"Director, do you have any other instructions?"
Yunxi asked with an indifferent expression.
The man adjusted his gold-rimmed glasses and said,
"Wei Yunxi, can't you give me some face? Did you have to embarrass me during the team discussion meeting?"
Yunxi folded her arms and said,
"Face is earned. Besides, we were only having a discussion. Everyone was voicing their own opinions—I simply disagreed with yours."
"But you're my girlfriend!"
the man snapped, somewhat exasperated.
That statement successfully shut Yunxi up.
She frowned deeply and looked the man before her up and down. He was about six foot one, dressed in a well-fitting blue-gray business-casual shirt and white trousers, with white leather shoes on his feet. He had a lean, tall build—the type who looked slim in clothes but was well-muscled underneath. His face was fairly striking too, and he gave Yunxi an inexplicable sense of familiarity.
The man grew uncomfortable beneath Yunxi's nakedly appraising gaze. He cleared his throat and said,
"I know you've always kept work and private matters separate, but I've just been parachuted into this new company. I hope to have your support. Do you understand what I mean?"
For a moment, Yunxi's mind went blank. Then memories related to the man before her came flooding back. This new director was the boyfriend she had dated for two years. They had met at a business cocktail party, and because their fields of work overlapped, they had gotten along well enough.
A year after they met, he had been the first to confess his feelings. Yunxi felt that he met her standards in every respect, so they had established a relationship.
She had not deliberately hidden the matter from friends and colleagues around her. It was simply that he had never liked attending gatherings with her friends.