Taming Mr. CEO

“What the hell is he doing here?!” I gritted my teeth as I stared at Lyndon who was waiting outside my apartment. Hesitant to jump off the car, I still do and when he saw me, his face brightened up.

With confusion bugging me, I walked towards the gate and opened it with my keys. “What are you doing at my place, Sir Lyndon?” I inquired.

His eyes followed every movement I did. “Just Lyndon, we are not in the company. Anyway, I am here for a certain matter–”

“If it’s about my resignation, I disagree to talk about that. Look, if Logan pushed you here so he can make change my decision, I am sorry, Sir. My decision is final and I want you to respect it.” I was about to close the gate when he stopped it with his arm.

“Logan didn’t push me here to talk to you, Alice,” he announced.

My brows twitched. “Then who?” I sighed. “Whether it was Logan who pushed you here or not, still, my decision won’t change,” I declared in finality. Standing hard for my words.

“If that so, then what about your daughter? You have a child, right? And she’s studying right now in a private pre-school. If you lost your job, how are you going to sustain her tuition? Her needs and wants?”Published by Nôv'elD/rama.Org.

My eyes popped out. It seems like my tongue got caught by a cat. I lost my word. All that running in my mind after hearing him is a question. How did he know about that? The heck!

“Come back to our company, Alice and I will assure you, your secret is safe to me.” He winked after saying those additional words with a hint of another meaning on them.

“I don’t have a secret. My child’s background is not a secret so what are you talking about?” I asked, acting so tough even though there is something that already creeps the hell out of me. And I don’t want to believe in it. Even though Lyndon’s words are already enough to make it clear, still, I don’t want to take it. I want to deny it as much as possible.

“You have a secret, Miss Secretary. Denied it or not, you still have. But don’t worry, as what I have said, come back to our company. Be my brother’s secretary and your secret is fine with me. I will keep it, I will care for it as if it was my own,” he said before walking to his car. But before he could jump on his car, he twirled once again to face me. “And oh, by the way, your daughter really looks like him, huh. I advise you to be careful enough if you this to stay as a secret or else, he will know about her sooner or later. Got to go, Miss Secretary!” he wave his goodbye and then maneuvered his car away until it was nowhere in my eyes.

It made me dumbfoundedly stand outside my apartment and if it wasn’t because of the thunder that suddenly roared around, I wouldn’t be back to my senses. As soon as I entered my house, the heavy rain poured and then my phone suddenly rang. Helena was on the line, I answered her call.

And guess what, surprises are really richly pouring on me because as soon Helena spoke from the other line, she gave me another surprise. Now my speculation has been confirmed.

“Really, Alice… I don’t know why he suddenly blocked our way out of the school. He even introduced himself as Aisle’s father’s brother when Aisle thought that he was her father. Oh my God, girl! You really f*cked up this time. What are going to do?!”

What am I going to do?

Dang it! I don’t know! Lyndon just found out about Aisle and in what and how? I am clueless, big time!

***

When Aisle and Helena get home, just like what I am expecting after knowing what happened from Helena, Aisle is booming in happiness. She even tells me about Lyndon who looks like her, my four-year-old child detailed to me what Lyndon did. The bastard! How can he kidnap my child and bring her to the mall? And goodness’ gracious! I am really going to kill him once I came back to the office tomorrow.

I waited for Aisle to finally run out of her words because of so much happiness before I came back to the kitchen where Helena is now preparing coffee for us.

“How was Aisle?” she asked, stirring the coffee.

I sighed, deeply. “She finally fell asleep talking endlessly about her father and her uncle.” I crunch a biscuit in my mouth and then sip on my coffee.

Helena seat in front of me and then locked her eyes on me for a period. “What are you going to do now?” she inquired.

I shrugged. “I am still thinking about that. Lyndon made a promise to me that this will remain his secret too as long as I came back to the company. I think I will just need to follow what he wants so he will not break his promise.” I sipped on my coffee again while cursing inside my mind.

“So, you are telling me that you will eat your own words just so this Lyndon won’t take back his promise?”

I nodded silently. “I mean, is there any option left to me?”

“Obviously, there is nothing. But if I were you, I will go straight to your boss and tell him that you are the woman whom he bedded before. And then also tell him that you have a daughter with him. Easy peasy, Alice.”

I rolled my eyes, not taking her advice. “I am not crazy to do that. As long as Lyndon will shut his mouth, I won’t tell Logan the truth.”

Helena is such a good advisor. Giving advice is her expertise but I bet to disagree with her right now. Seriously? Tell Logan that he has a child on me. Like how exactly am I going to tell to him?

Like, “Boss, I am the woman you bedded years ago and you accidentally got me pregnant after our one-night stand.”

Like what I have said, I am not crazy. If taking back my decision of resigning is the only way to silence Lyndon, then I’ll do. I’ll work again as my child’s father’s secretary. Whether I like it or not. As if I have a choice. Darn it!

***

The following day, it became the usual morning for me. Woking up early in the morning, preparing breakfast, and then sent Aisle to her school first before heading to the office. Helena can’t make it to send Aisle to her school that is why she left early in the morning and didn’t even eat her breakfast.

“Good morning, Ma’am Alice!” the security guard greeted me so I greeted back before going to the elevator. When I have reached my floor, I heave a deep sigh before stepping out of the elevator.

Soon as I step out, I saw the face whom I cursed to hell several times last night because of what he did for my daughter. Lyndon “the jerk . 2” Ivanov is leaning on the front desk where Coreen is almost eye f*cking him without even noticing it. When he saw me, he gave me a proud grin which I answered with my eye roll. I walked through the office where I think, Logan “the jerk . 1” Ivanov is sitting on his throne with his I-am-the-boss emotion.

“Alice, wait!” I heard the clicking sound coming from Lyndon who’s now tailing me. I didn’t look back instead, I just walk way faster than I do.

“Alice, hey! Can you please slow down, Miss Secretary?!” he almost begged and I couldn’t help but to slip a smile and then stop at the end.

“What do you need, Sir Lyndon?” I asked in a professional tone. I saw him smirk before slowly shaking his head.

“How was your night, Miss Secretary?” he asked suddenly.

“Fine.”

“How was your morning? Was it good or bad?”

I rolled my eyes, not trying to hide it from him so that made him chuckle smoothly. “Bad because of you,” I replied.

“Hey, I am not bad for a morning. You are so harsh on me,” he complained as we walked through the CEO’s office.

I didn’t answer instead, I focus my thoughts on what I am going to say to Logan if he saw me coming back after I resigned. Maybe, I’m just going to weave excuses for the sake of my biggest secret.

“I told him that you’ll come back to the company but he didn’t listen. I think now that you were here, his eyes will pop out from their sockets.” Lyndon laughed as we entered the office.

Through the glass wall, I saw him. In the usual position, I used to see whenever I am glancing at him inside. Facing the large glass window, sometimes reading a paper works or just enjoying the view of the busy city outside.

“Knock! Knock!” Lyndon gets his attention. It made him twirl around while sitting on his swivel chair and when his eyes first landed on me, Lyndon made a right presumption. His eyes popped out.

“I told you, dude. She will come back. Now, you have to thank me for bringing back your one and only, yours truly secretary.” I leered at Lyndon and then brought my eyes in front again. I met his gaze but avoided it afterward.

“You may proceed to your usual doing, Alice,” he ordered so I followed as soon as he said it. But before I step outside, I heard Lyndon from my back speak which I know, teasing me.

“Welcome back, Miss Secretary. I’m glad you heard my offer,” he said.

Offer? The heck he’s talking about! It wasn’t an offer, he blackmailed me for heaven’s sake.

Lyndon took about an hour inside his brother’s office. Even how I badly want to peek at their business inside, I can’t do as Logan close the blindfold. Hindering me from peeking out at them.

“Alice, come here,” Logan ordered from the intercom so pushed me inside his office.

When I came in, he is sitting on the leather couch. Legs crossed in a manly position and his eyes are settled on the door as if it was really expecting me.

“Do you need anything, Sir? Coffee?” I inquired, not minding his gaze that already centered on me.

“What is your relationship to him?” he suddenly asked in his flat tone.

I threw into confusion instantly. “Pardon, Sir?”

“Don’t bullsh*t me, Alice. You know what I am talking about.”

“I don’t really understand you, Sir. Can you please make it cleare–”

“Lyndon… my brother. What the f*ck is your relationship to my brother?!” he shouted which made me step backward and boiled from anger at the same time.

“Sir, you must be mistaken something,” I explained, trying to be calm even though I am already mad inside.

“Mistaken of something?” he laughed humorlessly. “You came into the office with him. He even talks to you like you knew each other, that you’re close to him. And to add to that, he just told me that he came into your house yesterday so he can talk to you. Tell me, do I misunderstand something?”

My gosh! That Lyndon, why did he tell him about yesterday?!

“Uhm, about that, Sir… Yes, Sir Lyndon came to my house so he can convince me to come back. And about coming into the office with him, I actually just saw him at the front desk earlier. That’s all.”

“You two can talk here so why the hell does he needs to go to your house?! Tell me, Alice… are you, perhaps, flirting with Lyndon?”

My eyes went wide as my temper already run out. What the heck?! Me?! He’s accusing me of flirting with Lyndon?! Holy Molly!

“I guess, silence means yes. So it’s true, you are flirting with him. Great! Just great.”