Click!
"Oh, so you finally made up your mind to come in after standing outside for precisely five minutes and thirty-two seconds…"
As the door swung open, Qian Ruixin jumped, startled by Wang Xiao's voice. He sat casually at the desk, fiddling with something on his tablet as if he'd been waiting all along, utterly unfazed.
Qian Ruixin froze, eyes locked on him. His laid-back attitude was almost infuriating.
"You…" Her lips parted, but the words refused to leave, her frustration clear. Wang Xiao's grin widened. He loved nothing more than turning people's expectations upside down, savoring the little storms he left behind him.
He'd known she would come. Someone like her—desperate to control every last detail—wouldn't storm off or file complaints that might risk her own reputation. And, of course, he knew how people could cling to their little delusions of power.
