Reaching her one-bedroom condo Xiao Lienji sighted. One look was enough to make her heart restless.
'I need to calm down.'
Reaching her small kitchen she poured herself a glass of water.
'I need to keep my goal in mind, forget everything, and focus.'
After having her dinner, she slept, but her thoughts were filled with nightmares. Sweat formed all over her body as she struggled to get away from something. She tried to move farther away, but the feeling of someone following her kept crawling up from within. Just as the person was about to catch her, she saw a pair of bloodthirsty eyes and awoke with a jolt.
Panting heavily Xiao Lienji was incapable to sleep that night.
On the other side, Yan Julong was not different. It has been long since he had the illusions but they still came once in a while plaguing his rest but today was different.
Yan Julong was not able to sleep, but that was not due to any nightmares but because he was incapable to forget the look on the face of a girl. The trembling hands and scary eyes. It sure was a long night.
The next day, Xiao Lienji got ready and made her way into the office. Today she wore a white shirt tucked in a navy blue pencil skirt which came just below her knees. A normal black heel and a high ponytail. With light makeup, she made her way to the top floor.
Yesterday, during their visit they were given a briefing for the types of clothes accepted for work and the grooming etiquettes to be followed.
"You are on time Xiao Lienji, shall we start our work?"
Soon the working hours started and all the departments became busy. Ye Mei gave Xiao Lienji some basic work to start from and was soon given some pages to be edited and translated.
Xiao Lienji was good with French and thus she took less time to translate the bunch. Soon she performed all her work before her allotted time.
Once the documents were submitted to Ye Mei, she made her way towards the pantry. Immediately as she entered, she saw Lui Cheng near the coffee maker glancing at his phone frowning.
"Morning, Sir," Xiao Lienji greeted him. He was her senior who looked too engrossed to know that he was still holding a place, even though his cup to completely filled. Once Lui Cheng was out of his la la land, he saw the new intern waiting for her turn, thus, he moved his cup hurriedly.
The coffee dropped on the floor, as it was loaded to the brim and the abrupt shift made it all spill out.
"Are you alright?" Xiao Lienji saw the coffee spill on Lui Cheng's hand, as the coffee was hot this skin got burned and hot waves from his hand could be noticed.
Taking some cold water into a bowl from the refrigerator, Xiao Lienji gave it to Lui Cheng in hope that it would ease his discomfort.
"Shit," coming back to his senses, Lui Cheng put his burning hand in the bowl while frowning.
'I need to do the task now, but the coffee?'
Looking pitiful, Lui Cheng was in grave crisis. He just now got an extremely important message, but it was time for the Devil's coffee. It was a tough choice to make.
There was only one person in front of him, and he knew that his boss wouldn't mind who enters his office in his presence.
'It is just a coffee.'
"Are you a new intern?"
"Yes..." focused on the bowl, Lui Cheng's question started Xiao Lienji.
"Do a task for me, prepare a cup of coffee, and give it to the President."
Xiao Lienji's eyes widened 'So much for avoiding the Devil!'
"But, Sir." before Xiao Lienji could say anything further, Lui Cheng was on his way to fulfill his given assignment.
"Just knock on his door once and enter, keep the coffee on the table and leave," with this Lui Cheng was out to the pantry, on his way down the elevator.
With no other choice on hand, Xiao Lienji started preparing two cups of coffee, one for herself and the other of her boss.
She kept one cup at her table while making her way to the President's cabin to deliver his beverage.
Xiao Lienji knocked on the door twice and entered. The cabin was large and spacious. It had a modern touch to it with light gray walls, a black chair, and a marble gray table. There were couches at one side of the room along with a coffee table in the middle of them.
The thing that caught Xiao Lienji's attention was not on the decore, but the person sitting on the chair working on his laptop with some files and paper scattered around.
Yan Julong had a full glass window behind him giving him a beautiful view of the city.
With her past experiences, Xiao Lienji was well aware that men didn't like to be bothered unless it was by someone they care about.
Taking a deep breath, Xiao Lienji made her way towards the table.
It was best to keep the cup as soon as possible and be out of there. Yan Julong was deeply engrossed in his work, but he sensed someone coming towards him. His eyes could see a pair of dark dusky legs moving towards this desk.
As soon as the cup was placed on the table, Yan Julong looked up and saw the face of the intruder.
Dark skin, confident blue eyes coved by specs, and a scar was what he witnessed. Once their eyes meet, Xiao Lienji gave a small smile, nods once before turning to leave.
Curiosity filled Yan Julong's heart.
"You are new here?"
Having no other choice, Xiao Lienji turned around to answer.
"Yes sir, I am one of the three interns."
"Three?" confused Yan Julong asked. His face displaying a total annoyance.
'Someone needs to be taught a lesson.'
"What is your name?"
"Xiao Lienji"
Xiao Lienji kept her eyes straight. It was hard for Yan Julong to comprehend that the girl from yesterday and the girl standing in front of him today were the same.
"Why did you bring me the coffee?" Yan Julong was confused with himself. On any ordinary day, he would have asked the girl to leave but he found himself wanting to know more about her. He was captivated by the mysteries that filled her eyes.
"Lui Cheng had some urgent work to do, and I was in the pantry so he asked me to deliver it."
Taking a sip to the coffee, Yan Julong discovered the taste to be different. It was quite a unique flavor and possessed a light smell of coffee and vanilla. It was hard for him to like anything new, but he found himself desiring the taste more and more as he took it in.
"You made it?"
"Yes sir,"
'Lui Cheng needs to learn how to make a decent cup of coffee from her.' Still, Yan Julong worried about the capabilities of his secretary.
"From today onward, you will be making me a cup of coffee, I will call when I need one."
"Yes sir,"
"You may leave now."
Shortly after, she was given the permission, Xiao Lienji turned around and quietly left.
Yan Julong was in deep thought.
"Get me the detail on all the interns this year."