Chapter 9: CHAPTER 9
Cheng Xiao arrived at the coffee shop and looked around to see who her date might be. Her date raised his hand, she looked up and when she saw him, she walked towards him and took a seat.
"Hi, my name is Ji Xiting." He spoke and reached out his hand.
"Cheng Xiao!" She said and shook his hand.
"What do you do?" She asked.
"I'm an engineer what about you.?" He responded taking the menu card from the waiter.
"I work as a secretary in a jewelry designing company." She said after handing her order to the waiter.
As the conversation between the two started to hit off she heard her phone ring and reached to take it from her bag. She looked and saw Xu Kai's call.
"My boss!" She mouthed and picked up the phone.
"Where are you?" He fired as soon as she picked up the call.
"I'm going to leave now." She said when she heard his tone.
"Make it quick." He ordered and cut the call.
"Sorry I seem to have forgotten that I have a meeting." She said and stood up grabbing her bag.
"Let's go out for dinner sometime." He said paying the bill.
"Yeah, let's do that some other time, I really have to go my boss doesn't really like to wait." She said and turned around hurrying out.
He swallowed whatever he wanted to tell her, as it was the first time not the last time that they meet. He grabbed his phone from the table and wanted to follow but when he got out, she was already gone.
On the other hand, in the office was a very angry CEO as he counted the minutes, his beloved secretary had not made it back.
Shen Mu and the other employees noticed the sudden change in the mood and decided not to go in. Whatever they needed, they had no choice but to wait for Cheng Xiao to come back. They too stared at the clock, counting every minutes, every second.
One of them decided to be the brave one and went to knock on the door.
"Sir it's almost time for your meeting."
"Did I ask you? Are you my secretary that you have to remind me of my schedule?" He snapped when he saw this new face.
"Do you think that we hired you to come and keep tabs on everyone and what everyone is doing?" He shouted.
She was a new employee and wasn't made aware of the rules. All she wanted to excel in her work and share the burden of her fellow colleagues.
"Sorry sir!" She muttered softly and faced the floor.
"GET OUT!" He snapped making her run out the door.
When the others saw that she came out running in tears, they could not but feel sorry for her.
"Sorry about that." One of them said.
"Sorry! In the midst of not wanting to make the CEO angry we forgot to warn you that when Secretary Cheng Xiao steps out of the office he gets really angry." The other responded handing her a tissue.
"Where did Secretary Cheng Xiao go to?" She asked and the whole office turned to look at Shen Mu.
"She went out on a coffee date." She said and sat down.
"She went to enjoy herself leaving us to deal with the devil." One of them said.