Chapter 52: The guards' dilemma

The sun rays entered the room through the window and fell on the sleeping man. His handsome face was glowing and even in his sleepy state, he was very charismatic.

Noah frowned while sleeping. The sun rays were hitting directly on his face and were stinging his eyes. It was hindering his sleep. He turned in the opposite direction, effectively shielding himself from the rays. Sighing in content, he continued to sleep until there was a knock at the door.

Did he think he could still continue to sleep? No way.

After a few seconds there was a knock again. Noah muttered some curses. He couldn't continue to lie on the bed as the knocks were quite persistent. It looked like the person on the other side wanted to make Noah open the door at all costs.

Ronnie was waiting outside the master bedroom along with two other bodyguards. They had taken up the task of waking up their Boss who never like anybody disturbing his sleep. However, they had to do it as they had forgotten to inform him the previous night that a board meeting was scheduled at 8.30 a.m. Now it was past seven and they had been at the office before the meeting started, not that anybody would question Noah as he was the Boss. But, Noah was punctual and he expected punctuality from others too. So, how could the guards allow their Boss to be late?

The assistant, Shane White, had told about his mistake early in the morning to the other people. They were rendered speechless. The guards knew that Noah was very scary if he was disturbed while asleep. They had seen his cold face before and as a result, nobody was willing to sacrifice themselves. But, notifying him about the meeting was also important. If not, the destruction later would be much more compared to that of telling him.

The guards pushed each other towards Noah's room, urging the other person to wake him up. Nobody was ready to face the wrath of the devil. So, their legs were rooted on the spot.

After a lot of pondering and voting, everyone pointed towards the head bodyguard, Ronnie, to face the monster.

'Sorry, Ronnie. You know how he is. We are not brave enough to face him. So, we are offering you to the devil.' The other guards thought.

Ronnie was agitated. He looked at the wicked people in front of him. He pointed at two of them and motioned them to follow him. When they shook their heads, he gave them a threatening glance.

'It is better than dying alone.' He thought.

The three of them tiptoed in the direction of Noah's room and stopped in front of the door. It looked like the door to hell. After taking a deep breath, Ronnie knocked at the door and waited for his Boss.

Noah groaned. He rolled to the side and got up. He opened the door with an icy glare which could freeze anyone on spot. Ronnie and the guards were spooked looking at his cold face. Any other time, they would have laughed looking at Noah's messy hair. But right now, their priority was to save their asses.

"Good Morning, Boss." Ronnie stammered. He looked behind him when he did not hear any words from the other guards. To his horror, the two guards had escaped as soon as they had seen Noah's frightening face. They had left Ronnie at Satan's mercy.

"Damn it." Ronnie cursed and turned to face his Boss. He shivered looking at Noah glare at him.

'Be brave. You are courageous, Ronnie. You are a soldier. Face the monster head-on. Come on, speak up. Speak up.' He encouraged himself to lift up his spirits.

"Boss, you have a board meeting to attend at 8.30," Ronnie informed in one breath and bowed his head. When he did not get any answer, he peeked a little and looked at Noah's face. This time his face was less cold than before.

"Sorry Boss. We forgot..." Before Ronnie could apologize, Noah had shut the door with a bang.

At that moment, the person who was standing outside had only one question in mind. 'Will he be able to continue living or was today his last day?'

Meanwhile the person inside the room had no idea that his head bodyguard was scared out of his wits. He casually picked up his phone and checked for any messages from Aria.

'Good Morning.' He smiled at once reading her text. The coldness in his eyes vanished and was replied with warmth. If Ronnie had seen his Boss's emotions changing from winter to spring just by looking at his phone, it would have made his blood run cold.

'Good Morning. Have a good day.' He sent her a reply. He dropped his phone on the bed and went inside the bathroom.

After half an hour, he was dressed in a black Ermenegildo Zegna suit and black shoes from Tom Ford. The black color heightened his charisma and he looked more mysterious.

The guards, Shane and the secretary were anxiously biting their nails waiting for Noah to come down. Everybody looked up when they heard the footsteps coming from the staircase. Noah did not spare them a glance and went to the dining hall. The others sighed in relief and waited for Noah to finish the breakfast.

Shane picked up his files and approached the calm man who was eating peacefully at the dining table.

"Boss, we have a meeting with the board members at 8.30 a.m. After that we have to go on inspection. Later, we are having lunch at 1.30 p.m. with our partner company President, Liam Brooke. After the lunch, the schedule is free." Shane looked at Noah. Though he looked like he did not care about what Shane was blabbering, he had heard all that was being said by him and had registered it in his mind. He was happy that he had the entire day after lunch. He could go meet Aria.

Noah finished his food, calmly picked up the napkin and wiped his fingers.

"What are we waiting for then? Let's go." Noah got up and left immediately leaving the others dumbfounded.

'Boss, we were waiting for you.' They said in their minds as they did not have the courage to voice their words.

Noah sat at the back of his car while Ronnie sat at the driver's seat. Shane sat beside Noah while the secretary sat at the passenger seat.

Shane handed Noah the tab which had all the details regarding the board meeting. Noah read through the details while the female secretary was going through the presentation she had prepared, once again.

Everything was set and Noah had all the information he needed by the time they reached his office. All the employees were waiting for him. As soon he got down from the car, all the ladies were hyper-excited. They had taken extra time trying to dress up that day as their Boss was visiting them.

But their efforts were in vain as Noah did not even spare them a glance and walked inside the building. All this was being noticed by a certain person standing in the corner. She grinned wickedly. "Noah you are mine. Mine alone."