Chapter 63 - I Like You (2/2)

Yanee could hear the strong wind in the dessert go WHOOOOSH inside her brain as she stared blankly at the still grinning Chummy. Her words were filled with too much sėxuȧŀ innuendo for her not to guess what's going on.

”Chummy – you traitor!  Since when did you start dating the doctor?” Yanee asked as she jumped on Chummy and started pinching her cheeks. ”What's with this BFF crap you're spouting. How dare you get a boyfriend behind my back?”

”Hey, hey, hey,” Chummy laughed as she tried to fend Yanee off. ”Stop pinching. Get a boyfriend too so we're even.”

”You still dare suggest that?” Yanee countered as she gave her another round of pinches while Chummy continued to fend her off while laughing.

”Er… What are you guys doing?” Tohru James suddenly asked as he stepped into the office. His brown gaze filled with amusement as he looked at the girls scrambling on the desk.

Chummy visibly brightened upon seeing their boss and she quickly ran over and hid behind him. ”Boss, save me! Yanee's angry because I got a boyfriend.”

”I'm not!” Yanee, of course, would deny it. She's really not angry anyway. She's even happy for her. She was just… surprised.

” Yes, you are. Look at that face boss. Her lips are pouting too much. She's not happy,” Chummy insisted comically earning her another glare from Yanee.

”Ya! Cynthia Tan, this is my natural lips!” Angelina Jolie lips, okay?

Tohru James, on the other hand, looked thoughtful as he studied Yanee's face.

Huh? What is this potato doing?

Yanee watched in awe as their boss walked over to her suddenly. He went too close – much too close that she had to lean back against Chummy's table as he leaned over to her.

Er… Yanee's brain almost went haywire at their awkward position. They were posed like the dancing couple at the end of tango without holding each other. If Yanee tilted her head a bit he would have a good view of her throat.

”You're right. It's like Angelina Jolie's,” he commented before standing up properly.

Yanee was so shocked she almost landed on the table when her hand slipped, but Tohru, like a knight in shining armor effortlessly caught her and helped her to stand up.

”Er… thanks.”

WAIT? Why was she thanking him? Wasn't it his fault that she had to lean far back like that in the first place?

”Boss, you really look good standing together. Why don't the two of you just go out and date so Yanee won't be angry at me anymore for getting a boyfriend?” Chummy suddenly suggested and Yanee almost screamed her frustration.

Why was this happening again? Chummy the traitor was asking to be strangled to death.

”Sure,” Tohru readily agreed, but Yanee waved her hand at him.

”No, thanks, boss.”

”Why not?” Tohru and Chummy chorused.

”Do you have a boyfriend?” Tohru asked, and Yanee shook her head.

”Do you like someone?” Tohru asked with a pout.

Yanee was taken aback because as soon as he asked that, the image in her mind that appeared was Tohru's face at the hotel when he picked her up for the party to meet the clients. It was the time when they wore a matching outfit he called uniform.

She was going to shake her head vigorously but decided it would be a total lie so she changed tactics not thinking it would backfire.

”I like everyone. I like Chummy. I like my sister. I like my sister's dog. I like you, boss, I like m–” she elaborated, her voice sounded condescending but she was cut off by the suddenly very happy potato.

”Oh, you like me? That's good.”

What? This deaf potato! Wasn't he listening?

Yanee was going to remind him that he was not the only one she stated she liked but didn't get the chance.

”Ms. Lee, I like you too.”