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The Secretary's Secret

Chapter 7: Memories of the Past

"Tai Wong?" Syaoran asked.

"Yeah . . . do you know him?" Meiling asked on the other line.

"I think he's the son of one of my biggest clients. He's graduating in a couple days right?" Syaoran asked.

"Yep! I'll be coming back too! Oh, my phone card only has about ten minutes left! I have to go now, I'll phone you later to let you know when my plane lands. Bye!" Meiling chirped, hanging up.

"Bye," Syaoran hit the off button on the phone. He leaned back against the sofa and sighed. Tomorrow's another day . . .

*****

"What?!?!?!!? No way! He kissed you?!?!??!?!" Tomoyo's shrill voice squealed. Sakura covered her ears.

"Tomoyo! He was just proving a point! It really didn't mean anything!" Sakura said, trying to cover her pink cheeks with a pillow.

"Then why are you blushing?" Tomoyo teased, wrenching the pillow away from Sakura. Sakura groaned.

"Well, I've never kissed my boss before, okay?" She sighed. "And I'm not sure how I'll face him tomorrow either."

"Do you like him?" Tomoyo questioned.

"What kind of question is that?" Sakura asked, shocked.

"Well, what's your answer?"

"Of course I don't love him! Remember Tai? He's coming back!"

"You're not thinking about getting back with him, are you?" Tomoyo asked.

"Well . . ."

"Sakura! He left for three years! Three whole years and not a single email, phone call, or letter! Do you think he still remembers you?" Tomoyo rolled her lavender eyes.

"I'm thinking about calling him." Sakura mumbled.

"WHAT?!?!? YOU CALL HIM?!?!?!?! AT LEAST WAITS UNTIL HE CALLS YOU!!!" Tomoyo yelled at the top of her lungs.

"Well, just a friendly thing I suppose! I hope he still remembers me." Sakura blushed.

"Sakura, your father is here to pick you up and take you home." Sonomi poked her head through the door.

"Oh, okay. Bye, Tomoyo!" Sakura called.

"Remember what I said, Sakura!" Tomoyo called after her friend.

*****

Sakura dashed through the doors of the huge Kinomoto mansion. She's late for work! No way would she get fired because she's 30 seconds late!

Sakura hopped into her car and started it up. It refused to start. Busted!!! Grumbling under her breath, Sakura stumbled from her car and ran down the street.

I cannot be late! I cannot get fired! I have to make it at least three months! Sakura thought, stopping at a red light.

"Hurry up!" She mumbled, glancing at her watch. She pressed the button on the lamppost repeatedly, practically banging on it. Suddenly, she heard a honking of a car.

"Can I offer this late secretary a ride?" A smooth voice asked. Sakura peered at the man behind the steering wheel. It was Syaoran Li. She blinked. He's offering her a ride so that she won't be late? Will miracles ever cease?!?!?!

"Mr. Li?"

"Well, if you feel like walking, that'll be fine too." Syaoran smirked, closing the glass window.

"No, no, wait!" Sakura called out frantically. Syaoran unlocked the door and she slide into the passenger seat, snapping the seatbelt on.

"Aren't you late going to work too?" Sakura asked slyly. She's due in the office at 9:00 am. Syaoran was suppose to be there around 8:30. So . . . he's late too eh?

"I was on the phone with Wong." Syaoran explained.

"Did he say anything about his son?" Sakura asked, a tint of eagerness in her voice.

"No . . . why would he?"

"Oh . . . just asking . . ."

"If I didn't know any better, I'd say you're his son's girlfriend." Syaoran grinned.

"Maybe I am." Sakura said, half jokingly. Syaoran shook his head.

"Impossible," he said. After what Meiling told him last night, anyway.

"What makes you so sure?" Sakura questioned, a look of amusement appeared in her emerald eyes.

"Because you're in love with me," Syaoran answered with a smirk. Sakura felt her cheeks heat up before yelling out an

"I AM NOT!"

"Keep denying all you want . . ." Syaoran grinned. "Anyway, we're here!"

Sakura stared at the huge building in front of her. Another day of work . . .

*****

Syaoran sighed as he swerved his chair around to face the window. So much has happened in the last 24 hours. From being excused for missing the biggest annual event of the year to Meiling's phone call, to kissing Kinomiya . . .

He shook his head as an image of the honey-brown haired girl entered his mind. What's going on with him anyway? Why did he bother giving her a lift to work? He should have let her be late! That way he'll have a perfectly good excuse to fire her! But no, he just had to give her a ride, didn't he? He scowled at his sudden pang of regret.

True, at first, he did think Kinomiya is just another girly girl who is a klutz and couldn't handle hot cocoa. But she seems pretty okay . . . for a girl. Maybe they could be friends after all. Keyword: friends. I don't think we could be anything more than that, he smirked. His smirk subsided as his mind wander further. His memory leaded him to a certain female . . . a certain female named Kat Yoshi . . .

Syaoran felt his heart sink as the girl with chestnut brown hair and bright azure eyes floated across his brain. After all these years, he still thinks of her!

Kat Yoshi was one of Syaoran's ex-secretaries. At first, he wasn't too keen with hiring Kat either, just like most of his other secretaries. But somewhere along the way, they learned to accept each other, and that somehow developed into something deeper . . . love.

But that all changed when Syaoran met Tyler, one of Kat's friends. It turns out that Tyler has been pursuing Kat ever since and seems to have a friendly competition with Syaoran. Syaoran never thought of Tyler, as much of a threat because Tyler seems like a cool guy that understands these things.

But, as far as work concerns, Kat isn't a very good secretary, and as much as Syaoran loves her, he has to do his job. Under difficult circumstances, he has to fire Kat and get a new secretary.

At first, Kat seems to understand completely, but that all changed when Syaoran's new secretary arrived. Kat gets jealous because of all the time Syaoran and his new secretary spend together. Kat feels insecure and during those long nights when Syaoran has to work, she turns to her best friend, Tyler, for help.

And you can guess what happens next. Feelings developed between Kat and Tyler and they left to get marry in England. Sure, Syaoran was heartbroken, but he understands that love works that way and doesn't always run in the happy direction. His mind wandered down memory lane as thoughts from two years ago flashed across his brain. It was when he first met Tyler . . .

Flashback

"Syaoran!" A cheerful voice rang through Syaoran's ears as he turned around just in time to catch a 20 years old girl with chestnut brown hair and clear blue eyes leaped onto him.

"Kat, do you mind not doing that?" Syaoran scolded, but he has a smile on his face anyways. Kat let out a soft giggle as she pulled away from her boyfriend.

"Are you doing anything? It's the weekend!" Kat chirped as Syaoran took her hand into his.

"No, not really. What do you have in mind?"

"Oh, a couple of my friends wanted to do a BBQ on Saturday so I was wondering if you'd join us." Kat explained.

"Sure, I'll come. Who's going to be there? I've never met any of your friends." Syaoran said.

"Well, there's Judy, my best friend since practically forever, Kariann and Mariann Pearson, the twins, Max, Judy's boyfriend, and Tyler, one of my other friends." Kat smiled brightly. "So, will you come?"

"Sure, if you really want me to." Syaoran said.

"Aw, you're the best! I love you!" Kat giggled, giving him a big hug.

*****

"Look, there they are!" Kat said excitedly. She and Syaoran were standing in the backyard of Tyler's mansion, where the BBQ is going to take place.

"Hey, Kat!" Judy shouted to her friend.

"Hey, Jud! Where's Max?"

"Oh, he's over there with Tyler." Judy said. Then her sight fell on Syaoran. "So you're Li Syaoran? Kat talks about you a lot." Judy smirked playfully while Kat flushed.

"Why don't you go join Max and Tyler?" Kat suggested. Nodding, Syaoran made his way over to the two boys who were chatting and laughing.

"Hi," he started. Max and Tyler look back at him with huge grins.

"Hey, you must be Kat's boyfriend. I'm Max, Judy's boyfriend." A boy with reddish-orange hair greeted.

"Yep, and I'm Tyler. I'm nobody's boyfriend." A boy with ebony hair laughed.

"Max, could you come over here for a second?" Judy's voice whined from somewhere.

"I'm coming!" Max called back. Then he turned back to his friends with a grin. "Sorry fellows, but my girlfriend needs me." He said, striding away.

"So . . . you're Syaoran Li? Kat talked about you a lot." Tyler chuckled.

"Well . . ." Syaoran felt his cheeks heat up.

"So how did you two meet?"

"She works as my secretary. And to tell the truth, we didn't quite start off very well. But I guess surroundings and feelings changes." Syaoran smiled.

Tyler gave a small nod in understanding. "I first met Kat back in 11th grade."

"Oh, you're a really close friend of hers then."

"Yeah . . . you may not know this, but I have the biggest crush on her back in high school." Tyler laughs. Then his laughter died down and is replaced with a sad smile. He looked up at Syaoran.

"And I still do." He said. Syaoran stared at him, not quite sure what to say. Here he was, listening to this unknown guy saying that he loves his girlfriend. What can he say?

"What?" Syaoran asked, his voice filled with confusion.

Tyler laughed again. "Yes, I'll admit it. I love Kat. But I can see that she's happy with you and I'm perfectly okay with that. But do me a favour Li. Take good care of her for, okay? And if you ever hurt her, I'll hurt you." Tyler grins.

Syaoran grinned back. So Tyler is the kind of guy who's cool with these things. That's quite nice and comforting to know.

"Don't worry, Kat is very important to me as well. But answer me something, Ty. Does . . . Kat know you--"

"No, she doesn't." Tyler interrupted. "And I'd prefer you don't let her know either. I'm worried it'll kind of ruin the friendship."

"I understand. Well, you have nothing to worry about. I promise you I'll take extra good care of her." Syaoran chuckled.

End of Flashback

Syaoran leaned back against his chair and sighed. It has been two years already. The day Kat broke up with him was very . . . upsetting. More than upsetting. He could never find the right words to describe that feeling, but he knows that it wasn't good.

But he also knows that Kat is probably happily off with Tyler, since he loved her very much. He remembered Kat said she'd keep in touch with him after moving to England, but she never did. He never heard from her or Tyler again since the day she left with him.

Syaoran still thinks that it's his fault that Kat left. If he hadn't been so wrapped up in his career and spending all that time discussing business with his new secretary, Kat wouldn't have left him. He couldn't really blame her for her insecurity. Losing Kat was the hardest thing he had to handle in his entire life, but he understands that if she's happy, then he'll be happy for her.

*****

Sakura twirled her blue pen between her fingers. Her head was filled with questions to ask Tai. Where should she start? Suddenly, she remembered Tomoyo's words about letting Tai call her first. Should she take her best friend's advice?

But what if Tai doesn't call her?

Then he doesn't really love you! A voice said in her head. That sounded like something Tomoyo would say.

Nah! Sakura thought. She'd go and visit him personally after she gets off work. She could feel her heart racing with excitement already.

*****

"Well, at least you didn't fall asleep on the keyboard." Syaoran said. Sakura scowled. So she mistyped a few words. Big deal! Did he really have to make her stay in for overtime?

"Sometimes I wonder if Touya Kinomoto made a good choice by hiring you." Syaoran sighed. "You act like a child at the age of 15."

"Well you don't exactly act your age either! You don't act like you're 22, you act like you're 29!" Sakura shot back.

"Whatever you say, dear. Just fix that up before you leave and everything will be just peachy." Syaoran said carelessly.

"Did it ever occur to you that it's dark out? And did it ever occur to you that I don't have my car with me today? Did it occur to you that it's dangerous for a girl my age to be out after dark? Did it ever occur to you that there are criminals and robbers out there? Did it ever occur to you-"

"Did it ever occur to you that I'd drive you back?" Syaoran interrupted her long speech with much annoyance. "Now get to work! The sooner you're done, the sooner I can leave."

"You can just leave now you know? I don't want to see you much anyway." Sakura said.

"Aw, don't love me anymore?" Syaoran teased. Sakura glared at him.

"Well if you really want me to leave now so you can take the bus home all alone in the dark--"

"No!!" Sakura shouted suddenly.

"Oh, so now you don't want me to leave, eh?"

"No, not that! The computer crashed and all my work isn't saved yet!" Sakura said in a panicky voice as she stared at the blackened screen.

"What?!! You mean to tell me we still have another hour of work ahead of us?!?!?" Syaoran shouted disbelief, dashing over to his auburn haired secretary.

Sakura groaned. It looks like she won't get to visit Tai tonight . . .

Sugar Pink: Oh, looks like the story just got more complicated with Kat, eh? But don't worry, I have a simple ending in mind already. Yep, and that's it for chapter 7! I'll be updating my other stories soon, but no promises of when I can! All I can say is that I will update my other stories, but no promises of when I can.

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