Chapter 50 - DID I JUST DATE MY BOSS' SON?!

I returned to my desk after hearing how Alexander Priest wanted to date me. I was surprised, of course, but I didn't take it at heart. Because I know that he was probably just trying to tease me. 

I could hear the conversation between Alex and Mr. Yang from outside. They were talking about Yang Menghuo, who was late again for their meeting. Even Mr. Yang called him a lazy bum.

"Heh, so that's the lazy bum you're talking about. I wonder if he's single, I don't mind as long as he's rich," I giggled at my own comment. 

I kept eavesdropping while scrolling through the Rent A Boyfriend app. I was searching for Meng Bao's replacement that I can bring to my parents.. As selective and cheap as I could be, I almost filtered out everyone until it was narrowed to five, but when I was about to check their profiles, I heard a helicopter whirling from the top of Yang office building, the sign that the rich lazy bum was here. 

'Hihi, let's see what kind of tea will come next,' I thought as I leaned closer to the door.

"It's been a while, Xiao Meng," I heard Alex suddenly called someone, whom I believe would be Yang Menghuo, who just arrived.

"It's been a while, Alex-Ge," Yang Menghuo answered. 

I frowned when I heard Yang Menghuo's voice. 

'Why does his voice sounds strangely familiar?' I pondered. I'm positive that I had heard Yang Menghuo's voice somewhere not long ago. In fact, it was too familiar that I felt I just talked with the same man on the phone last night.

'…'

'Nah, that couldn't be.' I shook my head. It was too ridiculous if it could happen for real. 'No, no, that couldn't be. If Meng Bao is actually Yang Menghuo, that would be… the biggest plot twist in a rom-com book. Unless I actually lived in a novel as a female lead in a rom-com novel, then the chance is basically only 0.01%.'

I kept listening as Yang Menghuo and Alexander Priest started chatting, 

"Don't you know that your dad's secretary is so beautiful? She's definitely one of the beauties that will fit your taste also," Alex said.

"You can have her for yourself, Ge. I don't care," Menghuo replied.

This voice sounded a bit alienated and pressuring when talking to someone else, just like what I heard when Meng Bao was talking to his mother on the phone.

That voice was definitely Meng Bao's.

I gulped down the saliva somehow stuck on my throat. I shook my head again. This must be one of my crazy imagination again. 

'But Meng Bao also said that he wanted to meet his father because his father kept pressuring him about marriage and work… and the fact that Menghuo slipped before, and said that he would provide for me instead…'

They continued chatting, and I couldn't help but peek from the window. The window had a curtain, of course, but there was a spot where I could peek inside of Mr. Yang's office? How did I know? Well, let's just say a curious cat always found a good spot.

I dragged my chair and climbed on it. I peeked from my peeking spot and saw a man with platinum blonde hair facing Mr. Yang. And beside Alex, there was a man whose posture Shi Ying's knew really well. He had silky smooth hair that he draped on his forehead because he was too lazy to use a wax or pomade, yet, it still showed how handsome he was even without much care.

He had an almost perfect side profile, beautiful blue eyes mixed with his Asian-Caucasian's blood. Now that I thought about it again, I just realized that Madam Evelynn Yang, Mr. Yang's wife, was actually also a half Chinese-half American. 

So Yang Menghuo must have taken most of his appearance from his mother's side instead. That was why he didn't look similar to his dad at all. 

I had seen Madam Yang a few times. I compared her appearance with Yang Menghuo… and then, based on my comparison, I compared Madam Yang with Meng Bao's image… they were basically a guaranteed mother and son. No need for further DNA testing.

I saw Meng Bao was talking with Alex and Mr. Yang with that same cold gaze that he showed once when he got a call from his mother. A gaze that was entirely out of his character whenever he was around me.

…

'DID I JUST DATE MY BOSS' SON?!' 

I suddenly realized that I had dated my boss' son via a rental boyfriend app, calling him with a silly name, smacking him with my grocery bag, and blocking him after we had a call.

…

'I'm screwed.'

'I'm utterly, totally screwed.'

I really didn't expect Meng Bao to be Yang Menghuo, that lazy bum, gay, and a wastrel that never worked in his entire life. 

'… I called him delusional for thinking that he's a rich second generation. I also gave him a 300 Yuan gift… thinking that he must be very grateful for my gift…'

'Shi Ying, what kind of sin did you do in the past to have so much unluckiness in life? What if you cannot keep your secretary job because your boss' son is offended by you?'

"This should be celebrated. I just bought a coffee from another country, uh… what is it called again, Luwak? It's a Luwak Coffee. I'll tell my secretary to make it for three of us," Mr. Yang suddenly said. "Secretary Shi, come here!"

'WHATTT!?'

I was too shocked that my feet wobbled, and I fell from the chair.

THUD!

***

"Huh? What was that?" Mr. Yang heard something heavy hit the ground from outside. He checked and saw that his secretary fell on the ground in a not so gracious pose. Mr. Yang sighed and said,

"Are you okay? Secretary Shi?"

"I—I'm okay, sir…"

"Good then, be careful next time. Go make three cups of Luwak coffee that I bought last week."           

…

***

"I'm totally screwed..." I massaged my back after that fall. And now, I still had to make three cups of coffee and face Meng Bao directly.

"Fuck, what should I do to keep Meng Bao's mouth shut? What if he mentioned anything about what happened in two days? Wait, why was he in Rent A boyfriend app in the first place?!" I was so worried that Meng Bao would say anything strange or went all out butthurt about what I did to him that he would get me fired.

"Should I buy cyanide and poison Meng Bao's coffee? No, no, Shi Ying, why do you become homicidal so suddenly?!" I was thinking hard about how to avoid meeting Meng Bao. 

I looked around my office and then saw the paper bag on the small trash can under my table. It was my morning coffee and donuts paper bag. 

…

"Okay, Shi Ying, the stake is high… do you want to keep your pride or to keep your job?"

…

It wasn't long until I snatched the paper bag from the trash can and used a scissor to put two holes in it.