THE FORGOTTEN HEIRESS

After Shawn ended the call, he closed his eyes to quell his anger at Johnson’s appatent insensitivity to such a crucial matter as this.

Apart from the great joy he felt just by looking at that picture and viewing those comments, he also wanted President Jason to know about the epic love that Kathleen has for him and him alone.

Only by remaining as the number one trending news for several days would he be able to ensure that President Jason sees the news wherever he was and at the same time declare to Jason his status in Kathleen’s heart.

Kathleen’s heart has always and will forever belong to him, Shawn Hudson, and Jason didn’t stand a chance.

The more he thought about it, the better he felt and he was glad with his decision to appear in court that morning.

After a few seconds, he went back to the picture taken of Kathleen and him, made a screenshot of it and used it as his screensaver on his phone.

That way it would be easier to go back to it without going through the trouble of searching on google.

He finally relaxed back into his seat, a contented smile etched on his face as he enjoyed the rest of the ride to Wyatt Corps.

True to his words, before Shawn arrived at Wyatt’s Corporations, Johnson was already waiting for him at the parking lot with a briefcase in his hand.

He waited for his boss to get down from the car, bowed and followed him into the huge office building.

As usual, Shawn’s appearance caused another sensation in Wyatt Corps, especially after the article they had seen about him and their boss.

As expected, they gave him an exaggerated welcome and the smiles on their faces when they saw him was way out of this world.

"What can I do for you, President Hudson? Are you here to see our boss?" Maya, the receptionist asked.

Thinking it was Director Wyatt they were referring to, Johnson stepped forward to respond with a "Yes, please."

Ariel, Kathleen’s assistant, happened to come down from the elevator at that moment and heard Maya addressing someone as President Hudson.

Her head snapped up to see the owner of that name that has refused to leave her mind for so many days and stood transfixed all of a sudden. 𝓯𝙧𝓮𝓮𝒘𝓮𝙗𝙣𝒐𝒗𝒆𝓵.𝓬𝓸𝒎

"Oh my world! Am I seeing double or is that really President Shawn Hudson?" she muttered, wiping her eyes several times in a row.

He is incredibly handsome beyond words, even better than the image she had in her head after hearing the way others described him.

She stood by the elevator door, completely unaware that she was drooling.

’But wait, why does he look so familiar? She seems to have seen his face somewhere before. Where? Where? Where?

All of a sudden it clicked, "Elvis," she said to the hearing of everyone, who turned to look at her direction.

"That’s the President’s secretary," Maya said, pointing to the speechless Ariel.

She would have loved to personally escort the dashingly handsome President to see the Boss, but since her secretary was here, it wouldn’t be ethical for her to bypass her so she grudgingly directed them to Ariel.

But she didn’t fail to make up her mind to work hard so that one day, she will have the opportunity to be in close proximity with such notable figures.

Ariel on the other hand didn’t notice that she had been assigned the responsibility of taking President Hudson to see her boss. She was still trying to process the uncanny resemblance between Elvis and President Hudson.

Her brain was about to explode when a possibility cropped up somewhere in her mind, she had to use all her inner strength to stifle a gasp from escaping her mouth.

Her head jerked up again to stare at the face which was nothing short of an older version of Elvis. The tilt of their head, the familiar posture and even the grim expression on the face when being serious were all the same.

It was not until she heard a "Ms," beside her that she saw that everyone’s eyes were trained on her.

Johnson was speechless at the lady’s behavior. He was aware of the effect his boss always had on ladies especially those that were meeting him for the first time but wasn’t this lady’s reaction somewhat too much?

How can she qualify as an assistant when she cannot even handle the sight of a handsome man? She just lost her bearing the moment she saw a handsome man around her.

’Come to think of it, isn’t she too young to be an assistant to such a dignified but advanced person like Director Wyatt?’

He had expected that Director Wyatt’s assistant should be someone in his middle age with loads of experience and maturity.

If his guess is correct, the lady before him should be in her early twenties and should still be in college studying for a degree by his own estimation.

Oblivious of the cumbersome assignment she had unconsciously saddled Johnson with, Ariel quickly snapped back into her professional self as she replied,

"Nice to finally meet you sir. How may I be of service to you, Sir?"

"We are here to see your boss," Johnson answered. Although he was dissatisfied with her, he still put it aside and responded with a calm composure just like a well groomed and accomplished assistant whom he believed he was, would do.

"I’m sorry sir, but my boss is not on seat today. She didn’t come to the office this morning. Did you give her a call before coming?"

"She?" Johnson raised a questioning brow.

"Aren’t you here to see President Janice?" Ariel asked, unaware that she had made a major blunder that might cost her her job in the future.

Shawn on the other hand did not fail to take note of the address. "President Janice" and repeated it in his mind.