Ms. Clover also felt the same as Damien did, she didn't really like him because she felt he was a threat to her job. She thought of Dean who has been arrested, she wasn't like him who allowed Cass to take advantage of him, she had long destroyed any evidences they were on him. Anytime that they were together, she didn't allow him to bring along his phone and she always picks the location they meet. So she was so certain that he had nothing on her, she was not so easy to get rid of.
Rose who was seated in the office was waiting for Damien.
'He was just right behind me... why hasn't he entered now? Let me check on him'
She moved to the door, she opened it and happened to hear what Ms. Clover said.
'Why does that guy want to see Damien?' she thought.
Rose came out had said, "I'll go with you"
Damien turned to look at her, "No need"
"I'll go with you" Rose said more assertively.
When Damien saw the stubborn look in her eyes, that screamed 'I'm not taking no for an answer', he sighed and said,
"Alright, let's go"
CEO'S Office
"Mr Damien, welcome." Lexus, the CEO of LM company said, he was seated on his chair comfortably. He raised his head and looked towards the door, naturally he saw Damien... and someone else? Ms. Wilson?! Lexus stood up abruptly, hurried ran towards the door, bowed to Rose and ushered her in.
Damien pulled out a chair for Rose before taking his own seat. Rose looked at Lexus attitude towards her and nervously looked at Damien, wondering it he noticed something.
She had never mentioned her identity to Damien, she didn't know how he will feel about her being wealthy.
Damien had long noticed that Rose was a young miss of a rich family, infact he had known since the very first day he met her, also from the way she mysteriously got a job at the company that same day, then she has a personal driver. He had also seen some bodyguards with her, in addition, when he was injured he was taken to the VIP ward. She already told him her surname, the only thing is that her family was not so exposed, so he doesn't know the exact affluence of the Wilson family.
Yes, he could use his skills to find out more about her and her family, but he doesn't want to invade her privacy, he'll wait till when she's ready to tell him.
Damien noticed Rose's nervous look so he just acted as if he didn't see anything.
Rose felt relieved when she saw the Damien didn't seem to notice anything, she quickly signaled to Lexus to immediately stop acting the was he was.
Lexus got the hint and he got into his boss personel. Rose decided within herself that she would come clean to Damien as soon as she confirms that he truly loves her for her,
'But that sounds pretty vague' Rose thought for a bit and finally decided,
'That's it I'll tell him when he kisses me for real' As this thought occured to Rose, she blushed hard.
"So I guess you must have been wondering why I called you here..." Lexus started.
He looked at the faces of both of them and was surprised to see there was no yearning in their eyes, they were just nonchalant about it. At least he understands why Rose was like that but what if this Damien...
'why is he like this? And where is this domineering pressure coming from? It makes me feel like I'm in the presence of a supreme being'
"Hmmm" Damien felt it wasn't good to leave the man hanging like that, so he decided to say something to make him know that they were following.
'Humph, he could at least be more convincing' Lexus thought. He forgot all about his fear and continued with his talk.
"Well, I have called you to inform you of two things, a good and a bad one. Which one do you wanna hear first?"
Rose just looked at Lexus and couldn't believe him, was he really the CEO of a company. He looked more like a clown to her.
Once again, Lexus question was left unanswered, this time Damien really couldn't be bothered, a quote comes to his mind,
'Give a inch, they will take a mile'
If this was how he intends on stirring this conversation, I'll rather not respond again so it won't make him do it again.
'Tough crowd' Lexus thought.
"Ok, I'll say the good news first, you've been promoted..." Lexus looked at their unchanged facial expression and added, "... to the position of a manager" Lexus was expecting to at least see a hint if happiness in Damien's eyes no was there, then he looked at Ms. Wilson,
Rose was really not expecting... not expecting that was all he want to say. What Lexus, saw that they weren't moved by his good news, this time he was well prepared so he wasn't surprised anymore.
"Ok" Damien just replied.
Rose glanced at Damien, looked at Lexus and thought, 'What stupid promotion! My Damien has already been doing the work of a Manager for that Dean guy, doesn't that mean that it is the same as not been promoted at all'
*Humph* Rose humphed angrily at the thought. Damien rubbed her hands with his to calm her down, he looked at Lexus and said, "Bad news?"
Lexus looked nervously at Rose, "Well... " Lexus once again tried to create suspense but it was for nought, if was as if he was facing two huge stones.
"... You will have to travelbout to one of our branch, as their sales haven't really been so good"
When Rose heard this her hands fisted tightly, Damien felt her actions and rubbed her hands with his to pacify her.
"I heard all what happened in the office today, I'm really terribly sorry about my staffs attitude and characters."
"It's a project that Mr. Dean has been working on for a while now. I'm not sure if you've seen it?" Lexus became serious now, this was something concerning money and his business, he was really expecting a reply.
With this said, Damien understood how he felt but he was lost on how to reply him. Well, he didn't have to think that hard cause someone helped him out.
Rose snorted and said, "Do you mean the work that Mr. Dean gave to Damien for him to help with it?" Rose was really annoyed, why should the boss not know about what was going on between his employees.
Damien turned to look at Rose, 'How did she know? He never told her or anyone for that matter'
Rose looked at him reassuringly.
'Does he think she really played all through her office hours?' She was not going to allow anyone bully her boyfriend.'
"I'm sure you also don't know that the project that Dean submitted for promotion was done by Damien"
Damien was stunned again, 'how did she know?' but when he thought carefully about it, his co-workers gossip a lot so she might have heard it from them somewhere, because when this happened back then, a few people knew about it. Dean was also like them before he got promoted, so they were three of them that worked on that project together back then, the third person has left the company already, but it was unknown whether she told anyone in the company about it. So it was only him that was left that was why Dean made him his assistant manager, to keep an eye on him and also to use his intelligence.
Lexus was more stunned when he heard this piece of information. He immediately pressed a button on his dial, when it connected he said, "My office".
There was no was that he would keep records or tabs on just one worker. So he sincerely didn't know about that... though he know that lots of shady things happens but he just turns a blind eye to it as long as the company in general is not threatened. But now, perhaps it was high time for a clean-up in his company.
Ms. Clover entered into Lexus office, what fill her mind was that Damien and Rose just have said something bad about her to the CEO, ideas on how to escape were just running through her mind.
"Ms. Clover, I just heard an interesting piece of information" Lexus spat out the words through his gritted teeth, he was really annoyed. He remembered that back then Ms. Clover was the one in charge of that project and she was also the one who told him that Dean was the one who wrote it and she requested permission for him to be promoted. When he read through the proposal, he felt like he had finally found the solution he was looking for. So when Ms. Clover requested for him to be promoted, he instantly did, but now what his he hearing? That it was the wrong person he promoted?!!
He looked at his secretary and suddenly felt that probably it's time to have a change in office setup.