Chapter 233 - 232: Fuming Step-mother-in-law
Tang Hao and their visitors left the office leaving the couple in their own elements.
Nathan looked at his wife who now had a victory grin in the face and raised his brows towards her.
"Who was that?" Eunji asked Nathan with an accusing tone.
"A client wifey. She wanted me to personally invest in their project. More like her personal project. Seems like the competition back in their country is pretty tough, don't you think?" Nathan explained.
"Oh, I don't like her." Eunji told him straightforwardly.
Nathan already knew the reason why she didn't like her. And it was something personal. Something related to her father.
"Don't worry, I'm still thinking about her proposal though." Nathan honestly told her.
He was really interested in the project though. In fact, they would have made a deal should she presented herself more professionally in front of him earlier.
"I see." Eunji said as she let her slender fingers trail from Nathan's ears down to his chest.
"You're not jealous of her, are you?" Nathan teasingly asked her. However he didn't expect that his wife would toss the ball back to him.
"Should I?" Eunji seductively asked him. Seeing the man's sexy lips, Eunji licked her inner lower lip as she felt her throat ran dry even more.
Maybe because of pregnancy that she felt hornier than average. Eunji felt terrible as she gave that a thought.
Nathan saw her subtle action and inwardly smirked.
"Don't worry wifey. I have already learnt my lessons." He answered as he claimed her lips.
Eunji moaned as the kiss progressed and the atmosphere became heated.
However, they heard a soft knock on the door seconds after.
Tang Hao was leading a group of people carrying a food cart for the couple's lunch.
One employee was also holding a bag of clothes for Eunji as could be seen in the monitor.
Nathan then stopped kissing his wife and let her to comfortably relax on his and wiped her lip clean before he pressed the button to allow the people outside to come in.
Seeing that the couple was in an intimate position, the employees felt awkward and no one dared to look at their boss on the face.
Nathan ignored the awkwardness and instructed them to lay the food on the coffee table so he and Eunji could have their lunch.
Eunji looked at the trolley and saw a glass filled with water.
She got down from Nathan's lap and then secured the trench coat around her body by tying the knots together in the front.
She then walked towards the tray and picked up the water with her hand and gulped the contents in one go.
Her move surprised everyone. Not because they had not seen someone drinking water in the past but because she looked sexily seductive even when drinking water.
Seeing the effects his wife had caused to his employees, Nathan inwardly sighed and watched as Eunji placed the glass on the coffee table.
Seeing that the room was silent, she then spoke to Nathan.
"I told you we were thirsty, didn't I? And now we are hungry. Come on Your Majesty, feed us!" Eunji playfully said in a cute childish voice which made everyone in the room to melt because of how cute and adorable she was.
Nathan shook his head because of Eunji's cuteness.
"Alright, Your Highness my queen!" Nathan played along.
He stood up from his seat and walked towards Eunji.
The couple then had their lunch peacefully after his employees left his office.
Eunji asked Nathan if she could do a company tour later.
Nathan was hesitant to let her do it but in the end he agreed.
Nathan asked Eunji to change into her new set of clothes and then they parted ways after as Nathan went into the conference room while Eunji started her tour.
Nathan asked one of his secretaries to accompany her during the tour.
The young female secretary felt nervous as she thought that Eunji was hard to handle just like her boss sometimes but to her surprise, Eunji had a pleasant and friendly attitude. She even found out that Fu Rong were friends with the Missus.
The secretary's name was Fu Lifen, Fu Rong's eldest sister.
When the department heads heard that Eunji was going to have a tour around the company, they immediately went out and greeted Eunji at the entrance of their respective departments together with their junior managers.
"Good afternoon Missus Bai!" They said with enthusiasm.
Eunji made a simple nod and then stroll onto the next department on the same floor.
Eunji was strolling out of boredom though with no other intentions or whatsoever.
Well, maybe just a little. She wanted to find out what type of people Nathan's employees were.
After the tour, she decided to go back to Nathan's office when she heard among the secretaries that Nathan's step-mother together with another woman was now in the lobby wanting to see Nathan to talk about something.
Since Nathan and Tang Hao were both inside a meeting, they had no choice but to decline their request but they were making a scene in the lobby which had caught everyone's attention.
Eunji had no other choice but to come and see what they were up to. She asked the security to bring them into the visitor's lounge so they could talk there privately.
With Fu Lifen following behind her, they got inside Nathan's exclusive elevator as they went into the first floor where that lounge was located.
With steady steps, she walked into the hallway that leads to the lounge.
As soon as Fu Lifen opened the door for Eunji, she heard foul words coming from the older woman wearing a set of expensive clothing criticizing one of the guards who had escorted them there.
The younger woman beside her was also wearing a pair of clothes from the same brand.
Teas and snacks were already served in front of them while they were waiting inside.
The old woman was then criticizing Nathan from the bottom of her heart for mistreating her but stopped as soon as she saw a pregnant woman came in followed by another young woman.
"Matriarch Bai, what a pleasant surprise?" Eunji greeted the woman. She didn't greeted her as mother since Nathan didn't treat her as family.
And besides, the last time she met this woman, all she did was to speak ill and criticize Mei and Nathan with all the guests attending in the banquet.
Bai Chunhua looked up and studied Eunji from head to toe.
Of course she had not forgotten about her. She was Nathan's date during that time after all.
The reason why her niece, Wan Baozhai didn't get the chance to marry Nathan.
"So you're the sl*t that the bastard had chosen to be his wife. I must say...you did acted quicker than I expected." Bai Chunhua said provokingly.
On the other hand, Eunji calmly sat on the couch opposite them and looked at the two women.
Eunji knew that this talk won't end good therefore she decided to not beat around the bush and asked her immediately.
"What are you doing here? As far as I am concerned my husband had nothing to do with your family anymore."
Eunji's aura while asking was imposing and at the same time very elegant like a fine lady coming from a dignified and noble family that even startled the Matriarch.
"And I must say, you should not slander my husband's name inside this building or you'll see yourself being tossed on the streets outside."
They were lucky enough that Nathan had left Patriarch Bai and the entire Bai family member with ten percent shares all in all.
Nathan was the biggest shareholder, owning sixty-five percent of the shares after he had buy out the Bai elders and those members of the board who were 'willing' to sell their shares to him.
The twenty percent of the shares was owned by NJ Holdings Corp.- Nathan's other company. While the remaining five percent was sold to the public.
Ever since Nathan had become the Chairman of Bai Corp, he had managed to make their stock price rose to nine hundred percent its par value. The market value had even gotten higher as the days passed by.
News of his marriage didn't even caused the stocks to plummet. It had skyrocketed even more that it reached it's current status in the market.
"The young generations nowadays sure are so stingy." Matriarch Bai commented.
Funny how Nathan managed to be the Chairman of Bai Corp but didn't want to be addressed as the next Patriarch.
Nathan had already sent some of the Bai Family members to jail for causing troubles. Others were forced to live in another country given with enough capital to start on their own and not rely on the hardship of one person.
In fact, the Bai family was actually no more just like the Jin and the Ling after becoming Nathan's enemies.
And Matriarch Bai was no longer a Matriarch of the family since there's no more Patriarch. If there was, it should be Eunji who had more rights to the title.
But out of respect or to give her face with the woman she was with, Eunji still decided to address her that way.
"Oh...it's just that...my time is so precious for insignificant people to waste." Since she called her stingy, then Eunji decided to drop the courteousness and spiced the conversation a little bit.
"You!" The old woman pointed Eunji with her index finger out of anger but Eunji smirked and said,
"You probably should think about what you should say when pointing someone with your index finger, Matriarch. After all, only two fingers are actually pointing forward while the rest are towards you."
Eunji said it in a serious yet bored tone as if she was not provoking the woman at all. Her ways made everyone who tried to eavesdrop and gossip to chuckle in amusement.
Of course the lounge had cameras and she was sure that the operators were listening to their conversations but she didn't mind at all.
"So if you talked sh*t about me. You're most likely describing yourself than that person you're describing which happens to be me." She added which made the woman's face to turn hot red like she was suffering from high blood pressure as the blood all over her body gathered on her face because of anger.
Eunji could even see the imaginary smoke coming out from Matriarch Bai's nose and ears as she was fuming with anger.
"Relax. I don't want my husband's people to say that I am bullying you. I'm just giving you a simple reminder." Eunji said as she was now in a good mood.
"Ahm...you're Missus Bai right?" The woman beside Matriarch Bai finally interrupted before things would go south.
"Yes." Eunji answered her indifferently but at least she was not hostile with her.
"I am Bai Longwei's fiancé and we're about to get married two months from now. I asked aunt to accompany me to ask brother-in-law to assign Ah Wei back to Beijing so we could plan our wedding smoothly." She said her true intention.
"I'll see what I can do about that." Eunji honestly said.
After all, once Nathan had set his thoughts on things, it's hard to make him change it.
"Thank you, sister-in-law." The woman said.
"Don't be a fool Su Ming Zhu." Matriarch Bai scolded her.
Looking at the lady named Su, Eunji felt pity for her for having such a terrible mother-in-law.
"They didn't deserve your gratitude. That bastard had stolen what was right for my Longwei. He even dared to assign him into another branch. Such cruel person don't deserve your gratitude."
Things was actually not like that.
Since Longwei had recognized Nathan's capabilities as a businessman, Nathan also trusted Longwei's capabilities as his COO.
The branch that Longwei was managing now always had problems when it comes to their finances. Therefore, Nathan sent him there to correct everything for a year.
If there was still no improvement after a year, then Longwei would be forced to resign. The condition Nathan had set was to challenge him and not to bully his brother.
Matriarch Bai could not understand that part though.
Out of the half-brothers he had from his father's side, Longwei had a better relationship with Nathan.
"Aunty, please!" Miss Su felt helpless with her future mother-in-law around.
She could not help but question her father's decision and arranged her to marry Bai Longwei.
She was sure that she would have a hard time living with this hateful mother-in-law.
Eunji could see the complex expression in her face and she sighed inwardly.
"If you don't love the man, then don't force yourself." Eunji whispered to herself but it was loud enough for the two woman to hear.
But before they could even react, Eunji stood up and smiled to them.
"If that's all, then I'm leaving. As promised, I'll talk to Nate about it but the final say would always be up to him." Eunji then turned around and leave.
As soon as she walked out of the lounge, the employees scattered like ants being disturbed.
They were afraid that Eunji would scold them.
Eunji then looked at them and said, "Don't let someone who only wants trouble to enter the building."
Her message was loud and clear for everyone to understand.
They have known better how terrible Nathan's relationship was to his father and his family.
From then on, no one from the Bai, except those who were employed in the company, could set their feet on Bai Corp.