Aloof CEO's; Charming Secretary

Sky choked on her food and coughed badly. Arlo chuckled lightly and gave her water as he patted her back.

Sky blinked looking at Arlo, "Don't worry, I will not propose and scare you away. You can turn on the lights if you are uncomfortable to eat like this."

Sky said pointing at the lights switch which was few steps away from them. Since she was in the sunroom, she didn't want to brighten up too much as she wanted to enjoy the night view.

Such proposals never crossed her mind.

'Why will I be scared if you propose to me?' Arlo thought to himself but didn't know what else to say. He just nodded and continued eating.

After some time he asked, "Are you angry with me?"

"Huh?" Sky looked at him, "Why will I be angry at you?"

"Then why aren't you talking?"

"Oh! I am thinking about something. Never mind, do you wanted to talk about something?" Sky wasn't someone to ignore who was with her and think about other things but due to Ethan, she was dazed.

"What are you thinking so seriously? I can help you if you need it?" Arlo asked earnestly.

Sky thought for a second and turned to him, "I will give you an instance, answer me honestly."

Arlo nodded. Sky spoke, "If your grandmother always tells about other grandchild and tells you he or she is good in many things and you aren't. And if she compares you with them all the time, it's natural for you to get angry with that person. Isn't it?  If I think about it, my parents never compared me with anyone and they will never do it. If I compare myself, I will admire who are better than me. So what will you do that time?"

Sky waited for him to answer. Arlo understood what must have happened when she met Ethan. So he directly asked, "Are you telling about Ethan and yourself?"

Sky rolled her eyes and went back to eating, "I know you are smart. Can't you just answer?"

Arlo smiled and answered, "Not everyone will admire like you. Some will be envious, some will hate and some will get angry like Ethan. If his parents always compare him with you, he will feel inferior and it will hurt his ego. But you shouldn't think much about it as you did your best to get him out."

Sky nodded and finished her dinner. Seeing her clean up, Arlo did it and passed it to the maid who was outside.

When he entered back, he saw her sitting back on the swing. He called her out, "Ms.Sky, Let's go out."

"Why?" Sky asked in confusion.

Arlo pushed her off the swing bed and held her wrist, "It's not good to sit idle after eating. Let's go-to lawn, you will feel fresh."

"Oh!" Sky just followed him blankly until they reached the stairs. She rooted and held his hand which was holding her hand.

Arlo saw three hands, he was holding her right hand and her left hand was holding his hand.

"Elevator!" Sky pointed it with her left hand after releasing his hand.

They were on the fourth floor of the mansion, she didn't want to take stairs.

He nodded and left her hand unwillingly. After strolling in the lawn for some time talking about some random things. They returned back inside.

Arlo left when Sky said she was sleepy and going to bed.

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Sky didn't contact Ethan again as she wanted to take time and also she didn't want to poke unless he comes to her.

All office works were smoothly going on without any hiccups and her studies also were on track.

She once went to dinner with Joe as Kris tagged along with them and once she had to go dinner with Kris to collect the Photobook of Joe which Kris had.

Her conversation with kris would be like a debate about some topics or hearing to him about some major topics of the country. Sometimes she found it irritating, sometimes informational. But they always addressed each other formally.

Arlo spent most of the time with Sky in office. Meetings, lunch, and studies. If he was getting the chance to spend time with her, he would leave his office work and he would accompany her.

They would chat about any topic freely except during office hours. They were at the stage where they couldn't be called as close but not even as strangers. He was happy that at least Sky would make fun of him and laugh.

His grandmother would meet Sky during lunch and even visited her in Harley mansion on weekends. His grandmother and Sky were quite close to occasionally call and talk to each other. They would even sit and tease Arlo with his old photos which were brought up by Olivia.

But he would curse Kris in his mind whenever they went out to eat.

One day during studying, Sky received a big wrapped box parcel to her office. When she read the card, She furrowed her brows.

It was from Kris Lan and he asked to wear the dress which he sent for dinner that night in Empire hotel. It wasn't fixed and he never told her about dinner.

"Arlo! Two minutes, I will check it." Sky told him and went near the coffee table and opened the box.

She could see diamonds studded on navy blue fabric. She could identify if they were real diamond or fake after checking it closely and it was confirmed they were all real diamonds.

She took the dress and gasped. The dress was in a navy blue color off-shoulder dress and it was studded with sparkling diamonds. It looked like stars on the dark sky.

Arlo also looked at it and went towards her. "Who sent it?"

"Kris Lan." Sky said nonchalantly and kept the dress on the sofa.

Arlo had seen her astonishment and adoring gaze on the dress. But he considered it for Kris and gritted his teeth fuming inside.