She quickly cleared her throat and looked straight ahead without responding. She had to admit that Benne’s acting skills were beyond good. Listening to him, no one would guess that he was her driver or the same person that had made her cum countlessly few nights ago.
At the thought of the sex together, she felt the hot fingers of lust clench around her pelvic region. She had been so focused on his confession and everything that she was yet to really think about what had happened between them that night. She wanted to experience all of that again with him.
“You don’t have a response for me, do you?” Benne asked in a mildly taunting tone.
“I don’t expect that you need one, sir,” Celsie said in a mocking tone as she continued to drive.
A few minutes later they arrived at Oceans Airlines, and like before a couple of the staff were all lined up waiting for him there. Once the car stopped and Benne got out of the car, Anita looked at him with a slightly surprised expression on her face as they had all been expecting Harry, and not Benne.
She turned to look at Celsie who stepped out of the driver’s seat, and she couldn’t help wondering what was happening between them. Just few days ago the CEO had held open the car door for Celsie and had driven the car himself, and now Celsie was driving him? Perhaps was this about the misunderstanding she had caught them having that morning? Was the CEO angry with her now and had decided that he had had enough?
“We weren’t expecting you. We were supposed to have a meeting with Mr. Harry,” one of the men present there informed Benne as they shook hands.
“That I’m aware of. Mr. Harry had to travel for a business meeting yesterday, and he will be away for some time, so until his return I will be meeting with you,” Benne said as he gave Anita a pointed look.
Anita’s face was flushed in embarrassment upon the realization that her lie earlier on had been a stupid one, and she glanced at Celsie who quickly turned away as if she didn’t know what was going on.
“Let’s go in,” Benne suggested as he led the way and they all followed him to the meeting room.
Once they were all seated, Celsie took the spot next to him, and Anita sat on the seat opposite Celsie, where Harry had occupied during the last meeting.
Anita looked from Celsie to the CEO and she couldn’t help noticing that there seemed to be some sort of friction between them as the CEO wasn’t giving her as much attention as he had given her the last time. Perhaps Celsie was right, and she had heard wrongly? Or maybe it was just the CEO who had lost interest in Celsie? Whatever it was she didn’t care to know. All she wanted right now was to find her way into the CEO’s heart.
Anita tried her best to remain quiet all through the meeting while the others took turns to answer all of the CEO’s questions Seeing how he had shunned her during the last meeting, she didn’t want a repeat of that episode. If he preferred docile women, then she was going to try to be a docile woman, at least until she finally got him where she wanted him.
“Do you have any contribution to make, Miss Miller?” Benne asked when he was done hearing from the others, and Anita glanced at him surprise, while Celsie tried to stifle the sudden jealousy that rose unside her upon hearing Benne refer to Anita.
Anita cleared her throat as she tried to appear modest, “I think all they have said is correct, but may I also suggest that to better improve our services, we could take out time to hear from the passengers who use our airline, and find out if there is any service they would like us to add to our services?” Anita asked, and Benne considered it for a moment, before turning to look at Celsie.
“What do you think?” He asked with a slightly raised brow.
Celsie wished Anita’s suggestion was stupid so that she could counter it, but she couldn’t, “I think Ani… Miss Miller has a point. Maybe questionnaires or a survey form could be given to passengers during each flight or online to those who book their flights on the company’s website,” Celsie added.
“I don’t think the passengers would like to go through the stress of doing that as most of them just want to relax during their flights instead of answering such questions,” Anita said, countering Celsie’s point as she didn’t like that Celsie was stealing her spot once again.
Benne looked from Celsie to Anita, “So how do you suggest we go about getting feedback from them?” Benne asked Anita curiously, making Celsie shift in her seat uncomfortably as she didn’t like that it was beginning to seem like a debate between her and Benne’s ex-girlfriend.
“Maybe we can get some top celebrities to get on the flight with them. The celebrities will hand out the questionnaires to them and make it seem like it is from them and not the company. I think they will be more willing to give their feedback this way. Say, male celebrities hand out the survey forms to the females, and female celebrities do the same to male passengers,” Anita suggested.
“Isn’t that what I just said?” Without thinking Celsie blurted out in a tight voice, and Benne had to stifle the urge to laugh when he heard the annoyance in her voice.
“You didn’t mention celebrities. I did,” Anita pointed out with a polite smile while the others on the table kept moving their gaze from Celsie to Anita in amusement as they tried to understand why it seemed like both ladies were having a petty argument.
“But I did say we could hand the passengers the survey forms during their flights and you countered it, yet managed to suggest the same thing. The only thing you added to my suggestion was the person who should hand out the forms,” Celsie said pettily and Benne couldn’t stop the amused twitch of his lips.. She was the one who wanted him to treat her like a regular staff, so why was she getting annoyed already? Be careful what you wish for.
Benne cleared his throat to get the attention of both ladies, “Miss Miller, although you have a good idea, I don’t think it is cost-effective. We are trying to find out how to improve the company’s services as lots of people have stopped using this airline, and we don’t know why. Getting celebrities on board would cost us a lot of money that the company doesn’t have,” Benne said, and Celsie tried not to snort.
“We might not need to pay them. I have some friends. I could call in a favor,” Anita suggested, not wanting to lose to Celsie.??
Show off! Celsie thought to herself, “And you think that the CEO whose brother is an actor doesn’t have the ability to do that?” Celsie asked in amusement and Anita’s face flushed in embarrassment.
“I suppose you’re right. My apologies,” Anita said with a polite bow at Celsie, surprising everyone.??
Celsie narrowed her eyes as she wondered what Anita was up to. She was very certain that Anita had something up her sleeves.??
Anita turned to Benne, “With all due respect sir, and no offense to Miss Miller, but she may be a very efficient assistant to you, but I don’t think she should be a part of this meeting. Perhaps you need an assistant from Oceans Airlines who understands the intricacies of the business and how the company works,” Anita suggested in a calm and polite voice.
“Hm. Perhaps you have a point,” Benne said as he glanced at Celsie with a thoughtful expression on his face. He knew she wasn’t going to like it, but perhaps this was going to make her choose faster that she wanted him as the CEO and not just as her driver.
“Miss Miller, go wait for me in the car. I will join you when we are done with the meeting,” Benne ordered, surprising Celsie who had expected him to take her side.
“With all due respect sir, I was sitting here quietly until you sought my opinion,” Celsie reminded him in a tight voice, feeling like he was being unfair to her and taking Anita’s side.??
“I’m aware. Thanks for your opinion. You can excuse us now,” Benne said politely, making everyone at the table wonder if something was wrong with the CEO.
Just the previous day he had taken his assistant’s side and had completely ignored Anita, and today he was taking Anita’s side and was ignoring his assistant.
Anita subtly smirked at Celsie, feeling happy that she had won this round against her. Maybe she didn’t need Celsie’s friendship after all. All she needed was to stun the CEO with her brilliance, especially now that he was taking her side, and it was obvious that he no longer really fancied Celsie.??
Celsie tried her best not to glare at Benne as she stood up and picked up her handbag. Without making direct eye contact with anyone on the table she walked out of the office.??
Once she shut the office door behind her, Benne turned to Anita, “I will let this slide just once because it’s the first time. I won’t tolerate any disrespect to my assistant. Like you said, she is very capable and efficient and she is going to remain my assistant. She will attend every meeting with me as long as this company remains mine, so it’ll be in your best interest to accord her the same respect as you accord me,” Benne warned, making the executives who were seated on the table and their secretaries look at each other. Why had he sent his assistant out if he was going to scold Anita? They all wondered.??
“She is my friend, and I didn’t mean to disrespect her. I’m sorry.” Anita’s hands balled into a fist under the table as she uttered the words. It seemed like the CEO still fancied Celsie. To think he was embarrassing her this way once again.
“You are apologizing to the wrong person,” Benne said before clearing his throat, “So any other idea apart from what Miss Miller suggested?” Benne asked, moving on with the meeting.
Once the meeting ended and Benne was about to leave, Anita sat up, “Can I have a word with you? Alone?” Anita asked politely in a quiet voice meant for Benne alone, making his brows arch in curiosity.
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