Darling, only I can be your man

chapter 24

Ariana and Michael spent the next three weeks in harmony. Ariana was transferred to the

Marketing team successfully. No one mentioned her relationship with the President in the company

anymore for the sake of keeping their jobs.

Ariana liked her department because no one took advantage of her here. She liked it peaceful

even though they only respected her because of Michael. The employees doesn’t know of their flash

marriage. They only believe she is being kept by the President and she had no intentions of clearing it

up.

In the President’s Office

Michael was sitting behind his desk going through the piled contracts on his desk. He was a bit

absent-minded lately with his head full of Ariana and her warm smiles, the way she blushed and

trembles every time he touched her. The way she pouted and folds her arm like child when she is angry

and she would laughed at him if he ever make a mistake or do something she thinks is silly. My little

Rabbit, I hope we can live like this forever.

Suddenly he was brought out from his daydreaming when the door suddenly opened.

“Mikey, I am back.” Samantha Miller barged in the office dressed in name brands clothing from

head to feet. Her face paced with heavy make-up but she is still beautiful.

“I can see that.” Michael answered her lightly. He did not know how to feel for her return. He had

always seen her as a little sister until his mother started to force a marriage between families. He did

see her as a lover and he now have a wife.

“Mikey you don’t seem happy to see me.” She pouted her mouth as if she was greatly wronged.

She threw her handbag on the couch and walked around the desk. She stopped behind Michael and

started massaging his shoulders as she usually does in the past.

Michael allowed her for it was hard to rid yourself from habits. Michael did not see anything wrong

with it. He kept working while she massaged him.

“Are you not going to ask me why I came back?” Samantha bribed the headmaster to let her finish

her studies one year earlier. She heard by one of her spies in the company that Michael now have a

woman close to him. She came back as quickly as possible to get rid of that woman. Michael might just

see her as a younger sister but she know he will accept her soon especially with his family backing her.

….

Ariana was sitting at her station reviewing a project that was given to her. She is the type of person

that will be lost in her in her work when doing something she loves. It was few minutes to lunch when

June came to her, “Ariana, Manager Brown is asking for you.”

“Why?” June is the closest person to her in the department. Maybe because they met before the

commotion a few weeks ago. June is not cold to her anymore. Occasionally they would have lunch

together along with Kevin.

“I am not sure. I was just passing by his office when he asked me to call you over.” June explained.

“Go, I will wait for you so we can have lunch together.”

“Okay, wait for me.” Ariana saved and closed her files then locked her computer. June went back

to her station to prepare for lunch. Ariana went to the manager’s office and knocked. Content from NôvelDr(a)ma.Org.

“It is open, come in.” Manager Brown shouted from inside. He is a middle-age man but he looks

good for his age. He is not like the typical male managers that liked to flirt with his employees. He is

quite respectable in the company and treats everyone fairly based on their work productivity.

“Manager Brown, you called for me?” Ariana is polite and efficient when it comes to her job and

she had never used her relationship with the President to be cocky. Always humble and the manager

liked that about her.

“Yes, I did.” He said and took few files from his desk. “I have some files here that requires the

President’s signature. My Assistant normally does these things but she is not her today due to a family

emergency.”

Ariana was wondering why he asked her when there are over a hundred employees in the

Marketing department that can carry the files. As if Manager Brown read her mind, he continued, “I

know other capable persons are here but the CEO doesn’t like people getting too close to him unless

appointed to.

“Okay, I will take them.” Ariana took them reluctantly, advised June and headed to the 20th floor

afterward, she was currently on the 9th floor. When she was in the elevator, she suddenly have a bad

feeling but she tried her best to shake it off.

As she walked out of the elevator she saw Alex guarding the door of the President.

“Mrs. Matthews, Hi.” Alex got nervous instantly when he saw Ariana and his mind suddenly went

blank.

“Hi Alex, I am here to see Mr. Matthews and I told you not to call me like that in the company.”

Ariana felt like Alex is behaving weird but she cannot pinpoint what it might be.

“I’m sorry Miss Fearon.” Alex back was soaked with sweat at this moment. He did not want Ariana

to see The President and Samantha. He noticed that The President and his wife has been harmonious

these past weeks and he wouldn’t want to ruin that. President haven’t been happy for over two years

Alex saw the files in her hands and assumed that she must have been asked to bring them to the

office because she rarely looked for President Matthews during work hours since they had been

married. “I can take these for you, Mr. Matthew is having a meeting in his office.”

Ariana sized him up, “If he is just having a meeting, why are you so nervous when you saw me?”

“I – I am not ner-nervous.” Alex stammered. Michael icy cold and domineering features are rubbing

off on her. ‘This is not fair to me’. Alex grumbled inwardly.

“Then why are you sweating and the temperature is so low in the building?” Ariana was not buying

it for a second. “And why are you stuttering so much, I don’t know of you having speech impediment?”

Alex was running out of excuse. Alex could easily lie to anyone but he could not lie to the Boss’

wife. He knew The President did not like Samantha romantically but Samantha always finds herself

cling to his body like a leech.

Ariana sixth sense had been picked up and she is now curious about the person in the office why

Alex need to keep her out at all cost. Before Alex could be prepared, Ariana walked around him and

opened the door.

What she saw next when the door was flung open was a sight to behold. There was a woman in

Michael’s lap with her hands around his neck. Her hair and clothes was a bit disheveled.

Michael and Samantha head popped up to the door when they heard a loud thud to the floor.