Damian stared at him, raising a brow. “I don't understand. You can't just cut down to the next morning. What happened? How did it happen? Why did you suddenly feel the need to boink that woman?”Gerald gritted his teeth. “I didn't feel any need to sleep with her. I don't know what the fuck came over
“It's about the termination of our partnership with Butler Corporations”The boardroom had already been quiet but now you could hear a pin drop. Then, just as swiftly, it erupted into a cacophony of murmurs as the five board members exchanged stunned looks among themselves."Did I hear you right?" o
“Enough!” Gerald's authoritative voice boomed through the room as he finally spoke, his cold gaze pinned on Stephen. “You have no right to talk to her like that.”Stephen seemed startled, but he looked incredulous as he stared at Gerald, "But, Mr. Butler. I'm speaking in your favor here. Unless this
“What can I do to make things go back to the way they once were?”At that moment, Desiree experienced such an intense variety of emotions that it made her head spin, but the strongest emotion was anger.“You want things to go back to the way they were before?” she questioned, twisting her mouth sard
Gerald bristled at the other man's words, balling his hand tightly into fists. It'd been going well; he'd sensed from Desiree's body that her resolve was weakening. But this bastard just had to walk in and destroy all the progress.“I wasn't done speaking to Desiree, so if you could please leave us
When Desiree remained silent, he continued. “But I don't understand. You seemed to be okay about working with Gerald. You have been taking care of the partnership very well, and you've been making it work despite everything. What suddenly changed?”His gaze suddenly darkened as he shot to his feet.
"Your coffee, sir," Gerald watched as his secretary walked into his office with a cup of coffee on a saucer in hand, placing it in front of him."Anything else, sir?" Gerald curtly shook his head, his face devoid of emotion as he signaled that she could go. As the secretary headed to the door, he
"I just came to check on you. You didn't answer any of our calls yesterday, and today I find you yelling at your secretary. What happened?""Desiree doesn't want anything to do with me," Gerald stated."How did you finally realize that?" Damian asked with an eye roll that earned him a glare from Ger