Young CEO loves me

Alisha Perry, an average looking seventeen-year-old girl with a very long, natural blonde hair, extremely skinny and paled skin applied a bloody red lipstick on her lips, and checked herself in the mirror before walking out of her room.

"Mom" she called as she walked to the sitting room "I'm going out. I will soon be back."

"Okay. Have a nice time."

Alisha touched a small box inside her jacket and smiled with all her heart before replying her mother "I will."

Today was Alisha's seventeenth birthday. After celebrating her birthday with her only family member who was her mother, she had planned to visit someone later in the evening. But when Alisha stepped out of the house, the weather had been so cold to the extent that she had deliberated whether to postpone what she was planning to do or not

No. She thought. I'm doing it today. And with that thought being fixed into her heart, she walked more determinedly to her destination. Her destination wasn't that far, it was just a twenty minutes journey.

Halfway to her destination, her phone vibrated inside her pocket and she hurriedly brought it out. She checked the caller and it was one of her friends whose name was Miranda. Alisha had saved her name as Mindy and had grinned sheepishly when she had saw Mindy's name on her phone screen. Without anymore delay, she picked up the call.

"Mindy! Mindy!" She said into the phone.

"Hey." Mindy replied "How are you?"

"I'm fine."

"Hope you got my text in the morning and your present?"

"Absolutely. Thank you so much. It means so much to me."

"It's okay. I'm just glad that you like it. I'm so sorry for not being with you today. You know that I would have excused myself if I could."

"I know. You don't have to feel bad" Alisha replied.

"So, where are you now? I can hear the sound of cars."

"Guess." Alisha said with her beautiful smile still on her face.

"Hmmmmmm" Mindy hummed into the phone for some seconds before giving up "Just tell me. You know that I'm bad at guessing."

"Try. I'm giving you a second chance."

Mindy hummed again into the phone before giving up "I give up. I don't know."

"Okay." Alisha said disappointedly "I'm on my way to Zhang's house."

"Zhang?" Mindy questioned as if she had heard the name wrong.

"Yeah, Zhang."

The next second, Mindy shouted horrifically into the phone "Alisha! Don't tell me...!"

"Yeah. That is what I'm doing. I'm on my way to his house" she replied boldly before smirking "Don't worry, if everything goes well, you will be the first to know."

"Alisha, don't do this. For the sake of our friendship." Mindy said sadly.

"For the sake of our friendship, Mindy, allow me to be happy. Let me have something that my mother was deprived of. I love him and he loves me" Alisha said as she used her left hand to touch the small box that was inside her jacket.

"Alisha" Mindy called sadly.

"Mindy, please..."

Mindy sighed heavily and said "I hope everything goes well."

Alisha smiled when she heard this and said "Thank you."

"Alright. We will talk later."

"Oh wait" Alisha shouted into the phone because she knew that Mindy was about to hang up the phone.

"I'm still here." Mindy replied.

"What about Piaf? I've been trying her number since morning, it's not going through."

Piaf was Alisha's second friend. The three of them had been friends since grade 7.

"I also tried her number. It's unreachable. She might just be out of battery."

"I hope that is her excuse." Alisha said sadly. "There was no call nor text message nor present."

"She might be busy." Mindy said.

"Miranda" someone called in the background.

"Alisha, we will talk later, I have to go now." Mindy said urgently

"Okay, bye."

"Bye love you"

"I love you too"

After hanging up the phone, Alisha realized that she was just six minutes away from Zhang's apartment and she walked faster.

But two minutes after hanging up the phone, her phone buzzed and she brought it out. It was an email and it was from an unknown source. The subject of the message was Zhang, and it body were just six words that infuriated Alisha to the core.

ZHANG ISN'T WHO YOU THINK HE IS.

The first thing that infuriated Alisha was the fact that the message was from an unknown source and the second thing was the audacity that the crazy- person had to send her such an annoying message.

"Motherf***ker." she swore as she angrily deleted the message and walked faster. I'm going to prove all of you wrong. She thought as she started climbing the stairs.

She touched the small box that was inside her jacket for the last time and smiled to herself as she stood in front of his slightly opened door and was about to open it before a familiar voice stopped her from doing so.

"When are you going to tell her?" A familiar female voice asked.

"Give me some more time." a male voice replied.

"Zhang, I'm done giving you time. Just tell her and let's get this over with."

Alisha unconsciously put her hand inside her jacket pocket and squeezed the small beautiful box that she had worked extra hours at a restaurant for the last six months in order to purchase. Just in a second, her world was crumbling in front of her own eyes and she had no idea what to do. Her heartbeat was thumping so loud as if it was about to explode and she had no idea when hot tears started falling down her cheeks.

"The girl is stupidly in love with me. It's going to ruin her." Zhang said pitifully.

"She is strong." the familiar female voice replied "I'm going to call her right now with your phone and you're going to tell her. It's either that or you lose me."

"Give me some more time, Piaf." Zhang said.

Alisha breathe in and out heavily when she heard Piaf's name. She was still finding it hard to believe that one of her best friends who she had always considered her sister was the one inside the room with Kim Zhang, her first love both physically and emotionally.

She felt like fainting but she tried to be strong. The only option that she had now was to face her enemies.

"I can't wait to see her reaction when you tell her that you are no longer interested in her. I'm sure she is going to land in an hospital from the shock." Piaf said mockingly. "It's ringing. The fool will soon be picking up" Piaf added and Alisha imagined Piaf giving Zhang's phone back to him.

And lo and behold, Alisha's phone vibrated inside her jacket pocket but instead of picking up the call, she ignored it, wiped away her tears and opened the door.

"You don't have to waste your airtime." Alisha said as she stepped inside Zhang's room.

Zhang and Piaf were both lying on his bed and Piaf head was placed on his chest.

Alisha tried to control herself from crying. She wasn't ready to break down in front of them. Most especially Piaf.

"You can tell me right now." Alisha added.

"What the...?" Zhang said as he quickly jumped out of his bed shockingly while Piaf blinked her eyes countless of time to confirm what was happening in front of her eyes whether it was real or a dream.

"Alish..." She called slowly as she sat up and wrapped the blanket around herself.

"I'm waiting for you to tell me." Alisha said.

"Alisha, it's not what you're thinking." Zhang said as he was hurriedly putting on his boxer.

"It's what you're thinking" Piaf who Alisha had no idea that she had gotten out of the bed said. "Zhang doesn't love you."

Alisha slowly turned her head and looked at Piaf's direction before saying. "I thought you were my friend."

"I was until you stole Zhang away from me."

"You never showed any interest in him. Looking at you disgust me." Alisha spat out.

"Zhang is mine. And it better you get that straight."

Alisha's heart somersaulted when she heard this and she felt like slapping herself in order to wake up from this bad dream. But she was hundred percent sure that she wasn't dreaming.

"Zhang." she called slowly while praying in the corner of her heart to be the chosen one. For some reasons, she didn't want to lose to Piaf.

"Alisha..." Zhang also called. He couldn't even maintain eye contact.

"Zhang please choose me" she pleaded as she slowly walked towards him. She was desperate and she had no idea when hot tears started running down her cheeks. This time around, she didn't wipe it away. She wanted Zhang to see how much she loved him. How much he meant to her.

When she got to where Zhang was standing, she slowly took his right hand in her hands and caressed it.

"Zhang, please."

Zhang looked at her hands that were caressing his before looking at Piaf that was still standing at the other side of the bed.

"Zhang." Alisha called.

Zhang slowly took his hand out of Alisha's hand and said "I'm sorry Alisha. I'm really sorry. I hope you find it in your heart to forgive me."

That was the last thing Alisha remembered. She had no idea when and how she had walked out of his apartment or what had transpired between the three of them before she left.

Few hours later, when Alisha came back to her senses, she found herself standing on a beach.

"I hope you find it in your heart to forgive me" Zhang's words started echoing in her brain and when she could no longer take it in, she had screamed bitterly into the darkness until her throat hurt.

"There is no reason to live anymore. I'm not going to live the same life that my mom was damned with. I will rather die than to live a sorrowful life." she thought as she brought out the small box that contained two engagement rings. She had even had the rings customized with the thought that she was going to propose to Kim Zhang this evening. If only she had listened to Mindy.

Mindy had been against her relationship with Zhang since the beginning. If only she had listened to her. She thought as she unconsciously bit her tongue and felt metal.

She brought out her phone and dialled Mindy's number but it wasn't reachable. So she had texted her instead.

"I'm sorry for not listening to you. Now I know what kind of a man Zhang is. Help me to tell my mom that I love her. I will never forgive Piaf."

She deliberated for almost five minutes before pressing the send button and after sending the message, she opened the small box and caressed the rings for few seconds with tears in her eyes.

"I hate you Zhang!!" She screamed as she threw the small box into the water followed by her phone. And after throwing both inside the water, she also walked into the water and didn't stop walking. Few seconds later, she was fighting for her dear life inside the water.

But unknown to Alisha, few meters away from where she was standing few seconds ago sat a young man who had been watching the whole scene with no interest of interfering but when he saw what the girl's final decision was, he had hurriedly gotten out of his seat and jumped into the water in order to save her

*

Twenty hours later

Alisha slowly yawned and opened her eyes. She had no idea where she was or what was going on but when she realized that she had being put on a drip, she had sat up on the bed and scanned the room.

This must be heaven. She had thought for a microsecond before she discarded the thought. With her being put on the drip, it couldn't be heaven. She was definitely still breathing.

All of a sudden, the room's door was opened and a very slim, tall guy who was of the same age with her stepped inside the room.

"Oh, you're awake. Thank goodness" the guy said as he walked energetically towards her.

Alisha focused all her attention on the guy's face while he was talking . He had a beautifully shaped almond eyes with well defined jawline, pink pumped lips and a very long nose. His jet black hair was professionally styled. Ever since Alisha had been born, she had never set her eyes on any man that was as handsome as the guy that was standing in front of her and for some seconds, she stopped breathing.

This is definitely the most handsome man on Earth. She thought.

"I was scared, I thought you were going to die" the handsome guy added and that brought Alisha back to the reality.

"Where am I?" She asked without looking at the young man's face because she realized that she might not be able to say anything else if she kept looking at his face.

The guy gave Alisha a self-satisfied smile with his hands spread widely. He was definitely enjoying every seconds of this.

Alisha slowly looked at him under her eyelashes and was taken aback by how beautiful his smile was. She was hundred percent sure that no Top-A model could recreate that smile. The guy's handsomeness was just out of this world from Alisha's point of view.

"My house" the guy replied over confidently.

"How did I get to your house?" She asked.

"Don't you remember what happened?" The guy asked worriedly.

Alisha racked her brain for few seconds before talking "ah...not much. I remembered celebrating my birthday and then, I wanted to kill myself"

"You really don't remember?"

"I don't know. Everything is blurry in my brain"

"Do you remember who Zhang is?" The guy worriedly asked.

"I hope you find it in your heart to forgive me" echoed in her brain and the next second, she angrily disconnected herself from the drip and angrily got out of the bed.

"Who do you think you're!?' she angrily screamed into the guy's face "Who gives you the permission to save me!?" Tears rolled down uncontrollably from her eyes. "How dare you?"

"Killing yourself..." The guy started saying but he was cut off by Alisha's angry voice.

"It's my life! You shouldn't have! How am I suppose to live now! Who gave you the right to save me. You shouldn't have!" Her voice cracked at this moment and she angrily pushed the guy back "I will never forgive you for what you've done to me. You've ruined everything."

"Killing yourself isn't the best solution."

"It was the best solution! It was!. Don't expect me to say thank you."

"Miss."

"Take me back to the beach now and let me finish what I've started!"

"That, I'm not going to do."

Alisha gave the guy the most hateful stare that she could come up with before looking at what she was wearing.

"Get me my clothes now!"

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After changing into her own clothes, Alisha angrily opened the door and stepped inside an hallway. Alisha looked at her left and right. She was trying to figure out which way was the right way out of the building without asking for help from the guy that had excused himself when she was about to change into her own clothes.

After deliberating for few seconds, she decided to take the right side.

"If you're truly leaving, that's not the way out" Someone said behind her and she hurriedly turned around to see who it was. It was the handsome guy.

Without saying anything, Alisha started following him in the opposite direction.

"What's your name?" The handsome guy tilted his head and asked as they were heading out.

"None of your business. Just get me out of here."

A frown creased his forehead and he heaved a sigh before stopping on his track suddenly. Which made Alisha to also stop on her track.

"Listen" he said with a serious face "I'm just trying to help you. Committing a suicide because of a guy isn't worth it"

"Who says it's because of a guy?" Alisha fired back.

"Do I look stupid or deaf to you? I was there the whole time. You were crying and screaming out his name."

Alisha fought the tears that threatened to roll down her cheeks and stared into his eyes which was as blue as an ocean. She was still finding it hard to believe that the guy standing in front of her was a human being like her. Every single part of him was too perfectly shaped.

"Just get me out of your house!"

"Was he your boyfriend?" He asked.

Instead of answering him, Alisha started walking away from him. She was walking towards the door. Although Alisha was still angry at Zhang and she was still determined about committing suicide just to prove to Zhang how much she loved him, a part of her heart was telling her to reconsider because of the handsome guy that had rescued her.

"Alisha Perry!" Someone called behind her and Alisha had almost fallen down from shock. How come? She thought. She hurriedly turned around and saw the handsome guy still standing at where he had been for the past few minutes.

"How...do... you...know...my...?"

"You're all over the news. 'A seventeen years old girl who celebrated her birthday few hours ago committed suicide after being dumped by her boyfriend'. They're still searching for your dead body inside the water." he shrugged and blinked twice "It's a free world. I can't stop you if you don't want to live."

Alisha lost control and hot tears uncontrollably rolled down her eyes. She slowly walked back to where the guy was still standing and whimpered "My mom? What about her?"

He shrugged "Exactly what is going through your mind right now. She is a single mother with an only child."

Alisha sobbed louder and hugged the guy tightly for consolation.

"He dumped me. He dumped me. I thought we were in love but the whole time, I was the one in love. I'm a very stupid person."

"Stop blaming yourself. The douchebag is the one to be blamed." the guy consoled.

~~~~~~~~~~

"Thank you for the soup." Alisha said as she was about to take her first spoon. She was seated on the bed with a tray on her laps which contained a bowl of hot chicken soup.

"You're welcome." the guy who was now seated on the only couch inside the room said.

"I'm sorry for the way I acted earlier. Thank you for saving me."

The guy looked at Alisha happily with a wide, cocky smile on his face before replying "You're welcome. It's nice meeting you"

"I'm Alisha. Alisha Perry",

"I'm Kelvin. Kelvin McSmith"

The moment Alisha heard Kelvin's last name, her eyes became as big as saucers, uncontrollably spat out everything that was in her throat and started choking.

Although, Kelvin knew that she was going to be surprise when she heard his name, he wasn't expecting her to be this surprised.

When Kelvin saw her choking on the soup, he had instantly gotten up from the couch and rushed to her side. He carefully lifted a cup to her mouth and told her to drink out of it.

"Easy. Easy" he said slowly and attentively as Alisha gulped down the whole water. "How are you feeling now? You're feeling better?" He asked as he put down the glass cup.

But instead of replying him, Alisha had asked him a question.

"Are you really Kelvin McSmith?"

Kelvin looked straight into her eyes. His ocean blue eyes connecting with her hazel eyes. She unconsciously swallowed her saliva and her heartbeat thumped louder. The Kelvin McSmith that was standing in front of her was just too handsome to be real. Even he being 'too handsome' was an understatement from Alisha's perspective because his pictures that were on the internet did his handsomeness no justice at all.

"Yeah. I'm Kelvin McSmith. My dad was Eric McSmith" he added the last sentence with a full blown ego.