Chapter 13: His First Rejection

'What is wrong with this woman?' Anton Yeong asked himself. He could not understand what she was trying to imply. He was about to dismiss her and have his assistant guide her to the new office when he thought of testing her.

Anton abruptly stood up to study Yanmei properly. He loosened his necktie as he walked around her, looking at her from head to toe.

He first looked at her alluring eyes. He instantly saw they were admirable. He allowed her to see him properly, yet despite his aggressive approach, she was not bothered. Instead, she looked back at him without hesitation. She barely even blinked as they looked at each other.

Yanmei did not look away from his light brown ones that seemed to swallow her whole. They were intense, but they were beautiful at the same time. She asked silently, 'Wow! Is he wearing contacts? Wonder what shade is that?'

He looked down at the crook of her neck and saw she was wearing a Saturn inspired necklace. It wasn't a typical girlish type of pendant. He was used to seeing fancy necklaces around a rich woman's neck.

Yanmei watched him stare at her jawlines and her slender neck. When his eyes came looking back up, she extended her neck for him to see visibly while pouting her lips. She wondered if he was jealous of her, just like her friend, Garry.

She made a comment in secret, 'I hope you don't consider surgery. Andy might get heartbroken. Huhu.'

Wearing a black turtle neck dress and a burgundy shaded coat, Yanmei looked simple but stylish. Anton Yeong recognized that although she seemed to have a good figure; she was not showing off any skin nor was she posing to attract him. Her choice of shoe was elegant but not glittery nor daring in color.

His actions were giving Yanmei mixed assumptions. It dawned to her that aside from being jealous of her female body, he also liked her clothes, so she blurted out, "I have a red color just like this, but - " She cut herself off observing how the tall and how well built he was, there was no way he would fit in her coat.

She gave up on the thought and offered an alternate option instead, "You know what? I can have a customized coat made for you - "

"What? What are you talking about?" Anton asked before folding his arms across his chest.

Yanmei's eyes moved from left to right before responding, "You - like - my coat?"

He frowned at the sight of her brows raising while confirming her thoughts. He quickly answered, "No, I don't like your coat."

'Yeah, right? Fine. Deny all you want,' Yanmei said to herself before she laughed and said, "You are hilarious."

"I was not even trying to be funny!" He firmly replied before putting both his hands on his waist.

Anton was expecting her to melt away with his stares and pretend advances, but instead, she thought he liked her coat?

'Maybe it's really possible,' thought Anton Yeong, 'Let me give my final test. Most women would fall for this in an instant.'

He had long used this technique for years. He was questioning women's motives, getting close to him in any way. So far, all of those women failed miserably that he was certain Yanmei would also fall for it.

He would suggest for a kiss and every time he tried this on a woman, she would either fall into his arms or attempt to kiss back.

He took two steps forward while his eyes remained glued to her. He then blinked and looked at her beautiful lips before moving closer.

Yanmei saw him lean over. Her mouth formed into a circle and her brows knitted together, wondering what he was up to. She asked herself, 'Was he leaning in for a kiss?'

Her head was frantically trying to find the answer and then, an idea popped into her head. "Oh! I am so sorry! I did not realize you are into that… You must travel to Europe a lot."

She also leaned over that their cheeks nearly touched. Slightly tilting her head up, she blew a kiss in the air. She pulled back, giving him a smile and did the same on the other cheek.

"There, there," Yanmei said. "I'm sorry. It took me a while to recognize you were about to welcome me the Italian way - but some of my friends do cheek-kiss. It's pretty typical for some of my ga -"

"My friends... Haha!" She managed to stop herself from saying gay.

Anton Yeong was stunned, to say the least. He offered a pretend kiss, but the woman in front of him gave him a cheek-kiss, merely blowing it in the air. Their cheeks did not even touch.

He stepped back as a frown appeared on his face.

Just very timely, his sister came to check on them and that was his signal to let her go. Obviously, she did not show any romantic interest in him. At least… for now.

He quickly sat back behind his desk, disappointed. He did not look back at her and merely called for his assistant, "Junsu, come inside and show Miss Xia Yanmie to the new office."

"Thank you… Thank you for giving me a chance, Mr. Yeong. I assure you, you won't regret it," said Yanmei while giving a bow. She maintained her smile even until she followed Junsu and shut the door.

When Anton was left alone in his office, he was in deep thought. Was it really possible that there was such a woman who showed no malice toward him? He was asking this, but the truth was, he was dismayed that Yanmei did not respond to him.

He looked fearfully at the window when a realization hit him; it was literally his first rejection from a woman.

"What am I thinking? Why am I even angry? I was only pretending, anyway," Yeong said before letting out a heavy sigh and returning to his work. "Xia Yanmei, I'll be watching your every move."