The Mafia's Rose Married the CEO

🌹 4: The Groom 🌹

Qing Chen was awakened by the sudden bright lights that attacked his eyes. He immediately pulled up a hand and covered his face before turning the other way. His fingers grabbed the nearest pillow and he pulled it to his chest.

He was just about to get back to his deep slumber when he felt something—or rather someone snaking their hand on his back. "Wake up, sleepyhead," a sultry voice crooned.

"Tsk," left Qing Chen's lips. "Go away."

The woman laughed. That could only be Li Zongying, the woman who had access to his penthouse. She had access because Qing Chen gave her; back when they sort of 'dated'.

"Do you really want me to?"

Qing Chen felt the woman's heat starting to envelope him and it was making him sleepier. But the woman's hand seemed to have other plans as it continued to trail to his chest and down to his— "Or do you want me to wake up the dragon?"

Qing Chen immediately snatched the woman's hand away from his body and gently pushed her off his back as he lied on it. "It's early morning, Li Zongying. Go home."

This had been so much of a normal occurence that a sudden consciousness forced Qing Chen to check if he was still wearing his pants. He was. So nothing happened last night.

He could go back to sleep peacefully. It had been weeks since he was last with Li Zongying.

"Aw, come on!" Li Zongying shouted in exasperation. "You hadn't been with me for days! How long are you going to resist me?"

Qing Chen rubbed his head. It felt like his mind had just been awaken entirely. No more going back to sleep. He sat up and looked at the clock. It was barely noon. "Forever," he said to the woman with his eyes still trying to get used to the light.

"What do you mean? Don't you want me anymore?" the woman sat up too, looking all sad and Qing Chen had to close his eyes because he hated it when women looked at him like that. It annoyed him because it made him feel like he didn't have a choice but to give in to what the woman was asking for. It might've worked with him before.

But not anymore.

Qing Chen found his shirt by the end of the bed and crawled towards it. "Li Zongying, you have to go home. It's a Saturday. Get some rest. A lot of things are to happen come Monday. I need you fully functional.

Qing Chen definitely fell for that cliche wherein the boss slept with his secretary. The first time was influenced by alcohol, as was the second one, the third one, and everything else that followed. He wasn't saying he was blaming it on the alcohol. But he was a free man then. He could do very well what he wanted to do. It had only lasted for a few months.

"How can I be fully functional? When I see you all I want to do is rip your clothes off." Li Zongying's fingers trailed on his leg. "It's the hormones. They want you, Qing Chen."

Qing Chen pulled himself from the bed and made his way towards the restroom and relieved himself at the toilet. He heard Li Zongying's footsteps before hearing her voice again behind him. "Are you saying you don't want this relationship anymore?"

Qing Chen pushed the flush button and moved towards the sink to wash his mouth."Yes," he answered.

"What?! Did I do something wrong, Qing Chen?" the girl said as he sidestepped away from her by the bathroom's door.

"You didn't."

"Are you going to fire me?"

Finally, a reasonable question, Qing Chen thought. "No," he told her, grabbing a water bottle from the nightstand. "You're really good at doing your job. I am not going to take that away from you."

Li Zongying smiled, "But I am also good at other things. And you're so lucky because I don't charge extra for it."

Qing Chen almost choked. If anything, it was Li Zongying who was getting the better end of the deal. "Yeah, you don't."

The girl's hands found her way to Qing Chen's chest once more. "Don't you need me anymore?"

Qing Chen scratched the back of his neck. Can this just be all over? He popped the water bottle open. "I don't."

"Did you find someone new?" the woman pulled him to face her. She was so short that she just reached his shoulders. She had almond-shaped eyes and a pretty nose. Her lips are thin and her face a small circle. Her eyes shined with tears. "Someone better than me?"

"No," he answered, walking away from her. "If you don't mind, I really need you to leave, Li Zongying. Go get some rest. I have somewhere to be."

He made a move to the bathroom but not without catching the last question the woman asked him. "You don't have any appointments today! Where are you going?!"

And before he closed the door, a smile started to appear on his face. "I am going to see my wife."