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Chapter 129
Chapter 129
129 Strained Relationship
I pulled my hand away before Mark would notice that something was amiss. To my utter shock, EROS grabbed my hand and held it tightly in his. This is even worst than before. If I pulled my hand back, Mark would probably realize. With a silent sigh to myself, I stood still while I let EROS entwine his fingers with mine until we reached our designated floor.
“Ok, I’m off. Elena, make sure that EROS goes see the CEO and that he doesn’t run away, ok? After that, we can all head home for the day. Finally!” Mark said enthusiastically while I wondered where he got his energy from after such a long day.
Just like that I found myself standing alone with EROS in the hallway. EROS immediately turned on his heels and started walking away and I had a feeling that he wasn’t walking to the CEO’s office.
“Wait. Where do you think you’re going?” I asked as I reached out and grabbed his arm tightly to prevent his escape.
“I have something that I need to do...” he muttered while avoiding my gaze.
“That something would be meeting the CEO. Don’t you dare run away. I don’t care if you get into trouble, but I don’t want to go home late tonight...” I quickly corrected him while trying to pull on his arm in the opposite direction.
For some reason that I couldn’t understand, EROS clearly didn’t want to see the CEO of the company. That didn’t quite make sense, the CEO is supposed to be his boss and the one who gave him all the opportunities leading to his current and future successes. Maybe he doesn’t like having serious meetings? I could understand that, but won’t the CEO get mad at him if he doesn’t turn up?
“I’ll walk you to the CEO’s office...” I suggested brightly as I tried to pull him along.
“Do you have any idea where his office is?” EROS asked before he turned to grin wryly at me.
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“Oh...actually, I have no idea...” I admitted after realizing that I didn’t know.
EROS rolled his eyes at me before he started pulling me after him. Something told me that we were now on the right track to the CEO’s office and so I decided to follow him obediently as I watched his broad back in front of me.
“Why don’t you want to see the CEO? Are you nervous?” I asked in wonder.
“I hate him,” EROS replied coldly without bothering to turn my way.
He...hates the CEO? Huh?
“Why do you hate him?” I asked.
I knew that I shouldn’t pry but I was more than a little curious to know about it.
EROS rounded a corner in the hallway and soon we were riding what seemed to be a private elevator up to a very high floor in the building. No guesses required; we’re definitely headed to the CEO’s office. Now that we were alone in the elevator, EROS turned to face me before his hand removed mine from his arm and held it firmly in his. That was when I realized that I had been holding onto his arm naturally all this time.
“Do you really want to know?” EROS asked as his eyes watched me closely.
“I guess...” I replied softly.
The elevator continued its way up as we stared deeply in each other’s eyes. EROS slowly entwined his fingers with mine before he slowly brought my hand up to his lips and kissed it. His kiss on the back of my hand felt so tender and loving. It made me feel strange inside and I didn’t know how to react to him.
“I’ll tell you if you wait until I finish my meeting with him,” EROS said it like a promise.
It wasn’t like I was going to leave him and go home anyways. I wasn’t sure if I wanted to know about his relationship with the CEO, but I did want to know more about EROS. Frankly, the mystery surrounding him seemed to be sucking me in and I couldn’t escape from it.
“Sure, I’ll wait for you,” I replied.
EROS smiled such a cheerful smile at me that I could literally see flowers blooming all around his face like an animated special effect. Is this what it feels like to be infatuated and captivated by someone?
The elevator came to a stop and the doors began sliding open. EROS led me through the elevator and into a very empty yet pristinely decorated hallway. I could tell that this must be the CEO’s private floor. Just like EROS, the CEO probably had the whole floor to himself.
“It’s this way...” EROS said, and he guided me along the hallway.
I could tell that EROS was not looking forward to the meeting with the CEO at all. With each step that we took towards the CEO’s office, I could sense EROS’s mood darkening. Why does he hate the CEO so much?
“Wait here, ok?” EROS said as he turned to face me and offered me a beautiful smile.
“Sure...” I replied before EROS let go of my hand.
It was just a glimpse, but I was sure that EROS made a very stern and slightly bothered face just now before he turned to enter the CEO’s office. A knot formed in my stomach, and I started to have a bad feeling about this. Hopefully, things would go well in there. Suddenly, I felt very worried for EROS, and it wasn’t long before I started pacing up and down the hallway like I was going crazy.
I didn’t know why or how it happened, but it seemed like the argument that we had had somehow brought us much closer together than before. At least, EROS was treating me a little better than before. That didn’t change the fact that he was still a very hot and cold and super unpredictable person.
After figuring out that pacing up and down the hallways wasn’t going to help put my mind at ease, I sat down onto the black leather sofa in the hallway.
–To be continued...