He rules the world

She picked up her notepad and mobile phone. She was ready to go with him. It was a meeting with the directors of the company but Carissa did not know the purpose of meeting. She followed him quietly.

Before entering the conference room she heard people talking but when they saw him entering there was a pin drop silence. Carissa also saw droplets of sweat on their foreheads. Are they scared of him this much? a thought popped up in her mind.

Then, her eyes fell on the familiar person. He was smiling, looking at her. She also waved her hand at him in a courtesy. Noah glanced at both of them and his eyes turned cold. His brows knitted together. His angry face made people more scared.

He settled on the head of the table.

Carissa sat with Aaron in the second row of the meeting room, behind the directors.

He glanced at the people in the room, without greeting anyone he came straight to the point, “Why do you think I pay you so much?” His voice was cold and low making people freeze at the spot.

There was a complete chilling silence in the whole room.

He spoke again, “I don’t have time to waste. Let me tell you why I came......" with this he threw a file in front of Harrison, "You always mention profits in your statements. What about losses? Are you going to pay?"

Then, he threw a file in front of the director of supply management, "How can you tender of the construction to such a lousy company?"

His every single word was making people shake from their core.

Another file was thrown in front of someone Carissa didn't know, "The interface of software..... Did you test it? It lags so much that I had to shut it down without doing anything".

Carissa was looking at him in astonishment. He is not the same person she knows. The reason why people are so afraid of him, she was getting to know.

His voice was getting colder and colder, another file was being thrown in front of a person, "You cannot even manage your team. How are you going to work with them?"

He spoke just one sentence with each person, but that one sentence was so authoritative that they did not even raise their head to look at him.

Noah stood up from his seat with his palms on the table, he glanced at every single person in the room, " WHAT DO YOU GUYS THINK? AM I A JOKE? IS THIS YOUR PLAYGROUND?" He shouted very loudly.

His voice was so loud that it made Carissa jolt from her chair. He is a DEVIL, a real devil, she thought.

"Even an elementary kid won't make such mistakes". His eyes and words were piercing the people.

He pointed at everyone with his index finger, "I am giving you three days. Just three days. Clear the mess you have made. Otherwise, these three days are your last days here. Be prepared to hand in your resignation letters".

Carissa used to think he is very cold with her but now looking at Noah in front of her right now she feels like he was very gentle with her. He has the ability to kill people just with his presence.

Carissa was in her own thoughts when Aaron nudged her elbow, signaling her to get up. Noah was walking away with his one hand in his pocket. She stood up and followed him from behind but did not dare to speak anything. She glanced at him, his veins from his temples and neck were popping out. He was very angry. She became scared. He looked at her from the corner of his eyes, he knew he had made her scared.

"Are you afraid of me?" His voice was gentle. Does this man have bipolar disorder? How can he change his attitude within Nanoseconds?

"I am not afraid. But I think your behaviour was too much". She raised her point. No matter what mistake they made, he can tell them gently too. He entered in the lift, both Carissa and Aaron followed him.

"If I remain lenient with them they will sell the company without leaving anything. Despite my strictness they are embezzling money, what do you think they will do if I change my attitude?"

He has a point. Both Carissa and Aaron nodded their heads in agreement. Aaron has been with him for almost a decade and this is his first time that he can understand him. He always used to think that he is arrogant and doesn't have a bit of respect for humans. Now, when she listened to his explanation there was respect in her heart for him. His man is really too capable. Noah knows what people think about him but he never justifies his actions. He let them think whatever they wanted. These things used to concern him alot in the past but not anymore.

The door of the elevator opened and they walked out of it. Noah again spoke, "I have emotions too. Sometimes I feel bad for behaving like this but it is more like a rule of the business world. I was always taught not to show my weaknesses, not to show my emotions so the people will not put me in danger. You can say this is for my survival".

In front of her, for the first time he was justifying his action. It was more like he was placing his heart in front of her. He does not even say such things to his parents. He was telling her his feelings so she won't be afraid of him. He does not want her to push him away. His heart always wants her presence, her company.

Behind, a person was shocked, Noah rarely speaks. He always answers in a single word or doesn't say more than three sentences. Today, it was more likely that he is seeing a new person. Aaron went to his office.

Carissa and Noah entered their office. They did not talk anymore. It was again like before. She had read most of the documents he had given to her. While he was busy with his own things it was almost the end of working hours. She looked at him but he was so immersed in his work that there was no sign that he is going home right now.

She said in a very gentle voice, like coaxing a child, “Can I go home?”

He looked up to meet her eyes, “You can go”.

"Thank you". She smiled brightly before saying good bye and left in a hurry.

She came home and changed her clothes.

She had a dinner commitment with Laura so Carissa went for dinner with her. After eating dinner as it was still early they decided to go to a bar. Both of them just started drinking when Laura got a call from her home. There was some emergency so she had to go.

“You should hurry and go. I will stay here for some more time”. Carissa said to her.

“Okay then be careful”.

“Bye”. She waved her hand.

Carissa was drinking when a boy came and placed his hand on her shoulder, “Hey beauty, let’s have a drink with me”.

Carissa felt a shiver at his touch and raised her face to look at him. He was looking at her with lustful looks.

The trauma has made her weak when she is alone or has nightmares, but this experience has made her strong too. Now, she knows how to protect herself.

“You better keep your hands to yourself”. She gritted her teeth.

“Hey, don’t be like this. Let’s have fun”. The boy spoke again.