Chapter 2.YOU ARE FIRED!

You are fired!

When Ivy got home, it was around 6:56 PM, but surprisingly, Leon wasn't there. He was supposed to be home by that time, but he wasn't. Ivy pulled out her phone and dialled his number, but each ring went unanswered. She didn't have a choice since her keys were locked inside. She sat out on the balcony of the house and waited for her boyfriend. She needed to talk to him about two things; firstly, she wanted him to try to defend himself,Atleast say that her cousin had seduced him, which would make her take him back.

It was 9pm when Leon finally came back to the house. When he wanted to go in, he saw his girlfriend sleeping on the balcony. He hissed and entered the house.

However, the alarm on Ivy's phone woke her up by 5:30 the next morning, and when she rose from the floor, she was disappointed that she had fallen asleep outside. But then, why did Leon not come back and carry her inside?

She walked over to the door and turned the doorknob, surprisingly finding it unlocked. She let out a deep sigh before going in. He had indeed come back, but he didn't care to bring her inside.

When she got in, Leon was seated on the plush couch in the living room.

When he saw her, he frowned. "I didn't get dinner last night. What happened?"

"Dinner?" Her brows shot up in disbelief. "You expect me to come back home to make dinner for you after I caught you with Hailey? I mean, after I caught you doing that! You should be giving me two explanations right now!" She snarled.

"Two explanations? For what exactly? Me having a good time with Hailey?" He had a wide grin on his face as he spoke.

The corners of her lips fell into a deeper frown. "You won't even apologise, will you?"

He laughed heartily. "Stop acting like some secondary school teen. Go in there and make breakfast, I'm hungry... I ejaculated plenty of times yesterday."

Ivy's brows created deep lines in her forehead; she really would have accepted him back if he apologised and blamed it on her cousin, but it seems like that wasn't happening either.

If she didn't want him back in her life, she wouldn't have come back here, well, she also didn't have anywhere to go even if she didn't want him again. She couldn't go to her uncle's house, as he had chased her away from home, and she wouldn't dare show her face at his place to avoid embarrassment.

"So you did it intentionally?" She asked, still hoping he would lie or just give her a lame excuse, but he sighed.

"I am a man, and I can do whatever I want to do! I have chosen who is best for me. Hailey has a lot of business opportunities to offer when we get married, unlike you, who would be a liability. Don't you see the bigger picture, Ivy?"

"Look, you can always be by my side, but I can't marry a nobody." He moved closer to her and caressed her cheeks. "Listen, Ivy, I want you by my side, but..."

She didn't let him finish before smacking his hands away from her cheeks. She was boiling with a mixture of rage, disappointment, and betrayal. So this was it? She was now a liability to him? The most heartbreaking part of what he just said was that Hailey had a lot to offer. A lot to offer??

The whole company her father is ruining actually belongs to Ivy's late father! If there was someone who is a liability, it's her cousin sister.

Hot torrents of tears rolled down her cheeks, but she quickly struggled to hold them back. He doesn't deserve a tear, not even a sob!

Leon snapped. "Are you going to keep crying, or will you go in there and make breakfast?"

"Maybe if you make breakfast, I can think of forgiving you for everything that happened earlier?"

What did he just say? Forgive her for everything that happened earlier? He is such a lunatic! If anyone should be needing an apology, it's Ivy.

But he wasn't willing to apologise for what he did, and he was also acting like it never happened and trying to keep her by his side as his sex toy and punching bag whenever he is pissed.

At this point, there was no staying back! She had seen it all, and this was the height of it.

"I'm done with you!" She hollered at him with tears dripping down her cheeks.

He narrowed his eyes on her. "I should be the one using that line, babe. I am the one done with you, and I want you to leave right now!" He spat boldly.

Ivy didn't care this time; besides, he slept with her sister and has been beating her. He had been abusive both physically and mentally.

He walked closely to her and whispered, "Do you know why I don't want you anymore? You get even more dense as the day goes by; I can't help it anymore!"

"But I dedicated my life for you! I stopped my fashion school just so I could use my WB card to invest in your company and get it back from your greedy shareholders! I did all of this for you!”

He laughed.

"Did I ask you to quit your school for me? Did I ask you to invest in my company? You did it in your free will because you were in love with me. I didn't make you do all of those things under duress, did I? I could have done it all by myself!"

Ivy's world started to crumble down at her feet, piece by piece. The realisation hit her like a lightning bolt - she was the stupid one!

Deep inside, she knew she was just wasting her time here asking him questions; he wasn't going to change his mind about her or go pay Damian Forbes his money back... everything was all on her now!

Her emotions were a mixture of pain, grief, disappointment, and sadness.

For some reason, she sulked in her breath and wiped her eyes. She stood up and turned to leave, but he stopped her.

"Where are you going?"

"And how is that your business? What else do you want from me? We just ended our relationship, so we are now strangers. Anything I do shouldn't bother you, mister Leon!"

His face went pale with shock at her audacious voice. He moved closer to her to hit her, his signature form of abuse.

But this time, she turned to him. "One more hit from you, and I will sue you for assault! We are no longer a thing," she stated boldly before walking into the room to pick up her things from his house. Before she came out, Leon was nowhere to be found, but she didn't care - now she was free from the beating and everything!

The following morning, Leon woke up to an empty side of the bed. Though he came back late, he went to the club.

Around 7:45 AM, he woke up and turned around, only to be welcomed by an empty and cold side of the bed. It was a Friday, so she would always sleep over and go back to her job the next morning, but this one was different - it was just cold and empty.

And so was her wardrobe, where she left some of her clothes, her little makeup since she wasn't more of a fan of makeup, her little bag was also gone! In fact, everything she had in his house was all gone!

He stood up, his face plastered with the most wide grin ever. He was finally free from such a dense woman, and he went to the kitchen and quickly whipped up some eggs and coffee. He made a very bad coffee, but he drank it anyway; he had no other choice.

He quickly took his shower and prepared to go out. Now it was a new era with a smarter woman and no longer Ivy. He stood in front of the mirror and knotted his tie when his phone rang. When he picked up, it was his PA.

"Hello...." he said plainly.

"Sir, sir, sir...." she started in an urgent voice. "Sir, we just received a new email this morning...."

"And so what is it about?" Leon asked, clearly irritated by how she wasn't giving him all the information at once.

"Sir, our largest shareholder who has over 75 percent of shares has decided to pull out and take all of her shares. She would only stay if the company is under her management, as stated in clause 041."

Leon felt punched in the gut, his brows raised in disbelief.

"What does that mean? I'm coming, I am on my way!" He shouted.

"Sir, she gave us just 15 minutes!" she informed him.