Chapter 67 - Anita

Once Lucy walked out of Tom's office she heaved a deep sigh of relief as she collapsed into her seat. She just realized one thing. Calling the CEO a weirdo didn't cut it at all. That was a very big understatement. As a matter of fact, she now believed that calling him a weirdo seemed like a very big compliment for someone like him. He was worse than a weirdo. 

Why had he called her into his office if he had no intention of saying a word to her? She had just stood there like a statue, staring down at her feet while trying hard not to raise her head to look at him just in case he was watching her. She had stood there by the door with her head bowed, for what seemed like forever until he tapped on his desk to get her attention. 

She had managed to raise her head a little to look at him, hoping he would at least say something to her, but the weirdo had only waved her off, but not without turning away so she wouldn't see his face. Luckily she had caught a glimpse of the side of his face in time before he turned away from her completely. At least she now had an idea of what he looked like. The color of his hair, and many beards. 

The most annoying thing she had discovered was the fact that he wore glasses. To think that he had stopped her from using her glasses whereas he was also wearing glasses. She had no idea whether the glasses were medicated or not. She didn't care. He had no right to wear glasses after asking her to not wear her medicated glasses. 

Right now all she could do was wish every lady who was interested in him good luck. She intended to give Sonia a call later and tell her to get rid of any idea she had in her head about them marrying both brothers. Not that she had any intention of getting married to anyone, but even if she had slightly entertained the thought because of Sonia and her family, she would rather die than have anything to do with a person like her boss. 

Inside the CEO's Office, Tom chuckled as he walked over to the door and locked it with his key before taking off his wig and glasses. She seemed really terrified of him. He had watched her all the while she stood there with her head bowed, and he could swear he had seen her hands tremble for a moment. How was he supposed to seduce her if she was this scared of him? 

Tom winced when he felt his head throb painfully and raised a hand to his temple before looking at the wig with a frown. He couldn't help but wonder how some ladies coped with wearing wigs when his head ached this way only after wearing it for only a couple of minutes. He walked into his closet and took off everything, including the suit he had worn over his shirt. Once he was sure everything was in place and he looked like Tom the bad boy again, he returned to attend to some documents on his desk.

By the time he was done with the first document in front of him, it was lunchtime. He dropped his pen at once and pushed his seat away from the desk before standing up. A part of him really wanted to share lunch with her, but he knew he needed to do as Bryan had suggested if he wanted more from her than just a friendly lunch. 

Bearing that in mind, he took his private elevator and exited the building before walking around his private car park to the entrance of the building which everyone else used. Once he entered inside the building, he observed that most of the staff were already heading to the cafeteria, so he joined them.

"Wow! Isn't he hot?" One of the ladies whispered to her friend when they sighted Tom walking towards the cafeteria from a different direction. 

"I think I'm going to say hi to him during lunch today," another whispered to her friend excitedly.

A beautiful blonde lady who was walking not too far away from the ladies, glanced in Tom's direction when she heard them whispering about him, and she raised a perfectly arched brow when she saw the familiar face, "Tom?" She called out loud in a questioning tone since she wasn't sure he was the one.

Tom paused and turned in her direction when he heard the familiar voice, and raised a brow when he saw Anita smiling and waving at him. What was she doing here? He wondered as he remained where he was, and waited for her to walk up to him. 

"It is really you? I almost didn't believe it!" Anita said excitedly as she joined him, and smiled when she noticed the envious glances she was receiving from the other ladies. 

"Why are you here?" Tom asked impatiently. 

"Come on! That is no way to talk to me. Why don't we talk over lunch? You look very different by the way," she said with a pleasant smile that suggested it was a good kind of different.

Without waiting for him to say anything she slid her right arm under his left arm, and dragged him along with her towards the cafeteria. 

Tom who was wondering what she was doing in his company premises allowed her to lead the way until they got to a table and she sat down, "Excuse me for a moment," he said in a polite tone before walking away from her to where the food was being served. 

He wasn't going to let Lucy starve simply because he was talking to someone as insignificant as Anita. Once he got Lucy's lunch, he looked around the cafeteria until his eyes fell on the lady he recognized to be Lucy's secretary, and he approached her table with the lunch pack.

"Hi! Could you please help me deliver this to Miss Perry in her office? Let her know I couldn't deliver it myself because I'm having lunch with someone," Tom said, as he jerked his head towards Anita. Although he tried to make it sound like a humble request, it still came out like an order, and Lucy's secretary gave him a quick nod as she took the lunch pack from him and stood up to do as he had asked. 

"Thank you," Tom said before walking away. Once he returned to the table where Anita was seated he pulled out the seat opposite her and sat down.

"So what are you doing here?" Tom asked again, wondering why she hadn't bothered to go get her meal while he was away. 

Anita had thought he went to get their meal when he excused himself, but seeing him return empty-handed she tried not to let her disappointment show.

"Well, as you might have heard, I-Global recently took over Oceans airline, the company where I work, so some of us were invited here for a meeting with Mr. Harry," Anita explained. Although she had been hoping to meet the CEO.

How could he have missed such a significant detail? Although he had already started bidding for Oceans airline before he met Anita, he couldn't remember her mentioning she worked there... That was probably because she had deliberately kept it away from him for reasons best known to her.

"I see," Tom said disinterestedly.