MIDNIGHT FLOWER

CHAPTER 10: HIS EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT

Jenny stood up abruptly, creating some distance between them. “I’m not here for such things, Mr. Zhang.”

He reached out, trailing his fingers down her arm, sending shivers through her body. “You can act cold all you want, but I know you. I know how you respond to me, how your body betrays what your mind tries to deny.”

Her breath caught in her throat, and she hated how her body reacted to his touch, how her heart raced when he was near. But she couldn’t let him have the upper hand.

“If there’s nothing else, I should go, Mr. Zhang.” she managed to say, her voice barely above a whisper.

Shau smiled, but there was a sharp edge to it. He leaned forward that made their faces almost left no distance, his expression serious. “Daddy. You used to call me daddy, right? Baby?"

He touched his lower lip that made her froze that if he continue this way, she might surrender the wall she's been trying so hard to build.

"If you'll excuse me." She past walk him, only to stop near the door when she heard him talk to someone.

“Mr. Duavis, I need you to make the necessary arrangements for Jenny to shift to the role of my executive assistant starting immediately." She suddenly turned go him startled while he was staring at her like he wanted to grab her to eat. "She’ll need to be relieved of her current duties.”

On the other end, Mr. Duavis sounded surprised but agreed without asking anymore question. “Understood, Mr. Zhang. I’ll get it sorted out right away.”

Jenny was stunned, as Shau hung up the phone. “You can’t just decide this for me,” she said, her voice shaking slightly.

"No more refusal. You are here in my company and I will decide everything you will do."

As Jenny left Shau’s office, her mind a whirlwind of emotions. The news of the promotion was a shock, and the prospect of working so closely with Shau brought a mix of excitement and anxiety.

As Jenny walked back to her desk, she could feel the weight of every pair of eyes in the room following her. The news had already spread like wildfire—Shau Zhang had officially hired her as his executive assistant. The air was thick with curiosity and envy, a mix of emotions palpable in the glances being thrown her way.

Whispers buzzed around the office, and she could catch bits and pieces of conversations as she passed by. “Did you hear?” one voice said. “She’s working directly for him now!” another added, the tone tinged with disbelief and envy.

As she reached her desk, a few of her colleagues couldn’t contain themselves any longer. They swarmed her, offering congratulations that were laced with undertones of jealousy. “Wow, Jenny, you’re moving up fast! What’s your secret?” Jessa asked, trying to sound casual, though the curiosity was evident in her eyes.

Gemma leaned in, her voice lowered to a conspiratorial whisper. “You will finally feel what’s it like working so closely with Mr. Zhang.”

Jenny forced a polite smile, trying to keep her composure despite the storm of emotions brewing inside her. “It’s just work, like any other job,” she replied, hoping to deflect the attention. But they weren’t so easily dissuaded.

“Oh, come on,” Kier pressed, “there has to be more to it than that! You can’t be in his office all the time and not have some juicy stories to share.”

Jenny could feel the tension in her shoulders, the pressure to give them something, anything, to satisfy their curiosity. But she wasn’t about to let them pry into the complicated and confusing situation she found herself in with Shau.