Chapter 13: Amelia Needs to Know to the Truth

After breakfast, the CEO and his wife with his two faithful assistants went directly to the company building just ten minutes' drive away. 

They have already arrived at the parking lot of the building ten minutes ago, but no one was getting out as instructed by the new passenger, Mrs. Amelia Richardson. 

The two assistants, including the driver and bodyguard were amazed that their boss, Mr. Richardson allows this to happen. 

Mrs. Richardson didn't want to get out of the car when she saw that a lot of her subordinates were still getting in the building for fear of being seen getting out of his husband's car.

Though at first, Mr. Richardson did not agree with his wife hiding their relationship, he seemed to let her be. So here they were, amazingly wasting time, waiting for every employee to get in the building before they get in themselves. 

As they saw the last employee get inside the elevator, they all looked at Mrs. Richardson who faced her husband with a relieved smile.

"Okay, coast is clear. Thank you so much!" she said kissing him on the cheek, then was about to get out but the CEO pulled her back and kissed her firmly on the lips before letting go. Surprised but still feeling the relief of having had her way, a blushing Amelia quickly gets out of the car and walks to the elevator. She waved them goodbye as the elevator closed. 

All eyes were now on the mighty CEO who they never thought would ever allow such craziness. 

He was looking at the direction her wife went with a little smile on his face. Then feeling the eyes of his employees, he cleared his throat. " What are you waiting for? Planning to stay here all day?"

At which time his to assistants scrambled to get out of the car. 

They never ever thought they would ever see this day. Mrs. Richardson has her husband completely wrapped around her little finger. 

They would never forget how Mrs. Richardson just pleaded to him asking him to give her time before letting her subordinates know about their marriage and the mighty CEO just buckled saying a soft, "Ok, but we'll talk about this later."

One thing is for sure, they would always treasure this memory of their boss till the day they die. 

James~~

He watched as his wife happily walks to the elevator. Feeling tenderness in his heart as he realized Amelia was even more innocent than he thought. Being a businessman, he has never been known to be affected by other's thoughts regarding his private life.

He was shocked when Amelia would not get out when she saw employees still coming in to work and pleaded for him not to get out as the employees would see that they came in together.

"Wait." Amelia motioned for them with her hands to stop them from going out of the car.

"Something wrong?" James asked as everyone paused and looked at Amelia expectantly.

"They'll see me coming out of the car." Amelia smiled uncertainly.

"So?"

"I... I don't want them to know yet about us."

"What? What does it matter if they knew about us or not?" James exclaimed incredulously. 

"I'm not comfortable yet." Amelia uncertainly held James' right hand with her two hands. "I just need some time."

Looking at her hands holding his, James sighed. "Fine. Just for today. But we'll talk about this later."

Amelia immediately smiled in relief. "Thank you." Then was going to let go of James' hand when James held her tight. 

"It doesn't matter you know. Whether they know or not. You're my wife. Their thoughts or opinions shouldn't matter in our personal life."

"I know. I'm just... Just not used to this though."

Amelia looked so beautifully confused and endearing that he decided to let her be this time; even though he was proud to have found her again and wanted everyone to know that he is her husband, he will wait for her to be comfortable in their relationship and let this slide this time. 

Amelia happily went to the floor where her office was located and happily walked to her office, greeting back her subordinates who were happy to see her get back to work. 

Even with a lot of paperwork to catch up on, Amelia worked throughout the morning without the usual self - stress to finish as much as she could. She felt lighthearted, amazingly without pressure even though she knew she was two days behind schedule because of her hospital escapade. She found herself smiling at anything. 

Amelia did not even notice that it was lunch time until she received a text from James, informing her that he had Ashley order lunch for her as he will be in a meeting all day and will be eating with board members and directors.

Somewhat relieved that she is not expected to eat with James but feeling a pinch of discontent, she answers back with a "Thank you" smiley.

To which James answers back. "Say thank you, hubby."

She smiled then messaged back "Thank you, honey." with a smile smiley. 

The whole afternoon was spent catching up with paperwork then an hour before going home, her assistant went to her office.

"Mrs. Valdez called. She said new accessories have arrived and will be on display tomorrow. If you'd like, we can go and take a look at them and get to choose first before the other companies."

Mrs. Valdez owned the biggest accessories store in town located just across the street from them. Being her biggest client, Mrs. Valdez would always call them when new accessory stocks came in.

Fiberfusion was the biggest textile suppliers in the city. They design, produce and distribute all types of textiles. But they have also expanded and established departments for ready-made wear like costumes for all occasions, and weddings.

For the holidays starting from Halloween to the Christmas season, Amelia planned to go all - out and work on packages to supply schools, offices, and homes for decorations as part of costume packages. So far, there was positive feedback with their promotions and everyone in her department is excited to work on their plans of action.

Amelia got her bag and followed her assistant out of her office, automatically locking her door. They needed more accessories especially for the holidays and it was good that Mrs. Valdez gave them first pick of the new stocks. 

Amelia and her assistant walked to the next building. There weren't many people out yet as people would still be in their jobs or schools, so they got into their intended location in ten minutes. As they were about to enter the building, Amelia noticed a lady behind her. Dressed in a black suit, with shades on and quite serious looking, Amelia realized she had been walking behind them since they left their building. 

She tried to act normal but quickly pulled her assistant to one side when she saw the lady stay back a little behind. 

"I think that lady is following us." 

"The one in black." Claire, her assistant looked at the lady in black.

"Yes. I don't recognize her at all. She might be spying on us for our rival." Amelia asked.

"Oh. Then we should be careful of what we talk about. Let's go see Mrs. Valdez directly then leave through the back exit so she wouldn't see us." recommended Claire.

"Let's go."

Amelia and walked out through the back exit with the permission of Mrs. Valdez after they finished with their orders that will be delivered to them tomorrow. 

They didn't know the lady following them has called another someone ahead and that someone was watching them exit the building a few meters away.

Amelia and Claire walked through an alley leading to the sidewalk and were just going to pass by three men huddled together on one side when one of them looked up from what they were doing and saw them. 

"Well, well angels. You must have been dropped from heaven as a gift to devils like us." he smirked. Showing gravely decayed teeth matched by his very unkempt appearance; obviously has not had a bath for days or even weeks. Claire gripped Amelia's hands in fear, slowly pulling her towards the exit.

Amelia's feet seem to have grown roots under her. She couldn't seem to move from the spot she stood on. Her breathing has become shallow and fast as she watched the three of them advance to where she and Claire were located. 

She felt Claire tug at her, pulling her to the entrance of the alley and she did her best to focus enough to take a step to where Claire was pulling her.

The three men, now seeing two beautiful ladies thinking of having live playthings, smirked and walked lustfully towards them.

One of them immediately pulled at Amelia who tried to scream but a dirty hand swiftly covered her mouth. Amelia felt herself being held tightly on a smelly body and fought back just like the way she fought James two nights before. This time, she knew she would really be in danger if she did not fight back. 

Amelia saw Claire being held by the two other men and were being dragged back to the far side of the alley. 

Suddenly, Amelia felt herself being brought down to the ground with the person holding her. His hands coming off her mouth and she screamed. She immediately tried to stand up as she felt the hands holding her loosen their hold on her. She noticed that Claire was able to free herself as well and was crawling towards her.

"Ma'am, are you alright?" Claire immediately asked her boss. Remembering that she has just gotten out of the hospital. 

Amelia was about to answer when she saw James coming in their direction. A very grim expression on his face. As shocked as she was with what happened to them, she was even more shocked that James immediately knew about it. 

"Amelia, are you alright?" James immediately asked and went to help her up. Automatically checking if she was hurt anywhere. 

"Y... Yes, I'm fine. Who told you?"

Before James could answer, police cars arrived, and policemen quickly came to them. Getting hold of the two men held in constraint by the lady following them earlier and another man Amelia also did not recognize. The other man was on the ground, intentionally hit in the head so as not to be able to wake up for a time.