The next day, you woke up with dark circles under your eyes that are even more pronounced. Sitting at your desk, typing slowly on the keyboard, your head is groggy, and it's hard to make it till your lunch break.
The office was quiet, no one dared to approach you seeing as you look like 'don't mess with me', they've all gone to lunch.
On the phone screen was that a message that still waiting for you to reply, "Good morning, how are you today?"
You: "Good, maybe. Are you working?"
Isn't that asking crap? Same company and it's break time. You sighed and were about to put your phone down when a low voice came from behind you, "You still sending messages?"
Your hand shook and you almost threw the phone down. A strong hand grabbed your palm from above, and the other hand braced itself on your chair. Warm breath instantly surrounded you, and you turned your head slightly to look, the CEO leaning behind you at some point.
"Boss..."Feeling the warmth of the person behind you, you lowered your head not daring to continue looking at him.
He maintained this posture, lowered his body to whisper in your ear, "Let's go eat together?"
Some of the coworkers who came back from outside chatting vigorously but stopped at the door. The senior secretary stepped in front of everyone and whispers, "Shhh, don't make a sound, make a sound and you lose your job immediately!"
Experienced will know, senior secretary said words must be listened to. The male secretary made a zipper-up gesture with his mouth, replied "OK" invisibly.
The senior secretary took the phone and started to take pictures and record videos. But she is blocking the phone, not showing what is on the screen.
You in the office: I've noticed the sound of you guys coming back and suddenly quieting down, okay?
"Boss, I don't really want to go out..."You moved unnaturally, trying to withdraw your hand.
"Heh, I ordered takeout. There's an extra serving, come eat in my office."He grabbed your hand and rubbed it somewhat helplessly, "I'm tired of squatting like that."
"...Okay."Not wanting to continue to be "threatened" by the grip on your hand, you had no choice but to compromise. The CEO let go of your hand and stood up, waiting for you.
"Okay, okay."The senior secretary gestures to move forward. "Gossip team leader"—male secretary rushed in the forefront, the result of seeing the CEO, that excited expression directly collapsed.
"Boss."The male secretary suddenly stood and greeted seriously.
"Uh."The CEO nodded slightly at him and looked at you again.
"Boss, she doesn't look well...Could you, let her rest before continuing."The male secretary looked at you with that pale face and thought that the CEO is giving you a hard time again.
"Do, why not? She still has to sit in my office and do it."The CEO rarely say so many words to other people, the male secretary legs' shivering, with eyes to the bystanders for help.
"Hey, it's okay, it's just training the newcomer."The senior secretary pulled the male secretary to escape from the fire.
Your stomach growled out of place, and you purse your lips and said, "Eat."
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Sitting down face to face at another table in the CEO's office, you looked at the lunch box, isn't this a bento?
"I made it this morning."The CEO opened the lid and a scent hit your nose, "It's not poisoned."
Don't be upset with the food even if you're upset with the people, what did the food do wrong? It's just trying to make you taste the good thing. You swallowed, "Aren't you tired of getting up early to do it?"
"As long as you like it."
A simple sentence tugged at your heart.
"...I like it."Don't get me wrong, it was in response to his delicious food.
The CEO and you ate quietly, not talking about anything in particular. After the meal you helped the CEO clean up the lunch box, excusing yourself to return to your workstation to organize the information, and left the pantry at a fast pace. The CEO didn't stop you, and gave you a meaningful look, "Get some rest."
Back to the seat, the male secretary sympathetic eyes and dramatically covered his mouth to look at you: "Poor child."
The senior secretary holded her glasses with her hand, sure enough, she still known best what's going on between these two. Seeing through it is not saying anything.
You gathered the courage to open your cell phone to see the message from the other person, "Yeah, work, dinner."
Why is it that this person can still pretended that nothing happened and continue to chat with you. You looked to the CEO's office, the door is closed, through the glass window you can see that he is working, his slender fingers flipping through the documents, his expression is focused.
You retracted the sight, took a deep breath, told yourself not to think nonsense, now is the work time. Just then, your cell phone vibrated. A new message from him popped up on the screen, "Do you like the lunch?"
Your entire body shuddered and you suddenly stood up to look in the direction of the CEO's office. The CEO was still blandly flipping through the documents, as if he hadn't noticed you.
The surrounding coworkers are startled by your sudden action, thinking something is up. The senior secretary shakes her head and laughed, "You'll find out afterward."
You clenched your fists then opened your palms a couple times so you can relaxed. Sitting down and not continuing to look at him, you reply to that message, "You did that on purpose?"
Other person, "Just asking what you're eating."
The person behind the screen was worry that you are too afraid of him, he "back" a step.
You do not dare to reply again, quickly locked the phone, continued the work in hand.
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After work time, just to walk out of the company's door, the sky suddenly rained heavily. You froze for a moment, hastily looked down to find the folding umbrella in the backpack. But there is only your notebook in the backpack. You frowned, watching your coworkers leave with umbrellas, hesitating to rush into the downpour.
"What are you standing here for?"The wind suddenly gone, and beside you is the CEO holding an umbrella, blocking the raindrops that are being blown in by the wind, his gaze falling on you.
"I...forgot my umbrella."You were instantly a little embarrassed.
He tilted the umbrella towards you, "I'll take you home."
The CEO started the car and drove calmly and carefully through the rain. The car was so quiet that you could only hear the sound of rain hitting the glass windows. You look down, looking at the chat box that makes you afraid to reply.
Acting as if the other person won't say the truth out between you and him, you reply, "Well, had a good meal."
The CEO's phone rang again with an anonymous app alert, but he didn't check it because he had to focus on looking ahead and driving, "Are you mad?"
You are startled and looked at him with your eyes wide open, "I'm mad at boss?"
"Didn't you know?"The CEO sighed.
"Don't say that, you must not continue to say."No, just thought he will not poke this relationship, is CEO mad? So embarrassing, you need to dig a hole.
"If I don't say, don't you also understand?"Waiting for traffic, the CEO turned his head and gave you a helpless look.
"...Can you not say it?"Because it's dreamy, because it will disappear, so don't dare poke through.
"You don't want to be responsible, do you?"The car continues going.
"Responsible?!"Your face scrunched together and you pointed at yourself, "I need to get responsible?"
"Look at me all."The CEO's ears are slightly red at the tips, suspiciously shy.
"You were the one who wanted to show me! You said reward!"Just as you said it, you regretted.
"You admitted it, you looked, and you did it with me."The CEO's car stops below your apartment.
"Don't you talk nonsense."You cover his mouth with both hands, is this still the same CEO?
"We did it all, you're responsible."He grabs your hands and moves closer to you.
"It was done across the phone, don't you talk nonsense!"You struggled, but he just wouldn't let go.
"Was it anyone can do with you?"Those deep eyes, tinged with hurt, look at you silently waiting for your answer.
The rain slid down the windows and the car was so quiet that the only sound left was the soft breathing of the two of you.
You took a deep breath and said softly, "No, it just happened to be you."
"Just happens to be? Anyone else can also?"The CEO dropped his hand, his gaze withdrawn.
"Don't you talk nonsense."Tears well up in your eyes, and you can't hold them back any longer.
"I...I didn't mean that."His hand brushes your cheek, wiping away the tears.
"I'm going home."You bow your head.
Watching you away, he slapped the steering wheel in chagrin, "Screwed up!"