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52.| Better To Be Honest

Your POV

The next morning... I woke up in the conference room. I blinked a few times and noticed ChengCheng's blazer was draped over my shoulders.

"Hmm...?" I don't even remember when I fell asleep. I got up and headed to my office and looked at the time.

6:34AM

"You already woke up?" I turned my head over to the voice.

"ChengCheng? You stayed the night too?"

He smiles and places down a cup of coffee on my desk. "How could I leave you alone. Besides. You didn't want me to leave anyway." He teases. I blushed slightly and avoided him.

I grabbed my phone and noticed that there were 10 miss calls from LouLou, Jiang, and Yorong.

"Don't worry. I called them and told them that you're staying overnight."

"Thanks... um."

"Something wrong?"

"How did I get to the conference room? And... I don't even remember falling asleep."

"Well... you cried until not a single drop could fall anymore. I carried you to the conference room... and yeah. You didn't even tell me why you cried."

I sighed at just the thought of it.

"Yuejia. Tell me what happened. Seeing you cry like that broke my heart."

I tirelessly smiled. "Yeah... me and YangYang broke up. I think he's still in love with his ex-fiancé. But I think it hurts more knowing that he put such an effort into court me. Now... I mean nothing."

ChengCheng didn't react much. His gaze saddened.

I smiled brightly. Assuring him that I'm fine. "Mr. Fan. It's almost work time."

"Can we go out for lunch? Together?"

I thought about it... but I don't think it would be right.

"I don't think it's appropriate-"

"Why? You're the new director of the financial team. And I'm a shareholder. It's not inappropriate. It's normal."

I sighed. "Fine. I tend to go out for lunch at 12:30."

"Perfect. I will meet you in the parking lot." 

He left my office and headed into his. I checked my mirror and made sure I was 'proper'. 

"Yuejia..." Yibin enters my office with a weird look on his face. 

"Hi... what's up."

He eyes me from head to toe. "You're wearing the same outfit?... again?"

I smiled sheepishly. "Yeah... I didn't go home. I stayed overnight."

Yibin nods slowly. "Uh-Huh... so did ChengCheng..." 

"Look-"

"Did something happen that I don't know about? Did you both stay the night? Or... together-"

"Zheng Yibin! You need to stop right there! Nothing happened okay! I just got slightly sentimental... and I just needed another human next to me."

"Hm... yeah. Okay." 

I rolled my eyes at him. "Get out of my office and do your work."

Yibin smiles and turns back. "Yes, Ms. Zhen."

For some reason today. I kept on looking at the clock. Seeing each minute go by. Until finally, it hits 12:30.

I look back at my desktop and sighed. "Jesus, Yuejia... you barely got anything written down."