Ditch the Ex, Date the Billionaire .Chapter 36: Altercations .Isabella stood at the entrance of the unit she worked in. She stared at in confusion at her now empty space wondering what was going on.Were her greatest fears finally true? Had she been laid off without any information beforehand? What was going on? Just as she started to regain her concentration, her department head approached her with a serious expression. “Isabella, the CEO wants to see you," he informed her quietly, his voice tinged with concern.Isabella's heart skipped a beat. She knew exactly who the CEO was—Alan's grandfather. The man had always carried an air of authority and formality that made her nervous. She nodded silently before making her way to the CEO's office.Maybe he had an answer to all this. Perhaps he decided that she was not good for Archibald? And decided to lay her off? She wouldn’t be too surprised if that happens. The Bancroft family were just unpredictable.Example was Archibald f
Ditch the Ex, Date the Billionaire . Chapter 37: reprimand . Chantelle glares at Alan attending to Isabella out of hatred. She finally grabs him by his suit so he can face her instead. “Alan!!.” “What?.!” He snaps back at her as she becomes surprised. Apparently everyone in the unit are surprised as well as some of them drop what work they are doing while others pretend they are actually working under the guise of watching the couple fight. “Why are you yelling at me? I didn’t do anything wrong.” Chantelle immediately responds back bringing out the teary eyes hoping it would work on him. Isabella scoffed obviously not buying her sister’s attitude. “You walked into this office without permission, obviously, you ran past the guards to have done that because you weren’t allowed to be in here in this first place.” “Because you put that rule here.” Chantelle fires back at her before turning to Alan. “Can’t you believe that? She’s only started working in your unit but yet the m
Ditch the Ex, Date the Billionaire .Chapter 38: Allegations .Three days. It’s been three days since Archibald decided to come back to corporate life and so far he’s been hating it. Everyday he’s reminded of the reason why he left.Although the only time he’s ever delighted is when he gets to have lunch with Isabella. Been in a fake relationship with her has been the best decision he has ever made.And also questionable decision too because he still hasn’t spoken to Lisa since that abrupt kiss. Throughout the morning Archibald constantly checks his phone to see if Isabella has texted him already, and when she finally does – saying that she was on a lunch break– Archibald breathes a sigh of relief. He quickly texts Isabella about how tired he is and that he can’t wait to see her immediately. Shortly before 1:00 pm, Hector comes in and asks Archibald if he wants to grab lunch together so that they could chat a little. Archibald wants to refuse but he decides he can spare a few m
Ditch the Ex, Date the Billionaire . Chapter 39: Fuel to the fire .“Archibald?” Jerking his head upright, Archie stares right in Nathaniel’s blue eyes. Unable to form any coherent thoughts, he looks back at the tablet; his head spinning. Someone was eavesdropping on them… a guest, most possibly, or even one of the waiters. Whoever it was, they snitched them out to all of these blogs – the same social media blogs that Archibald has filed countless lawsuits against for spreading misinformation about him and this company.“Call the company’s lawyer and also inform Lisa too,” Archibald eventually croaks out. “I want them in my office in one hour. By then, I expect to have a full list of all the waiters and guests who were sitting close to us yesterday. I’m going to sue their fucking asses off.”“So… it’s true?”Swallowing thickly, Archibald looks up at him. “I had already informed the guests at the company party last week, I just didn’t extend the news to everybody in this compa
Ditch the Ex and Date the Billionaire.Chapter 1: Break Up.*Isabella* Balancing the bento cake on my hand and the strings of red birthday balloons carefully, I walked quietly to the main entrance. I smiled to myself knowing that my boyfriend would never expect what was going to happen. It’s his birthday and I planned on surprising him after I got back from work.I bent the door handle trying to pushed it open but stopped realizing it was stuck. Alan wasn’t around? Tucking a strand of my curly dark brown hair behind my ear, I pulled out the spare key Alan had given to me at the beginning of our relationship and opened the villa's door.The lights in the sitting room were turned off as I looked around confused.Alan never leaves his lights turned off. He always complained of having a phobia of the darkness. I could see cereal boxes and popcorn tubs scattered around the floor, my brows creased while I fixed my gaze on the television which was on.What the ...?I understand that
Ditch the Ex, Date the Billionaire .Chapter 2: Enjoy now .“You look so miserable”. Someone say hatefully into my ear just before I manage to sit down at my desk.I fought back a shiver at my coworker's gross invasion of personal space.Zoe is in her late 30s but it’s so ridiculously cringey that she seems to find joy in making my miserable life… a lot more miserable.I arched an eyebrow at her. “What are you talking about?”.“I heard the CEO’s grandson broke up with you.” She revealed with a glint in her eyes. “You do know that you’re only here because you are dating the CEO’s grand son, hm?. So which means illiterate Isabella will soon be kicked out of here like the unwanted trash you are.” She says clapping at her ridiculous statement. If I had the energy, i would remark on how childish Zoe was acting right now but I can barely go into a argument with my emotional stability in shambles.I hate the fact that the unit I was working made the coworkers have a shared cubicle. If not
Ditch the Ex, Date the Billionaire.Chapter 3: A new friend .*Isabella*“Excuse me, Are you holding silent conversations with yourself? Should I be worried?.” I looked away from the mirror that i was staring into and turned to my left seeing Dara, a co-worker and coincidentally, the only nice person in this building.“Hey, Dara.” I say, my voice cracking a little bit.She sighed bringing up her hand to touched my forehead as she gave me a look.“Have you been crying all day, please tell me you haven’t ?.”I’m not sure if it’s the exhaustion of the different panic attacks I had today or the soft encouraging look from Dara that spurs me to suddenly be so open, but I’m too tired and I just feels like I’m failing.“I’m just tired, Dara... .” I rasped out blankly staring at my miserable self in the mirror. “It’s been weeks and I feel like I can’t catch a break in this company.” “Bella ... .” She mutters in response reaching out to hold my hand.“Would it be bad if I wanted to resign?.
Ditch the Ex, Date the Billionaire .Chapter 4: Encounter .*ISABELLA* “This is the First Friday night that I have been out without Alan. He’s usually the party type.” I say revealing to Dara.She groaned. “Alan this, Alan that. Isabella, you are not doing a very good job at moving on.”“I can’t move on if you and your boyfriend are giving each other googly eyes in front of me. It reminds me of when—.”“Alright that’s enough.” Riven pulled away from Dara putting some space in between them. “Is this okay?.”“No.” I sigh wistfully. “Everything else still reminds me of Alan. I hate him but I can’t hate the memories we had here.”“Sorry, Isabella,” Dara says, reaching across the table and squeezing my hand. “But I still don’t think putting yourself out there would hurt. Maybe give it a try?.” I gave her a look. “It hasn’t been a month since I found out that my boyfriend cheated on me. So just give me a break.”“I certainly didn’t call you over for a sob story. Your life really is mise