CEO's Secret Husband
|3|. Snakes In The Forest

He could feel both of his palms breaking out in cold sweat and his heartbeat beating so fast at the thought of what he had done earlier in the company meeting room.

Tok.dok..

Maribel found her car window glass on tap from the outside. He pressed the button and the glass slowly came down, "What's up?"

Looked out there Callie bowed in front, "You're leaving now Mom?" Asked politely, "I want to report related to schedule—"

"Cancel all schedules I have today. I want to go to something place" Cut Maribel.

Callie poked her lower lip inside, "That's actually I was just about to say that you don't have any schedule for today Mom"

"Yes?"

'How is it possible?'

Maribel actually thought his schedule would be very solid considering the many things he had to take care of.

Callie smiled bitterly, "It seems like the beginning of your journey will be heavy"

He didn't get any reports regarding the agenda of the meeting and it seemed to be on purpose. Callie guessed that because the people at the company still did not recognize Maribel as the new chairman of the company.

Maribel smiled bitterly, of course she realized that.

"Because you're my private secretary, you must know what to do, right?"

Callie smiled clichely and blinked her eyes, "Of course ma'am. I will follow your rhythm, try to understand your performance and adapt your leadership style to the best of my ability. So you don't have to be sorry for recruiting me"

Maribel smiled in satisfaction, "Good go. Then I go" Maribel put on her seat belt and looked out, "Don't forget to report your performance today to me"

"Ready Ma'am"

"Just destroy the people who are trying to pressure you, you can use my name if you need to"

"I understand"

That way Maribel starts the car engine, plugs the gas and rushes away from the company area.

It was still morning and even the sun was not yet in its upright position. But Maribel was already feeling so tired, as if his energy was being sucked out by the elders he faced in the meeting room.

"Hey, honestly they're pretty creepy"

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Maribel parked her car in front of her family villa.

The location of the villa is in the village. Only its position is a bit far from the houses of the residents because of its location and quite close to the forest.

The villa was bought by his father as a gift for his mother's birthday. Since then, they often come to visit the place on weekends to picnic on the edge of the lake in the forest. He remembered his father saying as long as it did not cross the border fenced by the forest police, they would not have to worry about meeting a savage beast. Simply put, as long as it does not enter into the interior of the forest, it will be safe.

Maribel deliberately came to that place to calm her mind.

He walked from his villa to the forest while remembering the path he had to take to reach the lake which used to be a frequent point for his small family to have a picnic.

Trees are high above it. They swayed in the wind and gurgled the clashing leaves like a melody that accompanied each step. Maribel took a deep breath, taking in the positive energy of the reconciling nature and slackening it slowly.

He continued walking until his pair of eyes smiled happily when he found the lake in question was right in front of his eyes.

But suddenly a snake fell on his body. Maribel's reflex screamed in fear and leaped over the snake from above her shoulders.

The snake fell to the ground and pecked its calf. Maribel instantly stiffened in her standing position. Shortly after, he fell and fell on the ground.

"Akh. aching" Maribel held her heavy left leg as numb.

"Basic fool!"

The words of a man who came out of nowhere, just knocking on his sense of hearing. Maribel looked up at the origin of the voice with a shocked expression mixed with pain on her face, looking at the figure. It was a man with a height of 180 cm. Wear appropriate clothing in the winter. Knee-length black coat and inner high-collared shirt dress.

Though such clothing fashions are not very suitable in hot weather like this.

Her hair that is yellow corn is very foreign in the city of J, which is mostly black and brown. His skin is so white that it makes clear the green veins around his face are quite handsome.

Maribel shook her head while biting her lower lip. He held onto his left leg which was already partially numb.

"Depay your outerwear"

"What-does what?"

"Hurry now!" His voice sounded impatient.

Maribel took off her pink suit, letting her delicate white sleeves unfold due to her short underwear sleeves.

"It"

The man took the suit from his hand and deftly tied his left leg with it, right at the top of his calf which was hit by a snake bite.

The srek!

"Aw" Maribel complained of pain, feeling that the bond that bound her legs was quite strong.

He heard the man's indifferent voice speak, "This was done to prevent the snake venom that bit you earlier from spreading"

Maribel simply blinked her eyes, nervously looking at the look of the handsome man's face.

"I'll take out the poison, hang on! It's gonna hurt a little bit"

"En" Maribel nodded, preparing herself.

Is he going to spit out that poisonous blood by sucking it?

At that time Maribel watched the man bend his knees on the ground, bending his body until his face was right in front of his calf which had two bloody holes and it was blue.

Maribel was stunned as she watched the sharp fangs sticking out of the man's mouth. From its sharpness form and size, it was not at all similar to a normal human fang.

When he blinked his eyes trying to make sure, he found that the man had stuck his sharp fangs right in the snake bite marks earlier and he could not bear to not scream.

"Aakh sick.."

"Your sick.tt.."

"Akhich"

Maribel felt like a blunt object that was sharp enough to have just torn apart the flesh on her body. Then he felt something soft and hot come sucking on his calf, just then he hissed in pain.

The man seemed to bulge his cheek into something and vomit it into the ground. Maribel saw it was a mouthful of her slightly blackened blood.

The man sucked in his wound, bulging his cheek and spewing the contents in his mouth into the ground. The man continued to repeat this and in that period Maribel clamped his eyebrows while continuing to slice pain.

"It seemed like there was no more poison" The man wiped away the remaining blood at the corner of his lips. His usual movements were but became quite extraordinary in Maribel's eyes.

"But to be sure, you have to go to the hospital"

The man got up and cleaned up the remnants of the soil and the dried leaves that littered his clothes.

Maribel looked at the man unblinkingly. His sweet-tipped heart, made him sober. He had fallen in love at first sight towards his helper.

"I'm going"

Maribel won't allow it. As soon as he grabbed the tip of the man's coat, holding him back.

The pale-white handsome man turned around and looked at him deeply, "What else?"

"Can you please take me to the hospital?"

The man looked to be knitting his brows.

"I beg you, please...?"

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