The CEO's Tender Touch

Episode Four

I didn't get to unleash my full anger before Mr. King dragged me off of her. I'm usually composed but I was far too gone for a reason, now that I'm breathing hard against Mr. King's chest, I begin to realize the situation I'm in right now. The spoiled brat is still screeching and being held back by her father.

"Do something, Daddy!!! How dare that filth put her hands on me! I want her fired and arrested." She fumes.

"Kathie, calm down," Maximus says sternly.

"Nick, you cannot possibly be taking her side." She looks dejected, hurt, and mad.

"I'm not taking anyone's side, you should not have hit her, to begin with, you will both apologize to each other now." Mr. King says, his voice strained.

"I would never apologize to a lowlife." She roughly shrugs out of her father's hold and walks out.

"I-I'm sorry Kim, I didn't-" I cut him off.

"I apologize if I offended you, Mr. Martins."

I tell him quickly before turning to walk away.

Mr. King joins me in his penthouse after probably concluding business downstairs.

I've been very worried about him firing me for acting out of place.

"I'm so sorry Mr. King, it won't happen again, I promise," I tell him anxiously the moment he walks in.

"How are you feeling?" He asks instead, ignoring my apology.

"I-I'm fine, I guess, are you going to fire me, Sir?" I ask him nervously.

"Why would I do that Kim?" He looks into my eyes Intently bending to my height.

"U-uhm, well, I screamed at your important VIP client, and I also hit his daughter."

"You hit well." He praises chuckling teasingly, his carefree attitude makes me wary.

"Oh, thank you."

The next day I ran into Adrian from the meeting.

"Kimberly, we meet again." He smiles flirtatiously at me.

"Good morning Adrian."

"Do you mind joining me for breakfast?"

"No, she doesn't, she has work to do." Mr. King answers from behind me. He leads me back into the room.

"You can't get too close to him." I'm confused.

"Why not?"

"He's trouble." He says with conviction.

"I'm sure I can decide that myself Mr. King." I appreciate his concern but who I talk to is none of his business, boss or not.

He stalks too close to me for comfort and I jump back, we continue till my back is against the wall, he's so close I can feel his breath on my face, his lips are just an inch away and then he whispers.

"It wasn't a request Ms. Martins, and call me Nick." he leaves me there feeling like a statue. Oh my God, I feel so hot, what was that?

After a full month of hectic work, we are done with the first half of the project, there will be a party tonight to celebrate our great progress, the project will become a huge business empire, it was a big deal.

Mr. King had been staring daggers at me since I got dressed, he hadn't left my side since we got to the party, I think I looked fairly okay but with he was staring stiffly, I wasn't so sure anymore.

"Nicholas my boy, thank you for coming." Maximus greets us as he approaches us with his wife on his arm.

"Of course." Mr. King replied shortly.

I have made sure to avoid Maximus and his daughter ever since the episode a month ago.

He smiles nervously at me and I offer him a stiff polite nod.

"The w***e is here." Kathie appears from behind her father looking very smug. She raises her phone to record but Mr. King snatches it out of hand and anger courses through her face.

"You will respect my employee Kathie." Mr. King tells her frowning slightly.

"What, she probably offered herself to you like the slut she is to get this job, isn't that why you are defending her like this Nick." She says loudly to grab attention.

I gasped loudly at the insult. She is such a vile little thing.

"You will stop this now Katherine." Maximus orders.

"But it's true daddy." She whines pouting.

A waiter is walking past us with a tray, I grab a cup and dump it right in her face.

"You're the attention-seeking w***e, and trust me, it's pathetic." She shrieks loudly and lunges for me but before a fistfight, her father orders a guard to take her.

"You can't allow your daughter to be treated this way for some street rag Maximus." I hear his wife mumble angrily before following her daughter. At least now I know where her daughter takes her nasty attitude from.

Maximus doesn't meet my eyes, he just walks away, now I have the upper hand, I won't sit down and let her berate me like that.

"Well now the show is over, can we enjoy the party?" Mr. King smiles cheekily. He's secretly having fun with all of this.

We go to order drinks to find a pack of kids at the drinks stall.

"Are kids allowed in here?" I ask curiously.

"Yeah, their parents must be in here, somewhere."

We order apple juice, I take tiny sips of my drink.

"Holy shit." A kid says sharply and all gather to hear what's wrong before looking toward us.

"How can you be so stupid, f**k you are going to get us in trouble." One kid says pushing at the chest of the other, and the other retaliates.

"How is it my fault, you were supposed to watch the cups." They argue back and forth till Mr. King asks them to either shut it quietly or the security would make them.

"Are you okay dear?" I ask the female among them who looks standoffish.

"Yes ma'am." They all scurry away.

By the time we both finish our drinks, I don't know what else is going on, I don't feel like myself, I remember laughing with Mr. King, which is weird because we are not that close.

I feel so dizzy, I'm not in my room is the first thing I realize. I look beside me and I'm shocked to find Mr. King asleep right beside me, I almost scream out loud.

"Oh my God, Oh my God, w-what, how did this-" I'm frantic at the moment, I try so hard to remember but I cannot recall what exactly happened. I jump out of bed and realize I'm naked, I hold back tears.

"What did I do, I didn't touch any drink, what happened?" I mumble to myself like a crazed person, pulling my hair and feeling so conflicted. I find a robe to cover myself and I hear a drowsy whisper.

"Kim? Kim what are you-" Mr. King blinks awake, his eyes widened after surveying the situation. I dash out of his room and into mine, bolting it closed as I pant heavily on the floor.