Seducing The Ice Queen

Ximin stood at the entrance of the office and knocked on the door. She did not have much hope for the guest that had come but she could only ask. Zirui and Alice were working and both the women looked up at the knock. With an awkward smile, Ximin was about to announce the presence of the guest when the man himself walked in, "Miss Alice. Long time no see!"

Alice stared at Lucas Ivy with indifference before leaning back in her seat casually as she asked, "Mr. Ivy! I did not expect you to visit me so suddenly. And you have even barged into my office! How unexpected and disgraceful of you."

Lucas Ivy sat on the chair in front of the table casually before leaning back and staring at Alice intently," You left me with no option, Miss Faye! I have tried to call you multiple times and make an appointment with you. But you are one elusive person! And now that I know that you are leaving soon, I thought we should at least meet up first! And walking into your office was a better option that having you kidnapped!"

All three women in the room sucked in a breath at the sudden words that were casually spoken. For all three knew that this man was insane enough to act on his threat.

But instead of panicking, Alice smiled at him and said," Mr. Ivy! You really have a good sense of humor! If only you had been willing to wait, I am sure Ximin could have cleared my schedule a bit! It's  not like we are very close that you need to do this! And if the discussion was about business, Miss Mo could very well have handled here. But, since you are here, I will not be petty with you. Ximin, postpone my meetings for a while please. Zirui, we can stop here. Why don't you take a break?"

But before the two women could have left, Lucas Ivy stood up. "No need! It is lunch time now. Miss Alice. You have time for lunch, don't you? Or do I have to make arrangements?"

The threat in the end was enough for Alice to agree to the demand. Oh she knew that it would not be easy to kidnap her. She had her own security but then again, it would cause a hassle and then K would worry. Throwing the pen in her hand, she stood up and agreed, "Fine, we can have a meal at The Dragon Bowl which is nearby. Mr. Ivy. I don't have much time so I hope you will excuse my choosing a casual place. Ximin, book a table now."

As Lucas Ivy followed Alice out of the office he could not help but admire the woman once again. She really was smart. She had agreed easily but on her terms. The Dragon Bowl was known to be a casual place and did not have private rooms. Well, he could make a place private if he wanted to but now was not the time. Next time he would do that.

Soon after Alice left, Zirui and Ximin paced outside the office in worry. They had tried to tag along but had been stopped by that Lucas Ivy! They could not help but worry that the man would still try and kidnap her! Just as the two were wondering what to do, another call came in from the reception, "Miss Ximin, Mr. Rowe is here to see Chairwoman."

As Ximin thought what to tell Kieran, Zirui snatched the phone and spoke, "Tell him to wait there." 

The next moment a rather befuddled Kieran was being dragged by the wrist towards the exit as Zirui pulled him along and flagged a taxi. "The Dragon Bowl, please."

Finally, after being kidnapped by the woman of his dreams, Kieran shook his head and asked, "Uh? Miss Mo? Is something the matter? Where are you taking me?"

"We are going on a date!"

His eyebrows almost touching his hairline, Kieran gave a smile and asked," Miss Mo is really modern. You don't even think of asking a man. Not that I would have said no.."

But Zirui simply waved him off and did not hear as she said, "It's a fake date of course! Alice had to go for lunch with that Poison Ivy! We are going there to spy on them!"

"Poison Ivy? Who is that? Also is this included in your job profile? Spying on your boss?"

"If she is threatened with kidnapping, then yes!"

That line got his attention and Kieran leaned forward and asked, "What do you mean threatened?"

"Lucas Ivy is the CEO of BP Entertainment and one of the biggest foes of Adam. Earlier he was in cahoots with that James Faye and Snake Faye! But he changed sides at the end moment, we don't know why. And since we have no common business interests other than SKY then that man coming to the office is definitely not a good sign!"

"Ahh.. so Poison Ivy is Lucas Ivy and Snake Faye is... Samual Faye?" You have cute ways of naming people Miss Mo."

Instead of answering, Zirui jumped out of the cab and hurried into the restaurant ordering, "Pay for the ride, Rowe."

After paying the cab driver with a shake of his head, Kieran watched in amusement, as Miss Mo looked around carefully to check Alice's location so that she can enter and spy. After spotting Alice sitting opposite Poison Ivy with the man's back to the door, Zirui slowly walked into the restaurant and snagged herself a table. And then almost jumped out of the couch when Kieran slid in next to her making her either have to slide over or let him sit in her lap. Scowling she scolded him, "You can sit opposite me, you know!"

"Well, then I would not have a view of the two people! And we are here in a pretend date, so we have to look cozy!"

Saying so, he placed his hand around a shoulder and gave a gentle smile. In return he received an even gentler smile along with a threat, "You better move that or you will be unable to move it if I take it off."

Slowly sliding his hand back, he smiled sheepishly and summoned a waiter as he asked, "What would you like to have?" 

Not expecting Kieran to actually ask her, Zirui thought some before ordering some assorted dimsums. Shaking his head again, Kieran ordered black bean noodles and some side dishes before saying, "Miss Mo, you are too thin! And yet you choose to only eat dimsums!"

"You are mistaken. I am not too thin. And I happen to like dimsums and I am not too hungry!"

"You are thin enough that I could span my hands around your waist!"

Glaring down at the man's rather large hands, Zirui scowled even more and said, "That is because your hands are too large!"

This caused Kieran to smirk as he made his first ever dirty joke in front of a woman, "And you know what they say about men with large hands?"

The way her eyes widened in scandalized horror meant that she knew exactly what he meant! Just as she would have replied, the waiter returned with their dishes. On the other table also the waiter was placing their meal. 

"This is quick service!", Kieran could not help but comment.

Slanting an amused look at him, Zirui commented," It is why Alice chose this place. They have no privacy! And they have quick service!"

"My little Al has always been smart!", Kieran could not help but smile proudly.

But he missed the expression that crossed Zirui's face as he started to eat his food. After staring at him for a while and the way he was enjoying his food, Zirui used her chopsticks to push aside his and smiled at him when he looked at her in question, "Those noodles look tempting! You don't mind sharing, do you? I am really hungry!"

With that, half the dishes that Kieran ordered were gobbled by Zirui, much to the man's amusement. He had been right to order so much, Kieran felt satisfied with himself.

While the atmosphere on this table was that of satisfaction, the two people on the other table were now at odds with each other. Lucas Ivy was trying to get Alice to listen to him while Alice was so engrossed in her food as if it was telling her the secrets of the universe. With a hard knock of his knuckles on the table he tried to get her attention, "Miss Faye! Avoiding the conversation will not make me disappear you know! I will not leave you alone until you have heard and understood what I have come to say! By doing these petty things, you are forcing me into a corner so that I have to make threats!"

Placing her chopsticks down, Alice glared at the man and shot back," And if you think that threatening me will really work, then you are sadly mistaken! Now! Mr. Ivy, if you have anything to say, say it or I would like to leave."

"Of course I do! It is about Adam and me!"