“Is Nikolai that asshole’s English name?” Chen Fei continued to ask. “Wait, no. That’s not right. If I remember correctly, his English name is Hunter. So why did you call him Nikolai just now?”
Long Jinjing stiffened, realizing her blunder, before forcing herself to act as nonchalant as she could. “Uhm, it’s sort of his, uh, pet name, I guess. Something like that.”
“Huh? That’s weird.” Fortunately, Chen Fei ran out of interest in this topic because she was still pissed off at the man.
Wanting to change the topic as quickly as possible, Long Jinjing looked around her office before spotting a copy of À la Mode magazine that her assistant bought for her this morning. She grabbed it from her desk and showed it to her best friend. “Xiao Fei, have you seen this yet? Little Sister Xiulan and Brother-in-law Liwei look so perfect together.”
“Yeah, I’ve already seen it. My assistant left a copy on my desk this morning. Both of us have our pictures inside.”
Long Jinjing nodded while flipping through the magazine’s pages and finally finding their own pictures. Her breath caught in her throat when she saw Lu Zihao’s photo as well.
“Don’t look at that jerk!” Chen Fei snatched the magazine and tossed it on the sofa, a dark scowl on her face.
A knock interrupted them. It was Chen Fei’s assistant informing her that Jin Chonglin was on the phone and wanted to talk to her.
“I’m coming. Tell him to wait!” Then Chen Fei turned to Long Jinjing. “That diva man has been calling me almost every day to check on the details of his men’s line.”
“But you like working with Jin Chonglin.”
Chen Fei rolled her eyes. “Says who? Anyway, I need to go. Time is very tight right now until the launch.”
“Okay, go. See you later.”
Chen Fei left, leaving Long Jinjing alone in her office. She took the magazine from the sofa and looked at the gorgeous wedding photo of her sister and brother-in-law. To be honest, she felt a little envious. They looked so happy and so in love.
Then an image of her in a wedding dress and Lu Zihao in a tuxedo flashed in her mind all of a sudden. She gasped and forcefully tamped the dangerous image out of her mind.
“Jinjing, get a hold of yourself!”
She pressed her lips together, determined not to dwell on her pathetic feelings for a man who didn’t love her back. She opened a desk drawer and tossed the magazine inside. Then she finally sat behind her desk to start working.
The launch of Jin Chonglin’s men’s line of products for Orchidia Beauty was just around the corner. It would be their biggest event yet since the company’s grand launch. The expensive s were now running full force across the country and the response was extremely optimistic. Jin Chonglin’s commercial power as a superstar was indeed no joke. Now Orchidia Beauty had to make sure that they would have enough supply to satisfy what they were expecting to be a huge demand. After all, Jin Chonglin wasn’t only endorsing the products but also putting his name behind the entire line.
Therefore, it was crunch time for everyone in the company. A lot of money was flowing out of Orchidia Beauty right now to fund Jin Chonglin’s men’s line and it was Long Jinjing’s responsibility to balance the entire budget.
She stared at her computer but soon became dazed. Shaking her head, she forced herself to focus on the almost dizzying series of numbers on the screen. Fortunately, she was able to become absorbed with her work after much effort. She treasured moments like this because it made her temporarily forget about Lu Zihao.
After she was done her tasks on the computer, she leaned back on her chair and sighed. She touched her upper chest and felt a tiny protrusion. It was a simple yet beautiful lily pendant.
Lu Zihao gave her the necklace on the last day of their relationship. She rejected it at first. He didn’t force her to accept it then, but the next morning, she found the necklace on her bedside table.
She should have stored it where she wouldn’t be able to see it, but in the end, she still decided to wear the necklace. However, it was tucked inside her clothes so that others couldn’t see it. It would only be her who knew that she was wearing something that Lu Zihao gave her after their breakup.
It was a stupid move on her part, yes, but she couldn’t help it. Her feelings for him were still strong.
“I miss you so much, Nikolai,” she murmured with a heavy sigh, continuing to fiddle with the pendant underneath her clothes.
Then she pressed it hard, hurting her upper chest a little, as the pendant dug on her skin.
“One day, my love for you will fade,” she persuaded herself.
“But for now…I need to feel this pain so that my heart can eventually heal.”
Her sad eyes cleared a little. She let go of the pendant and returned to her tasks, allowing her busy work to distract her from the man she allowed to break her heart.
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A drunk Rose Young struggled to return to her condo after a night of club hopping with her friend, Jenny Tseng. Finally, she managed to unlock her door and stumbled inside her unit. She turned on the lights and zig-zagged her way to the living room before falling on the couch.
Her body felt heavy yet light at the same time. She had a nice fuck with quite a good-looking man that she picked up from one of the clubs. His body build looked similar to Jin Liwei’s, so she couldn’t help fantasizing about him as usual while the man was busy pumping inside her in the club’s toilet. The man didn’t mind that she was moaning “Big Brother Liwei” instead of his name while he fucked her senseless from behind.
Jenny dragged her for a fun night out so that she could take her mind off her heartbreak after learning that Jin Liwei actually married that slut, Iris Long. Now that she was back home, her anger at being fired from her position at Jin Corporation resurfaced.
