Thirty One

Before she could react, the doors slid shut but not before she saw Liling's smirk as she held Bing's hand.

She fumed as she waited for the elevator to get to her floor and when it stopped with a zing she headed in the opposite direction from her office, her high heels clicking on the hardwood floors.

"Good morning ma'am." The secretary sitting in front of Jie's office greeted but Natzin just nodded and walked past her towards the office.

"Mr Cheng has not yet come in, is there something i could do for—" she did not finish her statement as Natzin just entered the office and shut the door firmly behind her.

A few minutes later Jie came walking towards his office and the secretary jumped up to her feet, nervously touching her hair.

"Good morning Mr Cheng, Mrs Xhi is in your office." She said and Jie stopped abruptly and frowned.

"Why did you let her in?" He demanded and the secretary looked down at her desk with guilt.