the ceo - h.s. [au]

chapter 13

i just finished a meeting with niall, harry, the managers and a couple of staffs about the hotel service, the enchantment of guests and the goals that we've been achieving. the two hours meeting went smoothly and everyone seemed okay. except of course, harry. he looked like he was ready to snap alex's or the other workers' neck everytime they misspelled something. niall didn't realise it because he was too happy with the result but we, the workers, were really aware about it and now we're trying to keep our distance really far from harry, not wanting to take any risk.

as i eat at the restaurant with sarah and alex, we see harry yelling to daniel.

"i told you to not take any meetings for me today!" harry shouts with veins prominent on his neck. the fact that this guy is very tall, makes him look more intimidating as his body towering daniel.

"b- but he insisted-" alex tries to answer. although he stands a few metres from us, we can still see that the poor guy's hands are shaking next to his body.

"there goes a flying fuck! do you even understand english, daniel?!" harry questions as the hall went silent, obviously too thrilled with harry's strong voice.

"i'm so s-sorry, sir. i'll cancel the appointment right now." daniel says before rushing off, probably afraid to get fired if he stayed any more second. his voice cracked in fear and i wonder how harry's expression looks like right now from near.

harry's worst habit is the fact that he would yell at anyone, anytime, and anywhere. he doesn't care if it's crowded or not as long as the building is his. thank God it's the weekday, thus we don't have any guests coming in the afternoon.

"mr. styles. always in a badmood," sarah rolls her eyes while eating her food.

"yeah, he definitely needs someone who can control his anger," alex comments.

"why doesn't he want to take any meetings for today?" i ask curiously.

"he did that a couple of times. tiring day, i guess?" alex shrugs.

"or maybe, that." sarah eyes a table not so far from us that filled with harry, a woman,

and a child?!

"he has a family?!" i almost spit on my coke.

"that's new..." sarah trails, narrowing her eyebrows. harry's back is facing us, hence he doesn't know that we're staring.

"don't you think that he's really soft towards that kid?" alex asks, tilting his head to the side.

harry is now playing with the kid's cheek who's apparently sitting on his lap while reading the menu paper and it melts my heart to see harry like that. he looks really soft also caring and now i want nothing, but to go there to replace the kid.

"gemma!" i hear niall's voice, greeting the woman in front of harry.

"hey!" the girl stands up and hugs niall.

"hey champ! what are you doing here?" niall pokes the kid's cheek after letting go of gemma.

"wash your hand, niall," harry sneers.

"geez, calm down," niall raises his hands up.

"so fucking cute!" i tug my hair while stabbing my food.

"don't tell me you like him..." sarah trails.

"no! it's just- it's heartwarming to see a scary guy so close with little kids," i sigh.

"innit?" she shrugs.

not long after that, we pay for the bills and ready to get back to work. unfortunately, we have to walk pass harry to reach the exit door which makes us have to salute them too. harry seems like he won't stop playing with the kid when his face shows annoyance at the same time. probably because the kid keeps trying to touch his hair to play with it.