THE CEO ALPHA KING (-Face of the company-)
Writer’s P O V
Isaac sighed and went to sit beside her.
“I’m sorry for lying, Serena, I… I just took a shaft out of boredom, but you don’t have to worry about it.” Isaac assured.
“Really? Then please tell me what issue you’re dealing with. I want to help.” Serena requested and proposed.
“I… I’m not dealing with any critical issue, Serena, I promise. It’s not important at all, just some random things I can solve on my own.” Isaac assured her again.
“But you do have something, though. I came over to find you because I was worried. You weren’t picking my calls too. I came here to check up on you and also to tell you a lot of things, but since you are not ready to be confined by me, then I guess I’ll leave.” Serena frowned, looking annoyed. She stood up to leave, but Isaac pulled her back to the bed.
“Who told you I have an issue, huh? Who told you that?” Isaac asked.
“Well, does it matter who? What matters is that it’s true, right?” Serena sighed, still mad at him.
“Okay. Serena, look at me. I’m fine, and I can’t tell you that I’m not fine when I’m fine. I- the only thing I’ve been worried about lately is how to get you out of the king’s castle, that’s all.” At his words, Serena snapped her head to look at him.
“No!” She slightly screamed. The thought of being far from the king wasn’t appealing to her anymore. She doesn’t even want to imagine it.
“No!” She shouted again, maintaining a determined look on her face. Now, that surprised Isaac a lot.
“Why no?” He asked. “You wanna live there forever? Just like granny Felicia, she didn’t get married, and she doesn’t have children either. She is just serving the king even in her old age.” Isaac probed.
“No. It’s not like that, Isaac. That’s what I came here to tell you.” Serena informed with her tone softening.
She looked down at her Interlocked fingers and suddenly started feeling shy. The sudden change of mood all the more confused Isaac.
“What is it? Why are you turning red?” Isaac probed, not having any idea why.
“I… you know what a mate means, right?” Serena asked without staring at him.
Isaac’s mood changed at the word -mate.- He had it all wrong at the -mate-stuff.
“Yes…?” He dragged his answer, but Serena failed to notice it. She was absorbed in her fancy world.
“I found mine.” She informed.
“You found your mate?” Isaac almost stood up on his feet at the mention of that.
Serena looked up and at him. “Yes, I did.” She bobbed her head twice, smiling like a fool.
“Woah!” Isaac exclaimed, placing his hands over his chest.
“Is he a good person then? Does he like you?” Isaac inquired, calming down a bit.
“Yes, he does. He loves me actually,” Serena declared.
“And do you also have any feelings for him? Or do you want me to teach him a lesson?” Isaac went on and asked.
Serena chuckled slightly at his words. Teach the king a lesson? Oh, you dare not! She thought.
“He is perfect, Isaac. You don’t need to worry.” Serena assured.
“I want to meet him. I mean, I need to make sure he is okay, and he is not a womanizer and will treat you well.” Isaac said.
“Of course you’ll meet him, and no, he is not a womanizer, Isaac. He is far from that, you’ll see.” Serena said proudly.
Isaac nodded, calming down a little.
“But, how does it all relate to you staying at the king’s castle? Wait! Don’t tell me he is one of the servants?! Goodness, gracious! I don’t think any of them is good for you, Or… did king Zed employ workers? Did-”
“No! It’s non of the palace servants.” Serena answered.
Isaac’s brows joined together then as he looked at his sister. “Then what? Who is he? A mysterious guy?” Isaac frowned.
“No, you’ll know all of the tiny gifts when you are ready to tell me what it is that is bothering; if you wanna know and meet my mate, then that is the condition,” Serena stated.
“Eh, come on, Serena, Why will you do that to me, or are you lying about the mate thing? Don’t lie to me.”
“I should be saying the same thing to you, Isaac. Don’t lie. Stop lying to me too. And I was also hoping you meet your mate, and she’ll be like a sister to me. A sister! But since we have started keeping things from each other, I may not meet yours, and you won’t meet mine. That’s it!” Serena knows that she is behaving childishly by saying all those, but the dark circles below Isaac’s eyelid say it all.
He wasn’t even having a good sleep from thinking. He doesn’t know what to do with the whole Kate stuff. Isaac sighed, feeling a bit disappointed.
“Are you mad? Well, I’m sorry if you’re mad; I also have a responsibility in your life. I figured out I haven’t assisted you before, and you are always solving all my problems. I… I felt so concerned and guilty when I heard from King Zed that you had an issue and….” Serena paused, realizing she just mentioned King Zed.
“Wait, King Zed, himself told you I had an issue?” That shocked Isaac to the bones.
Serena sighed again and started playing with her fingers. “You won’t understand until you tell me everything that is bothering you.” Serena insisted on her part.
After waiting for a full minute and Isaac didn’t say a thing. She stood up on her feet and carried her purse.
“Call me whenever you’re ready, Isaac. I want to help, don’t make me feel like a bad overbearing sister. Let me help you for once. And know that I love you a lot. You can trust me with anything. I’ll get going now, bye.” She waved and left his room.
Isaac took his fingers to his forehead and messaged it, and he has started to feel dizzy from worrying too much and making Serena believe that she had to repay him for everything he’s done for her. And also from keeping such heavy secret from her. It wasn’t going well with him at all.
*
The next day, Kate dressed like her usual self, fashion style. She got into her car and drove down to Williams Zee empire.
She got out of the car and headed straight for her office. Since she was the leader of the models, like ahead, she was given her own office. She sat down behind her desk and requested that reports of all she had missed be brought to her.
Her direct assistant, Suzie, came into her office not looking happy to see her. She was acting a little rude towards her.
“What is it? Why the face?” Kate questioned.
“Well, you probably don’t know, but today, the face of the company will be announced. We are all expected at the runway hall for the crowning.” Suzie announced.
“What?” Kate stood up on her feet. She was so positive, and she was going to become the face of the company. Although she had a strong competitor when she got promoted, it assured her that she was incredible and fit for that position.
But hearing the news from Suzie now was somewhat unbelievable.
She wondered, who is it? Who will be crowned the company’s face and as if Suzie read her mind, she said.
“Your sister, your half-sister whom you ridiculed and called a liar the other day, is the one getting crowned. After that, she will be a chief executive director or even a manager to us all. There is a rumor even saying she will become the vice president of the whole Williams Zee fashion management.” Suzie rolled her eyes a couple of times as she narrated.
Kate fell back on her seat, flaming up. It can’t be true, and it’s all a lie. Kate shook her head.
There was no way Serena was surpassing her in anything again. She already had enough of her trying to take Isaac away from her, trying to make Isaac hate her.
Her hands curled up into a tight punch, and she didn’t even notice when Suzie left the office.
“No! No!” She screamed. I can’t let that happen. That witch! That murderer! How dare she? It got her annoyed.
I’m going to make you pay. I promise. Kate vowed. I’ll eventually make you pay personally for all you’ve taken from me.
Then Kate thought of calling her father, whom she tried to reach but couldn’t get hold of him. Her dad was her strongest supporter, and he supported her in everything. She dialed her dad’s line for a plan, but her dad wasn’t still picking. It angered her the more.
I have to do something. Serena can’t become the face of the company, and I’ve been working my ass off here for too long to let her take the very thing I want and worked hard for.
She gets up on her feet with a complete plan set.
She went up to the top floor searching for the CEO whom she had never dared to meet all her life but didn’t meet him. Instead, she met Serena working out some things with Beta Adam.
Beta Adam was still someone she could try her plan out with but seeing them together got her blood boiling. The way Serena was even dressed could make men roll on the floor for a peck on the head.
“Serena, ” she called after seeing her sister’s reaction, took her attention back to what she was doing with Beta Adam—blatantly ignoring Kate. It added to Kate’s rage, and it made her heart pump out blood so fast.
Beta Adam and Serena could hear the sound.
“What do you want?” Beta Adam turned to focus his attention on her. Kate immediately put on a happy face.
“Hi,” she tucked a loose strand of her hair behind her ear.
“I was hoping to speak to the boss, you see there are things needed to be sorted out. I’m sorry if I’m bothering you.” Kate said so politely with a fake smile on her face.
“As you can see, Mr. Williams is not here. What is it you want? I could help you pass the message?” Beta Adam asked.
“Um… I need to say it privately, and I can’t let the news get out to outsiders.” Kate replied, eyeing Serena, who focused her attention on the script before her.
“Okay. We can talk on the way down to your floor.” Beta Adam said and followed her into the elevator.
“So, what is it?” Beta Adam knows who and what Kate is capable of, was a little cautious with her. You never can tell the mind of humans anyway.
Kate turned to face him. “Um, you see, I heard the face of the company is going to be announced later today. I was just concerned, why can’t the face of the company be someone who knows a lot about the company?” Kate spoke softly while blinking her eyes, trying to look very cute to Adam. And since Beta Adam’s eyes couldn’t leave her, it made her think that she was getting him where she wanted him to be.
“Why?” Beta Adam simply asked.
“It’s nothing. As I said, I’m just being concerned for the company,” she took her hand up and touched his chest. She noticed how solid and firm his build was and gasped.
She took her hand down and pretended to blush to please him.
“Well, I’m sorry, but the vice president is the one who appoints the face of the company. If you have a problem with that, then you can go speak to her about it.” Beta Adam’s voice was gruff.
He was getting more irritated with her presence, especially with what she just did. The elevator door opened seconds after what he said, and he stepped out.
Kate gritted her teeth together in disappointment, but she wasn’t stopping there either.