A CEO's Revenge Marriage Accidentally in Love

Chapter 2

Chapter 2
Hannah

“Give me one good reason not to fire you.”

Tobias’s words make my heart pound a mile per second.

I’m sitting on a massive chair inside his office, and his gaze is digging into mine. He looks as friendly as a wolf, and that face I found so beautiful earlier is now scary and intense.

“I really need this job, Tobias—err, I mean, Sir.”

He lifts an eyebrow, and I stare down into my lap. I’m sweating despite it being rather cold inside his office.

But can anyone blame me?

Tobias is too frightening to keep eye contact with, especially now when he is wearing an expensive suit that seems to scream, “Man in charge!”

“Hm, if that’s true, I would expect you to put more effort into keeping your position, Miss Darling…” he looks at me again. “Did you use a fake name when you were hired?”

“No, Sir,” I grimace. “My surname is Darling.”

“And you’re a college student?”

“Yes…”

“I see…” he absentmindedly taps his chin while scanning my papers without even a hint of a smile. “Plenty of student loans to pay off, then?”

My shoulders slump in defeat. “That’s a rather personal question.”

He lifts his chin, eyeing me. “I know, but I’m your boss… also, are you really not planning on using that against me? Any other person in your position would use that to play with my emotions and manipulate me into feeling sorry for you.”

Tobias’s words are shocking. And the fact that he can say that while deadpanning is scary. It also tells me everything I need to know: this man won’t get manipulated easily.

“Um, something tells me that you would see through any lie I gave you,” I give him a hesitant, nervous smile. He is watching me like a hawk, and I quickly continue talking. “But I really need this job. I know that I’m at fault here. I made a mistake walking into that room. I’m not stupid, and yes, you have every right to fire me, but I’m desperate for money.”

“Desperate, you say?” Tobias is watching me with renewed interest now. He reminds me of a cat focusing on its prey. “How desperate?”

heart is thumping against my

nervous, but I must speak up and convince Tobias not to fire me. I’m drowning in student loans and food expenses. And that’s not mentioning the rent on my apartment. I also have a cat named Jerry, so living in the dorms is out

I mean those words and look straight into Tobias’s green,

by the corners to form a wicked smirk, and his fingers intertwine underneath

a high-pitched scream. I’m pretty sure this guy just asked me to marry him, which definitely can’t

jump out from the door

But that doesn’t happen.

I have Tobias smiling at me, but it’s not friendly. It’s cunning

my wedding, wife, now ex-wife cheated on me

he told me. His eyes roam over my face as if he is trying to read me, and once he finds whatever he is

owners of this hotel chain. I don’t have enough money to buy them out. Yet. I plan on doing that in the future, but until then, it would make my life easier if my ex-wife didn’t know seeing her makes me miserable. That’s where you come in. It would save some of my pride if I married you and pretended

blink, unsure whether this is some sort of dream. It must be, so I continue to gawk at Tobias, but when he doesn’t vanish, I lift my hand and smack myself straight into my face—so hard that the chair moves, and I tumble down onto

manage to hit my head

“Ouch…” I mumble.

are

a dream,” I rub my stinging cheek while lying on the floor. Tobias looks furious. Anger is ticking against his jaw, which makes me lower

wonder if something is wrong with you. Why would

respond, he has risen to his feet. He walks around his desk and squats before me. I’m unsure what he is doing and sit up in fear, staring at his scowling

“What do you want?”

my question, he tilts his head.

“No, not that hard.”

“Did it hurt?”

I nod.

and sit perfectly still as he comes closer. My heart is beating way too fast. I’m nervous even though there is nothing sexual in the way he touches me. He simply reaches out his hands to softly hold

head and brushes my hair out of the way. Despite his cold

Tobias isn’t as bad as

when he leans back from me. There is a ghost of a smile fleeting over his

Tobias is insulting me!

rather rude thing to

you waltz into the wrong room, and now it turns out you can’t even sit on a chair

wasn’t trying to kill myself, and I’m

always this clumsy?” he rolls his eyes, muttering, “Why do I find

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