“The shameless hoochie,” Dom growled low in his throat. Fortunately, only Iris heard him again. She shot him a warning glance to stop him from losing his temper in front of Jin Liwei’s fellow executives.
Iris might still be dense sometimes but her EQ had grown so much from the time she woke up from coma. She understood that this was a trap set by Rose Young. If she rejected Rose’s request to join them for lunch, then the impression the other executives would have of her would be that of a selfish bitch who wanted to monopolize Jin Liwei’s time and attention while disregarding the presence of his important work colleagues. On the other hand, if she accepted Rose’s request, she would appear as a kind and understanding woman who knew of her role as the President-CEO’s future wife. However, she wouldn’t have any time to spend alone with Jin Liwei if she did that.
The process of weighing her decisions only took a second before she made up her mind. She opened her mouth, about to respond to Rose Young, but Jin Liwei acted faster than her.
“I want to eat with my fiancée alone. Just the two us,” he announced, tightening his hold on her hand.
The other executives laughed and teased him for a bit. Rose Young, on the other hand, looked like she ate something sour and bitter before managing to control her expression.
Iris rubbed her thumb against Jin Liwei’s hand and gave him a soft smile. She was actually ready to reject Rose Young’s request to join them for lunch regardless of the consequences of doing so. Although Iris wanted to give a positive impression of herself to Jin Liwei’s colleagues, her need to spend some time alone today with him was too strong for her to disregard it. Fortunately, Jin Liwei rejected Rose Young first, taking away the pressure to respond to the request from Iris. Thus, no matter the outcome, nobody could directly blame Iris. Thus, Rose Young’s trap was averted just like that.
“I brought a lot of food. Please take some before leaving,” Iris offered to the executives, and then flashed a sweet smile to Rose Young.
“That’s very kind of you…Miss Long,” Rose Young replied in an equally sweet voice.
The two women smiled at each other. Their expressions looked very sweet but the spectators could feel the invisible, deadly sparks colliding between them. After only a few seconds, however, the victor emerged.
Rose Young looked away, unable to handle it any longer. Frost flashed in Iris’ smiling expression, not the least bit smug at her victory. She thought that the silent battle between her and Rose Young was petty and was not something to be proud of. How could Rose Young win against her in this kind of petty battle? She was a former princess of the international underworld during her past life. There were only very few people in the world who could make her feel true fear and it didn’t include Rose Young. Compared to the kind of people she encountered on a regular basis as Evelina Vetrova during her past life and as world-class hacker, Rose Young was considered cute and harmless.
As for Rose Young, her dissatisfaction was obvious despite the fake smile on her face.
Iris ignored the woman and gestured at Dom. He understood without needing to hear her exact instructions. He went to the table and started handing out some of the boxed lunches to the executives.
“Thank you, Miss Long.”
“Oh wow. This smells so good! Thank you!”
A chorus of thank yous later, the executives finally left. They explained that they only came to give a formal greeting to Iris after hearing of her arrival from the company chat. Rose Young looked torn and lingered a bit longer than her colleagues before following them out of the office with great reluctance. She held the boxed lunch away from her body, as if she was holding poop instead of delicious food.
Dom snorted. If it was up to him, he wouldn’t have given her anything, or better yet, he would’ve preferred if he could dump the contents of the lunch on her head. Ketchup was right. The way she looked at his sir boss was so nauseating to Dom that it was a miracle drool wasn’t flowing out of her mouth.
‘That no-boobie Rafflesia arnoldii better stay away from sir boss or else I, the gorgeous Dominic Chua, will give her hell! Hmph!’ Dom swore inside his mind. ‘Not like sir boss will ever give her the time of day. Sir boss will never choose her flat chest over boss’ full and shapely boobs. But it’s better to be careful around hoochies like her. They’re full of tricks and will do anything to seduce a fine man like sir boss. Yep! I need to remind Baby Ketchup to keep a closer eye on that hoochie just in case she tries something on sir boss.’
Dom’s internal monologue was interrupted when Jin Liwei ordered everyone to leave him and his (future) wife alone. Before they could leave, Iris instructed them to take their portion of the boxed lunches. The chef at home prepared more than enough to feed all of them.
Finally, the door to the office closed, leaving only the couple inside. Jin Liwei helped Iris out of her coat before pulling her to sit beside him instead of the seat across the table.
“You said that you’re going to tell me something, that’s why you came here today,” he said while serving food to her. “What is it?”
“Good.” He nodded, pleased and relieved to hear the news.
She turned to look directly at him. “Darling, I’m healthy again.”
“En. You just told me.”
“So…”
“Hm?”
She placed her hand on his chest and gave him a smouldering look with her eyes. “Can we have sex now?”
A piece of meat fell from the chopsticks he was holding.
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