The CEO’s Second Choice

Elena

Why was he looking at me like that?

Annabelle was chatting away, and she was clearly in love, yet his eyes were on me. I offer him a kind smile, then break his gaze and focus on the man sitting opposite me. Sebastian sounds like he was putting out yet another fire at Dumont Enterprises, his voice was low but extremely firm.

“I’m so sorry about that, love.” He says as he pockets his phone and looks at me.

“Duty calls, I understand.”

The more I watch him, the more I fall in love. “Well, that was Irene, my PA. My day isn’t too busy, but I have moved the meeting with The Somersetts to 8 am this morning, and that’s,” he says as he looks at his Patek Philippe timepiece, “in half an hour’s time so we had better finish up here if you wish to see your husband in action.” He finishes with a wink that made me giggle.

I am feeling all giddy inside and polish off my breakfast. “You are certain you want to spend the day with me, Elena?” Sebastian asks as he calls for the bill, and I frown at him. “Of course I am. I cannot stay cooped up in the villa for another day longer! How will I find my calling if I don’t venture out into the world? Who knows, I might like the corporate world.” I say confidently and hear him chuckle.

“Alright, then I cannot stop you. Let’s get going.” He says and we both stand up, but I find I needed the loo then and tell him before heading towards the restroom. How would I look bursting for the toilet while Sebastian was busy negotiating a merger?

I find that I was struggling a bit because of last night. Was it normal to be so sensitive in your lady bits after your first time? I suppose some have it worse than others.

After finishing up in the restroom, I proceeded to walk out but felt my wrist being pulled back and I turned to face whoever it was.

Nicholas regards me with a glare, and I am filled with trepidation. “Nicholas, lovely to see you,” I say, biting back my sarcasm, but his lips were a hard line. What did he want? I had absolutely nothing to say to him.

“I can’t stand to see you with him,” he says through gritted teeth, causing me to scoff. “Excuse me? You can’t stand seeing me out with my husband?” I ask him, placing a hand on my hip and raising an eyebrow.

“Oh, come on, Elena. Everyone knows your marriage is a sham. Might as well get divorced now instead of in five years.” He says as I could feel the venom behind his words. If he had told me this any time before Sebastian and I admitted our feelings to one another, it might have hurt me. But I had a newfound confidence in my marriage that I could not wait to show off.

“Who said anything about getting divorced in 5 years?”

Nicholas’ eyes widen at my statement and he moves to grab my wrists again, but I pull them out of his reach. “Please, Elena, I am still willing to wait for you after 5 years. I still love you.” He says with pleading eyes, but all I do is regard him with distaste.

“But I don’t love you, Nicholas. Not anymore. There won’t be a virginal notch to add to your belt after 5 years, anyway. So put the idea out of your head. Go to your fiancee and try to act like an engaged man, God knows she deserves better than what she will end up with.” I spit out and turn to walk to my husband, but Nicholas pulls me back and I see the fury in his eyes. “You let him touch you? After 3 years with me, and you let him have what was rightfully mine?!”

“You would do well to get your hands off my wife, Addington.” I hear the sexy voice of my husband as he saunters towards us, hands in his pockets. Breathing a sigh of relief, I snatch my wrist back from Nicholas’ grasp and walk up to him. His expression was stony but demanded respect to which Nicholas submitted. With another dirty look thrown my way, my ex walks off.

Sebastian laces my fingers with his and brings my hand up to my lips to kiss it. “I saw him following you but knew you could handle yourself. What I didn’t bank on was his persistence.” He says as we walk out of the restaurant and open the Phantom’s door for me. So my husband has faith in me, that was refreshing to know!

I lean over the barrier between us and give him a kiss, smiling as he breaks it. “What was that for?” He asks with a coy smile on his face and I shrug. “Do I need a reason to kiss my husband?” I say as I bat my eyelashes at him, but he just shakes his head with a smile as his phone rings once more.

Sebastian was always the one for me. I cannot believe I was so blind to it this whole time, and for what? A dream to study abroad that wasn’t even mine.

Just as he kills his call, the car comes to a stop outside Dumont Enterprises and I suddenly realise how nervous I was. I would shadow Sebastian in what would be important meetings. Did I really think this through? Oh well. It was too late to turn back now; Sebastian opens the door for me and I am blinded by flashes of light.

It seems the paparazzi followed us from our breakfast date.

I straighten my back and Sebastian slips his hand into mine once more, leading me inside of his domain. He would revert to his CEO persona soon enough, and I was dying to see that side of him in person.

The first thing I noticed was all the eyes on me as we stepped into the lobby. Looks of surprise and envy were all over his employees’ faces. Some even shot daggers at me! Geez, this man was the wet dream of every female here.

And he was all mine.

“They’re staring at me,” I tell him in an amused tone, but all he does is chuckle as he leads me into the elevator. He was clearly used to the gawking women in here but seemed to ignore it altogether.

We reached his floor and headed towards his office and walk towards his PA’s desk. “Good morning, Irene. This is Elena, my wife.” Sebastian introduces me to his PA, who immediately gets up and shakes my hand firmly. Nice, I like this lady.

“Pleased to meet you, Mrs Dumont,” she says with an honest smile, which I return. Then she turns to Sebastian, “Your schedule has been updated, synched and sent to your phone, sir.” She says, and he gives her a nod as a thank you. Then Sebastian lead me into his office, which I didn’t get to look at properly, as he had me against the door.

As he closes the office door behind us and again pins me up against it with a naughty grin, “Feel familiar?” He asks, and I actually giggle out loud. This man will be the death of me. “You made me fall in love with you in this position,” I tell him and see the surprise in his eyes. Then he leans forward and kisses me softly.

“Sebastian!”

A voice came from the other side of the door, giving me a fright. Sebastian sighs and opens the door and a blonde bullet flies inside. “Where the hell have you been? I have been trying to call you for the last half an hour! The Somersetts have been waiting for us in the boardroom. We need to sort this out before…” She trails off as she finally sees me. Her eyes widen as she takes me in, and I smile sweetly. “Hello, Sarah.” I greet her and she regards me with nothing but… jealousy?

“Eliana oops sorry, Elena. Lovely to see you again,” she says with a spoilt giggle, obviously trying to rile me up but I remain impassive and lace my fingers with Sebastian’s, who looked clearly amused at our exchange. This woman was going to be a thorn in my side, that was for sure.

“Now then, Elena, shall we head to the boardroom?” He asks me and Sarah makes a show of coughing. “Excuse me? Why is she joining us?” She asks with her hands on her hips and gesturing towards me. Sebastian sighs and pinches the bridge of his nose. “Stop being a bitch, Sarah. My wife will be shadowing me today to gain some knowledge of the corporate world. Now, let’s get this meeting over with.”Contentt bel0ngs to N0ve/lDrâ/ma.O(r)g!

My eyes widen at his reprimanding of Sarah and I stifle a laugh. She was not used to Sebastian shutting her down. “Very well, this way.” She says and straightens her shoulders before walking out. I stand on my tiptoes and plant a kiss on Sebastian’s cheek, “Thank you, love.” I say without an explanation, but I could tell he knew what the thank you was for.