Under the Veil of Night

After the small event, they dispersed as they each had their own activities. Neo was still complaining towards Kevin because he was the one who claimed the chocolate first. However, this president ignored him completely as if he didn't hear anything.

"Today is the last day of work for the deal. I'll give you all a day off after this," Kevin informed the other three.

"You're the best, Boss! I will not complain anymore," Neo immediately stopped his complaint. He had suffered a lot from the overtime work, so he was glad that he could rest tomorrow. As for the chocolate, who cared about that anymore?

Mike rolled his eyes. This friend of his was ridiculous. Did he just change his attitude in a matter of seconds?

"There's going to be a meeting tonight. You can go home earlier, Kanae."

"Yes, President."

Neo looked towards Kanae before grinning. "Why don't you call him 'Boss' and not 'President'? It's his usual nickname during work."

Kanae smiled wryly. Even if she wanted to change it, she was more comfortable calling him 'President'. Besides, what would the other students think if they heard her calling him 'Boss' in school?

"Don't try to be a bad influence on her, Neo. You're not giving a good example of being a senior," Mike reminded.

"She's just one year younger. I'm not that much of a senior, so she doesn't have to follow my lead!"

"…"

They arrived at the company not long after that. When they saw the huge basket near Lou, they immediately knew that there were a lot of women that gave chocolate to Kevin while they were away.

"Boss, do you want them?" Lou asked while pointing to the chocolate.

"Give them to the others."

"Yes, Boss."

Lou called an employee and gave the basket to him. Kanae watched with wonder as they brought the chocolates away. If Kevin didn't like chocolate, why did he eat hers just now?

"Here's your work today, Kanae."

"Okay," Kanae sat down in her usual chair beside Kevin. She scrolled through the pages on the monitor quickly. Because of her new job, Kevin placed an additional computer on his table for Kanae.

She once asked him to give her a separate table, but he didn't agree to it. His reason was the room didn't fit another table while in fact the room seemed to be big enough.

"President, here's the compilation of the reports," Kanae showed the monitor to him.

"What do you think of it?"

"The new company that we are working with is efficient and performs well. They seem to be doing good work…"

This already became their habit ever since Kanae got the position of secretary. She might not say much, but her analysis was quite spot on, so Kevin chose to discuss with her.

"It's time for the meeting, you can go back first," Kevin said to Kanae.

"Alright, thank you, President."

Kevin cleaned up his table while Mike pondered about something. "Neo, do you realize that Kanae and Boss's seats become closer as times passes by?"

His seat was by the side, so he didn't pay much attention to the distance between Kanae and Kevin. However, today he noticed that the location of the chair that originally positioned very far to the side of Kevin's table was now leaned slightly closer to Kevin's chair. Their distance was something that he found surprising.

"I know," Neo answered nonchalantly. He sat in front of Kevin, so he could see their closing distance very well. From the very beginning, he knew that the two of them had been getting closer in their sitting distance, so he didn't find it weird.

"What if Boss becomes too comfortable with Kanae?"

"So be it. It has been a long time since I saw him smile. If being with Kanae can make him smile, I don't really care," Neo carried his laptop calmly. There was nothing wrong with them being friends with one another in his opinion as he wanted to see Kevin get more friends.

Mike followed from behind with a complicated expression. The usual smiling expression has disappeared from his face as he seemed to be troubled. Although this was not supposedly a big problem, he found it hard to accept.

The meeting went smoothly as Kevin concluded it rather early. He had made his decision after discussing it with Kanae before, so the meeting was only to confirm it. With that, he finished the meeting rather quickly.

When he returned to his room, he took a quick look at the food boxes on the side. "Has Kanae taken hers?"

"Yes, she took it before she left," Lou answered. His hand was holding the report from the meeting just now.

"That's good," Kevin nodded his head and a slight smile replaced his usual ice block expression. This unexpected expression nearly made Lou collapse on the spot. When was the last time he saw Kevin smile? It was already a long time ago as this young man lost his smile because of that incident.

Seeing his smile, he felt rather conflicted. He was overjoyed that his Boss smiled, but he felt conflicted because the cause of his smile was a girl.

"Boss, do you perhaps have some feelings for that girl?"

Kevin's indifferent face returned as he looked towards Lou coldly. He never liked it when someone tried to interfere in his private life no matter who it was.

Lou noticed Kevin's eyes, but he continued. "Boss, it's not that I want to interfere, but you're the leader of the biggest clan in this city. Having a relationship with an ordinary girl will not end well."

Kevin looked back coldly. He knew his position very well, and his background never allowed him to have an ordinary life. Danger followed wherever he went and if not because of the protection of his clan, he would never have been able to be the leader when he was still a teenager like this.

Nevertheless, the biggest clan in this city, the Ryukalin Clan, has not made any big movement lately. The reason was no other than the fact that their leader was still a high school kid. According to the regulations of the clan, he had to finish his education or at least nearly finish it before succeeding the clan. This was the only reason he still went to school.

The company was only something he did to make sure that he could skip class and everything. Aside from the additional money he got from this not too small and not too big company, he also learned how to behave as a leader. Of course, he was still the leader of the clan and operated it from the shadows.

"I know what I'm doing, Lou. You don't have to worry so much."

Lou looked towards Kevin with a conflicted expression. Ever since this young man became the clan head, he looked like a robot without expression. At times, he truly wanted to help this man, but he couldn't do anything.

However, having a commoner girl get close with Kevin would not end well. As of now, the other clans were staying quiet. But if they started to try fighting to expand their territory, everyone close with Kevin would get involved. This was something that was unavoidable, so those from the clans always tried not to get too close with ordinary people.

"I understand, Boss. Here's the report."

Kevin looked towards the report in his hand before reading it carefully. He knew his feelings well, and he was not interested in that girl. He was only feeling comfortable around her because she understood him very well.

He would not harbor any other feeling for her because he knew he would not be able to bear the burden. She was his secretary and that was all there was.

Unfortunately, this little president didn't know that sometimes, some feelings were things that grew out of a person's control.