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?”

thumping against my

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

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

form a wicked smirk, and his fingers intertwine underneath

I’m pretty sure this guy just asked me to marry him,

hidden cameramen to jump out from the door behind his desk or the curtains blocking the

But that doesn’t happen.

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

year after my wedding, wife, now ex-wife cheated on me with my

over my face as

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

he doesn’t vanish, I lift my hand and smack myself straight

also manage to

“Ouch…” I mumble.

fuck are you

if this is a dream,” I rub my stinging cheek while lying on the floor. Tobias looks furious. Anger

wonder if something is wrong with you. Why would

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,

“What do you want?”

he tilts his head. “Did you hit your

“No, not that hard.”

“Did it hurt?”

I nod.

is so surprisingly gentle that I blush 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 my head while scanning

my belly when Tobias carefully inspects my head and brushes my hair out of the way.

as bad

smile fleeting over his lips. “You must

scratch the above. I’m injured, and Tobias

pout. “That’s a rather rude

frowns. “No, it’s the truth, Miss Darling. First, you waltz into the wrong room, and now it turns out you can’t even sit on a chair without damn

kill myself,

rolls his eyes, muttering, “Why do I find that so hard to

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