is a person who protects those close to him."