Chapter 3. Overtime Work

A handsome man stood beside Nina, watching her busy work. Occasionally, he looked at Nina's computer screen, then nodded and smiled, his gaze returning to the beautiful, energetic girl.

While Nina was utterly unaware of the man's presence, she was completely immersed in her work, her delicate fingers dancing agilely on the keyboard.

"Evening Nina, you're not home yet?" the man's voice greeted her, the baritone sounding friendly and warm.

Suddenly, Nina was surprised; she stood still before finally turning her head and lifting her face. Like being struck by lightning in broad daylight, the girl's heart almost leapt to see who had spoken earlier.

"E-evening, Sir." Nina stammered, her voice trembling.

"Hey, what's wrong with you, Nina? Did you see a ghost?" Nathan chuckled at Nina's frightened but adorable reaction.

  "Yes, sir. I didn't know you were here."

"You were so busy typing that you didn't even hear the door knock." Nathan smiled, pulled out another chair and sat next to Nina.

Nina was amazed; she seemed to be dreaming. Was this Mr Nathan, the killer boss who was always cynical and cold to her but who was next to her now a friendly and warm man? His voice sounded soft.

"Hey, why are you stuned? How's the work progressing?"

Before Nina could answer, the man leaned close to her, staring at the monitor screen.

Nina gasped; the man's body was so close to her that she could even smell the perfume of the man who was her boss. For some reason, she became nervous. The killer boss, known to be arrogant and fierce, could speak warmly, but she still couldn't believe all this.

"Hmm, this is good Nina. There are only a few parts that you should add more details to, so that it is a little different from your report yesterday."

Nina snapped out of her reverie and quickly returned to the monitor."Yes, sir. Where should I add more detail?"

Nathan smiled, his right arm wrapped around the back of Nina's chair. She could feel his hand lightly touching her shoulder. His left hand touched the monitor screen, pointing to several places.

  Nina became tense. Nathan's body was taller than her, so the position of the man's face was above her head; just a little, she raised her face, and the man looked down, and then their faces touched.

Nina didn't dare make a sound; she just did what her boss asked her to do, her fingers again dancing nimbly on the keyboard under the killer boss's eagle gaze that turned sweet.

"Nina..." Nathan called suddenly, his voice sounding very soft.

Nina was stunned momentarily before finally answering, "Yes, sir." The girl didn't dare lift her face.

"Hehe, do you think I'm such a scary ghost that you don't want to see my face?"

Nina was at a loss, but she finally dared to lift her face, and sure enough, their faces were barely separated, and Nina could even feel the man's breath.

Nina was momentarily dazed, but the man's gaze was so calm that it searched the furthest recesses of her heart. For a moment, their gazes locked; no words were spoken, only the breath that began to struggle irregularly, approaching the two of them.

Instantly, Nina's blood surged; she felt her face warming, her beautiful face turning pink.

Nathan smiled.

"Nina, I want to apologize for the way I've been behaving, but it's all a matter of professionalism, will you forgive me, Nina?"

Nina was speechless; she could only nod. Nathan smiled, then moved his face away from Nina's. "Thank you, Nin." The man's hand gently stroked Nina's hair.

  "It's almost 8pm, let's eat first." Nathan stood up and opened the two boxes of food he had ordered.

Nina was still silent and trying to digest what was happening. But Nathan immediately pulled her to her feet, put his arm around her and sat her on the chair he had arranged as a small dining table.

"You can be busy at work, but you have to take care of your health, I don't want to be blamed if one of my employees gets sick from overwork."

Nathan sat down next to Nina, and because they were both hungry, they immediately ate the food until it was gone. A moment later, they looked at each other and then laughed together.

"Hahaha, you eat a lot too, Nin." Nathan laughed while Nina smiled shyly.

"Hehe, I'm already hungry, and the food is delicious," Nina said. "Thank you, sir, for dinner, I'll change it next time."

"Hmm, you want to change," murmured Nathan, "Okay, but it has to be your own cooking."

"What, my own cooking?"

"Yup."  Nathan smiled.

"Hehe, but my cooking is not good, sir."

"I haven't tried it yet, so I don't know if it's good or not."

"Hmm, okay. But what would you like to make?"

"Anything's fine, I'm not picky when it comes to food, but I am picky when it comes to woman," Nathan teased with a wink.

"Oh?" muttered Nina, gawking. So adorable.

"Hehe why are you gawking, Nin."  Nathan tugged Nina's nose adorably, "You go ahead and finish your work, I'm going to make some coffee."

"What, coffee? Just finished eating, sir."

"After eating, we usually get sleepy and drink coffee to be fresh again."

Nina returned to sit in front of her computer while Nathan left the room; shortly after, he returned with 2 cups of hot coffee.

"Now the coffee is ready, let's drink it, Nin."

"Thank you, sir."  Nina took one of the cups and sipped Nathan's coffee. The girl returned to finishing her work, while Nathan sat beside her while watching Nina work.

"Yeay, finally finished too," Nina said happily, spontaneously stretching her body and stretching out both hands; she forgot that other people were beside her; no doubt her left hand touched Nathan's face.

Nina gasped; she just realized that Nathan was still beside her. Nina turned her head, and it turned out that her hands were wrapped around the handsome man's neck.

Not yet gone from her shock, another surprise made her almost confused. Nathan brought his face closer; his hand touched Nina's face; the man's warm breath left her helpless; for a moment, she was stunned when the soft lips touched her lips.

Nina wanted to break away and run as far away as possible. But the turmoil in her heart refused; she could only accept the warm kiss. Those lips were so soft, she wanted to kiss back, but as much as she could, she realized who the man in front of her was.

Nathan smiled softly while looking at Nina; the girl immediately became dazed. Her pretty face flushed, embarrassed. She felt so embarrassed that she scratched her head that didn't itch.

"I'd like to print out the report first, sir." Nina was about to stand up, but Nathan pressed her.

"No need, just keep the soft copy here," Nathan took the flash disc out of his coat pocket, "early tomorrow morning, meet Emi at the side door, give it to her, and she'll make the hard copy."

"Yes, sir."

"Okay, when you're done, you can go home or stay here overnight, right?" Nathan teased.

"Hehe, no sir. "

Nathan smiled; he stroked Nina's hair, then stood up and returned to his room.

Nina sighed; she hurried to pack up her things, then left the office; the watch on her wrist showed 9 pm, meaning there was still a bus passing by, so she swung her steps to the bus stop not far from the office.

While Nina was waiting for the bus to pass, a luxury car suddenly stopped in front of her.

Nina was stunned; whose car had entered the bus lane?