Married to a Playboy CEO

Thieves broke

"Stay away from Archie. You will never meet him again after today. Resign from the Passion Club today itself." Archie's mom's words echoed in her ears. When she stepped out of their palace, she already decided that she would never meet him again. She even searched for another job and thought that she would never come back to the passion club or keep any kind of contact with Archie. But it was just four days and they met again.

When she had fallen into the water and gotten drenched, she was taken to the guest room. Someone had placed a beautiful white chiffon frock in front of her. She looked at the dress, which appeared very beautiful.

"Surprised, aren't you? When people see things that are beyond their means, they are often shocked like this. You know you are not worthy of Archie. Why are you lingering around him? Zina is perfect for him, she is a supermodel and his girlfriend. The rest you can understand." Saying this, Archie's mom left the room. Celeste searched for another job as soon as she got back home and worked as a sales girl in Art and Gallery Exhibition.

"You..." she narrowed her eyes as she did not expect to see Archie at this hour. Archie was glad to see her. But Celeste continued working and pretended not to recognise him.

Just then, a middle-aged woman who looked like a manager approached him.

"Sorry, gentleman, we are closed. You can come tomorrow," she said. Archie looked at the items.

"What if I buy the most expensive art painting from here?" Archie asked, pointing to a painting behind him. "This one... or this one..." The paintings were worth nearly 100K dollars. Hearing this, the manager's expression changed.

"Oh... sure, sure. We still have some time to wrap up. Celeste, show the painting to this handsome gentleman," she said and left.

Celeste, without saying anything, went to show Archie the paintings like a professional salesgirl. The rest of the staff had already left. Archie was just looking at her; after three days, Celeste looked much thinner. Seeing her gave Archie a sense of relief as if he had missed her a lot. His eyes were not even blinking when he looked at her.

"This painting... is one of Picasso's famous works..." Celeste uncovered the huge painting on the wall.

"Why did you leave the club?" Archie asked her. Celeste ignored him and pretended that she didn't hear it. Archie's brow knitted. She was acting as if she didn't even know him.

"This is the best one at the New York World Exhibition. It was one of the best paintings from..." Before she could finish what she was saying, Archie grabbed her hand tightly and pulled her close.

"I didn't come here to look at these f*****g paintings. I came to ask you why you stopped coming to the club," Archie asked through gritted teeth. He seemed so aggressive. His eyes watched her face, her eyes and her lips.

They were so close, just a few centimetres apart. One push and they would be pressed against each other.

"What does it matter to you?" Celeste asked. She was struggling to release herself from his caged arms but he gripped her waist tightly.

"I do care. Because of you, my club is suffering loss" Archie said. His breath was brushing against her face. Celeste didn't understand what he meant.

"Loss? A mere waitress makes your business possible?" She focused on 'mere waitress.'

"You took an advance p*****t. You can't just leave the job like that."

Hearing this, Celeste laughed sarcastically.

"So, did you come here to buy a $100K painting or to collect the $5000 advance p*****t I took?" As soon as Celeste asked this Archie gripped her wrist and pressed her against the wall.

"If I want to take everything back, I know how to take it." Saying this Archie tilted his lips and almost brought it closer to her mouth. He was almost going to kiss her but she turned her face to the other side.

"Why did you come here?" She asked him. Archie pressed his lips. He missed a kiss for a second.

"I need to talk to you," Archie said. Celeste shook off his hand. "Join the club again. I will ask Martha to promote you." He added, knowing his club pays well to every staff.

"I don't want to come back. This place is better." Celeste replied. No one is forcing her to expose her body, or no fear of drunk men.

"I know this place is better, but I cannot come here..." He paused. Celeste looked into his eyes. She already fell for that face. She already started liking him, there was no denial now but their status had no match.

"Celeste.."

Celeste noticed another staff member had arrived. She shook off Archie's hand.

. "Michelle, please show this gentleman the paintings. The most expensive ones." Saying this, Celeste walked away.

***

At office

"So this is our new project for the Country power plant. I hope Mr. CEO is satisfied with the presentation." Ryan asked in the meeting. He waited for a response from Archie but Archie was lost somewhere. He was looking at the blank presentation slide.

"Archie... Archie..." Chen was calling out to him embarrasly. Even after calling a few times he didn't give any response. Chen pulled Archie's coat and he jumped to the reality.

"What? Oh yes. shall we start Presentation?" He asked and all shareholders exchanged their glances.

"Mr. Archie, are you okay?" the shareholders asked Archie. For the first time, Archie wasn't attentive in a meeting.

"Yeah! I am.." Archie nodded. "Why are you asking this?"

"Because the presentation was over," Ryan said annoyingly. Archie rubbed his forehead when he realised that he was lost for the entire time. He had no idea what happened in that meeting.

"I am leaving. Send me the documents in the mail." He told Chen and walked out of the cabin. He was restless. After meeting the finisheArchie went back to the exhibition centre, but it was closed. Archie called Manager Martha and asked for the address of Celeste but it was not available.

After working in a cafe, Celeste was on her way home. The Art Exhibition ended today so she joined her previous cafe again. She arrived at her apartment when she saw Archie was already standing by the roadside, using his phone. He saw Celeste, but she ignored him and walked on.

"Celeste, wait. Celeste..." Archie started following her.

"What are you doing here?" Celeste was heading towards her home, and Archie was following her.

"I recalled I dropped you here last time, so I come here to see you." He said. She opened the door of her house and was stunned by the sight inside.

"Say something.." Archie stepped into her home and he was dumbfounded when he saw her messed house. The room was in disarray, with windows broken and belongings scattered everywhere. Seemed like some thieves broke into her house.