816 Tempted (1/2)

A business news program was playing on TV while Long Jinjing did some stretching exercises on the floor of her living room. She was already in her pyjamas and planned on sleeping early tonight.

Orchidia Beauty would be even busier now that they were in the process of finalizing Jin Chonglin's men's line. It seemed that her younger sister Xiulan was able to persuade the fickle man to stop changing his mind all the time. Everyone at the company was in a great mood, especially Chen Fei, who was in charge of the project.

Time was very tight but they would do everything in their power to meet their plan of launching Orchidia Beauty's first men's line before the end of the year.

Long Jinjing needed to make sure that their funds were enough to make all of this happen. She was very busy. This was why she planned on waking up earlier than usual starting tomorrow in order to get more work done at the company.

Finally, the business program ended. She turned off the TV and folded her yoga mat. She was about to head to the bedroom when the door intercom buzzed.

”I wonder who it is. Maybe one of my online orders came earlier than the expected delivery date?”

She looked at the intercom monitor and was shocked silly upon seeing the familiar huge figure. In her shock, she didn't realize that her finger had already pressed the answer button.

”Let me in,” Lu Zihao's sinful voice said.

Her IQ once again plummeted to amoeba level. How pitiful!

”I…y-yes…I mean, o-okay!”

”Oh no. How stupid am I? I didn't ask him why he came tonight and immediately let him inside. Did I seem too eager? I did, didn't I? Oh no. How embarrassing! Wait, why did he come here tonight in the first place?”

A small hope ignited within her but she doused it with cold reality as soon as she sensed it. She shook her head to deny her own foolish thoughts. Then she took a few deep breaths to calm herself.

'The one-night stand is only just that. Nothing more. Maybe he came tonight to talk about something else. There's no way that he'll pursue something more with you, Jinjing. He already made it clear right from the beginning that all he wanted was to fuck you. And you can't afford to invest yourself in that kind of shady relationship. Never. You've had your fun for one night. That's enough.'

There was a knock on the door. Her heart jumped but it was only for a moment. She was proud of herself when she quickly regained her composure before opening the door.

Lu Zihao's huge figure took up almost the entire doorway. He stepped inside and closed the door behind him.

She smiled. ”Hi, Mr. Lu. Let me take your coat.”

He didn't reply or move. He just stood there and stared at her with those unreadable, deep, dark and certainly mesmerizing eyes. If she hadn't prepared herself mentally during the brief period of waiting until he arrived at her door, she might have embarrassed herself again by gawking at him like an idiot.

Well, it was a close call. She felt like gawking but she did her best to keep a clear head.