The guests walked into the hall, amazed. A stunned look of surprise filled the room as the guests all walked to their seats. Ellen was glad of the outcome they had been able to achieve in such a short time. Moving to a corner to observe the room, Ellen heard the murmurs and whispers all over, filled with praise.From the table in front of her, “This is so lovely; look at those glitters; it's so lovely,” Ellen heard a lady say.“The backdrop of the stage is so gorgeous,” a second lady said.“I hear everything was handled by the hotel; can you believe that?” Ellen heard a guy at the table say“Of course, haven't you heard about Leo Warner, the CEO? Gosh, he works as well as his looks,” a second lady at the table whispered.“I would love to have him to myself; I hear he is very single,” another lady at the table said, and they all laughed at her statement.Ellen rolled her eyes as she moved from there to go have her sit. Every lady wanted a time with Leo; well, too bad he doesn't have th

The room was silent for a minute as they all stared at Sandra, wondering where the outburst had come from. Ellen was stunned; she had only responded to what Leo said. Turning to Sandra, Ellen opened her mouth to reply, but Leo beat her to it.“What did you just say?” Leo asked, his face hardened and his voice ice cold as he turned his head rigidly towards Sandra.“I mean, she is just your secretary; why are you getting worked up?” Sandra accused, smiling smugly as she stared at Leo.“Hmm, why don’t we just try to get back on track?” Alex said, trying to quench the fire he saw brewing between the three.“Maybe there is something more you’re not saying,” Sandra said, ignoring Alex as she continued to stare at Leo, daring him to say otherwise.“We would not need to continue this meeting.” Leo said, turning to look at Alex and saying, “Get a draft ready to send to Royal Airlines. This meeting is over.”Ellen stood up, lost, for a few minutes as Leo walked to his desk. “Leo, why don’t we t

“What is this?” Ellen asked Alex in shock as she stared at her screen.“I told you not to be too shocked,” Alex said, turning his seat in her direction.“You should have told me it was about me and not Leo,” Ellen replied. The picture did look intimate and was capable of conveying the wrong message.“Well, Leo is in the picture too, and it is only gaining attention because of Leo’s reputation,” Alex explained. It was a common fact that since Sandra left Leo, he had become the most wanted bachelor among the elite. The only issue was that Leo had no time for women.“What should I do?” Ellen muttered as she scrolled down the page on her desktop.“Absolutely nothing; Mr. Warner seems not to be bothered about it,” Alex stated in a resigned voice.“What do you mean by that?” Ellen asked him; his words were making no sense.“Mr. Warner is usually very furious and angry when things like this come up, but now he is absolutely calm and unbothered,” Alex explained, staring at Ellen in wonder. Al

Ellen had not expected to see them, and she surely did not think she would ever run into them again. “What do you want?” Ellen asked the two who were staring at her.“Oh, it’s you indeed,” Emily said in response with a smile that didn’t reach her eyes. Luke stood rigidly beside Emily, an indifferent look on his face as he looked at Ellen.“Yes, it’s me. Did you guys follow me or something?” Ellen asked, squinting her eyes at them in suspicion.“Don’t flatter yourself, Ellen,” Emily replied with a mocking smile as she added, “Actually, we’re on our honeymoon.”“Hello Ellen,” Luke said. Gone was the mocking voice with which he had spoken to her two days ago.“Hello, Luke, What do you want?” Ellen asked, her voice hard as she glared at him.“Why the hate? The least you could do is say congratulations to us and forget the past,” Emily replied. Luke was silent. Ellen looked at him and realized Emily probably didn’t know about her slapping Luke. If she had, she wouldn’t be this nice.“If yo

Ellen was startled by Leo’s hand on her waist; she turned to him in surprise.“What are you…” she tried to say, but Leo interrupted her.“Get in, baby girl. Let’s not run late,” he said, winking at her. Ellen was surprised for a minute, but when she looked behind Leo, she saw the surprise on Emily’s face and the hardened look from Luke.“Okay, baby,” Ellen replied, giving Leo a sweet smile as she stepped into the car. Leo walked to his side of the car and got in. In a matter of seconds, they were out of the hotel.Ellen and Leo locked eyes in the mirror, and both of them started laughing. In that moment, the tension between them evaporated as they laughed.“What was that about? I didn’t know you could act,” Ellen said as she laughed.“Well, it came to me on the spur of the moment,” Leo replied sarcastically with a grin.“Oh, really, I was surprised for a bit, but then I realized what you did,” Ellen replied as she finally stopped laughing.“By the way, how did you know?” Ellen asked c