Falling for the Goddess

Tying His Tie

The Company Group Chat Erupts.

After Adrian Blake's message—"Mrs. Blake is mischievous, please bear with her."—the group chat exploded.

Everyone silently created a new private chat.

🐜 Humble Employee: AAAAAHHHH GROUNDHOG SCREAM I'M GONNA LOSE MY MIND!!!

📅 Meeting Slayer: Is this still the same ruthless, cold-hearted, iron-fisted Adrian?! Or is this just straight-up PDA?

🌙 Late-Night Procrastinator: Has Adrian turned into a total love-brain? I swear I can work at this company for another hundred years—I LOVE WATCHING THIS!

🍚 Yellow Braised Chicken Enthusiast: Can I just say, the way Adrian says 'Mrs. Blake' is SO MELTINGLY SOFT—watching someone else's romance is so sweet.

📁 File Transfer Assistant: Wait... does anyone actually know who Mrs. Blake is? What's her background?

🧑‍💻 R&D Dog is Done for Today: I think she's a PhD student from North Capital University? A friend from the biology department mentioned her before. Apparently, she's pretty famous there.

📁 File Transfer Assistant: I'm going to check the university website.

A moment later, someone dropped a profile screenshot into the chat.

—Top of her program.
—Countless competition awards.
—Multiple research papers published.
—Scholarship recipient every year.

Adrian's status as a high-born, business genius felt unreachable to them.

But Sara? She was a scholarly powerhouse, a research prodigy—a legendary academic from their own circles.

The chat fell silent for three seconds.

Then—

🐜 Humble Employee: ... I suddenly understand Adrian's love-brain now.

💰 Broke But No Time for Money: Not sure if I should envy Sara or Adrian. If I had a classmate like this in college, I'd have studied until I got a postdoc.

—

Back in Adrian's Office

Sara, on the other hand, was losing her mind over her own embarrassment.

She curled up on the sofa, hugging a tablet, but nothing was registering.

She had just publicly humiliated herself in front of the entire company.

Her first time visiting Adrian's company, and this was how she left an impression?!

She needed to find another planet to live on.

But before she could figure out how to relocate to another solar system, Adrian had already wrapped up his work.

"Done?" Sara blinked as he stood in front of her.

"Mm, I'll finish the rest tomorrow."

Sara, still reluctant, slowly got up from the sofa. "But your employees aren't off work yet."

Adrian saw right through her. "They can leave now too."

Sara hesitated. "How about we wait a bit?"

Adrian raised an eyebrow. "Mrs. Blake, if you wait, you'll just leave with the whole company."

"... Let's go." Sara snatched her bag instantly.

Adrian chuckled, carrying all the shopping bags in one hand while holding her hand with the other. "What did you buy today?"