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Sebastian and Clara had argued the entire day about whether Clara would be safe driving to San Diego with all her staff. He offered to take her on his private jet so he could be with her the whole time and guard her.
Sebastian was not driving to San Diego with the team. Because as far as everyone was concerned, nobody knew they were in a relationship. Sure, people see Sebastian in the office from time to time and were under the impression that he was there for the security system to be installed in his company.
Providing the security system for Navio is the biggest project they will encounter and will pave the way for SST to be recognized as a national brand.
In the end, Clara won, and Sebastian agreed to let her ride with the team, provided she will check in w
After a while, both moms leave Celine and her blind date, Raffy, behind, hoping they would hit it off and agree to a date and hopefully get married in the future. But Celine had a rule. No dating within her circle and people within six degrees of separation. This was because she was a very private individual and did not want her romantic life plastered all over social media. Not even within her social circle.‘So, Raffy, I see your mom managed to drag you out of bed, get you dressed, and agree to this date on this pleasant Saturday morning, huh?’ She poured herself more tea. Celine wanted to show him she did not want to sit and pretend they were coming out as friends after this set-up.‘Yeah, well… I had to keep my mom from nagging me, so here I am. You’d think at this age, they’d just let me do what I want.’
By the time the entire team arrived at the site, they felt too exhausted to work on anything. And Sebastian, being the gracious host, had ordered food for dinner. Pizza, chicken wings, and beer to take the edge off. And for Clara, that was a plus for being thoughtful and attentive to the needs of the group. Sebastian was ticking off a lot of boxes on the boyfriend’s list. Clara didn’t have one, but if she did, Sebastian would have all the standards for what a boyfriend should be. He even offered to fly everybody home on his private jet because he knew Clara would not ride with him and let her team suffer on the commercial flight. It was an excuse to spend more time together and maybe cuddle with her on the plane. During dinner, they talked about who was sharing rooms at the hotel. Max wanted a room to himself, so maybe he could invite Celine over, but C
Installation - Day 1 - Monday‘In the building. Take a break.’ Max sends Celine a text.‘Busy. Meet you at lunch.’This was not how he imagined this day to be. He expected her to be happy he was in town, but it seems something happened last weekend, and she was not as responsive.Celine could not take a break, look at her phone, or even go to the restroom. Her supervisor has been watching her too closely for the past few days. Observing each and every move, waiting for her to make a mistake so he could find ways to punish her. Make her stay late, have her do all his tasks, and declare discrepancies where there are none.He had it for her ever since she came to the company. There was a rumor circu
Max cracked his knuckles as he clasped his hands together and stretched. It was easy to get into the manager’s computer. He had the lamest password in the world, and it was easy to guess, so Max could see what the guy was doing right away. First, Max had his computer screen flickering like it was losing power. He thought the guy was just a prick, so he was thinking of going easy on him, but as he delved deep into his computer applications, he found something that curdled his blood. There was a screen that was dedicated solely to Celine. The f*cker had a hidden camera on nearly all of his staff’s desks. That was why he could tell what she was doing.His breathing became labored as he contemplated what he should do to make this guy miserable. Max shut the supervisor’s computer down, changed all the access codes, and made it inoperable. Sebastian’s people were probably good at th
Installation - Day 3Max was livid. Celine did not tell her anything about her work life, and he respected her privacy about it, but now that he learned why, now with the supervisor laying his hands on her, he just wanted to kill the guy.He finished listening as the tech team recounted and narrated what happened at her office. They had ice cream as a reward for finishing most of the floors earlier than scheduled when two guys approached Clara. He just had lunch with Celine, and he was still on a high being with her, so he wasn’t really listening to what was happening until Clara gasped and he saw her say Celine’s name.He took the video they were looking at and saw what happened.It showed a man approaching a woman at her desk, and he knew it was Celin
-=- R18 -=-Max ran to see Celine. He knew what happened, but he had to curb his anger and excitement so as not to scare and alert her that he was spying. ‘Wait! Why should I keep this from her? Who cares if I know what happened? I saw it with my own two eyes. No lies, Max, no more lies.’ He was busy thinking in the elevator while he impatiently waited for it to get to the floor where the courtyard was.‘What happened?’ He asked as Celine jumped into his arms.‘It was so awful,’ her voice was muffled against his shoulder. ‘My supervisor made a pass at me, and I just… I want to get out of here and forget about it.’ He was rubbing her back to console her. This was the closest he had ever been to hugging her, and she felt very good in his arms. Like they were
Clara loved Max, but the way he has been handling his affairs with women lately did not go well with her. He was the “sleep with them and forget ‘em type.” Most of them knew what they were getting into, but the women always hoped he loved them enough to turn him into the man of their dreams.Max and Clara fought about this issue before, and Clara eventually caved, letting him lead his own life. But still hoping that when he met the love of his life, Max would settle down and change.Not knowing where they went, all she could do was wait for him. It was only 2 pm, and she had 3 hours to figure a way to talk to him so they can talk about this amicably. So maybe it was right for them not to talk right now because she would probably just scream at him, and everything might explode in their face.
‘Marry, you don’t know what you are talking about. You’ve never felt more than lust for any woman. Why now? Why my sister?’‘Because she makes me happy. She gives me hope and doesn’t care where I came from.’ Something dawned on him. ‘Wait! Are you saying no because I’m an orphan? Because I’m not good enough for your sister? Is that it?’ he asked accusingly.Clara held a hand to her mouth as she gasped, eyes wide. ‘How could you think that?’Max wiped a hand across his eyes, wiping the anguish away. He did not want to argue with Clara, but he had to bring his point across. His future was on the line.‘Do you know why I never have a long-lasting relationship? Because the minute I tell