Wei Yumeng’s expression paused slightly. Adopting a business-like demeanor, she said, “If you’ve asked me here to discuss this matter, then I’ll be leaving first.”
“Wei Yumeng, I am still your superior. How dare you leave without my permission!”
Zhan Mohan roared, his handsome face shrouded in frost. This woman was becoming more and more outrageous.
Wei Yumeng took a deep breath. She suddenly realized that being hard-headed with Zhan Mohan wouldn’t work; he didn’t respond to that kind of approach.
Her cold face immediately broke into a smile. Her red lips curved upwards, and her voice turned light and cheerful.
“Mr. Zhan, what are your instructions?”
Zhan Mohan watched her eyebrows relax and a sweet smile appear on her face. Although he knew she was faking it, his mood inexplicably improved.
He suppressed his fierce aura. “You want to resign, don’t you?”
Wei Yumeng looked at him in surprise. “You’ll agree?”
“Even if I keep you here, I fear I cannot keep your heart. In any case, you are still my wife, Zhan Mohan’s wife, and you cannot escape my grasp.”
“So?”
“Accompany me for a meal, and I’ll let you go.”
Wei Yumeng couldn’t believe it. “It’s that simple?”
“It’s that simple,” the man said firmly.
She slowly walked up to him, her clear eyes looking at him seriously for the first time.
“Are you sure there isn’t some other scheme at play?”
Based on her understanding of Zhan Mohan, this man wouldn’t change his mind so easily.
Zhan Mohan spread his hands and shrugged nonchalantly. “Of course. You can also refuse. It will be of no loss to me, and you will continue to stay at the company.”
How could Wei Yumeng continue to stay at the company? As long as she was there, she was a ticking time bomb. Zhan Mohan’s doubts about her hadn’t been dispelled. If he ever discovered her secret, she wouldn’t even have the chance to regret it.
It was just a meal; it shouldn’t be a problem. For the sake of the child in her womb, she was willing to take a gamble.
“Okay, when?”
“The night after tomorrow. I’m quite busy these two days.”
There were still some things he needed Fang Xun to investigate further.
Wei Yumeng nodded, then remembered the call from Wei Jin. She was a person who separated public and private matters. Zhan Mohan was helping her, and she should rightfully thank him.
However, she didn’t know how to say it. Ever since they divorced and separated, she felt increasingly uncomfortable interacting with him. Every time she saw him, her heart would race.
She knew her heart was beating for Zhan Mohan. Even after they were apart, she had never forgotten him. For certain reasons, she had to temporarily keep this love hidden in her heart.
She truly wished the child in her womb was Zhan Mohan’s. She had never told him that she had once fantasized about what their child would look like.
But it would be rather ridiculous to tell him these things now.
Zhan Mohan saw her hesitation, tilted his head slightly, and leaned down. The man’s hot breath brushed against her skin. Wei Yumeng trembled all over, her eyes filled with apprehension as she met his searching gaze. Her heart was pounding uncontrollably.
The man teased, “We’re practically an old married couple. You still get shy when you see me? That’s not normal.”
Wei Yumeng retorted, her neck stiff and her expression embarrassed.
“Who’s shy? You probably have too many admirers, so you think everyone likes you?”
Zhan Mohan’s tall body moved closer and closer to her. Wei Yumeng, pressured by his imposing aura, retreated step by step. Just as her back was about to hit the cold, hard wall behind her, the man stretched out his arm, his hot palm pressing against her back.
This made Wei Yumeng even more nervous. When she felt the man’s palm, she almost jumped away, but Zhan Mohan’s tall body enveloped her completely, leaving her nowhere to escape.
Zhan Mohan looked at her flustered expression. A blush spread across her fair cheeks, and her steady breathing became rapid.
He deliberately leaned closer, the distance between them shrinking to mere inches. He looked her up and down, afraid of missing even the slightest expression on her face.
Suddenly, Wei Yumeng heard a hearty laugh erupt from his throat.
“Wei Yumeng, what are you so nervous about? Don’t tell me you’ve fallen for me?”
Being so abruptly exposed, Wei Yumeng panicked even more. She bit her lip tightly, not knowing what to say.
Zhan Mohan looked at her biting her red lips into a thin line and frowned.
“Let go.”
When Wei Yumeng was nervous, she tended to behave this way. Now, facing him, her mind was blank. She didn’t know what he was talking about.
Seeing that she was ignoring his words, Zhan Mohan tilted his head and kissed her lips. Wei Yumeng was even more bewildered, letting the man take what he wanted.
Until a knock sounded on the door, and Jiang Siyu’s voice came from outside.
“Ahan, are you in there? I need to talk to you about something.”
Hearing Jiang Siyu’s voice, Wei Yumeng immediately regained her senses. She looked up and saw Zhan Mohan still in front of her. She reached out to push him away.
Zhan Mohan pushed her back against the wall and leaned close to her.
“If you go out now, it’ll be as if you’re letting Jiang Siyu know we’re in here.”
Wei Yumeng, probably too anxious, spoke without thinking. “Then what should we do? She’ll definitely come in.”
“Stay here and don’t move.”
The moment Zhan Mohan turned, a playful smile curved his lips.
Wei Yumeng watched him walk to the door and lock it from the inside. She was stunned. Was this man in denial?
Didn’t this just tell Jiang Siyu outside that someone was inside?
Zhan Mohan walked back to her, his fingertip lifting her chin. He chuckled softly.
“Now she can’t get in.”
Wei Yumeng was speechless. “Then you might as well let her in.”
“Are you afraid she’ll eat you?”
“What is there for me to be afraid of?” she replied, bracing herself.
“But you look like you’re unsatisfied right now.”
Especially her lips, which were now slightly red and swollen, looking incredibly alluring.
“I… I’m not,” Wei Yumeng quickly said seriously, afraid of being misunderstood by Zhan Mohan.
Jiang Siyu knocked on the door but received no response. She tried the doorknob, only to find that it was locked from the inside.
At this moment, a colleague walked by. She asked the colleague,
“Is Wei Yumeng here?”
“Wei Yumeng seems to have been called to Mr. Zhan’s office. She should be inside.”
Jiang Siyu suddenly realized, and her eyes turned ferocious. However, she couldn’t show it too much in front of her colleague.
She replied calmly, “I know.”
A man and a woman alone inside, with the door locked – it was easy to imagine what they were doing.
What was Ahan thinking? Wei Yumeng was like that, and he was still deeply in love with her. Her efforts seemed to go unnoticed by him.
Only when it was quiet outside did Wei Yumeng cautiously walk over, trying to turn the doorknob, but Zhan Mohan grabbed her wrist again.
“What if she’s lurking outside? If you go out now, it’ll be like protesting too much.”
Wei Yumeng glanced at him. “That’s because of you.”
“Because of me what, hmm?”
The man’s arm rested against the door, his voice low, as if filled with temptation.