All Chapters of Ex Wants Me Back? No Way!: Chapter 11 - Chapter 20

Damien’s POVThe television mounted on the wall replayed the same clip again and again.Hilda stood on the stage in that burgundy suit, speaking like she owned the world. Everybody was cheering her on, cameras were flashing as the press took pictures.The headline at the bottom of the screen read:Rodriguez Future City Initiative Launches Successfully.My grip tightened around the glass in my hand.She had been in the company for one month and she had already done something this big.I hurled the glass at the wall.I looked at my chaotic surroundings. The entire floor of my home office was littered with broken glass and shattered wood.Rage and fury simmered in me. My chest heaved and my jaw was clenched. I craved control and I rarely lost it. But Hilda was fucking with my plans. She had been fucking with my plans since she joined the company.Something had to be done soon. Everything I had done to bring her down. Every attempt I made to bring her down kept failing.Someone knocked on

HILDA’S POVI drove away from the café and made my way toward the mall. The sun was high, and I felt good, euphoric even. Speaking my mind had kind of eased things a little for me.I had my favorite playlist on repeat, my favorite rap tracks filling the car as I sang along and made hand gestures. I felt good. I had found my dream house, and I didn’t let Lilian ruin my day. Today was mine, and it was going well.My phone rang, and I turned down the music. It was my grandma.“Hey, grandma,” I said.“Hilda, you sound happy. You found the house you like?” she asked.“Yes, I did. I found the perfect place, and I'll be moving in probably in two weeks. They said they would send the papers to the office.”“That’s great. I’m going to miss your company. But you’re a young lady, and you need your own space,” she said.“Awwwn, grandma. I’ll miss you too, but I’ll come and visit you every week, and we can have dinner together.”“I hear you. I called to let you know I’ll be staying over at your aun

HILDA'S POVThe whole office was chaotic.Employees were running around all morning and it had been one meeting after another. Phones kept ringing, people were talking over each other, and Anne had already walked into my office about three times with updates.Someone had tried to mess with the tech city program.They had deleted the main program I sent to the developer last night.He had called me in the morning sounding like he was about to pass out and then he let me know that the file was gone. It had been completely erased.I had several copies of the files. I wasn't stupid enough to think that everybody was happy with the recent developments. I knew there was likely to be a sabotage of some sort.I kept copies of everything on different servers, different drives, different backups.I resent the program to the developer and told him to get started immediately. There was no time to waste.Still, that was not the point.Someone had gotten access to his laptop and that bothered me.N

HILDA'S POVI was finally packing to my new house. I felt good. I twerked as I played Up by Cardi B loudly in the background. I felt really good today. I was meeting up with Adrian so we could go over to the house together and then we would go have brunch.It was a really good day and I refused to let anything ruin my mood. I still had not figured out who had sabotaged the project but I was not about to let that bother me today.Adrian and I had gone furniture shopping a few days back. We had to fight over who would pay and he eventually won after using his height to his advantage and reaching the counter before I could even get my card out. It was a fun day and I had laughed so much.All the times I had spent with Adrian were fun. We had deep conversations and I loved the way he thought. It was refreshing to hear his opinions and I loved how he always listened and remembered everything I said to him.He made me feel important. He was always attentive to me, my body language, everythi

HILDA’S POVThe photos the paparazzi had taken of me and Adrian had gone viral. There were different takes on it; I knew because I had seen the comments.Some people thought it was a farce to get back with Wilson.Others thought it was a way of announcing my new relationship with Adrian. A majority thought we looked good together, and they were shipping us.I, for one, was pissed. How did the paparazzi know we were going to be there? Nobody knew my whereabouts for that day, not even my nan. Had they been following us?My nan had called me and asked about Adrian. I had to have the very awkward conversation of convincing her that it was just work between us.The partnership between our companies was going to be announced today. We were planning on holding a press conference. We were collaborating on the future city project. I had spent nights going through everything on Adrian's company. I was not about to risk the biggest project my company was taking on.I only brought the partnership