My Wife is an Aloof Beauty

FX International Group, a leading company in S City, had a number of businesses from many sectors; from hotel chains, construction industry, large department stores, entertainment firms to amusement parks. People who lived in S City might not know their mayor, but they had surely heard of Edward Mu, the leader of his big family businesses and one of the most sought-after business giants. Mr. Mu was not only successful and rich, but he was also an absolutely fascinating man who looked more gorgeous than most women. It sounds unreal, but one should see him to say this was true.

In addition, he was so smart and intelligent that he could defeat his competitors without them noticing. People tagged him as a "playboy" because he appeared in many various magazines. Not many knew about his secrets but rumors had it that Jessica Lin is Mr. Mu's favorite girl.

The hall of FX International Group was lavishly furnished with statues, colorful inlaid marble, and a gilded bronze ceiling. A female officer with a five-year-old boy stood at the front desk. The woman with good features looked very cold and serious. She wanted to meet the CEO without an appointment. The company had a regulation that no one could meet the CEO without an appointment. This situation had never happened before and this caused the staff member serious trouble because the female officer insisted on meeting the CEO at once. After she convinced the visitor about their policy, the staff member finally called the CEO's secretary on the 88th floor for help.

"Mr. Qiao, there is a female officer who wants to see our boss. May I let her in?" The staff member said.

"What? A female officer?" Aaron Qiao quipped to his surprise. 'Oh God, What's going on? I know boss has a lot of girlfriends, but when did he have a girlfriend that worked for the military? It's too hard to be an assistant. Why should I be responsible for both the daily work and the private life of my boss?' He complained silently. Although hesitant, Mr. Qiao still walked into the CEO's office to ask his boss.

"Boss, there is a female officer who wants to see you urgently, but she hasn't got an appointment. Do you want to see her or not?" Aaron Qiao smiled. His bright eyes were brilliant with delight.

"A female officer?" Edward Mu raised his head from the papers he was reading. He could not seem to remember any female officer in his past. "What does she want here?" He said as he focused on the papers again.

"She didn't say anything but she wants to see you immediately." Aaron Qiao grinned at his boss teasingly.

"Really? She must be very confident to demand to see me with such short notice. Let her come in." Edward Mu started to become curious about this woman.

The female officer whose name is Daisy Ouyang, was actually a little nervous as she tried to pacify herself. She was not sure whether Edward Mu still remembered her or not. She was already nervously rubbing her palms together as she waited for the CEO. Nervous as she was, Daisy never forgot the words that he shouted to her on their wedding night.

"You won't have me even if you married me. You are just my wife as stated on a piece of paper. My heart and my love will never belong to you. You drugged me in order to have sex with me. How dare you! I promise I'll never let such a thing happen again!" The man said angrily.

He left with the sound of slamming doors. Daisy Ouyang felt completely lost and embarrassed at the same time as she didn't know anything about giving drugs. She just remembered that she slept in his arms without any clothes, body aching. The man accused her of these things she knew nothing about. What happened then was unclear in her thoughts.

What happened that night was too blurry for her. She could only remember feeling hot and helpless, unable to move. Maybe she was drugged too. Over the past six years, Daisy Ouyang had to deal with hearing gossips and rumors about Edward Mu including his affairs with his many girlfriends and female stars. Worst, she would hear from the news whom he was dating or sleeping with.

Despite all these, she never contacted him. His words were forever stuck in her head, she could not forget when Edward said that she was only a nominal wife. Whatever happened to him was none of her business. Actually, it seemed as if he had already forgotten her for a long time. She would not find him if there was no unexpected situation like this one. Both of them were victims of their family interests. It seemed that this marriage had a price to pay.

"Mommy, you're hurting me." The little boy interrupted his mommy's thoughts as he tried to squirm out from the tight grip of his mommy's hand. Daisy Ouyang got lost in her thoughts for a while and didn't realize she held her boy's hand too tightly.

"I'm sorry, Justin. I was thinking about something that happened before." Daisy squatted in front of the boy and whispered to him. This little boy was her son. She never thought that she would get pregnant after that night. Thanks to his genes and excellent skills, she now had this charming baby boy. Justin was Daisy's life and she would not know what to do if she ever lost this boy.

"It's all right, I'm fine, mommy. What's wrong? Is it my Daddy? Did he refuse to meet us?" Justin asked with a soft voice. He looked at his mommy with bright eyes.

"No, honey, your daddy is a little busy so we will wait here until he is ready." She explained patiently. She hid nothing from her son about his father. Although he always asked why daddy does not live with them, he never really asked his mommy to find him.

"Madam, our boss is waiting for you." The staff member treated her with respect. She thought that there was something so familiar with the boy. But she couldn't remember whether she had seen him before.

"OK, thank you!" Daisy Ouyang politely replied. Then she quietly left. Daisy looked very serious and stern wearing army uniform but she also looked even more charming in it.

She could hardly hold back her excitement. Over the past six years, she tried to pacify her feelings and gave up on this relationship, however, she still felt nervous whenever she would see Edward.

Daisy was getting everyone's attention because people had never seen a female officer in this building. Dressy celebrities and famous female stars were regulars.

"Madam, this way please." Edward Mu's secretary ushered her in. Daisy was evidently nervous as little beads of sweat formed on her forehead. She clenched her hands tightly while she held his son's hand. Justin felt her mommy's emotions, he didn't remind her although he felt the pain as his mommy tightly held on his tiny hand. He had the same feeling as his mommy. He was not sure if his daddy, the man he always saw on the Internet, loved him too.

The secretary knocked on the door and a deep voice answered, "Come in." Daisy Ouyang initially thought that she would panic if she heard this deep, familiar voice. Much to her disbelief, she was unexpectedly calm but she still tried her best to not look intimidated by the man in front of her. Edward looked at her with a straight face. He thought that Daisy looked stiff and pale but definitely looked every inch a charming lady.

"I'm sorry to bother you, but I can't find better ways. Please take care of my son for 3 months. I will pick him up as soon as I finish my mission." Daisy Ouyang said as a matter of fact. She uttered these words without looking at him.

"Wait a minute, Who are you? What are you talking about?" Edward Mu was so confused thinking why he would take care of a little boy whom he did not even know. He noticed the woman in front of him could not look him in the eye. Edward was still so confused.

Although Daisy didn't really expect him to remember her, she was still hurt that Edward did not even have a clue. She remained still and handed him a marriage license.

"I will answer all your questions when I come back, but I'm in a hurry right now." She explained. Before she left, her mobile phone rang with a loud military song that echoed throughout the big office.

She picked up the phone quickly. "Hello, Mark. I know. I will be back soon. You can contact the army to get their location." She hung up the phone. Her words were firm and clear as much as her feelings.

Edward Mu froze for an instant. 'Why? Why was this woman ignoring me? No one can resist my charm, am I not that attractive?' he thought to himself.

"Justin, I should go now. Please behave and do not give your daddy a hard time." Daisy gently touched her son's face. Her son's nanny resigned at a time when she needed to go for her military training at the army. She could not find someone to look after her son in a short time. Otherwise, she would not have sent the boy to his daddy.

Justin looked at his mommy and wanted to say something to comfort her. "Mommy, don't worry! I will be a good boy." He replied with a sweet smile. But Justin was up to something. He already made a plan to teach his daddy how to be a good husband.

After saying goodbye to her son. Daisy ran out quickly without even waiting for Edward to even respond. Edward Mu still was not able to recover from the fact that the boy was his son. Edward only stared at the marriage license on the table.

"Daisy Ouyang," he murmured. She was the woman who was married to him for six years. She was the wife that he never missed. She came and went, just like the wind, leaving the little boy with him.

Edward Mu sat still on his chair as he watched the little boy in front of him. His little face resembling Edward's had the calmness beyond his years and the little dark eyes looked coldly at him as if he was about to see something from him.

He would not take action before his opponent did. Justin grew up in the army. All he was exposed to were military related things, so he knew this rule well. This was his father. Was he looking at him this way because he was stunned or was it that he just didn't like his existence?

"Little guy, what's your name?" Edward Mu initiated as he squatted next to Justin and whispered. So was this his son? It should be! Otherwise, that woman wouldn't have brought him here.

"I'm not little guy. I have my own name." Justin looked annoyingly at the man in front of him.

"Well. What's your name?" Edward Mu smiled playfully. "Justin Mu." The little boy looked at him in such a way that Edward would feel embarrassed. The little guy's arrogant expression was so cute.

'Justin Mu.' It seemed that the woman did not want to conceal it from him all his life. His anger faded. Who could ever imagine that they had a baby in only one night?

"Do you know that I'm your daddy?"

"Yes, mommy has told me before." Justin shifted position. He was a little bit tired. He had come here early in the morning from the army. It was almost noon and he was a little hungry.

"Then why didn't you come here for me before?" That was what Edward was curious about. He was also interested in how Daisy Ouyang became a military officer. Was there anything he didn't know? At this moment, Edward realized that he knew so little about his so-called wife. He didn't even know what she did.

"Mommy says you're busy and it's not convenient for us to bother you." Justin expressed earnestly, still with that cool expression on his face. Despite his cute demeanor, his face looked sad beyond his years.

"Was it what your mommy told you? I'm busy." Edward became unsettled. Yes, he was really busy, busy with flirting with different women. He had never thought that he would have a baby with his one-night-only wife. She had never contacted him and he had forgotten all about her existence. He even left the next morning after they got married. All he had done was demanding his secretary to send money to her every year. If she had not appeared unexpectedly today, he would have forgotten the existence of such a person in his life and his identity as a married man.

"Yes, we can see your affairs on TV every day." Justin started to warm up but was also tactless and a bit straightforward with his daddy. Although his mommy told him that there were reasons why his daddy did not live together with them, he still couldn't understand why he had not seen them even once.

"Err... It seemed that you cared about me a lot." Edward looked at his angry and sarcastic face, he couldn't help but laugh. Edward's charming looks even stunned Justin.

"Who cares about you? If you were not there every day with that silly smile, we wouldn't bother to see you." Justin was angry because every time he showed up with different women, he saw his mommy's eyes turn red and he knew that his mommy was sad then.

"What? Silly smile?" How could his extremely charming smile that can attract countless beauties became a silly smile in this little boy's eyes?

Justin ignored his daddy as he playfully threw himself into the soft sofa. After all, he was just a little boy who just wanted to play.

"Are you hungry?" Edward checked on his hand to look at his watch. His every action seemed so elegant and no doubt he could attract so many different women.

"Let's go! Daddy will take you to have lunch." Edward Mu picked up his coat from the chair, cuddled Justin and walked out of the door.

He tried to reconcile the thought that he had a son. The woman he was married to didn't even give him the opportunity to say no and ran away. Although, he must admit that the boy was adorable. He could not believe he can be good-tempered despite the turn of events.

Three months? He looked forward to seeing if the woman would dare to ignore him again after three months. Edward was challenged. He definitely loved the chasing game.

"Mr. Mu, are you going out?" Aaron Qiao came up in a hurry with a stack of documents and almost ran into them.

"Don't you look at the road when you walk?" Edward moved his fine eyebrows together. If he hadn't dodged quickly, the little guy in his arms might have been hurt.

"I'm sorry. There are so many documents and I didn't pay attention. Who is that boy?" Aaron tried to evade what happened just now and responded casually.

"My son," Edward said it just like he was talking about the weather today. He didn't realize how stunned other people might be on hearing his words. His arrogant attitude drove Aaron crazy.

"What? Your son?" Poor Aaron reeled and almost fell on the ground. The former female military officer had already surprised him that much. So this news was not supposed to be too weird. Hadn't he just left for a while? Why was there even a son here? It seemed that the world was changing every minute. This was perfectly reflected in their CEO.

"Why? Is it weird for me to have a son?" Edward was getting angry and his voice rose a little. It seemed that he was so nice to this guy and he even dared to talk to him in this way.

"Err... It's a little bit weird." It was really weird, wasn't it? Nobody knew that he had a son.

"Uh-huh!" Mr. Mu! Did you know how much curiosity would be killed by your cold snort?

"Oh! Not weird. Not at all." Come on. He was not that stupid. How did he dare to be suspicious? Who didn't know that their CEO was such a devil? No matter how many questions he had in his mind, Aaron didn't dare to ask anymore. He didn't want to work overtime or else he would have no time to date his girlfriend.

"That's good. We'll go out for lunch and do not bother us if it's nothing important. And help me to cancel the appointment in the noon." Then he turned and walked away, ignoring his beautiful secretaries in the secretarial room who were all shocked. He went smartly and left the heart-broken beauties.

How could their CEO have a love child? Who was the mother of the child? Was it the cool female military officer or Jessica Lin who had an ambiguous relationship with their CEO?

"Was CEO joking, was it true?" One of them was lost in thought. It seemed that they had no chance with the CEO at all. He already had a child.

"It can be a godson. Who knows?" Somebody was comforting herself. They were not to blame! It was really unexpected.

"But the child resembled our CEO closely, didn't he?" exclaimed one of the staff. The reality was always so cruel.

"Are you too idle? Go with your own business quickly," exclaimed Aaron although he was also curious. All he could do now was to restrain everybody else's curiosity so that all went back to work.

His boss canceled the appointment just like that and left. However, he was the poor assistant who had to deal with this matter. He wanted to cry! His CEO once said, "Your value was good as a servant who needed to just obey all my commands. I don't hire you for your good-looking appearance. Besides, because of my strong presence as the handsome CEO, you are not good-looking at all."

Damn, wasn't Edward looking down on Aaron? Did Aaron really look that bad?

Alas! It was not that he looked bad. It was just that the CEO was so handsome that nobody could be as equally as good looking as him.

Edward walked all the way down, holding Justin in his arms. He knew that there were gossips about him again. He didn't care about it. Anyway, he himself couldn't believe that he had a son at this age. It seemed that he had been dreaming.

Justin looked curiously at the man who was said to be his daddy. He was so handsome. No wonder a cool woman like his mommy would like this guy, his daddy. Justin was more curious about the cuddle. He could now tell what it was like to be held by his daddy. Different from her mommy's cuddle, it was a little bit harder but still comfortable.

"Uncle, shall we go to KFC?" The little boy raised his innocent face to look at Edward. He didn't know that calling Edward his uncle would startle his daddy. Edward nearly fell to the ground when he heard the little guy called him uncle.

"Justin, I am your daddy, not uncle." Edward became unsettled. Why didn't Justin call him daddy? Justin knew that he was his daddy but still called him uncle.

"You are my uncle! Other children's daddy lives together with their mommy, but you are not with my mommy which means you are not my daddy. So I have to call you uncle." 'Hmm' Justin thought to himself, 'I will not call you daddy. Now it is just the beginning. There will be more surprises for you later. Uncle.'

...

OK. It seemed that it was his fault. But how could he have known that he would have a son in only one night? So maybe, it didn't seem to be all his fault. He hadn't known about Justin before now.

"Little boy, I didn't know you were there, so I was not with you," Edward explained weakly. 'Damn it!' When did he need to care about other's opinion on his behavior?

"Would you have been with us if you knew?" Justin tilted his head and asked. He wanted to see his daddy defend himself. He never asked her mommy to find daddy for him, because he often saw mommy look at his daddy's photos in the newspaper for one hour or two, lost in thought. Sometimes her eyes were red. He did not understand the adults' world, but he could see that his mommy liked his daddy. Otherwise, she would not have told him that the man who often appeared in newspapers and magazines was his daddy. His mommy also told him not to hate his daddy and the reason why they did not live together was that they had a misunderstanding right after their wedding.

Actually, it's impossible for Justin not to resent or care. He also envied those who had a daddy who accompanied them playing, running or swimming. Only mommy was there for him.

At school, his classmates laughed at him and said that he didn't have a daddy. He was so angry that he often fought with them and told them that he had a daddy but his daddy was too busy to live together with them. He didn't dare to tell his mommy about it, because she would ask him to do push-ups as punishment.

"Err..." Well. Unfortunately, Edward had never thought about this question, so he didn't know how to answer it at the moment. Edward was good at delivering speeches. But why couldn't he answer the questions of his son?

"Justin, you want to eat KFC, yes? Daddy will take you there and you can eat as much as you want." How could Edward be so shameless? How could he change the topic with KFC?

"Yes! I want to have chicken legs, French fries, and coke." How could Justin have forgotten to torture his daddy so soon? It was easy for the little boy to compromise. He must have forgotten to take a firm stand!

"Well, if you can have them all, daddy will buy you." Edward caressed Justin's hair dotingly. He got unexpected satisfaction in his heart. This little boy was his son, who resembled him very much not only in appearance but also in his manners.