Novel-novel oleh C Olive

HENRYI just knelt there on the floor watching her leave, unable to move, unable to do anything but cry and sob like a child.What the fuck was wrong with me? This was not me at all, why was I crying?I forced myself to get to my feet and I wiped my eyes with the back of my hand and sniffled, adjusting my tie and tried to gather myself.Everything was robotic, my body just going through the processes like it normally did. But my mind, my mind was blank, it was empty.What was I going to tell the board? What was I going to tell Gordon Banks? How did this chance from heaven slip through my finger and wither into nothingness?I staggered towards the door, dragging my feet, my head felt heavy, I had to even lean on the door frame to stop from falling back down on my knees.None of this made any sense, how was Cara here?The last time I had seen her was when she was at the back of the cop car being taken away from the hospital.She was in a bad state, hurt and injured but I did not care, I

CARAIt felt like my chest was on fire.I had done a good job suppressing my anger when the other members of the committee were around but now it was just me and Henry, I could not, I could not keep this feeling in check.I wanted him to suffer, he had to suffer as much as he made me suffer.I watched Henry from my chair as a drop of tears rolled down his cheeks. I didn’t think I had ever seen him cry before, the big and mighty Henry shedding tears in my office.“Cara, I am sorry for the past, please, don’t hold that against me,” he said.“I should not hold that against you?” my voice flew up to an octave. “Can you hear yourself Henry? Did you ever show me any pity or compassion?”He sighed deeply and then hung his head low in shame.“Did you know how it felt? Being married to you and yet feeling so alone, so lonely?”“Cara… I’m begging you please, I need this…”I sneered, was he even listening to me? typical Henry, so self absorbed, not giving a fuck about what anybody else wanted, o

HENRYMy legs felt rooted to the ground and I could not move. My eyes had to be deceiving me, this could not be true.CARA?The Cara that I knew was seating at the head of the table, obviously leading the committee. My palms became sweaty as I stared at her and she stared back at me, she too seemed shocked to see me but I could see how much effort she was putting in to control the fire that was raging behind her eyes.Her hands basically clawed into her arm rest. I felt as if, if I took a step forward, she was going to rip my head clean off my shoulders and the thought of that sent a shudder down my spine.This did not make sense, my brain could not process it, this was clearly Steele Corp but what exactly was Cara doing here? Did I mistakenly walk into the wrong board room? Was that it?Did I fall asleep in the elevator from stress and this is actually a nightmare? All the possibilities were swirling around in my head and none of them were making sense or even making me feel better

CARA“I understand perfectly,” Philip replied.I sighed in frustration, “I’m not saying that this is your fault or anything, I know that we were both involved and I too share the blame…”“Don’t sweat it, Cara,” he flashed me a smile.I felt my resistance weaken and a tightness in my chest replaced it.Suddenly there was a tingling within my thigh and my mind was flashing back to what had occurred two days ago in the gym shower.I shook my head and shook the memory away with it.“It’s perfectly fine, Cara. I have heard you, it should not happen again.”But it would, won’t it?I knew Philip well enough, I know what he was thinking, hell, I knew what I was thinking and even though I knew I had to stop this before it became something else entirely, I didn’t think I could.I wanted him to do all the work, wanted him to show all the restraint, to make it easy for me but I knew he wouldn’t.Classic Philip, he didn’t argue with me or press back whenever I made a point or stated what I wanted.

HENRYGordon Banks was godsend, if someone would have told me that he would be the one to raise a possible solution out of this mess that my company was in, I would not have believed it.The fact that he did not bail on me like Terrace and the others was surprising enough. He had every reason to. In fact, I expected him to, unlike the rest who surprised me with how quickly they were willing to abandon ship and flee.I expected the exact same thing from Gordon but no, he stuck by me, not only did he do that, he also came up with a solution to revive my company, I would make sure to reward him handsomely when I make this deal.I would hold myself to that promise, I said to myself as I drove my Jaguar down the busy New York road, making my way over to Steel Corp.Gordon had arranged a meeting, he had done all the palm greasing and door opening, all that was left was for me to prove to the people at Steel Corp that I belonged in the building.It was going to be easy as cake, I would knock

HENRY“How could you let this happen, Henry?” Terrace, one of the board members began.I sighed deeply and was about to speak up in my defense when another board member interrupted me.“You told us that we should just lay back and allow you to make all the big decisions and you would keep our pockets filled and our minds at ease, how do you explain this mess?”The person that spoke was Ms. Anderson, a fat hulk of a woman.I never really liked her, always felt that her personality and looks were a turn off. It was not surprising that she still was unmarried in her late forties.“It is not as bad as you think, I have this under control,” I assured them.“Under control? You call filing for bankruptcy ‘under control’?” Gordon Banks, the third largest shareholder said and slammed his hand down on the table.I stared at him in stark shock, how did he find out that we had filed for bankruptcy? I didn't even know this until Tom told me about it earlier.His comment sent a ripple across the bo