Breaking Free, Loving Again -The Flash Marriage with Mr. CEO novel Chapter 808

Chapter 808: Let me handle it all for you.

Ryan stared at Zenith for a long moment before finally asking, "You are going somewhere later?" His tone was quite calm and composed, even though Zenith didn’t want to answer him about her personal appointments, she couldn’t refuse him straightforwardly.

Letting her fingers clench around the edge of her desk, she responded by nodding. "Yes, I have some plans later. But I will leave only after finishing my work here. I will not cause any inconvenience."

Her words like that made Ryan frown, but that frown only lingered for a second before disappearing. "There is no urgent schedule today, you can leave early."

Zenith paused at his words for a second. Her brows tugged in a small confusion. She opened her mouth to say something, but then closed it, not sure what she should say. "Uh —I don’t think so, that would be a good idea, sir. My appointments are mine to handle. I won’t let my work hours suffer because of it. I will leave after office hours."

"I wouldn’t let work suffer in your hands as well, Secretary Zane," Ryan said, his words carrying his tone of authority. "I only asked you to leave early today because I know there is nothing urgent on the schedule. So, you can take a half-day here, and prepare yourself for the plan you have in the evening."

"Sir, I —"

"Why do I feel like you keep forgetting that I am the boss here and you are my secretary?" Ryan interrupted her, sounding a little edgy. "Leave early so that you don’t miss this appointment again today."

Zenith stared at him for a moment before giving a small nod. "Thank you, sir."

Ryan nodded back before he turned to Michael to say, "Come to my office after fifteen minutes."

Michael quickly nodded and watched him turn and walk back to his office. Once Ryan was gone, he turned to Zenith and whispered, "I almost thought that you might have to end up cancelling your date again. However, fortunately, Sir allowed you to leave early today. Now you can head back and get ready for the evening."

Even Zenith was confused about Ryan’s attitude. Given how he acted yesterday, she didn’t think he would allow her to fulfil her plans even today. But seeing how readily he asked her to take a half day; she realized that she was probably just overthinking.

His anger yesterday was merely out of his weird thought, and not some emotion.

"Secretary Zenith?"

Michael’s voice pulled Zenith out of her thoughts, and she blinked, looking at him.

"Did you ask me something?"

"Oh, I just said that you should head back and get ready for the evening."

"There is nothing to get ready for, Michael," Zenith laughed, trying to dismiss the excitement that Michael had been trying to stir inside her. "And this isn’t the date it has to be anymore. I simply asked him out as a gesture of apology for making him wait for me yesterday. This is something that I should do."

Michael heard her, but then, nodding, he simply shrugged. "But it can still be seen as a date. After all, he is still the same guy from yesterday —the one you were arranged to go on a date with."

Zenith was about to refuse again, but before she could, Michael rounded his desk, ready to head in the direction of Ryan’s office.

"Secretary Zenith, taking this as a date won’t hurt. It will instead add honour to that man, after all, you are not just anyone who would go on a date with. If you are going, then that alone adds up as a reward to the man." He then winked at her playfully and turned to head away, saying, "Sir has asked me to his office. I will go for that first. Don’t wait for me."

Zenith, in the end, couldn’t refuse him more. She watched him walk away before checking the time on her watch. Seeing that it was close to the afternoon, she thought back about how Ryan reacted yesterday and how his attitude had changed today.

The more she thought about it, the more frustrating it felt. Not because she expected something, but because she felt like his attitude was just messing with the restraint, she had worked on building around him all these years. It was an easy task, but since she was able to master it, then why the hell was she now feeling like she was losing it again?

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