the ceo - h.s. [au]

chapter 24

on monday, harry picked me up at seven but he just dropped me off because he said he has to take care of something from his other company. i just nodded and walked into the hotel. niall called me to his office at noon to thanked me about the reservation and gave me a story about how delactable the foods were at noire's. i gladly heard it since i didn't do anything better. i almost ask him about why harry went home early but i thought it would be weird so i just shrugg it off.

tuesday came after. harry didn't talk to me or even text me since he didn't show up at the hotel. kind of strange but my ego was too big to ask him where he was. he was probably busy with so many works so i didn't bother to ask.

wednesday, niall came to the office but only worked until noon and asked me to postpone his meeting until friday because he was taking a day off to go out with his mom. he told me to come incase he needs anything. we picked up his mum first at a salon and then do whatever they were up to. i accompanied them shopping for almost an hour and when niall said i should go with him incase he needed anything, that means i should come so i could carry his mom shopping bags. they were very heavy since his mom bought two bags of hermes with the same model but diffrent colors, shoes from louis vuitton, a couple of parfumes and make up from chanel, and another bag also two sunglasses from dior. yes, i know what they bought because niall's mom happens to be a very generous woman i've ever met. she didn't mind to ask for my opinion, she talks a lot without caring what comes out from her mouth, she even offered me a bag from gucci but of course, i refused it. she said it was her way for saying thank you and i said nothing but being shocked because how many bags has she spent her money on for saying thank you?

today is friday and i have to set everything ready for niall's meeting. this is the meeting he postponed and he said this is the anual meeting with the excecutive workers to talk about the hotel's profit and cost analyst for the past month, the service, the public relations or media affairs and the rest i couldn't quite catch. i haven't met harry again since he drove me to the hotel last monday and i'm looking forward to seeing him at the meeting.

"scarlette, can you grab my laptop from the lobby? i forgot to bring it," niall asks. "i'll call logan to bring it to the lobby."

"of course, mr. horan. anything else?" i ask.

"that's all, thank you." i nodd at him and make my way to the lobby.

waiting for niall's driver to give me the laptop, i stand in front of the hotel lobby, watching people come and go. i unlock my phone to see cole sending me a picture of him with the outfit he's going to wear tomorrow. smiling to myself, i send him a thumb's up emoji.

"ms. silverstone?" i snap my head up to see logan. "this is mr. horan's laptop." he hands me a laptop bag.

"please, call me scarlette," i smile to him. "thank you."

"you're welcome, scarlette." i nodd at him, watching him leave.

as i was about to turn around, a black limo arrived and i can't help but feel curious about who's inside. it's not a suprise to see so many expensive cars around here but it's my habit; wanting to see who's inside the expensive cars.

not to my expectation, harry went out from the car and i can't help but to feel a glimpse of happiness inside. i walk down the lobby to greet him but stopped on my track when i see a woman taking a step out from his car too. harry walks to her and she happily takes harry's arm with her, smiling proudly to herself. my body went rigid when i see she kisses his cheek sweetly, too shocked of what in front of my eyes. i ball my hands into fists and turn around quickly before harry could see me.

i walk hurriedly into the hotel and wait for the elevator impatiently, not wanting to see harry. the door opens and i walk in, pressing the tenth floor. i stand in front of the door with my heart hardly beating right now, thinking about all the stupid things that i've done with him. he didn't contact me since the day he picked me up and now he just decided to bring another beautiful woman with him? is that what handsome men always do? changing girls like they're some kind of clothes?