Spoiled by the CEO after amnesia!-Chapter 445 - 443 Relieving the Siege

It was quite enjoyable to see the beauty flustered and frightened inside the cage.

"Dine out? I’m not particularly interested," he indifferently rejected the suggestion.

"Then what do you want?"

"Alternatively, you could consider my suggestion from that morning, which would make me feel that your intention to repay me is genuine."

That sentence, half-joking and half-serious, ultimately aimed to make the young woman on the phone blush fiercely.

He continued to smell her breath heat up from embarrassment.

"Mr. Huo, I thought you were joking that day, or maybe you were still muddle-headed from the headache. Now, it’s the same. Anyway, all I can do is invite you to dinner; I can’t afford anything more. Take it or leave it, that’s it, I’m hanging up!" Jiayi bit her lip and hung up the phone.

She somewhat hated herself for compromising with this man.

Wasn’t this man, taking advantage of her serving as his maid, clearly workplace harassment?

Why couldn’t she ever find the resolve to refuse and reprimand him firmly?

It seemed as if being teased by him was somehow so justified...

Calming down her emotions, she gripped the phone and walked towards the kindergarten exit.

She still had to work today, and seeing as time was getting late, she quickened her pace.

Before she could hail a cab, her mobile rang.

Still dazed, she didn’t think before picking up and snap at the other end, "That’s enough, I’ve told you not to mention that..."

Before she could finish, it was her mother’s voice that came through, "Jiayi, where are you and Zaizai?"

Jiayi quickly swallowed her tone, hurriedly returned to a normal voice, "Mom, I... I just took Zaizai to the kindergarten!"

Last night over the phone, she told her mom she couldn’t find Zaizai alone, so she called a very close female colleague to come out and help look for him, then stayed overnight at the colleague’s house.

Xia Tingxuan was somewhat puzzled on the phone but didn’t ask any more questions, as being able to find Zaizai was already a reason to be grateful.

But today, her tone was filled with disbelief, "Is that so? So, you spent the night at a colleague’s house yesterday?"

"Yeah," Jiayi replied, feeling like a thief.

"Alright then, I’m outside your company. Come tell me now which colleague’s house you stayed at," Xia Tingxuan said and then hung up.

It wasn’t that she restrained her daughter, not giving her freedom, but her daughter’s behavior last night made her suspicious.

If Jiayi was lying and hadn’t really spent the night at her female colleague’s, where had she gone instead? And why lie?

This morning, upon seeing Jiayi hadn’t returned, Xia Tingxuan could no longer sit still and went directly to Jiayi’s company.

Upon hearing that her mom had actually gone to Yundu, Jiayi broke into a cold sweat, hurriedly stopped a taxi, and dashed to the company like a bolt of lightning!

Once she got out of the taxi, she saw her mom standing on the steps outside the entrance of Yundu Building. After paying the fare, she hurried forward, "Mom, why did you come over so early? Is there something we can’t talk about over the phone—"

Xia Tingxuan scrutinized her with a gaze: "Your colleague? Weren’t you staying at someone else’s place with Zaizai last night? Didn’t she come to work? Jiayi, you’ve never lied to me from childhood till now, don’t deceive your mother."

"Mom, I—" She felt like having a fishbone stuck in her throat. Did she really have to tell her mother the truth, that she was now working as a maid in a man’s villa to pay off her debts, and last night she even spent the night on that man’s bed with Zaizai?

These past few years, Mommy had been very strict with her, and she was afraid to say it suddenly now, worrying that her mom would get angry.

"Jiayi."

A crisp and clear female voice floated over from behind.

Jiayi turned her head to look: "Director Fang."

Fang Yao, as usual, wore a dark blue, tailored women’s blazer on her upper body and wide-legged trousers on the lower body. She strode forward briskly and confidently, raised her hand with a beaming smile, and placed it on Jiayi’s shoulder: "...why are you walking so fast? Didn’t you say you’d come to the company with me? Didn’t I ask you and Zaizai to wait for me? In the blink of an eye, you and your mother disappeared!"

Jiayi was taken aback for a moment, but she also reacted quickly, looking at Fang Yao gratefully: "Well, I went to drop Zaizai off at the kindergarten first."

"Oh," Fang Yao nodded understandingly, then turned to Xia Tingxuan, curled her lips politely, and said: "Oh, this must be your aunt, right?"

Xia Tingxuan nodded, temporarily holding back from blaming her daughter, and said politely: "Yes, you are—"

Jiayi hurriedly said: "Mommy, this is Fang Yao, the director of our women’s fashion design department."

Fang Yao glanced at Jiayi with a smile: "What director Fang, haven’t I said before, there’s no need to be so formal privately. We’re not at work yet."

Xia Tingxuan got the hint: "So, last night you and Zaizai stayed over at Director Fang’s place?"

Jiayi nodded frequently: "Mhm." She glanced at Fang Yao again: "I really appreciate it, Ayao."

A slender figure passed by the entrance of the building, overhearing the conversation of the three, only casting a fleeting glance, as if leaving no trace, and entered the building.

Xia Tingxuan breathed a sigh of relief, feeling somewhat embarrassed for not trusting her daughter, and without saying much more: "I really appreciate Director Fang, Jiayi, you go on and have a good day at work, I won’t disturb you further."

Jiayi quickly said goodbye and watched her mother’s retreating figure, heaving a long sigh. She then turned to Fang Yao, who had helped her out of a tight spot, with a grateful tone: "Director Fang, thank you so much, otherwise I wouldn’t have known how to explain to Mom."

Fang Yao crossed her arms, tilted her head with a thoughtful look in her eyes: "Where exactly did you and Zaizai spend the night last night? Why did you even have to lie to your mom?"

Jiayi’s face turned pale, quickly clouding with a flush of red, and she stammered: "Um..."

Fang Yao suddenly had a realization, leaned in close, and whispered in her ear: "You didn’t happen to spend the night at Derek’s place, did you?"

After all, where else could Jiayi have gone?

No one else knew, but she alone was aware that Jiayi worked at Yundu during the day and had to work at Disheng at night.

Jiayi felt like she had been caught doing something wrong, especially in the presence of that man’s ex-girlfriend, and always felt guilty. She hurriedly explained: "Director Fang, please don’t misunderstand, I stayed there overnight due to special circumstances..."

Seeing her defend herself, Fang Yao laughed: "What? Are you thinking I’d be unhappy? Jealous?"

Having overheard their conversation by the elevator that day, Jiayi knew that their breakup had happened a long time ago and was also an amicable one. Based on Fang Yao’s personality, she definitely wasn’t the type to dwell on the past, and she wouldn’t carry a torch for that man, much less be jealous.

Now, seeing Fang Yao’s amused expression, Jiayi’s face reddened, realizing she had overthought: "I’m sorry, Director Fang."

Fang Yao saw her blush, the smile on her lips deepened slightly, and her gaze became a little more intense as she said: "Didn’t I say before, outside the company in private, just call me Ayao."