Does that grant me a raise, CEO Fei?

Liu Meiqing pouted. "But I want him."

The woman with Huangjin was surely someone who wasn't in the high society of S city. Otherwise, she would have heard about her, and Fei Huangjin's engagement would have not gone by unnoticed. If she was some common woman, then she, Liu Meiqing, would definitely be able to snatch Fei Huangjin from her.

She topped her classes at the Imperial University and with her father's help, she was going to be the youngest legal consultant in A city. Fei Huangjin surely deserved someone with her status and success in life.

"Did you catch her name, daddy?"

Mayor Liu shook his head. "CEO Fei didn't mention it." He sighed, "It would be better for you to set your eyes on CEO Xiao of Xiao Enterprises. I know for a fact that he's single and he's an only child…"

"He's not Fei Huangjin." She pointed out.

"That may be, but he's taller and he's just as rich as CEO Fei. Many women are after him, too. Leave the other man be, Qing-qing."

***

When they were out of earshot, Fei Huangjin dropped back to his cold, quiet demeanor and removed his arm from around his secretary as quickly as he could, almost seeming like he was disgusted with having to touch her. Ying Yue rolled her eyes at this. She suddenly felt like her boss was really quite uptight. She was now having second thoughts about his sexual orientation. After all, she had never seen him go out with anyone.

"Thank you." He said the words as quietly as possible that she wouldn't believe he said anything if she hadn't seen his lips move.

They had arrived near the restrooms when Ying Yue stopped in her tracks. She decided to ignore his abrupt change and removed his suit jacket to hand it back to him. She smiled. "Does that grant me a raise, CEO Fei?"

He accepted the suit jacket and draped it over his arm, "Maybe." A corner of his mouth turned up, but the rest of his expression was dry, like he wasn't partial to her suggestion.

A familiar voice caused Ying Yue to look to the direction of the restrooms and there she saw CEO Zhang getting out of one door with two women behind him, their clothes disheveled and their hair not in place. She wrinkled her nose. No wonder she couldn't find the man. He was having a quickie!

When CEO Zhang saw them, he lifted up a hand to wave at Fei Huangjin, who looked like he wanted to kill him. What did he do to upset him like that?

Fei Huangjin didn't acknowledge his greeting and just glared at him.

Zhang Zihan dismissed the two women he was with and drifted closer to his long-time friend. He glanced at the woman beside Fei Huangjin, and seeing that it was just his secretary, he laughed. "Hey old man, you couldn't find a woman so you brought your secretary?" Huangjin never brought a date; he only brought Secretary Ying, and rarely at that. If he kept this up, he was truly going to die an old man.

"CEO Zhang." Ying Yue bowed her head at him.

"Secretary Ying," he nodded in reply. He had to admit though, Fei Huangjin's secretary was really pretty, especially when she dressed up like this. He began to wonder if Huangjin would allow him to ask her out.

Fei Huangjin narrowed his eyes at him, unamused by the remark he made. "You're the old man. I'm younger than you by a year," he retorted.

***

"Drop off Secretary Ying first." Fei Huangjin instructed the driver.

He had already talked to his bastard friend Zhang Zihan, who couldn't even keep his pants up for one night, and bid farewell to him right after Zhang Electronics launched their new product. He suddenly recalled thinking about revising his secretary's contract and turned to her.

"Miss Ying," he started.

She lifted her head to look at him in response. "Yes, Mr. Fei?"

He adjusted his sitting position such that he was facing her fully. He was unsure how to bring it up, but decided to go straight to the point. "Let me double your pay, and in exchange, work overtime for me 3 nights a week. Social events would be more convenient for me with you around."

She didn't know if his words were a complement or a demand. She blinked, surprised at the offer. "Oh."

If he doubled her pay, she would be paid six times higher than that of a regular secretary. That certainly wasn't a cheap amount.

"Is that an affirmation?" He stared deep into her eyes with a frown, trying to figure her out.

She stared back at him. His eyes a bottomless pool of black that was undecipherable even to the best scientists in the world. She joked, "I don't have to play the role of your girlfriend, do I?"

"That's up to you," he replied. Fei Huangjin's expression was unfazed.

Seeing that he was really serious with the conversation, she looked away. "My personal time is important to me, CEO Fei."

Was she declining his offer? He drew his mouth to a thin line. Anyone would jump at the opportunity. What was so important about her personal time? "How about two nights a week then?"

Ying Yue was about to reject the offer when she saw an unusual motorcycle through the window behind CEO Fei, trailing them from the side. The rider was wearing all-black--even his helmet was tinted. She found him very unusual.

Suddenly, he pulled out a gun from his jacket and aimed it at them.