บททั้งหมดของ So Long, Mr. CEO. I'm Now With Your Brother : บทที่ 41 - บทที่ 50

ROXANNE I held my stomach as I continued to expel my breakfast in a stream of disgusting, undigested food particles. He handed me the bottle of water he had gone to get from his car once he saw me vomiting.A bit flushed with embarrassment, I took it. I rinsed my mouth and washed my face, then drank the rest. "Let's go back." I urged, carefully keeping my gaze away from the burnt-to-crisp corpse lying stiffly under the open sky, preferring to keep it locked on what used to be a small building burnt to the ground at a walking distance from this big, old building.He didn't argue. Just led the way out of there, back into the jeep. We didn't say anything until he neared the rows of old, neat houses we had passed on our way coming. I let the air conditioner in the vehicle flow through my body and calm my nerves, making the last of the nausea go away."I'll be back." He said, unstrapping and getting down before I could ask what he was doing. I watched him, with a curious expression, i

ROXANNE "Uh...what?" I couldn't believe what I was hearing."Yeah. I don't know what it means either. Maybe it's just drunk talk, because Chantel agreed you were all high that night. She said she remembered you all laughed over it.""I...I do hope so." I licked my dry lips."Alright, I really do have to leave now." She gave my face a quick search, then pulled me into a hug, "call me if you need a friend, okay?""Thank you." For some reason, the sincerity of the friendship she was extending brought me relief. Since I woke up from coma, I've never had any friends to talk to. If I had any worries, Mom was my go-to. It would be nice to have someone my age to talk to for once. "Alright, bye." She hurried back to her car, waved and drove out of there. Kylian and I entered our vehicle. Silence reigned as he began the journey back home. Lost in my thoughts, I was jolted back to reality when I heard his phone ring and the automated voice of his virtual assistant call out the ID of the call

VANESSA Wearing my most effective smile, I knocked on the door of the apartment my private investigator had told me the very person I wanted to see lived. No answer.Another small, patient knock.I heard the shuffling of feet, and then the door opened. I was surprised to see the person standing before, not at all what I was expecting.Exceptionally young, about my age or maybe older by a year or two. Ridiculously good looking with blonde hair that seemed to fall into his face and blue eyes that were dull in color, compared to my striking blue, but sharp in perception. Those eyes roamed my figure, studying and silently wondering, I could tell. "Yes?""Are you Marcus Linestter?" I asked, keeping my smile on. "Why?" He quirked a brow. "Don't you recognize me?" Being the heiress of Gilmore, I didn't need to introduce myself anymore.People knew me, and accorded me respect. But not this guy. This guy didn't seem to harbor anything for me right now except curiosity and a cool expressi

ROXANNE "It's okay, Roxanne. You'll be fine, alright?" He comforted, his voice deeply soothing, "this is why we're doing everything possible to make sure their achievements and everything they had planned for you does not go to waste."I focused on his words, letting the voice soothe away the sadness and guilt, "I–I should be able to remember them. I don't know why I'm not able to." A sniffle, I held onto him as though I was all ready to bury myself in the comfort he was generously offering. "No, I do know why. It's just frustrating and annoying. Why can't I remember anything?""Don't let your loss of memory stop you, Roxanne. You were almost killed in that accident. You have the second chance, memory or not, your parents will never have, that should count for something, at least. Make them proud by taking back what's yours." He kissed the top of my hair.It felt more intimate than friendly, it made my pulse thrum subtly, I almost forgot the reason I was in his arms in the first plac

ROXANNE "Are you done?" I raised a brow once he went quiet, no longer ranting.Once again, I was pleased with how I'd handled myself, holding back my anger and letting him display. He shot me some hardcore glare. It only made me laugh. "I'm glad the pretenses have worn off, just as I knew it would." I shook my head, "you know, the fact that you thought you could play me as you did before was some next level audacity, Josh. Well, I know I was not being the smartest person back then with you. All that mattered was i loved you. In fact, I became too blind to actually see what loving you was doing to me..." I caught myself, drew a breath to stop myself. Anger was brewing and he didn't deserve any more emotion from me. He wasn't worth going off the leash. So, smoothly, I navigated through the emotions and topic, moving on, "Josh, I didn't come here to entertain your foolishness," His eyes flashed but I continued like I hadn't just calmly insulted him to his face, "neither did I come h