“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
A few days later, Gerald walked out of the elevator with his lawyer, his expression grim. His steps were stiff, and he exuded a gloomy aura that made everyone he passed not dare to say a word to him.Reaching the door leading to the boardroom of the Hamilton Towers, his lawyer opened it for him to s
Then he frowned as he stopped in front of Gerald. “Oh sorry. I forgot that she just terminated your partnership, so you're not working with her anymore.”Gerald clenched his hand tightly into a fist, but he knew that the bastard was just trying to provoke him, and he wasn't going to give him the sat