21 Chapter 21- Bring to the Boil, Then Simmer (2/2)
”No one will think he's worried about anything other than your relationship.”
”Ah...” KO rubbed the back of his neck.
”Hmm?”
”I might have over done it.”
”Over done it? Do I want to know?” Xiao Nai was openly laughing at the chagrin on KO's face.
”I don't think he is worried about anything else.” KO cleared his throat. ”I think he's forgotten what we've been working on... and why... he's just been blindly coding what we tell him to.”
”Peh!” Xiao Nai coughed. ”He's that distracted? What have you done to him?” When KO raised an eyebrow at him, Xiao Nai lifted his hands to forestall an explanation. ”I don't think I want to know. The tension in this office for the past days has been difficult enough to withstand with Wei Wei at home. It's been making me wish she was here.”
”I haven't done anything. Much.”
His laoda abruptly changed tune. ”Why not?”
”He's not ready for too much more.”
”He may not ever be. He's only ever been attracted to girls before.”
”What a horrible curse. May Wei Wei test your self-control as Mei does mine.”
The two men glowered at each other, each painfully aware of the difficulties involved with dating their own beauties.
At a nearby restaurant, Hao Mei sneezed while waiting for the food he'd ordered to go.