Part Three.

"Sir, what about your son? Why can't he be the successor of this company?" Beatrice asked as she followed Mr. Fin into his office while she tried to keep the tune of her voice in check, she didn't want her old boss to notice how fucking annoyed she was at the event of today.

'Fuck! Why didn't I see this coming?' She thought to herself as Mr. Fin arranged his table before settling in his swiveled seat.

The old bald man let out a sigh as he clasped his hands together before fixing his dark eyes on Beatrice.

Beatrice stared at her old boss contemplating what he was about to say as she walked to the side of the table.

"He turned down my appeal to be the next successor of this company," Mr. Fin spoke softly with a tinge of sadness lacing up his wrinkled face.

"What?!" Beatrice burst more loudly than expected as Mr. Fin stared at her in dismay.

"I mean why? Wh-Why does he have to turn down something so valuable?" Beatrice asked cautioning herself while she felt so angry towards Mr. Fin's son without knowing the reason yet as Mr. Fin sighed and stood up from his seat. He walked over to where the black shelf was placed in his office and picked up a bottle of wine and a glass cup and walked back to his table.

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Beatrice got into her office and kicked her table annoyingly.

She just returned from her old boss's office after having a brief talk with him and Mr. Fin letting her know why his son couldn't take up the position as the New CEO of the company.

"Ouch!" She cried out removing her left foot from her heels as she raised her leg and massaged her hurt toes with her hands.

'Only if Mr. Fin's son wasn't his only son and wasn't a doctor, all this wouldn't be happening,' She thought.

She hopped on one leg to her seat and sat down while massaging her left toes which were beet red resulting in her kicking her feet at the table.

"Fuck!" She groaned with a loud hiss.

"Why the hell does he have to come here?" She cried swiveling her seat around turning her back to the table as she felt so disturbed and uneasy.

"Why? Why Ben? Why do you have to show up in my life again?" She asked herself continuously as she kicked her feet in the air aimlessly.

She stared at the transparent view the glass wall showed her of the outside world as she thought about how she was going to put up with Ben, especially when she'll be working by his side.

She needed to know a few things about his current life, funnily, she hadn't bothered knowing about the lifestyle he lived or where he worked, or how wealthy he was.

She turned round to her table and switched on her Apple MacBook as she typed on her keyboard immediately after clicking on 'Mozilla Firefox' 

"Hmmm! Let's see what he got," She muttered lowly to herself as her gaze got fixed on the screen while she tapped her finger steadily on her chin.

A little gasp escaped her lips when his page came up.

"Wow!" She didn't know when that surprising word left her lips as she scrolled down the page eagerly.

He had so many companies and firms and the biggest of all was this ClAK limited that deals with oil and gas. Mining and fracking.

Also, he had another company that was into gaming.

"Hmm!!" Beatrice nodded still scrolling down her ex's page till her eyes bulged out weirdly.

"$600billion Networth!" She exclaimed before she clasped her hands over her mouth as she gazed around forgetting she was in her office.

Why did she scream that loud?

She wasn't expecting his net worth to reach that amount, no wonder he could buy up the entire company with pride.

'Does he have a girlfriend?' She asked herself as she quickly typed in the search box.

'But judging with the way he kissed her in the elevator, she guesses he doesn't have one,' She thought as her fingers unknowingly touch her lips.

She could bet she felt some sparks in her when he forcefully kissed her and in between her thigh going all tingling.

'Beatrice! Come on!!' Her mind groaned as she snapped out of her fuzzy state.

"Why am I even bothered?" She tsked after pressing the 'Enter' button.

The page came up quickly and Beatrice found herself leaning closer on her table as she stared curiously at her MacBook, her eyes peering over the screen, a part of her praying he had a girlfriend and another part hoping he wouldn't.

'Ben Clarke, CEO of CLAK limited known to be one of the hottest and youngest Bachelors in New York.'  She read on the screen and became confused why she felt a relief rush through her.

"Yuck! Why am I reading about that jerk? I have nothing to do with him again, everything is in the past," She told herself calmly while breathing out as she closed her MacBook and stood up from her seat as she walked over to the glass showing the outer view.

She hadn't gone that long when the company's telephone rang as she hurriedly walked back to her table and picked up the call.

"Hello!"

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"Home sweet home at last!" Beatrice said as she used her left leg to kick the door closed while it made a beep sound that it was locked.

She kicked off the heels from her feet she was wearing on the floor and didn't care how littered it was on the floor, she would come to pick them up later while she stepped into the fluffy slippers laid on the welcome rug.

Her little dog barked as it happily came to greet her as Beatrice hurriedly walked into the kitchen to drop off the little grocery she bought that will sustain her for a week before she goes on a large grocery shopping that will last her for an entire month or more than.

"Hey, Cody!" She greeted her little dog with a smile as it wagged its tail while sticking its tongue at her.

Beatrice picked it up from the floor with a chuckle as she ran her fingers through its fur.

"Hope you've been a good boy and kept the house well?" She cooed at her little dog answered her with a slight bark and nuzzled closer in her arms.

She carried it into her room as she laid it gently on her bed but it made an annoying groan not wanting her to go.

"Mama had an annoying time at work and you wouldn't believe if I say my ex would be my boss in a twinkle of an eye," She told her little dog as she patted its back lightly while it relaxed on her bed with a slight sound leaving its mouth as he gave her puppy eyes, responding it felt her pains.

"Crazy right? But right now, I need a fucking hot bath," she said throwing her jacket on her queen-sized bed as she turned and made her way to the bathroom leaving her dog on the bed as it stared at her flitting figure while it barked.

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