Episode 12

Evelyn calls the restaurant again. The order is placed. Eleven o'clock in the morning was the company's lunch break.

Evelyn goes to his office and knocks on the door slowly.

"Come in!" The husky, powerful, and sensual voice echoed through Evelyn's sensitive ears.

The beautiful redhead felt her body tremble upon hearing him.

"Mr. Norton, do you need anything? I'm going out for lunch," said Evelyn as she opened the door. Dereck's gaze was fixed on her. Somehow, she felt self-conscious.

"You can go!" he says without taking his eyes off her. "Wait a minute." He gets up from the comfortable chair and walks over to Evelyn without blinking.

"Did you place the order?" he asks, staring intently at her.

"Yes, Mr. Norton," she replies, not meeting his gaze.

Dereck discreetly curves his lips into a slight smile without Evelyn noticing.

He found her shyness in front of him cute.

"Dereck?" Someone else calls him from near the door, and Dereck's face quickly darkens when he sees who it is.

"What do you want, Savio?" he asks with a look of displeasure.

"I need to talk to you about a lawyer," says Savio, looking closely at Evelyn's face.

Dereck quickly glances at Evelyn. A cold sweat ran through his body.

Could Savio, his brother, have found out about Dereck's marriage?

"Evelyn, you can go now," he says, leaving his position and returning to his chair.

Evelyn was stunned. He called her by her name.

Savio had traveled a few days ago and hadn't met Evelyn yet.

"Who is that redhead?" Dereck's brother was perplexed by Evelyn's beauty.

"She's my secretary," replied Dereck, noticing Savio's excitement as he asked about Evelyn.

"And what's her name?" Savio says with interest.

"Why so much curiosity about a simple secretary? Just tell me what you came here to do, you know I don't like to waste my time."

Dereck was stressed.

"I'm going to sell my shares to an American businessman."

"What?" Dereck says in surprise. "You know I intend to buy your shares in the company, but you want to sell them to a stranger? What are you planning with all this?"

"As always, you distrust me. Don't I have any right to do what I want with what belongs to me? Dereck, I'm not a child, I'm doing business."

Dereck slides his lips into a sarcastic smile and says, "If you're really doing business, then sell the shares to me."

Savio gets stressed.

"I'm not staying here any longer. It's a waste of time trying to talk to you. I'm going after that beautiful redhead."

He leaves, quickly turning his back on his brother, leaving Dereck in the office with a grim look.

Evelyn was having lunch in the company's large cafeteria. As she hadn't made friends with the other employees yet, she chose to have her meal at a separate table.

When she finishes, she goes to the bathroom and brushes her teeth, and then goes to the reception to get her boss's lunch.

"Good afternoon!" a male voice echoed from behind her.

"Good afternoon!" Evelyn replies, turning to see who had spoken to her.

"I'm Dereck's brother. Nice to meet you. My name is Savio Norton."

Savio extends his hand politely. Evelyn respectfully shook his hand, returning the greeting.

He smiled kindly at her. The receptionist watched them with wide eyes.

"Hello, Mr. Norton, my name is Evelyn. I have to go now, I need to take my boss's lunch."

She smiles discreetly, looking at the bag in her hands.

"My brother is very boring. He makes you work a lot, doesn't he? It must be very tiring to work for him," Savio argues close to Evelyn.

Evelyn could smell the fragrance of his perfume.

"It's not tiring. I enjoy working. Working with Mr. Norton has been very pleasant, I've learned a lot about business," replied Evelyn as she left the reception.

Savio's strange, almond-shaped eyes watch her leave.

"That woman will be mine!" Savio says, noticing Evelyn's beauty.

Savio Norton, unlike his brother, had a life full of sexual pleasures and luxury.

Savio spent his money in the city's nightclubs with the most beautiful women, indulging in the most unusual acts, generating gossip, and even having his name splashed across the media.

The press dubbed him "The Man of Pleasure" for living a life of drinking with several women around him.

Wherever he went, he left his mark, always with a different woman.

Upon reaching her work floor, Evelyn hurried to her boss's office.

Luckily, the food was still warm.

She knocks on the door once and he immediately asks, "Who is it?" Evelyn was afraid he was going to complain about something. "It's me, Mr. Norton, Evelyn Aguiar."

An absurd silence fell at that moment, but then Dereck replied, "Come in."

Evelyn opened the door and, unlike what had happened earlier, Dereck was focused on the computer.

"Here's your lunch, Mr. Norton."

Evelyn arranged all the food on the table in the small space that was in the office, a kind of "mini dining room" that was inside the office itself and that only Dereck used. He didn't like to eat with many people around. It was only on special occasions and for business matters that the billionaire CEO would eat with other people.

Evelyn arranged everything and saw that he still remained silent without saying a word.

That, in a way she couldn't explain, left her upset.

Evelyn went back near his desk and as she was about to leave, her boss decided to speak.

"Is it hot?" he asks, fixing his dark brown eyes on her.

Evelyn raises her eyebrows in surprise at the question.

"Hot? What are you referring to, Mr. Norton?"

"The food, secretary. What else could it be?"

He wanted to laugh but kept his lips tightly closed, staring at her.

"Oh, of course. It's hot, yes."

She replies, biting her lip.

"You can go," he says, getting up from his chair. "Wait a minute."

Evelyn had stopped with her hand on the doorknob.