Tao Yu paused, feigning innocence: “What item? Mr. Yue, the equipment is still under repair. If there’s nothing else, I’ll be going.”
Yue Linze looked at her pretending to be innocent, wanting to laugh and simultaneously wanting to grab her and squeeze her so tightly she could barely breathe. But given the current progress, he could only suppress this impulse. As she walked past him, he gave her a sidelong glance: “Dr. Tao, is it really appropriate to be with another man right in front of your employer?”
“We’re not minors. The contract doesn’t say anything about not being able to date, right?” Tao Yu found his accusation absurd. “Besides, I haven’t interfered with Mr. Yue’s treatment. There doesn’t seem to be any contract violation.”
As soon as she finished speaking, her chin was caught, and Yue Linze’s face suddenly drew near, stopping just a centimeter from hers. For a moment, Tao Yu’s heart stopped beating. After being stunned, she swallowed and subtly shifted her toes, planning to escape when he wasn’t paying attention.
“Try moving, and I’ll get angry,” Yue Linze’s voice was filled with amusement.
After these few days of interaction, his domineering aura had diminished in Tao Yu’s eyes, replaced more by an understanding of his shameless nature. Hearing his words, she scoffed, momentarily forgetting her escape plan: “As your attending physician, I haven’t done anything wrong. Even if you’re angry, you can’t do anything to me.”
“Oh? What if I lock you outside during lunch for two hours?” Yue Linze was extremely close, close enough to clearly feel her breath, making his urge to kiss her increasingly obvious.
Two hours of lunch time isn’t long, and any sentient being over the mental age of five wouldn’t be scared by such a trivial punishment.
…But Tao Yu was scared! What joke was this? Loan sharks were waiting outside. Before she cleared her debt, going out could mean being dragged away and sold at any moment!
The big shot was indeed a big shot. Even his child-like punishment method precisely hit her fear point. Tao Yu swallowed and tried to sound tough: “Why should I? I didn’t promise that person anything. Accepting the flowers was just out of courtesy. I’m definitely eating lunch today.”
