“Pei Ge, do you know how many people want to be my shield? You should be grateful!”
She rolled her eyes once more and said with disdain . “Tsk! At least I’m not included among those people . ”
Ji Ziming gawked at her when she said that . While he still felt something odd about her, but… he really liked this fiery attitude of hers a lot .
It reminded him of their first meeting .
“You still became my wife in the end . ” He regarded her with a fond smile in his eyes .
Thump, thump! She felt her heart pound when she saw his expression .
“It’s ‘pretend wife’,” she corrected calmly . She suppressed the trembling of her heart as she nudged her lips .
“It’s wife . ”
“It’s pretend wife…”
This banter of theirs went on until the car reached the company .
After such an ‘explosive altercation’, the two’s rapport improved significantly . At least, he was looking much better .
They soon reached Chenguang Real Estate’s office building . She quickly got out of the car and disappeared into the building without waiting for him .
He coldly snorted at the sight of her running away from him and hopped out of the car himself .
He passed the car key to the approaching security before purposefully striding into the building after the woman .
“Morning!”
“Good morning!”
Perhaps, because she had not shown her face in the company for a long time, many people that knew her were taken aback by her return .
She did not bother answering their queries and merely greeted them politely .
Ding! The elevator reached the top floor, and she quickly walked into the CEO Secretariat .
“Good morning . ” She greeted her colleagues with a smile the moment she entered the room .
She was expecting to see only her two colleagues in the office, but she surprisingly saw a new face .
“Pei Ge, why are you here?!”
“Pei Ge, you’re finally back to work!”
Her two old colleagues had different reactions to her return .
He Yan had a sincere smile on her face, whereas Lu Huiya had an ugly look on her face, which also explained her first reaction upon seeing her .
“Something came up at home, so I had to take a long leave, and I didn’t get to tell you guys about it because of its suddenness, but with everything settled at home, I can now go back to work . ” She gave this reason to them .
Their reaction to this also differed from one another .
“It’s great that you’re back . ” He Yan sounded sincerely happy for her .
“Sigh… People with strong backing really have it easy . She’s been gone for so many days, yet she can just strut in without any consequence . He he!” Lu Huiya mocked .
Pei Ge did not react to her mocking and merely shot her a frosty look .
For some reason, Lu Huiya did not continue ridiculing her once she saw her frigid gaze .
“Ah . So you’re Pei Ge . ” The new colleague, who had been silent all this while, finally spoke .
“Hello! I’m called Wang Ningning . I’m a secretary trainee; I just started a few days ago . ” Her tone and expression were amicable and sincere .
Pei Ge transferred her gaze on to this new coworker . She looked quite young . Petite and pretty .
She returned this newbie’s greeting with an equally sincere and friendly smile .
“Hello . ”
“Ningning, you should keep your distance from her . The secretary who used to sit on your seat was fired because of her . ” Lu Huiya told the newbie with a snort .
The newest secretary merely smiled to placate her and did not respond, seemingly not believing her words .
“Tsk! Don’t know how to appreciate goodwill…” Lu Huiya returned to her seat with an ugly look on her face .
Pei Ge inwardly thought that her new colleague was pretty decent . At least, she had a good head on her shoulders and was able to differentiate right from wrong .
Once they finished exchanging greetings, she made her way to her workstation .
The moment her butt hit the office chair, the man strode in .
“Good morning, CEO Ji!”
“Good morning, CEO Ji!”
The three secretaries stood up and respectfully greeted him .
Pei Ge followed suit .
“Mhm,” he hummed in acknowledgment, peeking at her . When he saw that her head was lowered, his lips curled up slightly .
None of the secretaries who had respectfully greeted him noticed the curl of his lips, though .
Once the man proceeded onward and his footsteps receded, Pei Ge moved to sit down, but midway from completing her action, she heard the man’s voice again .
“Pei Ge, come into my office . ” He gave this order as he stood just outside his office’s door .
She could only nod her head helplessly . “Yes, CEO Ji . ”
Belying her outward appearance, she was exasperatedly nudging her lips inwardly .
This annoying fellow is certainly up to something again!
Pei Ge got up from her chair and followed the man into his office under Lu Huiya’s jealous gaze .
Pak! She closed the door behind her .
“CEO Ji, what do you need me for?” She stopped before his desk and looked at the man sitting in the swivel chair .
“Hmm . ” He leaned comfortably against his chair and regarded her .
She promptly pricked up her ears at his hum .
“Accompany me to a dinner banquet,” he said casually .
She blinked . Just that? I thought there’s something big going on!
“Also…” She was about to give him a reply when he spoke again .
“Don’t come to the office anymore . ”
Huh? Don’t come to the office? Where will I report for work, then?!