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"Good morning, sleepyhead," a sultry, smooth voice told Adler as he opened his eyes, a blurry face of a woman with a thick mane of hair welcomed his sight that made him automatically squint his eyes in response.
"What's wrong?" the woman laughed amusedly at his reaction while he waited for his clear vision to recur. Moments later, his vision became clear and he realized who was in front of him. It was Elis in her robe-like negligee that exposed her bareness, staring down at him with her eyes holding amusement like she was witnessing something entertaining, and the right corner of her lips lifted up to her cheek for an alluring smile. The moment he had a good look on her face, he remembered that he was in her apartment.
"Hey," he gree
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Chapter 22 "Good noon, Executive." "Happy noon, Sir Adler." "Lovely noon isn't it, sir? Lunch?" "Later, maybe," Adler answered and made a small nod with his moniker smile painfully glued on his face as he passed by every employee he encountered. As he passed one department after another, he caught a glimpse of most employees scrambling in their cubicles, organizing their things, and fixing themselves, even the janitor who was already doing a good job mopping the floor was doing it the second time. Unproductive,he thought while grinding his molars, thinking that it'll suffice the stinging of his head while looking at some personnel pretending to be busy in their almost empty cubicle while a few were immersed in their work that they failed to notice him. Looking at them right now, he began to wonder how Morgan could look at him with a straight face, all stoic and unafraid. Maybe because Morgan was
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Chapter 23 "Hi, Adler?"he almost raised his brows when he heard a familiar voice over the other line. "Carylle?" he asked. It can't be her right? She wouldn't call him at this time of the day. "Hi! I'm sorry for calling so suddenly. You must be busy working over there." So, it really was her! He changed his sitting on the bench by curbing his back, slumping his shoulders, and resting both of his elbows on his respective knees, still overwhelmed by the fact that Carylle's on the other line and he mentioned another woman's name! "That's okay. I'm not doing anything at all—well, as of the moment. What's up?" he asked, rubbing his teeth together in worry, inwardly reprimanding himself to always check the caller I.D. before answering a phone call. But it seems Carylle didn't mind. "You see..." she trailed off while he puffed a cloud of smoke from his cigarette, exhaling a thick puff of smoke by just parting h
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Chapter 24 Once they tooka step inside the lobby, their dynamic aura gleamed all over the entire floor that they immediately caught the people's attention, awestruck by the picturesque couple entering the building. What blew them away was the fact that the man was the smiling, yet tyrannical executive. Adler took a glance at Carylle and saw that she confidently had her head held high with the same blinding smile on her face. It made him smile wider in approval, as expected from Don Miguel's only daughter. A woman who was dignified and knows her very worth much enough that she doesn't hang her head low as a crowd pauses to stare at her. They continued to walk and strut like a pair of models running the catwalk, the clanking of her heels against the shiny, marbled floor echoing across the lobby ad
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Chapter 25 "Is my cooking really that good?" "Yup." It wasn't a lie. He really was excited when he heard that she was coming over to bring him lunch. He was like Pavlov's dog and became ravenous. Hearing his answer, she froze, and her face began to burn warm and flush red, blushing like she a was bashful child who just received a heartfelt compliment for the first time. She cupped her cheek with a hand and said, "Is that so? I'm glad." He replied with a nod, his smile widening because of her reaction. She suddenly cleared her throat and opened her tote, pulling out two bottles of sparkling water, a cutlery case, and a thick, stainless vacuum fla
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Chapter 26 "Goddammit," he swore under his breath as he cannot contain the anger that was making his blood boil. "..." "And do you know what's most striking in this embezzlement report, Morgan?" he asked, and the secretary just politely shook his head. "The previous reports were sloppy that they're obvious. But isn't it strange that only a financial team member found out and reported about this? Can we even trust that guy? He might be the one behind this to pull leverage for himself while throwing shade to the finance head." "He's a recent employee in the company, Sir. I think we can trust this employee as he has already discovered a serious issue while on his first week on the job," Morgan said then leaned over to the desk and flipped the papers to the last page. "He also wrote suggestions on how to resolve the issue and take back the lost money. The case might appear that he's pulling leverage for himself, however, he would have use
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Chapter 27 "Goddammit,"he swore under his breath as he cannot contain the anger that was making his blood boil. "..." "And do you know what's most striking in this embezzlement report, Morgan?" he asked, and the secretary just politely shook his head. "The previous reports were sloppy that they're obvious. But isn't it strange that only a financial team member found out and reported about this? Can we even trust that guy? He might be the one behind this to pull leverage for himself while throwing shade to the finance head." "He's a recent employee in the company, Sir. I think we can trust this employee as he has already discovered a serious issue while on his first week on the job," Morgan s
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Chapter 28 Adler was oblivious of the time when he woke up.He groggily opened his tired eyes, stretched on his chair, and cracked his stiff neck before looking at the clock displayed on his wall and realized that it had been 3 hours since he fell asleep, and it was almost time to clock out. He gritted his molars in disappointment. He could have used all that time to do something more productive and lessen the tasks that he was to do as surely, another pile of work awaited him the next day. He hated working on piles of work. That was why he never once procrastinated. But despite the irritation he had for sleeping on the job, he couldn't deny that it was one of the best sleep since time immemorial. He always lacked sleep as he tended to work more by taking overtime and would wake up early to go ba
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Chapter 42 "Executive,"said a low, baritone voice as soon as Adler opened the doors. Right in front of him was a full view of the rear of a towering leather office chair, on its arms, he could see someone's elbows resting on it, which he figured belonged to the man who spoke. He looked around and examined the entire office. It looked nothing different from his previous visit. It was still reeking off the scent of burned sandalwood, a scent that'd make his nose itch, a trait that he inherited from his mother. Everything was still had the same furniture, with each right on their spot. As if they were never moved at all. "Chairman," he greeted back with a slight nod, and the swivel chair immediately turned. It revealed a man looking in his early 50s wi
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Chapter 41 "We're talking.We're talking, all right?" Elis asked, nodding relentlessly. "We're patching things up. I know I made a mistake. I should have known my place at that time." He didn't answer her and only gave off a heavy sigh, staring at the dull walls emptily while she continued to explain herself. "But what's with the strong reaction? We just had a good time the other day," she asked frantically with anxiousness painted all over her face. Her forehead held multiple creases, her eyebrows frowning, her frenzied eyes looking at him widely and her lips were wide agape. "I'm sorry if I didn't realize that you were serious. But come on, don't get mad at me. You didn't have to embarrass me earlier too," she con
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Chapter 35"Why? What happened?"Carylle asked, obviously intrigued.Adler fell silent for a moment, hesitating once again. He wondered why he hesitated for the second time when he had already made up his mind, and he shouldn't back down from it. "You see..." he started and began pouring what he had been holding back since earlier, telling her that he was upset over unfinished work because he slept on it plus the pressure of the anniversary coming. This time, while he was telling her about it, he felt like a child telling his mother that he was bullied by other kids at school. And it felt good, like something heavy was lifted off his chest."Hmm," she hummed when he finally finished telling his story. "I see," she then
