Filed to story: The CEO’s Wife Is a Secret Boss Novel (Allison & Jeremy) Free Online
“Mr. J-Mr. Jeremy.”
Jeremy stopped, then turned around slowly. “Yes?”
“Well… you’ve seen Liana’s condition.She’s more herself when you’re around, but when you’re not … her depression gets the better of her.”
Rosaline sighed before continuing, “Lia’s suffered so much overseas, waiting for her return to your side. If you give up on her now … my daughter, my baby … She’ll be devastated!”
The woman even dabbed at her eyes with a handkerchief.
“I’ll make sure Liana recovers. I owe hermy life, after all.”
Jeremy said nothing else and left straight away.
Rosaline watched as he slowly disappeared from view, feeling a sullen anxiety creeping up in her chest.
…
Alyssa spent the next few days arranging board meetings to plan the perfect wedding proposal for Ada Kingsley.
Alyssa was in the midst of discussing ideas with her project team when Winston called her.
“Yes, Winston? I’m busy right now!”Alyssa said, the phone tucked between her shoulder and ear as she flipped through some documents.
The team members gaped at what they were hearing. The me re mention of”Winston”had them wondering if it was truly their elusive boss, Winston Taylor, on the line.
Instantly, they fell into a worried silence, realizing that this was a man they would never meet, not even in their wildest dreams.
“The day has come.”Winston’s voice wassolemn. 1
“Huh?”
“The day has come! Go on that blind date!”Winston roared from the other end ofthe phone.
Alyss a wrinkled her nose and put the phone away. Unfortunately, this allowed everyone to hear what the old man had just said. Their eyes nearly popped out of their sockets.
Was a woman as beautiful as their boss,
Alyssa Taylor, finding it hard to find suitors?
Alyssa couldn’t understand Winston’s persistence. She wondered why she couldn’t have a say in the matter.
“I’m in a meeting, Winston. We can chit-chat in private, not here,” she grunted lowly.
“Chit-chat? Your marriage is no me re chit-chat!”Winston snorted.”If you want tobecome KS Group’s CEO, then you have to attend this!”
Alyssa cursed silently at Winston. She couldn’t help but wonder if Jeremy had put him up to this.
“Alright, fine! But not today. I’m in ameeting now!”Alyssa sighed. She was taking things slow now, never taking more than she could chew.
“Hmph. Alright. You can’t refuse forever.”
Alyssa scowled, thinking to herself, “Try harder, old man!”
The rest of the meeting went by awkwardly, with the team members fearful of upsetting Alyss a and getting into trouble.
Afterward, Alyssa returned to her office and lay back on her sofa, resembling a robot that had run out of battery-utterly motionless.
Sean came into the room with coffee, asking, “Is something wrong with the project, Ms. Alyssa?”
“That heartless old man,” Alyssacomplained, gazing up at the ceiling. “I helped him spearhead this hotel to success and even got the company the Verdane Valley project.
“It’s fine if he doesn’t thank me, but he’sstill trying to screw me over with blind dating? Maybe I should have become a secret agent like Axel!”
“I know you care about him the most, Ms.
Alyssa. You know Mr. Winston is getting older. He will have to pass the mantle on soon. You’ll surely stick around to care for your family, this business, and him, of course.”Sean beamed at her, sitting down beside her.
Then, he continued, “Plus, you’re still needed in KS Group. We have countless rivals, both hidden and visible.
“And sometimes, there’s conflict withinthe company itself. I’ve watched Mr. Winston take everything on, and honestly, he can be under immense pressure at times. But I know he’s only doing his best in his position as President and to support this family.”
“I know,”Alyssa sighed. She then kickedher heels off.
Sean swallowed lightly, then placed her feet in his lap before covering them up with a throw. He then started massaging them.
Besides his mother, Alyss a was the only other woman he’d done this for.
“That’s why I want to take over and letJonah step away from this once and for all. I know I have what it takes.”
Not only did she have what it takes, but she was also very persistent and adamant about succeeding.
If it weren’t for her wasting her time with Jeremy, she could have propelled KS Group to even greater success than it currently enjoys.
She silently cursed at Jeremy.
“Maybe it will be good to go on this date,Ms. Alyssa. You could make a new friend. It’s not like Mr. Winston wants you to marry your date. He’s just very concerned about you,”Sean said, though he couldn’t help but feel envious.
Yet he had long accepted how non-existent his chance with Alyss a was. She was an unreachable blossom above the highest mountain peaks, not meant for someone as minuscule as himself.
“You have a point. It’s just a blind date. Itcan’t be worse than war!” Alyssa grinned, wriggling her feet underneath the throw. Sean shivered slightly, keeping out of her way.”I have just the plan.”
“What is it, Ms. Alyssa?”
Alyssa stood up straight, walking barefoot to her desk.
Not wanting her feet to get cold, Sean ran over with her heels and quickly knelt by her feet. “Please put these on, Ms. Alyssa.”
Alyssa let him help her put the heels on, then leaned against her desk to start writing some of her plans down. A list soon came into existence.
“Here, pre pare everything according tothis list.”She handed it to Sean, who took it with a confused look. When he read through the paper, he laughed.
“You’re having too much fun, Ms. Alyssa.”
As a result of Winston’s grave concern and meddling, Alyssa’s blind dating schedule had been expedited.
She was putting on makeup in the bathroom while listening to Sean reading her schedule on the iPad from the outside.
“Lunch at 11:30 am with Mr. Manning ofHutton Group; tea break at 1:30 pm with the eldest son of Sandhurst Inc.’s Mr. Coppola; attend a privately booked musical at 3:30 pm with the second son of Zoleva Corp’s Mr. Cruz…”
She was taken ab ack upon hearing that because that meant one blind date every two hours. Her schedule was more hectic than the president of a nation!
Soon, she emerged from the bathroom after her makeup session. Sean burst into laughter upon seeing her.”Ms. Alyssa, you went pretty hard.”
She wore a huge curly wig and drew some freckles on her face. A patch of black stuff was underneath her nose, like a mustache. She rested an arm against the doorframe and made a gesture of picking her nose.
“Is this ‘going hard’? I was thinking ofdrawing some scars on my face.”She grinned to reveal the dark paint on her front teeth. Waving at Sean, she joked,”Sir, come on in! I’m sure you’ll have a fun night …”
As her head secretary, Sean always carried himself in a professional manner. However, he lost it and doubled over with laughter. Alyssa was indeed the most cheeky of them all.
Feeling naughty, she took a self ie and sent it to the group chat with her brothers, which caused quite a huge stir.
Jonah wrote,”Um, who is this?”
Alyssa replied, “Darling, try guessing?”
Axel texted,”ROFL!Lyse, you’re awesome! “
Silas cursed, “Fuck!You scared me witless!I was so close to peein g myself!”
Liam chimed in, “You could have picked a better character to cosplay. Why would you be Weird barbie when you could be a stereotypical Barbie, right?”
Axel suggested, “How about cosplaying Bonnie? I can be your Clyde! XOXO”
Axel followed up with a GIF image of two hugging bears. To that, Silas replied with a kicking GIF image. The two brothers, who didn’t have the chance to meet up, were embroiled in a merry online battle.
Alyssa asked,”So, I need the opinion of you straight guys. What’s my blind dating success rate in this costume?”