the ceo - h.s. [au]

chapter 46

"on second thought, i don't even want to know her anymore. so, i'm going home!" i say to harry before turning my body to walk out from his office.

"scarlette, stop!" harry demands. i close my eyes and face him once more. "i have just done with my work. let's go." he stands up from his chair, approaches me and takes my hand with his.

"no, i'm going home!" i try to take my hand away.

"do not be childish, we are still in the office." he says in a stern voice, pulling me by the hand to follow him behind.

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i grunt and take a deep breath as harry intertwines our fingers together while walking out of the car. i leave my belongings inside his car except for my phone, knowing i don't need anything else. the others are already inside the small coffee shop since we're late because we had a bit of bickering back at the car. as usual, the driver only stayed silent while eyeing me back and forth through the rear view, looking concerned if harry might bursted into flame.

as harry greets the others, i keep my mind busy with wether or not i should eat again. cole gives me a gesture to introduce myself to savannah so i do. my heart beats when my eyes meet hers. harry is right, the girl looks like a mess. she carries this overweight bag under her dark eyes and her hair isn't like the one i saw from their yearbook.

she's very skinny and i can see her cheekbones popping out just like a skeleton. when she moves her hand forward for me to shake, i take it and feel how small and cold her hand is. she wears a plain white t-shirt and a pair of skinny jeans also boots. knowing how cold london is lately, she must be freezing by how thin her t-shirt is.

"savannah grabell," she tells me her name. which i already knew.

"scarlette silverstone," i smile at her. she nods at me before breaking the handshake and casts her face downwards.

this is the woman i've been really curious with and i can't believe she's now sitting across from me. if i met her by accident somewhere, i'd probably think she's someone else

"we were just talking about high school," niall says. "i missed the old times."

the other smiles at him while harry looks so careless and uninterested.

"so you're cole's sister?" savannah asks me. i nod at her. "wow, you were pretty good on concealing things." she chuckles at cole. i stiffle a laugh.

"the woman was busy with God knows whatever dumb things she liked to do." cole rolls her eyes playfully.

while the others have a nice and conversation, harry is so quiet all the time and i catch savannah stealing a glance at him a couple of times. it looks like savannah wants to say something, but harry seems like he won't give her the time by ignoring her.

"haz, say something!" louis says, still laughing by the previous story.

"you need to be less intense," savannah finally says her first sentence to harry, making harry scoffs.

"cut the bullshit, grabell. what do you even want to talk about?" harry asks straight forward.

my eyes widen, the others stunned by harry's question and i can feel the temperature is getting higher. savannah shuts her mouth immediately, contemplating wether or not she should talk in front of the others.

"harry, not now." patrick tries.

"you wanted to give me an explaination, now spill. otherwise, i am going home," harry ignores patrick.

"harry..." i say softly. "don't."

i know harry is still angry about it because who wouldn't? but doing that in front of the others seem like an abysmal idea since it will only make a shame out of herself.