Chapter 88 - Are You My Husband

As they were talking, the two men heard knocking from the door. "Come in," Xander called.

The door swung upon. They exchanged meaningful glances when Dr. Candice Yao entered with her impeccable smile. 

"Secretary Ness wasn't on her desk, so I just came straight to here. I hope you don't mind," Raine cheerfully smiled.

Oh, how she was enjoying the way the two men's faces paled at that moment. They clearly didn't expect her to interrupt their heartfelt conversation about her… The so-called sly mouse!

"Yes, we do mind," Rui scoffed in a dry tone, which led to Xander vaguely signaling him to behave. Rui's mouth twitched as he shrugged before proceeding to drink his tea.

Strutting in, Raine ignored Rui as she walked straight to Xander with some paper bags. "Dr. CEO, I've brought a lot of presents for you from Country V. I hope you'll like these. I forgot to give it to you when I arrived earlier."

"Oh, that's so nice of you, Dr Yao, but you didn't have to do this. I can't accept it…" Xander sheepishly denied as he moved a bit to his left because Raine sat beside him.

"What are you saying? These are all for you. I especially took the effort to choose them all, and I think that they'll all look good on you. Here, try this." Raine deftly moved closer as she picked out one of the coats from the paper bags. She was about to put it on Xander when he quickly stood up from the couch.

Raine frowned as she was about to stand up and follow him. However, Xander beat her to the punch, "Stop right there. Just leave it all in the paper bags. Don't come near me…"

Rui, on the other hand, was silently enjoying the show, thoroughly and sneakily taking a video of what was happening.

"What's wrong, Dr. CEO?" Raine asked with a confused look. By now, she could bet that she had surpassed even the superstar Brione Yu with her acting skills alone. 

'Ah, I should've changed my career path into acting and being a superstar. It must be fun!' Raine mused.

"My wife-" Xander almost spilled the beans before he stopped himself. He recalled that he shouldn't disclose all of the details of him being secretly married to his wife Yera yet. So with careful words, he continued, "My weird skin allergy. I have an allergy right now, and it's very itchy. Just leave it in the paper bag. Thank you for your thoughtfulness, but please keep at least a meter away from."

Raine's eyebrows arched. "Why? Is it because of the party? I see that we're trending on social media and are on the top searches. Hmm, will this affect our friendship? Do you want me to answer them and clear everything up to those reporters? But if I do, I'll be honest with them and tell them that I like you."

Rui's tea deliberately splashed out from his mouth upon hearing those blunt words from Dr. Yao. Xander was dumbfounded at the brazenness of the woman in front of him.

Well, they were not alone in showing their shock. In another room, in Raine's private clinic, Tyrone's face suddenly dimmed. He knew that Raine was only acting, but her words left a bitter taste in his mouth! Hearing Raine says she liked other men was deeply annoying!

"Stop that, Candice!" Rui exclaimed as he stood up, suddenly grabbing Raine's arm with force. 

"What? I really like Dr. CEO. Is there something wrong with that?" Raine naively muttered as she pulled on her restrained arm. She was really enjoying how these two men were getting rid of her. Ah, being their lover would probably not be bad at all. These men were loyal and hard to find these days!

"Yes, there is! He's already taken, so stop dreaming!" Rui snapped. 

Raine only gave him a grimace before she spat, "He's still not married. Oh, and even if he is… I can always steal him away."

Hahaha! Her acting would definitely earn a slap from all of the legal wives and girlfriends. She would definitely be a great mistress at this rate.

Rui gritted his teeth. This little sly mouse was really testing his patience. With a still raised brow, Raine abruptly removed Rui's hand from her arm. She then turned toward Xander and winked, "I'll be going, for now, Dr. CEO, since there's a meddler in here right now. I'll see you later then. Bye!" 

Raine gave Rui a dirty look before she walked out the door. Meanwhile, Rui turned to Xander and declared, "Don't worry. I'll handle her."

Xander, with a twisted expression on her face, mumbled, "You better do!"

*****

Raine controlled her laughter as she left Xander's office.

"Are you done playing around, Boss?!" Raine suddenly heard Tyrone from another line.

Raine raised her eyebrows as she mumbled, "Don't worry. I'll play with you next!"

She then ended the call. But before she could move along, her mobile phone suddenly rang. Looking at the screen, she immediately answered as she saw Lyne being the caller ID, "What's wrong?"

"Boss, the plan is working. Xander's now preparing for the trial, and he's coordinating with the Earth Clan's new king. They will request a Mirage Trial against your Uncle Yun," Lyne reported. Tyrone was also on the other line, and he could not help but let out a sigh of relief. The sooner the case with Xander got closed, the better.

"So, are you going to vote for him as President now?" Lyne asked. She was someone who held high regard to the new king of the Earth Clan, Chad Quan, who was also currently running for president in Country V. Raine, on the other hand, didn't think that Chad could take on such a great responsibility in ruling the whole country. It wasn't as simple as it seemed, given that Chad also needed to take care of the Earth Clan, which had a bigger community compared to the Moon and the Sun Clans.

"I'm not sure yet, Lyne. We will see. I'll have to meet with him in person. Probably play with him a bit more before I can tell," Raine answered.

"Why do you always love playing with men?" Tyrone interrupted.

Rain chuckled, "And why are you affected? Are you my husband now to question all of my actions?!"

Tyrone was speechless.. He was totally embarrassed for acting like that. Who was he? He was nothing but Raine's right-hand man!