I can do it myself

Fei Huangjin held her hand the entire time from when they left the office to when they got in the carpark. He ignored the myriad of employees who stared at them. Some even snuck up to take pictures of the two.

Soon, the company group chat was again filled with pictures of the CEO and his secretary. Xi Shenghui, who had just been added to the group, was exasperated with the number of notifications buzzing in his phone.

He pressed and zoomed in on a photo of Ying Yue holding hands with Fei Huangjin and pursed his lips. Then, he got up to follow the two.

When they got to his car, Mr. Yang wasn't in sight and Fei Huangjin led her to the passenger seat. She raised her eyebrows at him. "You're driving today?"

"Mmm."

Fei Huangjin moved in to help Ying Yue buckle her seatbelt.

"I can do it myself." Ying Yue frowned.

He ignored her remark and leaned over to secure her. His perfectly chiseled face almost touched her chin and he could already smell her scent that was more addicting than heroin. He lifted his head and looked into her misty eyes. Unable to control himself, he landed a peck at the tip of her nose.

"Hey!" One of her hands held up to rub at her nose as she pretended not to like it. She looked away, hiding her smile.

He didn't say anything as he got into the driver's seat.

When the car started moving, Fei Huangjin glanced at her and asked, "Would it be alright with you to do some groceries with me?"

She blinked. Fei Huangjin doing groceries? She never thought that the almighty man could actually be seen shopping at the supermarket. This she had to see. Wait, did he even know what a grocery looks like?

"You do the groceries yourself?"

"Actually, no," his eyes were fixed on the road as he thought of what to say. "But I mostly only have steak stocked up so I'm getting a few things for you."

The corners of her lips lifted up into a smile, like a flower that was blooming at spring time.

***

In another car behind Fei Huangjin's, sat Guan Ting with a new recruit for Dragon Club. The boy had just turned twenty years old and got in because his family needed money. The kid was still on probationary membership, so he brought him along to do the dirty work.

His task for today was to take photos of their boss with his girlfriend.

Guan Ting shuddered at the thought of Fei Huangjin acting all lovey-dovey with a woman. He always used to say women were useless to the powerful males of the world, and that he could live without getting married, but look at him now. The memory of their conversation seeped into his mind.

"Boss?"

"I want you to go to Dragon Club and warn them off from my woman. If they touch the future madame of the Fei household I will kill each and every one of them, especially Wang Longwei." Fei Huangjin said the name with disgust. He'd been looking for reasons to get rid of that syndicate group, anyway. One wrong move on their side and their peace treaty could be shred to pieces.

Fei Huangjin didn't want a bloody war in S city, and since the Jade Circle had been expanding recently, going to war with them would mean losing a lot of the Dragon Club members, too. He didn't want that. But if they harmed Ying Yue, he might consider doing just that.

"Your woman? Since when did you have a woman?" Guan Ting's laughter punctured through the phone call and his amusement pissed Fei Huangjin off.

"All you need to know is that I have a woman."

Guan Ting snickered, shaking his head in disbelief. "Boss, don't kid with me. You swear off women like they're the plague. You don't expect me to believe you can actually be nice to a woman, right?"

His words infuriated Fei Huangjin even more, and he had half the mind to run over Guan Ting with his car.

"Say one more word and I'll serve your head to the dogs."

Guan Ting's laughter became louder and Fei Huangjin's face turned black, his jaw ticking in fury.

"Just do what I say and get them off Ying Yue, also--"

"Wait, you really have a girlfriend?" The other man asked incredulously.

Fei Huangjin ignored him and continued on with giving him orders, "--tomorrow afternoon, follow my car, take pictures of the two of us. Get the tabloids to publicize it. I want everyone to know she's my woman."

"Wait, what?"

"That's an order from your master."