Where Is The CEO?

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CHAPTER 46

Unknown to him, he had wasted more than a minute being in that restroom and Emrys had begun to wonder if everything was alright with him.

He knew something was wrong with him but this looked like it was getting out of hand and now they had a meeting.

Not being able to wait anymore, he went into the restroom to check on his friend when he saw Kieran coming out.

"I thought something had happened to you in there," Emrys relayed his worry.

"Umm, I am good. I just, you know had some things to think about."

"Are you sure? If you are not okay, you can reschedule the meeting for another time."

A sharp cold gaze was swept in Emrys' direction as he looked at his friend. "I said I am fine."

If there was one thing Kieran hated, he hated to be treated as though he was fragile and that was why he rarely said anything even if he was not okay.

They were at war with the werewolves. It was about time they took things higher. He could not afford to look weak before them.

"Fine. We are late already and that is not our reputation," Emrys reminded him.

"I know. Let them wait. They need us." Straightening his tie he looked at his friend once more and half-smiled. "Stop worrying, it makes you look like my mum."

At the mention of his mother, Emrys lowered his gaze. He knew just how much the Vampire king's mother met to him.

It was another fueling force for his anger and why he wanted to make the werewolves suffer so much.

Sensing Emrys's thoughts, Kieran did not want that small conversation to turn into something so touchy and emotional. He smirked at him and placed a hand on his shoulder, causing Emrys to look at him.

"Thank you."

With that he walked past his friend, leaving Emrys to catch up with him.

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In the big meeting room, Daciana and Esmeray were already seated and waiting for the CEO and his vice so they could talk more about the business proposal but her own mind had been focused on the incident of earlier.

Even Esmeray was worried that she would not be up for this meeting with how distracted she was and when she brought it up, Daciana brushed it away.

"I am okay. You do not have to worry, Esme."

"Of course I am worried. From the look of things you know that young man from earlier," she whispered to her friend.

Though their main hosts hadn't arrived, they had people on standby waiting to attend to their needs till the meeting started. The last thing she wanted was for the people in the company to find out they made trouble with their partners.

"I do," Daciana blurted out without a single thought to it. Normally she would have denied it but she was obviously still angry.

"Oh, where? How come I am just hearing about it now? I bet you guys might have hit it up wrongly." Esmeray probed. "Do I know him, perhaps? You know, name or something," she added.

"Huh," Daciana was about saying no when a memory flashed before her mind's eye.

That same coldness in his eyes today was just the same as the one he gave her when they were running from those vampire thugs and that gaze reminded her of someone else.

"Yes." She sat up and stared at Esmeray with a knowing smile as she had just discovered something. "You have met him too."

Esmeray's eyes widened a bit and she drew even closer to Daciana. "Where? How come I do not recall him?"

"But you will recall those eyes." She leaned in close and muttered to Esmeray. "Recall the one in that club that night that had his eyes on me and prevented me from carrying on my mission?"

"Yes. Oh no. You do not mean..." she quickly covered her mouth a bit but her eyes still remained wide open.

"Yup. I did not tell you but he was the reason why I escaped after everyone ran away that night."

"Wow. I guess my theory was right then. With people of his calibre here, once we can seal this deal then it means we can get more info that we want. We made the right move."

"Yes. About that. I am not so interested."

"Why?"

"Talk for another day. By the way, I was speaking with Koray, he has not yet wished me al the luck and..." she looked up at Esmeray then touched her body and then quickly reached for her bag as she searched for that too and found nothing.

Looking back at her friend, Esmeray waited for her to explain and save her the stress when Daciana spoke up. "My phone."

The memory flashed before her eyes again and she recalled it had fallen over her head but she did not hear it hit the ground and forgot about it when she saw Kieran.

"You left it with him," Esmeray noted out loud.

"You have got to be kidding me."

"Good we can ask them where he is and we get your phone back."

"I do not know his name or anything about him."

"Good thing we have a cell phone. I can always call yours to reach him and let's hope he picks up too."

"Gosh, that... urgh!" She was angry no doubt but she had to keep her calm for the meeting.

"Keep calm, out meeting first and then we go after your phone, okay?"

"Sure," Daciana replied and pulled back as she gazed at the men in waiting with Esmeray doing the same thing. It was about time.

"Now, we need to know, where is the CEO? It is past time already. Does he not honour his word or he never keeps to time?"

At the same time when she finished speaking, the door opened accompanied by a cold deep voice that rang out but kept its calm. "I'm here."

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