Emily stood dumbfounded on a spot; why was Mr. Noah avoiding her? Mr. Noah was one of the sweetest persons she knew but why did he just…
Emily’s eyelashes wavered slightly. She slowly dragged her feet out of the building. She stepped into her car and a tear escaped her right eye. She was a very emotional type and being ignored by someone was just so emotionally bad.
But why was the CEO’s personal assistant ignoring her? she sniffed.
She picked up her phone and dialed Michael’s phone number, he didn’t pick up. She dialed Joel’s number too, It was switched off.
Why was everyone ignoring her? Emily bowed her head as tears brimmed down her face. She wept silently in her car.
She was still weeping when she felt a knock on the window. She looked up and Noah looked down. She hastily opened the door and Noah got in.
“Miss Emily, to say I’m disappointed in you is an understatement.” Noah looked at anywhere but Emily’s face.
“Mbo? Wae? What did I do?” Emily asked keenly.
“You don’t remember what you did?” Noah turned his head towards her and frowned.
Why was she pretending?
“Did? What did I do?” Emily stared at him in bewilderment.
“You don’t know?” Noah stared right into her eyes.
“Ani” Emily shook her head.
Noah looked through Emily, she didn’t know…
“Where were you last night?” he asked.
‘please don’t lie to me or I will never believe anything you say again.’ Noah prayed inwardly.
Emily swallowed the lump in her throat, there was no need to lie.
“I was with Vincent,” she stated calmly.
Noah heaved a sigh of relief.
‘thank you,’ he sighed.
“And?… What happened?” Noah stared at her intently.
“Err… we erm… we had a toast to me for being a broadcaster.” Emily shrugged her shoulders.
“That’s all?” Noah asked.
“Yeah.” Emily shrugged.
“… maybe I passed out after that because of the alcohol I drank.” Emily shrugged her shoulders again.
“….” Noah narrowed his eyes.
So she was drunk! She was drunk; his eyes twinkled. He sighed.
“Why did you drink a lot last night, Miss Emily?” he facepalmed himself.
Now the CEO had misunderstood… Even he too misunderstood until now. Noah sighed again.
“Mwo?” Emily still didn’t understand what he was saying.
“When you remember what you did last night Miss Emily, you’ll know what happened,” Noah stated and stepped out of the car.
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“Danielle I’m saying you need to come back to Korea right now,” Michael spoke into the receiver as he walked back and forth, his hand on his waist.
“Whaaiy? What’s wrong?” Danielle asked over the phone as she had her pedicure done.
Michael swallowed and breathed out through his mouth.
“Wait! Oppa, don’t tell me he locked himself up again?” She asked after a while.
“Uhn.” Michael replied in a nasal voice.
“Mbo?!” Danielle pushed the pedicurists away roughly and stood on her feet.
She paced around for a while…. who had gotten her love angry this time?… the person was going to pay with his life. Danielle clenched her teeth in annoyance.
“I’ll take the next available flight home.” She stated gustily.
Michael nodded his head like Danielle could see him and hung up.
“Thank God.” he breathed out wearily and sat on his office chair.
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Emily paced back and forth, thinking about what Noah had told her earlier that day. What was the thing she did? What exactly was it? She kept racking her brain for an answer but she got nothing.
She fell on her bed and stared at the ceiling. She was deep in thought when her phone rang. Emily twitched lips and reached for the phone in her handbag, she checked the caller ID- Manager. She swiped the answer icon and placed the phone on her ear.
“Emily you need to come back to the industry,” Maria spoke in urgency.
“Mwo? Wae? What’s wrong?” Emily furrowed her brows.
“You need to televise a newscast right now; the news just got in,” Maria stated anxiously.
“Oh… okay, I’m on my way.” Emily carried her handbag from the bed.
“Please be fast, the news is from the president and it needs to be in circulation. Everyone needs to hear the news before tomorrow.” Maria let out a gusty sigh.
“Ahhh… Arasso, Unni; I’ll be there.” Emily hanged up.
She wore her slippers and hastily walked out of her room. She got in her car and drove out of the villa.
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As soon as Emily drove into the EWEI, she parked her car in the lot and rushed into the broadcasting industry. She was scampering towards her manager’s office and also trying to zip her bag when she unconsciously bumped into someone.
“Mihamnida.” Emily bowed and looked up at the person she had bumped into.
Stephanie who had been looking for a way to get rid of the shame and anger Emily had caused her quickly sent Emily a dirty slap.
Gasps could be heard; newbies, broadcasters, and newscasters gathered around.
Emily felt a sharp, stinging pain on her cheek but after the pain came a sudden, blurry flash. Emily squeezed her eyes shut and the memories from the previous night came flooding through her head.
She had actually… ki-KISSED VINCENT?!!! She kissed him!
Emily opened her eyes in an instant. Did the CEO see her kiss him? Gosh! She facepalmed herself.
“Kamsahamnida!” She bowed to Stephanie and walked past her and her ‘slaves’ to her manager’s office.
She was grateful for the slap. And the pain, it was nothing.
Stephaine turned around and stared at Emily’s retreating form in astonishment. And once again, she had made a fool of herself.
She thought Emily was going cry and walk away dejectedly and in tears but-she didn’t. She actually, thanked her, for the slap.
Stephaine felt angered. She had wanted to clear and shake off her shame and anger by letting it out, but she had added to them.
She looked around, seething with anger as everyone around laughed and chuckled. She had made a huge fool of herself. Stephanie gritted her teeth.
As soon as Emily got to her manager’s office, together with her assistant, they had gone to the closet to get her makeup done and had walked to the news studio for the newscast.
Emily wasn’t relaxed and comfortable as she read the news, the image of Joel kept appearing in her mind till she was done with the newscast.
As soon as the newscast ended, Emily waved her personal assistant goodbye and hastily walked out to her car. She got in her car and drove to Empire World Corporation.
“I need to see Mr. Noah.” Emily licked a corner of her mouth as she stood right before the receptionist.
The receptionist rolled her eyes, it was the same lady that had approached her the previous day that was here again.
“You can’t.” She replied Emily.
Emily sighed. She looked around but she didn’t catch any glimpse of Noah. She sat down on one of the chairs at the reception. She was going to wait for Secretary Noah no matter what.
She scratched her head furiously as she recollected what happened the previous night. Why did she get drunk and mistook Vincent for the CEO? Why? She stomped her feet on the ground consecutively.
Emily waited for three hours but didn’t see Noah anywhere. She was beginning to lose patience. She logged in on her Weibo account and sent Noah a message. Almost immediately, she got a reply. Noah wasn’t around, he was on a business trip with some businessmen. He sent his phone number to Emily as requested by her.
Emily walked out of the industry and sat in her car as she dialed Noah’s number.
“Mr. Noah,” Emily breathed out as soon as Noah picked her call.
“Ye.” Noah sniffed.
“The CEO saw what I did last night right?” Emily’s voice lowered slightly.
Noah’s eyes twinkled. She remembered; he smiled.
“Nde Miss Emily.” He replied.
“Ah…” Emily gasped, almost inaudibly.
A tear slid down her cheek and her lips parted slightly. She wiped the tear with the back of her hand and sniffed.
“Please where is he?” She asked.
Noah narrowed his eyes and pocketed his right hand.
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As soon as Emily heard Noah’s reply, she drove straight to the villa, her heart beating faster than normal as Noah’s words replayed in her head.
He had said: “he is in the duplex, the last room downstairs by the right. Whenever he is vulnerable and furious, he’ll lock himself up in that room. Boss looks tough but he’s fragile in a way. Miss Emily, you have to get him out of that room.”
Tears ran down Emily’s face as she drove, she almost got blinded by it, but she kept wiping her eyes with the back of her hand as she drove.
Why would he lock himself up? without food? That was bad. Why would he do that? Did he not care about his health? about well-being? Fresh tears streamed down Emily’s face, and her hand trembled as she steered the steering wheel.
Immediately she arrived at the villa, she turned off the engine of the car and raced to the wall she had seen Joel push the other day. She pushed the door the way Joel did and rushed into the duplex. Since the duplex was really big, she kept running and running. It took time before she could get to the last room on the right and when she got there, she tried to breathe steadily stared at the door. She started coughing, the smoke coming from the room was too much.
“CEO Joel!” She banged on the door.
“CEO JOEL!!!” she banged on the door again.
Joel’s heart skipped a bit as he heard that voice… he removed the cigarette in his mouth and stared at the door silently from where he sat.
The room was dark and hot, it smelled heavily of cigarettes and alcohol.
“CEO Joel, I swear, it was a mistake.” Emily cried out loud.
“I was drunk… I swear, I was drunk.” she fell on the floor and rested her arm on the door.