Erin Craig Novels & Stories

"Craig, you're not some puppy to be led around. Your behavior is disgusting, and I don't understand what you're up to. Did Alexis do something to offend you earlier?" Craig shot a sharp glare at Tara. "Who asked for your opinion? I certainly didn't." "Craig, what does this mean? Talk to me," I pleaded, a tear escaping my eye. "Please, stop crying. This isn't some dramatic performance," he snapped callously. I couldn't believe what I was hearing. Craig would never watch me cry, he'd do anything to make me smile. Now, he was icy, unremorseful and every bad adjective that could describe him ran through my brain.

The company was accused of plagiarism and infringement. Dana was not planning to stay idle throughout her stay in California so she decided to research about the CRUZ company. It was created by the Cruz couple and when Manuel died, Henry took over as the CEO. Dana had to confess that she had been hearing of the CRUZ company in the past years during her stay in Italy. Their works were distributed worldwide and sold in many different countries. Their designs were superb and so were the paintings which were made by their first son.

If someone had told me months ago that I would be spending time with Mister Austin Cane, the millionaire CEO of Cane Industries, outside office hours, eating food, and existing in his world, I would have told them they were insane. Batshit crazy. And yet, here I am, doing exactly that. This whole day was crazy. Hell, this whole weekend was nothing short of the twilight zone. I never would have believed it unless his own father would have sat me down and gotten to know me himself.

Because I didn't want to even think about it. “Nice name. And yes, I'm the Alpha of this pack.” He lifted his right hand and pointed at Mr. Creepy but still didn’t spare him a glance. “Please forgive him on my behalf. It's people like him that I regret leading. It makes me feel like a bad leader.”

I lost focus and signaled for Kaira. We returned to the mansion and I waited for Craig by the pool. He walked in with his gym outfit sweating heavily. “What is the news?” I asked impatiently. “He handed me a new paper and I was on the front page”. I read through and my eyes popped. “What is this madness?” I asked, tossing the paper on the table. “Fernando, “ I laughed bitterly. “What should we do?” I asked, cluelessly. Craig thought for a minute before he responded. “I would suggest you make him CEO for a year till all this dies down”.

"Before we do the ripping the throat out thing, how about we talk about how you have the hots for Talia." Cassie didn't look up. "Go to hell." "Are you shy? Come on, I'm really curious here," he pushed, and Aria’s brows contorted in confusion. "You have a crush on Talia? Doesn't that make you... that... that thing human women do," Aria stammered as she tried to piece it together. "Lesbians, Aria. They're called lesbians," Clyde explained, clapping his hands together like a teacher.

HIS NEW OPPOSITION. CYRU’S POV. I walked into the hall feeling like I was moving through a dream I'd fought for every waking hour of my life. Every single person there was dressed like money and influence incarnate. Handshakes, smiles, polite nods, congratulations-all of it washed over me in waves. I smiled, said the right things, laughed when appropriate, but inside, I was buzzing, vibrating with this insane mixture of pride, relief, and something darker, something I didn't want to name yet. CEO.

“How does a conversation turn into me being interviewed by your dad?” “I used my work laptop to create your CV, it’s saved on the company network drive. He must have accessed the file from his logon.” “You put my CV on a shared company drive!?” “Leah, I didn’t know he would do this, I’ll tell him to cancel it.” My mind skipped, “No, it’s fine. Maybe this is a sign.” “What do you mean?” “I don’t know, first the redundancy, now this, maybe it’s somehow a sign.”

Craig and Verna's scandal went viral after full media coverage, dominating trending lists across all platforms. The public utterly detested Craig for being ungrateful, bigamous, for murdering his own child, and for plotting against his family. He became the poster boy for hypocritical, toxic men everywhere. Whenever strangers mentioned him, they did so with clenched teeth and undisguised disgust.

Craige who seemed to be livid as he looked at the man in front of their table. According to the source and to the guests who were near to them, Mr. Craige called the man "Father" and even cursed the man which shocked everyone. The CEO was known to be kind and helpful and everyone didn't expect him to curse. An audio clip is attached below where Chief Executive Officer Caleb Craige could be heard. On the audio file, Mr. Craige could be heard telling someone how his early life was; the known successful CEO's family was far from being glamorous as what he has right now.