Mr. President’s

Chapter 42

Mercedes heard a knock on her door as soon as she entered her office from Nathans. She opened it to see a tall handsome man with curly dirty blonde hair, hazel eyes. From how formally dressed he was, she could tell he was here to see Nathan. Before she welcomed him, he extended his hand,

“Luke Zion, the new vice president and you are?”

“Mercedes Winters, assistant to the president,” she smiled and responded.

“You must be the first. The Nathan I know doesn’t accept female assistants.

Mercedes already knew that. “Well, lucky me, I will let him know that you are here,” Mercedes said after letting him in and shutting the door.

“Let me save yo

you the trouble, Luke was saying when,

“Luke,” Nathan seethed. Neither Mercedes nor Luke could tell for how long he had been there.

“Nathan, we finally met again and got to work together, Luke bloomed with excitement.

Nathan turned dismal. I’m not your friend and will never be. Our relationship is strictly business.”

“Still holding grudges ha!” Luke recalled. He had been a close associate of Nathan’s dad before Nathan took over the company. Luke is five years older than Nathan and quite smart but Nathan was smarter. Within a short time, he detected Lukes fraudulent activities and contacted the FBI to Investigate him but his father intercepted the investigation, without giving Nathan a discreet explanation.

For these unprecedented reasons, Nathan had argued with his father, trying to discourage him from having Luke in his company but the latter blatantly refused.

“I don’t hold grudges. I never liked you before, and I don’t like you know. Miss Winters, please summon Vincent to my office and Luke, come with me,” he ordered curtly.

As soon as Vincent arrived, Nathan did the introduction, asking Vincent to take him to the ninth floor but Luke seemed to have a mind of his own “Your father made me aware that there was an extra office on this floor and I want that.”

Nathan scoffed. “As you can see, that office is occupied by my assistant.”

“But I’m the Vice President” Luke challenged but Nathan was sarcastic

“I use that office,” Luke said.

stant be?”

Nathan was irritable but was handling Luke quite well with forced calmness. “And where should my assistant

-Your

assistant doesn’t have to be in your office.”

This

voice a little but a young as he was, Luke knew what he was capable of and

“Are you going to teach me how to run my business?” Nathan raised smiled,

Tll take the ninth floor but I hope we can share the same assistant. She seems capable.

Nathan’s teeth grinded. “You seem to have known her so well in such a short time.

“I have laudable experience and a good judgement of character. Vincent walked in at that moment so Nathan shifted his attention

“Vincent, please get him an assistant,” he swiftly ordered.

“Yes. Mr Legend. Vincent politely responded.

“But I don’t want another assistant. I want this one,” Luke insisted.

*Luke Zion, stay away from my assistant. She’s not on the company payroll so she only reports to me.” Nathan snarled but Like was still persistent,

d with raised brows

“It doesn’t make a difference you know. She could be on my personal payroll as well. You know I can afford it,” he said

Nathan stepped closer to him. “If you value your life, Luke, mention my assistant, one more time”

3:15 PM

Luke took a step back. “Vincent, right? Please take me to my office,” he smirked and said.

Nathan realized he was heading to Mercedes’s office and unlocked his door, “this is the exit,” he seethed.

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“You haven’t changed Nathan, smartass,” Luke teased before stepping out of the office but he had just arisen a demon in Nathan. He put a call through to someone. “Call me when it’s done,” were his last words. Nathan knew that Luke wasn’t going to keep his eyes off Mercedes so he had to stop it from happening

Nathan called Mercedes back to his office. “You are moving in with me,” he said as soon as she entered.

“For a thousand times, the answer is no, Mercedes disagreed. How could she be living with her boss when another woman walked around as his flance? What would people think? Even Griffin would be disappointed in her.

“Please, Nathan begged. He couldn’t explain the insecurity he felt with Luke’s presence since he was close to his dad. He seemed like a spy but one would dare to but Mercedes if she was with him. He feared when she would be alone.

“I’ll give you two options. I stay at your place during weekdays and go home on weekends or I stay on weekends and go during weekdays.”

On weekdays, they saw each other in the office so they only had the night, most of which would be for sleep. I choose weekends, beginning on Friday after work, he grimly said. Why can’t she just move in with him?

“Weekend it is,” Mercedes said and turned to leave.

“One more thing, stay away from Luke,” Nathan warned her solemnly.

“I will remember that,” she said, suddenly recalling something and turning pitiful. Nathan knew something was wrong

He waved her to come and swirled her to sit on his lap. “What is it? Tell me,” he asked, concerning lacing his voice. Mercedes couldn’t hide it even if she wanted to because it concerned the company

“Your dad, he moved the business summit forward. He also specified that dinner would only be for the selected partners. Nathan already knew that and he discerned that it wasn’t what disturbed her.

“And!”

“Parmers should bring along their spouses during dinner so you have to go with Jane.” Nathan found himself in a tight corner. He accepted this condition for Mercedes‘ safety. Now, he was concerned about who was going to be her date.

“Merce, who are you coming

g with?” He asked, his arms snaking around her waist possessively.

“Griffin or Angie or maybe, I won’t have anyone.”

“Griffin has a girlfriend so you will come with Angie right

“No, Griffin’s girlfriend broke up with him. He got a job as CEO of J&J and Angie is his secretary. It’s natural for him to come with her. Don’t worry I’ll be fine.”

“I will send everything you need for the occasion, Nathan assured her but he was no longer in his right mind. He was greatly worried.

Thank you.

As usual, the day came to a close. Nathan allowed Mercedes to leave while he stayed back. He wasn’t leaving till he got news.

Luke had completed his first day at the company and was ready to go to his hotel. He was arranging permanent accommodation and stayed there temporarily. As soon as he stepped out of the elevator, he pressed his car remote and instead of a beeping sound, he heard a loud blast. His Rolls Royce went into flammes, riglu in front of him.

Other workers took cover, as the fire department began running in. Instantly, Luke’s phone rang. “Next time, it will be with you in it Luke, stay away from my assistant, Lake recognized the voice. It was Nathans and he wasn’t surprised but, “you will murder me because of your assistant! She’s a single woman.”

“She’s also mine Lake, you won’t be breathing if it happens again and my dad, he will do nothing,” he said icily and hung up. Luke got the message and knew that Nathan had eyes for his assistant but what a shocker. When did he change? There’s so much for him to find out. Left with no choice. he took a cab bome. At least his life was intact. Deadly Nathan.