That Night with the CEO

"You two get out of my house! Bad luck!" Mila exclaimed while throwing the belongings of siblings Isabel and Isaac out of the apartment.

"Oh, Aunt Mila! What are you doing?!" Isabel exclaimed as she rushed over to pick up their clothes that were scattered on the road.

She had just come home from work and seemed surprised by what she saw.

"Aunt Mila, what happened and you suddenly kicked us out?" Isabel asked again as she picked up their clothes one by one.

Mila retorted fiercely, "Your stupid brother! Letting all my remaining money be stolen!"

"Stolen?"

"Yes! The thief entered the house because he left the door open! Your brother Isabel is really stupid!" Mila added angrily.

Isabel ignored her Aunt's anger and dashed into her room to find her brother.

"Isaac! Isaac!" she called.

"Sister.." Isaac muttered as he carried his shattered paintings.

"What happened? Are you okay? Didn't the thief hurt you?" Isabel asked, touching her brother's face.

"I'm fine sister, the thief stole all of Aunt Mila's money," Isaac replied regretfully, looking at his paintings. "S-She destroyed my paintings because she was very upset with me, saying they were not worth it," he continued.

Isabel was losing her temper with their 50-year-old Aunt at the moment. She went back to the balcony to confront her.

"Why did you destroy his paintings? You know, that's all he does for commission."

"Commission? That's useless for the money he gave to the thief!"

"Aunt Mila, you didn't even ask how my brother was? Maybe the thief hit him? No! All you have in mind is money!"

"Hey Isabel! Don't yell at me because you'll just be swallowed up in my life and if it wasn't for me you both might have been homeless on the street for a long time!"

Isabel couldn't resist her irritation with her Aunt Mila, so she burst into tears.

"What are you standing us there for? Pick up your stuff outside and get out of here!" Mila continued.

Isabel remained silent but bravely gazed at her brother in their room.

"Isaac, get dressed and we'll leave here." she said hurriedly while taking some of her things from her cabinet.

"Sister, where are we going?" Isaac asked sadly.

Isabel stopped. "I don't know, as long as we leave here." Isabel answered.

Isaac stood up and helped put their things away.

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"That's really your Aunt Mila still hasn't changed. You think she can throw her nephews away just because of money?" Alice said in disbelief while preparing food for Isabel and Isaac.

"I'm sorry Alice, I don't know where else to go." Isabel said sadly.

"Come on, Isabel, we're best friends. I can't leave you alone, right?"

Isabel stood up and hugged Alice's back. "Thank you very much. I owe you a lot."

Alice smiled. "You know how you can get back?"

"How?"

"Come with me tomorrow night, I have an extra job." Alice said happily.

Isabel frowned, for her it is not new that this friend of hers has an extra job because she herself gave her a job as a waitress at a famous Resort here in New York.

"Okay, make sure that's legal."

"Come on, Isabel. Is it legal or not, we need money, especially now that you haven't had Isaac's medication checked up yet?"

Isabel moved her gaze to Isaac, who was reading a book on the table. She let out a sigh. "You're right, Alice; I desperately need money."

"I told you, I'm just waiting for you to come to me."

"How long have you been doing that extra job of yours?" asked Isabel.

"Six months, and I've been earning a lot since then."

Isabel suddenly stops and thinks about it.

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That night did come and Isabel didn't think twice about joining the extra job that Alice was talking about. Even though she had no idea what she was going to do, she just strengthened her heart for her brother who only depended on her. Alice made her dress up in a waitress uniform because that's what she was supposed to do but, there was a problem.

"Isabel, the waitress is full. My boss asked me, If you want to do it in a different job, can you do it?" Alice asked hesitantly.

"What do you mean?" Isabel asked with a frown on her head.

Alice sighed and then explained to Isabel what her job was going to be. Isabel just swallowed, as if she couldn't handle what their boss was asking her to do. She can't sell her body to a man she doesn't even know.

"Can you do it, Isabel?." Alice asked again.

Isabel looked anxiously to Alice and nodded. "I can, for Isaac."

Alice holds Isabel's hands as she accompanies her to an empty room where the man she would spend the night with would meet her.

Isabel's tears fell and she clutched her chest, she couldn't fully understand why she had to lead to such a position just to earn a lot of money.

"That's alright, Isabel. Just one night, you have to do it for Isaac." she whispered to herself as her tears fell.

As the door opened, a tall and muscular man entered. She was stunned by the manner of the man who seemed to have a God-like face.

She was about to speak when the man suddenly kissed her on the lips.

Isabel's eyes just widened at the softness and eagerness of the lips abducted to her. She seems to feel this man's longing, she doesn't understand why her soul is asking her to respond to that kiss. Without knowing that she willingly opened her lips and the man quickly inserted his tongue. This is Isabel's first time kissing a man, but she seems to know what she's doing. The intimacy that she feels when the man inserts his hand to reach her breast increases even more.

She stopped. "W-Wait.."

"What's wrong?" the man asked in a whisper. Even he's voice seems attractive.

"N-Nothing, I'm just-" Isabel didn't even finish what she was going to say when the man claimed her lips again.

At that time, the heat in her body increased and she just followed what the man was doing. Until they take off all their clothes. The man supported her on the bed and slightly opened her thigh.

"Are you ready?" he whispered in her ear.

Isabel did not know what to answer. She just nodded because she really wanted this feeling.

The man smiled and slowly inserted his fullest into Isabel's hard tunnel.

"Ouch!" Isabel murmured that the man was surprised.

"Is this your first time?" he asked.

Isabel bit her lip and then she nodded as a small drop of tears flowed down her cheek. "Y-Yes. But keep going, I need this money."

The man was surprised. But he didn't want to stop it, he wanted to claim this woman's perfect body.

"Don't worry, I'll be gentle." the man whispered and kissed Isabel again on her lips.

The man again inserted his fullest and this time he was careful while Isabel hugged him back while he slowly moved on top of her.

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Past eight o'clock in the morning, when Gideon got out of his car. He increased his pace while fixing the button on his suit.

Everyone greeted him when he started to enter Fierro's Enterprise Building.

"Gideon you're late." Sam told Gideon emphatically as he hurriedly walked to the conference room.

"Is Mr. Carter here either?" Gideon ignored his Uncle's enraged but continued walking.

"Yes, and you're the only one waiting." Sam replied, annoyed.

When Gideon entered the conference room, their emotions as he entered the meeting room were disappointed.

"Move over." He ordered his associates to begin the marketing data analysis that he would explain to the investors.

After Gideon sat down, a small letter was placed on his desk.

"You owe me today." he looked at Freya and she winked.

After a few moments of explaining the data analysis, Gideon asked for a break to talk to the investors in private. But before that happened, he pulled Freya outside the room and asked what the letter meant.

"I will take care of Mr. Carter, I'm sure we can get them to invest in the company." Freya said in a whisper.

Gideon smirked at her. "You actually intend to do it for this business, huh?"

"Yes, and I'm going to do it for you." Freya touched Gideon's lips. But Gideon didn't like that and he rolled his eyes. He left Freya hanging with her imaginations, then he got back to the conference room to continue the meeting with his investors.

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After an hour, Gideon and the investors leave the conference with a smile on their face.

"The journalists are right, you are such a brilliant CEO in New York, I am sure that I'll never regret investing with your company." Mr. Carter said with a smile.

"Of course, Mr. Carter. Not just handsome and brilliant, but I'm also the best closer in the city. Just call my name, I got you!" Gideon boasted.

Freya, on the other hand, was about to congratulate Gideon when he abruptly excused himself to the investors, leaving Freya to walk behind him.

"Hey, I'm ready to deal with Mr. Carter." Freya said, smiling with Gideon.

Gideon sighed and rolled his eyes. "It's over, Freya, and there's nothing you can do about it."

"Does that mean they're gonna invest in Fierro's Enterprise?"

"Of course, and-" he stopped walking. "Don't ever touch my lips again because I know what you want and it's never going to happen," he said as he walked towards his office.

While Freya was disappointed because she thought she could persuade Gideon to do what she wanted. But her strategy is still sloppy this time.

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In the office, Sam happily followed Gideon and congratulated him too.

"Well, we need to celebrate this small success, Gideon!" Sam said to him.

"No, Uncle, I'm not in the mood right now. I still have a lot of papers to sign," Gideon said as he sat in his chair.

**Knocked in the door**

"Are you expecting someone?" Sam asked with a frown.

"No."

Until Kevin, Gideon's private lawyer/assistant entered. Kevin is his assistant for some of his businesses in New York, including the famous Resort also owned by the Fierros.

"Sir, I just want to give you the report from Fierro's Resort." Kevin said and politely placed the papers at the bottom of Gideon's desk.

Gideon frowned when he read it and he was almost insulted by its low rate from customers and some businessmen.

"What the hell happened to this?" Gideon asked Kevin, referring to the reports.

"Lazaro claimed that there are a lot of customers who disagree with the services and even a lack of manpower in daily work." Kevin explained.

Gideon slid the papers onto his desk."That stupid Lazaro!"

"What are we gonna do now, Gideon?" Sam asked Gideon.

"I have to go to the Resort. Prepare the records because of their negligence, I have to change employees." Gideon said seriously.

Kevin bowed his head when Gideon walked passed. It is obvious in Gideon's face, the sharp eyes, that he is indeed a perfectionist when it comes to work.

"The car is already outside. I've already started putting out paperwork to hire another employee-"

"Keep it, Freya. I need to talk with Lazaro." Gideon ordered coldly.

"Wait–are you going to the Resort?" Freya asked.

Gideon narrowed his eyes. "Isn't that what CEOs do when there's a problem in the company? Go into the business and figure out what's the problem, right?"

Freya was speechless; she simply nodded and followed Gideon's order. "I'm sorry; I'll keep the records and travel with you to the resorts," she said.

"Let's go." Sam said and assisted Gideon into the car

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In the Resort, everyone is busy cleaning and also arranging stuff. Lazaro almost fainted when the news reached him that Gideon was coming to talk to him.

"Shit-This is exactly what I don't want to happen!" Lazaro's expression as he held his phone.

"All of you, go to your assigned tasks, and the Resort's owner will arrive today. You need to be patient because our boss is not in a good mood, we need to be careful with our actions. Do you understand?" Lazaro explained while the waiters and waitresses agreed with him.

"All right, now get back to work," Lazaro said.

"Isabel, are you okay?" Alice said, observing that she appeared to have fainted.

"Y-Yes, Alice. I really didn't sleep much last night." Isabel answered, still yawning.

"Okay, we'll talk about that later. Right now let's get work and I hear that our boss is grumpy and a perfectionist." continued Alice.

"Really? I've only been working here for a few months, I haven't met him yet."

"None of us have met him, and what I also know is that he doesn't mix his personal and professional life at work. If you have a personal attachment to him, he won't hesitate to fire you," Alice continued.

"Come on, who wants to be in a relationship with a boss? Let's be safe, Alice, because we can't be attached to a famous and wealthy man," Isabel shook her head.

"But I've heard he's also extremely handsome!" Alice added with a smile.

"No, Alice, even though he is the most beautiful man in the world, we are only at the bottom, he is at the top, so don't fantasize about him, let's get to work."

"Come on! Maybe later when you see him, you will swallow everything you told me!" Alice objected, as if she was still teasing her friend.

Isabel scowled and was about to say anything when the manager screamed again.

"Get down to work! Don't talk!"

Isabel and Alice separated quickly.

Until a driver runs up to the manager.

"Sir, Sir Gideon is here."

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As they heard about the owner already there in the Resorts, all the employees stopped cleaning for the moment. Out of respect for the employees they line up as they bow their head slightly for the owner to walk among them. When Gideon passed by, the employees greeted him politely, knowing that they could be asked or talked to by the owner at any time.

"Good morning, Sir Gideon-" Gideon interrupted Lazaro's speech because of his annoyance with him.

"Let's talk later, Lazaro." and he turned his attention to the employees. "Everyone, introduce yourself to me." Gideon ordered.

The employees came to a halt, apparently scared about what their boss intended to do.

"Anyone? Who wants to introduce himself first?" Gideon asked gruffly, almost running out of patience.

Alice raised her hand and excitedly went to the front to properly introduce herself to Gideon.

"I'm Alice Anderson, 27 years old and I work here at Fierro Resorts as one of the beautiful waitresses, my motto in life was-"

"Okay next!" Gideon said as he interrupted Alice's speech.

Alice was almost embarrassed so she returned to her line. The next person who introduced himself was the gay waiter and Gideon was treated the same way, he didn't even finish what he had to say.

"Next! Don't you have anything sensible to say? I just want you to introduce yourself," Gideon grumbled.

After a few moments of silence, Isabel came to the center. From crouching, she slowly raised her head to face their boss.

But Isabel's world seemed to stop when her and Gideon's eyes met. She seems to be familiar with that God-like face, she can't be wrong. Almost no words come out of her mouth as she stares at Gideon, while everyone waits for her introduction.

"We don't have a million times to wait for you, Miss," Gideon sarcastically told her.

"U-Um..Um, my name is Isabel Grace Smith, and I-I'm working here as a waitress," he stuttered when she introduced herself.

Gideon gave her a serious look. "Alright, next!"

Isabel's knees almost went soft as she returned to her line. That introduction also took half an hour and then they went back to their respective jobs. Isabel hurried directly to the kitchen to get some water after almost passing out from the scene with him. That the man who claimed her whole body last night is her boss.

"You fool, Isabel!" she said as she gulped another glass of water.

"My God! They are right when they say that our boss is very handsome, give me a drink!" Alice said excitedly and snatched the glass from Isabel's hand.

While Isabel is still dumbfounded by what she realized.

"Hey, Isabel, what happened to you? Hmm, I told you, you'll be astounded by how handsome our boss is, and I saw you couldn't speak earlier-"

"Alice, wait-do you remember the man I told you about this morning?" Isabel asked, her eyes filled with regret.

"Yeah, what about him?"

"The man I was with that night and our boss are the same guy." Isabel revealed.

Alice's eyes widened because of Isabel's revelation. She wanted to split the water from her mouth, but she immediately came to her senses.

"Whaaaaaat?!"

Isabel closed her eyes in shame, she just touched her forehead as if she regretted what happened.

"Does anyone allow you to spend more time in the kitchen?" They both turned to that dominant voice, their eyes widening as they recognized the man they were talking about.

"I'm sorry, sir, I'm going back to work." Alice hurried away, followed by Isabel, but Gideon swiftly stopped her by holding her hand.

Isabel stopped and looked into Gideon's eyes.

"S-Sir.."

"You're a new employee here aren't you?" Gideon asked with no emotion on his face.

"Y-Yes Sir."

"You should know the Resort's policy, that employees are not allowed to stay in the kitchen for an extended period of time, especially when there is a lot of work and...that I'm here," Gideon stated firmly.

Isabel gulped, expecting her boss to tell her about what happened the night before, but it's a good thing he told her about work.

"Y-yes, sir. It won't happen again." She bowed slightly and walked away.

Gideon's gaze was drawn to Isabel.

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It was a big relief for Isabel that she finished her work for the day, and she and Alice immediately decided to go home. Because she could no longer bear the weakness of her body and at the same time she found out that the man she had sex with that night was her boss at the job she was keeping.

"Do you think he recognized you?" Alice asked as soon as they entered the apartment where they lived.

"Shhhh." Isabel said suddenly because it was possible for Isaac to hear them.

Alice pulled Isabel to her room so they could talk properly.

"He didn't react when you introduced yourself, maybe you're just mistaken Isabel. Maybe he just looks like the guy you're talking about!" said Alice.

"I hope he looks just like him, Alice. I was so stupid that I didn't even think that it was possible for me to see that man again." Isabel answered, clearly annoyed with herself.

"Hmm, but admit it, you also fell in love with our boss's good looks, didn't you?" Alice teased more.

"What? No. I'm really thinking about the guy who--Geez! Why did I end up in such a situation? There are a lot of people that are possible strangers, why did he end up being my boss?" Isabel sat on Alice's bed, it seems that this is the most embarrassing event that happened in her entire life.

"I need to avoid him as soon as I can." she muttered.

"What about trying to find a job?" Alice recommended.

"I wish that would be easy, Alice. When everything is okay, yeah I'll find another job. Rather than wait for our boss to fire me because he will find out that I'm the girl who-geez."

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At six o'clock in the evening, the meeting was started by Gideon, after Lazaro and Kevin talked about the analysis of the reports, Gideon decided to stay in the Resort for three months until the tax rate returned to his business. It is against Sam's heart for Gideon to stay that long because he knows that it will neglect the Enterprise in the City especially now that there are many investors who have made deals and are counting on him.

"Maybe this problem can be solved by the end of the month, isn't it Lazaro?" Sam asked Lazaro.

Lazaro bit his lip and hardly knew what to answer. Gideon rolled his eyes, while Sam just sighed.

"So I really have to decide whether or not to fire you, Lazaro," Gideon stated firmly.

"B-but, Sir. I do my job well-"

"From 9.7 to 3.7 rate?" Gideon was irritated. "How come you'd tell me that?"

Lazaro couldn't think of anything to say.

"Uncle Sam, take care of Enterprise first; I need to get the rate up to 9.7 or higher. And you Lazaro–you're fired." Gideon concluded and then stood up from his seat.

Lazaro was clenching his teeth, and Sam and Freya were also dissatisfied by Gideon's decision.

Because of being so annoyed, Gideon immediately went straight to the mini bar inside Resorts, he does this everytime he is stressed at work. Otherwise he pays a girl to spend a night with him. As he poured whiskey into his glass, he thought of the girl he was with that night. Due to his drunkenness, he could barely remember the woman's face, as long as all he remembered was the caress, kisses and the intimacy she gave him.

"You are like a fragrance that will never leave my mind," he mumbled to himself before finishing the glass of whiskey.

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