Best day ever!

[In the meeting room]

As soon as entering the room, nobody could miss noticing the magnificent presence in there.

Oliver was already seated at the far end of the oval-shaped table and was pouring over an iPad in his hand, sitting calmly with one leg on top of the other, radiating power, masculinity and charisma.

He was dressed in a jet black suit with a pure neatly pressed white shirt inside and a black tie smoothly hanging over the shirt completing his attire. He flicked his wrist to note the time on the expensive timepiece he was wearing. He looked like a Leonardo Da Vinci portrait of modern male beauty coming to life and playing with an iPad.

Below all this façade, if Ana didn't know any better, she could say that he appeared to be a predator just resting and waiting in silence to torment and kill his prey for his own happiness.

His green eyes were unwelcoming and sharp and his neatly combed black hair fell on his face on one side. His perfectly chiselled jaw only accentuated the rest of his facial features and he was too perfect to be a human. Ana wondered again how someone could be born this handsome and perfect in this world.

He had a smug look on his face and was looking at his iPad with utmost concentration. Ana noticed that he also had a proud smirk on his face. Was that a smile? No, she must be mistaken! She had a bad feeling about this whole thing.

Lucas was going through the place settings and giving a welcoming smile to everyone arriving inside the room. Ana took her seat and somehow today more than ever, she just couldn't take her eyes off of Oliver. Something was different about him and she couldn't quite point out what it was.

It almost seemed like he was in a good mood but Ana immediately rejected that thought because it was impossible. Once everyone was seated, she averted eye contact with Oliver because she didn't want to deal with his snarky remarks today.

Lucas started the meeting, "Good Morning everyone. Today we have a big announcement to make for everyone here! This is a very important announcement and I request everybody's attention here, please!", he said and Ana resisted the urge to sneak a peek at Oliver.

"Ollie, do you want to take over?", he asked politely. What was happening? Oliver rarely spoke in these meetings and he reserved his energy for sneering at people when they presented. It was unbelievable that he wanted to announce something to everyone.

He graciously placed his iPad on the table and turned to face the audience in his revolving chair. His eyes hovered over the audience for a second and landed on Ana. She instantly averted eye contact and looked elsewhere.

"Ana! Good to see you today…..!", Oliver said in a silky low voice and smirked a little.

Ana's world was spinning upside down! Did he just talk to her? Was that sarcastic? Did he already know what happened? She gulped for some air and forced herself to lift up her head and look at him. Ana was usually brave and strong but whenever she was in the presence of Oliver, she even forgot the basic English alphabets and often struggled to form sentences.

His looked at her with those piercing green eyes like there was nobody else in that room except her. He did this with everyone as a process of making them feel terrified of him.

She quivered inside and just uttered a very weak, "Yes". She never understood why he had such an effect on her every time. 

"Good….. Take care of yourself!", he said and turned away his attention to others.

That was it? How come? No taunts, no comments, no snarky remarks? What was happening today?

"Everyone…. I know how much you all loved me as your CEO..... But, unfortunately I'm resigning today and from tomorrow Lucas will be taking over! I hope you are very respectful and accepting of him, like you were with me. Today will be the last day you'll be seeing me here!", he announced in such a calm tone.

What?!! Ana didn't know what she was feeling exactly but she overserved that everyone in that room mirrored her emotion. Everyone was in confusion because Oliver was basically resigning from his own company which didn't make sense but nobody dared ask him further questions.

"I look forward to working with you guys!", Lucas happily said.

But everyone were still perplexed and they didn't utter a word. Finally, Jack said "Congratulations, Lucas!", and everyone started saying the same. Oliver quickly went back to whatever amusing thing he was watching on his iPad.

Ana was still sitting in shock when Kathy nudged her towards congratulating Lucas.

"Oh!", Ana realized that she hadn't spoken in a long time. She came out of her trance and congratulated Lucas with all her heart.

So, no Oliver anymore? Oh my god! How great was that! But why was he resigning? It didn't make any sense? But Ana decided all that wasn't important of the reason and she should just cherish the fact that she got a much better boss now than ever. She could keep working in her dream job forever!

"That's all for today, everyone. You can kindly go back to your seats… Thanks a lot", Lucas told sincerely and people started leaving the room.

Ana also came outside with one final glance at Oliver. He didn't pay much attention as to whatever was going on and was still keenly looking at his tablet. Ana couldn't hide her excitement much like everyone else and there was a celebration brewing in their office room.

"I thought this was going to be the worst day ever! But it just became the best! Ohhhh.....! I'm sooooo exhilarated Kathy…. Oh my god!!!!! Can you believe it ????? We all will be working under Lucas…..!", Ana beamed in happiness hopping like a little kid and Kathy couldn't hide her excitement either.

"Come… Let's go the restroom….", she said and dragged her friend to the ladies room so that they could share their joy in secret without alerting the entire company.

"Oh my god! Oh my god! Oh my god!", Kathy kept repeating and Ana said, "I know...…" and jumped up.

They did a fist bump and cheered each other up by hugging.

"This is the best...! I love it!", Kathy said cheerfully.

'Yeahhh…..", Ana said too.

"But... why would he leave his own company? It doesn't make sense to me….", Ana voiced out the query which was bugging her from a long time.

"Maybe his interests shifted and he wants to concentrate on business more…. Who the hell knows! Let's just celebrate and have fun! Okayyy…. We should definitely go drinking today with Lucas and everyone and then to Karoake!!", Kathy said and gestured praying to god.

"Yeaaaahhhhh! Of course... I'm so happy right now, I could cry!", Ana replied her friend and they again hugged each other.

"No more yelling and sarcasm! Finally, freedom…", Kathy said.

"Yeah… Come… Let's find Lucas…", Ana told and grabbed Kathy but she was standing there a bit.

"Wait! Wait! Let me straighten up my skirt a bit. It's a real mess today…", she said looking at the mirror and ironing out her already perfect dress.

"Oh! Kathy… You look good already… Just leave it…", Ana said looking at the mirror at herself. She caught herself smiling from ear to ear which was happening after a long time. She thanked all the gods for making this a reality for her. Oliver's reign is over, she was extremely happy not to listen to his snarky remarks and cold blooded attitude anymore.

They both finally reached back to the office room but observed a lot of grim faces, especially girls.

"Are they really sad that he's leaving? Give me a break….", Ana sighed in frustration.

Seriously? All those superficial people who only saw the outer beauty in people. Ana really hated them. But, to be honest, Oliver was a rare beauty in his own way. Ana never saw him make any mistakes and even the way his voice sounded was silky and pure. Instead of being sarcastic all the time, if he was a little sweet, smiled a bit and had been kind, then he'd just be godlike.

"Yes… I can't believe this... Although, even I'll miss his pretty face a little…", Kathy told jokingly.

Ana slapped on her friend's shoulder mockingly and said, "Cut it, Kathy…. Not you too…. He's such a rich snob…. I'll not like him even in a million lives…."

Ana observed that Lucas was outside with Jack speaking something seriously. Now she understood the reason why they'd have looked very cagey might be because of Lucas's taking over the office and other handover stuffs. Ana decided to ignore the pouty girls and talk to Lucas in detail later during lunch.

After all, she would be working under him in the coming days and they'd have plenty of time to talk anyways.