Dark Purple Rose [YiZhan FF]

Chapter 8

Being alone with Yibo in the office made Zhan a little nervous. Yes, he was very happy to have Yibo all to himself. But now he couldn't concentrate on his work at all. Especially because Yibo kept walking up and down in front of Zhan's desk and refused to do so in any of the other rooms.

After another round that Yibo had made in front of his desk, Zhan closed his laptop and said: "Okay, tell me what I have to do to get you to stop pacing up and down here."

"Nothing. Don't let me bother you." Wang Yibo replied, then paused and looked at Zhan, frowning. "Mhhh..." Yibo went straight to the desk, leaned on it with both hands and asked, "Could you maybe take the afternoon off?"

"Huh? What for?" Zhan asked, confused. Then he looked up and his gaze caught Yibo's eyes. Zhan's heart began to race violently and he felt his cheeks begin to redden once again. But he didn't try to hide it. Because he knew it wouldn't make any sense anyway.

"I have an appointment this afternoon."

"So what? What's that got to do with me?"

For the first time, Yibo looked nervous when he replied to Zhan: "We're filming a commercial by the sea this afternoon. I have to go there and I thought you might like to be there as my fan."

"Mhhh." Zhan said, pretending to think about it. But inside he was cheering and screaming like those girls at the concert. Wang Yibo, his idol, wants Zhan to accompany him to the shooting of a commercial? Did he really have to think about it? What other answer besides YES, DAMN IT, could there be? Playfully calm, Zhan finally said, "Well, I guess I can take the afternoon off."

"Okay good. I'll let Agent Nax know then."

"Yeah..." Zhan thought about Yibo's words and then looked intensely into his eyes. Now his heart wasn't beating so wildly out of love and excitement, but out of anger, which Zhan could only partly explain at first. He cleared his throat and asked: "So you just want me to come with you because of your job as my bodyguard? So that I'm not alone in the afternoon?"

"I..." Yibo suddenly looked nervous and searching for words.

"What? I thought you wanted to take me with you because I'm your fan and maybe you care about me as your fan. But I was probably wrong. The only reason you want me to come with you is because you don't trust me to go an afternoon without your protection. Don't you?" Zhan corrected himself in his mind. He wasn't angry. He was disappointed!

"Zhan, it's my job to protect you." Yibo replied, visibly nervous.

"You know what? No, I'm not going with you. I'm going to stay here in my office and carry on working! Think about it for yourself. If you're there to work as an idol, then you can't guard me anyway. Besides, I don't think that woman would do anything this afternoon or until Saturday night. If she's up to anything, it'll be at the party on Saturday night. So you don't have to protect me!"

Zhan could see that Yibo was really struggling for words now. And Zhan saw his suspicion confirmed that Yibo didn't really know what to say when he finally replied: "You... I... damn it! You're coming with me, whether you like it or not! It's my mission to make sure that not a hair on your head is harmed and I take my mission very seriously!"

Laughing bitterly, Zhan replied: "Your mission? Yibo, your mission is to take advantage of your stupid fan that this woman has randomly chosen as her new plaything to get to her and infiltrate her and find evidence of her misdeeds so you can finally arrest her. And hey, maybe it'll work out on Saturday night and she'll transfer her interest from me to you. Then my duty as a good citizen will be complete and you won't need me anymore. Then all you have to do is charm this woman and do whatever it takes to gain her full trust and hold out until you find proof of her crimes."