After Divorce, My Secretary Wife Becomes Rival Boss のすべてのチャプター: チャプター 211 - チャプター 220

Drake's POV "What do you mean by we?" I replied with a question, anger rising within me.Mia looked unfazed by my disapproval and anger and it enraged me the more."What don't you understand, you can't go out with me?" I asked."Well, not any more. We have a baby on the way now and the last thing this child needs is to be hidden. Don't you think about the company's future? This child is the company's future. When the clients hear that you have an heir, it would strengthen their trust in your company and make them patronize the company even more.""Can you hear yourself? You want to expose a child you have no idea would like the spotlight all because of the company's gain. The company is doing well and I have no intentions of letting my child out to the public and subjecting him or her to public validation before its birth." I retorted but she maintained her nonchalant attitude."It's too bad. Because I am not keeping my child a secret." She replied, flaunting her fingers before me.I

Charlotte's POV "What is it Charlotte?" Drake called out as he followed me out to the empty yard.I dragged a palm down my face and rubbed my fingers on my temple."What is it?" He asked again, louder this time and even more concerned this time around."Shit! I missed him! I missed him!" I exclaimed with grief."Who? Who are you talking about? Who did you miss?""Sawyer. I missed him just now. I saw him inside the hall just when they called on the both of us. He was standing not far from me but he retreated and ran away when he saw himself on the screen and he knew I was following him so he ran even more.""He followed this door out of the hall and I wanted to follow him out but Mia blocked my way." I explained and Drake paused for some seconds."Mia? Just now?" He asked like he hadn't heard what I explained."Yes. She blocked my way and for some flimsy excuse.""Are you sure it's Sawyer you saw?" He asked again and his questions were beginning to get on my nerves"Yes. If it were no

Drake's POV After Charlotte left, I too found my way to my car and drove home.The drive home was silent, though my head wasn’t. Thoughts churned in my head.Charlotte’s tired face haunted me. The way her voice had cracked when she admitted maybe Sawyer had never been there. I hated the helplessness in her eyes, and I hated even more that I couldn’t change it.By the time I pulled into the driveway, it was close to midnight. The mansion was dark, silent, the glow from the windows a sharp contrast to the heaviness in my chest. I killed the engine and sat there for a moment, gripping the wheel until my knuckles whitened. I knew Mia would be waiting. I could already feel the storm brewing.Sure enough, when I stepped inside, she was there.Mia sat on the couch in the living room, one hand resting dramatically on her stomach, the other draped across the armrest like a queen waiting to scold her subject. Her expression was sharp, her lips curved in displeasure.“You’re finally back,” she

Drake's POV And my throat tightened as I entered the living room. I had already lost too much in my life. If she stripped this from me too, would I recover from it?Before I could even take another step, Mia came running out from the kitchen. Her hands were wet, probably from rinsing vegetables or washing her hands, and she wiped them hastily on the side of her gown.“Where did you go? I was calling after you but you didn't even stop to acknowledge me!” she exclaimed, her voice sharp with the familiar edge of accusation. “Where have you been? Where did you go without even telling me anything? Do you think it is okay to just leave the house like that without telling me anything?!”The questions tumbled from her lips like bullets, one after another.Normally, I would respond. Normally, I would get drawn into her spiral of interrogations and excuses. But not today. Not when I held the little product that would determine if this relationship were to continue.Not when the outcome I was c

Charlotte's POV After what happened that day, it was as though my will to live was stripped off me. Sawyer wanted me to beg for death and he was winning.Nothing interested me anymore or made me happy. Most of the days, I laid down without zeal to do anything and refused to see anyone. Including Toria who had come around the house a couple of times.The first day she came, she got turned down, she rounded the compound refusing to leave but after hours of waiting around without a change of heart from me, she left and returned the next day but I still remained adamant.She ended up spending her time with Ivy instead. At that point, Ivy already knew that things were not well with me. I was acting so off and she knew that her mum was not alright but she could not do anything about it.I sulked all day in my bedroom hoping that Sawyer was seeing how miserable I was and hoping that it would make him grant me the slightest closure. All I needed was to see him and strike a deal with him.How