In the Focus International

Xoan couldn't believe his underlying men were so useless to get caught easily and he couldn't get to strike the second attack which was dependent on the first one. He made sure to tie up the mouths of them so that nothing points towards him.

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He was fuming in rage behind the glass table burying himself in the work early in the morning.

His secretaries cursed him endlessly for ruining their early morning sleep asking them to reach office just because he failed to find a file.

Xoan got a call which he answered on the speaker to hear a hoarse respectful voice, "CEO West, Morgan Entertainment arranged a press conference to talk about David Mariot."

Xoan frowned and growled at the man who was on another end of the call, "What the f**k am I going to do with that crap?"

That man looked at his mobile in bewilderment. Xoan had ordered him to notify him about every detail about the actor David Mariot's news.

Feeling wronged, he was about to respond but Xoan hung up the call cursing the caller.

With the Monday blues, secretaries had to tolerate Xoan's awful mood whenever they entered his office to divert any information or to drop a file in his office.

Xoan was about to shout at his one of the secretaries who knocked and pushed the door but paused seeing Xin entering and the secretary closing the door smiling at Xin.

Xoan was surprised to see Xin happy even though his lips were pursed, he could easily say by his bright eyes.

"Boss Xin, what a surprise! You returned in a week."

Xin settled opposite to him, placing breakfast on the table. His unemotional voice didn't concede the hit of excitement, "I saw Little bunny."

Xoan's lips twitched, "Ugh... She has a name. She isn't a kid. No doubt you are beaming."

Xin didn't care about his disgust towards the nickname, "Fine, I saw Aria in Ziro yesterday."

Xoan confusedly said, "Zero?"

Xoan was more like, 'What the f*ck did that girl do this time that Xin is saying Zero as a place?'

Xin knew well that Xoan only knows and loves international destinations. Rolling his eyes, he signaled Xoan to move to the couch for breakfast as he responded.

"Ziro is a small remote village, 140 miles away from City S. They have untouched nature, technology isn't improved and the people over there still follow our traditional approaches."

Xoan who had a spoonful of congee shook his head, "We were talking about your little what?... bunny, why are you explaining those forests to me?"

Xin: ⊝_⊝

He wanted to tell about Aria since Xoan asked about Ziro so he explained.

Xin decided to ignore him and concentrated on his breakfast.

He wanted to follow Aria in Ziro but he had got a call from the office to inform him about Xoan's rivalry and first move on Alan. His moment of distraction lost her path and he didn't get to see her again.

Xoan who was quiet for some time voiced his thoughts, "Out of all the place, she reached some stupid Zero forest and out of all the places you also reached the same forest Zero. Are you perhaps stalking her?"

Pfft-

Xin choked on his food.

Xoan knew Xin could only be flustered by hearing about Aria cooper and he was happy finally forgetting his stupid headache works and failed plans.

Xin snapped at him, "Am I looking like a stalker?"

Xoan was composed and looked tranquil, "But we still checked about her on your wish. You felt bad for her hearing she ran away from her wedding. You sat here and tried to know how she was doing? Aren't these enough to say you are stalking her?"

Xin smacked the cushion on his head, "Xoa..."

Xoan burst into laughter looking at his best friend at a loss of words without knowing what to feel for Aria.

Xin wanted to leave but Xoan pulled him back on the couch, "Do you perhaps love her?"

Xin glared at him.

Xoan changed the question, "Do you perhaps like her?"

Xoan pursed his lips seeing his furrowing brows. He took out his mobile and quickly surfed Aria's picture which was the talk of the town for quite a long time.

It was a picture from her first fashion show where she was wearing a show stopper red gown.

Xoan's flirty tone sounded in the office room, "Her seductive eyes, her juicy lips, her alluring flawless porcelain skin, her pretty face. Look at her tempting cleavage, her sexy..."

Xoan knew Xin had reached his limit from the beginning itself, he wanted to see how he was going to handle the situation.

Xin unceremoniously twisted his hand to his back and ceased his mobile.

Xoan doesn't hit him back but he was in too much pain, "Xin... Xin... Xin... a small move, you will dislocate it. Xin..."

Xin tightened his grip on his hand to hear the required words.

Xoan surrendered, "Alright alright, I will not disrespect her. I swear, even if she beats me to death, I will be respectful..."

Satisfied, Xin left his hand and sat down looking at Aria's picture.

Xoan painfully moved his arm as he let Xin relax first. He knew well, Xin respects every woman but Aria always stood top of the list.

"I don't think whether I will respect my wife or not, this your Little Bunny is really playing in my life between us."

Xin rolled his eyes and stressed each word, "Learn to respect Women."

Xoan awkwardly laughed, waving his hand, "That's not my cup of coffee."

Seeing him looking at Aria's picture, Xoan asked doubtfully, "Don't tell me you want to take down all the pictures in this dress?"

Xin was exactly thinking to do that but he also thought if Aria gets to know she will investigate. Even though he wouldn't leave traces, she would be on alert or might get scared thinking of him as a stalker.

Xoan interrupted his train of thoughts, "Come on, she is such a pure beauty, why do you want to hide it?..."

Then a sinister smile appeared on his face and continued, "Her fellow one-sided lovers have only this hot picture to imagine her in their wet dreams and masturbate, why do you want to ruin it?"

Xoan ran away from his seat and laughed seeing the dark face of Xin.

Xoan hates to admit he never got a chance to sleep with such a beauty who carried herself so well. But he never once thought about Aria Cooper due to Xin.

He really wanted to meet Aria once to know whether she was the same as Xin told him or just a pretentious bitch of the socialite circle.

From the time he became CEO, he had never seen Alan attending any parties and also Aria. He had seen Rian and Noah but never got an interest to strike a conversation with them.

Suddenly plans popped up in his mind to meet Aria easily and that could also show the real fact about her.

"X..." He shut his mouth immediately. He thought to give a surprise even if he has to get beaten by Xin for testing her.

He saw Xin thinking and asked seriously, "Xin, are you sure you haven't fallen in love with her?"