President Denver's Twisted Romance

Drastic Change

Just as Elizei had suspected, she had a stalker. Her uncle, Lazarus Hope, had sent spies all over the country, looking for her.

Lazarus Hope understood Elizei would seek a job, so he sent her name across the entire country, blocking her and making sure that she did not receive any job that would make her rise to power enough to challenge him.

She could do mediocre jobs like a cleaner or whatever if she wanted to, but other than that, there was no hope for Elizei.

Yes. Lazarus Hope was behind the reason every single company rejected Elizei.

When he heard that Elizei had gotten a job at Denver Group as the direct secretary to President Denver, he became furious, and of course, afraid.

‘’It has to be that stubborn bastard, Nicholas Denver. I sent word out and paid everyone to reject Elizei, but Denver would always want to prove stubborn.’’

Holding a cigarette between his index finger and his middle finger, Lazarus Hoped took a drag in frustration, and blew it into the sky as he spoke angrily.

‘’If he is not careful, he will die like his father,’’ Lazarus Hope added.

‘’What about the spy at Maxil? Has he tried to get across to Elizei?’’ Cecil Hope, Lazarus Hope’s wife and Elizei’s aunt asked.

‘’That is the problem. I received information that Denver is stuck on her like glue. Since she started working with him on the first day, he has never left her side.’’ Lazarus Hope was worried, and of course, angry.

‘’Can you imagine? She was on overtime at work today, but guess what? Denver was also spending overtime with her, and then he drove her home single-handedly.’’ Even Lazarus Hope could not believe what he was saying, but it was true.

Which group president would ever spend overtime with his employee? The probability was 0.5 out of 10.

In fact, never!

There was a troubling silence between Lazarus and his wife as they stared at each other, thinking about the possibilities.

‘’Why do you think he is being that close to her?’’ Cecil Hope asked, sipping coffee and observing her husband closely.

‘’I don’t know. Maybe he doesn’t trust her, so he has to keep an eye on her. Or maybe he is trying to show her the ropes since it’s her first week as his secretary.’’ Lazarus Hope smoked his cigarette with frustration in his eyes.

Cecil Hope laughed.

‘’Are you this naive, or you just want to lie to yourself to feel better?’’ She asked.

‘’How do you mean?’’ Lazarus put out his cigarette in the ashtray in front of him.

‘’Are you that naive? Is my husband trying to tell me that he cannot decipher when a man is in love with a woman?’’ Cecil Hope asked.

At that point, it struck Lazarus Hope that Denver might be in love with Elizei.

Elizei was a beautiful lady after all, so, why not?

‘’Oh, my goodness.’’ Lazarus Hope smacked his forehead in realization.

‘’How could I not have thought of that?’’ He murmured.

Lazarus felt even more afraid at the realization of this.

‘’If Denver gets invested in Elizei, that will mean nothing but trouble for us.’’

Cecil Hope was busy dropping bombs on her husband, revealing every single possibility to him.

‘’No, no. There is no need to think about that because that would never happen. What are the odds that Denver would fall in love with his secretary on the first day? That’s not the case, I assure you.’’

Lazarus Hope refused to believe what his wife suggested.

‘’Are you going to take chances? What if that is the case? You can never tell, you know that, right?’’ Cecil Hope insisted.

Lazarus Hope swallowed hard.

‘’I’ll ask the spy to keep a closer eye on her, especially concerning what you said. If it is true, in fact, if I notice a pattern, then I would have to swing into action.’’ Lazarus Hope replied, lighting another cigarette.

Meanwhile, at Maxil, Elizei jumped out of bed with disheveled hair as her alarm blared into her ears.

It was time to get up and prepare for work.

‘’Oh my!’’ Elizei was not used to such a life. The spoiled girl was used to waking up whenever she liked. This was the first time she would take up such a responsibility that would make her wake up by 5AM.

Yes, 5AM.

If Elizei wanted to make it to work before her boss, Nicholas Denver, who was also an early bird, then she had better wake up at that time to be at work at least 7:30 AM.

Her morning routine was short, and then she had breakfast.

Elizei did very light make-up and set out for work, only for her to almost drop dead in shock because of who she saw outside her house.

‘’President Denver asked me to take you to work.’’ Marcus had a slight smile on his face as he spoke to Elizei.

He walked around the car and opened the door for Elizei, who was too shocked to even move.

Well, as shocked as Elizei was, Marcus was from the company, and she knew that President Denver had indeed sent him, so she had to get in.

If only Elizei knew that she was going to face a different President Denver at the company.

He was upset that she had lied to him.

Elizei was on alert, staring at the back of Marcus’ head as he drove her to work.

By the time Elizei arrived, she was shocked to see President Denver already in the office.

Okay? So early? It was not even 7:30AM yet.

‘’Presi... Nicholas, good morning.’’ A coy Elizei greeted her employer, who just hummed and nodded in response without looking at her.

President Denver’s aura was cold, dominating and standoffish at this time, a completely different demeanor from the one he had on the previous day.

A confused Elizei, however, took her secretary's seat, and started another day of hectic work.