Hidden Flash Marriage: Love Me Back, Mr CEO

But just as he was about to reach the door, “Stay.” The Big Boss’ voice made him freeze on the spot.

Grimacing, Lucas bit on his lower lip.

Sighhhh! Today might really be the day that he’d die. Quite unfortunate of him.

Slowly, he began to turn back around, taking only three steps away from the door.

That way, should things go south, it would be very easy for him to slip out of the office.

Several seconds passed by and the CEO still hadn’t uttered a word. Though, his gaze was fixated on the containers on his desk.

Lucas gulped inaudibly while Mia stood unmoving, on the same spot, fiddling with her hands.

After what seemed like a long period of time, the CEO raised his eyelashes in Mia’s direction.

“What is the meaning of this?”

The girl’s heart skipped a bit after hearing the man’s question. She was short of words.

Even she did not know the meaning of-like, what the hell was she even doing here in the first place?

“Cat got your tongue?” Shawn asked irritably.

Once he asked a question, he required and demanded an answer-not silence.

“I-erm… Hum… Fo-for you…” Mia shifted her weight from one leg to the other, mumbling gibberish.

“Lunch. For you.” She finally managed to blurt out these three words, wiping away the sweat on her forehead with the back of her hand.

Yes, the temperature in the room was terribly cold… So where the hell was the sweat coming from?

The CEO’s eyelashes fluttered once before he continued to stare at her like she did not just speak.

‘Maybe he didn’t hear what I just said.’

Mia opened her mouth but the CEO looked away before she could bring any word out of it. So, she shut her trap back.

Shawn’s gaze was planted on the lunchboxes and seconds went by in dreadful silence.

A while later, he looked back at her, “Did you forget your place?”

His voice was sharp and icy cold but the expression on his face was even more brutal.

Lucas’ breath got caught in his throat at once. He’d seen this coming.

Shawn clicked his tongue, “refrain from doing such things in the future.” Then he added, “now, scram.”

His hurtful words pierced through Mia’s flesh and struck her heart. Tears formed in her eyes but she pressed her lips tightly to keep them from flowing.

Shoulders quivering, she turned around.

The CEO’s personal assistant released the breath he didn’t know he had been holding at once and quickly reached out to open the door for the madam.

His face to the ground, he stood still as the lady dragged her feet out of the office dejectedly.

He felt pity for her.

If only she knew what she was getting herself into when she signed those certificates… he was sure she’d have run for her dear life.

He closed the door.

–

Chloe, the CEO’s secretary, and the other employees who worked on the top floor eyed the little girl that had just stepped out of their boss’ office through the corners of their eyes.

Who was she?

They’d seen her step into the office with Mr. Lucas-with lunchboxes.

Although she wasn’t the one carrying them, they knew she was the one that brought them. She simply couldn’t carry them due to her arm…

Was she a delivery girl?

If that was the case, why did it have to be that it was Mr. Lucas that personally accompanied her up to this place?

They’d seen him rush to the elevator earlier on, thinking he had something very important to attend to-only for him to come back up with containers in his hands and a girl behind him.

But then… If the girl was really a delivery girl, their boss had never for once ordered takeouts. Ever since they all resumed working in the corporation, they’d never seen him do such.

Not even from the corporation’s hotels or restaurants.

In fact, they had never seen him eat at all. It was as if the man never ate.

A couple of seconds later, Lucas walked out of the CEO’s main office and began to trail after the girl.

‘Huh?’ The employees were even more surprised.

‘What’s going on?’ They were also confused.

When the girl stepped out, she wasn’t carrying any lunchbox. And just now, when Mr. Lucas also came out of the office, he wasn’t carrying anything either- they’d both stepped outside empty handed!

That was to say, their boss had actually ordered the food.

The employees had various thoughts going through their minds.

Maybe it wasn’t food that was in the containers… Maybe it was important documents.

Maybe the girl was an intermediary. She even rode in the CEO’s elevator.

They had a lot of maybes going through their minds as that was all they could do-assume.

They could only let their imaginations run wild as gossiping was strictly prohibited in the corporation. Anyone caught in the act had as well dug his or her own grave.

–

As soon as the elevator’s doors slid close, the tears Mia was struggling to keep in check finally broke free and streamed down her face.

She blamed and hated herself for coming here.

What was she thinking-that they were a real couple close enough to look after each other’s health? How pathetic!

Lucas simply stood behind her in silence as they rode the elevator back to the ground floor.

Without muttering a word, he reached in his breast pocket for a handkerchief and handed it to her from behind.

It was the only thing he could do to kind of comfort her.

“Tha-an-k y-youu.” Mia’s shoulders shuddered uncontrollably as she cried, forcing out the words between sobs.

A few moments later, the elevator stopped and dinged. The doors opened.

As soon as they were back in the parking lot, Mia dried her tears and got in the Bentley.Content © provided by NôvelDrama.Org.

Jasper noticed the Madam’s mood and immediately realized that things didn’t go well up there.

He mutely revved the car engine and began to drive out of the parking lot.

Lucas remained standing, watching until the car was completely out of sight.

Thereafter, he heaved a gusty sigh and headed back inside.

It was his turn to get lashed out at. His might be more brutal than the Madam’s.

He rode an elevator back to the CEO’s office. Taking in a deep breath, he knocked, gently, on the door.

He had no idea what would become of his fate right now.

Would he get fired? Would he not? Would he be thrown into prison? Or would he not be thrown into prison?

Shit!

Anyways, he had to first of all get those containers out of the big boss’ face or they would trigger his anger the more.

He pushed open the door and walked in without making even the slightest sound.