One and Only: Doting CEO's Infinite Love

Chapter 677 - 675: Mr. Huo Mistook Someone

Late at night, Yuan Yumeng lay in bed tossing and turning.She thought she had enough rationality to handle some matters, but the reality seemed to have overestimated herself. Her heart was a bit chaotic, sensing an invisible web ahead. If she didn’t try hard to break through, she would be trapped within.

But, if she broke through, the unfamiliar outside world would leave her feeling restrained and unsure of how to navigate.

The situation between her and Jun Ting was truly awkward. They had been childhood friends, and later, he was in a relationship with Yuan Yuqi, even reaching the point of discussing marriage and meeting the parents.

Yuan Yumeng had always been grateful to her adoptive parents. During the year she studied abroad, Mrs. Yuan would often call her, and her tone was filled with guilt and helplessness, but mostly pity for Yuan Yuqi’s misfortune.

Initially, her adoptive parents harbored resentment towards her sudden marriage to Jun Ting, believing she snatched her sister’s boyfriend and used dirty tactics to elevate her status.

But later, perhaps due to Yuan Yuqi’s conscience or her genuine realization of some truths, she explained everything honestly to the adoptive parents, which led to them reaching out to Yuan Yumeng again.

Yuan Yumeng thought, even if the adoptive parents were "petty," she wouldn’t feel troubled. How much money was needed to settle things, she would pay decisively, making things easier.

But her adoptive parents weren’t like that; they were good people.

As an adopted daughter, Yuan Yumeng really couldn’t find any faults with them.

Every time Mrs. Yuan called, she talked about Yuan Yuqi, calling her immature for having a child at such a young age, one who happened to be sick. The conversation would inevitably lead to Jun Ting, lamenting how Yuan Yuqi couldn’t hold onto such a good man, resigning to such a fate in this life.

Yuan Yumeng knew her adoptive mother meant no harm by such words; she needed someone to listen to, but while the speaker might not have any intent, the listener felt uncomfortable—

Just feeling annoyed and awkward.

She wondered how she could have been so muddled to agree to Jun Ting’s marriage proposal.

Thinking about it made her scalp tingle. Sleepiness was creeping in, and as she was about to sleep, having read only a few words from the book, she unexpectedly caught a flash of light at the window.

Yuan Yumeng was a bit afraid of the dark, but sleeping with the lights on wasn’t good either, so she never pulled the curtains, relying on the moonlight.

She thought, maybe he was back.

If he’s back, so be it! It’s none of her business, she continued to sleep.

As she reached for her phone on the bedside to switch it to sleep mode, his call came in, and Yuan Yumeng instinctively pressed the decline button.

A bit childishly.

She thought, if he’s back, why call her?

Should she open the door for him?

He wishes!

Just as she snuggled into the warm quilt, his call came through again, and Yuan Yumeng instantly felt displeased. She answered, "What do you want? I’m going to sleep, don’t call randomly."

"...Uh, hello."

A woman’s voice.

Yuan Yumeng was startled, a woman using Jun Ting’s phone to call her—

Uh, this scenario inexplicably excited her, like adrenaline, her mind instantly conjured a rebuttal, just as she heard the other person say, "Could you please come and fetch Mr. Huo? He’s drunk."

"..." Yuan Yumeng’s mind momentarily short-circuited, even freezing, thinking why it didn’t follow the expected drama, not like this, sister.

"Oh, okay, wait a moment."

"Mm—"

Yuan Yumeng was wearing a set of divided pajamas, cartoon-style, and casually threw on a hoodie, tying two low ponytails, and went downstairs.

She thought Jun Ting was troublesome; if he’s drunk, he should stay at a hotel, why come back!

Muttering internally while making her way to the car.

The weather in Hong Kong is peculiar; even if it’s sweltering during the day, the night chills you to the bone. Yuan Yumeng felt the cold, shoving her hands into her hoodie’s pockets, hopping by the car, "Hey! Where’s the person?"

Was Jun Ting trying to freeze her to death?

Yuan Yumeng crouched to look into the driver’s seat, saw no one, then moved to the back seat, crouching again—

This time, she saw.

In the backseat, the man seemed half-drunk, half-awake, with the woman leaning against his chest, the two of them... kissing.

The scene hit Yuan Yumeng like a volcanic eruption.

Without thinking, Yuan Yumeng turned to leave, but felt a deep-seated anger, stopped a few steps later, why should she leave?

She hadn’t divorced Jun Ting yet, he was being kissed by another woman, leaving meant allowing someone to cuckold her.

Could she swallow this easily?

Yuan Yumeng didn’t know how others would handle such matters, but she couldn’t swallow it.

She still had her hands in her pockets, approached with a slight swagger, lazily reached to knock on the window, but the inside was too absorbed in kissing, blocking out all external noise—

So, she slapped the glass with her palm!

Three loud thuds!

The sound was so loud even a deaf person could hear it.

Of course, it made Yuan Yumeng’s palm hurt fiercely, like being scorched.

Finally, the people inside heard the noise, immediately opened the car door and came out, a face tinged with shyness, lacking the boldness of a daytime siren.

Yuan Yumeng thought, definitely a double-faced woman.

The one bringing Jun Ting back was none other than Xu Jingya, his secretary.

As Xu Jingya met Yuan Yumeng’s meaningful gaze, she knew she had seen everything, feeling a bit embarrassed, subconsciously biting her lip, but the gesture seemed to Yuan Yumeng like she was still savoring Jun Ting’s lingering warmth.

"...Mr. Huo... he’s drunk and mistook me for someone else." Xu Jingya explained.

Yuan Yumeng’s expression was amused yet cold, glancing at the man lying inside, who indeed seemed rather drunk, "My brother is drunk, is Secretary Xu also drunk?"

Xu Jingya’s expression turned awkward, "Sorry, it won’t happen again. I want to continue working for Mr. Huo, so I hope..."

"Don’t worry, Secretary Xu." Yuan Yumeng touched her nose, reddened by the cold, "Who would take a man’s drunken antics seriously? I certainly won’t mention it."

Xu Jingya, being sharp, understood the implication.

Since it wasn’t meant to be taken seriously, the man didn’t need to know.

Immediately, Xu Jingya felt complicated; she wanted to keep her shiny, well-paid job, yet also yearned for something more with Jun Ting.

But she was aware that Jun Ting was professional, clear-cut, from the moment he hired her at Huo Family, he indicated they could only be superior and subordinate.

Yuan Yumeng couldn’t fathom this woman’s thoughts, nor did she care. She moved to get into the car, intending to help the man out, but was hit by the strong smell of alcohol as she reached for him.

She thought, Xu Jingya really has bold tastes, to kiss someone in such a state.