Imperfect Desires

512 Only Her Heart Was The Guide

It was around 7 in the evening when Xiu's flight landed and she walked out of the airport with Gigi in tow, she looked around curiously as she asked, "Are you not allowed to talk?"

"Pardon?" Gigi was confused to hear Xiu's question. She didn't know what Xiu meant.

Xiu pointed at her as she said, "You are very stingy with words. I almost can't believe that you work with Ying Jie. After all, my Ying Jie likes to talk a lot." She had a reason for saying it. They spend the past four hours together and yet, the number of times Gigi said something could be counted on one hand.

Gigi's lips curled up slightly as she replied, "It's Team Leader Yan who advised me to be clear and concise with words. Talking too much wastes time."

Xiu almost couldn't believe it since she had never seen Ying being clear and concise. In fact, Ying was sometimes just like Xiu randomly talking about anything. But Xiu didn't know that Ying was only like that with her. In her profession, she was indeed very clear and concise about everything.

Gigi got a cab for the both of them and Xiu gave the address of the hotel before turning to Gigi again.

"How long have you been working with Ying Jie?"

"Three years ago, she was appointed as the team leader. And I have been with her since then." Gigi didn't think of hiding anything. She had already seen how close Ying was to Xiu. So, she didn't feel like hiding anything would do her any good. Especially when she knew that her team leader Yan liked to hold some serious grudges.

"So, you started working with Ying Jie three years ago..." Xiu repeated to herself thoughtfully.

"Yes, before that she was a wandering soul. Almost like an aimless person." Xiu gave her an inquisitive look as she elaborated, "Team Leader Yan has a lot going on in her life. But to be honest, she herself doesn't know what she is doing in her life." Xiu furrowed her brows. "She wants to make the world a happy place for everyone. But she doesn't even realize it that she is doing it at her own expense. It's almost like she never even thought about her own happiness. That's the reason everyone's first impression of hers is pretentious. They think she is faking it. And I wish she was really faking it."

Xiu couldn't agree more with her words. Indeed, she had also seen the way Ying came off as a white lotus to people. Not in a good way either. And her only fault was that she was too real for her own good.

She arrived at her destination after an hour-long ride, she texted someone and waited patiently at the hotel lobby.

"Lady Boss!"

Xiu rolled her eyes at the way she was called before looking over at the person who addressed her as 'Lady Boss.'

"Can you stop being annoying, Paige?"

Yes, the person who had come to receive her at the hotel's lobby was none other than Darren's secretary, Paige. Xiu was a bit taken aback when she looked at Paige. The western woman was already a beauty but right now, unlike her office attire, she was wearing an evening gown that accentuated her curves.

Xiu being Xiu couldn't help giving a wolfish whistle as she remarked, "I just noticed... You're really beautiful."

Paige smiled at her in a crafty manner as she said, "Lady Boss, now you're just making my unrequited love a little hard to bear."

"I was being honest," Xiu shook her head at the way Paige still would find a way to flirt with her. But she knew Paige only did it to tease her. And she happily complied, "Besides, if you didn't forget your designs against me, my Baobei might really run out of his patience."

"If I didn't love my life dearly, I'd have taken my chances against that boss of mine." Paige laughed pleasantly before adding, "Come, I'll take you to your Baobei. He might ascend to heaven after getting this surprise."

Paige could already imagine the look on Darren's face. He was working hard to go back to his Sweets to give her a surprise and here was his Sweets coming to give him a surprise. They both really made one envious.

While Paige led the way, she brought Xiu to a hall where a banquet was going on. Xiu furrowed her brows at the scene before and decided not to enter.

"Huh? Why did you stop?"

"He is busy?" Although it sounded like she was asking, it wasn't really a question. "I won't disturb him here then."

Paige took her hand and tried to drag her in saying, "It's just a party."

"No, he'll get distracted if I went inside," Xiu still stubbornly argued. She knew if she entered, Darren would leave everything and linger around her.

"If you didn't go inside, he might get eaten by those ladies."

Xiu followed where Paige was pointing and looked at the crowd of ladies eyeing her man. Her brows twitched. But before Paige could drag her completely inside, another hand shot up to pull Xiu back.

Paige looked behind Xiu and finally noticed Gigi's presence. Her eyes widened considerably but her expressions didn't falter as she said, "Let go of her."

"If she doesn't want to go inside, no one can force her to," was Gigi's clear reply. In her opinion, she was just doing her job.

Xiu looked at both of them and sighed, "Actually, forget it."

Both of them loosened their grip on Xiu's wrist and looked at her. Xiu seemed like she was thinking about something very serious.

Her eyes darted around in the big hall and when her gaze fell on that familiar back of Darren. It seemed like she neither needed to think nor did she need to hesitate. As always, when it came to Darren, only her heart was allowed to guide.

And as she had a habit of letting herself flow with the moment, she cleared every single thought from her head and sprinted over towards Darren's side.