President Denver's Twisted Romance

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NICHOLAS DENVER’S POV

When I saw this beautiful creature at my clubhouse saying she wanted to die, I thought I saw a familiar birthmark on her neck.

That birthmark struck me because it looked like the one that I saw on the lady I had a one-night stand with three months ago.

Three months ago, at Lazarus Hope’s wedding anniversary, someone drugged me, so I went to hide in one of the rooms in the hotel, so as not to embarrass myself in front of so many elite guests.

The next thing, this lady entered my room, and I was already like a wild animal, so I forced myself on her and…

Anyway, that has passed. I have struggled to forgive myself for what I did to that lady on that night, and I am just about to completely forget about the situation, but this birthmark on my new secretary is driving me crazy with guilt.

Is she the one I had that one-night stand with? There’s only one way to find out, so I asked for her name. I had just asked her name when I realized that I should have just asked

Marcus instead to check the employee’s data for it.

Moreover, I can see how difficult it is for her to say her name to me. Why? Is she trying to hide something?

‘’Elizei. Elizei Hope,’’ she replies.

As soon as she says her name, it gets me thinking that she is the one I forced myself on. For crying out loud, we were at an event that had the Hope family as the organizers.

I mean, Lazarus Hope is not the forerunner of the Hope family, but it does not mean that he is not also influential.

That means she is the one I had that night with.

‘’Really? Hope? The popular Hope of Hope Ventures or…’’ I am just starting to get to the bottom of the situation when she smiles and shakes her head.

‘’I wish…’’ She replies with calm and dexterity.

Hmm…

‘’Is there anything I can do sir?’’ She asked.

Why is she in a hurry to change the subject?

‘’Well, I will have to show you around first.’’ Honestly, this is the HR job, but I suggest doing it because I am falling hopelessly for this angel standing in front of me.

Also, I started to doubt myself, because if she is the Hope of Hope Ventures, then she has no business trying to get a job in Denver Group because Hope Ventures can give her anything she wants.

Very well, I decided to woo her until she accepted me. Grandma, I do not care if you like this one or not, because I will not leave her.

‘’The HR already said to show me around President Denver…’’

There, she calls me President Denver again. I rolled my eyes.

‘’Nicholas!’’ I tell her yet again.

‘’And HR will not be bothering you. I will show you around by myself so you can get used to what I want and need, since you will be working directly with me.’’

ELIZEI’S POV

I hate it when anyone asks me my name. It brings back memories that I'd rather do away with. Anyway, there’s no way I can lie about my name at my place of work, so I tell President Denver, or Nicholas (as he would prefer that I call him) the truth.

Of course, I look forward to the next question. Am I the Hope of Hope Ventures? And the answer is no.

The next moment, President Denver asks to take me on a tour of the company. That job is meant for HR, isn't it? Well, he insists, so I have to agree, and the tour starts.

This young and handsome man takes me everywhere in the company. It starts to seem as if he is showing me off because he takes me to offices that he has no business with, as in, we enter into the smallest departments in the company.

I can see the way the females in the company look at me. Trust me, their jealousy is evident in their eyes and the way they obviously start gossiping among themselves as I pass by them with President Denver walking beside me and acting so fondly towards me.

This man had better not make me the talk of the Denver Group.

After the tour around the company, we go back to the Penthouse where President Denver suddenly hands me a pile of work.

It is my first day on the job, so I expected it to be more lenient, but President Denver seems to think otherwise.

Maybe it is because I am not cooperating with him.

He’s obviously trying to get close to me, but I put up a barrier that he can’t venture to pass without him ordering me around, and for some reason, he does not want to order me around at all.

I work without a break on the first day of my new job as President Denver’s secretary.

I had in mind to finish everything I had to do before closing time, so I turned down the President’s invitation for lunch and tried to concentrate on my work, but from the appearance of things, there was no way I would meet up without overtime.

The amount of work the President gave me was just wild, and I think he did it deliberately.

I tried as hard as I could, but very soon, I could feel the company growing empty because all the other employees had left, and I was two hours into overtime, and guess what, President Denver was still around, shooting me occasional stares that just crept me up.

Three hours after the close of work, I was finally done with my job for the day, and I started to pack my belongings. I was tired as hell.

‘’Do you have a car?’’ President Denver had gone through the work he asked me to do, and I noticed that he was upset that I did it perfectly well.

That means he planned on keeping me around till midnight, right?

Well, I think I won this time.

‘’No,’’ I replied abruptly.

‘’Okay, I’ll take you home.’’ When I heard President Denver say those words, my heart almost stopped beating.