I've decided to join the company

Xiu Mei stopped in her track and sat down on the adjacent couch. Resting her left elbow on the armrest, supporting her chin with her palm she leaned her body towards him.

Feng Jianyu's heart skipped a beat for a moment when he finds her doing something unexpected. He smells the orange citrus fragrance of her shower gel. Her long hair flowing on her back like a waterfall….Wearing an ankle-length yellow gown, tied at her slender waist with a ribbon, she was looking like a ray of bright sunshine entered inside the room…

Snapping her fingers at him she answered, "Arguing with a narcissist is like banging your head in the wall. Everything you say, can and will be used against you."

Flicking her hair back, she got up from the couch and sat down at the other corner of the same couch.

He looked at her surprisingly, 'How come she's always ready to fight with me… Her battery is always recharged when it comes to arguing but she never raised a topic about what happened 7 years ago…'

She opened her laptop and started doing her work… But Aunt Mary's words kept on echoing in her mind, making her unable to concentrate on her work.

She sneaked a glance at him, 'Should I say thank you to him for taking care of them in my absence'.

'NO NO… Why should I say thank you? I didn't ask him to do this… He did it at his own accord…'

'What about him saving my life? He is right; he got hurt in the process of saving me…'

'But I didn't ask him to save my life… he should have let me die there…'

'No… I am not going to say Thank you'

'But Xiu Mei, it's just a thank you… You won't lose your respect by saying a simple thank you..'

She kept on oscillating between whether to say thank you or not….

'Come-on buck up…. Just say it and finish this matter here only…'

"Ummm….that… I.. I want to… say… I… think...

Feng Jianyu smirked noticing her restless behavior. He understood she is thinking about how to say thank you to him for saving her life.

"What? You want to say something?", He asked nonchalantly.

Biting her lips she took a deep breath, "CEO Feng I want to say..."

'RING' 'RING' RING'

But before she could say anything to him, her phone rang. Looking at the caller name she frowned, "Mr. X…"

"Mr. X?", Feng Jianyu's body stiffed hearing his name.

"CEO Feng, please excuse me … I have to take this call", she gets up to go out and take the call.

"Hey, X…. Back from your trip? How was it?....."

Feng Jianyu clenched his fists hearing the zeal in her voice, 'You talk to me like a hungry tigress, but greeted this X so warmly… and what's with calling him so intimately…. What is your relationship with him? Is he so important to you?'

She was talking to Mr. X standing outside the patio, and from inside Feng Jianyu was staring at her with sharp eyes.

Mr. X: "Yes… My plane landed just now… regarding my trip? You tell whether it's successful or not?"

"Hehehe…. Of course, I know how capable you are… I'm sure your acquisition is successful, Right?"

Mr. X : "Right!... Tell me where are you right now? At your villa?"

"Yaa… at my villa… Why?", she frowned.

Mr. X : "I will send my assistant to pick you up… I'm treating you… it's a celebration dinner…"

"Not possible X… my doctor advised me to eat healthy food… But don't worry, this dinner is pending, Ok?"

Mr. X : "Mei, what happen to you? Are you ok? I'm coming right away…. "

"No No... I'm fine… It's nothing serious… I slipped in the bathroom, that's it…", Xiu Mei sticks out her tongue when she lied to him.

Mr. X : "No… I don't trust you… Either you are coming or I'm coming... You chose"

"X, please no… I'm coming to the company tomorrow, then you can see if I'm hurt or not…", she rejects him sternly.

Mr. X : "You are coming to the company? Why?"

She huffed, "Because I can't work from home anymore… So I've decided to join the company".

Mr. X : "All right, I'll see you tomorrow then, take care…bye…"

"Bye…."

After hanging up the phone she was smiling like sunshine, but seeing her smile like that Feng Jianyu could feel himself getting sunburned. Nobody knew except his family, that he can read lips… Although he doesn't know what Mr. X said, but by reading Xiu Mei's lips he could roughly guess what they were talking about.

Feeling indignant about her differential treatment to him and Mr. X, he unknowingly crumbled the document in his hands, as if twisting Mr. X's neck. His anger was so profound that veins protrude out on his neck and forehead, gritting his teeth he was continuously looking at Xiu Mei with hawk eyes.