Mr. CEO I can't Be Hidden Anymore

(Amaka's POV) "Ah!" I moaned as Joseph thrust into me. It was my eighteenth birthday. I had just graduated from high school, and Joseph Ericson was my boyfriend. He wouldn't let me be—begging me, disturbing me for us to have sex. I had told him I wanted to wait until marriage, but Joseph refused. He claimed I didn't love him enough, and that was why I wouldn't sleep with him. I agreed, and here I was in a hotel room with him. I'm a shy blonde girl, very fair in complexion, but Joseph was the opposite. He was dark, taller than me, and very handsome. He had short black hair, and I loved him dearly. As Joseph came from a very rich family here in Palazzo town, where we lived, my parents were average workers, so we weren't as well off as his family. Joseph promised to marry me. He was twenty-one and a business student at the university, while I was still preparing to gain admission and join him there. I had lied to my mother that I was going to see a friend, just as I was prep

(Amaka's POV) After I finished having breakfast in the kitchen, I stepped out of the house and made my way outside the compound. The house was a rented apartment, not like Mrs. Ann owned it. Luckily, as I got outside onto the busy road, I saw a yellow bus and got in. I sat beside a tall man who wore a black suit, and he smiled at me. I was too preoccupied to smile back. After what Joseph had done to me, I limited smiling with any man. It was very painful that Joseph would break up with me like that. He should have told me he only wanted sex, not that he wanted to marry me. I was a decent girl in my area, which was why I became a laughingstock among my peers—they hadn't expected a good girl like me to become pregnant. I wiped my sobs away and kept my gaze focused on the road. The man beside me spoke, "Hi dear. I have paid your fare." "Huh!" I looked taken aback that a total stranger would help me clear my bill. As I looked at this man's face, I gulped. He was fair-skinned like m

(Amaka's POV) I continued working for the rest of the day and felt Simon's gaze on me frequently. Why was he always looking at me? I wondered but didn't ask him. My phone rang. I unlocked it to see Maureen calling. She had obviously taken Jason to school, but I didn't want to chat with her about Jason here. Feeling Simon's scrutinizing gaze on me, and also the fact that Joseph was in his office monitoring me, made me uncomfortable. "Hello dear, I'll call you back later," I told Maureen. "Okay," she replied. I looked at Simon. He frowned and looked away. I didn't understand why he frowned, but then I heard the buzzer sound. "It's break time," Simon informed me. I sighed. "Okay." I turned off my laptop and stood up from my chair. "I think we'll be going to the cafeteria, right?" I asked Simon as he rose from his chair. "Yes. Or you can request your meal here," he said with a smile. I smiled back. "Fine. I'm still new, so I'll go to the cafeteria." I exited Simon's office, su

Joseph's POV: "Hey sweetheart. I came to your house today after taking my work leave, as we are planning on getting married. I told my father, Senator Patrick Stanley, that I want to come and live with you and to get to know the man that I was going to marry," Nina said. My blood boiled hot as I hadn't expected Nina to show up in my house. "My house?" I asked her again, like I had heard wrong. "Yes, Joseph. Your house. I got the address from your mother. Although, I know that I told you we wouldn't be having sex until we are married. Well, there are many other things that we can do, and that includes cooking for you, accompanying you to your office to get to know more about you, and to know if we are truly compatible to get married. Besides, we are already engaged and none of my family would be complaining. I am not supposed to be explaining all this to you," Nina said, sounding heartbroken in her tiny feminine voice, and I swallowed hard. "Right. I will get home soon. Are you sur

Nina's POV: "Hello, Mom," I said, walking up to the dining table to sit on one of the white chairs there. "Nina, how are you doing tonight? Has Joseph returned home from the office?" Mom asked, and I sighed heavily. "Yes, Mom. Joseph is back, and we are preparing to have our dinner now," I replied. She asked me, "How did he react upon seeing you?" I took a deep breath because I didn't want to reveal to my mother that Joseph hadn't looked happy to see me. Instead, I lied to her. "Mom, Joseph was surprised, but at the same time happy." As I said that, Tope stepped out of the kitchen and looked at me in shock. She had witnessed Joseph's reaction and knew I was lying to my mother, but she didn't say a word. Instead, she walked up to the dining table to serve the dinner silently. "Okay, that's nice. I will call you back tomorrow. I want to have dinner with your father and brother now, and I don't want to keep him waiting. You should be a good girl to Joseph. Is he there with you? Let