Chapter 2 The CEO is back

Inside the Moore's corporations, Everyone was running up and down. Fixing their dressing and arranging their desk as it is supposed to be.

"Attention everyone," A Man said in a loud voice as he stood by a far end where they could all see him. "Mr Moore will be here in a minute, I just saw his car pulling over. Please be mindful. No eye contact, especially if he is not talking to you. Don't stand in his way and please make sure you are well dressed. Your table must be kept organized and intact." He continued and headed to the exit of the building.

"Good luck, everyone."he added before finally exiting.

The workers went back to talking amongst themselves.

"I wished the boss stayed longer on his vacation."

"I recently started enjoying working here."

"If not for the pay, I would have been long gone."

"The boss Is so heartless. Did you hear he fired Mary, because she stood in his way when he came into the building the other day?"

"Yeah I heard. She was even backing him at that time. She didn't know he was standing behind her."

"Poor Mary."

The employees of Moore's company were talking in a hushed tone among themselves. Their boss had been gone for a while now. His assistant was the man that had been in charge. The employees couldn't be more happy about that. But now, the monster is back.

"Shhhh. He is here." One of them called their attention from gossiping about the arrogant boss.

He walked into the building, his brow knitted together as he walked majestically. His assistant followed after him. The boss kept receiving greetings as he passed the people working for him. They tried to put on a smile as they did.

"Welcome back Sir."

"Good morning, Mr Moore."

"Good to have you back, Sir."

"Welcome back Mr Moore."

Mr Donald Moore, CEO of Moore's corporations walked past his employees. They were sending greetings his way but he did not acknowledge any of them.

As the men looked towards him with envy, the girls gawked at the handsomeness of the man. Although they know they do not have any chance with the CEO. He is a successful business man in the city, but never was he seen with a woman. Rumors were that he scared them off. He might be the perfect man every girl dreams of, but this one was impossible to date. No one had ever seen him smile, ever.

Donald got to his office and went around and sat on his office leather seat. He then turned to his assistant that had been following him and said, " James, I want to see the history from the past year."

"Yes, Don." James said. He also sat down on the chair on the other side of the table and said, "So?"

Donald gave him a puzzled look with a raised eyebrow. "So... You go get them." He stated the obvious.

"Oh come on, Don, tell me. We are alone now." James probed. "How are you feeling?" He asked with a concerned expression.

"Fine." Donald said and continued to tap away on his phone.

"Really man?" James said. He realized his friend was trying to avoid the discussion. After all it was the reason he left everything he built and went into hiding.

"Can you go and do what I pay you for?" Donald demanded.

James scoffed. "Oh please. You are all cut up and we both know that." He waved off. "Now, Did your little escape help you?"

Donald sighed, he put his phone down and looked at his friend before saying, "Yes, it did. Now go do your job." He lied just to end the conversation. He is the only person that can make his friend say more than three words at a time.

James is a childhood friend to Donald. They grew up together and attended the same college. Donald was lucky enough to build his empire with the help of his godfather. He left half of his wealth in Donald's name. That made Donald promise himself to make his godfather proud. So far, he is doing a great job and making his godfather proud from the heavens.

"We will talk later. I will give you the same advice as always, stop denying your feelings and let the girl know. At least then you can have closure." James advised for uncountable times.

"It's either she accepts you or rejects you. Which we believe the latter is unlikely." James sought with a smirk. He got up and left the office.

Few moments later, James was back with the requested files. He exited the office, leaving his friend to his own thoughts.

Donald acted to ignore James. Although this time around, he was listening. Running away was not a very good solution. He still wants to get close to the girl even though she is too young for him and has a boyfriend who happens to be his nephew. Donald is a bold, fearless and courageous man. But when it comes to this particular girl, he turns into a marshmallow.

Everything looked in place. James was doing a fine Job while Donald was absent. Nonetheless, he stayed in the office till late in the evening. He is trying to kick start a new project to keep him busy and not have time to think about his forbidden love.

"I am on my way now, mother and no I am not driving. That is why I answered your call -" Donald spoke into his phone to his mother. His driver is taking him to his mother's house. She insisted on him coming home because she hadn't seen him since he left the city.

The car came to a sudden stop, after the sound of something coming in hard contact with the car.

The driver got out of the car in a hurry. He rushed to the figure that is now laying on the side of the road. There is wetness around her which you can easily make out to be blood streaming down from the back of her head.

"Oh my God! Miss - miss, are you okay?" The driver rushed to her with a trembling voice. When he noticed she wasn't moving, his heart kept beating rapidly.

"Mom, I have to go now. I will call you when I get home." Donald said as he also stepped out of the car. He did not wait for his mother's free response before ending the call.

"Jared, what is going on?" Donald asked, walking to the scene.

Few people were also watching as they passed by. Others were coming out of their residence to see what was going on.

"Where are we?" Donald directed the question more to himself as he looked around.

"Oh my lord... Please be ok. Miss? Miss?" Jared said to the laying figure, who is not still moving. "Someone should please call an ambulance."

Donald's attention turned to them and he went closer. With the audience they are starting to have, he decided to save them the unwanted attention.

"We should take her to hospital. Ambulance might take a while." Donald suggested.

"I am so sorry sir. I wanted to use the shortcut because we came out in a rush hour. I didn't want you to realize what I did after you ended your call. So I sped up. I am so sorry." Jared said apologetically. He was in the back with the lady while Donald took the wheels.

"She - she just came out of nowhere. I swear." Jared continued. "I am really sorry -"

"Enough." Donald said.

That made Jared hush and only gave directions to Donald until they were out of the unfamiliar place.

Heartbeats later, they arrived at the hospital and the lady was placed on a stretcher. With the illuminating light at the entrance of the hospital, Donald was able to make out the face of the lady.

"It can't be." Donald said in disbelief. He quickly went closer to the stretcher and pushed away the man standing there.

Brushing the lady's brunette hair away from her face, his heart skipped a bit. "Sh- Shan -" Donald stuttered. He gulped down his own spew. "Shantal!"

"We need to attend to her now, sir." The man that Donald pushed to the side spoke before coming between Donald and the stretcher. They took her away, leaving Donald frozen in his spot and everything turned mute.

Jarred has been trying to call the attention of his boss. Donald has been standing in the same spot for like ten minutes now. "Sir? Sir? Please let me take you home then I will come back to the hospital -"

"You are fired." Those were the three words Donald spat before he walked into the hospital. Leaving a confused Jared at the entrance.

'How can I leave!? When the only girl I have ever loved is fighting for her life right now and it is all because of me.' Donald thought to himself.