The CEO’s Substitute Lover

Eddison was so over the top; Octavia Gills was momentarily confused by him, she can’t think of a better way to say no to this dress after what he said!

Tredan Davi’s office.

“Clear my schedule for tomorrow morning and get me a plane ticket to arrive in time for the 7:30 p. m. celebration of our subsidiary’s project!” Tredan Davi’s assistant was horrified by this move, as he had a lot of serious issues to deal with every day at Group Davi’s head office, and he was clearing his morning schedule to go to a celebration of a not-so-big project at a subsidiary? His assistant was afraid that his ears had misheard him. Carefully double-checking, he asked Tredan,

“President Davi, are you saying that you need to put off your schedule for tomorrow morning and get on a plane to attend… for that celebration reception that is under the control of a subsidiary?”

“Well, get me set up as soon as you can and send me the boarding time!”

His assistant was convinced that he had heard correctly, except that President Davi has only ever attended the annual Christmas party every year, and he doesn’t attend any other receptions. The assistant’s jaw was on the verge of dropping to the ground.

The celebration reception started promptly at 7:30.

Eddison paced back and forth in the hall waiting for Octavia Gills who was changing her dress upstairs. She walked towards Eddison with a slight smile, and Eddison was mesmerized by the fact that Octavia Gills now looked like a beautiful swan.

“General Manager, let’s go, I didn’t expect this dress to fit me so well, I was so shocked just now, all I saw when I came over was the dress, thankfully the General Manager thought it through, otherwise it would have been humiliating for us.”

Gu Li’s mesmerized eyes never left Octavia Gills, “Uh oh! Octavia is wonderfully beautiful tonight!”

Looking at the General Manager, who was not answering her, Octavia Gills felt particularly awkward seeing Eddison’s revealing gaze roaming over her body and seemed to hear his silent compliment on her beauty tonight. She coughed twice, trying to put some distance between them.

“Let’s go! Let’s go inside!” Eddison held out his left hand for Octavia Gills to take, but Octavia Gills, whether deliberately or unintentionally, ignored Eddison’s outstretched hand and naturally crossed over and headed down the hall, a disturbing gesture that caused Eddison to follow Octavia Gills inside.

“President Cruise!” Woodrow greeted Eddison as she and Octavia Gills entered the hall and shook hands with Eddison saying hello to each other. Woodrow then whispered in Octavia Gills’ ear, “You’re in for a surprise tonight!”

Surprise? Octavia Gills looked at Woodrow in such a state of confusion and wondered if Domino had followed him here, in which case she would have company for the night!

As the party began, both Eddison and Woodrow took to the stage to deliver their speeches. Listening to the same official speech that had been delivered for a hundred years, Octavia Gills fiddled with her glass of wine in her hand with particular boredom, her eyes occasionally looking at Facebook on her mobile phone, which she kept being pressing on and off! Octavia Gills waited for Tredan Davi’s Facebook reply and wondered what Tredan Davi was up to now.

Suddenly a round of applause roused back the souls of the staff who had been drifting away with their thoughts, and it turned out that this was the most anticipated part of the event, that is, the male staff could invite their favorite female colleagues to a dance competition. Woodrow threw the microphone to Eddison and said, “I’m going to go and find my darling to join us, you stay here and take care of the beauty. Thanks, President Davi!”

“Hey, no… it’s not!” Eddison wanted to go down and get Octavia Gills to get join him too! He regretted not moving as fast as Woodrow!

Oh my, Octavia Gills saw Domino in action. It looked like Domino was going to get the Bali vouchers with Woodrow. “Domino, it’s you, I guessed you were coming when Woodrow told me I was in for a surprise tonight, but I didn’t expect you to come!”

“Wait, Octavia, you are making the wrong conclusion. I’m Woodrow’s surprise tonight, but I’m not your surprise! Ta-da, look over there!” Domino jumped away from Octavia Gills’ line of vision, “Look, there’s your Prince Charming!”

Despite wearing a trendy dance mask that covered half of his face, the familiar look in Tredan Davi’s eyes gave Octavia Gills 100% confirmation that he was Tredan Davi.

Octavia stood up, unable to hide her ecstasy, and trotted over to Tredan, who waited for Octavia with open arms and then took Octavia deep into his arms!

The microphone in Eddison’s hand fell to the floor seeing Octavia fall into the arms of the half-masked man he instantly recognized as his older brother, Tredan.

Tredan, how did he get here? Why is Tredan here? No, he can’t!

A fit of jealousy rolled up inside Eddison, jealousy raised its ugly head, tinged with a hint of resentment. His hatred for Tredan loomed, and his only remaining shred of sanity finally began to fall, and all his resentment accumulated like a snowball rolling down the hill, getting bigger and bigger!

As the music came to life, Woodrow and Domino twirled around the dance floor, a couple in tune with the rhythm of the music.

“Come on, let’s go and join in and maybe get that Bali voucher.” Tredan Davi took Octavia Gills’ hand and headed for the middle of the dance floor, but Octavia Gills was hesitant to go over, she couldn’t dance, her feet were uncoordinated, and she really couldn’t dance.

Tredan Davi, as if sensing the worry in her reluctance, reassured her, “Don’t be afraid, I’m here! Just move with my feet and I’ll carry you around. Trust me!” Looking into Tredan Davi’s eyes, Octavia Gills couldn’t help but follow him as he wrapped his arms around her slender waist and held her hands, gently telling Octavia Gills, “Look into my eyes, feel the music, and believe that you can do it.”

“Mmm!” It was a beautiful waltz, like a couple in tune with each other without spoken words, a dance of the soul, a perfect platform to test the bond between lovers. A beautiful waltz!

“Tredan, why are you here?” Although Tredan Davi is said to be the president of Group Davi, the subsidiary’s projects never had the honor of anyone from the head office attending small celebrations like this.

“If I don’t show up here tonight, who are you going to do this dance-off with?” He said to Octavia, who knew there was such a possibility that Tredan Davi didn’t want to leave a chance for anyone else with romantic intentions to share Octavia Gills.

“If you hadn’t come, how could I have dared to dance?” Only Tredan Davi had the conviction to give her the confidence to get down on the dance floor and dance!

“Where did you get that gown you’re wearing?” Tredan Davi had spotted the expensive gown Octavia Gills was wearing from the moment he had just walked in and he was convinced it couldn’t have been someone Octavia Gills had bought herself. Tredan Davi suspected it was Eddison’s taste! Unsatisfied, he bit Octavia Gills on her nape, deliberately leaving his mark where it belonged.

“Ah, that hurt!” Octavia Gills knew that Tredan Davi had done it on purpose, “It was the General Manager who said that this was a dress that the company had offered me and even though I had no intention of accepting it, General Manager Eddison said that my image now represented the company’s image and that I had to look after it, so I wore it, and as you know, I’ve never been used to these kinds of clothes.”

“I have so many clothes for you in my bedroom wardrobe, why didn’t you take them with you, when does Tredan Davi’s woman need someone else to buy her dress, wouldn’t that make a laughing stock out of me and say that I am incompetent?” Tredan Davi was just looking at the dress with increasing displeasure.

“No, I didn’t expect the need to wear something formal to this party, so the clothes I brought were everyday clothes! I’m afraid I’d be embarrassed if I wore them!” Octavia Gills said with a resigned voice, a real resentment!

“I just can’t get enough of this dress!” Tredan Davi bossily pulled his jacket over Octavia Gills, who found it a bit funny to see Tredan Davi looking like a jealous little boy! Coaxing Tredan Davi, she said, “I feel weird in this dress too, so it’s a good thing I have your jacket and it’s still warm!” Tredan Davi was so happy to hear this from Octavia Gills!

Eddison’s plan was disrupted when Tredan Davi appeared in the middle of the show and he just watched Octavia Gills and Tredan Davi dancing on stage, laughing and talking. He didn’t even get the chance to ask Octavia Gills if she would dance with him. Eddison was resigned to the fact that if he had met Octavia Gills before Tredan Davi, Octavia Gills would be holding his hand today!

“Happy times always go by so fast! We’ll now have everyone vote for the group that just danced, and the person with the highest number of votes will bring home these two vouchers from my hand! This is the gift that belongs to the winner! One, two, three, let the voting begin!”

As the MC called out to start the voting, people rushed forward to cast their votes.NôvelD(ram)a.ôrg owns this content.

“Please vote for us! So that he and I can have a sweet and happy trip!” True to form, the marketing manager always wins hearts and minds, and everyone was happy to vote for them??after all, Woodrow is still President Cruise! But to everyone’s surprise, Woodrow and Domino, who received the most votes, gave up their votes to the rest of the staff, leading the party once again.

“It feels so good to get out of that predicament!” Octavia Gills is just a sucker for plain scenes, and thankfully, Tredan Davi pulled her out of it, so nice!

Octavia Gills took Tredan Davi’s hand and leaned against Tredan Davi’s left shoulder, it was a wonderful feeling! The bright moonlight shone like a blanket and gently enveloped Tredan Davi and Octavia Gills, and the night was extraordinarily beautiful to both Tredan Davi and Octavia Gills tonight.

“Octavia, regarding the Drye Family, let me sort it out and when I’ve sorted things out with Lilian, I’ll only pay your mum an official visit then. Will you say yes? Also, whatever happens to you in the future, you have to tell me first, because you have become my heart and soul, and if you’re sad, my heart and soul will suffer! Can you understand that, Octavia?”

Domino’s scolding of Tredan Davi did remind him that even though he had done a lot to try and keep Octavia Gills safe, there was a part of him that he had overlooked what Domino said reminding Tredan Davi that he hadn’t done enough to cover all the angles!

Tredan, will we ever be able to make it together? Octavia’s heart was heavy with questions but did not speak them out loud for Tredan to hear.