Taming the Playboy CEO

Alex's Fiancèe

Alex opens the penthouse as his hands were the only free one while Mariana was carrying the food. They both step in and maneuver their way to the elevator together.

They step out and Mariana goes into the dinning room to drop off the takeaway bags at the dinner table while Alex goes into the office to pick up the file they came for as he had left it there the night before.

They are both shocked at the sight that greets soon after that they both pause at the different places they were at as none of them had concluded the task they had in mind.

“Hey boo '', a feminine voice shrieks from the kitchen area. They both turn at the same time to the direction of the voice.

A blonde lady of about 5’9” steps into the living room where they were.

" Welcome home, I have been waiting for you. When I came in, your guards said you would not be back till later at night, so what happened? Did they call to tell you I was around and you decided to come back home to keep me company because you knew I would be bored staying alone at home? I had wanted to surprise you though. But now you are here, surprise”, says while trying to put her hands around Alex's neck. He pushes her off immediately.

“Sasha, how do you get in here?" Alex asks, clearly infuriated by her actions.

The lady, whom Mariana had just gotten to learn her name, finally turned to look at Mariana. She was doing a great job at ignoring her presence at first and was only just acknowledging it right now.

As Mariana looked at her too, she could not help but notice how gorgeous the lady, Sasha, was.

She took time to look at Sasha's features.

She had piercing blue eyes that seem to see right through a person deep into the soul, with long, curly hair that cascades her back down like a golden waterfall, a sharp jawline that exudes confidence and determination, full lips that curve into a sly smile, hinting at a mischievous personality, small nose ring that adds a touch of edginess to her features, statuesque physique that commands attention and respect at any given point and place she finds herself at and a bright smile that lit up the room and radiated warmth but slowly turns dark the moment she sets her eyes on Mariana.

Sasha lets her gaze linger on Mariana for a moment before turning back to Alex.

“Alex, who is she?", She asks.

" Sasha, that does not sound like an answer to my previous question. How did you get in here?”, Alex questions.

“Well, if you must know, your mother dropped me off personally because I had complained to her about you not picking my calls since you left the mansion and that you had been refusing to see me anytime I showed up at your office. So she said that maybe you might be too busy with work and you did not have time. She then brought up the idea of me coming here to surprise you and came to drop me off here. She was the one that opened the penthouse for me to come in and stayed for a while before I told her to go back home and not stress herself that I would handle things here. Now if I have answered your question, who is this lady with you? Are you cheating on me with her? Is she the reason you have refused to see me or even pick up my calls? Alex, for goodness sake, how are we supposed to get married if you let this s**t” pointing at Mariana “get in our way? I could always satisfy your needs anytime”, she says with a sultry tone.

Mariana is soon fed up with Sasha's actions and being called a s**t was the last straw.

" Okay, I've had enough", she cuts in, “you do not, I repeat for good measure, do not have any right to call me a s**t. I have had enough of your tantrums and degradation since you saw me but that shall come to an end right here and now. I cannot stand here and watch you insult me. With all due respect Mr Greg, I beg to take my leave”.

Alex, who has been silently fuming this whole time, turns to Mariana immediately. “Miss Beth, that will not be necessary”.

“Yes it will, sir, I will leave you to sort out your issues. I will go back to the construction site.", Mariana says turning to Sasha, who was smiling victoriously at being able to keep Mariana out and finally having Alex all to herself even if it was for the meantime.

“But how would you find an Uber that will take you there as it is impossible to find one in this estate”, Alex insists.

“I will be fine, Sir. I could order a ride and it would have to wait for me at the entrance of the estate as it would not be let in”, Mariana says as she goes to the dinning room to pick up her food and the rest of her belongings.

“And how would you get to the entrance of the estate, you would have to walk all the way there”, he insists once again.

" As I have already said, Mr Greg, I will be perfectly content with doing just that", Mariana says and steps into the elevator leaving their presence.

She leaves the compound and begins walking down the street to the entrance of the estate.

As Mariana leaves the penthouse, Sasha laughs in sheet triumph. Alex turns to look at her and quietly ignores her, goes in to pick the file he came for, carries his own food that was on the dinner table and is about to leave the room with Sasha watching his every move.

“Where are you going Alex? Do not tell me you are going after that useless w***e. Are you really just going to leave me alone here for her?" Sasha asks.

" For the record, Miss Beth is not a s**t or a w***e but one of my employees. Secondly, yes I am leaving you all alone here. You said it was my mum that brought you here? No issues then, call her to come keep you company or you leave. Whichever one you decide to do make sure my house is neat as you already know I do not tolerate dirt in my space. And when you finally decide to leave, make sure my house is the same way you met it”, he replies, leaving her standing there with her mouth agape.

He is about to enter the elevator back downstairs when he stops and turns to he one last time, "And just so you know, me and you, are never getting married. Never in your dreams should you expect such so stop going ahead of yourself”, he says before leaving.

Sasha who is left still standing there lets out a scream of fury when he leaves.

She goes to the master bedroom to get her mobile device and calls Alex's mum to report to her what had just happened.

" Miss Beth huh, like Alex really chose to leave me here and disregard his mother too in the process just to go get her. Who exactly was she? Like, who exactly did she think she was to come between me and Alex? I have been trying for a long time to get close to Alex and here she is spoiling all the hard work and efforts I had put in to convince Mrs Greg. I must definitely find out more about her'', Sasha mutters while pacing around the length and breadth of the living room.

As Alex leaves Sasha, he gets into his car and leaves the penthouse. He switches off his mobile device as he knew his mum would soon bombard him with calls and begins to drive slowly along the estate road in search of Mariana. He finds her at the entrance of the estate already trying to board an Uber. He wonders how fast she had walked to get there in such a short period of time.

He immediately drives towards her and calls out her name. She turns to look in the direction where her name was called wondering how the person knew her. He immediately waves when her gaze lands on him and she is torn between disrespecting and ignoring him by still entering the Uber which might lead to her losing her job or going to meet him.

She decides to keep her job and also swallow her pride and go to meet him.

“Please step in," he says to her calmly.

Mariana looks at him for a while before opening the passenger seat of the car and entering in.

Alex drives away and they sit in silence for a while before he decides to break it.

“I am sorry for what Sasha had said to you earlier. I know what she did was wrong and uncalled for and you have every right to be angry. But please I promise it will never happen again and I take the blame for her actions”.

“No issues Sir. None of what happened was your fault, she was just being a handful and trying to mark her territory. I understand clearly.”

" Trying to mark her territory, how, Miss Beth? We are not dating or have any sort of romantic relations with each other. She was just trying to chase clout and stake claim in nothing”

" Oh, but she mentioned something about the two of you planning on getting married”, Mariana says.

" As I said before, Miss Beth, there is absolutely nothing going on between us. It is just her and my mum trying to play games with themselves and I am definitely not having any of that any more".

Mariana says nothing more and they soon get to the construction site.

They get out of the car with their takeaway bags in hand and the files before heading to their shared office to eat and get back to work.