My CEO Bestie And Me

Chapter 5

Lerisa finished having dinner with her parents in the dining room. None of her siblings were at home, so she stood up, locked the house entrance door, and finally returned to her bedroom to sleep. She went into her bedroom, picked up her phone, and saw that it was after 10 p.m. She was surprised to see many missed calls from Anthony and wasted no time calling him back to find out why he had called.

The phone call connected, and she spoke first: "Hello, Anthony."

Anthony was still standing in his bedroom, preparing to sleep. He saw his phone ringing, picked it up, and saw that Lerisa was calling him. He answered and asked, "Hey, Lerisa. I was calling you before to know if you had gotten home safely and if you were alright now."

"Yeah, I'm fine now. Thanks for calling me to check," Lerisa replied. She knew that Anthony cared for her like an older brother, but he was not her brother—she had a big brother named James Jonah. Lerisa wished Anthony could see her beyond the sibling bond or their family closeness, as she loved him too.

Anthony said, "Okay then. Goodnight. I will still visit you tomorrow morning to check up on you again."

"Okay, Anthony. Good night," Lerisa said, not wanting to refuse his visit to her family home. She knew it wasn't his first time visiting, as her mother liked him a lot.

The phone call with Anthony finally disconnected, and Lerisa stared at her phone screen in silence for a while. She had saved Anthony's photos on her phone and even used his photo as her screen wallpaper. She smiled and kissed his photo on her phone screen, feeling her innocent heart flutter and thud in her chest for Anthony. If only he could hear her heart beating. Lerisa plugged her phone in to charge, then went into her bathroom to freshen up, before walking to her pink bed to sleep.

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The following Saturday morning, Anthony went for his early morning exercise and fitness training. He jogged about for a while and ran too. He was a billionaire, but that didn't stop him from exercising, as mostly the rich folks occupied the town they lived in. Anthony was wearing a white sports jersey as he went to jog that morning—a white singlet top, white shorts, and white socks, paired with white canvas shoes. Anthony looked breathtakingly handsome, and plenty of young ladies along the way stole glances at him, watching him jog at that early hour.

Anthony's family home was not far from Lerisa's family home, only two streets away. He decided to visit Lerisa in her family mansion and find out how she was faring now, as he saw her as his junior sister and his best friend too. Anthony finally approached Lerisa's family gate and knocked on the huge black gate, waiting for the house occupants to come out and pull it open. The huge black gate was locked from within, and Anthony wasn't with his phone to call Lerisa and inform her he was there.

Anthony gazed at his wristwatch and saw it was 8 a.m. The sun was rising gradually above the clouds. He knocked again before Lerisa, who was sweeping the frontage of her father's compound, went to pull the gate open. She gasped, surprised to see Anthony standing there, looking breathtakingly handsome to her and covered in sweat. Her breath caught on seeing Anthony in a white singlet top that revealed his masculine abs. She wondered what those toned abs would feel like if she finally touched him nàked. She gulped hard as she stared up at his handsome, dark face. She met his blue eyes and greeted him, shyly, "Good morning, sir."

Anthony smiled, happy to see Lerisa's blushing face at him, as she usually did. She was very light-skinned, and he liked seeing her pretty face. Anthony replied, "Good morning, Lerisa. How was your night?" He took the water bottle he was holding in his right hand up to his lips, c****d it open, and drank from it, with water dripping down from the side of his lips. Lerisa swallowed again, watching him drink. She stared downward while he parted the bottle away from his lips and asked her, "I came to see you. How are you feeling now?"

"Lerisa! Who's there at the gate?" Lerisa heard her mother ask from within the house frontage. She stared backward into the compound and at her mother, before she replied, "Anthony is here, Mom."

Anthony walked closer to the gate, meeting Lerisa closely. He told her, "Move away from the gate; let me say hello to your parents first."

Lerisa wasn't wearing any bra underneath her blue nightgown. She felt her body radiate heat due to Anthony's close proximity. She swiftly moved aside from the gate and made way for Anthony to enter her parents' compound, as he was standing very close in front of her.

Anthony smiled at Lerisa while his eyes traveled and lingered down, staring at her full brẹasts. He gulped and quickly looked away as his eyes traveled and stared at her pointed nìpples that were already hard, pointing out through her light blue nightgown. Lerisa quickly stepped aside, and Anthony walked into their compound to greet her mother, who was smiling at him.

Mrs. Antonia Jonah stepped outside from the frontage door as she saw Anthony approaching her. She smiled and greeted him first: "Our CEO, good morning, sir."

Anthony grinned and replied, "Good morning, ma. How are you doing this morning?"

"I'm fine, Anthony, and you? What a pleasant surprise to see you here! You hardly visit us here again since you took over the company position as the new CEO. Did we do anything wrong to offend you in any way?" Mrs. Antonia inquired, to which Anthony replied, "No, Ma. Not at all."

Anthony offered a friendly smile, and that made Mrs. Antonia relieved. She smiled back and said, "You're welcome to our house anytime that you like. Come inside, as I'm about to prepare our breakfast now. You can join us for breakfast too."

"No, Ma. Thank you. I only came here to find out how Lerisa is doing, as she looked so sad yesterday," Anthony said, his eyes moving to stare at Lerisa, where she stood. She finally walked up to meet them, smiling shyly and hiding her blushing face.

"Lerisa? Oh! She came back home yesterday looking sad too, and I wondered what went wrong with her. I hope there's no problem between you both in the office," Mrs. Antonia asked.

"No, Ma. I don't have any problem with Lerisa, and I can see that she's fine now. I have to be on my way home, as that's why I came here to check on her," Anthony politely said, wanting to leave.

"Okay then. Thank you for visiting us and for checking up on my daughter. Your mother invited me over for your birthday celebration tonight. I hope that you also invited my daughter too," Mrs. Antonia asked, smiling brightly, as she wanted Anthony as her son-in-law.

Anthony grinned handsomely and replied, "Yes, Ma. I did."

"Okay then. We will see you later in the evening. I have to go inside now and prepare what I initially wanted to fry for breakfast before you arrived. Goodbye, Anthony," Mrs. Antonia said, and Anthony answered, "Okay, ma."

Lerisa stood aside, listening to her mother's conversation with Anthony. Her mother finally left them and went back into the bungalow house, leaving her and Anthony alone.