The next morning was the most tense that both Lila and Levi had ever been. They were to find out who was going to take over the company, and everyone who was remotely involved with the Beaumont group had to come to the meeting that morning. Lila dressed up so much to cover the nervousness she felt. She was trying to act as if it was not getting to her, but none of that was working. She wanted to be a strong wall for Levi to lean on throughout the day."Trust me, this is going to end with your success," she said as they pulled up in front of the company. She held his hand and rubbed it gently."I hope so," Levi replied as the door opened and they both got out. Hand in hand, making sure to still put on a show for the reporters outside, they walked into the office and straight to the boardroom. Lila was disappointed to see her parents show up on a day like this, but she did not try to let it get to her."Lila," Eleanor said as she stood in front of them."Mom," Lila wanted to beg her mom
"So it is my fault?" Lila asked. She could not believe that even when things were getting this bad, her mother still could not see how much she was hurting everyone around her. "Am I the one who is treating her child like a bargaining chip? Am I the one who promised an already married woman to another man just to get business deals?""Oh, please, you call what you have with Levi a marriage? That was a business deal, a contract, and now that it is no longer beneficial to us, we might as well discard it." Lila wanted to beg her mother to show even a tiny bit of remorse."A deal? And yet you are making another one with my life?""This won't be the same at all. Trust me." Eleanor's voice was soft, as if she were trying to plead with Lila. "Jared is different; he does not see this as a business deal. He is in love with you, and he promises to take care of you if you can just go to him. You would be top, and you would never have to worry about money ever again.""Of course, this is only abo
Immediately, Levi heard the declaration by the moderator, and he became angry. He could not believe how low the Carrington family would stoop just to destroy him. It would have been better if they had given the shares to his uncle, but to bring an outsider to take over what his father had spent years building was just heartless. He could also not believe his uncle; he wondered how much Jared and the Carringtons had offered to make him agree to their terms without thinking.Levi became possessive instantly. If Jared ended up finding a way to take over the company, he could not lose Lila to him as well. With a long, hard stare at the man, he put his hand on Lila's back and led her gently so she could sit beside him at the table. She followed as she continued to wonder what her parents were trying to play at here. Even though she knew it was all her mother, she could not help but think of her dad as a spineless fool.She could believe that once in her life all she had thought of was tryi
Levi left the table as soon as he felt guilty. Why did he care what Lila did when she was divorced from him or what Beth said? It was not as if he was in love with her anyway. He could not shake off the feeling from his mind, but all of that disappeared as soon as he got a call from the office. He knew it must be important, seeing that they were calling before the start of the day.Lila had cleared out the table with Beth and then decided she was going to play with the kids; she was still running after them when she overheard Lebi's call. She told the kids to run off on their own to play while she stayed back to listen. It sounded serious and urgent and she wanted to know if there would be any way she could be of help to him."Speak to me," Levi said as soon as the call was connected."Mr. Mike Beaumont has scheduled an impromptu shareholders meeting to discuss the appointment of the new chairman.""How can he? Has he gotten more shares?" Levi asked. He did not expect this to go down
Lila could not help but realise that for the first time, Levi actually turned her down. Even though all of the other times, he had never shown any real interest in going back to her. It was nice to finally hear him say it, and it made her feel happy. She just realised how stupid she must have been looking when she encouraged him to get back with her when his heart was not even in it. She wanted to get into her room and do a little dance of joy.As soon as Fiona was gone, Levi suggested that they leave the park, and Lila agreed at once. They bought some snacks for the kids before they went back to the house. Once they were in, the kids ran into the hallway to continue playing."Children never run out of energy," Lila said as she plopped onto the couch. She wanted to talk to him and needed that as small talk—at least that was what she convinced herself."I guess so," he said with a laugh as he sat beside her."About Fiona," Lial started as she decided to hit the nail on the head and not
Lila was not shocked to see that Beth was at the house when they got there. She knew that she was the one who sent Levi there, and sincerely, she was glad that she had decided to keep her sister in the loop with her plans. She would have been devastated to leave Levi but would have convinced herself that she was doing it to help him out and in the end she would have been miserable.Levi allowed both sisters to catch up on what happened and Beth was shocked that someone had really finally stood up to the great Eleanor Carrington. Even though Beth was afraid of what was going to come next, she did not mention it because she was not ready to give her sister a heart attack in that moment. She was still asking in the euphoria of love so she decided that it was best to let her enjoy it, at least for now."We can take the kids to the park and you can stay here with your feet up all day," Levi said. He had noticed how tired Beth looked and he wanted to thank her for alerting him earlier today