Alle Kapitel von Ex wife’s Revenge : Kapitel 121 – Kapitel 130

THE NAME THAT RETURNSThe boardroom silence was that of mighty rooms.Tailored suits were seating the men and women around the long polished table, their features mild, their gaze upon the vacant seat at the table. Paperwork was properly organised. Tablets lie flat. No one spoke loudly. No one needed to.Aaron Kingston came into the room a little later, and the presence of this person took charge of it at once. Conversations stopped. Chairs straightened. His eyes trailed behind him as he sat down."Let's begin," Aaron said calmly.The session covered numbers, projections and strategies with a very quick pace. Global expansion. Risk assessment. Reputation management. Aaron was an active listener, not much of a talker, and his expression was indistinguishable; his fingers tapped a little on the table where he was not satisfied with a point.Then, about halfway through the meeting, one of the board members cleared his throat.One last thing, there is one last thing, Mr Hale said. With th

CONTROL DISGUISED AS CAREThe changes began quietly.Initially, Raina hardly paid attention to them.It began the morning of the day when the headline became viral. This is how she was dressed to go out when two unknown men knocked at her bedroom door, wearing dark suits with earpieces concealed.Good morning, Mrs Kingston, one of them said in a polite fashion. "We'll be escorting you today."Raina hesitated, and a bewilderment flashed over her face. "Escorting me where?"Whither thou mayest go, the other said smoothly.She frowned. "Where is Daniel?" Daniel was her regular security head.The first man said, "he has been re-assigned. "Mr Kingston's orders."Raina slowly nodded and felt the discomfort in her chest. "Alright."She mentioned it when she later joined Aaron at breakfast.I have noticed you have switched my security team around, said and sat across from him.Aaron raised his eyes from his tablet. "Yes. It was necessary.""Necessary how?" she asked.The media is becoming agg

THE FIRST FRACTUREThe silence between them was now becoming noisy.Raina was aware of it when Aaron came into the house that evening. His presence ordinarily made the place sweet with authority, but this time it was full of tension. He was waiting in the living room, where she sat, up on the sofa, her hands clasped together in her lap. She still felt the repressed meeting burning in her chest.Aaron loosely undid his tie upon entry. "You're still awake."We should talk, Raina said, and it felt like she was working hard to maintain her voice.Aaron hesitated and examined her features. "Can it wait until morning?""No," she replied. "It can't."He sighed and placed himself opposite her. "Alright. Talk."Raina met his gaze. You cancelled my appointment, again."Yes," he said calmly."You didn't ask me," she said. No, you did not even tell me till it was over.I said it was not safe, I told you, Aaron said. "The press is everywhere."This was a confidential meeting, Raina said. "No camer

THE BOARD'S GAMEThe boardroom was not open, both literally and emotionally.The city lights outside were reflected off the long glass table, which was polished and cold, like the people who were sitting around it. Every chair was filled. Every face was serious. This was not a profit and quarterly projections meeting. This was about control.Aaron was seated at the end of the table, and he sat calmlyand did not read anything. He appeared to the viewer as the same strong CEO he had always been. No one could have imagined that the conversation that was going to happen wasabout his wife.One of the oldest members of the board rubbed his throat. Let us deal with the increasing worry.Another man nodded. The current action taken by Raina Kingston is something that has attracted unwanted attention."Behaviour?" a woman asked. Nothing has been done publicly by her.That is the problem, the man rejoined. "She's unpredictable."Aaron gave a little squeeze with his fingers on one arm of his cha

PUBLIC SMILES, PRIVATE DISTANCEThe cameras were flashing even before Raina got out of the car.Hers was instantly shut in the hand of Aaron, shut in hard and sure, the hand which once gave her security. It now seemed practised, rather rehearsed. There was a buzzing crowd on the outside of the charity gala, and people were screaming Aaron, as well as photography cameras trying to get the best shot of the Kingston golden couple.Smile, said Aaron to himself.Raina smiled initially with her lips, which she had perfected over the years. She appeared gleaming and graceful to the world and totally comfortable with her billionaire husband. Nobody could tell how tight her shoulders were or how her heart was aching in her breast.You are beautiful tonight, mumbled Aaron, and he bent closer, and the flashes were flying.Thanks, she said in a calm, repressive voice.A reporter stepped forward. Mr and Mrs Kingston, they say you have had a low profile of late. Any reason for that?"Aaron answered