Chapter 61 - Can You Drop It Off?

"At your office? Absolutely not." Ying Yue's eyebrows raised from shock at his request. The idea of her going to his office which was located in the heart of the city and at the top of a sky high building was ridiculous. She could understand the importance of the chip but he could easily send an underling to get it. It seemed like it was a ploy to see her again but they had just seen each other this morning so what was the need?

"I really can't come out to pick it up and I need it."

"Send someone over and I can meet them halfway."

"What if they steal it? That would be risky?"

"And its not risky for me to have it?"

"No." She sighed at the finality of his tone. On one hand it was understandable that he could not trust just anyone to pick it up. However, what was the point of owning a multi billion dollar company and not having a select loyal group he could call upon. Though picking up a chip may not be worth calling upon that group for something so simple. The chip is important but taking into consideration he also had underworld ties he must have spread his net deep into there. It was annoying that she completely understood his mentality while vehemently rejected following it. She grew up in the same trenches and one small mistake could ruin someone such as information falling into the wrong hands. There was a bit of curiosity on what the chip contained, if she wanted to she could hack into it and grab his secrets but she had no desire to. Whatever information he had she could probably find on her own with a bit of direction and she was not that dumb to assume the information was level S secretive. The lack of frantic pursual for the chip meant at maximum it was level B.

In the underworld there was an established hiearchy of information and its secrecy. The lowest level worth labelling is level D, anything below is considered public knowledge or not worth protecting. Level C was for general personal information or a criminal past, Level B was extensive information that could ruin a person and were usually about the upper class. It would contain information from their daily routine to how long their hair was in decimals. Level A was higher protected information that revolved around powerful individuals like ministers and government officials. Level S was national secrets and foreign secrets. To have individual info was placed at that level the person must be extremely powerful and it was obvious Han Xi Long was one of them. That sort of information would be held in a secret area or safe where it would never see the day of light. Therefore this chip wouldn't contain too much but even at this level it could still cause a mini storm.

"What about your secretary?" Ying Yue had a faint recollection of a man who always followed him. If she were to really recollect he was there when they had first met and at the restaurant when he referred to her as the 'lady boss.' He was probably the one who picked him up in the morning as well.

"He's busy and I'm swamped at work too."

"I could hold onto it till later or tomorrow. You or your secretary can come by after."

"I have...matters to get to after work and won't be able to stop by your house for a week. That's too long to leave the chip with you."

"Why do I feel like you're lying to me."

"When have I ever?" She heard him chuckle through the phone in a husky tone. He spoke with a drawl so she could tell he was teasing her. Rolling her eyes at him she mentally scolded him for being so annoying. It was obvious he had lied to her or hid some truth but he also didn't 'really' lie to her. He was fairly truthful and she wasn't exactly forthcoming on her end either.

"I still don't feel convinced, why should I come all the way to your office?"

"Because you're the only one I can ask at the moment and I'd like to think that its the least you could do for your lover."

"LOVER?! WHO SAID YOU WERE MY LOVER?!!" Her face flushed from his words, yes she could admit they were in a strange relationship but it had only been around 5 days since they had met. She had not agreed to any titles and despite being physically intimate it did not mean they had become "lovers."

She could hear a sigh through his voice before he answered. "Well Kitten even if you don't agree that's what we are and I'll make you say it out of your mouth one day too. I'm much too much of a gentleman to lay my hand on you and not call you my lover. I could call you my girlfriend if you'd prefer it more?"

"You-you! I am not your girlfriend nor your lover!!!"

"...then what I am to you?"

"You're...you're...-" She felt stumped at his question. These past few days she had stewed over the same question obsessively. It was hard to digest meeting someone so randomly and developing a strange attraction on sight. They had progressed aggressively and unconventionally but it was mostly because neither of them had anything to compare it to. Figuratively they knew how typical relationsh.i.p.s worked but they weren't regular people and their lives couldn't facilitate it. They probably would've hated it as well considering who they were, violence followed them and it made their relationship more exciting. She knew that despite all this they both had 'something' what that something was, was the issue. Xi Long confused the hell out of her, she subconciously let him in and trusted him with nothing to base that trust off of. She also enjoyed his touch which surprised her even more. Men of all races and attractive levels grew up around her, she should be immune at this point and had gone through brutual training for it as well but he was tempting her. He felt sinful to look at and matched her type to the T but was that enough? Her past was heavy and letting a man take even a bit of room in her life would disrupt her plans. Could she call him her lover when they don't know much about each other?? He didn't even know her name! Putting a title would make whatever this was more serious and final.

Breaking her train of thoughts she heard him speak to her again, "so what is it Kitten, what am I to you?"

"You...."