A Billion Dollar Exchange

''Liling! ''

''What? Why are you screaming? ''

Liling shifted the phone from her ear when she heard Xin Yong's shrieks.

''Have you seen the news? ''

Liling rolled her eyes as a sigh escaped her lips.

''What again, don't tell me they've discovered that I'm the daughter of a poor carpenter? ''

''No, no, far from that; Liu Wei is really amazing, he did an interview today and cleared your name, now the internet is bursting with love comments for the both of you. You can't even find a trace of those hate comments anywhere. ''

Liling, who was eating lazily from a bucket of popcorn suddenly flung up from the cushion, causing it to fly into the air.

''What? What did you just say? ''

'Liling, stop asking me and go check for yourself; call me when you've watched the interview! I'm waiting. ''

Xin Yong cut the call, leaving Liling speechless. She blinked her eyes severally trying to comprehend what she just heard. Sitting back down on the couch, she tapped on her news icon, and as Xin Yong had said, they were making headlines. She saw a video interview and immediately clicked on it. 𝙛𝘳𝘦e𝓌e𝗯n𝗼ѵ𝙚l.𝒄𝚘𝑚

Liling's heart beat frantically against her chest as she watched the video, wide eyed. Her eyes became teary towards the end, and she immediately covered her lips with her hands.

She was finding it hard to breathe as she watched him. He had told her he would take care of it, but she never imagined that he would do an interview, something he never did.

When the video ended, Liling could not move, she held her phone in that position for a few minutes, before raising her hands to wipe her eyes.

What did she do in her former life to deserve such a perfect man? Liling could not comprehend what she was feeling, but what she was sure of was that she wanted to see him.

Not bothering to check the headlines and comments Xin Yong had told her about, she immediately dialed his number.

''Hey…''

''Liu Wei! …''

Liu Wei's brows creased when he heard her sniffing.

''Are you crying? What's wrong? ''

''Where are you? ''

She asked not replying his first question.

''I'm almost home, what's wrong? ''

Liling did not reply, she quickly cut the call and raced outside wearing her slippers.

Liu Wei tried calling her again, but she had thrown her phone onto the chair when she ran outside, so she didn't pick. He became very worried, thinking that something bad had happened to her, he accelerated his speed.

Immediately he drove into the compound, he saw Liling running towards his car, he immediately hit the brakes.

Turning off the engine, he stepped out and walked towards her.

''Baby, what's …''

Before he could ask her what was wrong, Liling had thrown herself into his arms.

''I love you! ''

Liu Wei was stunned; he was really not expecting the series of actions.

''You were amazing today. ''

She said after sometime, raising her head to peek at his face.

It took Liu Wei a few seconds to understand what she was referring to. He smiled and pecked her on the lips.

''Is that why you are so elated? And I was thinking that something had happened to you, you really scared the shit out of me! ''

Liu Wei exclaimed, making Liling giggle.

She closed the space between them, kissing him sensually on the lips.

''Let's go in, our neighbors would see…''

Liu Wei said, breaking their kiss. Liling giggled;

''I don't care, let them watch. ''

With that, she covered his lips again, this time kissing him deeper.

…

The next day, Liling decided to go work. Since everything had been cleared, it was okay to go to work now.

''Mrs. Liu Wei, did you not hear me when I said you should 'call me back' or where you so carried away by yesterday's love making that you forgot your best friend? ''

Liling nearly fainted when she heard a familiar voice call from behind her. She was just about to enter into the company when Xin Yong called. She turned to find her cat walking towards her with a grin plastered on her lips.

''God, did you just say that in front of everybody? ''

Liling cried. She looked around to check if people were staring, some were peeking at her, and she could not tell if it was because of what Xin Yong said or the headlines in general.

''What? Is not like nobody knows you are screwing Mr. CEO. ''

Liling quickly covered her best friend's mouth, before she could continue vomiting venom.

''I hate you! ''

Liling glared and Xin Yong giggled,

''I love you too! Guess what? ''

Xin Yong said as they walked into the building.

''I'm releasing a single this week! ''

Liling's eyes opened wide.

''What? Wow! I'm so happy for you! ''

''Yeah, I wrote a lot of songs during my break, so I spoke with my manager and he said to see the songs today. ''

''Oh my! I'm so proud of you, do you have them here, let me see?''

''No, ha ha, wait till it's released. I'm shy right now. ''

Liling laughed at her friend's childishness.

Okay, if you say so. Call me when you are through, okay? ''

Liling said as she bade Xin Yong bye before walking into the elevator.

She had come a bit late today, thus when she arrived at Manager Su's office, she was already there but there was someone else there too.

Liling could not believe who she was seeing after a very long time. Their eyes met and she smiled.

''Liling, you are here. This is Richen; I'll be managing her from now onwards. Richen, I'm sure you know Liling. ''

Manager Su said, introducing them both.

Richen smiled and looked at Liling.