The Were CEO’s Secret

Chapter Seventy-One – The Tour.

It was yet another dream. Stephanie saw her younger self playing with Nathan as a little girl. She was conscious of herself in this dream.

Her memories were coming together. She and Nathan played together for four months at the orphanage.

Which meant, he was treated like a girl for more than four months, she may have been his only friend. She understood why’d he never want to speak of it. It wasn’t a jolly memory.

Her alarm clock rang, jolting her from the dream. She grabbed it sleepily and nearly crashed it on the wall before restraining herself.

She had things to do today and the wind of the day had some magical feel to it. She thought back on the dream.

Since she and Nathan were friends back then, they should be able to reconnect as adults, which they were doing anyway.

It reminded her of fated hearts but for friends. Or whatever.

Getting down the stairs fully dressed, she found Lacy and Macy using the television to watch kid’s show.

That had rarely been happening since their dad came home. And her phone and laptop felt good that they was a change.

“Hi, girls, where’s mom and dad?” She had searched everywhere and they weren’t home.

Lacy snapped her head at her, displeased and placed her fingers on her mouth. “Quiet down.”

She turned away. “Rude.” She expected an answer at least but that was all. She exhaled and checked the yard again.

Thankfully, on her mom’s reading table there was a note that her mom and dad had gone for a walk. Stephanie smiled at it. It had been five years since they’ve done that.

“Okay, you girls seemed to be home alone for today. It’s a Saturday so please, stay at home, watch all you want. Don’t leave the house.”

There could have been crickets chirping if not for the sound of the cartoon characters. The girl’s didn’t even act like they heard her.

She walked out the door. Everyone was living their life so she could as well live hers. The more those two grew, the more annoying they were.

“Hey!” she greeted the security man, outside the Pure Silver Company building.

He beamed, showcasing his golden tooth. “Hey, I haven’t been seeing you around. Feeling better now?”

She shrugged. “Still on break but just wanted to look around. Have a nice day.” The man wished the same.

The workplace seemed the same, no aesthetic change, no added trashcan. Perhaps the acting CEO was too busy to make changes.

There was a sound of trashcan falling behind her, Stephanie placed her hands on her waist and spun around.

She locked eyes with a blonde boy, who was looking apologetically. She hadn’t seen him around. “And you are?”

She could guess who he was, a random kid who wanted to see the insides of the biggest fashion company in the world.

She knew she was wrong when Reina ran inside and met with the boy.

“You seem to have a problem with trash cans, this is the third one you’re hitting today. Don’t you want watch while walking?” she scolded.

The boy huffed and continued inside the building, looking around and touching everything.

Reina sighted Stephanie watching them questioningly and ran to her.Material © NôvelDrama.Org.

“Hey, I didn’t get to tell you about my fight with Cherry. It was one word, epic. I didn’t kill her but I felt stronger after.” Reina chattered.

Stephanie still had eyes on the boy, who kept on sightseeing around the company. “Care to explain who your friend is?”

Reina made an ‘oh’ shape with her lips. “Nathan brought him. He’s some kid. One I can tell doesn’t go out much.” She sighed. “Oh, did you hear Jarma is working with the Alpha now?”

Stephanie dragged her eyes from the boy to Reina. “Really?” Nathan hadn’t told her that they had forgiven him for kidnapping.

“Oh my, Steph!”

She turned and grinned. “Nathan, you’re here too!” she wanted to run to hug him but crossed the thought, that’d be weird.

The blonde boy saw Nathan walk in and hurried back to his side.

Nathan gave Stephanie a side hug. “I came around to check on my company, what did you come to do?” he raised his brow.

She slapped his arm. “I came to check on my company too.” She met the gaze of the blonde boy on her. “Who’s your friend?”

Nathan patted his head. “He’s a popular gamer. Named X-kid. If you play games, you’d know but you’re boring.” He smirked and walked around with the kid.

Stephanie pinched herself, why was Nathan taunting her all of a sudden? Cause he had a new friend. Reina watched her glare at him.

“Nathan saw the boy somewhere and began hanging out with him. The boy’s Francis. I don’t know him from anywhere.” She answered any question that would be in Stephanie’s head.

Stephanie turned to leave. He had it covered. He didn’t need her. She was opening the door to leave when she felt a hand on her waist, pulling her back.

“This one?” Nathan asked.

She wrinkled her brow but he was referring to the blonde boy. The boy nodded, with a blush. Stephanie wondered what Nathan asked.

He let go of her, shaking his head, “Francis, if you think this one is pretty then it’s cos you haven’t met much girls in your life.”

He went back to the boy. Stephanie was livid, she gritted her teeth, thinking of how to make a hole in Nathan’s head.

So she wasn’t pretty? Good to know.

Reina chuckled. “Stephanie is pretty. Nathan, you’re looking for trouble.”

Nathan turned and saw Stephanie’s face, he resisted the urge to laugh. He whispered to Francis, “Actually I agree with you, but she shouldn’t know that.” Francis chuckled.

The two toured around the building, taking pictures and explaining what faculty was which.

Nathan was stunned with the boy’s innovative ideas. He began taking mental notes. When they got hungry, they returned to the front.

Surprisingly, he found Stephanie still there with Reina. Was she waiting to assault him? It was a joke. He wasn’t even sure why made the joke.

“Hey, ladies, what do you want to eat?” He asked. Reina looked up at him, she frowned and glanced at Stephanie.

Nathan sighed. He just made up with her now, would she begin ignoring him again? There was a beep sound from her phone.

She exhaled. “Finally, it sent. So enjoy. I’d be deleting the cartoons to get space. Bye.”

Reina waved, gazing at Nathan for a reaction. Stephanie ignored him and walked out.

“Here, buy anything, you two.” He handed Reina his card and followed Stephanie out.

Reina stared at the card in her hand. “This card is owned by a billionaire.” she smirked.

Francis snatched it from her. “And he said to buy food with it, only.” She rolled her eyes.

Nathan closed the door of the cab Stephanie was almost getting into, he gestured for the man to leave. Stephanie glared a him. “What?”

“Don’t you think you’re being… petty?”

She balled her fists. “Well, I have baby sisters, do you blame me? Leave me alone, Keon!”

He held her hands from moving but his eyes suddenly changed blue and began hurting. He let go of her and rubbed his temples.

She noticed. She checked his eyes and they were changing to luminescent green. “I’m glad it hurts. And it’s not pretty too.” She folded her arms.

Nathan chuckled. “Having you as a girlfriend is very stressful, you know that?”

Stephanie scoffed. “Consider yourself lucky.”

But why was she still his girlfriend? She had been paid. But she didn’t complain. Somehow, she liked the thought of being his girlfriend.