Chapter 154 - Do You Still Want Me?

Mischa finally raised his hand to pat Fae's shoulder, but while his hand was still hanging in the air, the door was knocked twice and entered Sarah who immediately stood rooted in the doorway

"Good afternoon, Sir—" Her cheerful and enthusiastic voice suddenly stuttered, and his face flushed red. "Oh .. uh, I'm sorry. I should have waited to be invited in. I seem to be intruding. I'll go now."

She hurriedly ran outside, leaving Mischa and Fae, who spontaneously took one step backward respectively.

Sarah scolded herself when she caught an indecent scene between the RMI big boss and his personal assistant. Now, how could she unsee and forget that incident? 

It turned out, that she was right! They did have an inappropriate relationship!

Their relationship was more than just a boss and his assistant!

Ugh .. but why did it have to be that country bumpkin? Sarah muttered to herself. She regretted being rude and opened the door before being invited in.

She was very used to being casual and do things as she pleased around the office because she was very beautiful and so many people liked her. They always let her come and go as she pleased.

"I'm sorry, Sir. I got carried away earlier ..." Fae didn't stop apologizing as she bowed repeatedly.

She was very embarrassed because she had hugged her boss. What if Mischa now had the idea that she was a coquettish assistant who tried to flirt with her boss?

Her efforts to maintain her reputation in this office were done for. She should have held back a little more. Mischa was nice to her even though she was not Vega Linden. But if her boss misunderstood and thought she was a temptress, maybe in the future, Mischa would feel awkward and keep his distance.

Damn .. what now? What should I do?

It took Mischa some time to establish a neutral stance. He understood that Fae was not a seductress assistant. The girl was just feeling very moved.

Mischa wondered how badly had people treated Fae, so that his small acts of kindness could make her so touched?

Had she suffered terribly? For some reason, imagining Fae suffering made his heart sad.

"Fae, it's okay. I'll deal with Sarah. I understand you have no bad intentions. You better forget about today's events and go back to work. We'll be busy for the next week," he said as he sat in his chair. He then waved lightly as if the incident just now didn't happen. "You said you agreed to live on St. Laurent. You better start getting ready to move. Call the office logistics team to help you."

Fae was stunned. "You still want me to stay with you?"

"You still want to work as my assistant, right?" Mischa asked back.

A big smile finally graced Fae's face as she nodded happily. "I still want to work as your assistant. I promised to do my best."

She tried so hard to not hug her boss again. Oh, she was so touched!

***

Fae asked Marco from the logistics department to help her to move her belongings from her small flat to one of the rooms in the penthouse in St. Laurent. Mischa's belongings had already been moved by the hotel staff from the suite a few hours earlier.

When she saw the mattress she had just bought a few weeks earlier with her own money, Fae felt sad. However, she had to force herself to give up that thing because in the penthouse she saw that there was already a very luxurious bed. 

She couldn't possibly carry her mattress to the penthouse, right? It would be very embarrassing if Mischa found out.

Marco looked surprised to see that he was assigned to carry Fae's belongings from her flat to the luxury penthouse in St. Laurent building.

Is this Miss Muller really Mr. Rhionen's mistress? So, are they living together now?

However, he kept his question to himself. He felt Fae was very friendly and never looked for trouble with him. So he would not interfere with how Fae, an adult woman, lived her own life.

After everything was settled, Fae called Mischa and told him that the penthouse was ready to live in, and he could come home at any time.

[Have you had dinner?]

Mischa texted Fae before he came home from work. Fae hadn't eaten yet, but she suspected Mischa asked this question because he wanted to ask her to prepare dinner.

[Not yet. Boss, do you want to have dinner at home? Do you want me to order food from the hotel?]

[No, tonight I want to cook to celebrate the housewarming.]

"Eh?" Fae could only stare at her cellphone in amazement.

Was she dreaming? RMI's big boss would cook for them?

Instantly her chest was pounding. What was this? First, Mischa told her to stay with him for work reasons, and tonight he wanted to cook dinner for them? Wasn't this too over the top?

Does Mischa like me? she was wondering.

Fae suddenly felt anxious.

She became worried about Mischa's expectations of her. 

Did the man really like her? Then .. what did it mean that he would cook dinner this evening? Did he want Fae to sleep with him?

Oh my God ...

Fae paced back and forth frantically. She regretted her decision to move to this penthouse. If Mischa really had another motive for helping her ... then she had misjudged people.

She was really panicked and trying to think of a million reasons to get out of the place and return to her old flat.

She was a married woman! She was not officially divorced from Ren. What's more, she was currently pregnant!

She couldn't possibly think of dating other men.

Ugh ... should she tell Mischa about her pregnancy? If the boss found out that she was pregnant, maybe he would be turned off and stop chasing her.

The girl was still preoccupied with various negative thoughts while pacing the living room when Mischa came in with a paper bag filled with groceries.

"What happened to you?" asked Mischa in surprise.

Fae was startled. She stared at Mischa with rounded eyes.

"Sir ... I still love my husband. We have separated, but I do not want to date anyone. I just want to work to make honest money," said Fae in a pleading voice.

"That's good," said Mischa, nodding and walking towards the kitchen. "Please get some red wine from the cupboard, okay?"

Fae was amazed to see Mischa completely ignored her words just now.

What did he say earlier? That's good? What's good?

So, Mischa agreed if Fae didn't want to date anyone?

The girl became very confused.. However, she obediently took out a bottle of red wine from the wine storage cabinet.