Chapter 48 - 48. Responsibility... (1/2)
Ruri's heart almost suffered a shock when Secretary Qin, without any notice, just gave her away like that to ZiXuan!!
She was a bit startled alright, but then it rooted a small seed of anticipation as her heart rate increased waiting for his reply.
They hadn't met for almost 6 months now and a small part of her had wanted for him to miss her, you know, sometimes a distance between a couple makes them yearn for each other more, it was like that for her and she hoped the same from him, well, it was a wish...but she was going to disheartened.
She didn't know what he said but from the dumbfounded expression from the always stoic Secretary, she felt stuffy.
Her heart felt as if someone was slowly but steadily squeezing it, making it hard for her to maintain her smile when she heard Secretary Qian say--
”Ahem.. Miss Xun....It seems he is really a bit too busy so, he...um...asked me to follow protocol.”
Though it seemed like he was having an awkward time saying it to her, his face was without any expression, he was too good at this, you know, 'sounding sorry without meaning it'.
He was actually a bit happy about this, he knew that for some unknown reason their CEO was forcing himself to meet her in those few visits she had here and was actually reluctant to meet at the QMX building, but still, he always would get a call and only then will he go out to see her, the key point was he always ignored her when she came but reluctantly went to meet her after he got a call from a particular person. Our Secretary had chanced upon the caller once as he was standing behind him during an important meeting with a client when his phone had rung, it seems it was the patriarch of Qin!!
Secretary Qin knew it was more than what meets the eyes and now that CEO Qin said outright to follow protocol, he was sure of it, it seems this so-called 'fiance-fiancee' charade was not with both party's consent!
Well, he didn't have anything to do with it, he feigned ignorance of the awkward silence between him and her that was created due to his words and also to her pale face after hearing the news, he again pushed his glasses up and said, ”Miss Xun, I think it would be better for you to call CEO Qin after work hours or else please make an appointment next time. It's actually busy this time around and the CEO's schedule is packed and not flexible for him to receive sudden visits, I hope you understand. I'll see you outside.”
He formally put a hand out to the door.
She had already blanked out after Secretary Qian said his first sentence, it was the first time something like this happened, no matter how busy he was, ZiXuan had never stood up on her.
She had always thought that, though he appeared cold and didn't know how to express himself, he was slowly but steadily falling in love with her.