Hidden Flash Marriage: Love Me Back, Mr CEO

Since commercial vehicles were not allowed to enter the residential area, when the cab arrived, she simply stepped down after paying the cab driver.

She showed her pass card to the uniformed security men, and walked in by foot.

Meanwhile, in a certain corporation, “you’re fired!” the CEO’s shrill voice resounded through the entire conference room.

Yesterday was bad enough… but today, even worse.

Immediately the CEO arrived at the company, in the morning, the day got marked ‘WORST’ for all the employees working in Beats Corporations Headquarters.

Beads of sweat formed all over Lucas’ body as he stood behind the CEO’s swivel chair, in the meeting room.

It was so obvious that the man was in a completely bad mood today. Mr Marshall marked a total of eight employees that his boss had fired today.Nôvel/Dr(a)ma.Org - Content owner.

The personal assistant of the CEO feared that he might be the ninth person anytime soon.

CEO Shawn had kept all the officials in the conference room since 10:00 am.

Lucas checked the time on the leather wristwatch strapped on his wrist-the time was now past six in the evening.

Yesterday, they’d all spent five hours here. But today, they spent a total of eight hours!

Again, the CEO’s personal assistant was a hundred percent sure that that lady from the day before had something to do with his boss’ foul mood today too.

Just what had she done this time around…?

Lucas’ legs were already trembling from standing on a spot for so long. The officials had also been sitting for the past eight hours… their butts must be so hot, and their legs cramped, by now.

Inhaling deeply, Lucas decided to try his luck to get them all out of this deadly situation.

He inhaled deeply again and did the cross sign, “sir.” he called softly, swallowing the lump in his throat.

“What?!” Shawn snapped irritably at him without making any movement.

His personal assistant broke out in cold sweats.

“Hum, sir, the time is 6pm.” Sweats trickled down his face as he spoke, choosing his words carefully.

What he was doing would either get him and the rest of the officials fired, or help them out of the shackles of the CEO.

It was risky but he took the chances, notwithstanding. His poor legs would give out anytime soon.

The poor man held his breath, waiting for an outburst from his boss.

Everywhere fell silent and only the sound of the ticking wall clock could be heard.

Lucas wasn’t the only one that had his breath held, the officials also held theirs. In fact, some of them had their eyes shut tightly.

But the outburst they were all expecting didn’t come.

The CEO simply flickered his eyelids at the wall clock.

It was indeed six o’clock in the evening.

He had no idea that a great amount of time had passed…

‘Can you please keep the THING between us private?’ That girl’s words from last night just wouldn’t stop replaying in his head.

Her words angered him to the extent that he even took out that anger on his staff through the entire day at work.

Thing? Really?

The CEO balled his hand into a fist and pushed his thoughts aside. He then pressed his mouth, firmly, into a thin line, “you’re all dismissed.”

Wait, what?… Lucas, who was almost choking to death, released his breath at once.

It worked! His plan actually worked!!! His joy knew no bounds as tears escaped his eyes.

The officials were also extremely happy and relieved. Their eyes snapped open immediately.

They were all weak and tired, they couldn’t wait to get to their various homes.

Eight whole hours!!! It was no beans!

They all had the CEO’s personal assistant to thank… If he hadn’t come to their rescue, they might have ended up spending twelve hours in the meeting.

They all thanked Lucas with their grateful eyes.

Ah, no. You’re all welcome. Lucas grinned from ear to ear.

But the wall clock ticked and time began to pass by. The happy expressions on everyone’s faces soon turned into confused ones.

Five minutes passed and the CEO remained seated in his seat. He didn’t even move one bit. And he didn’t look like someone who was going to leave anytime soon.

What was this?…

They all remained glued to their seats, sweats streaming down their faces. They couldn’t leave if the CEO was still in the conference room. Or, had the big boss meant that they’d been literally dismissed from their offices?!

It wasn’t something he couldn’t do. He could dismiss every one of them and Beats Corporations would not be affected in any way-the company would even be run more efficiently without them.

The officials exchanged knowing looks and began to panic. It turned out that they were all thinking the same thing.

They all quickly returned their gazes to the CEO, but he seemed to be rather lost deep in thought.

Huh? What could he possibly be thinking about?

This was their first time seeing the formidable man in this manner, so they were all extremely surprised, and worried at the same time.

Even when Beats Corporations was in the most deadly crisis it had ever been, the CEO didn’t look… like this…

Notwithstanding, the officials remained silent in their seats.

At the far end of the long conference table, CEO Shawn slowly lifted his slender fingers to his thin lips.

Suddenly, “Does she find me hideous?” he thought out aloud.

“Huh?”

“Ern?”

“Sir?”

‘Blink blink’

The officials had not even an iota of idea of what the man was talking about.

Shawn snapped out of it and shot all of them a despicable look. They all shut their mouths at once, immediately regretting opening them in the first place.

Instantaneously, the CEO shot up from his seat. He fixed the single button on his tuxedo and took long silent strides out of the meeting room. The officials stumbled on their feet.

The corner of Shawn’s mouth twitched. He just couldn’t stop thinking about the girl’s words from last night.

What if she was indeed ashamed of being with him, and that she wasn’t pretending?

Nah! That wasn’t possible.

***

After the CEO had left, the officials stumbled, one after the other, out of the conference room-on shaky legs. They outpaced one another as they all hurried out of the building.

They were tired and frustrated. They needed to go to their various homes, take cold showers, and have their spouses give them full body massages. ‘Cos… damn!