Chapter 182: Heartache and Pain
Athena, with vacant eyes, followed Assistant Che back to Ji Xiangyu’s office. Assistant Che poured her a cup of hot tea and said, “Athena, don’t be sad. Think about how the Chairman even hit Miss Ji for you. That’s enough to prove your place in the Chairman’s heart!”
Athena’s eyes widened in surprise, “He hit her?” This is terrible, it will be even harder to get along with her from now on!
Assistant Che didn’t know Athena’s inner turmoil. She just didn’t want Ji Xiangyu to fall out with Ji Weiwei because of her. Now that it had reached this point, it made things very difficult for her in the future.
If they got married, wouldn’t Ji Weiwei make things difficult for her everywhere?
She let out a faint sigh, picked up the tea beside her, and took a sip, saying gratefully, “Assistant Che, thank you!”
Assistant Che looked at the young woman troubled by love before her and couldn’t help but say with interest, “You’re welcome. But as an older sister, I have to remind you, with a sister-in-law like Miss Ji, you have to be prepared. It’s impossible not to suffer!”
Athena understood this very well!
Assistant Che sighed and said, “I knew you and the Chairman had a close relationship when we were in Malaysia last time. Confess, how did you two get together? He’s so cold and unapproachable!”
Athena recalled, she couldn’t even remember when it happened. Could it be that she fell for him during their first kiss?
Before she could answer, the door was pushed open forcefully. Ji Xiangyu, with worry etched on his face, came to Athena’s side and asked, “Are you alright?!”
Assistant Che wisely left.
Athena shook her head, not knowing what to say, and silently looked at her fingers.
Ji Xiangyu reached out and touched Athena’s head with a pained expression, “I’m sorry~~~~”
The sudden apology caught Athena off guard. She said flusteredly, “Don’t apologize, it wasn’t your fault!”
Ji Xiangyu pulled Athena closer, embraced her gently, and softly asked, “Why didn’t you fight back?”
Athena buried her face in Ji Xiangyu’s warm embrace and replied softly, “Because she’s your sister, I didn’t want to make things difficult for you!”
Ji Xiangyu held Athena even tighter, then pulled her up and kissed her forehead, saying, “I’ll take you home to rest well!”
Athena didn’t refuse. She really wanted to take a good bath and rest to adjust her mood.
Ji Xiangyu, with Athena in his arms, walked out of the office. Athena awkwardly tried to keep her distance, but Ji Xiangyu refused. As a man, he had to let other women know that she was already marked by him!
Thus, Athena left the hotel under the strange gazes of her colleagues.
She knew very well that the hotel’s headline would be about her and Ji Xiangyu, and it would surely be spread far and wide, with all sorts of unsavory details!
In Ji Xiangyu’s black Mercedes-Benz, Athena looked out the window sadly and said, “We’ve become the protagonists of a scandal!”
Ji Xiangyu chuckled, “Sometimes being the protagonist of a scandal isn’t so bad. At least others will know you’re my woman, and no other man will have impure thoughts about you!”
Athena was completely speechless, “Chairman, aren’t you being too selfish? I’m now the public enemy of many women, and you’re still the male god to many women. Please grant me a knife!”
Ji Xiangyu helplessly pulled Athena into his arms. The driver in front chuckled.
Ji Xiangyu said sincerely, “Stop overthinking.”
Athena looked at Ji Xiangyu with melancholy and said, “I can’t help but overthink, what should I do?”
Ji Xiangyu was at a loss. He had no choice but to lean down, grip Athena’s chin, and kiss her fiercely. All sounds then ceased. In this world, only they existed in each other’s universe!
