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36. BETRAYED
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THE CEO'S PET 37. THE DATE
Lawrence asked Amber out on a tour date with her the next day, and she readily agreed. She had promised to tour around Paris after her schedule and she was glad that he was offering to be the tour guide. She threw on washed jeans and a black dotted blouse, and a pair of black sneakers to match. “Wow! You look completely different from what I saw yesterday”, he complimented her when she got out of the hotel and she smiled. On getting into the car, she asked “How exactly am I different from yesterday?” she wanted to get the context behind the compliment in order to give the right expression. “Hmm… how should I put it? Yesterday was more of a femmie fatale, but today, you are giving the girlfriend vibe”, he responded, making her blush hard. He was absolutely right after all, she had dressed corporately for all her meetings and now that she suddenly switched style, it was normal for him to marvel at the drastic change because she looked a bit smaller and cute. “I guess it’s because I w
THE CEO'S PET 38. NICE TO MEET YOU
Charles and Joseph met up at their usual joint where Joseph was downing alcohol uncontrollably. He was furious about the mess that backfired on him. He didn’t have the slightest doubt that his plan would fall through. He was confident. “You should take it easy, you can always strategize again and shoot another shot. You will get sick if you down alcohol like that”, Charles warned, but he only responded with silence. “This is why I say you are pathetic sometimes, you let your emotion get the best of you. You should remain cool-headed all the time”, Charles lashed at him and removed the alcohol bottle from his front. “Then what am I supposed to do? Laugh like a crazy being? Cry? Or whine? I can only take the anger out on the alcohol, so return my bottle!” he roared at Charles, who wasn’t even moved a bit. “If you get drunk this night, you will wake up with a blissful head-splitting headache tomorrow and the loss will still be there to stick its tongue right at you, in the face. Instead
THE CEO'S PET 39. THANK YOU
Although she had talked to her mother and confirmed that she was fine, sleep left her eyes for the night. She kept thinking about who could be responsible for the incident that had happened to her mom, but couldn’t pinpoint anyone. She finally had to rule it out as a coincidence when Josie’s call came through. “Hello Amber, is something going on with you? Someone is going around gathering information about you from the secretary forum. They said they are your old classmates, but it seemed suspicious because they could easily contact you at Shellhouse. I just wanted to inform you in case something is indeed wrong”, she revealed, and it dawned on her that there was no way the incident was a coincidence, someone was surely involved but who exactly it was is the puzzle she couldn’t put together. *** Amber’s mother was still confused about Tom’s presence but was more confused when he revealed himself to be her boss from work. He had always heard her talk about her boss once in a while, b
THE CEO'S PET 40. BREAKING HER
Eddy had always tried to talk to Emily after the incident with Amber, but for some reason he didn’t know, she was avoiding him. She rarely picks up his calls and even when she does, and he asks to meet up, she will come up with an excuse that she’s busy or has classes to attend. He hated how he was hanging between them because Emily had always been loud about how she couldn’t wait for him to break up with Amber, so she could have him for herself. Now that her wish had been granted, she didn’t want to talk to him anymore and that was provoking him already. He finally got the news that she was staying with Jessica and decided to go there to look for her. Thankfully, he met her on her way out, but she tried to avoid him. He rushed after her and yelled “Why are you avoiding me, Emily?” grabbing her, but she just shook his hand away. “What do you mean by avoiding you? I never did such a thing”, she replied, but he scoffed at her obvious lie. “If you are not avoiding me, then why did you
THE CEO'S PET 41. BLACKMAIL
After Amber broke up with Eddy and took up Tom’s offer, she was really invested in arts that she went to public libraries, art exhibitions, museums and other art-related events in order to fit into the art world by gaining knowledge and experience, but little did she know Eddy was stalking her. He wondered why she suddenly became invested in things like that, but when he couldn’t find any answer to his question after tailing her for a few days, he finally planned to give up. He had ignited his car’s engine that afternoon when she came out of the house and got into Tom’s car on the other side of the street. “What is he doing here? Why is she getting into his car?”, he murmured, and instantly followed them when they took off. They never took it into account that they might be followed and just went their own way to the hidden house. He followed them down to the house and saw them as they giggled lovingly on their way in. He waited there till the time they finally came out at night and
THE CEO'S PET 42. THE SURPRISE
Joseph brooded over the information he got from Eddy and knew if he dug deeper, he would surely find something. The mention of a secret house intrigued him so much, he wondered when Tom got a house and even if he did, what was he using it for that he would there with his secretary during the weekends? “I know they are dating, but that is just another level of dirtiness. Why is he not man enough to show his love for his secretary?”, Charles remarked from the other side of the room. Joseph had gone over to his house to discuss the issue with him after getting the information. Charles was the one he could confide in and also the person who could help him strategize coolly and effectively. His anger issues would not allow him to calmly plan his attack on Tom, but with someone like Charles guiding him, he was progressing in his findings. “He will be kicked in the guts by father. How dare he date his secretary when he should be looking for the daughter of a rich family, but then who would
THE CEO'S PET 43. LET ME BE YOUR MAN
Tom was going through some documents in his office when he noticed a particular file missing. He went to check Amber’s desk at her office and found it beside the mini calendar on her table. He was about to leave for his office when he noticed a small circle on the calendar. Upon checking well, he saw that it was her birthday she circled. He just went back to his office without adding any meaning to it but after sometimes, it began to linger in his mind. He pondered about what to get her as a birthday gift, and he realized that he had never gifted her one. He made a reservation at the restaurant and told them to get a cake ready for that day. She didn’t even know that it was her birthday because she had been so busy, and he noticed it too. He was slightly happy that it would at least be a genuine surprise for her. He made her leave work early before she actually got a whim for it by looking at her calendar and took her to the restaurant. Hearing her randomly talk about her experienc
THE CEO'S PET 44. A TRAP
Tom grinned all the way home. He couldn’t explain why he was feeling so happy, but the thought of Amber brought a smile to his face anytime her face came to his mind. He didn’t even know when Anita came in to check up on him while bringing along a plate of sliced fruit. “You hate to have late night food, but you came in late, so how about some fruits?” Anita announced as she entered the room, but the grinning Tom caught her off-guard. That was the first time she would see him grin like that in years. She paused for a bit to observe well if she was indeed seeing right, and it was real. Tom was grinning happily. She rushed to his side and placed the plate on the table before touching his face, raised it up and turned it to the side to see if he was really okay. “What are you doing?” he growled, removing his face from her hands, but she only leaned closer to him “Are you sure you are fine? You have never given this expression for years”, she panicked, and he raised his brows. “What d
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