17 Chapter-17

"Miss Ann this way, please!" Peter ushered Ann, followed by Lea behind.

Ann wondered what had happened to her husband that was supposed to be taking care of everything? She kept on calling his number, but it was not going through, and it was making her more and more upset by the minute. 'You wait till I see you; it will be your last day on earth. Mark my words, Mr. Jeff Go.'

"Boss lady, where's your knight in shining armor that's supposed to come to the rescue?" Lea asked jokingly.

"As you can see, he's not here! So why are you asking a stupid question?" Ann replied irritably.

"Well, I guess we don't have any choice. We just have to deal with this ourselves. He isn't answering any of my calls," Ann mumbled, without paying attention to where she was heading.

She was in deep thought, trying to figure out why Jeff was not answering her call when Lea, who was standing by her side, kept nudging her, but Ann wasn't paying much attention to her and the surrounding area.

"What? Stop it! Can't you see I'm busy trying to figure out how we're going to get out of this mess? I think if the worst comes to worst, I'll have to do the job; what do you think?"

"Ann...Ann! ANN!!!!"Look!" Lea was pointing in the direction of the CEO's office across the room where they were headed.

"WHAT!!! Why are you so excited? She asked Lea while she continued walking into the CEO's office, still oblivious and not paying attention around her. "Look what?"

Then she looked at the direction Lea's finger was pointing. What she saw stunned her, and she stood there with a blank look on her face, shocked to the point that she didn't and couldn't comprehend what was going on.

The person she was looking at was none other than...her husband. The same person she had been trying to get hold of all morning without success.

Ann now clearly understood why Jeff told her not to worry and that he would take care of everything. It's because Jeff owned the company, and he was the CEO.

Ann was about to curse him out right there and then.

However, she realized that there were other people in Jeff's office besides himself. So Ann shut her mouth and sweetly smiled and observed everyone in the room.

Sitting on the sofa's far end was an older gentleman who looked to be around in his early 40s, very handsome and elegant. Next to him was a young girl about Ann's age, and then a 'Goddess,' an exquisitely beautiful woman who looked a little on the older side; she was old enough to be her mother...

Her Mother! Recognition dawned on Ann. To make sure, she glanced again with the corner of her eyes without being obvious. 

What she saw made her uncomfortable. 'It's my famous mother in person, flesh, and blood! What is she doing here?' Ann thought; she was confused as to why her mother would be there.

Ann had many questions, but she didn't know how she was going to get answers. 'How does Jeff know this person? What is going on? What's the relationship between all of them?'

Too many questions that needed answers, but first of all, she needed to get out of there ASAP! She was not ready to face this person yet. Not until she was on the same level as her, whenever it may be.

She was about to excuse herself when Jeff came forward and said, "Hello! You must be..." Everyone looked in her direction at the same time. They couldn't see Jeff's facial expression, so he winked at her as if he was telling her to play along.

She recalled the contract she drew that stated that they would not divulge their relationship to the public, so she played along.

"Hello! My name is Ann, I was asked to come as per your request, so here I am!" She smiled as sweetly as she could, showing her pearly white straight teeth. However, on the inside, she was shaking to the core of her being.

Jeff sensed this when he held Ann's hand while acting like they were shaking hands, but in reality, he wanted to touch his wife without it being noticed by the people around them.

Jeff wanted to comfort his wife, but there were too many prying eyes in the room. So he just played it cool and ushered Ann in the direction of the trio sitting on the sofa.

Jeff introduced her to everyone, "This gentleman sitting on the far end of the sofa, his name is Albert Tan, he is the CEO of Tan Corporation." 

The older man was swift to stand up and extended his hand.  "Nice to meet you!" He shook her hand but held it for a while longer.

Ann felt that there was something wrong with how he looked at her in her bones, then looked at the woman sitting next to him curiously.

The second one that Jeff introduced to her was a young girl about her age, beautiful and slender with very soft milky white skin just like the other woman, "her mother," Ann wondered what their relationship was with each other. 

They have a lot of similarities. 'Is she her daughter?' Ann thought.

The introduction was very brief. Ann found out that her name is Claudia. She's CEO Tan's daughter from his first marriage, so, technically, she does not have any blood relations with her Mother. However, Claudia is her step-sister by law.

Lastly, the anticipated introduction to her mother. Ann didn't want to shake hands with her, but she doesn't have any choice so she touched the extended hand very lightly and then let go very quickly. 

The atmosphere in the whole room was strained.

Lea and Roland were watching on the other side of the room, anticipating what would happen next.

"Now that you know each other, I'd like to introduce our new spokesperson for the whole company, Miss Ann" everyone applauded except for Claudia, who was still upset because she didn't get the contract as the company's new spokesperson.

'You just wait, copycat; the contract will fall into my hands along with Ceo Go. You're a nobody and will stay a nobody until the end' Claudia was daydreaming and looking straight at Jeff as if she wanted to eat him alive.

Sophia saw all this, and she had a feeling that Claudia would create a problem for everyone, including her and especially for her biological daughter. She will need to watch this kid closely.

Once the introduction was over, Jeff got up. He informed everyone that they had a reservation in one of the most prestigious restaurants in the city and requested everyone join him and continue where they left off. Everyone agreed, except for Ann.

"Excuse me, CEO Go, may I speak with you for a moment? Thank you!" Ann asked nonchalantly.

Jeff agreed to her request then ordered Ronald to take everyone to the restaurant and that they would follow in a little bit.

Sophia was hesitant to leave at first because she wanted to have a moment with Ann. 'Oh well, I can talk to her later when they arrive at the restaurant' she then got up and started heading to the door, followed by the father and daughter and Lea and Ronald.

Jeff couldn't wait for everyone to leave. As soon as they stepped out of his office, Jeff turned Ann around, grabbed her by her waist, and put her in a tight embrace.

He started kissing her softly at first, then deeper, and deeper and more passionately. Finally, he couldn't get enough of her. He wanted to take her right there.

Unfortunately, there was a possibility that someone might walk in on them, so he just went to the second option. 

He grabbed her, pulled her to the couch, and set her in his lap, snuggled with her, and started kissing her behind her ears, her neck, her shoulder.

Ann couldn't think straight due to what Jeff was doing to her. He was making her hot, and she wanted more. "Jeff, stop, please we need to talk."

"Okay, talk! What do you want to talk about?"

"I want to know what the relationship is between those people and your company. Why were they here with you when I arrived?" Ann asked Jeff seriously

"To be honest with you, it's a very long story, and there's too much detail that we can't get into it right now. So please wait until we get home tonight, and I will tell you everything, alright?"

Jeff continued kissing her collarbone, the back of her neck, her earlobes, then back down above her cleavage, then stopped right in the middle where he could see two mountains trying to peek out of her dress.

'What does he mean by that? We will talk later when we get home? What home? Whose home? He doesn't seriously think we're going to be living together, does he? We need to talk about this too. He better not be getting the wrong idea' Ann couldn't think straight due to what Jeff was doing to her.

Jeff had stopped what he was doing to Ann a while back and looked at his wife lovingly.

Suddenly a call came from Lea telling her that they were waiting for them to start eating.

She was embarrassed to the max even though they did not do anything wrong.