A scandal with Mr CEO

Chapter 5

Kiara Sky

"Have you never been on a plane before?"

"You are not permitted to speak to me"

I wasn't angry, I wasn't hurt. I may not be surprised by any of this cause I should at least know this man to a point even if we've only been acquainted for a day so it shouldn't come as a shock if he made me fly in a different plane from his. It's not like I'm complaining but I couldn't be that unbearable to fly just three hours with. Now I'm stuck with this butler guy who will give his life for his boss.

"Why are you so angry with me Miss Sky?"

I looked up at him from my sunken spot on the seat while he stared down at me with his fitted white shirt and black pants. He almost looked like a programmed robot. It's like nothing I say ever gets to this guy. "What's your name?"

"You can refer to me as Mr Rodriguez"

"No, I mean your real name. Not what he calls you"

"Luke"

"Aren't you tired of acting this way Luke? I mean it's just the both of us together, it's not like he has a camera in here"

"I'm sorry if you find my company uncomfortable, Mr. Russell instructed I kept you, in his words, tamed"

I gave him that look, the look that made him reconsider his whole purpose here and I could just see him fighting to let go of the act. "Come on Luke"

He gave me one last smile, a tight smile that showed he was giving up already. Then he dropped the towel over his arm and the tray on his hands before plopping down on the seat right across me.

That's what it takes to break a man.

"Man I hate it here"

I couldn't help but notice the change in his voice, it was a little deeper. He'd faked a softer voice the whole time and it kept me wondering how much this man gets paid to live like this.

"The trip or your boss"

"These aren't ordinary trips Kiara"

"I don't get it. He doesn't let you have the fancy wines at the party?"

"We've been to Paris a million times but we've never been to the Eiffel Tower, not one time"

"I just knew there was something wrong this this guy, he hates fun"

"I wouldn't say he hates fun, just a little too busy running a lot of businesses, you know"

"Like he doesn't have a million workers beneath him" I huffed "At least I get to be on a jet for the first time. David or not, this is my best life"

"He lets you call him by his name?"

"What am I supposed to call him? Mr Russel? And sound like stuck-up robots like the rest of you? Nah"

"Good for you, maybe this truly is your best life. A little scandal running around and now you have yourself a life of luxury"

"You've worked here for a while, haven't you?"

"My mom was a maid for his father and I've been with him since we were both kids"

Well, that's unexpected. He'd lived with David for a long time, just like his mom did before him. Means this guy knows everything about him and what better way is it to get back at him for stalking me than to stalk him too?

I didn't know how but one way or the other, he knew I was no longer with my family and that my sister was currently one of my top priorities. One I tried getting custody over but failed two separate times. I didn't want Scarlett getting any of what I did when I was younger. It formed me right before it left a dent in me. One that made me live with scars and dreams that haunted me for months after I left.

Scarlett was a soft girl, maybe a little too soft for the kind of family she's in and I knew my parents would crush her. All I needed was enough influence to be her legal guardian and none of that I'd been able to get, six years after running away.

No hard emotions, I'm unbreakable.

"Kiara?"

"Yeah?" I snapped back to reality with Luke staring at me with his thick eyebrows furrowed.

"You zoned out a bit, anything bothering you?"

"Yes and you can solve it"

"I'm not a relationship expert, I've only had a three-day experience all my life"

"No, silly. I want you to tell me about your boss"

"Mr Russell?"

"No, Selena Gomez, of course, Mr. Russell or David or whatever, the man you work for"

"Why'd you want to know about him? You can get all the information you need online"

"You've lived with him all your life, you said it yourself, which means you know everything about him"

He let out a sigh and proceeded to say "Mr. Russell is a very discrete person and so was his father"

"His father? I've never heard of him before, did you work for him too?"

"Technically, my mom did but I was the one running the errands around the house"

"Go on"

Something about the conversation made him look uncomfortable and his eyes were darting round the whole room as if he was looking for something. I may have been a little too curious and so I didn't pay any attention to his obvious body language. "Come on Luke, it's not like telling me about his dad would make him kill you"

He laughed, fingers fiddling with the edge of the seat "He was a good man"

"And?"

"He and his wife birthed a son which you now know as David"

"You've got to be kidding me, I don't care if he was adopted or if he was birthed. I need solid information, things like where he spends his time or what he did or how he built an empire"

"Kiara, I know nothing of such"

"And you're also a bad liar. It's not like I'm asking for a secret recipe or a ritual"

"As you know Mr Russell or David as you know him, is quite the busy one. Always has his nose in his business and a lot is going on for him."

"And?"

"And I, unfortunately, don't know much about him besides his business affairs, he's a very discrete man"

Discrete? It's either this man knows something really big or David is very discrete. If it's the former, I'll crack every edge of this kid till I get my information and if it's the latter, then it means something bigger is going on. While it's logical that Luke knows everything if truly he lived with him all his life, I couldn't underestimate a thing about David.

"Why do I feel like you're lying?"

His eyes settled on me like two enemies in battle. It didn't look like I was going to get any more information from him but it wouldn't hurt to try, especially when I've got nothing to lose.

"So let me guess," He said, propping up and resting his chin on his palm "You think you can come into this house and get whatever information you want simply because you want to."

"Yes"

A/N: Y'all I can't wait to upload what happens at the party. We'll be seeing a lot more of the mafia and they're a lot of mysteries and secrets If I say more, I'll spoil it so bye 👋 ❤️