All Chapters of In love with my boss: Chapter 41 - Chapter 50

Patra's POVI watched her, blissfully oblivious, Rosa Castillo, my ‘friend’.She was so naive. Always have been. Presently, her eyes sparkled as she recounted the weekend like it was some fairytale that came to life. She didn’t know the truth —or maybe, it was my smile that always made her think she could trust me. The ex that broke my heart?It was effing Charles Baker. Not that we dated, really. But I liked him. Then I started calling him Charly. I fabricated ways fot us to meet in college, and he fell for her instead. And now, she had taken another man I liked. Alex Kane. And the irony? She was spilling her happiness directly into my hands, like she was inviting me to rejoice with her, while all I felt was burning fury. I pretended to smile, to listen, like I have done all these years. She was so lost in herself, always, that she didn’t see my hands clenched under the desk as she described Alex’s grand gestures. The forever clause…it should have been mine and it made bile rise

Rosa’s POVAlex kept assuring me that everything would be alright. But I had seen scenes like this in many movies to know that I should be scared. I didn’t need to be an executive to know that being summoned by the board was a serious matter. And they were holding an election of ‘no confidence’ against Alex.The sun barely pierced the city skyline before I woke up. My heart was racing. I didn’t even care if I lost the job. I was worried that I had dragged Alex Kane with me. I barely concentrated when Old man Kane gave his usual ‘tea’ over tea. All I could think of was how to exonerate Alex. I knew the meeting had to do with the Valis contract. Even Alex was yet to say anything about it to the company but I was sure they had heard about how I flopped it.They must have designed a six-feet cake just to bury me in it. Alex insisted on driving in the same car to work. Of all days!I disagreed and told him I was fine handling my steering wheels. After much back and forth, we settled on h

Patra’s POVMy heart beats so hard that it hurts. I almost got caught. Never did I imagine that Alex Kane would barge into the conference room when I was presenting.I was standing barely five feet from him and for one terrifying second, I thought he would look at me. But his attention had been fully focused on Mr. Bush and Charly, like by some miracle, gravity was pulling his eyes away from my direction. I was invisible again. Lucky me. I kept my head slightly bowed while the brawl continued. And now, Alex was asking for a fingerprint test. I knew what that meant. Not only Charly would be implicated, I would be too even though Charly had handled the document and doctored it. All I did was give Charles the key to my apartment and tell him about the document sitting in Rosa’s bag, including a copy of her software codes. That was enough to get me into big troubleI was hurrying out of the building when my phone vibrated. It was a message from Charles:We’re heading towards Kane Tech

Rosa’s POVI couldn’t sleep that night. Alex’s words kept circling around my head like vultures. There was an insider in Kane Tech. That insider had walked into Alex’s office, wiped the prints on the documents, and he had walked into my room too.The thought made me shudder.All along, I thought it was Charles. But Alex said it himself: he had been with Charles all through. And now, every time I closed my eyes to sleep, I saw Alex’s face. I knew it was eating him so badly that he was losing control of his company. The media didn’t help matters. Everything he did, didn’t seem to be perfect in their eyes —at least, not as perfect as Old man Kane had handled it. Whoever was doing this knew exactly where to hit him because he had gotten Alex’s attention. And then, there was William Bush, another contender. I had looked him up after Alex casually mentioned his name and William Bush was more than a wealthy man, he was the son of the city. Men like him did not wage petty wars and steal s

Rosa’s POVThe first thing I felt when Charles stepped into my office was shock. Then, fear registered. He was not supposed to be here. No one here knew that we had been together and I was pissed that he was now walking into my office. I moved fast. Closing the door wasn’t enough, so I locked it. My heart was beating so loudly that I was sure he could hear it. “What are you doing here?” I demanded, turning around to face him. “Have you lost your mind?”He looked off. Well, at least he’s got his knotting game figured out or he and Nancy were back to being sweethearts. Whatever rocked their boats. Point is, I don’t need him rocking mine. “You shouldn’t be here,” I continued, my voice low but noticeably shaky. “You don’t get to walk into my life like this anymore. You don’t get to —”“I’m not here for that,” he cut in.His words stopped me mid sentence. “This,” he said, gesturing between us. “we’ll talk about it later. That is not why I came.”I didn’t want him around me anymore. An