The Tycoon's Secret Bride

Duan Yili frantically dialed a number from her contact list.

She began stamping her feet impatiently while waiting on the person on the other end to pick up.

At the corporate office of Zhang Corporation, the aide to Zhang Tianyu heard his phone vibrate.

"Hello?"

"Mr. Gao, there is a person waiting on the intercom to speak to President Zhang."

Gao Yifeng wore an impassive mask as he listened to what the secretary of his boss had to say.

"Does the person have a name?"

Whether it was nerves or not, the woman on the other end of the phone forgot to reveal the identity of the caller to Gao Yifeng.

"I'm so sorry, sir! She said that she's Mrs Duan!"

A baffled expression stole across the face of the right hand man of Zhang Tianyu, he couldn't fathom what would make the wife of  Director Duan to be calling when she could always have shown up at the office or asked her husband to see his boss in her place.

"Anything in particular that she wants to speak to President Zhang about?"

"No sir, she refused to disclose what she wishes to say to President Zhang. What do you want me to do? Should I tell her that the President is at a meeting and isn't able to speak to her?!"

Unsure of where to proceed with handling of the waiting call, Zhang Tianyu's secretary had to lean on Gao Yifeng to help her out.

"Hold on a second, let me ask President Zhang."

Without much change in the tone of his voice, Gao Yifeng placed the woman on hold to speak directly to Zhang Tianyu.

"President Zhang..."

Zhang Tianyu was flipping through pages of doc.u.ments on his desk, only to be interrupted by his aide.

"Yes?! What is it?!"

There was no hidding the irritation at been disturbed from his work.

"I'm sorry to have to intrude on your work, but Director Duan's wife wishes to speak with you, she didn't tell the secretary what she was calling about. Would you like me to talk to her or do you want her transferred to your line?"

"Madam Duan wants to speak to me?! What for? I only have dealings with men, not that she's that attractive enough for me to bed! Tell her that I'm away and she can send whatever she wishes to discuss with me through her husband! I'm too busy for all that nonsense!"

Zhang Tianyu's thin lips curled in distaste, he couldn't believe that a wife of one of his directors was calling to speak with him. 

Meanwhile, both men had erroneously assumed that it was Duan Feng's mother that was calling and not a different Duan of Cinopec Group.

Hastening to do the bidding of his boss, Gao Yifeng unmute his phone to speak to the secretary on the other end of the phone.

"Tell Madam Duan that President Zhang is not at the office presently, but she can ask Director Duan to stop by the office with the message she wishes to pass along to President Zhang."

Gao Yifeng's voice was devoid of any emotion as he passed on what his boss wanted him to say to the caller.

"Thank you sir, I will let Mrs....I mean Madam Duan know that the President is unavailable to attend to her."

Without saying another word, Gao Yifeng ended the call.

In a well air conditioned car, Duan Yili was fuming at how long she was kept waiting to speak to the President of Zhang Corporation.

"What is taking so long?! Why is no one coming to the phone? It better not be what I think!"

A couple of seconds passed before a woman's voice came from the phone.

"I'm sorry for the wait, Madam Duan....but, the President is away from his desk. Is it okay if you could let Director Duan know what you would like to say to the President so that he can pass it on to him?"

Duan Yili's eyes widened in shock, she could not believe that the President of Zhang Corporation had just given her the run around by using his Secretary.

"You are talking to me, Duan Yili! I am Director Duan of Cinopec Group! Did you have me confused with someone else?!"

A gasp of surprise came from the other end of the phone, as it dawned on the woman that she had mixed her up with another Duan at Zhang Corporation.

"Y...You are not Director Duan's wife?!"

"Are you daft?! I just said who I am, get President Zhang on the phone so that I can speak to him!"

Jiang Xun began to sweat as she saw the error in judgment made by both her and her bosses. To tell the angry woman that her big boss didn't want to speak to her because he thought she was someone else was a messy situation that she wasn't ready to deal with. Jiang Xun didn't want to turn around and correct the mistake, to do so might cause her to lose her job.

Rather than admit that she was wrong, the secretary of Zhang Tianyu decided to twist the truth to her best interest.

"Actually, the President is not seeing anyone today, in fact he is away on a business trip and no one knows for certain when he would be back."

"Is that so? Are you telling me the truth?!!"

Duan Yili's voice rose several octave as she pushed for the woman to divulge the truth.

"I'm certain that President Zhang is not going to be returning to the office today, but you could call back tomorrow around this time."

In a solicitous tone, Jiang Xun spoke to the prideful woman that was wearing her nerves out.

Angry beyond reason, Duan Yili abruptly cut off the phone and threw it with so much force, it bounced against the windshield to fly apart in several directions.

Not expecting his boss to throw an angry fit from the back of the car. Broken glass pieces from the phone screen found their way to Hu Tsao's face, nicking the pale skin in the process.