CEO's Contract Obsession-Chapter 97: In My Turf
"There’s more?" Amy asked, curious to know what is that ’everything’ Henry was talking about.
"Come," Henry pulled her towards a wall with a wooden panel beside the bookshelf. He removed three books and pressed something behind it.
"Place your hand here. It will register your biometrics," Henry instructed and Amy obediently followed but not without questions.
"What for?"
"You’ll see," and after Amy placed her hand on the small screen on the shelf, Henry pressed a few more buttons before they heard a beeping sound.
Soon the wall with a wooden panel opened and this again surprised Amy. Why would a normal person have a hidden room in their office anyway? Oh right, Henry, her boyfriend is not a normal person. He’s the CEO of one of the biggest companies in their country, she said to herself.
She looked at the hidden door and Henry back and forth. Henry put back the three books that he removed to hide the control panel of the hidden door.
"Surprised?" Henry asked with a smirk.
"What are you hiding behind that door? Don’t tell me you have your treasures there," Amy asked in a serious tone.
Henry laughed because she looks so serious and without a hint of jest on her face at all.
"Why don’t you see for yourself?" He then gave her a go signal to enter the room.
And of course, like a child full of curiosity, Amy immediately went in. The lights automatically turn on as soon as she sets foot inside what looks like a small foyer.
Her eyes widened when her eyes saw the wall, "You!"
"Beautiful isn’t she?" Henry said mirthfully.
"You are such a stalker, but why always my sides or back? Why not capture my face?" Amy saw her pictures in elegant frames hanging on the wall. But those pictures do not show her face.
It was either her back, her side view, or there was always something blocking her face like leaves, flowers, and other things.
Most of the pictures were taken before the accident and most of them are in Bellory, well it was because she was always there.
"Remember I said before that I never went back to your shop since I was seventeen? I tried to forget you," Henry moved closer to Amy and hugged her from behind while Amy looks at the pictures.
"I don’t want to drag you into my world, you looked happy the last time I saw you and I don’t want to take away that happiness," Henry then rested his chin at the nook of her neck.
"But still you took pictures of me, how come I never see you? These shots are from Bellory and my school," Amy pondered if she had seen him before since some shots were up close and she would have remembered him if she did see him.
Henry’s face is something that you won’t forget once you see it once, so how come, she never met him, she thought.
"I was out of the country back then, I was studying in Brookegrove. So I hired someone to take your pictures, specifically shots without your face. I missed you so much that time and I just want to know how you are doing," Henry answered.
"But I still don’t understand, you tried to forget me then you missed me, and you hired a photographer but still you don’t want to see my face, why?" Amy asked.
"So that I won’t recognize you if ever I come across you someday. That way I wouldn’t be able to bother you. But that didn’t work."
"Huh? How come?"
"Because even though many years had passed, I still recognized you after Rei showed me the picture of the woman who dared to demand a contract from me..." Henry smiled and kiss her temple, "... and I’m glad you did," he added.
Amy then turned around and wrapped her arms around his neck, "And thank you for accepting."
Henry was about to lean over to kiss her but she turned again to face the other side of the room.
"What else is here?" Amy walked a few steps and saw a bed and a small sofa. It was a good size bedroom with an en suite.
"Do you sleep here?" She asked.
"Yup, there are a lot of times in the past that I stay here for a week without going home. It was when I was trying to make Welsh Holdings an empire. It’s more convenient that way and saves time."
"How about now?" she asked
"I try my best not to overwork myself since I have a lot of trusted people working for me now. Plus, I have you now," Amy stopped walking and looked at him to give him a reassuring smile before she open one of the cabinets.
"Hmm... Do your contracted girlfriends sleep here too?" She was frowning as she ask Henry after seeing the women’s clothes on one side of the closet.
Henry smirked after hearing her question as he sits on the sofa, "Jealous?"
Amy closed the cabinet door and glared at Henry, "Just answer the question."
Henry chuckled, she didn’t have to admit it, with just the tone of her voice, he knows that she is suspecting something after seeing what was in that cabinet.
"Those are your clothes, love, I asked one of my people to buy new clothes for you and placed them there. And no, no one has been here except the person who’s in charge of cleaning my office and now you. So only the three of us."
"And why would you do that?" she asked.
"Do what?"
"Have my clothes here."
"Since you will be working with me from now on, who knows you might get tired and decide to have a rest here."
"And change clothes?" Amy frowned, she doesn’t believe his excuse when normal people can just take a rest at their desks. Plus she has a sofa set in her office so why would she need to rest in the secret bedroom inside his office?
Henry gave her a naughty smile and raised his brow, "Well, being near you at work might make me do other things besides work. You know, sometimes we need to take a break. Working too much is not good for our mind and body."
Henry then stood up and walk towards her. And she knows where is this going, and she is sure that Henry is already in his predator mode by the look on his face. Being a prey in an enclosed small space like that will do her no good.
Amy picked up her bag that she previously put on the bed and swiftly walk towards the door.
"It’s getting late. I am hungry. Let’s go eat," Amy said as she quickly stepped out of the room.
Henry put his hands on his waist, he was amazed at how fast she had read his mind. He shook his head, before running after her.
"Not so fast... Do you honestly think, you can escape from me while in my turf?" Henry said in a hoarse low voice after he caught her by the arm.
Amy gulped when she looked at him and saw his roguish smile.
’Oh no...’ she thought.
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A/N: March 26, 2023
***Sorry guys, from today till end of March 2023 I will only have 1 Chapter/day. I rescued a dog and she had operation today so I have to take care of her for at least a week.
