Thankfully, the students in the managent class at school didn’t have a quick lecture on Monday morning until it was noon, so those who went partying, woke up pretty late except for Chloe who was sitting in her office chair with two of her staff opposite her. One was her female Personal Assistant, the other one was the head of Public Relations.
"I tried talking to the major investor who wanted to pull out but he insists on eting the boss first before he considers changing his mind." The head of the PR who was a young man reported.
"He wants to et first? Why?" Chloe asked in confusion.
"I do not know. He refused to say anything else to ."
Chloe scoffed in disbelief. ’Who does he think he is?’ She asked herself and a voice in her head answered. ’He is a major investor and if he pulls out, it’s at your loss.’
She moved her gaze to look at her personal assistant. "You should et him instead. I have a lot on my hands already, I do not have the ti to attend etings and start trying to persuade soone." If only she had the patience to do so. She knew as a businesswoman, one thing she really needed was patience but sotis, people tend to take advantage of it.
"But boss.. he says he wants it to be you.."
*Giggles.*
All heads whipped to the side when they heard soone giggle softly.
Chloe frowned deeply as she looked at the sleeping Jeremy sprawled on her large sofa. His hairband was nowhere in sight so his hair was all over his face while one of his hands was loosely hanging off the couch. She wondered what he was dreaming about that was making him giggle.
The two people opposite Chloe had seen Jeremy when they ca in and had been surprised but they said nothing.
Chloe cleared her throat to get their attention and they quickly turned their heads to look at her while they wondered what her relationsip with the young man was. Even though his face was covered, they knew the only guy with long hair around Chloe was the part tir, Jeremy Williams, who had a big crush on her.
"Then, it has to be on my schedule. I’m still a student and can’t skip classes for a eting."
She said in resignation and they all heard Jeremy giggle once more.
She sighed deeply as if trying to contain her temper before dismissing the two staffs who were trying really hard not to burst into laughter. They were surprised to learn their boss was this tolerant.
Imdiately they left, she massaged her temples as she looked at Jeremy’s direction.
Last night, she had asked him to go ho but he had refused and said he would stay with her.
"Ellie isn’t at ho and there’s nothing I would be doing at ho so let continue being your bodyguard." He had said.
Which bodyguard convinced their boss to go to a party with them? She wondered.
She had eventually allowed him follow her amidst the curious eyes of the night shift staffs. It was even more strange because it was obvious Jeremy was drunk but it was containable.
When they got inside her office, she had started to work imdiately while he watched in boredom. He said he wanted to do sothing also and she had obliged him by giving him one of their managent textbooks for him to read but only five minutes passed and he dozed off. He hadn’t woken up since then.
She checked her wristwatch, it was almost 9 am.
"Bodyguard? Silly!" She said to herself before standing up to walk towards him before she could take a step, a call from a strange number ca on her phone..
It was David. She knew it was him. He had been calling her with different numbers for days and her phone’s block list had notified her that he had tried calling her Two hundred and sixty one tis since she blocked his number.
She wanted to ignore the call but on a second thought, she picked it.
"Oh god! I’m so happy you are finally taking my calls. Please baby do not hang up" David said imdiately.
Hearing him call her baby, she suddenly felt disgusted.
"What is it? I have told you to stop calling . If this continues, I am going to report you to the police and charge you for harrassent." She threatened.
"A King must avoid trouble and scandals at all cost." He quoted the words he had heard from her a couple of tis.
It was the sa reason she hadn’t let people know they were dating because the tabloids was going to spread the news when they ran out of sothing else to say. But David was silly and had happily told a lot of people they were a couple. It was probably to boost his ego.
"Please Chloe ... let’s just et up. Let’s talk." He said sounding like he was about to burst into tears any minute.
"I miss you. I can’t live without you. My life has been hell since you left."
She didn’t want to start arguing with him now that she knows he was only there for her money so she simply said,
"Move on. We can never be together."
"Says who?" He suddenly asked in a angry voice which made her shiver.
"Is it that boy? That mop-haired monkey who’s been following you everywhere?"
"Now stop right there! Firstly, there is nothing wrong with his hair.. it’s perfect" Her eyes strayed to where Jeremy was sleeping. Seeing how his hair was all over his face and the couch, she shook her head.. ’Or maybe not’ She said in her head.
"And secondly, he is far more good looking than you are."
Well, that part wasn’t a lie. She wouldn’t have been tolerating Jeremy if he wasn’t quite good looking.
She suddenly rembered the last line David had said and her eyes widened. "How did you know he’s been following ? You’ve been following ?" She asked in shock.
"Chlo.. Chloe.. I can’t believe you are saying this now. How can you prefer that boy to ? I love you!"
"You have been following ?" She asked again in an angry voice. She wondered the number of tis he would have approached her had Jeremy not been there with her.
"Because you’ve been refusing to take my calls goddamnit!" He said in a loud, angry voice and she heard the sound of sothing crashing to the floor.
"Stay away from , David." She managed to say while trying not to sound scared.
"I can’t.. please."
"Stop calling or else, I’ll really get you arrested and make sure you never co out."
"et this noon.. please." He continued persistently.
"You are a sick bastard!" She said, suddenly burning from anger.
"I’ll co make a scene at the mall if you refuse to—"
Chloe cut the call before he could finish his sentence and placed a hand on her chest. What had she gotten herself into? How did she ever think to end up with soone like him?
She dropped her phone and after she steadied her breathing, she went to where Jeremy was sleeping.
When she started the mall, she knew there were nights when she would have to sleep in the office and so she had comfortable sofas in the office. She had only ever slept on the one opposite Jeremy. It was the first ti soone was sleeping on that couch and it was Jeremy who deflowered her precious couch!
She picked up the textbook she had given him which was on the ground and threw it at him making him jump imdiately.
"Who’s there? Are you a robber? Where’s my sister?" He said in panic as he sat up and struggled to push his ssy hair away from his face.
She shook her head at him and saw him suddenly wince in pain while touching his forehead.
Well, Hello there hangover!
She quietly watched him until his eyes finally settled on her.
"Chloe?" He called in surprise before looking around him and rembered he was inside her office.
"I wonder who’s the bodyguard amongst the two of us if I have to be the one watching over you." She said with a frown and didn’t give him a chance to talk before she went inside her bathroom. She ca out with a bottle of dicine and went to take a bottle of water from the fridge.
"Drink this and go ho." She spoke sternly before handing him two pills for his headache.
He looked at the pills in her hand and hesitated for a bit before taking it. She didn’t move but waited there for him to swallow it.
After a monts hesitation, he finally swallowed it but imdiately, he began to gag and ran into the bathroom to throw up.
"What’s wrong with you?" Chloe asked sounding worried as she stood by the bathroom’s door to hand him two extra pills since he just vomited the one she first gave him.
He looked at her and this ti, he didn’t take the pills from her hand. "What are you doing? Take it." She said and waited for him to take it but he didn’t.
Seeing the way he was looking at the pills, she raised a brow to ask in surprise.. "You are afraid of taking ds?" She asked in slight amusent and saw his cheeks flush in embarrassnt.
No way! She thought.
"Wow! What a bodyguard I have." She sighed and shook her head.
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