Semua Bab After I Left the Billionaire: Bab 31 - Bab 40

(Nash)Ivy’s jet took off just after midnight. So she’ll be landing in around two hours.Jack confirmed the destination before sunrise.She is soon landing into the new life she planned without me.The life she wanted without even trying for our marriage to be saved. That surprised me. I honestly thought she would see that she is the only woman I love and want to try again.I was wrong.My chopper waits on the roof.I will get her to admit she still loves me, that there is a chance for us. I know there is.While I’m there I’ll make sure she never gets to start that new job. I don’t care how. But starting a new life there is not an option.I need Ivy here, with me. Always.I walk into the boardroom and take my seat.Nobody says good morning. The atmosphere is so thick I could cut it. Even my usual kiss-asses don’t look up.The chairman slides a report toward me. “Read it.”Hawke Companies shares have fallen since Piper made the scandal public. Major shareholders are demanding an emerg

(Nash)My jet lands just after eight in the morning.I get into the waiting car and call Jack.“Have you confirmed Ivy’s address? I need to know where she is.”“I sent you all the details I have and I’m not doing this anymore.”“Why?”“I’m your lawyer, not your spy. Hire a private investigator. I’m on the school run, so I gotta go.” He ends the call.I don’t care anyway. I’ll use the information I have and if I need a private investigator, I’ll damn-well get one.I’ll make it so she has to come home. So she has to admit she still loves me and needs me.I open the email from my assistant on my laptop.The donation agreement was finalized while I was in the air.Hawke Industries is now the largest donor to the hospital that offered Ivy the research position. They need this donation to even think about launching such a program.I call the hospital’s executive director.“Mr. Hawke,” he says. “Thank you again for your generosity. The board is thrilled to have Hawke Industries supporting th

(Ivy)New city. New job. New life.Being a new mother. It still feels foreign. But I know I have to get my shit together.I step off the jet and into a taxi. I had a great sleep for some reason.Must just be exhausted. I need to eat and take care of this baby.I even had time to freshen up.I ask the taxi to take me to the hospital. I can eat something at their cafeteria and do a final check in the bathroom before I go to meet Serena.I’m away from Nash. That is the best feeling.I don’t care what he does with the rest of his life. I never have to see him again. I never have to see Eleanor. Suits me perfectly.He can live with Piper. Marry her. Have ten more children with her. Find another dozen women to relieve his stress.Not my problem.I never have to go back. I never have to live anywhere near him again.And I’m glad. Really fucking glad.Against my better judgment, I open social media. Gotta look sooner or later.Wow.The story is still everywhere.Nash Hawke. Piper Redfern. The

(Nash)I came straight off the jet to the hospital.I stride past the Neo-natal ward. I glance at a couple of women chatting.“Dog,” one says to me.“How dare you show your face here, asshole,” the other one says.Okay, wow. Hostile environment, but I’m on a mission and I can’t be worried about what these nobodies think of me.I get shown into the office.“Mr. Hawke… Nash. You said this concerns Dr. Calloway’s employment,” Dr. Sarah Grant says.“Yes. I know she’s taken leave.”“I can’t discuss employee details.”“I know but you can listen. Ivy has accepted another position. Out of state.”Her eyebrows lift. “She has?”“Yes. And she is intending to move. She has no plans to come back here.”Sarah leans back in her chair. “I had no idea.”“I didn’t think it was appropriate for your hospital to be caught unaware.”“I see,” Sarah says. “I’ll take it from here.”“And what will happen to her position here?”Sarah looks up at me. “I can assure you that Ivy’s current position will no longer b

(Nash)The new executive assistant sits across from me in my private booth at Da Vinci.Hannah is young, blonde, pretty. I mean before all of this with Ivy. I wouldn’t hesitate, and I have been very stressed lately.“You really didn’t have to do this,” she says as the waiter tops up her wine.“I did,” I tell her. “You got me information I needed when nobody else would.”Hannah smiles. “I just want to give you what you need, Mr. Hawke.”“Please, call me Nash.”She looks pleased. “Okay then… Nash.”“Just not in the office, okay?”“No problem. I know how to be discreet.”“Another one of your many talents, Hannah.”My phone starts ringing. I look at it. It’s my pilot.“Hawke.”“Mr. Hawke, I thought you’d be interested. A private jet is being prepped for Ivy Calloway. It’s leaving as soon as possible and heading back to your city.”I smile. “Thank you.”I end the call. I knew it!Ivy is coming home.She has no job there. She has no reason to stay there. Robert cannot give her what she need