“She is quite clever, but also quite confused.” Rosiley sighed.
“Why do you say that?”
“Because Xiaoxiao likes Corey.”
Her tone sounded stuffy. Sachin turned to look at her. “Isn’t it normal for Xiaoxiao to like Corey? Why do you seem so unhappy?”
“Of course I’m unhappy!” Rosiley pursed her lips. “Like you said, Corey is too playful. He doesn’t want to settle down at all. It’s fine if Xiaoxiao likes him, but she got him to pretend to be her boyfriend? Isn’t she just going to make trouble for herself?”
Knowing that she was worried about her good friend, Sachin stretched out his hand and rubbed her head. He comforted her gently, “Don’t think too much about it; let nature take its course. Nothing is certain in relationships. Perhaps, Corey will fall in love with Xiaoxiao.”
“It’s difficult!” Rosiley sighed heavily once again. “Forget it. Like you said, we should just let nature take its course.”
Sachin smiled. “Actually, what my lady should be worried about now is… you’ve lost the dice game so many times, how are you going to compensate me?”
Oh no! She was so focused on being worried about Xiaoxiao that she had forgotten about this.
Her face was instantly full of smiles. “Then what do you want, Mr. Lu?”
“You.”
One simple word explained everything.
Rosiley’s heart fluttered slightly, and her cheeks became hot. She pretended to be calm and said, “Okay, I will keep my word.”
Sachin turned to look at her. The light in the car was dim, but his eyes were unusually bright. She could not help feeling surprised.
She heard him say, “My lady, I appreciate you keeping your promise.”
After he said that, she felt the car picking up speed.
The black Maybach galloped down the empty road, leaving behind a stretch of dust jumping around under the streetlights.
…
Later on, Rosiley realized how much “pain” she had brought upon herself by keeping her promise.
She did not know how many rounds of suffering she went through that night. Eventually, a certain beast kindly let her go after she begged for mercy in a weak voice.
Because of the rigorous activities, she overslept the next day. It happened to be a Monday, and she had to go to work. She ended up missing half the day.
When she woke up, the spot next to her was already empty. She struggled to lift her aching body and sat up. In her heart, she scolded a certain someone a few hundred times.
Meanwhile, this person, who had been greatly satisfied, was sitting cheerfully in his weekly Monday meeting.
The various directors of the different departments saw that the CEO was no longer as detached and solemn. Instead, his whole person seemed much more gentle. A hint of a smile was even hanging on his usually tightly-pursed lips.
Something was wrong with the CEO!
Everyone had this thought in mind, and they could not help feeling a little unsettled. People started to worry that this was the calm before the storm.
Lane was the only one who knew what was going on. He looked at Sachin and resisted the urge to roll his eyes. He criticized him in his heart. “My dear CEO, are you trying to tell the world how happy you are with your married life?”
See? He could barely hide the smile from the corners of his lips!
All the department heads in REG were feeling panicky because of the CEO’s change. Meanwhile, Rosiley was slowly dragging her sore body towards the bathroom.
For every difficult step that she took, she cursed Sachin in her heart. “Beast!”
When he returned home later, she would definitely not let him have it easy!