All Chapters of The Ruthless CEO's Obsession : Chapter 71 - Chapter 79

SOPHIE It’s been a few days.Tyra is still recovering, and Xander is going to wake up from his medically induced coma today.Ethan and I have been staying at his skyline suite. I didn’t realize he still had a place in Boston, but he told me it was on the market and supposed to close, but the sale fell through, and that’s why we stayed at a hotel last time.The girls have been staying with Chase and Jamison. Vanessa, Maya, and I have spent the last few days in Tyra’s room during visiting hours.Tyra is in a lot of pain, on painkillers, and also keeps asking to visit Xander. We keep telling her that no one has been able to, and every time we do, she cries.It’s not the truth. Ethan was the only one allowed to see him, but we don’t tell Tyra. Telling her isn’t going to make her feel better, so we all make a pact and stick with the story.Ethan has a meeting with Eric Tremblor tomorrow to tell him our idea of creating a diabetes co-op. He’s scheduled to meet him outside of Boston in a wa

ETHAN Eric and I decide that now is as good a time as ever to meet and probably even safer than our original plan, so we find an empty patient room, shut the door, and sit down in the guest chairs.“We want to start a diabetes co-op,” I tell him.He tilts his head at me. “A diabetes co-op?”“Yes. Members pay an annual fee of one dollar. They can’t use insurance, so it avoids the political issues. To get their insulin, they need a prescription and to be a member.”Eric whistles softly.My pulse beats hard against my veins as I wait for him to respond.“That’s an incredible idea.”I smile proudly at him. “I can’t take the credit for it. My fiancée Sophie came up with it.”“That beautiful girl with the curly hair who was sitting next to you is your fiancée?”I beam at him. “Yes.”“Brains and beauty?”“I can’t decide if I love her brains or her beauty more.”He chuckles. “You did good.”I nod. “Thank you. I happen to agree with you.”Eric sits back in his chair with his hands clasped, ta

ETHAN Xander is sitting up in bed when Jamison and I enter. He has a bandage over his head, but a big grin forms on his face when he sees us.“It’s about time you woke up,” I tease him.He laughs. “I guess I needed a break from all those hours we’re putting in.”“You have worked hard,” Jamison agrees.“Max is probably ready to cut me, huh?” Xander asks.Max? Jamison and I glance at each other. Max is our old boss from when we were all paramedics together in our early twenties.“Funny,” Jamison says.“Don’t tell me a car accident suddenly gave him a heart?” Xander continues.Jamison and I exchange looks again. “He’s still heartless,” Jamison tells him.“No surprise there. So is my Tahoe destroyed, or can it be fixed?” Xander’s face scrunches slightly.His Tahoe? He hasn’t had that since we were in our twenties, either.I step closer to him. “You’re going to need a new vehicle. It’s destroyed.”“Fuck.”I step closer to him.“So, where’s Billie?”Billie? His old girlfriend?Jamison’s fa

SOPHIE A few months later, Tyra is staying with Ethan and me. We hired a nurse to take care of her when she got out of the hospital, but she’s almost ready to get a walking boot and told us she’s going back to Seattle to work once it’s on.Eric Tremblor has made good on his word. News of the diabetes co-op has gone viral online, and millions of people have become members. The price of insulin is already dropping, and it’s only a matter of time before the markup in the overall market collapses.Harrison Calloway has made several site visits to the Boston office. During the first one, Ethan filled him in on his plan with Eric Tremblor. Harrison Calloway is happy Ethan and I are out of the way of danger.We have been sharing an office. I could have taken an empty one, but we like working side by side. We are pursuing several companies, and it’s been a fun transition from director to VP.While Ethan is visiting with Xander, Harrison Calloway comes into our office.“Sophie, you seem to