CEO's substitute bride (Alyssa)

‘What’s wrong with me?’ She ran her fingers down her hair irritably as she placed her phone on the corner of her desk, not wanting to look at it any longer. She had never been this nervous with Henry before! And to be this anxious for a man she had never actually seen was…weird.

Just as she was concentrating on her documents, she heard a few whispers from the other cubicle.

“I heard that Dawson applied for a leave.”

“What? He used to be so eager in coming to work.”

So the man had already retired? Alyssa leaned against her seat as she pushed herself to the wall behind her, interested in hearing more of this. Just then, another colleague quickly joined the discussion and she frowned.

Their voices had become much softer now.

However, she still caught a few words, “I heard Alyssa’s the one who did it yesterday.”

At that, she suddenly sneezed. Were they talking about her?

…

At Nine Clouds Media.

The meeting room was so silent that they could hear a pin drop. With the unnerving tension rising every second, Emmett took his time as he flipped the project report in his hands. His face showed no expression as he scanned through the documents.

All the senior management staff sat upright, not daring to make a sound. Sweat trickled down their foreheads as they all exchanged looks of anxiety and worry. After all, the man behind the scenes had a worse temper than Xavier.

The outside world only recognized Xavier as the boss of Nine Clouds Media. When in actuality, only the senior management knew the man sitting in front him was the real man working behind the scenes. Although his whereabouts and identity were kept a secret from all of them, they knew that every major decision was run through by him. As such, they knew just how important he was.

Emmett hadn’t come to the company for a very long time, and all his responsibilities had fallen to Xavier. Even today alone, he had to admit that it was tough to do all the groundwork. However, it still must be done.

As Alyssa had gone to Moore Group today, he thought of handling these matters himself.

There were a few directors in Nine Clouds Media who were determined in creating beef between some senior management staff, but that wasn’t a big problem. As long as these things don’t escalate, then they could easily be managed.

Finally, once Emmett was done reading through all the documents, he picked up a few folders and placed them neatly on one side. The rest was thrown directly onto the middle of the conference table. The sound echoed across the room, as a few papers fluttered to the side.

Everyone froze.

of the company. As we’ve worked together for so long, I’ll give you one last chance to make

he stood up and strode out of the meeting room. Xavier followed right behind him, with the neatly folded documents

the desk. He slowly rubbed his temples. Sometimes, handling a large company had its pressure points, but it did have

and frowned. “You think they’ll do as

indifferent. “Besides,

that the man had every right to be. After all, he had built this company from the ground up not because he

his bad temper, Emmett was actually a kind person. Those bastards really had gone too

nothing to say, you can leave.” With a wave of dismissal,

the screen lit up and he found an unread

giving me this phone. I

lips

when he saw Emmett smiling at the phone screen. Not being able to help himself, he inquired,

would’ve glared at him, but the text had regained his good composure. “Since you’re so scared of me, why aren’t

see what the man was looking at, but just as he was moving closer, Emmett flipped his phone and hid it

“Are you kidding me?”

The man was ruthless!

Emmett started typing

am glad

he paused. That didn’t seem

“Frank bought it.”

That seemed too cold.

he decided on

seat. A trace of irritation flashed in his dark eyes before it disappeared. This was getting all too ridiculous! Not only was he hiding his identity, but he was playing

documents with him. “Emmett, this is the big IPO that the company had invested in recently. All the information is in here. You can take a

“Wait.” Emmett stopped him.

“Is there

awkwardly, knocking the table a couple of times. “Do you think

Emmett threatened, “If you dare laugh at me, I’ll make sure that the little star of yours wouldn’t be able to accept any scripts. She wouldn’t have

knew that the man was only playing tough, Xavier still suppressed

tell her right away. In fact, I suggest a rather big event, like a baby shower, but instead of having a

Asshole.

documents and threw them in

Xavier didn’t even bother trying to hide