Lahat ng Kabanata ng Fated to the Ruthless CEO: Kabanata 31 - Kabanata 40

Amber went to the restroom and immediately went inside the cubicle. The moment she finished and got out, she saw Devlin’s mother. She was staring blankly at her from the mirror. She forced herself to smile at her. She knows that his mom dislikes her for her son. “Ms. Adams, I know this is not the right place to talk about things that should have been addressed in private. However, I am asking you to please leave my son alone. I am sure you know what’s going on within the family.” Amber was left speechless for a while. How can she leave Devlin? She could have done that a long time ago when she asked him to let her go and not proceed with the wedding. Right now, she does not have the heart to leave Devlin especially because she is bound to him not only by papers. She is bound to him with all of her heart and being. How can she leave him now that he means a lot to her? “Mrs. Wesley, I hope we could talk together with Devlin. I am not the only one in this relationship.” She said politel

Fate seemed to have other plans for them that night. Something unexpected happened while they both reached the pinnacle of their desires.Amber stiffened when Devlin just blurted out with his slurred voice… “I love you… Raven.” It kept replaying in her head over and over again. It shattered her into pieces. It shattered the fragile bond that they were both trying to form. Or were they trying to do that? On her part, she was doing that to make their marriage work. But what of Devlin? He just said the one single word that deeply left a mark in her heart. Devlin’s momentary lapse of control made him regretful. In his intoxicated haze, his lips betrayed him. He realized his huge mistake and immediately wrapped her arms around Amber’s trembling body. He cupped her face to look at her. He wanted to explain. He never meant to say Raven’s name. He saw the hurt look on her face but she was not crying at all. Her mind must be somewhere else, digesting what he just said. And he just wanted to

Meanwhile, Devlin was so busy in his company. He just finished a very important meeting with his shareholders. He was even surprised to see that Fiona Ross was in the meeting. She has never attended any meeting for the shareholders simply because she is not a shareholder in his company. He found out later on that one of his shareholders is a distant relative to the Ross’ family. She came to represent the shareholder who was on a business trip. What he didn’t know was that Fiona convinced that distant relative to come on behalf of him. She wanted to have an excuse to see Devlin again. Although, she can readily come to his office. However, she wanted to appear like she was not chasing him.After the meeting, she went to see Devlin in his office. She really wanted to have him in any way possible.“Hey Mr. Wesley, how are you doing? You left me last time.” She said, while pouting. She is wearing a black tight pencil skirt and a white sleeveless shirt that shows a deep cleavage. She added

“I am so sorry, marmee.” She has been crying endlessly since she told her grandmother as to what happened between her and Devlin. She told her everything except that night when Devlin mentioned someone else's name during their last fiery moment. It is something that she does not have the courage to tell her grandmother. She would definitely break down in front of her. “I am sorry, my child. I hope you told me everything sooner so you could spare yourself from the heartaches. I know that you love him so much.” She paused, pain and disappointment could be seen on her marmee’s face before she took a deep breath. “I wish it could have happened in a different way. I met Devlin and he seemed to be a nice, young man. I think I was wrong about him then. I saw him as a genuinely caring grandson to his grandmother. He was also nice to everyone here including the workers. And when you told everything that happened, I could not help but regret that I entrusted you to him.” Amber cried harder.

Why would she think of Devlin now? He is from her past that she thought she already forgot. Last time she heard about him, he was on the television with Fiona Ross. They were together during a ribbon cutting of one of the Ross group of companies. He has moved on from her as much as she has also moved on from him. They both have separate lives now. He has expanded his company through the years. While she is also successful with her own company. There is nothing to worry that they would cross paths again. That’s what she thought. Amber was driving back to her condo unit when she decided at the last minute to go dine out in a restaurant. Her plan was to order food from her place. However, she wanted to distract her mind from any unnecessary thoughts of Devlin Wesley.She parked her car at an Italian restaurant where she is a regular customer. She is hoping that they would have a vacant table for her especially since it is Friday night. They are going to be really full of diners tonight