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The pin
Slowly, Mia stepped into the lounge area and came face to face with Shawn. The man was currently seated in an armchair, his legs crossed and his face devoid of any emotions.
Although his face seemed calm and expressionless as usual, Mia felt that there was something wrong-something off about him. She just couldn’t wrap her hands around what exactly it was.
What was the formidable man doing at home by that time of the day? Wasn’t he supposed to be at work? Why was he home?
She could remember vividly that he left for work in the morning, so…
She never expected to meet him at home at all.
“Have you suddenly gone deaf?” Shawn inquired irritably.
He despised it when he asked people questions and they didn’t respond.
Mia shuddered in fear and she immediately recollected the question the man had asked.
Where was she coming from?
But… that was personal… She couldn’t possibly tell him the truth.
She licked the corner of her dry lips and then slowly opened her mouth to talk.
But before she could get any word out of her mouth, Shawn cut in. “Forget it.”
He waved his hand in dismissal and stood up on his feet.
With that look in her eyes, the girl was definitely going to lie to him. She didn’t want to tell him where it was that she was coming from.
Why, though? He despised liars.
But then, why did he stop her from lying? Well, it was better he stopped her from lying, or she’d tell lies to him and he’d end up despising her.
The CEO wondered why he didn’t want that to happen-despise her.
Mia quickly shut her mouth and heaved a sigh of relief. It was a good thing that the demi-god stopped her or she would have ended up spilling out the truth to him.
She didn’t know why but she didn’t want to lie to the aloof man. Was it because they were married? Afterall, husbands and wives did not feed each other with lies.
Mia pushed her thoughts aside, shaking her head dismissively. Then she saw that the demi-god had already stood up from the chair.
Where was he going? Was he going back to work?
Just then, her brain cells awakened and she remembered the reason why she had come home. It was so she could collect Shawn’s phone number from the old housekeeper.
There was no time to waste. She was about to spin around on her heels when it suddenly occurred to her that the man whose number she was here for was currently standing a few feet from her.
Mia tilted her head to the side thoughtfully. The next second, she hastily closed up the space between her and Shawn and went to stand three paces away from him.
Shawn simply watched the girl’s actions in complete silence as he stood towering over her small figure.
With his hands pocketed, he asked, “what do you want?”
It was so obvious that the girl wanted something from him.
Mia bit hesitantly on her lower lip as she fidgeted with her fingers. Shawn’s lips twitched in agitation at this but he didn’t say anything.
After some time, Mia summoned up the courage to speak. “Er-hum-hum-I need… You-the-” She bit hard on her lip as she stuttered.
Shawn was bemused. Was he that scary? The girl was stuttering and trembling all over. She didn’t seem like the same person that had yelled a while ago to announce her arrival.Nôvel(D)ra/ma.Org exclusive © material.
“What is it that you have to say?” He tried to make his voice seem gentle and endearing but it only made Mia’s legs weaken the more.
The question he asked just now… the way he asked… made it seem like he was telling her to get this done over with. Like she was disrupting his…
She let out a frustrated sigh and shut her eyes tight. “The card-pin-the pin-card-pin-”
She stuttered, still.
Although the girl’s words came out as gibberish, Shawn tried to make sense of them. He remembered he gave her a debit card, and on the night, he didn’t give her the pin. That meant that she hadn’t touched the money in that account yet.
Now that she was asking for the pin, did that mean she needed money now? The CEO’s eyes twinkled for a split second.
But a second later, a crease formed on his forehead. What did she need money for? Damien? Was she going to give his money to Damien?
The CEO had mixed feelings about the situation and his brows furrowed deeply.
Come to think of it, what could Damien need money from Mia? The man was also wealthy himself. Shawn’s lips pursed.
But he wasn’t ready to take the chances by jumping into a certain conclusion.
Until it had been verified, the kind of relationship that existed between the girl and Damien, he couldn’t be so sure that the girl wasn’t going to go spend his money on Damien.
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A While Ago:
Immediately after Shawn drove into the corporation, he headed straight to his office. His assistant bobbed politely when he saw him.
The CEO simply ignored the man and went to take his seat behind his well polished desk.
His eyes landed on the file on the desk, “Is this everything?”
“Yes, Sir.”
Lucas was unsure of the reason why the Big Boss had suddenly requested for those soft copies after he’d already sent the man the hard copies.
For him to have requested for the documents… Did that mean that the CEO hadn’t gone through the ones he sent to his mail yet?
But then, why the sudden request? What happened?
He was still supposed to be out working but he suddenly rushed back to the office to go through the file?…
Plus, the facial expression the man had on right now was super cold and deadly. Did the Madam do something wrong?
As eager as he was to know what was going on, Lucas simply kept his thoughts to himself and stood silently on the side.
CEO Shawn simply continued to eye the file before him in silence as if it were a two-headed goat.
“Leave.” He ordered after a while in a shrill voice.
Lucas bobbed his head yet again and briskly walked out of the Big Boss’s office.
There was definitely something wrong. He was sure.
After Lucas shut the door behind him, Shawn returned to eying the file. As soon as he opened it, he would either be greatly disappointed or be greatly disappointed. Either way, he’d be disappointed. But one would be of positive disappointment and the other, negative.
The CEO pressed his ligs together to form a thin line.
After a short while, he stood up and headed straight to his lounge. He changed back into the outfit he’d worn from home in the morning and then alighted from the private room.
Swiftly, he picked up the file and took long strides out of the office. He was going home.
But before Shawn left, he gave his personal assistant a very important task. “Find out the relationship between the girl and Damien Davis.”
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Back to the present time:
“0822.” Shawn pronounced the digits and Mia’s eyes flung open immediately.
“The-the pin is 0822?” She asked with peering eyes.
“Un.” He replied nasally, nodding his head only once.
Mia’s face lit up instantly, her eyes glistening. “Thank youuu! Thank you.”
She was extremely grateful, she just didn’t know how to express herself better.
She was about to turn around and rush out of the house when something suddenly flashed through her eyes. Her eyes blinked severally and her cheeks began to heat up.
‘What now?’ Shawn’s brows arched up.