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THE CEO'S MISTAKE CHAPTER 89
Harold's POV.I sat on my chair in shock minutes after Riella stormed out of my office. My eyes were still widened and I was still trying to formulate all that had happened a few minutes ago. She just quit on me.Nah, she did more than quit. She said a lot of things that I still wasn't able to fathom. She looked angry. She was enraged and it showed in the way her body trembled when I held her. She was bitter.What had I done to her to deserve all this?I couldn't even begin to wrap my head around it.When I didn't see her the first two days after work resumed, I thought she was just taking a break like she usually did. So, I called her and sent numerous texts to her but never in my life did I expect that she was just going to quit on me like that. Something was wrong somewhere.Something was deeply wrong somewhere and I had to find out what.I sighed and ran my hand through my messy hair. I couldn't count the number of times I had messed it up since she walked out of my office. I st
THE CEO'S MISTAKE CHAPTER 90
Riella's POV.“You know,” Carolyn started after the long silence that had ensued ever since I joined her in the car. She had taken the wheels as soon as I walked in. I raised my head and glanced at her. One look out the window told me we weren't going home just yet. I didn't know where she was taking me but I suddenly felt too tired to bother about it. But that was the thing. I didn't want to be tired. I wanted to fight.“It's scary how quickly you went from loving him to hating him.” She didn't mention his name but I knew just who she was talking about. Harold.At his name, my heart squeezed and it must have stopped because the pain that surged through my veins at that moment was second to none. Why did his family have to be involved in the scandal that ruined my parents? Why did all that have to happen?Why did it have to be him?Before now, I had not allowed it to hurt me this much. I had not thought about it in this light at all. All I had allowed myself to feel is the anger of
THE CEO'S MISTAKE CHAPTER 91
Harold's POV.I stepped out of my car and slammed the door shut. My eyes were trained on Ella as she walked over. She wasn't even looking at me. Heck, she was completely ignoring me while she talked to her friend. Carolyn on her part couldn't keep her eyes away from me.I walked over and stopped just right in front of her, stopping her from taking a step forward. Her dark eyes narrowed for a moment and she let out a cuss before she suddenly turned toward Carolyn and took her hand. Then, she attempted to sidestep me.“Hey, Harrold.” Carolyn waved. She wasn't smiling like all the time I'd seen her. Her face was blank but her eyes expressed rage. A kind of deep burning rage that I didn't understand.I could barely nod back at her because Riella was trying to sidestep me again. I grunted and grabbed her by her forearm, my body immediately heating up with her hit. Carolyn muttered something I didn't catch but when I heard her receding footsteps, I knew she was leaving us alone.“Don't touc
THE CEO'S MISTAKE CHAPTER 92
Riella's POV.I barely made it two steps into the living room before I fell apart and came rushing to the floor. Luckily, Carolyn who had been peeking at the windows was quick to catch me before I bruised myself.I fell into her hands and cried my eyes out at how terrible I felt on the inside. I couldn't believe what I had just done. I rejected Harold. It was the right thing to do yet it felt so wrong. It felt so terribly wrong.“He said he loves me, Lyn. He said he loves me, can you believe that?” I cried as she held me closer. It had taken me all my willpower to stand there and call him bluff but I was here now, bawling my eyes out.“Why did it have to hurt so much? Why? Why can't I just have him? He loves me yet he would be getting married to that stuck-up model? He loves me yet his parents ruined my parents. Why did everything have to be this hard?” I clutched her clothes tightly and she tried to steady me as she held me very close to her.“It's okay, baby. Shit happens. If you wa
THE CEO'S MISTAKE CHAPTER 93
Harold's POV.“...We should have about twenty-five percent returning to us by the end of this deal, sir.” The man managed to complete his presentation, his eyes looking everywhere but at my face. I sat there in my chair, looking ahead at my employees while they made a fool of themselves. I didn't think they understood the fact that I wasn't here to joke. And I would not be holding back on my plan to crush whoever decides to step on my toes.His female partner got on her feet. She nervously pulled down at her dress, body trembling like a leaf. I didn't know what unnerved them the most.The fact that I wasn't talking or the fact that my stare could bury them at that moment.“Sir, ” she parted her golden bob, taking a step forward. She snapped her fingers twice like she was so sure that I wasn't here with them. “Sir, please.” She pleaded about nothing in particular while her eyes wandered everywhere in the room. Her gaze settled on the empty chair beside me. The one that was always occ
THE CEO'S MISTAKE CHAPTER 94
Riella's POV.I adjusted the scarf that was tied to my waist with one hand while the other pressed my phone to my ear. I was talking to my mum after succeeding in avoiding her calls for days.“Ella,” she called tiredly, a small sigh accompanying her words. I knew she was probably exhausted from the last few days. More like the discoveries of the last few days but if only she knew how much I was trying to keep myself from thinking about everything, she wouldn't call me.“You don't have to get rid of the baby. I'm psyched to carry your child already.” She sounded exasperated because she had been trying to get me to see her point.“Did Carolyn put you to this?” I asked as I walked out of my room and gently shut the door behind me. I knew all of Carolyn's efforts to stop me from getting rid of the baby. She knew I had the doctor's appointment the following day and now, she asked my mum to try and convince me against it. I was just going to ignore her.“What do you mean by that?” she snapp
THE CEO'S MISTAKE CHAPTER 95
Harold's POVI exhaled as I cracked my knuckles. I had been on this for hours. It was only right for me to take a break but since I was working non-stop, there was no break for me, I guessed.I had a series of meetings earlier that cost me a lot of headaches and talks, especially the one that involved the board. They wouldn't stop going on and on about how I was supposed to run my company. Thankfully, I wasn't in the mood to condone their problems thus, they got the devil in me talking back at them.My phone started to ring, bringing me out of my thoughts. When I picked it up, I realized that my mother was calling. Frowning, I wondered what she wanted again. I had just about enough on my plate already, I wasn't ready to deal with anything else just yet.“Mother,” I started as soon as I picked up the call. If I didn't answer it now, she wouldn't stop calling and there was just no way I was going to switch off my business cell line.“Don't Mother me, Harold.” Her tone was cold but of co
THE CEO'S MISTAKE CHAPTER 96
Riella's POV.I woke up feeling very tired. I didn't know how pregnancy worked but this was pretty serious. It was the day of the appointment at the hospital yet I woke up with a splitting headache that could turn into a migraine at any time. I climbed out of bed and swiped my hair out of my face. My eyes felt heavy and my back hurts a little too. I yawned as I slipped my feet into a pair of flip-flops and walked to the bathroom. I didn't have the energy to stand under a shower and take a bath so, I heated my bath and settled down in it after I brushed my teeth.I think I might have fallen asleep in it for a while but I soon got out and moved to pick out my clothes. After searching for what felt like eons for cloth that wouldn't feel formal and wouldn't be too casual at the same time, I finally settled for blue jeans-clothed pinafore-styled gown. I wore a white top as the inner and paired it up with kicks.I settled down at my vanity table and dried my hair. Once I had it where I wan
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