After marrying my boss (Anna)
Chapter 456

Chapter 456

“You are not allowed to speak to me in that tone again. If you do, I will punish you every day.”

He ate his breakfast gracefully and had a stoic expression on his handsome face, but his words weredriving me insane.

“Aren't you asking too much? You know how I feel about... “

I glared at him and spoke up to reject his proposal, but he cut my words short.

“I don't care if you see me as an enemy or a competitor. As far as I am concerned, you are my lover,and I am yours.”

His voice was serious and domineering. When he said those words, my heart jumped uncontrollably fora moment there. There was a moment when I was touched.

I knew there was no point in arguing with him because I would just end up in a worse position than Ialready was. Hence, I pretended to be okay with it. “Fine, I'll do my best to keep things that way. All Iask is that you stop crossing the line and do the unspeakable. If you do, I won't be able to contain myfury.”

There were some things I could withstand, but if he were to force me to do the dirty every day... Yeah,that is definitely not something I am okay with.

“That would depend on your performance. If you keep behaving that way, I might have to teach youthat lesson a couple of times a day. That is why you should consider being nicer to me. It'll benefit youafter all.”

His expression remained unreadable, but his smirk was brimming with confidence. That showed me Iwas truly at a disadvantage. He knew what I was most worried about, and he was going to keepthreatening me with it.

Anger was building inside me, but I couldn't vent them out on him, so I kept eating to control myemotions.

That was when a glass of milk showed up beside me. Michael smiled at me and sweetly said, “You'reeating so much so quickly. Aren't you worried about choking?”

I was fine until he mentioned it. Suddenly, I didn't know how to chew anymore, and I ended up choking.I kept tapping my chest and was having an especially hard time.

My best guess was that he saw something off with the way I acted, and that frightened him as well. Hehurried over to me and patted my back while feeding me that glass of milk.

I couldn't be bothered to fight him at the time, so I quickly accepted that milk and drank as much as Icould. Soon, the milk washed the food down my throat, and I was finally fine.“You are not allowed to speak to me in that tone again. If you do, I will punish you every day.”

“I told you to slow down, didn't I?” scolded Michael.

His tone carried a hint of concern when he saw how much I was suffering, and it was as though heactually cared about me.

“This isn't all on me. I wouldn't be in this shape if you hadn't been so shameless and evil toward me.”

He was the reason I was in that state, so I was angry at him for putting the blame on me. Seriously, canhe not sympathize at all?

“Okay, okay, it's all my fault. Satisfied?”

His lips curved into an exasperated grin, and he said those words in the most loving tone.

He didn't badger me even after breakfast and took me back to my apartment right away. I changed myclothes before heading to my workplace. That was when I realized everyone was staring strangely atme.

When I walked past them, however, I sensed them gossiping behind my back. I couldn't hear what theywere saying, but I could more or less guess the topic was about what happened yesterday. They wereprobably talking about why I got into Michael's car.

The two companies were fighting like cats and dogs at that moment, and I had publicly gotten intoMichael's car. It would be a miracle if no one gossiped. There is a good chance everyone thinks I amsiding with Michael and will betray our company.

I didn't really care about what they thought because I had never done any of the things they thought Idid. My firm belief was that the truth would always prevail.

As soon as I sat down, my secretary opened the door and informed me that there will be a meeting inten minutes.

I murmured an affirmative reply without thinking too much.

When I made my way into the conference room, I saw that the company's directors were already there.They turned their attention to me as soon as I showed up.

I didn't know why, but a sense of danger and uncertainty crept up on me. Nicholas was frowning just asmuch as the rest of them when he stared at me, and his eyes shone with worry.

I had a bad feeling about that. The company rarely had that many directors present for a singlemeeting, and the way everyone was staring was hostile. That made me think that the meeting washosted just for me.

I sat in my seat and tilted my head down a little to act calm.

The ambiance in the conference room was eerily serious. No one spoke, so it was pin-drop silencethere.

“Ms. Garcia, someone saw you getting together with Mr. Shaw from Joyful Success yesterday. May Iknow what the two of you did last night and what your relationship with him is?”

One of the directors finally spoke up, and his eyes shone with suspicion when he spoke in a tone thatsuggested he was interrogating me.

The bad feeling I sensed earlier, and the way I was being interrogated... With all those clues, I wouldhave to be an idiot to not know what the meeting was about.

The meeting was only held because I got into the car with Michael last night, and the directors

suspected that I was a corporate spy.

“My relationship with Michael is personal, so I'm not in an excellent position to answer that question.”

I remained calm and spoke in an even tone when I faced the directors.

My relationship with Michael and what we did last night were both personal matters, so there was noneed for me to share that with the directors. I had the right to protect my privacy.

Unfortunately, my response upset the director.

“What kind of response is that, Ms. Garcia? You should know that Joyful Success is our maincompetitor, and you are one of our company's top managers! Don't you think you have the obligation toexplain the situation and tell us what you did with Michael Shaw after you clock off yesterday?”

One director was especially angry when he glared at me with rage burning in his eyes.

It would be a miracle if I wasn't mad about their interrogation. I might not have been working there for along time, but I have never made a mistake before, nor have I ever caused the company to incur anyloss. They have no right to suspect me like that.

“I know what everyone is worried about. You're all wondering if there is anything between Michael andme and if I would do something to hurt the company if we were a couple. Your concern isunderstandable, but I promise you this: Michael and I have never talked about our jobs when we aretogether. I won't cause any trouble for the company, and I pray that you will trust me.”

I was looking right at the directors when I stood up and said those words as sincerely as I could.