Destined to be his Wife

Chapter 18 - What Do I Do Now?

YuZhi tossed the bundle of newspapers and magazines across the desk, so they slid in all directions, and one dropped off before ZhengLi scooped down to pick it up and threw it back on the pile. Amused at his friends agitated behavior.

"Looks like our PR campaign so far is going smoothly. Nice pictures by the way, I hate how damn photogenic you are." He laughed at YuZhi's sour expression, who was leaning back in his chair scowling ZhengLi's way. "Shanghai's Golden couple double date outing! Really catchy. Or this one .... YuZhi Leng and Rhea Cheng find love again so soon! Bit cheesy but it's better than this one..." ZhengLi held up a known gossip magazine and waved it with a mischievous grin on his face. "Foursome dates for the Heirs of Shanghai!" He laughed heartily at that one. Shaking his head at the implications, before laying it on top of the others with equally bad healdines.

"Can you stop. I'm not in the mood. They have been hounding me all day."

Once again, the press was swarming the buildings outside, and they had been followed from the crack of dawn right from his own drive. Online news was trending, and his social media accounts had been humming all morning. They expected attention with the news he had a new girlfriend, but this was more than anticipated. All day the call lines were bombarded with reporters, security had to escort many out and Rhea was facing the same over at the fashion show venue. TangShi was told to stay home and not go near windows or outside until this blew over.

Everyone wanted to confirm that the pair were still friends while dating alongside one another. Such was the curse of fame and being a hot topic these past weeks. They also wanted interviews on Rhea's view of YuZhi dating her public best friend while the film world was abuzz that Lu Jeng had been seen with Rhea. Not to mention the interest in TangShi, who she was, what she did for a living and general titbits for an heir who seemed invisible until now.

"You should frame this one. It gives me serious drama vibes and would make a good cover image to a bossy CEO and his love, plot." He held up one of YuZhi standing behind TangShi, his arms around her protectively as he leaned in and pressed his nose to her cheek. It shielded the fact he had whispered in her ear and looked more like he was nuzzling her seductively. TangShi's eyes were half closed from being drunk and yet it came across as something else in the picture. She looked ready to jump his bones and haul his clothes off. YuZhi waved it away, annoyed that so many images had been released despite only brief moments together at the club. Someone must have been glued to them all night waiting for picture opportunities.

"Don't you have actual work to do? Sure I don't pay you to hang at my desk all day and irritate me." YuZhi didn't sleep last night, unable to get eight years ago out of his head and was yet to tell ZhengLi about TangShi's confession about the past. After dumping her in bed he spent the night in his study, to avoid staring at her and wondering, comparing, touching her. Trying to see if she really did conjure up the image of her past self. He had mulled it over a million times in his head trying to debunk the details and separate her from Alice, but he couldn't. She could only be her and he was not happy about that. His emotions were frazzled and he was feeling raw.

"Why are you so grouchy today. You're either silently sulking and glaring at your paperwork or being techy. Do you have your period?" ZhengLi poked fun at him but YuZhi's face soured further, being reminded TangShi got hers and was another month of no baby, and more trips to that clinic. He was starting to regret this arrangement.

"I'm busy. And now this is public" he gestured at the papers which ZhengLi was stacking up neatly once more. "I have to deal with the Leng and Lieu family dinners after this. Now they want the public to expect a marriage, of course all of that will be carefully planned so we meet somewhere expensive and popular. " He sighed and threw his pen down, discarding the contract he had been trying to read and kicked his feet up to the edge of his desk to push himself away in frustration. So many steps to be able to announce his marriage and future baby.