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CHAPTER 21: BAD MEMORIES BUT STILL GOOD TO BE HOME.
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TAMING MR. WHITMORE: THE CEO FROM HELL. CHAPTER 21: BAD MEMORIES BUT STILL GOOD TO BE HOME.
HUDSON'S POV:Being back here was suffocating. I would have taken almost any other plan for tonight over standing in the same room as Gray. But I was doing this for mom.I stood at the entrance to what had once felt like home, staring at the front door without actually seeing it.my shoulders tightened. My eyes went straight to the staircaseI still remembered running down those as a kid, Gray chasing me during hide and seek, both of us laughing so hard we could barely breathe.I remembered him handing me armfuls of Christmas presents to carry inside, more than any one kid needed, just so I'd feel like I was helping. That version of him was gone.He decided ordinary wasn't good enough for either of his sons. He became a controlling, psychopathic perfectionist. We had to be perfect in everything. Grades. Internships. Everything!When Adrian or I actually managed to hit whatever mark he'd set, he'd hand over anything we wanted, a car, a trip, whatever. One mistake, though, and all of i
TAMING MR. WHITMORE: THE CEO FROM HELL. CHAPTER 20: COINCIDENCE?
HUDSON'S POV:“Me? In what sense?”“SOREN is just as emotionless and stuck as you are.” Owen took a sip of his coffee. “Right now the team is teaching it to spot signals. Tears, yelling, smiling. They’re not teaching it what any of that means. We don’t need more PhDs who forgot how to be human. We need people who get it when someone says ‘I’m fine’ and they’re clearly not.”I dropped the report on the table.“And where the hell am I supposed to find people like that when the ones we have couldn’t figure out that basic shit?”“That’s why I’m here.” He set the cup down. “I went to fifteen colleges. Pulled the top kids who’ve worked on stuff close to SOREN. Behavioral modeling, emotional cognition, HCI. Every one of them came with recommendations from professors who vouched for their work.”He pulled another paper from the folder and slid it to me. “I told HR to screen them on qualifications and recommendations, not appearances.”I scanned the numbers.“That’s a lot of cash for kids who
TAMING MR. WHITMORE: THE CEO FROM HELL. CHAPTER 19: WHAT'S WRONG WITH SOREN.
HUDSON'S POV:"You had three weeks to prepare a report on SOREN's emotional-recognition failures, And you gave me six pages of recycled bullshit."I picked up the report and flipped to the last page. The same success rate appeared in three different sections, each with a different date."Did anyone actually read this before it landed on my desk?"I flung the stack of papers across the table. It hit Efron, our lead psychiatrist advising on emotional modeling square in the chest before sliding off onto the floor, pages scattering everywhere."Sir, if you'll just let me explain—""There's nothing to explain." I slammed my palm flat against the desk making the water glasses at the far end rattled.Wearing a blue shirt, he crouched to gather the pages, his fingers slipping on the glossy paper.Shawn Vikram, our lead engineer, opened his laptop but didn't look at me, pushing his glasses back up his nose with shaky hands.“Mr. Whitmore, the emotional-response data is incomplete,” he said. “W
TAMING MR. WHITMORE: THE CEO FROM HELL. CHAPTER 18: KEEPS GETTING WORSE.
HARPER'S POV:"Answer me, Elena. You wicked woman," I finally found my voice and yelled in her face."That's not your concern.""But marrying a stranger is?""Yes. Your father would have wanted this house saved, and—""Don't you dare bring my father into this.""Fine. Stay angry. One day you'll thank me for keeping you and your sister off the street instead of working five jobs just to scrape together two meals a day. I'm handing you a life other women would kill for. Derek is single, and he's set to inherit Zaron Energy. Look up what that company is worth before you throw a tantrum about marrying the heir. And the best part, he's completely in love with you already. I barely finished telling him about you before he agreed."She turned toward the door. "If you won't do this for yourself, do it for Nicole." Then she walked out.Tears streamed down my eyes as I stumbled back, losing my balance. What did dad ever see in a woman like this?"Harper?" Nicole's voice came from the doorway a
TAMING MR. WHITMORE: THE CEO FROM HELL. CHAPTER 17: LOSE HOME OR MARRY HIM.
HARPER'S POVHusband. Husband for who?"Are you saying you're getting remarried, Elena?" I asked, completely lost.She laughed, swatting my arm like I'd made a joke. "Silly girl. Your father will always be my one love. This is your fiance. Your future husband," she said again, slower this time. Making sure I understood every word.This woman had finally lost her mind. Out of everything she'd pulled over the years, this topped the list without competition.Even Nicole had gone quiet, her eyes bouncing between us."Nicole, why don't you go watch some Tiktok or YouTube videos in your room," I said, not looking away from Elena. "Whatever you want."She glanced between the two of us one more time, then nodded and disappeared down the hall, her door clicking shut behind her."Elena. If I wanted a husband, I would find one myself. What gives you the right to make that decision for me?""Bills give me the right." Her voice stayed even, which annoyed me more. She was triggering me while stayin
TAMING MR. WHITMORE: THE CEO FROM HELL. CHAPTER 16: HOME TO A SHOCK.
HARPER'S POV:The plane had been in the air for almost four hours, and I still hadn't gotten used to the empty space beside me. Not that Hudson had ever actually sat there. He hadn't. But somewhere between takeoff and the drink cart's second pass, my brain had started putting him in every seat I looked at anyway.I caught myself reaching for my phone again before I realized what I was doing, thumb hovering over the lock screen like a message might be sitting there waiting. It never was. It couldn't be. He didn't have my number. He didn't even have my real name. I'd made sure of that on purpose, back when it felt like the smart thing to do, back when protecting myself seemed more important than anything else.Now, somewhere over three states, it just felt like a waste.I hated that thought the second it landed. It would've cost me nothing to give him a number. Even if it never turned into anything real, even if it just fizzled out the way these things usually did — it wouldn't have hur
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