Spoiled by the CEO after amnesia!-Chapter 46: He Has a Fiancée?

Jiayi hadn’t fallen asleep yet, her mind was occupied with the events of the evening, and upon hearing Auntie Li’s voice outside, she quickly put on her pajamas and got up, "I’m not asleep, Auntie Li, come in."

Auntie Li entered, carefully closed the door, and sat on the edge of the bed.

Seeing that she had something to say, Jiayi asked, "Auntie Li, do you have something to tell me this late at night?"

"Jiayi, I treat you like my own daughter, and that’s why I wanted to give you some advice. Don’t mind me being nosy," Auntie Li spoke gently, "A girl can’t just follow a man without any official status, people will talk. The old master likes you so much, why don’t you want to marry the young master? I know girls your age aren’t ready to give up their freedom and be tied down by marriage, but a good man won’t wait forever. What if you miss out..."

Wait... marry? What the hell! Which good man? Is she talking about that man Huo Zhenyang? What a joke!

Jiayi was confused, "Auntie Li, what are you talking about?"

Thinking she was playing dumb, Auntie Li sighed, held the girl’s hand, and gave it a gentle pat, "The old master wants you to get engaged to the young master and marry within the year. Didn’t you tell young master that you don’t want to get married at all?" She then repeated the phone conversation she overheard in the young master’s room that evening.

Jiayi’s eyes flickered; she understood what was going on.

The old master had called to propose marriage with Huo Zhenyang, but Huo Zhenyang had immediately made excuses to decline.

Well, that was normal. After all, she was only pretending to be this man’s girlfriend, initially to fend off Jiang Meiyi’s harassment, and later to appease the old master.

Their relationship had an expiration date.

In time, he would find an excuse to gradually fade out their connection, and then she could have him help her find her identity and family, a perfect solution, she supposed.

How could it possibly have anything to do with marriage? Even if the old master proposed it, she would outright reject it!

But... listening to Auntie Li, why did she feel a bit odd?

She felt uneasy inside. Especially when she heard that the man had immediately righteously refused upon hearing the old master’s words, something seemed stuck in her heart.

She had just been tossing and turning in bed, her cheeks flushed and her heart racing.

He had stormed into the hotel’s private room to save her that night.

He had beaten Li Daguo and Vice President Gao half to death.

When he held her, leaning against his chest, she could hear his heart beating forcefully due to urgency and his strong arms.

Even that man, who always appeared as cold and handsome as the King of Hell, had actually held her, feeding her water to sober her up one sip at a time...

And then, there was that somewhat frantic and aggressive kiss in the car tonight.

So much so, that she had actually laid in bed after sobering up and naïvely wondered if, as Auntie Li had said, he was different with her than with other women?

Now, after hearing Auntie Li’s words, all her fanciful thoughts burst like bubbles, pop, pop, pop, one after another.

She smirked at herself mockingly, just minutes ago she had been daydreaming.

Seeing that she remained silent after listening, with a face that went from blank to flushed and then gradually turned pale, Auntie Li hurriedly asked, "Miss Jiayi, if you dislike my nagging, I won’t mention it again..."

"It’s all right, Auntie Li," Jiayi squeezed out a smile, "We’re not considering marriage at the moment, you don’t have to bring it up anymore."

Auntie Li saw her resolute tone and felt a bit of pity, but didn’t know what else to say; she simply said, "Last time it was like this, and now again..."

Jiayi’s heart stirred, she couldn’t help but interrupt Auntie Li, "Last time? Auntie Li, he... has he been engaged before?"

Auntie Li thought she didn’t mind and whispered, "The young master had a fiancée before, but that woman went abroad and has never contacted the young master again. Don’t overthink it, Miss Jiayi."

Someone like Huo Zhenyang, who wielded power like a monarch, summoning wind and rain, capable of making women infatuated, must have had no shortage of female companions in the past. How could it have been possible that he had no one to marry? Indeed, he once had a fiancée.

She had always wondered why he had no girlfriend and why he paid no attention to the beautiful star Jian Meiyi and those female employees who idolized him.

Now, after hearing Auntie Li, Jiayi guessed... Could it be that he still had his fiancée in his heart? That he had kept the space beside him open for his fiancée who had gone abroad?

"It’s getting late, Auntie Li, you should go downstairs and rest," Jiayi said suddenly feeling tired, her eyes dimming.

Seeing that she wasn’t unhappy, Auntie Li felt somewhat relieved but still left with a look that said, "Think over what I said."

The room became much quieter in an instant, as night crept in.

A sliver of a gap in the bedroom’s floor-to-ceiling window allowed the sounds of night insects and the quiet drift of the night wind to be heard.

After Auntie Li left, Jiayi’s sleepiness was gone.

Ever since she moved into this apartment, she had never had such trouble falling asleep as she did tonight.

She hugged her smooth, tender knees, looking out at the night view from the window, for the first time feeling a strong desire to find her family, to leave this place quickly.

This place wasn’t hers at all, and this man, he was just using her as a shield and a tool for deception.

Even when she woke up at the Huanglong Mountain hunting ground, she had not felt as helpless as she did today.

Who was she?

Did she belong to this city?

Like other girls her age, did she have a loving family, with parents who cherished her?

Why... why couldn’t she remember!

Furrowing her brows, her small face crinkled deeply, she hugged her head, burying it between her knees, held back the pain, exhaled, and finally stopped trying to recall the past.

She didn’t know what time she eventually fell asleep. The next day when she woke up, the sun was shining on her backside. Jiayi turned over, opened her eyes, and with a "whoosh," she suddenly sat upright!

She reached for the cellphone on the nightstand and saw it was already 8:15 AM!

She had slept too soundly! The alarm had gone off several times without waking her, and Dummy hadn’t come to wake her either!

In a panic, she hurriedly jumped out of bed and finished brushing her teeth and washing her face in the bedroom’s bathroom.

After coming out and checking the time again, it was no good; even if George drove like the wind, she would still be late for the company. She had to call ahead and let them know, as the company had strict rules about being late or leaving early.

She dialed the number for the company’s HR department, and a standard, sweet voice came on the line: "Hello, this is JJ’s HR department."

"Hello, this is Luo Jiayi from the marketing department. I’m sorry, but I might be a bit late this morning," Jiayi said with a note of apology in her voice.

"Luo Jiayi? Oh, you don’t need to come in today. Mr. Gao notified us, saying you worked overtime last night and did well, so he’s given you three days off," the HR lady said with a tone of surprise but couldn’t hide her envy, "He also said if you need to, you can call to extend your rest for a few more days; no problem."

Three days off? Jiayi was stunned.

Gao Ziming, who had just managed to keep his job, wouldn’t dare neglect her.

Seeing how badly she was drunk yesterday, he dared not make her work right away and unexpectedly authorized a few days off for her to rest.

Jiayi indicated that she understood. She had hardly hung up the phone when another urgent call rushed in!