Two. The Devilish Boss

Angel groaned loudly. She wanted to shove her heels into Finn's big mouth because she was sick of hearing his chatter.

"What?" Angel asked fiercely.

“I think my brother needs a wife to stop his bad habit. He is thirty-six. My mother will set his up with one of her friends' kids."

"Do you think Xander would want to be matched with a stranger he's never met?"

"No. Of course, not. Xander and my mother are in a cold war now. My mother will fly here from Milan this weekend to lecture my stubborn brother.”

“Well, your mother has every right to be worried about Xander's future. What about you?” Angel changed the topic quickly.

She didn't want to suddenly faint in front of Finn just because they were talking about a lucky woman who would be Xander's future wife. Angel wasn't ready to see her boss get married to someone. Seeing Xander dating some beautiful women broke her heart. She couldn't imagine herself coming to Xander's wedding. It would break her heart even more.

“I have Lucretia. And our relationship got good approval from my family and her family. You know, I’m safe. I won't be matched with anyone."

“Yeah, how lucky you are. Lucretia is so kind to date an ugly guy like you,” Angel stuck out her tongue mockingly.

“I'm not blessed with good looks like my brother. He always makes me jealous,” Finn snorted as he folded his arms across his chest.

Together they watched the couples dance on the dance floor. Men and women danced gracefully to the classical music from the orchestra. Angela had to be content with just being a spectator because she didn't have a partner to dance with. She didn't even have any friends other than Finn at the office.

Working as Xander's secretary meant she didn't have many friends in the office. She always just followed Xander wherever he took her. She rarely went to the cafe with the staff during lunch time because sometimes Xander took her to have lunch with his clients. Angela only knew a few people at the party, including the reception staff, Clara, Celine, and Gloria. They danced with their respective partners and seemed to really enjoy the party. The men seemed to be from the marketing division. She had heard rumors that the men in the marketing division were quite attractive. Some of them were even quite handsome. Unfortunately, Angela was never attracted to the men in her office like she was attracted to Xander.

"What are you doing here?"

His hoarse and sexy voice startled Angela who was lost in thought. Her body stiffened. She looked down to hide the blush on her face. It was as if she had just been caught red-handed imagining her boss in all kinds of dirty fantasies.

"Hey brother, what are you doing in this quiet and boring corner of the ballroom?"

"What are you doing here? You already have Lucretia. Don't flirt with my secretary."

Xander frowned at Angel.

"Are you okay, Ms. Celeste?"

"Y-yeah. I'm fine," Angela stuttered, tucking her hair behind her ear.

"Don't worry bro, she's safe with me. I was just chatting with Angel. And just so you know I'm not flirting with Angel. I am loyal to Lucretia."

Xander ignored Finn's sarcasm, and jumped to the next topic.

“You should enjoy the party by dancing with the others.”

“I'm not in the mood. I don't think Angel does either, so I accompanied her here.”

“Don’t you want to dance with someone, Angel?”

“Eee... I'm a little dizzy after drinking champagne. So I'd better stay here."

“You only took a few sips. It won't give you a headache.”

Damn! Angel cursed in her heart. Whether Xander was really paying attention to her all along or he was just guessing, but what he said was very true. She didn't drink much champagne tonight. Actually, she wasn't in the mood to attend this party because she knew that Xander would definitely be the center of the world for all those women.