Contract Marriage; Fated Love

“What do you want, Jace?”

“I don’t want anything. I will report you, unfailingly. Meanwhile, I came in here to tell you that the senior officer sent for you. For your information, I will take this record back to him and you will pay for your sins in a record time,” Jace threatened and made to leave the office. Luo Wei went on her knees and held him at the hem of his shirt.

“Please, Mr. Jace, have mercy on me.”

Jace stopped. Luo Wei wasn’t really his problem. He had never had issues with her in all his years in the company. She had only spent about two years in the company.

“Why are you the only one begging?”

“No Jace. She isn’t. I am too.”

Xian swallowed his pride and went on his knees before Jace! Jace couldn’t believe his eyes. He rubbed his eyes to be sure he was seeing correctly. He also pinched himself to ascertain that he was neither dreaming nor imagining things. It was real! His boss was on his knees begging him! He nearly screamed with joy but he held himself.

“Jace, I am on my knees too. What do you want? Just say what you want and it will be done for you.”

Jace decided not to further waste the opportunity; for opportunity they say, comes but once. He thought carefully and responded,

“I want my due promotion and you are going to compensate me for those years and also pay me to keep my mouth shut.”

“Is that all you want Mr. Jace?”

“Yes. That’s all.”

“Xian, please, save us. Please, I can’t loose my job. You know how long I suffered and how I waited for so long to get this job? Please, help me,” Luo Wei pleaded with tears in her eyes.

Her tears infuriated Xian. He wondered why she was acting like the only victim. They were both involved in that mess for crying out loud!

He pondered on Jace’s request. It was actually a simple one but he couldn’t believe he was being blackmailed into giving h a promotion he had sworn to deny him of. Not only that, the bastard was asking for compensation and bribery to keep his mouth shut. What insolence.

“Well then, if you don’t want to do it, I will be on my way.”

“Wait. How much do you want?”

Jace concealed a smile and replied,

“One million Yuan.”

“One million what? Are you insane? Why…” Xian shouted completely forgetting that he was the victim and the one who was supposed to be begging. Jace too cowered when he heard the shout but he quickly remembered he was in charge and took control of the situation.

“One million Yuan and nothing less.”

“I will give you a promotion and one hundred thousand Yuan.”

“Xian, please…” Luo Wei began.

“Shut up.”

“No, Mr Xian, it’s one million Yuan or nothing.”

“Then I bloody dare you to go ahead and report and see if anyone will listen to you,” Xian sneered and stood up from his kneeling position.

Jace quickly calculated fast and saw the golden opportunity was slipping from his hands. Xian was very capable of turning the tales against him if he wasn’t careful.

“Fine then. I will accept the money.”

Luo Wei heaved a sigh of relief.

“Thank you so much, Mr Jace.”

“Delete the record first.”

“Not until I get the promotion and the money.”

Xian narrowed his eyes at him and asked him for his account details. He transferred the agreed sum and went ahead to fill a promotion form in fury. He signed it and placed his seal on it. Then he handed it to Mr Jace. It was then that Jace smiled broadly and deleted the voice record. He walked out of the office triumphantly and Luo Wei followed suit.

Xian didn’t bother going back to President Night with his complaint. He knew they had to discard the plan. Maybe he hadn’t played his cards well or heavens and some other unseen forces were on the side of Emily.

Days kept going by and Emily got more engaged. She was putting finishing touches on her design. President Night too hadn’t rested the whole time. He was determined to win this prize. There were days he even had to work overtime at the office or have Emily spend the night in his place for the success of this work. He didn’t hand over the responsibility to a manager or any other employee. He did it himself and that got Emily impressed about him. She enlisted him in her good books and swore not to let him down. She worked as tirelessly as he did to make sure no stone was left unturned.

Xia Lin stormed into Emily’s office and slapped her hard. Emily didn’t think twice before returning the slap. Hers was way hotter than Xia Lin’s and her finger prints were imprinted on the latter’s face.Copyright Nôv/el/Dra/ma.Org.

Xian Lin yelped and held her burning face. It was then that Emily looked closely to see who her enemy was. It turned out that it was the lady who she had seen walking towards the CEO’s office on her first day at work. She didn’t have time to ask questions because the girl held her face and ran out of the office. She turned towards the president’s office and kept running. Emily was too busy to be bothered by lousy drama. She out the event behind her and got back to work.

Meanwhile, in the president’s office, Xia Lin came crying and cursing.

“Sheting! Now you have given that girl some guys that she had to slap me.”

President Night turned to her and a sixth sense told him that it was her who had gone in search of trouble.

“You now ignore me because of that girl. I even learnt she spent the night at your place. You have distanced me since she came. What have I done wrong? Do you have to replace me with that thing? She hit me too. See my face,” Xia Lin complained while shedding crocodile tears. She wanted Emily out of the way. She believed she was her rival and the reason for her boyfriend’s attitude of late.

President Night looked at her face and truly, Emily’s fingerprints were embroided on her face.