Hidden Flash Marriage: Love Me Back, Mr CEO

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By the time Mia arrived at the villa, it was already in the evening. Thankfully, the demi-god usually didn’t get home until midnight or she didn’t know what would have become of her this evening.

She had spent a lot of time gallivanting around in search of Veronica and by the time she got to the bus stop, her bus had already moved.

She had to wait for over thirty minutes before the next one came. Her dad had cut her off and had to be careful with her spendings so she couldn’t take a taxi.

After getting on the bus, heavy traffic then showed Mia hell.

Tomorrow was another day to make payment for…

Mia heaved a sigh and she dragged her heavy feet into the house.

From the front doorway, she yelled out a greeting to everyone to signal that she was back from school. It was what she did everyday, whenever she returned: “Good evening, everybody. I’m back.”

The maids in sight sank low in cursy when the saw her. They didn’t bother to approach her to collect her school bag as they knew she wouldn’t hand it over to them. She always rejected them with a kind smile on her face whenever they tried to take her bag.

Mia was on her way to ascend the stairs she caught sight of a figure sitting in the lounge, from the corner of her eyes.

It was her husband. He was back.

She froze.

“Where are you coming from?” The man’s magnetic voice resonated through the entire area.

Mia was beyond shocked. Her face was white as if she had just seen a ghost.

Never in her wildest dreams did she think he’d get home this early-before her.

No one even gave her a headsup when she came in. Aish! This was bad. Really bad.

“Why are you home this late?” Shawn had his eyes on the tablet in his hand as he asked the girl another question.

He didn’t even raise his head to look at her at all.

Mia tried to get words to come out of her mouth but they seemed to be stuck in her throat.

She wanted to pee on her body. She was really frightened at the sight of the demi-god being at home by that time.

These past few days, it was as if he was avoiding her like a person avoiding a plague-she didn’t for once set her eyes on him-but seeing him seating majestically like that, as if he couldn’t be bothered by anything in the world, Mia was convinced that she had been wrong all along.

Several seconds passed and Shawn still didn’t hear the girl respond to any of his questions. He ground his teeth irritably and immediately raised his head.

She was standing across the room.

He shot her a hard glare that said he wouldn’t repeat himself again. If he asked a question, an answer was expected automatically.

Seeing his deadly face, “Hum-er-traffic-there was traffic on the way.” Mia became a stutterer.

Well, that was partly true. There was indeed traffic on the way.

Shawn’s gaze on her remained unwavering and he didn’t speak for a long time.

After a while, he said, “okay.” Then he added, “you may leave.”

Mia bobbed her head dumbly and quickly disappeared from his sight before he changed his mind about letting her go.

Immediately she entered her room and shut the door, she collapsed to the floor and heaved a gusty sigh of relief.

She had to ensure it never happened again-her coming home late. What if the demi-god threw her belongings out because of that?-she’d have to sleep in the streets as she had absolutely nowhere to go.

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Liar. Shawn frowned as soon as the girl went upstairs.

She was lying. Only the heavens knew where she went after school.

Although the CEO decided to stay clear of the girl’s path-which he had been doing for the past three days-he just couldn’t help it any longer.

Occasionally, he often got the urge to talk to her or even see her, as he had not seen her in days. For instance, today, while he was still busy at work, he got the sudden urge to see her face and hear her voice. It was unexplainable and he didn’t understand either.

Maybe he was just feeling bad for speaking to her in an ill manner the other day she came by the office.

He also didn’t like that he had been sneaking in and out of the house like a thief. Just because he was trying to avoid her. It didn’t make sense at all. If anyone should be doing the sneaking, it ought to be the girl, not him. The house was his and not hers.

Regardless, Shawn abandoned the loads of work on his desk and headed home early. He arrived home thirty minutes before the usual time Mia usually returned from school.

He purposely sat in the lounge so that he wouldn’t miss her when she came in. But who would have thought that thirty minutes would actually turn into hours of waiting.

Was this how she came late from school everyday? Because he was never around?

Shawn raised his hand and signaled for a maid to come.

“Does she come home late like this everyday?” He enquired.

“No, Young Master. Madam always comes back early. Today is the first time she came back late.”

The corners of Shawn’s mouth twitched. He waved his hand and the maid retreated.

Why then did she come home late today? Where did she go? The CEO wondered.

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The Next Day:

By the time Mia woke up, the sun had already risen and was shining brightly in the clear sky.

Since it was the weeked, she didn’t have to wake up early as she would not be going to school.

The pretty girl brushed her teeth, took her bath, and dressed up before going downstairs.

Before taking her bath, she had noticed that she was no longer feeling any pain in her arm, so she took off the bandages. It had already been over a week since her arm got wrapped in bandages, so it was expected for the pain to have disappeared by now.Content from NôvelDr(a)ma.Org.

After she was done dressing up, she applied the special balm on her now-free arm and then went downstairs for breakfast.

The demi-god would have already left for work by now. Shw skipped happily down the staircases.

When she arrived downstairs, she greeted everyone giddily. The maids were now getting used to her living in the mansion and they had started to see her in a new light. So, they responded to her cheerfully.

The girl wasn’t bad at all. She was nice, respectful, jovial and fun. Although, they were still a bit skeptical-she might just be pretending. So they were simply going along with the flow.

When Mia stepped into the dining area, the sweet smile on her face vanished instantly.

What was he doing here?

Seated on his usual seat was her domineering husband, staring directly at her with fire blazing in his eyes.

She didn’t expect to see him there at all. She thought he’d have left for work already. Or was he not working today?

But the man was already neatly clad in a black tuxedo.

Mia’s eyelashes wavered and she murmured a ‘good morning’.

She bobbed and took her seat opposite him.

But before her bum could touch the dining chair, her husband stood up and left.