A Fatal Attraction from Lawyer A - Chapter 24

It was working hours, and the main entrance of the Galaxy Group was filled with employees.

Just then, they watched their Little Boss Luò’s (also spelled Luo) car slowly pull up at the Group entrance. When they saw Luò Pànzhī get out, wearing a color other than his usual silver-grey cool-toned suit, they paused for a few seconds. He was dressed so casually today?

The sapphire-blue casual suit made Luò Pànzhī look even younger and more handsome, stripping away his usual intimidating aura and adding an inexplicable touch of gentleness.

Then, they saw someone get out of the passenger seat.

It was Lawyer Gu (also spelled Gu), wearing a silver-grey suit—and the keen-eyed employees realized it was the Little Boss’s suit!

Wait, Lawyer Gu got out of the Little Boss’s passenger seat?! Their Little Boss Luò’s car was famously cold and distant; practically no one had ever sat in that Maybach, let alone the passenger seat, with the Little Boss driving!

Also, why were Lawyer Gu and the Little Boss coming to work together?! And why was he wearing the Little Boss’s suit?!

Could they have spent the night together?!

“What time are you going to see Miss Sòng?”

The two walked into the Galaxy Group entrance side-by-side.

Gu Yuxī (also spelled Gu Yuxi) heard Luò Pànzhī’s question and replied: “I just messaged her, asking if she was free to chat today. I’m waiting for her reply.”

Luò Pànzhī understood. “So you don’t need to go see her yet?” He nodded in acknowledgment to the colleagues who greeted him.

“Mm, I’ll organize the collected data first.”

The Galaxy Group has a dedicated express elevator for upper management. Luò Pànzhī rarely used it, but today he wanted to take that particular elevator, purely to share a space with Gu Yuxī.

The two, who had clearly become the subject of the day’s gossip, paid no attention to the stares behind them. Especially when they saw their Little Boss Luò pressing the elevator button for Lawyer Gu, the employees immediately thought up the headline for today’s Galaxy Group gossip:

#Shock! Galaxy Group CEO and Cold-Beauty Lawyer Return to Group Together After Spending the Night, and He Even Presses the Elevator Button for Him!

The fortunate employees who witnessed this silently took out their phones, snapped a picture, and sent it to their small group chats.

The more talented ones could probably rush out a full novel by tonight.

The elevator doors slowly began to close. As they watched, they frantically etched the sight of the Little Boss Luò and Lawyer Gu standing together into their minds for later contemplation and dissemination.

“What about tonight?”

Inside the elevator, Luò Pànzhī looked at Gu Yuxī.

Gu Yuxī looked at him, amused: “What, is Little Boss Luò planning to make me work overtime tonight?”

“I was thinking of returning the favor. You invited me to your home, so shouldn’t I also invite you to mine?” Luò Pànzhī raised a hand to pat Gu Yuxī’s collar, smiling brightly: “This helps foster a friendly and harmonious superior-subordinate relationship, doesn’t it, Lawyer Gu?”

Gu Yuxī grabbed the hand Luò Pànzhī was using to fuss with his collar: “My clothes are very neat, Little Boss Luò, you don’t need to worry.”

Luò Pànzhī flipped his hand, tightly intertwining their fingers, and pulled him closer with a slight, dominant force: “According to the principle of reciprocating favors, I coaxed you to sleep last night, so isn’t it your turn to coax me to sleep tonight?”

Gu Yuxī was pulled close unexpectedly and nearly lost his balance. He met Luò Pànzhī’s eyes, which were inches away, and looked straight at him without evasion: “Little Boss Luò kissed me this morning, so according to the principle of reciprocating favors, shouldn’t it be my turn to kiss you?”

Their eyes met, each reflecting the other’s image—a mix of ambiguity and testing.

Just as they finished speaking, the elevator doors opened, and the last line was perfectly overheard by Assistant Xŭ Wén (also spelled Xu Wen) standing outside.

He only heard half a sentence, but enough to fill in many details.

Xŭ Wén stared dumbfounded at the posture of his Little Boss Luò and Lawyer Gu in the executive elevator. Did he interrupt them? He quietly released the elevator button and gave an awkward laugh: “I didn’t see anything.”

The elevator doors slowly began to close.

The next second, the button inside was pressed, and the doors opened again.

Luò Pànzhī patted Gu Yuxī’s lower back, then walked out of the elevator first. As he brushed past Assistant Xŭ Wén, he said: “Seeing is believing. Trust your eyes, and get me a cup of coffee, please.”

Xŭ Wén stood frozen: Seeing is believing?!

“Oh, right,” Luò Pànzhī paused, took a step back, and returned to Xŭ Wén’s side: “Did you notice my dirty leather shoes?”

Xŭ Wén looked down at Luò Pànzhī’s expensive, hundred-thousand-yuan-plus leather shoes, noticing the faint, shallow print of a shoe on the surface. He widened his eyes in surprise. Who would be so bold as to step on the Little Boss’s leather shoes?!

They were so expensive!

“Lawyer Gu stepped on this,” Luò Pànzhī said, his eyebrows rising. He was visibly in a good mood, almost as if bragging. He glanced at Gu Yuxī behind him and smiled: “I have to keep the evidence of the crime.”

After saying this, he raised an eyebrow, a deep curve in his lips, and walked back into his office.

Gu Yuxī was speechless. This person is so childish.

Xŭ Wén: “…” Thanks. The pink bubbles are suffocating. It hurts to be a single man.

Back in his office, Gu Yuxī instinctively looked at the blinds. So, could he look at Luò Pànzhī openly now?

He walked over and opened the blinds.

When he opened them, he discovered that the window had been replaced with one-way glass. He couldn’t see Luò Pànzhī in the CEO’s office. He frowned. So, Luò Pànzhī replaced it?

How did Luò Pànzhī even know you could see through here? Did he discover something? He remembered CEO Chŭ (also spelled Chu) had told him Luò Pànzhī didn’t know.

So when did he find out?

Now that he couldn’t look at Luò Pànzhī while working, how would he alleviate his pheromone concentration? He probably wouldn’t have time to travel abroad this month. If his concentration rose again and he got a fever, he could only…

…be shameless with Luò Pànzhī again.

He reluctantly touched the wall.

He was completely unaware that in the CEO’s office next door, his expression—from anticipation to regret to relief—was fully observed by Luò Pànzhī.

Luò Pànzhī leaned back in his chair, his legs elegantly crossed. He sipped his coffee and watched the change in his Lawyer Gu’s expression. So this was what it felt like to watch from here. Did Gu Yuxī always watch him like this?

As if an idea struck him, he put down his coffee and walked to the glass wall.

He stood against the glass, one hand casually in his pocket, gazing at Gu Yuxī, who was so close, yet separated by a single wall.

Gu Yuxī was wearing his silver-grey suit. It was the one Luò Pànzhī had found, forced Gu Yuxī to wear, and which exposed Gu Yuxī’s little thought of trying to hide the clothes.

So, he simply went along with Gu Yuxī’s wish for discretion, using his own name to compel the man to wear it, under the guise that Luò Pànzhī wanted to see it. In reality, he knew Gu Yuxī must be very happy.

Although he didn’t know why Gu Yuxī was unwilling to take the next step, he was already very satisfied with their current situation, as long as Gu Yuxī didn’t retreat any further.

He wouldn’t regret this, no matter what. He had finally found the person he liked. He absolutely had to include Gu Yuxī in this year’s family photo. He no longer wanted to be the solitary single person in the center.

Everyone else was coupled up with children. Even though he and Gu Yuxī wouldn’t have children, they absolutely had to be a couple.

He had said it before: he had infinite patience for Gu Yuxī.

He, with his famously fiery temper, gave all of his patience to Gu Yuxī.

All of it was given to this Alpha whom he had fallen for at first sight.

So this was what love felt like: wanting to give the other person his best temper, wanting to give them the best of the whole world, wanting to spoil him, and wanting to see him at all times.

He wanted to hold him, kiss him, and do more things with him.

It was simply because he loved him.

Even if Gu Yuxī was an Alpha, he was an Alpha unlike any other.

If he had remained single all this time just to wait for Gu Yuxī, then he was happy to have done so.

Seeing Gu Yuxī place his hand on the glass wall, touching the wall as if regretting that he couldn’t see him, Luò Pànzhī’s lips curved into a smile. He raised his hand and placed it over the spot where Gu Yuxī’s palm rested.

He gazed at Gu Yuxī.

Their palms pressed together through the wall, much like their current relationship: close, yet still separated by a barrier.

Gu Yuxī seemed to sense something. He looked at the one-way glass wall, and after a moment, a look of panic washed over his eyes. He quickly pulled the blinds down.

It must have been Luò Pànzhī who replaced it.

It was highly likely Luò Pànzhī was standing right there, watching him now.

Luò Pànzhī watched Gu Yuxī’s panicked movement and smiled. He walked over to his desk and picked up the phone to dial a number.

Gu Yuxī heard the phone on his desk ring. He guessed who it was, walked over, and picked it up.

“Lawyer Gu, it’s only been ten minutes. Do you miss me already?”

The voice coming through the phone was more magnetic, gentle, and deep than if he were standing face-to-face, sending a tingle through his eardrum and making his heart race.

Gu Yuxī tightened his grip on the phone. A ripple spread in his eyes: “Little Boss Luò, you’re the one who misses me, aren’t you? Standing in front of the glass and watching me the whole time.”

He was actually just guessing, as Luò Pànzhī might not have replaced it, and he might not have been secretly watching like he did.

“Yes, I miss you. I was watching you the whole time.”

Gu Yuxī was stunned.

Thump, thump, thump, thump, thump.

Luò Pànzhī bent his long legs slightly, leaning against his desk, and looked sideways at the wall now covered by the blinds. He laughed: “It’s strange. It’s only been ten minutes, but why do I miss you so much? What am I going to do? I really want to see you.”

What was it like to have your heart set on fire and captivated?

Gu Yuxī thought it was probably by being wrapped in a flame as bright and unhesitating as Luò Pànzhī’s that his heart had caught fire.

Just then, he saw a message pop up on his cell phone screen. It was Sòng Yínlíng’s reply:

Yes, but I’ve gone home. I’m at Room 704, Building Two, Fùhuá (Fuhua) Estate on Shāhăi (Shahai) Street. Someone is watching me. Be careful when you come. I’ve deleted this text message.

Gu Yuxī frowned. What exactly was going on?

“Lawyer Gu?” Luò Pànzhī called out again, not having heard Gu Yuxī’s reply.

Gu Yuxī heard Luò Pànzhī’s call: “I have to go see Miss Sòng now. I’ll see you tonight if anything comes up.”

“Tonight? So, Lawyer Gu is coming to my place?”

“Good.” Gu Yuxī replied softly: “See you tonight.”

“Then, do you want to see me again before you leave?”

Knock, knock, knock—

Just as the words fell, Gu Yuxī heard a knock on his office door. He knew exactly who it was. He hung up the phone: “Please come in.”

The office door opened. Unsurprisingly, it was Luò Pànzhī.

Luò Pànzhī walked in, carrying a cup of coffee, and closed and locked the office door behind him.

Gu Yuxī smiled speechlessly, lowered his head to organize the documents he would need Sòng Yínlíng to confirm, and said at the same time: “Little Boss Luò, there’s no need for all this.”

“I agree there’s no need for all this,” Luò Pànzhī walked to Gu Yuxī’s side, placed the coffee in front of him, and leaned against the desk with his arms crossed, staring at him: “So, where does Lawyer Gu get all this charm that makes the distinguished Little Boss Luò so utterly obsessed?”

Gu Yuxī’s hand paused for a moment while flipping through the files. He looked up at Luò Pànzhī, his expression subtle, as if he found the words mushy.

Luò Pànzhī looked at his expression and was slightly displeased: “What, are you rejecting me?”

Gu Yuxī chuckled: “How dare I.”

“Does the back of your neck still hurt?” Luò Pànzhī watched him organize the documents and asked: “Let me see if it’s still red.”

Gu Yuxī responded with an ‘Mm’ while maintaining his head-down posture for organizing: “Can you take a look? It doesn’t hurt much anymore.”

As soon as he finished speaking, Luò Pànzhī cupped his forehead, forcing him to look up. Gu Yuxī looked at Luò Pànzhī in surprise, as if asking what he was doing.

“Could you at least try to protect your scent gland a little? Even an Alpha doesn’t just show their gland to anyone. Do you know what it means to show someone your gland?” Luò Pànzhī checked the back of Gu Yuxī’s neck. It wasn’t red like last night, and the mark was invisible unless you looked closely.

It must not hurt anymore.

However, he suddenly thought about how easily Gu Yuxī allowed someone to see his gland, and he felt a flash of annoyance.

Gu Yuxī saw Luò Pànzhī frowning and looking displeased. He placed the documents into his briefcase, a subtle curve forming on his lips: “Of course I know what it means.”

“Then you let me see it just because I asked?”

“You’re the only one I’ve ever shown it to,” Gu Yuxī said.

Luò Pànzhī’s tightly furrowed brows gradually relaxed, as if he was greatly pleased by those words. He controlled the excessive upward curve of his lips: “Is that so? Well, alright.”

“I’m leaving,” Gu Yuxī gathered his belongings. Before leaving, he told Luò Pànzhī: “Little Boss Luò, see you tonight.”

“Wait.”

Gu Yuxī was about to leave but was grabbed by the wrist. He then felt the wristwatch being removed from his arm. He looked down in confusion and saw Luò Pànzhī take off his own wristwatch and put it on Gu Yuxī’s wrist.

“We’re exchanging watches,” Luò Pànzhī held Gu Yuxī’s wrist, putting his own watch on him, then smiled at him: “Don’t lose it.”

Gu Yuxī was a little confused by what this meant, but he allowed it: “Mm, then I’m leaving.”

Saying this, he left the office.

Luò Pànzhī watched Gu Yuxī’s retreating back, but for some reason, he suddenly felt a subtle sense of unease. He took out his phone and called the bodyguards.

“Follow him closely. My watch is on him. Report anything that happens to me immediately.”

Fùhuá Estate is located in an urban village area. The atmosphere is dense with daily life. Driving down the road, you can see street vendors everywhere, and elderly people pushing carts and carrying baskets to buy groceries.

Gu Yuxī parked his car in a designated spot outside the community entrance and walked into the estate.

The estate wasn’t large and looked quite old. There was no security guard at the entrance, allowing free access. He followed the address Sòng Yínlíng had given him, found Building Two, and pressed the door bell for the apartment number.

Gu Yuxī saw the screen of the visual doorbell light up but didn’t see anyone: “Miss Sòng, it’s me, Gu Yuxī.”

A very soft, hoarse ‘Mm’ came through the screen. The card reader lit up green, and the iron gate opened with a ‘drip.’

Gu Yuxī looked at the doorbell suspiciously. Why did that voice sound strange? Was Sòng Yínlíng sick?

He pulled the door open and walked into the stairwell.

The two bodyguards who had been following behind saw Gu Yuxī enter and quickly tried to follow, but the anti-theft door downstairs locked with a ‘drip.’ They exchanged glances.

Damn it, they couldn’t go up.