Executively Devoted | CEO h.s.

32 | You Set My World On Fire

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Harry.

The last couple of weeks have been incredibly hectic.

Work was fucking nonstop and I had back-to-back meetings every day, because things weren't running smoothly. A few projects were dropped because of fraudulent funds from other companies. Apparently, they thought that I could add more money to help cover their tracks, but they were fucking mistaken. No one on the board of directors thought something sketchy was going on, but I was the only one who caught onto it. When I requested a copy of the numbers, they all seemed confused and told me I was over-analysing; of course, that clearly wasn't the case. 

Other than the fact my new PI was much better than my last, it was just a business intuition that I had. I couldn't understand it or even try to explain it. 

Something told me that if Mateo didn't choose me to take over his position, Urban Corp. would already be in the dust. Thankfully, the BOD didn't oppose or have any problems when my name was brought to the table to become the new CEO. However, one person who took personal offence was the COO. He expected it to be him since he'd been working alongside Mateo for several years, and I was just an intern who made his way to the top in less than five. In all honesty, I would be a tad bothered by that, but things worked out in the end — no hard feelings. 

With everything that was happening, though, I was so close to losing it. The only thing that helped ease my mind was that Serenity was in my arms every night — she helped calm me down.

Depending on how we felt, we alternated between where we'd sleep. Sometimes it was hers, and some at mine.

Essie's affected my life so much since we met a few months back — and much more when we started dating. I couldn't even verbalise how much it meant to me.

When she saw I was really stressed, she cuddled me to fall asleep, and it felt so fucking good. There was something so comforting about being held, and I only experienced it with her. I felt protected and cared for with her — I felt safe.

One time, Luna even came to have a sleepover in my condo. I was perfectly okay with letting her roam all around, except for the bedroom — and Essie understood that. Of course, Emmy came with her. It was such a heartwarming sight whenever I came across her cuddling him on my couch or her little bed.

But unfortunately, it was the only times that I saw my Serenity.

Most of the mornings, we missed each other. Either I'd be up before her to go to a meeting, or she'd have to leave for something on the days things that were remotely calm for me. Or, we'd both be awake just enough for me to boil some water for her tea and brew my coffee. We couldn't even manage to drink them together before we took off in separate ways.

I hated that sometimes, I'd have to take a call in the middle of the fucking night because of something that happened overseas. It was annoying, but it was my job. I was lucky whenever she didn't wake up, even though she did a few times, and I wasn't keen on it. Just because I couldn't get a full night's rest didn't mean that she shouldn't.

Nonetheless, she was understanding and cuddled me when I'd come back to bed. In the past, if I got a call, I could never find it in me to fall back asleep; so, I'd end up getting up and doing more work — because it never fucking stopped. But with Serenity, even when she was sleepy, she knew exactly what to do, and she fixed that problem.