My Breathtaking CEO Wife Novel - Chapter 39
Chapter 39: Chapter 39 Write Me a Resignation Letter
“You… should leave.”
Chen Ya Jing said, coldly. After hearing that Li Tian’s wife was none other than Lin Yi, Chen Ya Jing found herself experiencing what seemed like a nervous breakdown.
How could she possibly compare to Lin Yi? She was no match to Lin Yi and her impressive background, and Chen Ya Jing couldn’t take that.
“Ya Jing, you’re overthinking. I’ll talk to you at the office, okay? I really need to go back now.”
It was obvious that Chen Ya Jing’s reaction made Li Tian uncomfortable. As much as he wanted to keep seeing the both of them at the same time, he knew that Lin Yi would never accept this whole mess.
He had good feelings about Chen Ya Jing but they were still at the stage of getting to know each other. At a stage this early, he would be out of his mind if he chose to divorce with Lin Yi and marry Chen Ya Jing.
Li Tian knew that everything would take its place eventually, and that he would, sooner or later, be able to get the better of Lin Yi.
However, this was only Li Tian’s wishful thinking. It was up to God to decide whether his wishes came true or not. Anyways, Li Tian wasn’t really stressing over it.
What more could Chen Ya Jing do than to agree to what Li Tian said?
Before Li Tian left, he made sure to take the urn that was on the table. Chen Ya Jing couldn’t deny that his action, however small, made her heart flutter a little.
At least she would be able to sleep now that that thing is gone; at least he wasn’t apathetic about the whole situation.
…
Li Tian brought the urn out with him and hurried back towards the villa. However, he suddenly remembered that it would be weird for him to bring an urn back to the house.
Thus, as he passed by the river bank near the villa, he threw the entire urn into the river.
Ruan Yuan didn’t deserve any sympathy. Having an urn for his ashes was already more than enough.
However, when Li Tian arrived home it was already quite late, around 7:30 in the morning, and Lin Yi had already awoke.
Lin Yi was dressed in her workout clothes, and was doing some stretching in the courtyard. Anyways, her tight clothes accentuated her sexy figure.
Though Li Tian felt too ashamed and guilty to even take the time to admire her figure.
Didn’t she usually wake up around 8? Why is she up so early today?
“You went out again last night?”
Lin Yi asked coldly.
“Yeah.”
Li Tian felt so shameful, and he didn’t know how to react.
“Chen Ya Jing’s place again?”
“Yeah.”
“What time did you go out last night?”
“Around… 12 midnight.”
It was as if he had committed a crime, all Li Tian could do was solemnly answer Lin Yi.
However, the storm he expected didn’t come, and Lin Yi’s last sentence to him was, “Go have breakfast.”
What’s going on? Why so many questions then?
It was funny how things turned out, because Li Tian felt even more guilty that Lin Yi didn’t blame him, or even say anything about him going to Chen Ya Jing’s place.
Little did he know that he had overestimated how ‘forgiving’ Lin Yi was. She would never be the one to take a step back when it came to love.
…
It was 8:40 and the employees of Qing Cheng International started to clock in.
Chen Ya Jing arrived early at the office, only because she wanted to eat the breakfast that Li Tian was supposed to bring every morning.
However, before the food arrived, the CEO’s secretary came to see her.
“Miss Chen, the CEO is waiting for you in her office. She wants to see you.”
The secretary explained to Chen Ya Jing, smiling.
In the past, Chen Ya Jing would be over the moon if Lin Yi called her to the office, as it usually meant that there would be rewards/ important tasks for her.
However, ever since she found out that morning that Lin Yi was Li Tian’s wife, Chen Ya Jing no longer had the courage to see Lin Yi anymore.
But, what choice did she have? Chen Ya Jing could only follow as she was ordered and walk towards Lin Yi’s office.
It wasn’t her first time in Lin Yi’s office, but Chen Ya Jing had never felt so shameful like she did today. Inside, she was feeling so anxious that she even felt her legs tremble as she walked.
“It’s just the CEO. She’s also a woman, she won’t do anything to me. There’s nothing to be scared of.”
Chen Ya Jing spoke to herself, as if she was self-hypnotizing and mentally giving herself some support.
As she walked into the office, she came across a familiar scene of Lin Yi sitting there, reading some documents. Nothing much had changed.
“You can sit there and wait. Give me two minutes,” Lin Yi said, without looking up.
As she sat at the side waiting for Lin Yi, a million thoughts crossed Chen Ya Jing’s mind — Why did she want to see me today?
Did she find out about Li Tian and I? Did she want me to come clean today and hand in my resignation letter?
Chen Ya Jing suddenly remembered what happened the day before when she said Li Tian was her boyfriend right in front of Lin Yi.
About two minutes later, Lin Yi finally finished reading the documents and proceeded to pass them to her secretary. She then told her secretary to leave the room and close the door behind her.
“Ya Jing, do you know why I called you to come in today?” Lin Yi asked, in a gentle tone.
“I… I don’t know.”
“Then let me tell you. Last night, Li Tian went over to your place, right?”
As soon as she heard that, Chen Ya Jing began to panic on the inside.
She felt shame and guilt as if she was someone’s ‘mistress’, who was now being confronted by the wife.
Not to mention the fact that Lin Yi had explicitly mentioned it to Lin Yi, so all Chen Ya Jing could do was to come clean.
“Yes, I called him to come over last night.”
Since things had already turned out this way, Chen Ya Jing was prepared for the worst, even if it meant that she was going to lose her job. Although her current post was admired by many, based on her qualifications Chen Ya Jing knew she could find another job somewhere else.
“Then do you know that Li Tian is my husband?”
Lin Yi said, staring into Chen Ya Jing’s eyes.
Lin Yi had initially thought that Chen Ya Jing would be surprised to hear that, but when she saw Chen Ya Jing’s unchanging expression, Lin Yi realized that Chen Ya Jing already knew.
Lin Yi cursed Li Tian countless times in her head. She didn’t understand why there would be someone attracted to Li Tian, what sort of charms did he have? And why couldn’t she notice them, if he had any?
“Yes, I do.”
“So, should you go write me a resignation letter now?”
Lin Yi was almost staring daggers at Chen Ya Jing. On the other hand, Chen Ya Jing was clearly uncomfortable, as it was her first time witnessing something like this from Lin Yi.
“Why? Miss President, I need a valid reason.”
“Isn’t hooking up with my husband a valid reason? Do you think I would keep someone so treacherous in my company?”
Lin Yi exclaimed without holding herself back. What she meant was: You are my love rival. I won’t have a love rival in my company, so you can leave now.
Chen Ya Jing slowly stood up, looked Lin Yi in the eye and said: “Miss President, do you know why all of us never complained about working overtime? Why we always do our best in every task delegated to us? That is because everyone here admires you. Ever since you started the company, you have never once brought your personal emotions to work. You would always focus on your duties, and that is exactly why you are our role model.
I will admit that things happened between Li Tian and I which might have upset you.
But these are personal matters outside of work. If I’ve done anything wrong at work, then I will resign. If I really don’t deserve the job I have now, then I will resign, too.
However, if you want me to resign because of what happened between your husband and I, then I’m afraid I can’t do it. Even if I could, I would be so heartbroken, because the Lin Yi that I and everyone admired so much isn’t the same person she was before. I think I won’t be the only one feeling this way, everyone in the company will feel the same as I do.”
