Chapter 119 - The Screenwriter (Part 2) (1/2)

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”Pft! Ha-ha-ha-ha!” I couldn't help but laugh at Ms. Qian Yu's cuteness.

If I weren't mistaken, she would be somewhere in her 30's but she still acted very youthful and cheerful. I loved that about her. She gave off a comfortable feeling despite her being my superior since she was the Executive Producer.

”Y-you came with Senara? Are you two—” Ms. Qian Yu asked, looking confused but excited and expectant for some reason. ”Did you two fell in love at first sight during the event?”

The laughter in my face vanished from her question, replaced by embarrassment instead. And deep inside, I was reluctant to answer, too. What was I supposed to say?

”Well, it's a long story but—”

”Yes, something like that,” Kaiden answered for me.

'Wait a minute. Do I not have any say on this?'

”Oh right! You two should be around the same age and Senara is a very beautiful young lady. No wonder,” she concluded. Then, whispering to me again, she said, ”You better tell me all about it later, okay?”

Ms. Qian Yu was giggling all throughout. Was she gonna turn into another Hora and Crystal—a workmate version? Oh no. It seemed like I wouldn't escape the teasing even here at the workplace. Better brace myself again.

While we were discussing, the confident woman in red dress stood up, and greeted us. The shy girl followed in the same manner.

”Good afternoon, Kaiden and Senara. You can call me Ashley,” the confident woman said as she bowed her head. She walked towards us and held out her hand for a shake. ”Nice to meet the both of you.”

I politely took her hand for the shake. Then, she offered her hand to Kaiden, much to our surprise. She probably didn't know that Kaiden hated touching. He wore his gloves today as usual but… I wasn't sure if he would be polite enough to take that hand or he'd be grumpy. During the last event, he at least shook hands with a few bosses, right?

Kaiden just stared at her hand and ignored it. So he wasn't planning on shaking it even for the sake of politeness it seemed. Seeing that, I decided to explain the situation a bit for the poor girl. She must had been shocked to be ignored like that.

”Ahm… Sorry, Ashley. He doesn't like touching. It's normal for him. Don't be too shocked.”

”Oooh, I see,” she quickly picked up. ”But you're his girlfriend, right? So you two…”

Wow. She just had to ask that.

”I don't like touching other people, and my girlfriend is NOT other people—if that's what you mean,” Kaiden answered in a strict tone.