Chapter 3 Did you just smile

(**AT IVAN'S MANSION**)

"Alex!!,Alex!!" A guy yelled, walking into Ivan's room and it appeared like Ivan was about to take some nap.

"Marco!!, Stop yelling my name like that and how many times do i have to tell you to stop calling me that!" Ivan half-yelled and shot him a harsh glare, a glare that could take someone on their knees, but Marco looked unbothered.

"Calling you emperor Ivan is absurd and by the way, I am your best friend not some outsider" Marco rolled his eyes and sat on a chair which was big enough that people could mistake it to be a throne.

"Aha!, lest i forget, I got great news for you!!" Marco muttered snapping his right fingers together.

"Now what?" Ivan said clearly pissed, he was really trying to hold his anger because if he doesn't,, he might end up pouncing on Marco and beat him to a pulp.

"I have found a suitable secretary for you since you fired your previous secretaries, hope this new secretary won't be fired like the previous ones" Marco blabbed and Ivan sat up.

"What did you just say?, a female?" Ivan asked and Marco nodded.

"I told you to get a male secretary because i need someone that wouldn't try to seduce me during work time!!" Ivan said clearly displeased and Marco scoffed.

"You claimed that they seduced you and pretend like you don't like that but every seconds, minute and hours i pass your office when the soundproof is switched off......"Marco trailed off and shudder in disgust when he imagined the moans of those bitches.

"Anyways, you wouldn't stop until that thing in-between your leg malfunction" Marco muttered and shivered again, not because of those b**ches but because of the dark glare Ivan was shooting at him.

"I think it's high time I left" Marco chuckled nervously and dashed out if the door as fast as he could.

"Whatever!" Ivan rolled his eyes.

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The next day at exactly 06:00AM in the morning, Ivan was already up and had done his personal things, right now he was at the dining eating breakfast.

Not actually breakfast..

He just sipped his hot coffee with a blank expression on his face. Ivan wasn't those cold hearted CEO that is usually read in stories.

He was a manwhore, he was sure about that. He doesn't talk too much but he isn't cold hearted.

Ivan drank half of his coffee and grabbed his suit jacket which was neatly hanged on the dining chair then he began to walk out of the mansion.

Arianna had already left to school so except from the maids and guards, the mansion was empty.

"Good morning sir" The driver greeted immediately he was out of the mansion.

"Hmm" Ivan hummed in reply and walked towards the driver's seat which made the driver confused.

"I will drive today, hand over the keys" Ivan muttered and the driver gave him the keys without hesitation to avoid hearing Ivan's number one usual sentence "Your fired!"

Ivan ignited the engine and drove out of the mansion.

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When Ivan reached the company, everyone greeted him as usual but he ignored them and walked into his office grumpily.

"What's up with you?!" Marco asked immediately his office was unlocked by his thumb print and they walked in.

"If that girl you brought as my secretary is f**king late even if it is just for a second, she should consider herself fired" Ivan said and sat on his chair.

"Oh?, So that's why your grumpy today?" Marco said but all he got back was silence.

"I don't like coming before my assistant, secretary or any of my employees, how dare that bitch make me wait for so long, send an email to her, that she is fir......"Ivan's words got caught in his throat because the door was clicked open immediately and a lady walked in.

After closing the door gently, she turned and it was none other than Marisa. She had a red shirt on and a black pencil skirt stopping at her knee. She looked very nervous as she fiddled her fingers around the file she was holding.

"Good morning sir" She greeted both of them with a smile on her face before bowing slightly.

Marco couldn't help but do a little calculation inside his brain.

No cl*avages exposed✔️

Skirt decent and not short✔️

Looks = 99.9%

Marco winked at Ivan with a big smile on his face which indicated "I got the best right?"

But a frown formed on his face when he saw that Ivan wasn't smiling at all but instead, he was frowning and that scared the hell out of him, it was always hard getting a representable secretary everytime Ivan fires one now with that look Ivan had on his face, one could tell it isn't friendly at all.

"You're late" Ivan muttered adverting his eyes back to the file he was once reading.

"Am sorry sir, please forgive me" Marisa said bowing her head as her eyes lingered around the floor.

Then there was silence and that wasn't a comfortable silence for both Marisa and Marco at all.

"Alex, aren't you saying anything?" Marco asked, he wanted to be sure whether Marisa was fired or not so that he could look for another damn secretary.

"Showing her where her office is located at is now my job right?"Ivan asked sarcastically and that surprised Marco.

Marco wasn't surprised because of the sarcastic question Ivan asked but he was surprised that Marisa was thirty minutes late but Ivan didn't fire her like he did to other girls who came much more earlier than Marisa.

Another thing was that he didn't arrange for an interview. Ivan was a careful guy, he didn't like making mistakes neither does he like when people make mistakes so after answering the questionnaire, he arranges for an interview too.

"Ivan!, are you in your rightful senses, aren't you going to fire her or....or like arrange for an interview." Marco half-yelled pinching his cheeks to check whether he was asleep and dreaming too.

Ivan raised an eyebrow at him harshly, making Marco to move back then he turned towards Marisa and smiled at her warmly.

"Please follow me miss Marisa" Marco smiled.

"Okay" Marisa chuckled remembering their little bickering, she followed him out of the office.

"Taadahh, here is your office, close to the boss's office enough right?" Marco said immediately they entered a large office which was beautifully equipped and furnished.

It was beautiful but what added to its beauty was that it had transparent walls which made her eyes have access to Ivan's office.

As she was thinking about this, her eyes were focused on Ivan and thankfully, she could see his good looking face from her office.

He looked really focused while doing his work making him look more hotter than usual.

It felt like he felt her burning stares because he quickly turned and looked at her causing her to flush in embarassment as she quickly lowered her face to the floor while playing with her fingers.

"Wait! Ivan, did you just smile!!?" Marco yelled from inside Ivan's office, his eyes were almost bulging out and his mouth was agape as he stared at Ivan.

Though it was just for a split second but Marco saw it.....he saw it!!

"You shouldn't talk nonsense!!" Ivan grabbed his laptop and threw it at Marco but he managed to dodge it making the poor laptop to fall on the floor and the screen shattering into pieces.

"Get me another laptop!" Ivan ordered and Marco chuckled before running out of his office.