Be Gentle With Me, Mr. CEO
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Calla Sherman sleeps with a random guy from a bar after her boyfriend cheats on her. The following morning, she wakes up and realizes he's a drop-dead gorgeous man who looks good enough to make any woman swoon.She's so flustered that she mocks him for having terrible skills. She even leaves behind 150 dollars as a fee for his services before fleeing. The next day, Calla finds that her new boss, Mercer Garland, looks oddly familiar. Oh, God. She wants nothing more than to die when she realizes she's mistaken Mercer for a gigolo. He's the exact person who can ruin her career! What's worse, she's already pissed him off royally. One fine day, Calla backs away as Mercer stalks toward her. "Didn't you say you weren't interested in women like me who don't have curves anywhere?" He looks her over and smirks. "You're different from them. I know what you're like on the inside." Flustered, she tries to talk sense into him. "I'm sure a busty woman would be more up your alley. I'm not your type at all!" Mercer sighs softly. "I'm devastated that you've kicked me to the curb after using me, Calla. I'm not even in the mood to sign all those documents on my desk anymore."
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After noticing that Calla hadn't touched any of the food yet, Mercer looked at her puzzledly and asked, "Why aren't you eating?""Oh, right. I'll start eating now."Calla quickly nodded and ate a bite of salad.Nevertheless, the salads did nothing to ease her hunger. She wanted meat! She wasn't some kind of fairy that survived on sunshine and morning dew!Despite knowing that the wealthy usually had strict rules of etiquette to follow, Calla couldn't resist asking, "Do you usually prefer a vegetarian diet?"Mercer frowned. "Weren't you the one who said that rich food made you queasy, so you wanted something simple?""I…" Calla faltered. She'd only made that up to convince her prying colleagues! Why did he take her seriously?Just then, her phone started ringing. When she took it out and saw Harlan's name on the screen, she frowned for a moment. Then, she turned to Mercer and said with a smile, "I'll step out to take a phone call."She had only just taken a step when Mercer's vo
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By now, everyone was starting to head out for lunch, so Calla took her bag and got ready to leave as well.Alicia came over and offered with a smile, "I'll buy you a burrito for lunch. How about it?""It's fine. I need to head over to the Riviera," Calla muttered into Alicia's ear.Alicia's eyes glinted as she stared at Calla and said, "The Riviera? That's a five-star hotel! You really are the CEO's wife, huh? Why don't you bring me along?""The Scrooge was the one who told me to come over. Who knows what he's up to now? Come along, if you want. I could do with some moral support," Calla declared in all seriousness."Let's forget about it. I've always been afraid of authority figures, you know. You can head over by yourself. I'll see you later!" Alicia said before hurrying off in a flash.Calla shook her head before heading over to the Riviera.It was a five-star hotel situated across the street from Atlas. The food served at the hotel restaurant was excellent, but the prices we
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Calla's eyes flickered in thought. Instead of pulling her phone away, she pretended to still be on a call. "Darling, rich food makes me feel queasy right now. Let's eat something simpler. Oh, okay. Of course. Let's talk more over lunch later. See you later, darling!"Done with the act, she put her phone down. But when she looked up, she immediately froze!She was dumbstruck. Why had Mercer suddenly showed up at the office? He was staring at her in silence too.Knowing that he must've heard what she said just now, she hastily lowered her head. She dared not meet his gaze.Some of her colleagues were sniggering in secret while others kept their gazes down. Derek hurriedly tried to smooth things over."Calla, you shouldn't be making personal calls during working hours!" Derek chided."I'm sorry, Mr. Connaught," Calla stood up and said shakily.She glanced at Mercer, only to find that his expression remained neutral. She couldn't tell what he was feeling."Mr. Garland, I'm sure you
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"Since you've gotten married, you'll be getting a new house and car soon, right?" another colleague asked teasingly.With a worried expression, Calla replied, "My husband's family isn't that well-off, and property in Riverford is so expensive. For the time being, we still have to rent a place."After hearing this, her colleagues no longer viewed her in derision like they did yesterday. Instead, they started giving her sympathetic looks.Calla was secretly pleased that she managed to overcome the crisis of having her reputation ruined.Alicia, who had been quiet thus far, waited until she had the chance to pull Calla away and talk to her in private."Why did you come up with that story? Did you find yourself a man? Is it that Harlan guy you mentioned? Is he doing this willingly, or did you force him into it?" Alicia peppered Calla with questions."Don't say such ridiculous things. I really am married."Calla filled Alicia in on what happened yesterday, and Alicia was stupefied. A
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"Huh? Mom, about that… Because of his job, he has to go on business trips quite often. He's leaving on a business trip tomorrow morning, actually. It'll take at least a week or two before he returns." Calla hurriedly came up with an excuse."Is he always going to be away on a business trip? How are you two going to have any alone time then?" Carol remarked worriedly."He gets an additional allowance for each business trip he goes on. He needs to earn more money to support the baby and me, so he doesn't have a choice," Calla quickly said."That's true. In that case, once Mercer comes back, you must bring him over for a meal," Carol declared before heading to her room, still studying the marriage license.Once the door shut behind her, Calla finally exhaled in relief.She had finally gotten over this hurdle! As for the next one two weeks later, she would cross that bridge when she came to it.Calla went back to her room. As soon as she closed the door, Zoey, who was doing her homew
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Ever since Calla graduated from college, she worked hard to support the family financially and fund Zoey's education. She didn't think she'd ever done anything wrong."The nerve of you to ask me why! Although I'm a weak woman, I've always lived a principled life. You've humiliated me!" Carol shouted."What on earth did I do, Mom?" Calla asked even though she had an idea what this could be about. Could it be that Carol found out about her pregnancy?True enough, Carol questioned her, "Are you pregnant?""I am," Calla admitted. She had never lied to Carol before.Carol slumped onto the couch and started sobbing. "Why is my life so hard? My husband abandoned me so early on in life. It wasn't easy for me to raise you myself, but I did it in the hopes that you would make me proud someday. Yet, look what you did. You went and got yourself pregnant! How disgraceful is this!"Calla instantly figured out that Peggy was it again. Peggy was hellbent on messing with her life.Despite feelin
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Calla frowned at Mercer's words. He was asking her to make the tough decision. The worst part of this was that if she refused to marry him, she wouldn't be able to give birth to the child. She would end up being the reason why the baby had to die.Although Calla cared about maintaining her dignity and self-respect, her child's life was at stake, so she had to compromise.She looked up and saw that the courthouse was already in view. Thus, she turned to Mercer and said, "I disagree with the fourth and fifth terms. I want to retain custody of the child. Also, since I'm working at your company, I won't be able to have a single day of peace if people find out I'm your wife."She was willingly sacrificing her dignity and love life to give birth to this child. Naturally, she couldn't let him seize custody of the child from her.They didn't have feelings for each other, so how could they act like a married couple? Surely others would see right through them!Taking in Calla's determined e
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Calla combed through the terms of the prenuptial agreement."Once married, the husband (henceforth 'Party A') and wife (henceforth 'Party B') shall abide by the following terms."1. During the marriage, Party A shall bear all expenses incurred by Party B and Party B's child."2. In the event of a divorce, Party A shall give Party B a property of at least 1,600 square feet in size as well as a sum of 2 million in cash. Party B shall not be entitled to any of Party A's assets."3. During the marriage, Party B shall refrain from engaging in overly intimate interactions with the opposite sex."4. Party B shall cooperate with Party A in portraying themselves as an exemplary married couple."5. In the event of a divorce, Party A shall retain full custody of the child."Calla was Party B in the agreement, and after understanding the terms, she figured out the gist of the situation. By marrying Mercer, she would be able to live a life of luxury, but if they ever divorced, she would lose
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After leaving the hospital, Calla stood by the roadside and tried to flag down a cab.However, a black Bentley shot out from behind and came to a sudden halt beside her.Alarmed, Calla jumped backward. Immediately after that, she saw Mercer coming down from the backseat of the car.She wanted to flee, but he grabbed her shoulder before she could."How dare you trick me?" Mercer fumed."I… wouldn't dare to, of course! My stomach stopped hurting, so I…" Calla attempted to stammer out an explanation.Out of nowhere, Mercer fixed his gaze on her and declared, "Let's get married!"Calla stared at him in disbelief.What was going on? That wasn't how she envisioned things playing out between them. Shouldn't he be tossing a check or a debit card to her and instructing her to deal with the pregnancy herself?"Married? Don't joke like that. I might actually believe you," Calla said. She firmly believed he was kidding around and didn't mean what he said.Plenty of women would kill to ma
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