Scarlet wasn't easily put off though. Instead of retreating, she held her stance and grab the chance to worsen the situation. So in her calm, calculated tone, she began. "I rember you, woman." She said the words while looking in Sam's direction. "You've once worked here in the company, aren't you? If I'm not mistaken, you've been charged with money embezzlent and have been imprisoned for a year."
Gasps and murmurs filled the room.
Remarkably, Samantha remained calm and composed on her seat. "You've had an excellent mory, Miss Ross." She told Scarlet in the sa polite manner she'd been using earlier. "However, you didn't get the facts straight. If I was guilty of charge as you claid it to be, I won't be seating here in this very conference hall."
Scarlet's face heat up in humiliation. "Don't talk to like that. "I'm still your boss."
"I do respect you as the Chief Finance Officer, Miss Ross." Sam responded, her eyes not batting for a second. "However, Mrs. Alexander here is the only one where whom I recognize as my boss.
"You are being rude to ." Scarlet snapped, her tone laced with fury.
"I apologize if I sounded rude to you but I'm only defending myself."
"I can get you fired for talking back to ."
"Only Mrs. Alexander can do that." Sam continued. "She's the one who hired and so she's the only one who can fire ." The calm look in her face had Scarlet seething with rage.
"I wonder what you did with the money you've stolen. Did you use it to lure your ex-convict lover back from your dear cousin?" Scarlet lashed at Sam, turning the latter's face into a shade of deep red.
The below the belt remark snapped my patience like a thread. Jolting out of my chair, my fingers slam on top of the table. "Enough!" My voice thundered inside the conference hall making everyone inside the room frozen in terror.
"This eting is not for us to discuss anyone's life. If anyone dares disagree with , I'll need to drag that person to the CEO's office and we will have to talk to him regarding this incident when he returns." I've said the words softly and yet it left everyone inside the room shaking in fear at the ntion of the CEO. For a straight thirty seconds no one inside the room moved.
"Anyone who have objections, you can raise your hands and raise your concerns."
No one inside the room moved.
"Since we understood each other, I hope we can begin our ting now." That being said, I sank back on my swivel chair as though nothing happened.
"Are you okay Sam?" My worried gaze went to her.
"I'm okay." She answered back without looking at .
I could sense she wasn't telling the truth but I respected her enough to not pry further.
"I'm sorry for what happened."
"It's not your fault." Samantha assured and she went back on jotting sothing on her notes.
"Since no one disagrees with my wife, I think we can begin with the eting now that I am here." A familiar voice spoke from the door, instantly drawing everyone's attention to him.
My eyes went wide in disbelief, seeing Lucas standing there, looking gorgeous in his office suit. How the hell did he enter inside without alerting anyone? Had he been watching us for a long ti?"
Scarlet saw him and imdiately she rush to his side.
"Lucas! What a surprise to see you here. " Scarlet gushed, but Lucas went past her, totally ignoring her presence. Thus embarrassing herself in front of everyone.
Elegant eyebrows knitting together, Scarlet shot scathing glare, while murdering in her mind. I look back at her with equal ferocity telling her it wasn't my fault her lover — or was it ex-lover? — was ignoring her.
With no one paying her attention now, Scarlet marched to the vacant chair and sank down, allowing Lucas to take over the eting.
"Let's begin."
Surprisingly, despite the tension in the air, the eting went on smoothly. The room remained silent like a funeral all throughout the eting which I can't decide if it was a good or a bad sign. But then I decided that it was far better this way than listening to Scarlet bullying her employees.
Lucas kept glancing at from ti to ti, making uncomfortable and fidgety on my seat. Every fiber in my body was reacting to his presence and it's making the eting unbearable for . I could feel his hot gaze on my skin and I tried my very best to keep my eyes lower on the table so that they don't t.
Lucas wasn't even trying to hide the fact that he was watching that I bet every single soul inside the room must have sensed it too.
At last when the eting finally ended, A relieved sigh escaped from my lips. I was one of the first people to leave the room. Lucas must have spotted leaving and so he stopped before I could make it to the door. "We must talk on my office." He said, it was not a plea but an order.
"I'm busy." I told him while stepping away because he was standing too close to .
"Can't you spare your husband a minute of your ti?"
"What are we going to talk to?" I let the question erge from my lips after all the employees, including Scarlet co out of the door. "We can talk here." I told him. "Just be quick because I'm busy."
"Fine. I'm asking you out tonight." He told . For the very first ti since eting him, I saw his cheeks turn into a deep shade of red. Lucas sounded like a teenager asking his crush on a first date.
There was noting harmful about going out and having dinner tonight. I thought to myself and without thinking I imdiately said yes.
He grinned at like a boy. "We'll have dinner together then. Consider it a date." He winked his eyes, then walk away, leaving reeling in surprise.
What happened to the man who hates ?
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