Her Duchess The Billionaire s Hired Bride

Time & Place: 5:45pm at ivory classic shoes

Elizabeth, the CEO personal assistant, knocked softly on the CEO's  office door but did not enter until he asked her to.  Elizabeth was surprised to see him working and not showing signs of stopping anytime soon. She glanced at her wrist watch, it was 5:45pm. He was supposed to be home by 4:00 pm which was their closing hour but he was still here working. Elizabeth dropped the file on the table gently and spoke in a polite tone.

"Sir Mike, are you working late today too ?"

He raised his head up to look at her and laughed, her smile brightened.

"Yes Elizabeth I am, I need to complete this design, our exhibition is around the corner"

He replied but she sighed triedly. The exhibition was the most important event celebrated every year, it is an event when the ivory classic shoes bring new designs of shoes for the world to see, both female designs, male designs and even children designs were exhibited for sales. People from different parts of the world attend this event to see what ivory classic shoes have in stock for them. Last year's exhibition sold out about 400,000 000 dollars on that day and more orders were still placed. Last year's designs were top notch so this year's designs must be better than last year. This is why Mike is working hard to make sure this year turns out better than last year.

"But sir, the team is also working on the designs for the exhibition. You don't need to stress yourself this much"

She said worried. Mike was always hardworking and most of the time neglect his health and rarely have time for himself and this was what exactly worried Elizabeth, she had been working for him for eight years now and have never seen him missed work for a day, he was never late for work and would never cancel any meeting no matter how urgent the situation was.

"Don't worry I will get off work early today, you can go home now no need to wait till I finish"

He responded and went back to designing new shoes, Elizabeth frowned at his character and attitude towards her. She didn't want to leave him but he had literally sent her away like he always does. She won't lie for the past years that she had been working with him. She had fallen in love with him, you won't blame her. He was the most handsome man she had ever seen. Why do you think he has a strong female fan base group which she was proudly a member of. But she has been trying her best to show her signs but he never sees it. He is always blinded with work and most of the time he doesn't see her as a woman but a friend and that hurts her badly.

"Okay sir, just make sure you don't stay too long"

She said and he nodded still focused on what he was doing.

"I will take my leave now, see you tomorrow sir"

She replied disappointed and left him closing the door behind her. She leaned against the door and let out a breath of relief.

"He never looks at me no matter how hard I try, why is he so distant ?"

She asked herself and left angrily.

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Mike glanced at the wall clock, it was 9:00pm on the dot, he was surprised to see how the time flew so fast. He stretched his body and yawned triedly.

"Woah, how come it this late ?"