Quiet sniffling could be heard throughout the room, it would bring on an air of complete sadness to anyone, anyone but Chen Li. He knew that Shiori would go through episodes like these almost every day, crying her eyes out then turn around and smile at everyone who hurt her. He was sick of it, he was gonna find out what was troubling her once and for all, but how?
The girl in question sat across the room from him, but she couldn't see him since he jumped in the closet upon her arrival. Her face was akin to a stormy sky. Yamauchi Shiori, a girl from the countryside, had lived alone most of her life. Her mother had severe depression and took her l**e when she was younger, and her father was neither financially nor socially fit to take care of her.
She grew up with her grandparents and continued her education and eventually moved to America to become what she was today, the CEO of her own company called Anshin which meant "reassurance" in Japanese. She was also very beautiful, she had a mixture of blue and green in her eyes, long wavy brown hair, an hourglass shape, olive skin, and enough dimples for everyone in the room, even her personality was all sunshine and rainbows. Chen was her esteemed secretary of two years and two his complete disbelief, he was surprised to know he had fallen for her. Chen had confidence in his looks, naturally blonde hair, a nice figure complete with a six-pack, hazel eyes that practically glowed in the sun, he was six feet five inches of perfection, or at least that's what his brother told him. Bao desperately wanted to ask her to be his but it wasn't the right time, she was hiding something and he knew what it was.
She had one problem, severe self-esteem issues, and she tended to hide all her pain behind her radiant smile. No one would ever guess that she, a big CEO, had an issue like that. Chen knew that but didn't bring it up with her because he knew how sensitive she was about it. So far Chen only knew one way to get her to talk and that was alcohol.
As Shiori got up and went to the bathroom, Chen dashed for the door and ran straight into Amber Brown the worst person he could run into at the moment. Amber had a smug look on her face as she stared at Chen with avid curiosity," And what would Mr. Li be doing in Ms.Yamauchi's personal office today huh? " Chen gritted his teeth," Ms. Brown I beg of you please don't tell her!!" "Tell me what?" Shiori stood right in front of the two with her smile turned up to the highest setting, effectively melting Chen's heart. "Well, Mr.Chen here is-", before Amber could finish her sentence Chen scrambled to finish it, "-wondering if you will come drinking with us tonight?"