Hidden Flash Marriage: Love Me Back, Mr CEO

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About an hour later, Beats Corporation’s headquarters.

The CEO was currently seated calmly behind his desk while his assistant simply stood by the side.

Both of them had their eyes fixated on the large screen that was in the office.

It was a few minutes past midmorning and the news was on.

The news channel was recording live.

On the large indoor LED screen was Minister Lewis being arrested and hauled away by the police while also being surrounded by reporters who were hungry for details.

Turned out to be that even till the very end, the man was promiscuous. The police didn’t find him in his home.

He was found at his sidechick’s place. The crazy part was that it was his wife who called the police and told them his current address.Nôvel(D)ra/ma.Org exclusive © material.

Right on the screen, Madam Lewis was there too. As well as Alicia Dawson.

The latter looked badly beaten, her face was bruised and swollen.

Anyone could roughly guess what happened to her.

Hm.

Lucas picked the remote from the desk and switched off the TV, cutting off the reporter’s piped voice.

There was no need to watch any further, his boss had seen what needed to be seen.

“You handled it well.” The CEO stated, his face expressionless.

He nodded his head once and Lucas took the cue.

The CEO’s PA bobbed and took his leave. His job was done.

After Lucas left, Shawn stood up from his swivel chair and went to stand in front of the floor-to-ceiling window.

He pocketed his hands and looked out through the window in a domineering manner. His frame was straight and stoic.

The CEO didn’t know what had been happening to him these past few days.

He was married to the girl, only on paper. He had no responsibility whatsoever towards her. Why then was he helping her?

This had to be the first and the last time he’d render any form of assistance to her.

That marriage was contractual-in a sense-and it was one of convenience. It wasn’t based on love.

Although they were actually married in reality, as they both signed their marriage certificates, they were still strangers merely living together under the same roof.

They weren’t even cohabiting.

Plus, while he didn’t say it, on the night that the girl moved into his house, Shawn made up his mind to not involve himself in her business, and vice versa.

That was the deal. She was to stay clear of his business, and he was to stay clear of hers too.

Just how did it come to her assisting her?

This was a mistake. And it shouldn’t happen again.

If he was to continue helping her, the girl would become accustomed to it, and when the time came for them to divorce, it would be hard to get rid of her.

Shawn’s eyes twitched. It had to stop.

***

Three days later.

School was finally over and it was now time to go home. But Mia remained rooted to her seat.

She was least eager to leave the school premises and return to Magnificent Residences.

Why wouldn’t she feel that way? There was nothing at home afterall. Home was boring.

Well, it was usually boring to begin with but nowadays, staying at home was even more boring than it used to be.

These past few days, she never once set eyes on the demi-god. It was as if he never slept at home at all.

He was completely nowhere in sight.

In fact, if not for the fact that every time she asked after him during breakfast, the maids would reply with: “Master left not quite long ago.”-she’d have thought he never came around the house at all.

Everyday, he’d come back extremely late at night-when she was already fast asleep-and he’d leave for work very early in the morning-before she was up.

Mia sucked her teeth in. Was he avoiding her?

Well, that was the way it seemed-like he was avoiding her like plague.

But why was he avoiding her like that?

Was he still angry? Because she went to his office without permission?

Judging from the way he reacted that day, he didn’t like that she came to his place of work.

But she thought they had already gone past that. Hadn’t they?

They even went to Grandpa Mandez’s place for dinner, that same day, together.

Sigh.

Mia vowed over and over again never to make such a mistake again.

The man had cleared warned her to stay the fuck out of his sight, which meant that she was not to poke her nose into his affairs-and that included not going over to his office.

Never again!

Mia heaved a sigh for the umpteenth time, within the space of three minutes.

Reluctantly, she got up from her chair and slung her bag over her shoulder and headed out of the classroom.

The past few days had been quite peaceful for her in school.

Nobody whispered any longer when she was in sight-although the students sometimes still secretly threw accusing gazes at her, it wasn’t usually obvious.

Initially, the entire school thought that Vicky being kicked out was just a false display. But three days had passed-today was the fourth-and the girl still hadn’t returned back to school.

Plus, the news about her family was circulating online, causing the internet to be in turmoil.

That alone was enough to make them know that the girl was never coming back.

With her father’s image tarnished, the school would definitely not take her back.

With that realization in mind, the kids sat tight and were of good behaviors.

No one wanted to end up like Vicky and her cohort.

With the bullies gone and the students of good behavior, Mia had no reason to fret in school even when she was all alone.

As Mia stepped into the school hallway, she sighted Martha and Max approaching her.

“Mia!” Her best friend waved at her as she and her boyfriend drew nearer.

Max simply nodded his head at her, and she nodded back.

That was the way the both of them were now. That was how they greeted each other now.

Since that day in the hallway, things had turned awkward between the both of them.

Plus, Max and Martha never bugged her about where she was living again. They were all simply letting the sleeping dog lie-at least, for now.

But unknown to Mia, both Max and Martha were still, each, secretly keen on knowing where she was residing. They just didn’t know how to bring up the issue again so it wouldn’t be like they were prying on the girl’s private life.

‘Very soon, I’ll find out your secret. Very soon.’ Marthat thought to herself.

But she maintained a smile on her face.