ty’s Spotlight: The Hidden Wife of CEO
Chapter 14 Michael, You’re Hurting Me
Stellar Enterprises.
Top floor, President’s Office.
Autumn sunlight poured in through the massive, spotless floor–to–ceiling windows.
Michael was chilling behind his desk, looking all handsome and broding.
He was eyeballing a document in his hand.
His assistant, Daniel Taylor, had just dropped it off.
“Mr. Thomas, The Jones Group is in deep, like $200 million in the red. The company’s pretty much toast. Robert’s wife Jennifer and their youngest, Patricia, bailed right after the funeral. Robert dumped all this mess on Miss Jones. What does a student like her know? She’ll probably just throw in the towel. I mean, how’s she gonna cover a $200 million hole?, Daniel said, all sure of himself.
Just then, Stellar Enterprises CFO, Matthew Anderson, strolled in with a coffee cup, “Daniel, you might be off the mark. Wanna bet? I bet Elizabeth will come to Michael for a loan. They’re still legally hitched, after all. If she asks Michael for cash, I bet he won’t turn her down.”
Daniel shook his head, “Even if Mr. Thomas is game, Mrs. Thomas wouldn’t dare, would she?”
Matthew plopped down on the couch, legs crossed, leaning back all casual, “You weren’t there last night. You have no clue how fierce Elizabeth can be. When Margaret pushed her buttons, she smashed a $600,000 bottle of wine right in front of us, ready to throw down with Margaret.
Daniel looked at Michael, totally floored.
But Michael kept reading the documents, expressionless.
Daniel was secretly blown away.
He’d been at the wedding that day.
From a distance, Elizabeth had seemed all delicate and easy to push around.
He never thought she’d have such a fire in her.
In the afternoon, Elizabeth was on the phone with banks, one after another,
As expected, it was a bust.
Out of eight banks, not one was willing to lend her a dime.
Elizabeth sat in the big office, frowning.
Charles knocked and came in, handing her a thick stack of product intros, “Miss Jones, this is a detailed intro to the new our company just cooked up. Mr. Jones put a lot of efforts on it. Even when the company was bleeding money, he could. himself to sell the tech patents. If this product hits the market, we might catch a break.”
duct
Elizabeth asked, “But right now, we don’t have the cash to get it into production, right?”
Charles lowered his head, “Miss Jones, I managed to set up a meeting with two bank managers 1 know. Dress up nice tonight and
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have dinner with them.”
Elizabeth was puzzled, “It’s fast dinner. Why do I need to dress up? hink this outfit is pretty decent.”
Charles rounded on her, “You haven’t put on makeup. You look tired on the business world, that’s a no–go.”
Elizabeth nodded, “I’ll check out the product intro first.
Charles said, ‘Alright, 111 get in touch with the bank managers. I’ll let you know once the meetings set.”
At six in the evening.
Daniel came to the President’s Office
Matthew was there, too,
Daniel said, “Mr. Anderson, we were both wrong. Mrs. Thomas took over The Jones Group. And, he glanced at Michael, who looked indifferent, and continued, “she’s having dinner tonight with the managers of Pinnacle Bank and Evergreen Financial.”
Matthew looked a bit taken aback, “Those two are total creeps in the industry. Does Elizabeth even know she’s walking into a trap? She’s still young and clueless about the world’s dangers. But why would she go to those sleazeballs instead of coming to Michael?”
He glanced at Michael, whose face was already stormy.
Of course. No guy
uy would be in a good mood hearing this.
Elizabeth had trouble and didn’t come to Michael for help but went to those old pervs instead.
They weren’t even divorced yet.
It was a slap in the face for him.
If word got out, where would his pride go?
With Michael’s temper, if Elizabeth really dared to go, she was gonna end up in a bad place.
Daniel tentatively asked in a low voice, “Mr. Thomas, should I call and give Mrs. Thomas a heads–up?”
Michael’s expression was dark, his eyes glaring, “Do not contact her
He wanted to see if she had the guts to act recklessly behind his back.
At nine in the evening.
As soon 35 Elizabeth walked into the Thomas Villa, she felt the tension in the air.
It made her inexplicably nervous, even though she didn’t think she had done anything wrong.
She squatted down, anxiously changing her shoes.
Elizabeth
was considering whether to return his shirt now or after washing it.
She sneaked a glance. Michael.
Michael sat in his wheelchair, his eyes coldly fixed
ОП her.
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Its predatory gaze startled he
She reflexively hugged her arms tightly.
Michael remembered when she left this morning, she was wearing a conservative black dress.
But now, under the bright lights of the living room, she wore a red aghetti–strack dress.
The dress was well–made, clearly expensive,
Where did she get the money to buy such an expensive dress?
Could it have been a gift from another man?
exy and alluring
gown, looking all sexy and
Though the dress showcased her beautiful figure the thought that he dressed like this to please another man still gave Michael a surge of anger.
He coldly commanded, “Come here.”
“What for?” Elizabeth remained unmoved,
She knew that nothing good would come from going over to him.
With such a t
a terrifying expression, she wanted to stay as far away from him as possible.
Michael didn’t expect Elizabeth to dare refuse his command.
He g
grew even more furious and repressed, his voice now tinged with obvious anger, “I said, come here.”
Elizabeth involuntarily moved her feet towards him.
Even though Michael was in a wheelchair, his natural aura was intimidating, making it hard to defy him.
Elizabeth stood before him, looking at his handsome but angry face, and asked calmly, “What do you want? Are you here to talk about divorce?”
Seeing this, Michael grew even angrier.
He clenched his fists, fighting down his fury.
As Elizabeth got closer, Michael smelled alcohol which seemed to be coming from her.
Michael frowned tightly.
His
s eyes filled with disgust as he looked at Elizabeth.
He suddenly raised his hand, grabbed her slender wrist, and pulled her onto his lap.
It looked like an intimate position, but his words were icy, “Mrs. Thomas, did you go drinking with man in this dress? Did you have fun?”
His voice was hoarse.
His face terrifying, like a demon from hell.
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Elizabeth didn’t expect Micha to be so strong.
She felt like her wrist was about to be crushed, her eyes reddening with pain. She struggled hard, but it was futile, She couldn’t move, Michael, let gol You’re hurting me! Elizabeth shouted.
It seemed that seeing her in pain, made him happy and satisfied.
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