Chapter 388 - Asking For A Friend

"Stupid guy!"

The image of a thorny rose appeared on the screen.

Fingers flitted across the screen to adjust the settings and once again the stylus began moving across the screen.

"How could he just stay in the same position all night!?"

The sound of a scoffing woman was the only thing heard in the silent room.

The fury in her heart over the incident that had taken place last night was great as she continued to pour her anger out on her art.

To her great luck, she was drawing the piece which was for the red dress which was meant to be the embodiment of the fierce and alluring traits.

Her anger for what had happened last night was indeed helping her bring out the fierce nature of the jewelry she was designing to go along with the dress Stephen had created.

A true artist would gain artistic vision from everything around him or her.

This was what was occurring with Lina Yang as she was fueled with anger from last night which was helping her create the current jewelry piece for the red dress.

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Unknown to the dangers up ahead, Manager Lang was preparing to shift the luggage that the Emperor had asked him to move to Lina's room.

Thankfully, he had been delayed for a couple of hours which gave Lina a chance to calm down as well as complete the piece she had been working on.

As Lina saved the final changes of this piece on her personal and secured drive, she heard the doorbell ringing.

'Who could it be?' She wondered and shut down her Tablet as she rose from the couch.

Today, she had decided to remain out in the Hall rather than working in the study so it did not take much time for her to get to the door.

Upon opening the door, she found the friendly Manager standing outside with a staff standing behind him.

"Yes?" Lina questioned as her eyes traveled to the suitcase in the other man's hand.

'Am I being evicted?' Was the first thought that had come to her mind.

She narrowed her eyes and stared at the Manager who broke out into a cold sweat after noticing her intense stare.

This was the first time that Manager Lang had seen her with a frown which brought him the realization that this lady also exuded a scary aura.

'She was friendly all this while so I never noticed that she too has that 'Don't mess with me' aura around her.' He inferred after seeing her this way.

Lina was already mad at Reuben for what had happened last night and now the Manager had come around carrying someone else's luggage which soured her mood all over again.

"Miss, we were sent by Mr. Ming." Manager Lang hurried to explain the reason for his presence here.

'She will let us in now.' He surmised and was about to smile but halted in his movements.

This was because contrary to his expectations, not only did she not allow them inside but also stood before them as she blocked their path.

"What for?" She scoffed at the thought of the man who had wrecked her mood since last night.

"Mr. Ming asked us to shift his luggage to your suite, Miss." He blurted out the reason for his sudden arrival.

Lina raised her brows as her eyes traveled to the black bag in the staff's hand.

"What about his room?" She inquired while peeking her head out of the door and towards the door that Reuben had shown a few days ago.

'Did they have an argument?' The manager was trying to figure out why she was being hostile today when she was usually very sweet to him and his staff.

"That room is forever booked for Mr. Ming, Miss. It belongs to him." He disclosed secret information that even the staff did not know about.

Lina's widened eyes revealed that she was also unaware of this piece of information.

'Rich people….' She shook her head at this lavish behavior she heard about for the first time.

Her boyfriend seemed to be a living example of the CEOs she had read in the novels except for a few disparities from the works of fiction she loved to read.

'He isn't a beast like most of those men in the books.' She nodded about this quality in him.

However, last night she had willingly given him the opportunity to touch her body but he had wasted this chance.

"Come in." She permitted when she snapped out of her thoughts and found the men standing in the same position as earlier.

The Manager escorted his man and they followed Lina to the bedroom where they would place Reuben's luggage.

"Use that one." She pointed to the empty side of the wardrobe to arrange her boyfriend's clothes.

While she sat on her bed and watched the staff sorting out Reuben's clothes on the shelves, she turned towards the Manager.

"You're a man, right?" She questioned with all seriousness apparent on his face.

This question made the Manager to falter even when he was standing firm on his feet.

The one with the worst reaction was the staff member who chortled out loud but had to stop when he felt the Manager's fierce glare.

Lina realized what she had said and coughed to alleviate the awkward air that now surrounded them.

"Without a doubt, Miss!" Manager Lang answered in nonchalance through the throbbing vein on his forehead exposed the anger hidden within him.

Lina nodded profusely to agree with him and scratched her neck as she tried to frame her next sentence.

'Looks like she is back to her usual self.' The man deduced after watching her actions.

He did not know what must have taken place between them but he was glad that she was feeling better now.

After all, in his eyes, this lady was a special existence who could even make that cold man smile and be docile towards her.

"What does it mean when a man rejects a woman who is practically throwing herself at him?" Lina's next question brought another wave of coughs in the room.

The men stopped whatever it was they were doing and turned towards her.

'Stop looking at me like that!' She felt weird that they were staring at her with wide eyes filled with astonishment after hearing her words.

"I'm asking for a friend." She muttered and glared at them which made them turn away.

Though they looked away, it was clear that they did not believe her words as there was pity in their eyes which she could not notice now.

'So even she was rejected by that man.' Manager Lang sighed at the sad state she was in.

Though the Emperor treated her better than any other woman, she still could not get closer to the man who kept women at a distance away from him.

Everyone in the city had heard the gossip about the heir of the Ming Enterprises and how he lived a clean life without getting involved in any scandals from the day had he entered the limelight.

Thus they sighed at this sad occurrence yet tried to speak words of consolation for her.

"Maybe he had his reasons for rejecting…" Manager Lang was quick to stop himself as the next word was 'you'.