My Husband Is a Snake! - Chapter 29

Chapter 29 Lily Is Back

The next day at work, before Ning Yao entered the office, she suddenly recalled the conversation she had with Clarence the day before and felt a little flustered.

She took a deep breath and was about to push the door open when a voice suddenly came from behind her, “Why aren’t you going in?”

Startled, Ning Yao turned around abruptly. However, due to her sudden movement, she accidentally knocked over the cup of coffee in Clarence’s hand.

In an instant, the coffee splashed all over Clarence’s body as well as on Ning Yao’s skirt, staining the two with coffee.

Ning Yao’s face turned pale. Just as she was about to say something, Clarence waved his hand dismissively and said, “Let’s talk inside.”

The two of them entered the office and Ning Yao quickly apologized. “I’m sorry, Mr. He, I…”

“It’s okay. I shouldn’t have stood so close to you. There’s a change of clothes in the locker in the lounge over there. You can change into them temporarily.”

There was a room next to his office. Usually, if he was too busy with work, he would take a break in the office. But Ning Yao had never entered the room.

After pushing the door open and entering, what came into view was a very large Simmons bed that could fit three to four people easily.

The room’s layout was very simple. There was only a bed, a large wardrobe, a single leather sofa, and a floor lamp.

Ning Yao opened the closet and took out a suit jacket. To her surprise, there was a stack of women’s clothes beside it.

Ning Yao looked at the size of the dress. It was an S size, which matched hers.

Her heart started to beat faster.

Were these clothes prepared for her? However, wasn’t it a little strange that her clothes were in Clarence’s room?

Clarence must have prepared these for her because he was afraid that she couldn’t afford high-end clothes. That must be it.

A moment later, Clarence saw Ning Yao walking out with his suit jacket in her arms. He couldn’t help but ask, “Why didn’t you change?”

Ning Yao bit her lips. “It’s still working hours, so it’s not appropriate for me to change in your office. I’ll go to the mall to buy another set of clothes later.”

“Alright then.” Clarence finally realized that she was afraid of gossip.

He didn’t care about what the others said. In fact, he even wanted people to misunderstand him and Ning Yao. After all, their progress was a little too slow for him.

However, Ning Yao was a shy girl. Since she didn’t want others to gossip about her, he would respect her wishes.

“Why are you in a daze? Come here.” Clarence stood up and called out to her when he saw that Ning Yao was still standing there.

Ning Yao walked up to him with the suit jacket and put it on for him.

The two of them stood very close to each other and she could smell the faint fragrance on the man’s body. She didn’t feel anything in the past, but now her heart suddenly sped up.

After putting his coat on for him, she picked up a blue suit and tie and was about to put it on for Clarence.

The man was too tall, so Ning Yao had no choice but to tiptoe and wrap the tie around his neck.

Seeing Ning Yao standing on her tiptoes, he bent down slightly and lowered his head. The distance between them was shortened in an instant, and he could even see Ning Yao’s long and curly eyelashes.

Ning Yao and Clarence looked at each other for a second and she became extremely nervous. She quickly put on his tie and took three steps back, as if Clarence was a hot stove.

After getting dressed by his future wife, Clarence immediately fell in a good mood. He sat down and handed a folder to Ning Yao.

“Take it and have a look. If you don’t understand anything, ask me.”

Ning Yao took the folder and opened it.

This was information on an independent project of the company, and it was first-hand top-secret information.

Ning Yao didn’t understand why Clarence would show her this, but since her boss wanted her to take a good look at it, she would do as she was told.

Returning to her desk, Ning Yao first dealt with the contract Clarence had given her, then read through some documents and searched for some professional terms on the internet.

In the blink of an eye, it was already noon, and it had started to drizzle outside.

Ning Yao and Clarence did not go out for lunch. Instead, Ning Yao ordered some pork ribs rice and shrimp mushroom soup for them. After lunch, she continued to work.

When it was almost time to get off work, Martin came in to check on Ning Yao. He then said to Clarence, “Mr. He, Lily is back. Do you have any plans?”

Ning Yao raised her head at the mention of Lily’s name.

Of course, she still remembered this person. Back then, those people who gossiped behind her back had mentioned this name.

Lily was 28 years old this year. She had been working for Clarence since the company was first established. When the company expanded and set up a secretarial department, she naturally became the Chief Secretary of the company.

Ning Yao had never seen Lily’s photo before, but she would occasionally hear people in the company comparing her to Lily, saying that the latter was a gorgeous beauty, while the former was far inferior to the latter in terms of aura.

Of course, Ning Yao did not like to be compared to others, but the people in the company loved to discuss such things, so she could only pretend that she did not hear it.

Now, Lily was finally back.