All Chapters of The Betrayal That Built Her: The Billionaire's Regret : Chapter 1 - Chapter 10

*Alana*"Alana, the boss is looking for you," Emily tells me.I nod. "Has the meeting started already?"She shrugs. "I have no idea, but he did call for an emergency board meeting, and he has been asking for you."I walk to the boardroom, trying to hide the smile on my face. The thought of seeing Zion, and having to pretend like I didn't get up from his bed, and my thighs aren't a little shaky, makes me giddy.I take a deep breath, swallow, and I enter the office. The first thing I notice is the shift in the air.Everyone turns to look at me, but I put a polite smile on my face, and I turn to Zion. "Emily said you've been calling for me."His gaze is on me, and his jaw is clenched. “You think I do not know what you are, Alana?”I pause, fully confused.“Don’t act all confused now,” he says again.By now, everyone in the boardroom is looking at me. All twelve pairs of eyes are on me. I can’t help but feel a shiver run down my spine. “I do not understand, Zi-”“Sir!” He interrupts. “You

*Alana*I wipe my tears with the back of my hand. There is no time to cry.I've been crying for weeks, and it has solved nothing, yet.I take a shaky breath, trying to calm myself. The tests in front of me are still POSITIVE, and I want nothing more than to pull my hair strand by strand.Pregnant and jobless.I don't know if I am fit for this.No, scratch that.There is no way I am fit for this.There is no way I am raising a child, let alone HIS.I hold onto the tests that now hold my fate in their hands, even though they have no idea.I do not even have a job yet, and based on the fact that I am now blacklisted, I will not be getting that job anytime soon.How am I supposed to raise a baby without being able to fund one?I also have to meet Zion, and it isn't something I thought I would do.Without forcing myself to think too much about it, I grab my phone with shaky hands and I dial his number. The call doesn't go through.I try again, but I can tell he has me blocked.I try my se

*Zion* The company that seems out for my blood remains unknown, and it annoys me even more than I want to admit. My parents haven't started questioning me yet, but I know it is only a matter of time before they do. They will remind me of why I am the Foster heir, and frankly, that is not what I want, which is why, when I walk into the office, the secretary is hot on my heels. "Sir, the emergency meeting has already started." I want nothing more than to run my hands through my hair, but I don't do that. Instead, I give her a tight nod, and I head to our boardroom. Everyone is already seated aside from one empty seat. "Is there a problem?" I can't help but ask when I see the grave faces on everyone’s faces. “I’m guessing you haven’t heard the news yet, then,” Rita, my sales manager, says. That leaves me confused, and she slides what looks like an article my way. My eyebrows furrow in confusion. I raise the article to read. When I read what is in front of me, my eyes widen. “

*Alana*Boy, have I been waiting for this moment for a while. But, oh my God, nerves are a bitch.Looking at Foster Industries, I can’t help but take a shaky breath.“We can always turn back and surprise them another time.” Tara lightly suggests. I know she can tell that even though I am trying as hard as I can, I am nervous.I shake my head. "That's not happening. Today is the day.""The meeting was set to start by 10 AM, and we are already thirty-five minutes late.""Which, if you ask me, is still enough reason why we should go there."She looks at me, exasperated by my decision. "Are you ready?""I have been ready for five years," I remind her.The receptionist and secretary make things hard for us, but it doesn't deter me; if anything, it makes Tara and me head for the door, while she threatens to call security.When I finally open the door, it feels like the whole room is on stand-by.My eyes immediately meet him.Zion Foster.His mother, Rani Foster, is immediately on her feet. "

*Zion*The next day, we are all assembled in the meeting, and everyone has a wary expression on their faces.The only seats that are empty are the ones of my mother and our new shareholders. I straighten my back, and I say, “I don’t think I need to rehash what happened yesterday; we were all present.”They all nod.“I would like to say thank you for the wishes as well. My mother is doing well and fine, and she extends her greetings.”“We are happy to hear that,” the board members reply, to which I nod.“Now, we are here in this meeting because we have to address what we just found out,” I say.Everyone nods.“We apparently have new board members, seeing as they have a significant amount of shares, but the fact of the matter is the way they got those shares is not genuine,” I say, already getting riled up.There are nods as everyone agrees with me. “So of course we will have to go through loopholes to ensure that whatever deal they entered, there will be a way out of it, or we can pay