Married to his secret crush

Chapter 489: Regrets

After a few minutes, the door opened and he saw a frustrated Li Shuang standing in front of him. Her hair was in a mess and her business suit was all crumpled.

He tilted his head to the side and glanced at the overturned couch in the living room. Everything was a huge mess.

She exhaled loudly and he held back his laughter.

...

After having breakfast made by a certain superstar and discussing life and love with him, Li Shuang went into the parking lot only to realize that she could not find her keys anywhere.

To top it off, she could not remember where she kept it because her mind was completely occupied with her wet dream. So, in the end, she came back to check her house after informing Edward that she will be late.

When the doorbell started ringing, she did not expect it to be Mu Shen, and now that they were looking at each other, standing face to face, she suddenly felt self-conscious.

She was certain that she looked crazy.

"What are you up to?" He asked her.

"I lost my car keys," she shrugged before turning around to look at the current condition of her living room.

"I can drop you," he suggested.

Her head snapped in his direction, "Do you think I left it at your place?"

"That's possible," he seemed to be contemplating over it, "But you are getting late already. We can look for it later on."

"I will call my driver," she took one step back, putting a little distance between them.

"I'm going in the same way," he stepped towards her.

She stepped back again, "That'd be a hassle."

"...Unless you don't want to come with me?" He raised an eyebrow, taking another step towards her.

Li Shuang frowned, "There is nothing like that," Yes, why was she hesitating to go with him anyway? It was just a dream and she saw it because she had witnessed his live erotica scene with that hot blonde. She has known him for months and it wasn't like she had any feelings or any sort of soft corner for him. Or... Did she..?

She shook her head. She just found him a bit cute. That's it!

''Take a seat,'' she extended her hand towards the couch in her living room only to realize that it was overturned by her.

She cleared her throat.

Mu Shen stifled his laughter as he glanced at her awkward face, ''I am fine here,'' he chuckled in the end when she did not look at him in the eyes.

''I will quickly get changed and be back,'' Li Shuang quickly dashed inside her room and the door closed with a bang.

Mu Shen laughed. How cute!

He glanced at the car keys in his hand before looking at the closed doors of his house. The sudden feeling of being a thief hit him and he coughed.

...

''Take care. Have a nice day,'' Mu Shen said as he opened the car door, extending his hand towards Li Shuang.

Li Shuang glanced at his extended hand before looking back at his face and her heart fluttered. She gulped, shaking off the feeling in her heart as she placed her hand in his.

His fingers wrapped around hers and he stepped back as she alighted the car.

Li Shuang glanced at the man who had a black mask, covering half of his face and black shades on his eyes, ''Be careful. We don't want another scandal revolving around you,'' she whispered, ''And... thank you for today.''

''That's my pleasure,'' he smiled at her.

Li Shuang's lips parted. She gulped, ''See you later,'' she said before walking towards the VIP exit.

Mu Shen stood there, leaning back on the car door and he watched her till she was out of his sight.

He got inside his car and drove off after a few minutes.

As Li Shuang stepped inside the VIP elevator, she was about to go to the CEO's floor first but in the end, she changed her mind and decided to meet Edward first.

He must be worried about her because she has never been late to work and secondly, she wanted to discuss about the veteran actor that he had chosen to sign in their company.

As she stopped in front of his office, she raised her hand to knock on the door but her hand paused mid-way when she heard his voice.

''Babe, she won't be here anytime soon. Some issue has cropped up on her side and she texted me that she will be late so... we can take our sweet time.''

Li Shuang recognized Edward's voice.

It seemed like he was standing near the door since she could hear him loud and clear.

''But how long can we go on like this?" A feminine voice sounded.

And Li Shuang recognized it in 0.5 seconds.

She heard this voice around her 24 X7. It would certainly be weird if she did not recognize her secretary's voice. It was Lisa, the woman whom she trusted the most in this company.

''I don't know but I will try to sort this out as soon as possible,'' Edward said.

''By pursuing her...?'' Lisa asked.

''I don't like her. I did once. I was attracted to her at one point and I acted impulsively by confessing that I want to date her,'' Edward replied, the regret was apparent in his voice, ''But that's it. The more I stay with her, the more I realize how wrong she is for me. Or for men out there. Who will want to go out with a woman who...

who is so career-oriented that she won't see the things around her? She treats feelings like a deal and her mind is damn robotic. No hurt, no sadness, no happiness... No emotions at all! You can never spot anything humane in her. She is arrogant because of her position, bossy and cold most of the time.

I regret... going after her in the first place.''

Li Shuang placed her hand down before stepping back from the door.

''Regret?" Lisa asked.

''Yes regret. Had she been an ordinary girl, I could have gone ahead pretending that it would not work out between us. But she is not ordinary, neither by her position nor by her identity. If I step back now, I'd be sacrificing the position that I worked so hard for in all these years so I can only suck up to it and go ahead with what I started.

No man in his right mind would ever love someone like her.''

Lisa sighed, ''Still... this feels so wrong.''

''It doesn't. To me you are right,'' Edward's voice turned slightly husky, ''Just a quickie, babe. What do you think of that?"

Lisa chuckled, ''Make do with a kiss instead. I have unfinished work waiting for me. I will get it done before she comes back.''

There were a few rustling sounds and the door opened, ''I miss you already,'' Edward whispered and Lisa smiled at him before turning around.

The smile slipped off her face and her happy expressions were replaced with sheer horror as she watched the woman standing in front of the door ''P-President...''

Edward, who was checking out Lisa's short skirt, intending to ask her to wear something else instead, froze all at once. He tilted his head and glanced at the woman who was standing right outside his office.

There was no expression on her face. She looked just as indifferent as usual and it made him wonder if she heard anything or not.