Although a.s.sistant Yan didn't like her very much, she hardly caused any trouble for her.

The arrangement stated that Lei Xinyi had to have her lunch with Li Yuan but Lei Xinyi avoided him making a different pretext everyday like she was settling with her coworkers because she was new.

Li Yuan was a dangerous territory. He knew things about her and d.a.m.n that man, he had an effect to make her swoon and take her on cloud nine just by his mere touch

Closeness will lead to development of feelings which she can't afford.

The girl Liu Yan had been a help in avoiding Li Yuan. She would take her to the Office Cafeteria during the Lunch time and continue blabbering. All Lei Xinyi had to do was occasionally laugh and sometimes say 'hmm'.

Li Yuan might have taken a hint because after inviting her to Lunch twice Li Yuan didn't bother her nor did he text her after that.

Although it did bother her but she brushed the uneasy feelings….

'RING..Ring!!"

The receiver on her desk ringed breaking her train of thoughts. She picked it and as she brought it to her ear she heard the shrill voice of a.s.sistant Yan w.a.n.g.

"Come in my office, now!" Without waiting for her reply she hung up.

Lei Xinyi glared daggers at the receiver hopping her piercing gaze will put a hole in the obnoxious woman head.

Letting out a frustrated groan Lei Xinyi jumped from her seat and reached the office and entered upon getting permission.

There were three seniors already in the office sitting in front of a.s.sistant Yan and were in a heated discussion.

As they didn't include her in the conversation Lei Xinyi sat on the sofa in the office and started playing with her phone.

She caught some words like 'Fang Island' and 'resort construction' but ignored. Instead she searched for her old best friend Su Qing.

She was everywhere on Weibo apparently because she had a new scandal. Lei Xinyi rolled her eyes looking at that. Such scandals were always to rile up Yu Jian, second of the Yu brohers.

She was happy to know her best friend was doing fine; between all these fake and pretentious women she missed her a lot.

She was bitter, blunt and too straight forward but at least she was real except in front of public. Her thoughts then drifted He Zheng. She missed them a lot and she wished she could go back.

She realized she had done a blunder by stealing that heirloom just to get on the Yu's nerve and has traded all the beautiful things in her life, her little brother and her best friend. If there was a way back….

"Miss Lu, did you understand all the details." Lei Xinyi heard the cold voice of Yan w.a.n.g breaking her train of thoughts.

'Was she supposed to listen?!' Lei Xinyi wondered.

"Yes, I did." Lei Xinyi lied.

a.s.sistant Yan narrowed her eyes at her like she knew then shrugged her shoulder, "Good if you have. It means you are ready to go to the Conference room to second me."

This perked Lei Xinyi ears, and she frowned her brows, "Me? How can I go? There are seniors here who can second you better."

'This looks like a trap! For G.o.d's sake… why can't these people give her a rest?!' Lei Xinyi groaned inwardly.

"You have o go because I said so. Any problem?" a.s.sistant Yan asked in a haughty manner.

"No problem." If only the woman knew what she was capable of she would think twice before angering her like this.

"Good then let's go. The meeting is almost in motion. And don't raffle your feathers a lot the CEO is in a very awful mood lately and n.o.body want to be on the receiving end of his fury." With that she walked outside and a senior handed Lei Xinyi a file and walked outside.

Reaching the conference room Lei Xinyi had a sense of Déjà vu. Why did she end up here again?

With a sigh and a shake of her head Lei Xinyi sat on the seat beside a.s.sistant Yan and started looking through the files to get a head start about what doom was going to befall on her.

Lei Xinyi had always been the best strategist in the room. This was her work when she was in the underworld business and could tell in a minute that the proposal was going to be tossed out of the window by Li Yuan.

The project was about a Grand Resort on an Island the Li's bought recently. The proposition had far too many loop holes.

Looking up from the papers she saw the Head of the Financial Department, Wen Junhui was looking at her and smiling in her direction, when she looked he waved in her direction, Lei Xinyi smiled too and waved back.

The man was nice and had helped her on many occasions. He opened his mouth to say something but…

The door to the conference room was opened and everybody in the conference room stood and bowed to him in respectful greeting. The room was instantly surrounded by the Antarctic cold.

Li Yuan entered the room with an expressionless face and murderous aura around him and sat without glancing in anyone's direction. Then raised a hand and motioned everyone to sit.

Following him a.s.sistant Ji and his attorneys entered the room too.

Li Yuan shot an uninterested glance at the people in the conference room and said to continue.

Lei Xinyi felt instant disappointment; he didn't give her that lingering look, sultry smile or challenging smirk. It was like he wasn't even interested in her.

Unknowingly she felt her heart sank. She had grown to be accustomed to his attention that much that she was leaning to him.

Her thoughts immediately jolted her to reality. She couldn't depend on a man and a man like Li Yuan was not even an option.

The man was dangerous to her, he affected her in ways n.o.body ever had.

He was an all consuming tornado, he would suck her soul and keep her body captive and once he was bored he would leave her like a rag to rot.

Even as he kissed her and although it was a mutual act it was as if he was taking and taking like consuming her.

She was already broken beyond repair and if she was to be played again she was bound to be shattered but this time she wouldn't be able collect her pieces and walk away.