Author: Xiao Qi Zai Zi I hired a handsome bodyguard at a high price. And I deducted part of his salary anytime I was in a bad mood. Finally, one day, he was pissed off. He took off his watch which was worth 500 thousand dollars and rolled up his sleeves, sneering, "My salary is all deducted by you now. I don't have anything to pay you other than myself."You want to escape now? Too late."1I was a food blogger with quite a lot of followers.When I was just about to do a live-streaming, my assistant vanished.I came up with an idea in a hurry and grabbed a handsome guy from the department next to my office to help me try the dishes.The man was 6 feet and 3 inches in height, wearing a pair of gold-framed glasses and a suit.He looked at everything with a pair of beautiful deep-set eyes through his glasses, looking distant and inaccessible.I asked him kindly, "Have you eaten anything yet?"The man looked me up and down. He must be thinking that I was flirting with him.I

5The cooperation project with the hotel went smoothly. After several days, we decided to go back. On the way back, I carefully calculated the travel expenses, "The total is 4,500 dollars: 3,000 dollars for the roses; 1,500 dollars for the hotel rooms. The expenses of the roses and your hotel room are will be deducted from your salary. That'll be 3,750 dollars."Simon asked in confusion, "Why are the expenses of the roses deducted from my salary?"I turned to him and looked into his eyes. "Because they're for you."Simon was left speechless.I hoped he knew better. Why didn't he do anything after he kissed me?I was stopped by someone outside the office building.It was an old lady, whose face looked familiar to me.She called out, "It's really you. My husband just told me it's you. I thought he made a mistake."She looked at me narrowly and said, "I heard that you still owe my son 1,000 dollars."I was bewildered and speechless.Then, it suddenly occurred to me that she

9The next day, I was woken up by Lydia's call. She scolded me for standing her up on the phone.Suddenly, Simon put his arm around my waist and said lazily, "Hang up the phone."Lydia suddenly stopped shouting. A few moments later, she excitedly screamed, "Did you sleep with a guy last night?"All of a sudden, I came to my senses. Then I saw Simon's handsome face. As soon as I opened my mouth, ready to scream, Simon covered it and threatened me with a smile. "If you dare to scream again, I will throw you out naked."Lydia shouted, "Fuck! You're naked?! Exciting news!"Bang!My phone fell to the ground.Out of the corner of my eye, I saw some hickeys on my body. Then I noticed some tiny bite marks on the side of Simon's neck. My face instantly turned red. I stammered, "Bo..."Simon stroked my hair gently and finished the word for me. "Baby."I said, frowning, "Can I go back on my word?"Simon said, "Don't even think about taking back your secondary credit card. A deal is a d

5"Are you living well?" I asked lightly.He was slightly stunned. "Of course."Perhaps I became timider after living cautiously for a long time while I was with Jonathan. I could not bring myself to say anything hurtful to him to vent my emotions. "That's good. Then forget about the past and move on," I responded."Was I not good to you?" Jonathan leaned over, and his intimidating aura made me nervous enough to straighten my back. He gently lifted the company ID I was wearing and continued, "Didn't I give you enough money? Why must you come all the way here to work?""It's not about money." I covered my ID and avoided his gaze.I saved all the money Jonathan gave me in the past in a bank card. When I left, I also returned all of them to him."Then why?" He gently lifted my chin and turned me to face the window, then asked, "Is it because of that man outside?"Samuel probably wanted to avoid the awkwardness but didn't want to go too far away. Through the glass window, I could s

13Half a year later, my work was finally on the right track, and I became Samuel's editor.The communication between an editor and the author was nothing more than a manuscript receiving and discussion. There would not be too much private contact, but probably because Samuel and I shared mutual interests, we gradually started chatting like old friends.It was late that day when he asked for my location through a phone call breathlessly."I'm at home," I said. It was 11 p.m., and I was about to go to bed."Oh." He panted heavily and hung up the phone not long after I answered.I was confused.While I hesitated whether to call him back, my phone lit up with his name on the screen again the next moment."Hello? What's wrong?" I picked up the call faster this time."I forgot to ask." He swallowed. "Where is your home?"Half an hour later, he came to my residential area and asked if it was inconvenient for me to go downstairs. He wanted to talk to me face to face."Mr. Lawrence,