Chapter 134 - One step at a time

Sayu lazed like a sleepy feline on the sofa in the big boss' office. She was only wearing her white shirt after the physical activity the two had engaged in. 

"So what's the purpose of this visit?" the big boss asked Sayu, suiting up. He didn't like remaining in a state of undress that most people enjoyed after intercourse. He wasn't much of a cuddler either. 

Sayu frowned. 

"Always straight to business aren't you?" 

The big boss sighed. 

"Don't be whiny. That's one reason I don't like younger women." 

Sayu made a face at him. Generally, she preferred meaningless s.e.x. Men were easy to come by, and they worshipped at her feet. 

But this big boss, she had really found herself a tough nut to crack. 

Initially, he had approached her personally, to work together on a beaurocratic issue that was getting in her own way. It had served her purposes...as well as his. 

Since then they had been feeding each other information when necessary. 

"I have some news for you..." she said lazily, not bothered to respond to his little jab at her ego earlier. 

"What is it?" 

"It's that bodyguard - Ro-kun. He served under me while he was enlisted. I know you've had an eye out for that Moshi boy. Ro-kun, his bodyguard, is looking for certain 'dishonorable dischargees' from the army." 

The big boss' lips twitched. He seemed to be smiling, but his expression was more twisted than happy. 

"That's interesting...isn't it?" he said, his voice low, like a ferocious cat in the bushes, waiting to pounce. 

Sayu sat up straight, she didn't quite understand what he was getting at. 

"What do you mean?" 

"Shen doesn't even know the forces at work against him. Looks like he placed his faith in the wrong person" 

Sayu's eyebrows were knitted together. She had no idea what Ro-kun's situation was. But apparently the man she was sleeping with knew more than she did. 

"I just thought you'd be intersted in knowing that someone's looking into where some of your employees come from" 

The big boss laughed out loud. 

"Oh, that's not what they're looking for!" 

"Then...what?" 

"They're looking for the ones attacking them out in the open...yet, they don't know they're working with the enemy. That Shen boy is much stupider than I'd assumed!" the big boss crowed. He seemed extremely proud of himself. 

He was set on destroying Moshi Corportation, the heir to the conglomerate and that out of control agent of his in one go. But they had made the situation far more complicated. 

Furthermore, after some more digging as Dr. Hayama, he had uncovered some more things about Lina that had fit her perfectly in his plans. 

"More than anything...I need that girl." he whispered. 

Sayu made an annoyed face, unable to control her emotions. 

"What girl?" she asked, irritatedly. 

Sayu was annoyed that he was talking about needing another woman while she was already there right in front of him, available and willing. 

"A girl I didn't think was as important as she is, as compared to when I first met her." he answered quietly. 

"Why didn't you think she was important when you first met her?" Sayu probed, the jealous part of her qurious to learn more about that woman her lover was talking about. 

But the big boss seemed to snap out of it all of sudden. 

"None of your business, Sayu. Now, if you've nothing else to do, I better get back to work" The big boss' words were curt, but they stung Sayu like a malicious tick sucking her every drop of blood.

She grit her teeth as she put up a brave smile and walked out after throwing on her clothes as fast as she could. 

She couldn't remember why she wanted this man anymore, but he was an irresistable addiction to her. 

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At lunchtime, at the Moshi Corporation offices, Lina made a very public appearance at her husband's place of work. 

Everyone was formally given notice about her attival before she had even step foot into the buidling. 

As she reached Shen's floor exactly on time, his office doors were flung wide open, as if to welcome her arrival. 

Lina noticed Shen from a distance, speaking into his phone, occasionally smiling and at other times arguing a little harder. 

Her heart always melted at his mannerisms. That was her man, the one who gave her everything, made her feel complete. 

Before she could even process what she was doing, she had involuntarily rushed towards him and hugged him from behind, her arms encircling his wait. 

"I'll have to call you back" she heard her husband say to the person on the other end of the phone as he immediately cut the call to embrace his darling, spoiled wife. 

"I've been waiting for you, angel" he said, smiling widely to himself, satisfied at his wife's affectionate greeting. 

"I missed you" she mumbled into his back. 

The husband's smile got wider, hearing her words. Of course she must have missed him! After all, he had given her a taste of his virility just last night. It was understandable that his wife's brain had turned to mush after that. 

She continued speaking as she hugged him. 

"Dear god, I was so hungry. I'm glad I got to you as fast I could, now I can finally have lunch-" 

The happy husband's wide smile fell a hundred feet deep into the ground. 

Seriously?! 

Food was why she was happy to see him? 

"Darling, I heard mother cooked and sent her chicken soup for me." she released her husband and started unpacking the lunch basket her mother-in-law had sent over, excited to smell her favourite dish. 

She completely forgot to look up at her sour husband's face. 

As she looked up at him to invite him to sit down for lunch with her, she noticed the lines on his forehead, and the darkness in his eyes. 

"Is this real, angel? Are you really giving chicken soup more importance than you're giving me?"