"Mummy… Can you not go? I haven't been talking to you properly since I was discharged." Joy pouted while leaning onto Xue Ting in her bed. Xue Ting had been busy replacing Pam temporarily with orders for events and tonight she was scheduled to prepare for a charity event that Qiu Wen was attending as well. Hence, she had multiple roles that night as his companion.

"I'm sorry Qiu Qiu… I promise after tonight's event, I will accompany you the whole day tomorrow since the cafe is closed too?" Xue Ting tried coaxing as Qiu Wen stepped in.

"I'm sorry baby… We will make it up for you alright?" Qiu Wen helped with coaxing as well but Joy was still pouting.

"Enough sulking… Keith is on the line…" Matthew scolded at her room's doorway when she abruptly wanted to run to Matthew and forgot about her injury when Xue Ting helped her to sit back in bed.

"Qiu Qiu! Your injury! Slow down! Else I will ban Keith from calling you!" Xue Ting got angry as Joy pouted and hugged her. "Mummy, please don't…" Joy coaxed with her puppy eyes as Xue Ting sighed knowing her daughter had long gone drowning in love with Keith.

"Who is Keith?" Qiu Wen questioned while Joy quickly grabbed the phone from Matthew who stepped in before Xue Ting pulled both men out of the room.

"Look after your sister… Make sure she doesn't take up much of Keith's time. He still needs to study." Xue Ting reminded Matthew as he nodded.

"Who is Keith?" Qiu Wen repeated his question as Xue Ting chuckled.

"Are you sure you want to know?" She teased him as they both left for the charity event.

"Why is he so mysterious? I have been asking since the day of the accident and you're all so secretive… Is he Qiu Qiu's boyfriend?" Qiu Wen whined as Xue Ting began to tell her the history of Keith and the twins' childhood on the way to the hotel.

Before they broke away into the event, Xue Ting suddenly felt a little dizzy as she sat lean on a balcony holding on to it. "Someday you will have the chance to meet that young bo…"

Qiu Wen noticed her words were trailing off and tugged on his arm pulling him to a corner.

"Ting Ting… You're alright?!" He helped her to lean on the balcony before inspecting her.

"What's wrong sweetie?" She held her head and closed her eyes trying to suppress the dizziness.

"Just a little dizzy… I'm alright…" She mumbled when she opened her eyes to meet his gaze.

He pulled her in for a hug so that she could lean on him for a moment. "You're exhausted. Can we please call it a night?" He asked as she shook her head.

"No… You know that…" She mumbled as he sighed. "Stay still for a moment till you're much better…" He comforted as he gently patted her back.

"Busy month?" He asked as she nodded.

"You need to stay hydrated and take regular meals." He nagged.

"I did. Just I don't know why lately I have occasional headaches." She explained.

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"You do? Occasionally? Then you better get yourself checked tomorrow with the doctor." He urged.

"Yes, alright. I will." He hugged her tighter before Jia Yi came up to him and informed him that he was required to entertain some important guests.

"Go… I will just oversee the table for a bit and will stay within your vicinity… I promise." Xue Ting urged as he reluctantly went off with Jia Yi.

"Keep an eye on Ting Ting. She isn't feeling very well." Qiu Wen told Jia Yi on the way to meet his acquaintance and Jia Yi nodded before he was joined by Francesca.

"Hello, Mr. Chiang. Nice to see you here with Mrs. Chiang." Francesca greeted nonchalantly while hooking her arms by Qiu Wen's arm and handing him a flute of champagne. He had to maintain his composure as Mr. Chiang was their next potential client and he had to make good acquaintance with him.

"Good to see you both business partners in tonight's event…" Mr. Chiang replied as Francesca toasted with the couple before ensuring Qiu Wen took his sip from the champagne she handed him.

"Pleasure to be working with your company moving forward…" Francesca said as Mr. Chiang acknowledged before Francesca carried the conversation briefly and pulled Qiu Wen to meet with several other acquaintances. By the next two or three guests, Qiu Wen had already noticed his blurry vision and began to lose his balance while Francesca quickly implemented her plan and sneaked him out into a room Alfred had prepared for them.

Though Jia Yi was busy keeping an eye on Xue Ting, he was also having Liew Wei backing him up discreetly overseeing both their bosses. When he received a text message that their bosses were leaving the ballroom, Jia Yi knew Francesca was up to no good again. He frantically searched for them but to no avail as he rushed Liew Wei to check if there were any rooms booked under Francesca's name but to no avail as well.

That was when Jia Yi had no choice but to look for Xue Ting.

"Oh no… Where is Alfred? Did you check if any of the rooms were under his name instead?" Xue Ting asked as the secretaries shook their heads. "We can't do that. The receptionist won't allow it." Jia Yi said as Xue Ting paced a little.

"What if we lure him out?" Liew Wei suggested as Xue Ting nodded for her to continue.

Liew Wei called Alfred from her mobile. "Yes, what is it, Liew Wei? Your boss is busy." Alfred said as Liew Wei put him on loudspeaker.

"Sorry, but Mr. Chiang requires Mr. Tang and Ms. Wei for an urgent meeting…" Upon listening to this, Alfred knew it was an important deal but he also knew of Francesca's plans.

"Let me get Ms. Wei to come first." Alfred was seen leaving the ballroom and Xue Ting was tailgating him with Liew Wei and Jia Yi.

Jia Yi went on another lift with Xue Ting and waited for Liew Wei to update him on which floor Alfred stopped. When Jia Yi saw it was on the 8th floor, he instantly pressed for the lift. He rushed out and nearly got caught when Xue Ting pulled him back as they heard the loud bang on Francesca's door. She put on an act for Jia Yi's arms to rest on her shoulder pretending to be a couple as they walked one round to the opposite corner so that they would not be spotted when Francesca and Alfred needed to leave via the lift. Though awkward for Jia Yi, they successfully made the disguise.

"Francesca! Come out now! Your client needs to see you!" Alfred yelled multiple times while spammed calling her phone which she had not been picking up. Francesca was excited after trapping Qiu Wen with potent drugs in his drink earlier and was busy taking pictures of them together as though they were making out in bed.

She groaned listening to Alfred's yells before she even reached the highlight and was forced to open the door before she was pulled outside. "I don't care what you're doing but you must go entertain your client. If you screw this up again, I don't know how to save you." Francesca knew it was urgent and she had to dress up herself neatly before following Alfred reluctantly.

Liew Wei was smart enough to approach the Chiang couple and ask them if they could speak with Francesca in detail about their collaboration so that the contract could be expedited. Mr. Chiang was more than happy to do so and the agreement came in the nick of time as Francesca arrived with Alfred.

"Apologies for the delay and Mr. Tang isn't feeling too well to join us. May I know what's this concern?" Francesca asked as Mr. Chiang spoke about his interest in discussing the contract content which Francesca had to sit through with Alfred.

Jia Yi was quick-witted to stop the door with his foot when it was softly closing as they rushed in to check on Qiu Wen who was unconscious and half undressed while Francesca stormed off with Alfred. Jia Yi quickly helped him up and led him to another room he prepared in advance on another floor in case Qiu Wen and Xue Ting were too exhausted to head home.

"Thank you…" Xue Ting said when Jia Yi was helping to put Qiu Wen on the bed in the new room.

"You're welcome, Sicily. I will leave here to you and monitor downstairs." Jia Yi said as he excused himself while Xue Ting sat by the bedside with a wet cloth to help cool down Qiu Wen's temperature.

Qiu Wen finally regained consciousness when the wet towel hit his head and held on to Xue Ting's hand before gazing fiercely at her which frightened Xue Ting a little. He only relaxed back once he knew he was with Xue TIng as he sat up and hugged her.

"You're alright? Feeling better? What happened?" Xue Ting could not help but ask he let her go and gazed deep into her eyes.

"Ting Ting… It's my turn to be spike… It's potent. I don't want to hurt you…" He said as he forced his way out of bed to the washroom only to be caught in the midst of it.

"I could help… This time… Let me. Take me. I'm all yours." Xue Ting said while taking the lead in enticing him into their intense wild love-making session which he could not resist from the potency of the drug.

Later that night, in the bathtub, while soaking with her in the bath he ensured he soothed every uncomfortable part of her body.

"I love your smart self. I wish I did better in providing for your future back then…" He gently said while she leaned on him after he explained what happened to him earlier.

"Wen Wen…" She opened her eyes and met with his gentle loving gaze. "I'm addicted to you."

With that, she pulled him in for a wild kiss but he stopped her. "Was it I who was drugged or you? Hmm… That's enough for tonight. We have a business to get down to." He said as she surrendered into his arms trying not to worry about the uprising of problems.