Not smart enough

" I will do just that " Clara replied as she watched him take long confident strode towards the door, " uncle Ryan " she called making him pause,he turned to look at her but she had her small back turned to him, " be careful " came her tender voice, before she ran into his spare room leaving him confuse.

" I will " he called after her before walking out.

< Now, what do I do?, Having those two in the same room has never been a good idea,> instead of using the comfortable bed in the room, Clara find herself pacing around the room,< no Clara , I will just rest here ,if not for anything else l do it for the my baby , no matter what happens out there, Clara you have to stay calm in here > she reminded herself.

" I can't tell what is going on inside his head, but whatever it is I have to hide whether good or bad, if he should have an itch that my child is still here he might do something to hurt us or even separate us .

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Another knock , the same response only different is that, this time someone walked in .

" Here comes a cup of coffee for you two." Anna's voice was cheerful and professional, making the other man smile in return but the handsome guy remain indifferent .

" This cup has half cube of sugar and no milk," Anna started, her brown eyes moving from one face to another, searching for any kind of reaction from both men and the reaction she did got but from the person she least expected, the cold looking guy on hearing her words finally looked up at her with a unknown emotion in her dark eyes , with a small smile she placed that cup in front of him , when she tried to attend to the other man, he grabbed her hand fiercely.

" Tell me on whose instructions did you add sugar to my tea? "

Anna was struck dumb by the sudden terrifying Aura surrounding him, she stared blankly at him , even the manager didn't dare take a sip of his own coffee because of his boss' sudden outburst .

" Per my instructions, got a problem with that face me," the door was pushed open and Ryan walked in with his usual friendly smile

" Sorry to keep you waiting, President Rey. "

' What ?!! This man is the infamous president Rey ?, this explains why he had such a terrifying air around him. Anna was dumbfounded by her new findings.

"If you don't mind president Rey, my secretary still has piles of work on her table, but your grip…." Ryan didn't have to finish his statement to get his message passed,taking the seat next to Xavier, his smile deepinged which only had the later more irked. .

He coldly released his grip , but the force made the still lost Anna take two steps back.

" I don't blame you for keeping me waiting for president Ryan, it was a last minute decision for me to come personally. " He replied curtly.

Ryan and the other man felt their jew drop.

< A last minute decision and you came rushing here just a few minutes after our resumption time,> this guy is really not serious, please have some shame. Ryan thought to himself looking at the man who sat like a king, swallowing his angry words, he brought out some files.

"We say a big thank you, president Rey for your undeserved generosity , I'm sure you still have a lot on your plate, so it's best we proceed with what brought us here?" Sarcasm could be found on every word that dropped out of Ryan's mouth and none of them went unnoticed by the man who had a bored expression on his face.

" No rush , president Ryan , we've got all the time needed today , secretary…" Xavier didn't find it necessary to grab her name from the beginning, " please show me the restroom. "Xavier's words were polite to the ear but his cold eyes fixed on the now flushed lady had other intentions which she failed to notice.

' What is this man up to?, the restroom, seriously?, Did he mistake this place for his home and wants to take a tour around our restrooms ' Ryan had his brows frown as he reluctantly nodded his go ahead to Anna who bowed before walking the majestic man out of the conference room.

On getting to the male restroom, everything happened so fast that before Anna could register what was happening she was already trapped between the ice looking man and the cold bricks of the restroom .

" W…what are you doing president Rey? Anna gulped nervously as she stared at the man towering her.

" Now ,are you ready to tell me who instructed you to make that coffee ?" Xavier finds it hard to believe it was a coincidence, he doesn't take any other tea except blue mountain and he never adds sugar to it, not until she started making it for him, so he was very certain she's present here, probably hiding somewhere.

" Mr. Rey, why are you doing this?I already told you my boss asked me to. " The scared Anna was now visibly trembling , this man's aura alone was enough to finish her off before anyone came for her rescue.

Seeing that the lady won't be of any help to him, Xavier finally let go of her , before walking out of the rest room.

< Huh?!! the restroom is right before him, why isn't he using it?.> Anna furrowed but when the man suddenly stopped walking she felt her already trembling heart almost jump out of her mouth.

" Tell that person that she isn't smart enough."

With that being said, he left without a second glance at her , when he finally got back to the conference room the contract had been signed and finalized.

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On the other hand, Anna has already passed down the strange message to the receiver.

" Miss Clara, what does president Rey mean,by those words? saying you aren't smart enough?. Just like her, Clara appeared to be equally confused.

Letting out a long sigh of regrets, Clara finally said. " he was right. " She was trying to hide from him yet she asked someone to make him his favorite coffee , she didn't even stop there she stupidly made it the way she always does .

***

" That son of a bitch!" Ryan cursed as he slammed the files he was holding on his desk, before struggling to undo his tie," I should have known better , he was nothing as good as he was being portrayed on those stupid magazines and newspapers," he hung his jacket at the coat stand, before taking his seat, " can you believe the contract was signed but he didn't even participate in it , it was his P.R manager who did everything, if I had known I would have sent our P.R manager too, it was just too embarrassing. '' Ryan bitterly complained to Clara who was busy biting on her nail .

" It's okay brother , he won't be coming here again anyways " she finally spoke up after a few minutes of silence, she was relieved that everything was done now , the bastard won't have any business here again .

" Does this place look like his house?He will come and go whenever he sees fit , I'll print his picture and stick it in every corner of this place, let me see who will let him in."

Clara laughed seeing how Furious her uncle was , he looks more handsome when angry .

*****

" A pane for your thoughts? " Alex asked lightly, tapping on the desk in front of Clara. They were having breakfast but she seemed lost.

' when he traveled she was always like this but now it's even worse now that he's around .' he needs no priest to tell him who she was thinking about.

" Nothing, just that my eyes are very itchy today, don't you think it's a bad omen, something bad might happen today. '' she explained absentmindedly.

" Then get dressed, let me take you to the hospital." Dropping his spoon he grabbed the car keys beside him.

" Nevermind, you have some surgery to carry out today , not to mention that we just visited the hospital just a few days back , I don't want to go there again? " Clara hurriedly declined his idea, she was just saying out her thoughts.

Since he picked up a scalp , Alex has always been busy , not long he was also promoted to chief surgeon, in just two months. He is always very busy but not that busy that he won't have her time, he is always there when she needs him.

" You and the baby are more important to me, understand? " Clara did not reply to him because she already knew where it was going. He has always been good to her and never did anything to make her feel uncomfortable, to her he is just a good friend.

When he didn't receive any response from her, he went back to silently eating his meal , after that he said his fear well . After he was gone, she decided to visit the mini library inside the estate , on her way there she received a call.

She looked at the caller ID and was surprised to see who it was, Susan Davis , her grandaunt. This lady was the person who hated Clara the most, and this hatred skyrocketed since she joined the family company. According to her, Clara was not qualified to be the Ceo's Secretary.

" Yes, " Clara said into the phone, she was never the type to hold grudges and this was the first time the stubborn woman was calling her.

"Clara dear, I'm the one responsible for the collaboration with the Rey Enterprise and I was supposed to meet with the designer at his hotel today but I just discovered that there are some mistakes in the designs I sent to the CEO when I tried calling, his phone was on flight mood, I just remembered that he should be on a flight by this time , I don't know if you could help me out here, I will be sending some copies to you so that you can help correct them and bring them over I'm at the XXX hotel in room 248 please be fast about it ."

" Okay I will be there in less than an hour. "

Since this has to do with the company, even though she was supposed to be on her pregnancy leave she will have to help .

" Okay, I'll hang up now, please don't forget. "After the call Susan trembled at the cold glare, eyes fixed on her.

" I have done what you asked me to, is.. there anything else..." She shuttered

With a bored expression on his face, the person made hand gestures , asking her to leave .

"Thank you sir , thanks a lot ." She bowed before she hurriedly crawled out of the room , she came here for business but she ended up running into this monster , thank goodness he didn't ask her to do something stupid , she just couldn't pinpoint how that mentally ill cousin of hers ended up offending such a beast, but she did not care , it's her business as long as her own life has been spared .

Unknown to her, this person was actually her son-in-law .

In no time Clara arrived at the room in question when she was about to knock she discovered that the room was slightly opened , thinking that her grandaunt left it open for her to quickly come in . She walked in without any delay.

' As expected, this person is very wealthy staying in a presidential suite even when his stay was just a temporary one. ' she thought as she silently admired her surroundings .

Feeling that it would be rude to work like this, she ended up knocking twice to inform the people inside of her presence before walking into the dark room .