A pair of slim, pale hands drew back the silver curtains. Beyond the floor-to-ceiling windows, silvery waves danced on the ocean. The moon's clear light spilled in through the window, as if a thin layer of snow had been laid down.
Xie Qianran, barefoot, turned and walked to the bed, gazing at the man sleeping soundly upon it.
His features were strikingly deep and cool, the contours of his face somewhat softened due to sleep. Yet, even in slumber, he couldn't conceal his dignified elegance.
She bent down and kissed his lips. He lifted his eyelids, gripped her fair wrist, and in his low, mellow voice carried an imperceptible tender indulgence, "Qianran, behave, don't mess around."
She ignored him, her fingers like scallions, drawing circles on his body.
Finally, he could not endure any more and flipped her underneath him.
The luxurious room was bathed in a romantic hue. The curtains were rustled by the sea breeze, making a soft sound.
As he reached the peak, she was staring out of the window at the deep and winding sea, her softest voice in his ear saying, "Jingxing, let's get a divorce!"
...
Two years ago.
"Secretary Xie, President Huo wants you to go to the airport right now to pick up Miss Qin. Her flight number is FH996 and she will arrive at T3 terminal at three in the afternoon." Over the phone, the composed voice of Huo Jingxing's assistant said, "President Huo will have dinner with Miss Qin tonight. Please remember to reserve a table at the rotating restaurant in Jin Hui Square."
Xie Qianran replied, “Alright, I got it.”
After hanging up the phone, she had a sarcastic smile on her lips.
In this Shen Jing Group, everyone knew that their president, Huo Jingxing, had an extensive harem, but nobody knew that she, Xie Qianran, was the other half on Huo Jingxing's marriage certificate.
The flight would land at three, and it was already two-ten in the afternoon. Xie Qianran could only hope for no traffic jams. Otherwise, if she was late to pick up the guest, she was sure to face Huo Jingxing's cold ridicule.
She had been married to him for a month. Besides the day they got married when he returned home, he never came back again!
She knew that he must have fallen asleep somewhere else again, yet he never once called to ask about her, simply because she didn't have the right to expect it!
That was what he told her straight to the face during their fight on their wedding night.
Ever since then, the most she had done as Huo Jingxing's secretary was to clean up after his harem of concubines.
Snapping out of her thoughts, Xie Qianran grabbed her car keys and hurried into the elevator, heading straight to the airport.
In the brightly lit airport terminal, Xie Qianran stood at the international arrivals exit holding a large bouquet of luscious roses.
Before long, she saw a tall woman, about 175 cm, wearing a tight skirt, sunglasses and coming out of the terminal. It was the popular young model Qin Ruoxuan, also the latest subject of Huo Jingxing's love scandal.
"Miss Qin!" Xie Qianran took a deep breath and stepped forward, her lips curling into a professional smile, "I'm Huo's secretary, Xie Qianran. Mr Huo is currently in a meeting and cannot leave, so he asked me to come and pick you up."
With that, she handed over the dew-covered red roses in her hand.
Qin Ruoxuan took the roses and handed them to her assistant without a second thought, her tone languid, "Let's go."
"Mr. Huo's afternoon meeting will go on until 6:30. So he arranged for me to take you to the Huo's hotel for a brief rest. Tonight, Mr. Huo will personally come to pick you up for dinner at the revolving restaurant at JinHui Plaza."
While Xie Qianran was speaking, she glanced up at the woman next to her. Qin Ruoxuan was already very tall, yet she insisted on wearing heels that were about ten centimeters high, making her appear to be at least 185 cm tall.
"I see." Qin Ruoxuan looked down at Xie Qianran, who was only as tall as her nose. She noticed that Xie was dressed in a black professional outfit, with an old-fashioned design, and wore glasses that did not conceal her naturally elegant beauty.
Her skin was very pale, glowing, flawless. Her eyebrows were like distant mountains, her small, upturned nose, and her bright red lips. All of her features were exquisitely perfect and combined to make it difficult to look away from her.
Qin Ruoxuan slightly furrowed her eyebrows, but thinking about Huo Jingxing's scandals, she felt that the woman in front of her posed no real threat. After all, one does not eat grass near their rabbit hole. If Huo Jingxing had truly been interested, he would’ve pursued Xie Qianran a long time ago.
The parking lot of the airport is about ten meters away from the exit. As soon as she stepped out of the hall, Qin Ruoxuan frowned and said, "It's so sunny!"
Her assistant hurriedly apologized, "I'm sorry, Sister Ruoxuan, I forgot to bring an umbrella..."
And at this time, Xie Qianran, standing next to her, had already taken an umbrella out of her bag. She opened the umbrella, held it up high, and struggled to lift it over Qin Ruoxuan's head.
The umbrella wasn't big, covering only Qin Ruoxuan's face. Xie Qianran was completely exposed to the glaring sun.
Seeing this, the only sliver of doubt in Qin Ruoxuan's mind vanished. A derisive smile surfaced in her eyes.
