The CEO’s Substitute Lover

“What can you see with your eyes? If you could see it with your head, would it still be brilliant? If Octavia Gills wasn’t clever, would she be able to get our love interest to bring flowers to her office every day? If this Octavia Gills didn’t have an affair with the General Manager, would this dull-witted Octavia Gills have gone from being a nondescript financial secretary to having her own office on the General Manager’s first day of work? Don’t be silly!” The one on the left mocked mercilessly at the youthfulness of the one on the right.

“No. Didn’t Ms. Octavia get promoted because she took this grand contract?”

“Aww shucks! It’s because Domino, the marketing manager, helped her out since she’s her best friend. Ms. Octavia is just a decorative vase! No, she’s not half as pretty as a vase. It’s scary when she’s flat-faced and flat-footed… this woman has a lot of skills.”

Hearing Octavia Gill’s name, Lilian Drye’s hands stopped in mid-air, as she was doing her eyebrows, and he ears pricked up to listen to the gossips’ storyline about Eddison Davi having an affair with Octavia Gills. She also took out her phone and recorded the entire conversation. How could Lilian Drye let such a great piece of dialogue go to waste?

It seems that she has underestimated Octavia Gills, that bitch! Not only has she seduced Tredan Davi, the cool CEO who had never been around women, but even Eddison Davi, the man she wants to use, is also in Octavia Gills’ pocket! It’s absurd and ridiculous.

Lilian Drye thought about it, and not sure of what to do about it, she packed up hastily and left! She just called Eddison Davi to say that she had a sudden emergency and had to go back.

Eddison Davi was relieved when he got the call from Lilian Drye saying she couldn’t have lunch with him. In fact, he wanted to deal with his situation with Octavia Gills quickly. He thought about it all night since he got home. He could accept anything about her past, he just couldn’t accept giving her up, he was aware of Octavia Gills’ kindness and mellow nature. He felt that Octavia Gills must have had something to say, he was convinced.

Eddison Davi had wanted to sit down with Octavia Gills’ best friend Domino today, and with them being so close, it would be possible to start with Domino. The gods were trying to help him when Lilian Drye stood him up, and Eddison Davi reached for his mobile phone and searched for the marketing manager’s name and pressed the call button.

“Hello, General Manager, is there anything you need to order?” Domino, who was eating a staff meal, not only answered her GM’s call, but was also chatting to Woodrow on her iPad. In other words, she is ‘multi-tasking’!

“Come out the front door of the office now. I’ll drive by to pick you up and talk to you in person!” Eddison Davi said in a tone that could not be denied?? Eddison has learned his lesson!

“But… GM, it’s our lunch break and I haven’t finished my meal yet!” Domino was also having a hot conversation with her lover, Prince Joe, and the Internet signal would be cut off as soon as she went out, not to mention that her phone data has already run out. Damn boss, how can you mistreat me like that!

“Come on out, I’ll treat you to a delicious meal to make up for the time you’ve wasted on me!” When Eddison Davi said that, Domino immediately put down her chopsticks, sent a hasty bye and kiss emoji to her lover, shut her iPad and left, even bumping into Octavia Gills at the door who was just coming in to meet her for lunch.

“General Manager, here I come!” With a grain of rice still on her lips, Domino jumped agilely into Eddison Davi’s white sports car. Not caring about her image as a girl, Domino couldn’t wait to ask Eddison Davi, “What’s the big meal, General Manager?”

Eddison Davi looked at Domino’s cheerful straightforwardness, but when he saw the grain of rice on her mouth, he couldn’t help but burst out laughing. “What are you laughing at, GM? You’re not going to tell me there’s no food! My little heart won’t be able to take it! Ah!” Domino has no ability to say no to food, and eating good food is her biggest weakness in life.

“There’s food, there’s food, don’t worry. We’re off now!” Eddison Davi is beginning to understand why Octavia Gills and Domino get on so well together, because neither of them is mortal on this earth!

Domino, an authentic foodie, was thrilled to arrive at the Japanese restaurant reserved for Lilian Drye and was thrilled to see the VIP personal service!

A selection of authentic Japanese dishes is served one after another.

“GM, you’re so meticulous, you’ve even ordered the food before coming here! You’re fantastic GM!”

“As long as you like it, eat up!” Eddison Davi was secretly thinking the best way to ask about Octavia.

“This… dish has been on my mind for a long time, ever since Octavia Gills took me to taste many delicious Japanese dishes when I visited Japan many years ago, and of all those dishes, I loved this one the most. Then I went back to my home country, I look for this from all the Japanese dishes being offered, it was always on the menu, but none of them tasted authentic.” Domino unwittingly reveals some information about Octavia Gills.

“Octavia Gills? Octavia went to Japan with you?”

Octavia? Domino wasn’t drunk, so she seems to have guessed why Eddison Davi wanted to talk to her.

“No, Octavia Gills studied at HAL anime school in Japan, the most professional and top anime school in the world. Octavia Gills also worked as the General Manager of a very good manga studio in Japan. She had several representative exports and became very popular with ‘Searching’. No one knew that the well-known and brilliant contemporary comic artist ‘Octavia Chihiro’ was her.” Domino is a straightforward person, and she can see that Eddison Davi takes care of Octavia Gills, so she doesn’t want to hide too much from him, not to mention that this is an achievement in Octavia Gills’ life, and it’s something that should be made public.

“Octavia… is actually a comic artist? I’ve seen that ‘Seek and Find’ many times, but I didn’t realize it was actually Octavia’s work! That picture book has outstanding character traits and is rich without being monotonous. And it’s a book that gives children a sense of the warmth found in ordinary families.” Eddison Davi never dreamed that Octavia Gills would be the Octavia Chihiro. He had always wanted to know what she looked like!

It seems that Domino was the right person to call! Eddison Davi is pleased with his little ingenuity.

Hence, he served Domino like a queen, serving her food and ladling her soup. He smiled at Domino and said, “Domino, Octavia had such a good job and such a promising career, why did she suddenly come back home to be a little clerk at Group Davi?”

“For a man, Tredan Davi, president of Group Davi head office,” Domino said, feeling that some things needed to be resolved with a straight answer. Domino knew Octavia Gills’ heart too well. 20 years of obsession could not be shaken by one Eddison Davi. I’m afraid no one else but Tredan Davi could have swayed her.

Seeing that Eddison Davi was a non-critical boss, Domino didn’t want him to aggravate the matter either.

“You mean Octavia Gills met my brother Tredan Davi a long time ago?” No, that’s not right. When did Octavia Gills and his brother meet? Eddison Davi is puzzled and looks at Domino, who is desperately trying to eat.

Looking at Eddison Davi’s anxious face, Domino gestured to stop Eddison Davi, who could not resist asking questions.

“I don’t really know much more than that, that’s all I know, and if the managing director wants to ask why Octavia Gills didn’t go to work at Group Davi’s head office, but applied for a job at a subsidiary of Group Davi, I can also answer you that Octavia Gills wasn’t good at anything other than comics and worked very hard to apply for a financial secretary, so there’s the story of today.”

Domino took a napkin and wiped his mouth, poured a cup of tea to relieve his dry mouth, looked at the watch on her wrist and said to Eddison Davi, who was still deep in thought, “General Manager, it’s time to go back to work, we have to hurry back to the office!”

Grabbing her bag and ready to get up, Domino grabbed the GM’s hand, but a poker-faced Eddison Davi turned to Domino and said, “Domino, do you think I’m fit to be the one to look after Octavia Gills for the rest of her life?”

“Ah!” Domino hadn’t expected Eddison Davi to be so defiant and so frank… what was to be done about it? Hadn’t she just made it clear enough to him? Hadn’t this Eddison Davi heard that she was telling him to back off?

“General Manager, if we don’t leave, we’ll be really late. You’re the General Manager and you can be late, but my marketing department has a spot check today and the guys are waiting for me as the person in charge! We’ll talk later, okay?”

Looking into Domino’s sincere eyes, Eddison Davi did know that there was a random inspection in the marketing department and, thinking about it, felt that he had been too eager.

“Yeah… sorry, I forgot it was time for work! Well, I’ll treat you to a better meal some other time!”

“Yes!” Domino had finally avoided the tip of the knife… will there be a next time?

When she arrived at the office door, Domino fled for her life and got out of the car. Only when she got back to her office did she see the figure of Octavia Gills sitting there waiting for her.

“Domino, have you been sneaking off to have another fling with your Woodrow?” Seeing Domino’s sheepish face when he saw her earlier, Octavia Gills knew something was fishy with Domino. One that was actually about her.Text property © Nôvel(D)ra/ma.Org.

“No, what’s all this nonsense? Why are you here with me, don’t you have work to do?” Domino didn’t think it was the right time to talk about it, but she’d have a chance to talk to her about it later!

“You’re heartless, didn’t you ask me to tally up the data sheet for you this morning, and didn’t you say you need it when you go on bolt patrol this afternoon? Didn’t I just rush it down to you at lunchtime today and was going to give it to you, but you ran away! Didn’t I bring it to you in person? Tsk?? tsk?? it seems that my good intentions have just been taken for granted!”

“Oops, no, my bad, Octavia! I apologize! Don’t be sad!” Domino took the papers, read them over quickly, sorted them out and took them with her to go out, then she suddenly remembered something and ran back to Octavia Gills and kissed her on the cheek before leaving.

This Domino! Is she really going to be a bisexual person? Octavia Gills laughed and went back to work!

Last time, Lilian Drye’s personal account of why she said Octavia Gills is a gold-digging woman may not have been convincing enough, but with this account of how Octavia Gills deliberately seduced Tredan’s brother, Eddison Davi, and that with his power, Octavia was transformed from a minor clerk to the head of the finance department was really all that Lilian needed!