Lahat ng Kabanata ng CEO's Forbidden Love: Kabanata 31 - Kabanata 40

The boardroom was shaken with tension. Every member sat upright, eyes flicking between Lucas and the newly returned Jeffrey.Lucas could barely hold himself together. His eyes widened in disbelief as Jeffrey walked through the double doors like he owned the place, which, in all honesty, he partially did.“Where the hell did you come from?” Lucas managed to say, his voice cracking under pressure.Jeffrey cocked a brow, adjusted his shirt cuff, and walked in with the calm of a lion surveying his den. “Hell enough to know that you’re up to something mischievous, brother,” he replied coolly, pulling out the leather chair at the head of the table and settling into it.Grandpa Lu fought every muscle in his body not to run over and embrace his grandson. His heart threatened to leap out of his chest, but pride wouldn't let him. Not here, and not now.Morris, on the other hand, gave a slow clap inwardly. He masked his satisfaction with a tight expression, pretending to be as stunned as the rest

Anita's laughter filled the space as she tapped Lucas lightly on his left hand, her voice dipped in sarcasm. "I love your sense of humor. But it's okay."Lucas, completely unfazed, shrugged. "I wasn't joking when I said I don’t know anything about the pregnancy."Now, everyone was taken aback. Tim, who had been quiet all morning, seated patiently, turned with wide eyes.Anita, frowning, stepped closer to Lucas. "You have to be joking, right?""I don’t joke about this kind of thing. I'm here because I promised my mum I'd show up. That’s all. Don’t tie me to what I have no business with."Jeffrey watched Lucas carefully. There was a sharpness in his gaze, not because he was angry, but because Lucas, for the first time in a long while, didn’t sound like he was bluffing.Was there someone else Angelie was involved with?Was she hiding something?Too many questions flooded his mind.Anita folded her arms, frustration plastered on her face. "You all are sick!" she snapped and stormed out of

"Julia."Tim’s heart leaped into his throat as he stared at the woman across the crowd, her back turned, her hair styled the same way Julia always packed it, her frame strikingly familiar. He had no idea what he’d say if it were her. Maybe he’d stammer an apology or freeze altogether. But when she turned, everything inside him relaxed. It wasn’t Julia. Just someone who looked like her.He let out a deep breath he didn’t know he held, his chest finally loosening.Isabella appeared beside him, laughing lightly. "You okay there? You looked like you saw a ghost."Tim forced a smile. "Just... thought I recognized someone.""Well," she grinned, tugging on his sleeve, "come on. Let’s eat that!" She pointed excitedly at a street vendor handing out dried meat with spicy sauce.*******************The heavy door of a private jet opened. A woman stepped out in a sleek black dress that fell below her knees, her form-fitting jacket cinching at her body, long, thick hair flowed past her shoulders,

“You better start talking!” Julia's voice was slightly above high, she didn’t have her normal jovial look..Tim stood there with unbothered face, halfway through buttoning his shirt, unsure if it was too early for this kind of confrontation or if it was already too late. But one thing was certain, he wasn’t cut out for another shit of drama, is just too early for that.“I was here right after your closing time,” she continued, arms folded across her chest, her brows tightly knotted. “I waited for three good hours. Three! You didn’t show up, you didn’t call. Nothing. I had to go back home to my mum in the middle of the night because she needed my attention.”There was no calm in her tone, no patience either.Tim let out a breath, not of relief but of frustration. Lately, every conversation with Julia had become an argument, a stretch of war between logic and emotion. His relationship had begun to feel like another weight on his already heavy shoulders.“I went to a carnival,” he replie

Jeffrey quickly closed his iPad and looked up at his grandfather, who stood in the center of the office like a man whose world was slowly spinning out of control. Grandpa Lu had aged over the past few weeks, though he would never admit it. The tension, the stress, the sudden shifts in the company, it was all catching up to him.Grandpa placed a thick folder on the desk in front of Jeff and crossed his arms. “This madness has to stop,” he said, voice low but heavy. “We need a face behind this. Now.”Jeffrey scanned the documents inside and closed the file slowly, almost too calmly.“You know about this?” Grandpa snapped.Jeffrey nodded. “Grandpa, I’m the CEO of Lu’s Corporation. Wouldn’t it be ridiculous if I didn’t?”“And you didn’t deem it fit to tell me?”Jeffrey sighed and leaned back in his chair. “And what? Spike your blood pressure? Put you in a hospital bed? We’re already on it, Grandpa. But whoever this is, they’re good. Too good. They know our weakest points, our key contract