Contract Marriage; Fated Love

Xian was jubilating with Luo Wei thinking that they had successfully taken down their enemy.

If Xian had done his findings well, he could have known that Emily was given the rare privilege of coming in contact with President Night. She submitted her design directly to him that day.

Now, not only did he loose this battle, he also lost President Night’s trust and confidence.

When Emily said the design was missing, he knew immediately who was responsible. It was definitely Xian, and there was no two ways about it. He decided to keep calm and play cool and not let Xian know he was aware of his plot.

After Emily had sweated over the design for an hour, she was called to the CEO’s office. President Night printed the design from his phone and handed it to her. She was overjoyed.

“Begin the design as soon as possible. The draft is good. Work on it and I want nothing but the best from you, Miss Muxin.”

“I promise to do my best, sir.”

The working day was almost over and Emily was still the company’s fashion designer. Xian was worried but Luo Wei was even more troubled. She had bragged to her friends that she was going to be the new designer. It was going to be very shameful and a huge blow if it turned out to be false. She was going to loose face too. She sneaked into Xian’s office when no one was watching.

“Did you meet the president this morning?” she asked in almost a whisper.

“Yes. He even agreed to look into the matter.”

“Then, why hasn’t he done anything yet?”

“I don’t know either. Let’s wait for some time and see what happens.”

“Wait for what? We have waited for too long. Go and remind him.”

“No. That’s not a good idea. If I remind him, he might get suspicious of me.”

“Nonsense. What silly suspicion are you talking about? He would not do that. There is no reason or proof for that. Or is it that you don’t want to go? Did you even go in the morning?”

“Hey! Don’t say that. I went in the morning and…”

“Then why does your attitude not say the same?”

“Fine. If you want me to go and remind him, then I will.”

“Perfect. Remember what to say. She isn’t a good designer. The works she submitted were all fake. None was hers. The design she made for the jewellery competition isn’t top notch and the company will definitely be put to shame if such a designer is allowed to spend one more day. Tell him to be quick and find a substitute. He is your friend and will listen to you. Go, good luck.”

The door was pushed open from outside startling both of them. A male colleague came in.

“So, this is what you guys do in here? Plotting to defame the designer? I will report you both.”

Now, this young man had always hated Xian and Xian in turn hated him too. The reason was that Xian thought him intelligent and industrious and there were high prospects that the young man might be used to replace him in the company if he didn’t sit up and do something. As a result of that, he sat on and deprived this man of his due promotion for so many years. The man had troubled him a lot of times to give him what rightly belonged to him but he paid deaf ears. The man, Jace couldn’t report to a higher authority. Due process was always followed in handling issues and he couldn’t by pass his boss to have access to the higher ups.

But today, fate has smiled at him. He had met the senior staff on his way to his office and he was instructed to call Xian, the manager of the human resources department. When he got to the door and was about knocking, he heard whispers that prompted him to wait and listen.

He heard every bit of their conversation and recorded it in his phone to serve as a concrete proof. He was sure he was going to be rewarded for exposing someone who posed a threat to the progress of the company. Moreover, he would also get revenge and have his enemy taken out of the way. That also meant that he would get his due promotion.

Xian knew he was doomed. He couldn’t swallow his pride and ego to beg his enemy. Luo Wei on her own knew that she was going to be sacked from work that day if the information got to the CEO. Seeing that Xian wasn’t saying or doing anything, she decided to take matters into her hands and save herself. Who knows, President Night might give Xian a second chance because of their friendship but there was no hope for her.

“What do you mean by plotting? How dare you accuse us?”ConTEent bel0ngs to Nôv(e)lD/rama(.)Org .

“Well, let me show you that it’s no lame accusation. I have it all recorded in my phone,” he replied and proceeded to play the record for them.

Luo Wei glanced at Xian and knew she had taken the wrong turn. She quickly retraced her steps and resorted to begging.

“Please, Mr. Jace, we could sort this out. You don’t have to take the matter up.”

Mr Jace laughed.

“Ohh! Now, you have decided to admit that you did something wrong, right?”

“Please, Jace, just say what you want. It will be done for you. We can negotiate this and you delete that record,” Xian suggested to the amazement of Jace.

He couldn’t believe his luck would come so fast. His arrogant boss was finally asking him what he wanted. He thought of asking for his promotion and many other things that he had been deprived of. But first of all, he would love to have his boss beg him a little more.

“Yes, Mr Jace. Please, just say what you want and it will be done for you. Xian has promised.”

“His promise isn’t enough.”