Chapter 264: Daredevil

"Cloe, didn't I have a meeting with the President of Ran Industries after lunch?" asked Raelle as she scrolled through her scheduled meetings for the day. When she checked it last night, she certainly had the meeting with the President of Ran Industries and now, it was changed to the construction site visit.

Cloe opened her mouth and lifted her finger to say, "Excuse me, please!" And then she covered her nose with a tissue and sneezed. After rubbing her nose with the tissue until it was red, she turned and faced Raelle again, "I'm sorry for showing you this unsightly behavior."

Raelle looked out the window, "Spring is here."

"Yeah," answered Cloe in a strained voice.

"Your pollen allergy is kicking in," said Raelle.

Cloe stared at her boss and wasn't even surprised that Raelle even took note of her allergies. She was actually touched that her boss knew about her difficulties so well. Just as she often says, having Raelle as her boss was not her life's biggest blessing and curse!

"Take medicine for it," added Raelle.

"I did take my prescribed medicine but it didn't work. It's my first spring in this country. Maybe it's because of the environment but the allergy is quite severe this time."

"I won't offer you a day off," reminded Raelle.

"I didn't ask for it either," replied Cloe. Then she decided to answer Raelle's earlier question, "The President Of Ran Industries called himself to apologize and asked me to postpone the meeting because he couldn't make it to the meeting today."

"Why?"

"It seems someone in his family is ill," said Cloe. "Since you wouldn't like to waste those two hours, I decided to push back the construction site visit. We have been holding it off for a while now."

"Okay."

Cloe put a file before Raelle and told her, "You asked for the details of MJ Entertainment's acquisition. I have all of it here."

Raelle read through it and her eyes paused on a certain name on this file, "This..."

Cloe cleared her throat saying, "I made no mistake in this. Every detail is absolute truth. Also, this acquisition plan had begun about four months ago but the higher-ups had been keeping it quiet all this while. Besides MJ Entertainment's is only a middle-tier company, not many people would pay attention even if the management changed hands. But now that it's about to become a part of a big banner, a lot of people would pay more attention."

Raelle's fingers tapped the surface of the table as she thought about something, "It's like this, I don't have to bother myself with it."

"That's exactly what I thought," replied Cloe.

Raelle pulled out a certain envelope from the mails that Cloe had given her in the morning and slid that envelope towards Cloe, "You mixed up your mail with mine. This has your name on it."

Cloe raised her brow in surprise and seeing the envelope she laughed awkwardly, "Sorry about that."

"You're not gonna see what's inside?"

"I already know," answered Cloe. "It's a wedding invitation."

"Wedding invitation?" asked Raelle.

"Yes, one of my secretaries is getting married. He gave me this invitation when I was bringing your mails to you and I ended up mixing it all up."

Raelle stopped flipping her pen around her fingers and said, "Bring a gift from me with you."

"I think he'd be happier if you attend his wedding ceremony," suggested Cloe.

"I'm only offering you a bouquet from my yard, don't try to play in my yard."

Cloe chuckled at Raelle's choice of words and said, "If you don't want to, that's alright. A gift from you will suffice, I believe."

"You seem quite excited about this wedding?" questioned Raelle when she noticed the glimmer in Cloe's eyes that had just been too dim because of her allergies kicking in again.

"I am actually excited," answered Cloe. "It's my first time to attend a wedding here. I'm quite new to the festivities of this country so I'm curious to see it all. I heard the weddings here are quite lively and colorful. Also, how can I miss the wedding feast."

"So, you're just going for the wedding feast?"

"It's not like I'm going to your wedding feast! You didn't even invite me to your wedding!"

"I didn't hold a wedding ceremony to begin with," said Raelle matter-of-factly.

"And that's the only problem with your marriage," said Cloe. "I understand that you didn't want to make a scene by holding a wedding ceremony but what about Master Xian? He is okay with this?"

"Why don't you ask him yourself?" suggested Raelle. "And let me know if you find the answer."

Cloe narrowed her eyes at Raelle. "Then where is your husband? I'll ask himm right now."

"He isn't around," replied Raelle. "You'll have to wait for him to come back."

"Where did he go?"

"You're my assistant, why are you curious about his schedule?"

"I was just asking it casually," said Cloe. "For general knowledge."

"Your general knowledge is already pretty pitiful. Not knowing about this matter won't affect it much."

Cloe made a face at Raelle and turned around to sneeze again, "I don't know which is more annoying right now, my allergy or my boss!"

"Me!" answered Raelle from behind startled Cloe.

Cloe turned around to see Raelle who had come to stand behind her, "Chief..."

"Don't worry. I already know I'm more annoying. There is nothing to feel bad about."

"You're quite self-aware," laughed Cloe in an awkward manner.

"No, I'm well-informed," Raelle corrected her and even smiled at her. Seeing that smile scared Cloe for a minute. She was talking so casually with Raelle that she almost forgot what kind of a devil was sitting before her.

She must have lost her mind to have this chit-chat with the devil. But lately, this devil was quite easy to talk to as well. Or perhaps, Cloe had finally learned the way things worked with Raelle. Because she could easily talk about anything with Raelle now. And she didn't even fear death while doing so. Either she had become a daredevil or she was really unafraid of death now.