“We are sorry, director Miller,” Harry read from behind them, and both Benne and Celsie turned to look at him, ignoring the man who was still on his knees.
“Good morning, Celsie. I can call you that now, right?” Harry asked with a grin, and Celsie smiled back.
“Sure. Good morning, Haha, I can call you that now, right?” Celsie asked with a grin, and Benne chuckled when Harry mildly glared at her.
“Haha. Very funny. I told you she has a good sense of humor, didn’t I?” Harry told Benne dryly.
“Haha? Why didn’t I think of calling you that? Haha,” Benne said with a grin, and Harry scowled at him before returning his attention to the employees who were still waiting for either Benne or Celsie to say something.
“Do you have anything to say to them?” Harry asked Celsie, guessing that she was uncomfortable and didn’t know how to handle the situation was why they were all still standing by the doorway.
Celsie shook her head. Harry gave her a nod, and turned to Benne, “What do you want to do about them?”
“Can I leave that to you?” Benne asked, and Harry rolled his eyes.
“As if I can say no? You always leave everything to me apart from your girlfriend,” Harry pointed out as he slapped Benne’s back playfully, “You both can go in and continue with your office romance. I will dismiss the hypocrites,” he assured them.
Benne started to leave, but stopped to look at Harry once again, “Are you okay?”
“Sure. Why wouldn’t I be okay?” Harry asked, and Benne shrugged.
“How is Jade?”
On hearing Jade’s name, Harry’s heart skipped a beat, and he shifted his gaze away from Benne before clearing his throat, “She was still sleeping when I left the house,” he said, praying that Benne wouldn’t ask any more Jade related questions.
Benne looked at him suspiciously, and although he wanted to ask why Harry was looking guilty, he said nothing as he walked away with Celsie.
“Now that you have appeased your conscience, can you clear up this place and return to your office? I’m sure director Miller and the CEO were impressed by the gesture,” Harry said, and immediately the man who was kneeling stood up and joined the others to take down the banner.
Without waiting for them to finish Harry walked away, wanting to get busy with work and distract himself from thinking about anything that had to do with Benne’s kid sister.
“Are you sure you don’t need me to help you carry your stuff to your office?” Benne offered, and Celsie rolled her eyes as she arranged her stuff in a box.
“Why will I need the CEO to help me carry my stuff when I can have my secretary help out? I’m sure you have a lot of things to attend to. Don’t mind me and go about your business. Let’s meet after work…”
“After work? Nah. We are having lunch together,” Benne objected, and Celsie laughed softly.
“Oh, yeah. I forgot that I broke up with my broke driver boyfriend who usually delivers my lunch,” Celsie said, and Benne grinned.
“And in exchange you got me,” Benne said, spreading his arms.
“Yeah. I couldn’t have asked for a better replacement. Now excuse me,” Celsie said as she returned her attention to the box.
“But I’m missing you already,” Benne said, sticking out his lower lip and making a cute face.
“I’m only going to another floor within the same building. We will meet during the lunch break, and…”
“How about I include a breakfast break and a brunch break before lunch?” Benne interjected, and Celsie giggled.
“Can you be any more obvious?”
“I could be actually. I could choose to shorten the working hours of the fashion unit to maybe two hours a day. That way you have more than enough time to spare.”
“That’s why I’m thankful you have someone like Harry to stop you…”
“Did I just hear my name?” Harry asked as he completely opened the partially open door and walked into the office, “Where are you going to Celsie? Did you both break up already because you recently discovered how boring Benne is?”
“Very funny,” Benne said with a toothy smile, and Celsie giggled.
“I’m returning to my office now that I know you both fooled me into coming here. Or are you going to threaten to fire me if I don’t stay here?” Celsie asked Harry with a slightly raised brow.
“I’m actually on your side. From the beginning I told him that his entire plan was stupid, believe me,” Harry said with an earnest expression as he picked up the box.
“What are you doing with that?” Benne asked with a scowl.
“Helping Celsie take her stuff back to her office, while you get back into your office and do all the stuff that CEOs do. Your playtime is over,” Harry said, and Celsie flashed him a smile as she picked up her handbag which Amy had helped her drop here earlier.
“Haha!” Benne exclaimed, and Celsie giggled.
“Very funny,” Harry muttered as he walked out of the office, and Celsie kissed Benne’s cheek before walking away with Harry.
“Thank you,” Celsie told Harry as they walked into the elevator and she pressed the button for the third floor where her unit was located.
“What for?” Harry asked, turning to spare her a glance.
“For stepping in earlier at the lobby. I didn’t know what to do with them,” Celsie confessed.
“Did they all give you a hard time last week?” Harry asked curiously since he had not really considered that the employees would be harsh on her over a piece of unconfirmed news. He had thought that the lady whom Benne had fired was an exception.
Celsie bobbed her head before letting out a sigh, “Yeah. It was terrible having to walk around with everyone whispering. So thank you for handling it,”
“It’s nothing, Celsie. Don’t hesitate to let me know if you need me to handle anything else you can’t deal with,” Harry offered as the elevator bell dinged and they both got out.
“Thanks,” Celsie said with a small smile as they walked down to her office.
“I mean it. I’m hoping we will get along since we both will be sharing Benne,” Harry said, just in case she thought he was making an idle offer, and she giggled as she glanced at him, wondering how he could be such a sweet person to those he considered his friends yet so cold to employees that everyone was scared when his name was mentioned.
“So you knew that I was lying about my fiance that first day, huh?” A blush stained her cheeks as she asked, and Harry chuckled as he turned to look at her.
“I wouldn’t have known had Benne not told me beforehand that you would be late. You are a pretty good liar, you know? I should take lessons from you,” Harry said, and Celsie giggled.
New Book: Back Home to Marry Off Myself
Loredana’s father left the family for his mistress, leaving them to fend for themselves abroad. When life was at its toughest, her father showed up with “good news” after 8 years of absence: To marry off Loredana to a paralyzed son of the wealthy Mendelsohn family.
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