Sleeping With The CEO
Chapter 156: Silver Lining

Chapter 156: Silver Lining

Emily was back at Haven Group, and for the most part she was happy about that. Working at the diner, though it had been a welcome break. Had felt as though she was wasting her talents, her brain slowly turning stagnant due to the lack of stimulation. But now she was back at Haven Group and she was firing on all cylinders. Her brain working over time as she fought to keep afloat by using her abilities while at the same time, dealing with the problems that kept coming up.

The first major problem had not been of their own making, they had simply been in the best position to benefit from it. And Emily was quite pleased with how they had handled the fall of Olaf Group. Derek had made sure that while Haven Group benefited, they were not out there with all the other companies who were openly mocking Olaf Group.

If you broke bread with somebody and celebrated with them when times were good, it was not a good look to turn on them the moment that they were down. Haven Group had never been particularly close to Olaf Group. So they had minded their own business when it came to the smear campaign.

Unfortunately, the same could not be said for the companies that used to be clamouring for the attention of Olaf Group’s CEO. The whole disaster had revealed a lot of shady stuff about Olaf. But it had also helped to show some of the real snakes in the game, and Emily had been sure to note all of them down. If they had had the audacity to kick Olaf Group. After they had been benefiting from them despite knowing the despicable things that went on behind closed doors. Then they were definitely not to be trusted under any circumstances.

That whole mess was part and parcel with being in the corporate world. Emily had gladly dealt with it. But what had really bothered her was the mess that had come from within the borders of Haven Group. A mess created by none other than Derek’s uncle.

If there was ever a person who made Emily believe that no matter the situation, violence was always the answer, it was Sebastian Haven. Throughout the emergency meeting that Derek had called to fix his mess, so that Haven Group did not suffer losses because of him. The man had not shown an ounce of remorse, as though the whole thing was at trial for him, like he was being judged for something that he had not done.

Given his general disagreeable personality, Emily should have known that he would not just take the out that she had offered him without trying to mess it up somehow. But she had been optimistic and Sebastian Haven had proven her wrong.

Emily had suggested coming out with the pictures, but making sure that all of the photos posted were nothing that could be termed as derogatory towards the woman in question. And when Derek had said that PR should be involved, both of them had believed the issue to be solved. But Sebastian, being Sebastian, had found a way to go behind both of their backs and change up a few things. Apparently, the head of PR had left Sebastian alone in the room, with some of her underlings for a whole ten seconds. And in those ten seconds, the man had somehow managed to undo all of the damage control that PR was trying to do.

He had threatened the junior members of public relations, not only getting them to change the statement that had been written out, the one that had been decided upon because it made the whole thing seem softer. Instead he had replaced it with his own words, words that had involved phrases such as whore, slut, gold-digger and manipulative witch and he had not stopped there. He had also changed all the pictures, replacing them with ones where his hands were touching the girl in inappropriate places and there was even one where she was seated on his lap, her dress pulled down around her waist with nothing covering her breasts.

There was no getting around that and trying to make it look pretty. In fact, in doing what he had done, Sebastian had made things even harder for them, with the type of pictures that he had posted. It became easier and easier to believe the woman’s story that she had threatened him with. The one where she said she had been given some sort of date rape drug. After all, nobody in their right mind would just take off their top in the middle of a crowded club. And it also did not help that in the picture she was clearly either drunk or high on something.

Instead of having a wonderful Thursday afternoon where they could just enjoy a normal workday, Derek and Emily were once again at loggerheads with Sebastian, trying to solve yet another problem that he had created while the man glared daggers at them.

"No way, I will not be doing that. Sebastian Haven does not apologize to anyone," The man said. And Emily suppressed her sigh. If she could have, she would have jumped across the table and just started choking the man.

They were now at plan B, which was for him to call a press conference, and go out there and apologize for his lewd behavior. Apologizing not only to the masses, but to the woman specifically. But Sebastian was not having it.

"I have nothing to apologize for. She was as into it as I was. I have even more vivid pictures to prove it,"

Emily pinched the bridge of her nose. Was the man stupid? That was exactly what had escalated the situation in the first place, and now he wanted to put more pictures out there. Not only was Emily at the end of her rope, it seemed that Derek was too. "Uncle, if you do not do this, you will be on your own. All of the lawyers will be paid for out of your own pocket. Haven Group will not assist you in any way shape or form," The man paused at that, and Emily did not hide her smile at his shocked look.

He might have been living a lavish lifestyle, but it was no secret, that Sebastian’s bank accounts were nearly empty. The man was living mostly off the family fortune. He had blown through his own in less than ten years, so he would not be able to handle financial fees, especially since the type of lawyer that would be able to get him out of this situation often came at a hefty price.

"Fine, I will do it, but only because you are forcing me," The man said and then he stalked out of the office like an angry peacock. Emily watched him go, torn between bursting into hysterical laughter and just screaming in outrage. The nerve of that man.

Turning back to Derek, she found him staring at the door, his shoulders slumped. He looked so down trodden that Emily found herself looking for something to cheer him up.

"We have nothing on our schedule tonight," She found herself saying. His head snapped up, his eyes turned to her, pinning her in place. "What?" He asked, and Emily repeated her previous statement. Then she waited for it to sink in. For what she was really saying to occur to him, and when it did, his eyes lit up. "Really?" He asked, and she nodded.

"I will not say it is a done deal, I do not want to jinx it, but most likely, tonight is the night," And it was a Thursday too, which meant they got to try it out. And if it worked, they would see what to do on Friday.