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THE CEO'S MISTAKE CHAPTER 41
Harold's POV.Fucking bastard!I should have noticed. I should have suspected that something was terribly wrong when she started to tremble and stutter at the sight of him.She had been completely fine when he wasn't around. Even with the strain between us, she was still vocal, a lot more vocal than when the bastard arrived.I didn't even know what to make of him after he introduced himself as her boyfriend. I had been too busy trying to deal with the shock rather than suspecting the shocked look on her face.I was busy checking him out and trying to measure him up to me. Yes, I was that petty. He looked like an ‘okay' guy to me. He looked good looking and his cockiness was something that would charm a lot of ladies. Besides, he very much looked like a charmer.I was busy doing all of that when he whisked her away, I didn't realize that I just let her leave with the devil himself. Not until I played the scene in my head and realized that something was long.I waited for two minutes,
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Riella's POV.I sniffed the air...the relaxing air of New York City as I climbed down from the plane. It felt good, extremely good to be back in the town. It felt like I had been gone for ages.Even though I knew that it was just a few days. Miami, the place held bad memories for me. It held events I wanted to dig a space in my mind and bury it into. It was not something I want to be remembering.“New York, ” I whined as I held on to the handle of my box, feeling tears brim in my eyes. It felt extremely good to be back. In as much as the city was crowded and all of that, it was still my beloved city.The past few days, especially after that day, I had gone from being fierce to emotional every passing minute. It was like the presence of Desmond that day had pressed a button, one that revealed my emotional side.I got stressed easily and had tears running down my face at the thought of it. Although I had wanted to talk about it, I didn't want to burden Carolyn with the news over the pho
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Riella's POV.At the sound of the door, her expression faltered and she glanced my way. With widened eyes, I watched her point the gun defiantly at someone whose face I couldn't see.There was a spark in her eyes, blazing fire, and brimstones. She was fierce, defiant, and looked every inch of what she used to be...what we were.“Lyn, ” My eyes were almost bulging out of their sockets as they beheld hers. My hands shook slightly as I took a step closer into the room, the same time the man turned toward me and realization dawned on me once I got locked with his Sapphire blue orbs.Carolyn had always told me about how much she adored Tyler's blue orbs.But...why was he kneeling in front of her?“Lyn, what are you doing?” I whispered furiously as I took long strides toward her. I was suddenly alarmed as I watched her. This was a billionaire. A man worth billions of dollars.A man with high esteem and caliber. A man of the people. And he was here, kneeling in front of her with a gun pointe
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Riella's POV.The table was silent. Extremely silent.It wasn't the kind of silence that came naturally with peace. It was the kind that was filled with extreme tension and awkwardness.I hated to be in situations like this.Sparing Carolyn a glance, I put the straw in my mouth and sipped on my pineapple juice. It was becoming increasingly hard not to say something. Anything at all.“You said you didn't want me handling it, ” I started as I sucked on my straw. She didn't say anything. She just looked up from her phone while looking around the cafe that we were settled in.To unwind from the stress of the past few days, I opted to take us both out. I was resuming work soon but I wanted to make the most of my free time.“I said I could handle it on my own, ” She grabbed her coconut milk and sipped it. She had insisted on having that while I went for this.For a moment, I didn't say anything. I just patted my hair and looked away from her.“You promised me that you weren't going to do a
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Harold's POV.I cracked my knuckles, a tired yawn escaping my lips. I adjusted myself properly on the chair and typed on, trying to finish my work. We were behind schedule but thankfully, after three nights of staying awake, I had covered up my work.I grabbed my glass, took a sip of it, and placed it back on the desk. I pushed back my laptop and started to sort out my files, the ones scattered on the desk when the door to my study pushed open and Damien strolled in.He stopped when he saw what I was doing, brows perked up in amusement.“Isn't your assistant supposed to be here?” He asked as he took the second couch opposite where I was seated.“I gave her the week off,” I replied. He stopped to stare at me before a deep chuckle resounded from him.“Since when?” He asked and I shot him a glare.“She deserves it. She has been working hard.” I told him as I concluded what I was doing before shutting my laptop.He nodded and turned toward me, shoving his phone which he had been previousl
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Riella's POV.I tossed the skimpy outfit into the box I had laid out. Then, I moved toward my closet again and let my eyes skim over the items like I had been doing.Today was pretty much the day I was expected to arrive at Harold's house for Matilda's bachelorette party. It was pretty amusing to me that she had chosen to handle the girl's party and stole it from the party planners.She had told me and Carolyn that nothing and I meant, absolutely nothing was going the way she wanted it to go so she just didn't have a choice but to snag this for herself to handle alone. Even if her moth—aunt had disagreed strongly.I sighed and whisked my head away from the closet after selecting a few clothes. I dropped the clothes into the box after folding it, and added a few more things that I was pretty much sure I would need. It wasn't until I was a hundred percent game that I zipped up the box and strode out of my closet.“You done?” Carolyn eyed me, her gaze flickering from her phone which she
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Riella's POV.I tried to comport myself as I stared at him, watching the different emotions flickering through his face. First, it was utter shock, then amusement and now the latter, I wasn't sure since he withdrew into a blank stare. You had thought he was deprived of his favorite possession.“And what are you doing here?” He didn't snap, didn't grumble. He just went flat and dry like he was bored but his expression was cold, his look was stressed and I wondered why.“Matilda's bachelorette,” I stated simply as I filded with my fingers. “I didn't know you were around, ” I felt the need to add to the scrutinizing gaze he sent me.“Ah ah, I see.” He mused, thoroughly amused. His chuckle wasn't amusing though even if it sent my insides fluttering. They were mocking and his stare was condescending.“I-Is there a problem?” I nearly stuttered, trying to keep my composure as I met his eyes.“Oh, of course, there is plenty. My fucking PA after I've given her the week off last week thought it
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Harold's POV.I was pretty mad.Just kidding, I was furious.I only ever got like this in my life for certain reasons. One included Brittany and trying to get me to do things she knew or maybe didn't know that I would never do for her.Like asking my parents or convincing them that she sorta needed an engagement party of her own once Matilda and Damien's wedding was over.Like, what the fuck for?I couldn't help asking while trying to keep myself from lashing out at her. She said our engagement had not been official since it happened when we were young and she needed a stupid party to take herself feel special.I knew what she was doing. she was trying to play herself into my home and I got the gist. I just didn't think that she was desperate. I mean, she had waited for this long. Couldn't she wait a few years longer?I doubted that. Moreover, I doubted that my parents would want us to wait that long too. Most especially my mum and not with everything that had gone wrong between us.
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