Alle Kapitel von Billionaire's Regret : Kapitel 11 – Kapitel 20

The conference room was packed when Claire arrived the next morning.Word had spread and it seemed like half the company had shown up to watch. Executives lined the back wall and developers crowded near the door.She walked to her assigned seat at the front and set down her laptop bag. Her hands were steady even though her heart raced.Theresa was already seated across from her and looked surprisingly calm. Brian stood at the front of the room and waited for the noise to die down."Thank you all for being here. As you know, we have a situation that needs to be resolved. Amber and Theresa will both attempt to crack an encryption code that neither of them has seen before. They have one hour. Whoever succeeds receives the senior developer position. Whoever fails will be terminated immediately."The room went completely silent.Brian held up a USB drive. "The encryption is on here. Military grade security. I've verified that neither of you could have seen this before today."Brian walked

"That bitch!" Eunice hissed, pacing the living room with clenched fists. "How could she? I swear if I was there, I would have smashed her head against the wall."Claire sat slumped at the kitchen table, her bag still on her shoulder. She'd just finished telling Eunice everything and she wasn't having it."Eunice, keep your voice down." She glanced toward the living room where Adrian was working on his tablet, she didn't want him to overhear and worry or worse, inform Howard when next they spoke."Don't tell me to keep my voice down." But Eunice lowered it anyway, her anger simmering just beneath the surface. "She stole from you twice and got away with it. The company chose to protect a fraud instead of you. And that bastard Brian threatened to blacklist you?" Her voice shook with rage. "They'll all get what's coming to them."Claire let out a hollow laugh that had no humor in it. "It doesn't matter now. It's done and I can't change it….in a way, I don't blame them anyway, they didn't

Jeff frowned as he glanced at his watch. Today was Claire's memorial, and he had been secretly going there. No matter how hard he had tried, he hadn't been able to forget about her, and he had been preparing to go to her graveside today when Irene had called, informing him that Zane wanted to go to the park.He couldn't think of any excuse because she doesn't even know that he had been visiting Claire's grave site, she doesn't need to find out anyway, so he just told her that he was, he would take Zane to the park tomorrow. If only Claire hadn't died five years ago, if only he hadn't made that promise to Irene after she had saved his life, if only it was Claire who had saved him, if only she wasn't so manipulating….if only, if only… but it is what it is and not going to change.He stood up from his desk and the door suddenly bursted open.“Irene, I told you…”“I know what you said Jeff but it doesn't mean I will allow you to do as you please, you have been neglecting our son for too l

The beeping of the hospital monitor came from far away. He was dreaming about the day Claire had first met with his grandfather, that was when he first thought that she was working with his grandfather to get him roped in.It was the day of his birthday and his grandfather had insisted that he throw a party.He had arrived at the hotel venue and was shocked to see Claire, his grandfather claimed that she was his guest and should be treated specially. He tried his best to stay away from her because definitely spiked his drink.He loosened his tie so as to get a little air but he was still heated up, he could feel his arousal flare to life and he staggered to his feet. He needed to get to the bathroom to cool off.He managed to get to his door and staggered in but couldn't make it to the bathroom.He fell on the bed groaning. He would find out whoever spiked his drink and deal with the person tomorrow, what was the person trying to achieve by this?The door suddenly opened and a blonde

The video call connected and Howard's face filled the screen looking older and more tired than she remembered but his eyes lit up the moment he saw Adrian."There's my brilliant boy." Howard's voice was warm and full of love and it made Claire's chest ache with how much she'd missed having family."Great Grandpa! Look what I made!" Adrian climbed onto Claire's lap and held up a complex origami structure that he'd folded himself with his small fingers. "It's a tessellation pattern. I learned it from a video.""That's incredible, Adrian." Howard leaned closer to the camera and his face filled with pride. "You're getting smarter every day. Just like your mother."Claire smiled and felt warmth spread through her chest watching them interact. She had kept in touch with Howard all these years and true to his word, he didn't tell Jeff that she was still alive.He had been the only family she had and he adores Adrian so much."Can you teach me about stocks next time?" Adrian asked with his gr