Chapter 441 - Work To Do

Lina and Steph were in sync as they turned to gaze at the intruder who had entered without even knocking to announce their presence.

While Stephen Jin narrowed his eyes at this interruption during his once-in-a-lifetime chance to hug his Noona without any disturbance, Lina on the other hand wasn't as peeved.

Raising her brow, she inquired the reason for this unannounced arrival and soon received her answer as well.

"You have work to do." Benji, the intruder, revealed the cause of this disturbance.

Steph wished to click his tongue at his Noona's assistant but hearing that she had work waiting for her, he did not make his displeasure known.

Lina nodded at Benji as she rose from her seat and her loyal puppy soon followed her actions.

The two then walked towards the tall man standing by the door.

When Lina was close enough, Benji leaned closer to her ear in order to whisper something.

"Mr. Hitoshi and the rest wish to speak to you first." He informed the next task on her schedule.

Lina nodded as she had been expecting this but had gotten busy, first with Wade and now with Steph.

'Looks like I made them wait for too long.' She sighed before deciding to hasten in her steps.

However, before she could leave, she felt an eager gaze on her.

Turning sideways, she found Steph looking at her with expectant eyes, indicating that he wished to say something.

When he saw his Noona looking at him, he did not hesitate and blurted out what was on his mind.

"Noona, we haven't finished our conversation." He reminded her about the main objective of meeting her here.

They had a lot to discuss and he had only been able to scratch the surface in the short period they spent in this room.

'And even then, I was interrupted!' He shot a furious gaze at Benji who did not give too much attention to this child.

Lina paused for a second to give it a moment's thought before she had a solution to their problem.

"How about I come meet you at your workspace once I am done?" She proposed and chuckled when she saw his entire face light up.

Hearing that his Noona would be coming down to his floor, Steph gave an eager nod and was about to rush out to prepare everything for her arrival.

However, he was stopped in the next second.

"We are heading down as well." She mentioned asking him to join them.

Benji had no issues while Steph was just happy to spend a few extra seconds with his Noona.

Having come to this conclusion, Lina and the two men with her exited the waiting lounge and headed towards the elevators.

The VP's secretaries who worked on the top floor watched from their seats while the 'Cupcake Fairy' walked to the elevator.

On her one side stood the charming yet evil young master of the Jin family while on her other side was the muscular and mysterious assistant she had brought to this company.

As they watched with curiosity, they saw their boss, Assistant Kirk heading towards them.

He spoke a few words to Miss Yang followed by shooting the muscular assistant a tender and concerned gaze.

However, the bulky assistant only gave a brief greeting before entering the elevator with the rest.

Assistant Kirk stood on one side while the other three were inside the elevator whose dooring soon shut.

The moment those doors were shut, Assistant Kirk's shoulders slumped as he let out an audible sigh before returning to his desk.

If they had not known the true relationship between the two men, they would have thought that Assistant Kirk was a forlorn lover who had just been jilted. 

After all, every time they saw the two men interact, one was aggressive while the other looked like he wished to flee.

Today's incident was also an example of the relationship between them which made them shake their heads before getting back to work.

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Inside the elevator, Lina was seen leering at her assistant who chose to lower his head and focus on the phone in his hand.

"Did you hear what I just said?" She glowered when he did not utter a word to acknowledge what she had just said.

Earlier, when Kirk had come over to bid her goodbye, he had a few words to say to his little brother as well.

However, Benji, as always, shrugged it off and was in a hurry to leave.

"It was just a movie with your brother." She scoffed at him but got no reply.

Kirk's request to spend the weekend together with his brother was ruthlessly rejected by Benji who declared that he had pressing matters to attend to.

'All he does is laze at home when he isn't working.' She shot him another glare but Benji pretended to have not noticed anything out of the ordinary.

'I do have something to do that cannot be pushed back.' He sighed in his heart but did not reveal his mind.

After all, the reason he was busy this weekend was a secret that he was asked to keep from Lina.

Therefore, he rejected his elder brother's offer earlier and now was focused on his phone to avoid meeting Lina's gaze.

While Lina was glaring at Benji, the other person in the elevator was enjoying this view.

Stephen Jin was basking in this glorious sight, sneering at Benji who was receiving divine punishment for interrupting his precious time with his Noona.

Amongst the chaotic yet silent environment ensuing in this closed space, the ding was quite loud and snapped them out of their thoughts.

The panel displayed the floor the elevator had stopped at and glancing at it, Lina knew that they had arrived at their destination.

Therefore, she and Benji got down on the twentieth floor which belonged to the jewelry department of Obsidia.

This entire floor had been reserved for LY and Mr. Hitoshi's team so no one else could enter as they pleased.

While Lina would have loved to give her puppy a tour of the place, there was business to attend to.

Thus, she bid goodbye to Steph who reminded her to not forget about heading down to the eighteenth floor, to his workspace, once she was done with her work here.

"I will be there soon." She promised and waved until the doors shut.

Once Steph was out of sight, she scoffed at Benji one last time before heading towards the door which would give them entry to Mr. Hitoshi's workspace.

The twentieth and twenty-first floors were a combined space meant solely for LY and the team.

Therefore, very few people had the clearance to enter these floors.

The way to both the floors was through one door and to enter that door, a key card was required.

Both Lina and Benji's identity cards were given clearance to these floors and thus were able to enter with ease.

As soon as they were inside, they caught sight of the rest who had the clearance to these levels.

Old man Hitoshi was seated with Uncle Mitsuo while Nao and Aya were standing at a distance, peering into their phones.

'She must be texting Stace.' Lina surmised after just one look at the blushing smile on her friend's face.

However, she would have to interrupt whatever was being exchanged between the two lovebirds through text.

"Ahem…" She cleared her throat to gain the youngsters' attention as the two older men had already noticed their arrival.

Nao and Aya hurried to the place where the men were seated as that was where Lina and Benji were also headed.

Once everyone had gathered around, Lina greeted them with a nod before heading straight to business.

The reason they were all assembled here was to discuss the designs she had created and displayed during the meeting that had ended around an hour ago.

This group from the Hitoshi family and Lina had been working with each other for too long so it was easy for them to come to a consensus about certain matters regarding the jewelry.

"Since we do not have much time, we might have to rush to prepare them." She apologized for informing them this late.

However, she had completed the designs only yesterday and today brought them over to the company.

She had done her best and now was the time to leave the rest in their capable hands.

"We heard about what happened." Uncle Mitsuo smiled while disclosing that they knew the reason for this haste in a Winter Collection.

Upon seeing Lina's confused eyes, Uncle Mitsuo glanced at his son who was seen rubbing his nose in embarrassment.

"Big Brother Leon keeps me updated about the office gossip." Nao revealed how he had come to gain this information.

The reason the Winter Collection had been announced was because of the mess Maxene Kang had created with the gossip she had spread about Lina.

Not only did the people from the Clothing department work together to dispel the rumors about her, but Steph had also helped her out.

At that time, Steph had come forward to save her, and later she had chosen to repay him by using her secret identity as LY.

Thus, she had entered into Closed-door cultivation to hurriedly create jewelry designs to go with the dresses he had designed for his Winter Collection.

Lina chuckled while shaking her head after learning that it was the big-mouthed Leon who had revealed everything to Nao which allowed the rest of the Hitoshi family to hear about it as well.

Since they were already aware of the cause for this haste, they promised to do their best, at the earliest.

"Thank you! I will treat you to a feast after the event." She bowed while promising and everyone agreed with a smile.