Semua Bab Contracted To Be Arrogant CEO Pet: Bab 201 - Bab 210

Chloe’s POVIt had been three days. Three days since Ethan stormed out of my house. Well, I literally sent him out but it doesn't matter. Yet, I hadn’t heard from him since then. Not a single call. Not a single message. I told myself I didn’t care, that I had no reason to be bothered by his absence, but that was a lie. A lie I stubbornly held onto even as I found myself dressing up and heading to his company under the pretense of discussing a business transaction. I didn't know why I even called it a pretense since we are business partners and I had to be in the company. “But you can have a zoom meeting in the house,” My subconscious said. Shut up!I picked up my birkin bag. Burkina by Hermes, the Himalayan model. A bag I had gotten for a whooping 350 thousand dollars. It was one of my assets that was locked up in the house after father got arrested. I grabbed my Lamborghini car key and set out. I felt a tad bit Pathetic. That’s what I was. But I wasn’t about to admit that to myself

CHLOE. I walked out to the car, the afternoon was sunny and I would often not want to be out by this time. However, I had something important to take care of today. I had just stepped into the car and answered my driver who greeted me when my phone rang. It was Sarah so I picked it up almost instantly. Sarah’s voice came through the phone, steady and calm like always, but I could hear the tension beneath her words. She was almost hesistant to speak. “He came to ask about the singer.”I didn’t need to ask who she meant.“Ethan?” but I did. “Yeah,” she confirmed. “I gave him a fake name, just like we planned. Told him her name was Brielle, that she was a new performer testing the skills anonymously.”I closed my eyes, leaning against the cool glass of the car window as the driver steered through the city. My heart clenched the way it always did when Ethan’s name came up. I wasn’t why but there was always something about this man. Everytime he put me up on my feet. Just when I think

CHLOEIt was her again.Clara.Right next to Ethan. The way she walked in with him seemed like she was his partner and not me. I stood behind the dressing curtain, clutching the edge of my dress like it could keep me from falling apart. My fingers trembled against the fabric as I peeked out. Clara walked in like she owned the place, her heels tapping like thunder, her laugh trailing behind her like the sweetest kind of poison. And then, as if she had practiced it a thousand times, she slid her hand into Ethan’s.My chest tightened.Ethan. Why didn't he pushed her hand off? Was he enjoying this? Of course, he was. After all, he had said she was smart. Why was he here again? With her? Did he come here because he knew it was me? But Sarah did a good job making sure he didn't know that. I sighed, trying to get the image of them walking into the room together. “They’are here again?” Sarah’s whisper tickled my ear as she stepped beside me.I didn’t answer, just stared. My body refuse

CHLOE. Today was the day.The day I had gone over a hundred times in my head. I stood in the sitting room, arms crossed tightly over my chest, trying to still the nervous pounding of my heart. I had cleaned the house twice already, cooked Ethan’s favorite meal, and laid out the outfit Eli would wear for their first real meeting. This time everything was going to change. Ethan wasn't just going to be a stranger. I was going to reveal that he was Eli’s father. Goodness, I wasn't show how that would play out. How Eli was going to take it and Ethan? Would he take my son away. Would he say I wasn't good enough to be the mother of his kids and bolt? Many thoughts came to my mind. The idea still made my breath catch.Ethan… meeting Eli.Knowing the truth.I had avoided this day so badly. It was something I never thought would happen. But here I was, standing in the middle of my home, the evening sun casting soft orange light through the windows, waiting and watching with anxiety. I was

ETHAN. It felt like a freaking injection, straight into the heart and mind you it was filled with so much toxins. Hearing Chloe reject me again felt like someone had driven a knife straight through my chest at the same time the toxins were spreading into my heart. I stood there, in the quiet hallway outside her bedroom, the echoes of her voice still playing in my head. “You must have misunderstood me. I didn’t feel any of that.”If only she knew how hard I have been trying to make all these work. How much I have changed. How many nights I spent alone thinking about her—about us—about everything I ruined? How I could make this right. Make her feel loved by me. But god, I messed up pretty bad and I feel like nothing I can do or say would make her feel better. I wanted to say I would do anything to be hers again, but what good are words when you have already broken the only person who ever mattered? The only one who shattered the wall around my heart.Not even a contract could save