My Childhood Friend, Who Is An Omega, Has Become My Personal Secretary - Chapter 14

Ji Zeyuan’s face was flushed crimson, and her movements had begun to grow stiff.

Inside the reception room, Mia’s backside was starting to ache from sitting on the sofa for so long. She boredly toyed with the potted plant on the high side table when she suddenly heard a flurry of footsteps outside the door. She looked back with high expectations, but the sound of the footsteps quickly faded away past the door.

Just as Mia was about to sit back down in disappointment, the door to the reception room was suddenly opened from the outside. she straightened her legs again, preparing to say hello, but the person who entered was not Ji Zeyuan.

“Hello.” Zhang Linen gave a decent nod of greeting, and Mia hurriedly followed suit, returning the gesture.

Zhang Linen naturally took a seat on the single sofa opposite Mia. “President Ji is not in the company right now. May I ask what your requirements are for seeking her?”

Mia let out a low, awkward groan. “Ah… sorry. I didn’t want to disturb you during work hours, but I don’t have her local mobile contact information. It seems she hasn’t logged into her international accounts for several days.”

Zhang Linen gave a faint smile and did not speak, instead gesturing with her eyes for Mia to continue.

“I’m looking for her regarding a private matter. If she’s not here, I won’t disturb you further,” Mia said.

Zhang Linen chuckled indifferently and took a business card from her pocket, handing it to Mia. “In the future, if you want to contact her, you can call my number.”

Mia took the card with one hand. Looking at the small piece of paper in her hand, a flicker of hesitation appeared on her face.

“Um,” Mia started, “Do you happen to know Shen Jiuyue?”

Zhang Linen raised her eyes impassively, choosing her words carefully. “Of course. She is very famous.”

“I didn’t mean it like that…” Mia laughed. “I’m asking if you are close to her? Do you have her… contact information?”

This question was rather ambiguous. Zhang Linen keenly perceived the hidden meaning in Mia’s words and replied vaguely, “She is a public figure; her contact information cannot be leaked at will.”

“However…” Zhang Linen deliberately added a turning point, leaving a suspenseful pause at just the right moment.

As expected, Mia couldn’t help but press further.

“However what?”

Zhang Linen gave a gentle smile. “Since you are President Ji’s friend, you are naturally an exception.”

“But…” Mia said hesitantly, “The last time I had dinner with Jessica, she ignored me when I asked for her contact information.”

Zhang Linen remained silent. A subtle hint of disdain flickered in her eyes, but it was instantly retracted.

“Sigh, if there’s no way, then forget it. Actually, I didn’t hold much hope anyway. After all, Miss Shen seems to like Jessica.”

Mia didn’t notice the subtle change in Zhang Linen’s expression and muttered to herself, “Although Jessica seems to have no interest in her, Miss Shen is a High-Grade Omega, and she’s so beautiful and proactive. Even if Jessica is an iceberg, she’ll eventually be moved, right?”

Zhang Linen sneered in her heart. Beneath the disgust lay a lingering sense of crisis; after all, no matter how small the probability, once it happened, it became a hundred percent certainty.

It was an unspoken rule in the industry that an artist’s contact information should not be leaked.

If Zhang Linen leaked it easily, even if Shen Jiuyue didn’t say anything, Ji Zeyuan would certainly reprimand her once she found out. If she could skillfully provide the contact information without the source being traced back to her, that would be ideal, but she couldn’t think of a perfect solution for the time being.

After thinking for a moment, Zhang Linen decided not to say more and prepared to see the guest out.

Just then, someone knocked on the door of the reception room.

“Secretary Zhang, President Wu from Shi Ning has arrived.”

Zhang Linen lifted her wrist to check her watch; it was indeed time for the appointment with President Wu.

“Miss Mia…” Zhang Linen said. She paused, and a thought flashed through her mind.

Zhang Linen turned to the staff member at the door and said, “Bring President Wu in, bring my laptop as well, and then take this lady to my office.”

The employee nodded in response. Watching the professional and skilled Zhang Linen, Mia couldn’t resist her frivolous nature for a moment and asked, “Miss Secretary, do you have a partner, or perhaps some kind of ‘associate’?”

Zhang Linen’s brows knit slightly. She glanced sideways at Mia and gave an irrelevant answer: “Please wait in my office for a moment.”

Mia curled her lip in boredom and followed the employee away.

Once Mia was far away, Zhang Linen’s expression turned completely cold. she whispered quietly to herself, “Frivolous fool.”

…

After finishing her meal, Ji Zeyuan rushed back to the company to meet with President Wu. Shi Ning was also a major domestic enterprise with a long-standing cooperative relationship with Ji Xia. This visit was simply to discuss the renewal and adjustment of some old contracts.

“Where is Mia?” Ji Zeyuan finally found the time to ask after seeing President Wu off.

Zhang Linen said, “I had her wait in the office. It’s just that quite some time has passed; I’m not sure if she has left.”

She added, “Regarding that matter with Sister Hua, are you really going to dock her salary?”

Ji Zeyuan pinched the bridge of her nose with a look of exhaustion and sighed. “There is no such formal punishment system, but she still must be penalized. Just handle it according to the employee handbook, but she definitely cannot be let off easily.”

Zhang Linen nodded. Ji Zeyuan looked at her and added, “The time you were docked doesn’t count; that was a punishment you took upon yourself.”

“I didn’t say anything about it,” Zhang Linen replied with a faint smile, seemingly indifferent to the one month’s salary she had lost.

Ji Zeyuan’s eyes turned gentle, and a relaxed smile finally appeared at the corners of her mouth.

When they returned to the office, Mia had already left.

“Did she say why she was looking for me?” Ji Zeyuan asked casually.

Zhang Linen: “She wanted Shen Jiuyue’s contact information.”

Ji Zeyuan pressed her hand to her forehead and frowned. “That woman has no bottom line, she really is…”

Zhang Linen smiled and said, “By the way, she doesn’t have your domestic contact information.”

Ji Zeyuan asked, “I forgot to give it to her. Did you give it to her?”

Zhang Linen: “No. You are so busy, I was afraid she would disturb you, so I gave her my own number instead.”

Hearing this, Ji Zeyuan was visibly stunned for a moment. Almost subconsciously, she blurted out, “Why?”

Zhang Linen tilted her head in confusion. “Didn’t I just say? I was afraid she would disturb you.”

The atmosphere became inexplicably heavy for two minutes. Zhang Linen’s pupils contracted sharply. In a flash of insight, she suddenly understood something, and a thrilling emotion flowed through her heart like a gentle stream.

“Should I not have given it?” Zhang Linen asked with a still face, her gaze fixed.

Ji Zeyuan’s expression was conflicted. Her lips opened and closed, but she couldn’t utter a single word.

Seeing this, Zhang Linen approached Ji Zeyuan, adding more fuel to the fire with her words.

“She asked me if I had a partner or… a companion.”

The silence stretched for another half minute. Ji Zeyuan’s attitude changed significantly; it seemed to be disgust, or perhaps anger, or maybe both.

Zhang Linen narrowed her eyes slightly, pretending to understand nothing, and asked gently, “What’s wrong?”

Say a little more, please. I would go through fire and water for you; I knew you cared about me too, didn’t I?

Zhang Linen’s breathing quickened slightly, and a faint blush tinted her cheeks.

“If she contacts you, do not pay her any mind,” Ji Zeyuan said in a low, serious tone.

“But she is your friend…”

“Not anymore!” Ji Zeyuan interrupted Zhang Linen harshly. “From the moment she said those frivolous things to you, she ceased to be my friend.”

Zhang Linen fell silent, her heart tingling slightly.

So, you are still willing to make such a fuss for my sake?

Ji Zeyuan took out her phone, pulled up the international social media account she hadn’t used for days, and sent a warning to Mia.

“Don’t let me see you again.”

The message was read instantly. Mia replied at lightning speed with a “?”, but Ji Zeyuan ignored it, deleting and blocking her in one smooth motion.

“Why are you in such a hurry?” Zhang Linen probed, trying to sound as natural as possible.

Ji Zeyuan kept her head down and remained silent. Her expression was somewhat evasive; she looked at Zhang Linen blankly for a moment before looking down again.

Finally, she explained in a very small voice, “Because you are like a younger sister to me, of course I have to protect you.”

“Alright, if you say so…” Zhang Linen let out a gentle laugh. Ji Zeyuan slowly raised her eyes and interrupted her: “Xiao En, your pheromones have been continuously diffusing since just now.”

Ji Zeyuan’s face was flushed crimson, and her movements had begun to grow stiff.

Seeing this, Zhang Linen lost herself for a moment. She couldn’t help but reach out to touch Ji Zeyuan’s hand, which was propped on the edge of the desk. Ji Zeyuan’s body shuddered, and she scrambled several steps back in the opposite direction.

“I’m sorry, I think my heat cycle has arrived.” Zhang Linen stared intently at Ji Zeyuan. There was no hint of apology in her tone; instead, it was filled with an unspeakable expectation.

“…Where are your suppressants?” Ji Zeyuan asked, her breathing labored.

Zhang Linen replied quickly, “I didn’t bring them. My heat cycle came early.”

Ji Zeyuan clutched her chest. Her forehead was covered in fine beads of sweat, and her eyes were red and watery.

The heat wave hit fiercely. By the time Zhang Linen felt it, her legs were so weak she could hardly stand, but even if she had to crawl, she still wanted to get to Ji Zeyuan’s side.

“…Get out, quickly! Stay away from me!” Ji Zeyuan growled, unable to endure it any longer. She was reaching her absolute limit.

Everything around her began to blur as if obscured by rain. The sounds in Ji Zeyuan’s ears grew increasingly ethereal and hollow, as if she were trapped in a dream.

Zhang Linen’s voice was as gentle as spring water, and the grassy scent of the Omega pheromones was just like the woman herself—gentle, sweet, and alluring.

“You want me to go out? But there are many Alphas outside. Do you really want me to go out?”

Many Alphas?

“Don’t…”

Ji Zeyuan shook her clouded head and sent a message to a Beta subordinate using her phone.

“Buy some Omega suppressants and bring them to my office.”

Ji Zeyuan pulled her own Alpha suppressants from the drawer. Her hands trembling, she popped four or five pills and swallowed them dry in one gulp.

The burning, unbearable desire gradually subsided. Ji Zeyuan’s body slowly cooled down, and her vision cleared. She saw Zhang Linen collapsed on the floor, her cheeks a vibrant cherry pink.

“Xiao En.” Ji Zeyuan called out urgently, her heart aching. Her heart was nearly melting; she gently picked Zhang Linen up and walked toward the inner lounge.

Zhang Linen huddled fragrantly in Ji Zeyuan’s arms, the corners of her eyes flushed red. She let out soft whimpers, just as she used to seek comfort from Ji Zeyuan when she was sick as a child.

Ji Zeyuan released some soothing pheromones to comfort the agitated Zhang Linen.

“You won’t leave me, right?” Zhang Linen asked in a small voice, laying bare her insecure and sensitive side.

Ji Zeyuan placed Zhang Linen gently on the bed. Her own body went limp as she knelt by the bedside, tightly holding Zhang Linen’s hand. She pressed her forehead against the edge of the bed and remained silent.

But the answer was already written all over her face.

She wouldn’t.