Chapter 69: Meeting
Wan Lin and Quince busily went through their respective work. The pile of documents were being read by both of them, with almost the same speed. It was quarter to 6 before Quince gazed up and massaged the space between his brows lightly.
He looked at the time before turning to glance at his 'secretary.'
It was strangely amazing that she was adapting really well and could handle everything smoothly. It would not be unexpected if she had been working for years but this feat was done on the first day itself!
Through out the day, there had been various problems that demanded his attention. He could handle it but thanks to her assistance, those problems got cleared up much faster than when he had to deal with it alone.
She had background knowledge about almost every companies that he had dealt with and that saved a lot of time.
Anything she didn't know, she memorized it and was able to analyze it on the spot!
'Just how much information does she have about the group to be able to handle everything thrown at her?' Quince wondered. Had he not known about her identity, he would have assumed that she was a spy sent from one of his rivals! Her knowledge and skills were simply too astonishing.
Wan Lin didn't feel that everything she did was anything unusual. In her mind, her role was that of an extremely capable secretary, what she did was expected of her. Unbeknownst to her though, this became the biggest loophole for her lies to be exposed!
The clock struck 6 and Wan Lin raised her head up. She looked at Quince and saw that he was staring at her.
Wan Lin pushed her glasses up before saying in an impassive tone,"Boss, I will inform the driver to come pick us up."
"Alright." Quince replied in the same tone as her. His action mirroring hers perfectly. He then proceeded to keep his documents while Wan Lin grabbed a phone to call the driver.
Soon the both of them were standing in front of the building and waited silently for the car to come. Many employees that were going home saw them together and secretly took pictures of them.
The pictures circulated in all the employees' chat groups and soon rumors were being spread around. Speculations were flying about in regards to her identity, though most guessed that she was their boss's new secretary.
The car soon arrived and the driver came down to open the door for Quince. Wan Lin walked to the other side of the car and opened the door,preparing to sit in front with the driver.
"Sit behind." Quince said leisurely. There was quiet authorization in his voice and as his secretary, Wan Lin readily obeyed the order given.
She sat at the side, leaving a huge amount of space between them and looked at the view outside the car. Quince didn't say anything and merely closed his eyes, hoping to rest them before reaching the destination.
"Turn on the song." Quince commanded quietly with his eyes closed.
The driver was surprised by his request but quickly did what he was told. It seemed like his boss was in a fairly good mood which was completely different from his recent mood. Something good probably happened to his boss and the driver hoped to the heavens that that 'something' would always be there.
Wan Lin didn't interpret Quince's action as anything strange and merely leaned against the seat, enjoying the soft music being played in the car.
They were now headed to the hotel owned by Mister Antonio where the meeting was going to be held. It was quite far from the city and the ride would take at least 40 minutes.
The traffic wasn't heavy and they reached the destination without any problem.
They both got down from the car to see a dozen of people, dressed in professional attire, waiting for them in-front or the hotel's entrance. All of them bowed down and greeted their esteemed guests loudly.
"Welcome Mr.Esplanatda, Welcome Miss Wan."
Quince and Wan Lin didn't bat an eye at the greetings and merely proceeded forward.
"Mr.Antonio is waiting in the meeting room and dinner will be held right after." One of the women standing in front informed Wan Lin hurriedly.
Wan Lin nodded as it wasn't out of her expectations before relaying the information over to Quince. To which he merely grunted in reply and muttered under his breath,"Informal meeting then."
Wan Lin didn't reply as none was needed.
They were led to the large meeting room in the hotel and after shaking hands with Mister Antonio, a large Italian man, the meeting began.
Wan Lin sat beside Quince and noted down the changes in the business plan and added any new alterations.
The meeting was about the new construction of hotels in the Asian market. Mr.Antonio wanted to partner up with the De Roi Group as the De Roi group dominated the Asian market.
The meeting went smoothly and soon enough both men got up and shook hands.
"I hope there will be no problems." Quince said as he shook Mr.Antonio's hand.
"Of course not!" Mr.Antonio smiled right back, trying his best to assure Quince.
Quince was wary of Mr.Antonio's company from the start as Mr.Antonio was known to be quite cunning and sly. If the head of the De Roi group didn't want him to make this deal, he would never partner up with them.
"Let's have dinner shall we? I'm sure you and this young lady must be hungry." Mr.Antonio said with a smile on his face as he turned to look at the young woman beside his new business partner.
His eyes had been glittering every time he glanced at Wan Lin. It was true that the secretary looked extremely professional and her expression was void of any emotions, but the exquisite face behind the glasses couldn't be hidden from a Casanova like him.
Quince narrowed his eyes when he saw Mr.Antonio's smile. Quince was now radiating an extremely chilly aura, trying his best to control his emotions.
He had been tolerating the glances directed at his little devil all this time but since she was in disguise, he couldn't openly challenge him as it may arouse her suspicions.
Not sure if Mr.Antonio was aware of his impolite manner or merely sensed Quince's aura, but he immediately led the two out to the dining hall that had been reserved exclusively for their group.
Quince took a deep breath before following him, before turning to glance at Wan Lin, signaling her to follow closely after him.
Wan Lin wasn't sure why he wanted that, but she complied willingly. Wan Lin didn't know that her mere presence near by, calmed Quince down immensely, extending Antonio's peaceful time for a bit longer.
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Chapter 70: Out of line
"Please have a seat." Mr.Antonio said with a wide smile and invited Quince and Wan Lin over to the table specially decorated with fresh flowers.
Quince was seated at the head of the table as the important VIP guest and Wan Lin was placed right beside him. Mr.Antonio sat opposite Wan Lin and the rest of his team sat down according to their positions.
There were chatters and laughter on the dinner table and a dance performance was arranged by the host. The dancers were beautifully dressed in different traditional clothes.
The main feature of the show was the arrangement and mixture of many different cultures, with all authentic clothes that highlight the prominent feature of that particular culture.
All the dancers danced a dance from each culture in their own authentic clothes.
'Interesting.' Wan Lin thought as she rolled her spaghetti and stuffed it elegantly in her mouth.
She was only focused on the performance and did her best to ignore Mr.Antonio.
She felt his gaze on her from time to time and had been ignoring him unless necessary. She knew that if she didn't do that, she may lose it and punch his face that had that perverted expression on it.
Mr.Antonio switched between staring at Wan Lin and trying to engage Quince in a conversation. He tried to talk about business with him and was frustrated when Quince didn't give him much of a reply. Mr.Antonio was extremely unhappy as none of his targets were giving him attention.
That was until he changed the topic of conversation to something else.
"Mr.Esplanatda, forgive me for asking, but how long has Miss Wan Lin been working for you?" Mr.Antonio asked as he openly stared at Wan Lin.
Wan Lin immediately glanced up at Mr.Antonio when she heard her name being mention, much to his delight.
"Why do you ask?" Quince asked back instead of answering his question, his mood changing from neutral to mild irritation. He noticed Mr.Antonio's occasional glances at Wan Lin with that love struck expression on his face and it was making it hard for him not to resort to violence.
"Nothing in particular! Just that I noticed how efficient she is! She was able to deal with all the questions and answered them in your stead during our meeting." Mr.Antonio immediately gave his explanation, sensing the cold atmosphere around Quince.
"She has been working for a while." Quince replied and continued eating his food. Mr.Antonio was immediately annoyed once more at his answer. However, he did not give up and continued trying his best to discuss other topics with Quince.
Wan Lin seeing that laughed inside her head at his desperation. She sipped her drink and watched him come up with different topics to talk about, only to be ignored by her cat.
'If he's that easy to woo, he won't be my cat!' Wan Lin thought with a secret smirk inside her head.
She was still laughing deviously until Mr.Antonio lowered his voice and leaned closer to Quince.
Wan Lin was extremely curious about it and did her best to tune out the music and subtly focused on the soft words being whispered.
She didn't manage to hear the full sentence but she heard words like,'dancer....gift....beauties....pleasure....warmth.'
It was enough for her to know what the cunning man was trying to offer her cat! Wan Lin was extremely angry, but playing the role of the cold secretary, she breathed deeply before clearing her throat.
Both men looked at her with different expressions on their face.
Mr.Antonio, with delight that she was finally trying to talk to him and Quince with his usual signature non expression. However, if one looked closely,
they would see a touch of amusement swirling deep in his eyes.
He knew she heard Mr.Antonio's words and even though he had no intention of accepting his offer, it still made him want to know what she would do.
He finally saw the mask of the perfect cold secretary cracking and he couldn't help rejoicing at being able to indirectly break her facade.
"I would like to propose a toast." Wan Lin said and raised her glass up. Everyone followed suit and raised their glasses up as well.
Quince did too and raised one of his brows up slightly, realizing that she was breaking protocol. It wasn't her place to suggest a toast as her current position was that of a mere secretary. If it were anyone else, he would have fired that person on the spot.
'But then again, no one else would have the guts to do so.' Quince concluded in his mind.
He didn't pay much attention to the protocol and simply waited for her to continue. Wan Lin paused as well as she realized that she had done something out of place. 'Damn it!' She cursed in her mind. Knowing she couldn't do anything about it now, she proceeded forward.
"To a successful cooperation!" She said and drowned the liquid in her cup. Everyone yelled "To a successful cooperation!" out and the dinner instantly transformed into a drinking contest.
Wan Lin and Quince accepted good cheers from everyone. Many people approached Wan Lin after seeing her spirit and drank with her. Wan Lin couldn't dodge all the requests and inevitably had to drink some.
Quince didn't stop her as he realized that even though she had been drinking a lot, she still had a neutral expression on her face. She looked calm and steady with no change whatsoever.
'Impressive, as expected of the Vancroft heir.' Quince complimented her in his heart.
"Mr.Esplanatda" Mr.Antonio called out to Quince and he turned away from Wan Lin to listen to the man.
"I have reserved a room in this hotel for you to stay tonight. It would be an honor for us if you could stay and evaluate our services." Mr.Antonio said with a wide smile on his face.
Normally, Quince wouldn't accept such hospitality but since he remembered a direct order from the head of the group to be good to the host, he accepted it.
Quince planned to stay the night here and let the driver escort Wan Lin home. After half an hour went by, Quince and Wan Lin walked to the elevator.
She was playing the role of a good secretary by going to drop her boss off.
Wan Lin was extremely quiet as she stood behind Quince in the glass elevator that was going up to the VIP suite on the top most floor.
Quince didn't think anything was unusual as in her role as his secretary, she usually kept that cold persona on.
That was until after they walked out of elevator to the Suite room.
Wan Lin and Quince soon stood in front of the room. Quince took the key card out and opened the door. He was about to turn to dismiss her when
he suddenly heard a giggle from behind him.
Surprised at the sound, Quince immediately spun around to look at Wan Lin's face. He realized that it had gone completely red.
"Quince." She said in her sweet albeit drunk voice before reaching out her hands to touch his face. "It's been a while kitty cat~~!"
Saying that, she immediately pushed Quince inside the room before kicking the door slammed shut.
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