The CEO's One Night Stand Troublemaker (R-18)

Chapter 5

“Closure?” Killian's voice sounded like he was mocking me after he scoffed. “Not all things need closure, Daphne. And that includes our relationship.”

I could only roll my eyes at his remark. Here he was again, acting like he was the most mature person to ever exist. It was actually a characteristic that I love about it but now, it was making me want to hate him.

“Did you not love me at all?” I asked even though I knew I would end up getting hurt in the end. I just wanted to know.

“The past is in the past already. Let us stop talking about it. If you want to speak with me more, as your stepfather that is, you should quit your job in Laurel Company.”

It was my turn to scoff.

“Never. You got everything you ever wanted and left me stuck in the past. That is why, I will just do everything to ruin you, to annoy the s**t out of you, and if I can, to break your relationship with my mother.”

Thankfully, we already arrived in my apartment so I got out of the car and slammed the door shut. Just when I was about to enter the elevator, I felt someone grip my arm and forced me to turn on my heels.

The moment I faced Killian, he pushed me to the corner and looked at me deep in the eyes.

“Let me make myself clear, Daphne. You and I are long over. If you ever try to scheme something to ruin my relationship with your mother, I will make sure that you will regret it.”

It was painful to hear him say those things with so much conviction. It was tearing me apart that I failed to contain my emotions from bursting out. I could feel the tears escaping but still, I did not look away from him to enjoy his baffled reaction.

“We are long over only for you, Killian. It is because it only took a few months for you to replace me while I am still hurting. You are already having the time of your life while I am still here asking myself what I did wrong, what was lacking in me, and what went wrong that you left me without stating a reason. That is why as long as I am suffering, I will never let you have that stupid happy ending!”

I pushed him away and headed to the elevator while wiping away the tears that dampened my cheeks. Damn it! I got carried away I ended up telling him that I still did not move on. But who cares? I will still live my life and become a thorn that they would have a hard time to get rid of.

The next day, I went to work earlier than the others so upon reaching the office. It was only me there. It did not really matter since I got the whole place all by myself even for just a few hours. A little while later as I was fixing some documents, an unexpected person came in.

Since we were all by ourselves, the CEO did not hesitate to approach me by my table. He sat on the chair next to me and wore his ever famous grin.

“You are quite early today,” he commented, which was totally obvious.

“Just could not sleep, that's all,” I replied.

“You probably lacked some night exercises.”

For sure, he was referring to s*x.

Before I knew it, he suddenly pulled my chair and made me face him. Our distance from each other was so close that I could tell what he was aiming for. Just as expected, he leaned closer that I caught a whiff of his tempting scent. He was looking at my lips but the moment he was about to kiss me, I looked at the side to avoid it.

I pushed myself away from him and faced the monitor of my computer. I was already done with the menial tasks but I had to pretend that I was busy.

“I am not in the mood to do that,” I told him.

I had no idea what his expression looked like and even though, I wanted to look at him, I was not able to do it.

“Why not?”

“Someone is watching us, dumbass,” I giggled while referring to the person monitoring every CCTV in this building. I do enjoy doing that stuff with him, however, I ain't an exhibitionist so there was just no way that I will do it with him while knowing that someone was watching.

This time, it was also his turn to chuckle.

“That kind of surprised me,” he commented.

But now that we managed not to get taken away by lust, I just realized that I forgot something to ask.

“Why did you introduce yourself as Justin when we first met?” I asked. Stopping whatever I was doing, I shifted my attention in his direction.

“That's a bit of a late reaction coming from you.”

“It is because you made me forget about it with that much pleasure.”

He chuckled once again that kind of sounded like he was amused with our current situation. Well, I could not blame him because I, too, find us both amusing in a bad way... I admit that.

“Anyway, to answer your question, I lied since I originally thought that it would just be a one-night stand. So saying my real name did not really matter.”

I simply nodded my head, since I get where he was coming from.

He c****d his head as he stared at me.

“Are you disappointed?”

I shook my head. “Of course not. Why would I be?”

“That is a good thing then. It would he a disappointment if you are expecting more in this relationship. Anyway, I have a task for you. Consider it as a task that will decide your future here in my company?”

He, then, brought out his phone and had gone quiet for a while.

“By that you mean, if I succeed, I will stay. But if I fail, I will he kicked out?”

He nodded his head before sliding his phone towards me. My eyebrow raised when I saw my own profile... my profile as Daphne Levius, heir to the Apollo Corporation currently led by my stepfather. Well, since I did not want to reveal my real identity in this company, I totally faked the profile I submitted to the HR. But that does not matter as of the moment.

I turned to Troy and his attention was fully focused on his phone.

“Who is this Daphne Levius?” I asked to feign ignorance.

“She is the sole grandchild of the Apollo Corporation founder. And that being said, she is a rich heiress but ever since she was young, she did not make any public appearance, hence, the absence of her picture in that one.”

“What do you want me to do, sir?”

“I want you to look into her. Know where she is and what she is up to. There had been rumors going around that she is causing troubles here and there. I just want to make sure that she would not become a hindrance since I am the top rival of their company.”

“That's quite challenging.”

Upon saying that, Troy looked at me with a sharp look. It was something I saw the very first time since he had always been either looking at me with lust or simply just neutral.

“You have the same name as her. You are not her, right?”

To deceive him, I chuckled and commented, “If I was her, I would be so lucky to have so much money. I would not be here working under your company. But I am just a provincial girl.”

And to finish my acting into perfection, I slumped my shoulders and wore a fake bitter smile. This should be effective since it worked for several men I encountered before.

“Don't feel too insecure of her. There is nothing wrong in being a provincial girl.” He leaned closer to me with his large hand sliding up my leg. “And don't show such a pitiful face. It turns me on.”

Before I could say anything, Troy stood from his seat and hovered over me.

“Don't disappoint me, Daphne,” he whispered in my ear before heading back to his office.

I admire his resolution in making preparations to avoid Daphne Levius, however, poor him. Little did he know that I already managed to sneak into his territory without him ever suspecting it. Well, the one-night stand was totally out of my plan but it was actually a good thing. It became a good cover-up for my real identity.

“It would be fun to make you and Killian face each other in a bloodbath,” I mumbled.