A NIGHT WITH THE CRAZY CEO

CHAPTER SIXTY TWO

**BRIANNA**

The door was barged open and I quickly broke off the kiss to see who was at the door. I was expecting to see one of my coworkers but instead, I saw a beautiful middle-aged woman and I hastily got off Adrian’s lap at the thought of the woman being a client or his business partner. y face went red. I sneaked a glance at Adrian and he doesn’t even look fazed in any way. I glanced at the woman too and she was just staring with wide open eyes.

Adrian straightened his clothes and sat up before facing the woman.

“Mom, what are you doing here? You didn’t tell me you were coming.” He uttered and my heart skipped a beat.

Did he just call her mom? She’s his mother? And she just caught us kissing?! Oh my fucking gosh! I feel like the ground should open up and swallow me whole right now. I might die of embarrassment at this rate.

I sneakily looked at the woman and saw that she and Adrian did have some features in common. Like the hair and eye color. He also has the shape of her nose. She must be the one Adrian got his looks from.

“What am I doing here? Must I ask for your permission before visiting you?” She asked as she strode towards Adrian’s desk. She was staring at me the whole time.

“You don’t have to ask for my permission but I just wasn’t expecting you.” Adrian grumbled.

“Why are you getting all worked up? Is it because I caught you kissing?” She asked, her tone indicating that she was teasing him.

“Mom! Stop embarrassing me!” He whined in frustration and I almost laughed at his display but I couldn’t, I was too embarrassed to laugh.

“Erm… Mr. Adrian, I’ll be going now.” I mumbled with my head bowed and proceeded to walk out of the office.

“Good morning, ma’am.” I greeted slowly and was going to walk past her when she stopped me.

“Wait a minute.” She uttered and I stopped in my tracks, not bothering to raise my head up because I was still in a deep moment of embarrassment that I didn’t think I would be getting over anytime soon.

“Yes ma’am?” I managed to voice out and turned to face her, but with my eyes facing the floor like there was something interesting about it.

“Are you my son’s girlfriend?” She asked and I snapped my head upwards so fast that I’m so sure I got whiplash.

“Mum!!!” Adrian protested in a loud voice, the same time a loud “No!” left my mouth.

“What?! I have to know if you have a new girlfriend now or not.” She snapped at him before facing me.

“He’s not your boyfriend? Then why are you kissing him? In his office of all places?” She asked all of the questions at once that I grew nervous. I looked towards Adrian for help but he just shrugged. Seems like he’s helpless in this situation too, avoiding getting snapped at. His mom is the only one I’ve seen that he looks slightly scared of.

“He’s not my boyfriend ma’am.” I answered with a scratch of my neck, choosing not to answer the rest of her questions because of how nervous and embarrassed I was.

Her eyes seemed to take my dressing in and she spoke up after a few seconds.

“You work here, don’t you?” She asked. Ah, my mode of dressing must have gave me away.

“I do work here, ma’am.” I responded with a nod of my head. It feels like I’m getting investigated by a detective right now, almost like I committed a crime and I’m being probed because of it.

“I thought as much.” She said and went quiet for a second. “Are you trying to seduce my son so that he can give you a promotion?”

My jaw dropped when she asked such an outrageous question. How could she think of me that way? Do I look like some cheap employee that would do anything to get a promotion? So much that she would even seduce the boss? I’m definitely not that type of person.

“What? No!” I couldn’t stop myself from shouting out the reply.

“Jesus! That’s enough mom!” Adrian shouted at his mom and she just shrugged.

“I was just making sure she’s not using you for her own gain.” She uttered.

“Your overprotectiveness can be unbearable sometimes.” He grumbled in annoyance but she ignored him.

“Come with me. I want to see you privately.” She said, directing that statement to me and I wondered what she has to say to me. Does she want me to stay away from her son? I’ll do that to avoid further embarrassing moments.

“On second thought… Adrian, get out of this office and come back in the next five minutes, I want to have a talk with this girl over here.” She said to Adrian and he groaned loudly.

“Why? This is my office, you can just talk to her outside. What do you even have to tell her?”

“It’s none of your business! Now get out.” She glared at him dangerously and he got up from his seat and stormed out of the office like a kid, grumbling incoherent profanities under his breath. He listened to her, wow. Guess she’s the only one that can order him around.

Lord, I’m the only one left with her. What does she have to say to me though? I’m curious.

“First of all, what’s your name?” She asked after Adrian left the office.

“My name’s Brianna, ma’am.” I responded.

“I hope all the answers you gave me earlier are true? You’re not trying to seduce my son to give you a promotion?” She quizzed.

“I can never do that! Not to him, and not to anybody else.” I retorted.

“Good. I was just making sure.” She bobbed her head.

“And you said that the both of you were not dating. What are you two then?” She asked again. This woman would be perfect for the job of am investigator. She sure knows how to ask a lot of questions.

“Yes, we’re not dating. We’re just a…” I trailed off, searching my brain for the best word to describe what we are even when I knew that there was nothing serious going on between us, “we’re just a thing.”

“A thing?” She chuckled and shook her head. “I can never understand how the children of these days think. If you say that you’re a thing then fine.”

I breath a sigh of relief when I saw that she was off my neck. Guess she was just trying to protect her son.

“Well, I need your help with something.” She uttered and I wondered what she could need my help for.

“What’s that, ma’am?” I asked in curiosity.Belonging © NôvelDram/a.Org.

“Before I go on, don’t call me “ma’am” please. That makes me feel old. Call me Stella, that’s my name.” She said and I nodded.

“Okay, Stella.”

“Good. I need you to help me persuade Adrian to come home for the family dinner. He’s been avoiding it for ages and always change the topic when I try bringing it up on phone, that’s why I decided to come here in person today.” She explained.

“Erm… I’m not sure I can persuade him to come. If he doesn’t listen to you, his mother, them how will he listen to me?” I said incredulously.

There’s no way I will be able to convince Adrian to go to a family dinner that he has been skipping. I’m sure he won’t even listen to me.

“I have a hunch that he will listen to you. Please just try to persuade him for me. I want him to come and you should also come along with him.” She stated pleadingly.

“Ma’am… I’m not sure…” I said nervously and scratched my neck, my eyes darting all over the place.

“Please, just do this for me. We really want him to come. We miss him at home. Please Brianna.” She begged me and I had no choice but to give in with that puppy eyes and the way she was begging me.

“I’ll try my best to persuade him to come, but I’m not promising because Adrian doesn’t really listen to people, I’m sure you know that. I’ll try to convince him though.” I said to her and she enveloped me in a bear hug.

“Thank you, thank you, thank you. And please come along with him. The dinner is on Friday, you have plenty of time to convince him.” She uttered, still holding me in her embrace.

“Okay ma’am… I mean Stella.” I responded and she broke off the hug.

“Thanks once again. By the way, you’re so beautiful and nice, I’ll like it if you and my son mice from being “a thing” to being a couple. You’ll be so perfect for each other.” She gushed and I moved from one foot to the other.

“Uhh, I’m not sure about that…” I stuttered, not knowing how to reply to that.

“Well, it’s fine. I’ll be going now. I think I’ve kept Adrian outside long enough.” She said and I chuckled.

“Bye Brianna, take care.” She said and began walking to the door.

“Bye Stella.” I uttered with a wave and watched her walk out of the office. Adrian would come back to the office any second now. His mom sure has a way of ordering him around and he looked like a big baby when she was here.

Oh well, I have to think of ways to convince Adrian to go to his family dinner that he’s been avoiding for reasons only known to him.

TBC