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His breathing, as well as his words, made Miya blush. She felt a sense of pleasure and embarrassment. Levi and the bodyguards must have heard! She thought.
Miya buried her face on his chest, too embarrassed to look at others. In fact, no one was looking at them at all. They were either looking up at the ceiling or down on the floor.
They knew well enough when not to interfere. Xenon grabbed Miya's chin and lifted her face up, "I still remember clearly what happened this morning. You are the very first person who has the guts to confront me and speak to me like that."

To her own surprise, Miya replied, "What about those that went behind your back?" She regretted it as soon as she said it.

Xenon's face turned stern, then he sneered, "Ha-ha. Dead." He said briefly. It sent a shiver down Miya's spine.

"Thanks for sparing me," Miya said timidly. The door opened, and she scurried away. "Have a nice day." She hurried back to her seat, where she felt the safest.

As usual, all the other secretaries were busy working. Their phones seemed to never stop ringing. They were either speaking on the phone or buried their heads in piles of documents.
Miya was the only one without any work to do. At first, people thought she was protected by Levi, and so no one would ask her to do anything, and now that they knew she was Mrs. Uba, people would not even talk to her.
Only when she took the initiative and asked them would they assign her the easiest tasks.
Therefore, she spent most of her time browsing websites and self-studying fashion design and architecture while hoping to get some online design work.
When it was lunchtime, Miya waited for a while, and Levi still didn't show up. I guess Xenon Uba is not having lunch with me today. I will go and get lunch myself then. I'm starving.
When the lift got to the fifth floor, the door opened, and a girl in a crop top and denim skirt walked in
cheerfully.

"Jodie!" Miya exclaimed. Her face lit up as soon as she recognized Jodie Field.

"Hey! Miya!" Jodie responded with a big smile and hugged Miya. "Are you also working here?"

"Yes. How about you? Did you go to the Brighten Company for the interview the next day?"

"No. I can't. After they heard about my uncle, they didn't want me. So I decided to come to the
headquarters to give it a try and luckily everything went well. I'm in the salęs department. I think with Xenon Uba here, my uncle should show him some respect
and leave me alone."

"Your uncle seems to care about you. lsn't it better to work for him?"

"The thing is his family, especially his mother and younger sister, look down upon me. If I work for
him, they will despise me even more. I have to show them that I'm capable and independent."

Miya nodded. "Right. I'm sure you will!"

"Thanks, Miya. By the way, which department are you in?"

"'Secretary.”

"Wow. That's great. I've heard that all the female staff dream of being a secretary as you can get close
to Xenon Uba."

Miya shook her head. "It's depressing there. No one talks to anyone. They are even afraid to speak aloud."

"That sounds awful. Hmm. Shall we go for lunch together? I'm starving. You know what, we should get lunch together every day. That would be great!"

"We shall!" Miya said cheerfully. As they walked into the canteen, both Miya and Jodie noticed that many people would look at Miya curiously. Jodie pricked up her ears and heard some murmuring. "Miya! You are Mrs. Uba?! Xenon Uba's
wife?" Jodie exclaimed and stared at Miya, open-mouthed.
Miya nodded.

"Why didn't you tell me?" Jodie rolled her eyes at her.

"He only married me to shut his grandparents up. We aren't really a couple. We were supposed to keep it a secret anyway. But Sophia Moore showed up and put
on a big drama this morning, and now everyone knows." Miya explained.

"Sophia Moore? Oh, Miya, you need to watch out. No one ever dares to displease her in City X, even in the whole country."
Jodie sounded anxious and sincerely concerned.

Miya heaved a sigh. "I don't know how long Xenon Uba can protect me. He's a businessman, but Sophia Moore's father is in the mafia." Miya isn't Worried for no reason. She had noticed that people kept a distance from her on purpose. Obviously it was because they were afraid of Sophia Moore, to be close to Miya means to be against Sophia. They understood that Xenon didn't marry Miya for love but to use her temporarily while Sophia Moore was the daughter of an American mafia boss. The way
people looked at Miya and gossiped did embarrass her, but she knew that there was no point saying anything. I am just his possession. It's true that he's
using me.

"Miya, if Sophia causes trouble again, just give me a call. I will stand by you. If she hurts me, uncle Sean won't just let her off.
With uncle Sean and Xenon Uba protècting you, l'm sure the mafia boss won't want to displease both the Smiths and the Uba’s for the sake of his insolent daughter."

"Thanks so much, Jodie." Miya said gratefully, then she added, "I don't really want to make it a big deal though, but just to keep it between her and me."

"You are my friend. I don't want anything bad will happen to you."

Miya looked at Jodie with a Smile and said, "I'm so grateful to have you as a friend, Jodie, but I do want tọ keep it quiet, well, as best as I can" What am l to Xenon Uba? If I cause trouble, it will only to anger him. No one wants to mess up with the American mafia.” Miya said. Even though Miya knew that Xenon had connections with the mafia world, she doubt us as strong as the Moore family.

"You know what, Sophia Moore is used to getting what she wants. I think the best way to deal with her is to show her that you aren't to be taken advantage of from the very beginning. Let her know that you aren't weak!" Jodie said encouragingly.