Ditch the Ex, Date the Billionaire . Chapter 37: reprimand . Chantelle glares at Alan attending to Isabella out of hatred. She finally grabs him by his suit so he can face her instead. “Alan!!.” “What?.!” He snaps back at her as she becomes surprised. Apparently everyone in the unit are surprised as well as some of them drop what work they are doing while others pretend they are actually working under the guise of watching the couple fight. “Why are you yelling at me? I didn’t do anything wrong.” Chantelle immediately responds back bringing out the teary eyes hoping it would work on him. Isabella scoffed obviously not buying her sister’s attitude. “You walked into this office without permission, obviously, you ran past the guards to have done that because you weren’t allowed to be in here in this first place.” “Because you put that rule here.” Chantelle fires back at her before turning to Alan. “Can’t you believe that? She’s only started working in your unit but yet the m
Ditch the Ex, Date the Billionaire .Chapter 38: Allegations .Three days. It’s been three days since Archibald decided to come back to corporate life and so far he’s been hating it. Everyday he’s reminded of the reason why he left.Although the only time he’s ever delighted is when he gets to have lunch with Isabella. Been in a fake relationship with her has been the best decision he has ever made.And also questionable decision too because he still hasn’t spoken to Lisa since that abrupt kiss. Throughout the morning Archibald constantly checks his phone to see if Isabella has texted him already, and when she finally does – saying that she was on a lunch break– Archibald breathes a sigh of relief. He quickly texts Isabella about how tired he is and that he can’t wait to see her immediately. Shortly before 1:00 pm, Hector comes in and asks Archibald if he wants to grab lunch together so that they could chat a little. Archibald wants to refuse but he decides he can spare a few m
Ditch the Ex, Date the Billionaire . Chapter 39: Fuel to the fire .“Archibald?” Jerking his head upright, Archie stares right in Nathaniel’s blue eyes. Unable to form any coherent thoughts, he looks back at the tablet; his head spinning. Someone was eavesdropping on them… a guest, most possibly, or even one of the waiters. Whoever it was, they snitched them out to all of these blogs – the same social media blogs that Archibald has filed countless lawsuits against for spreading misinformation about him and this company.“Call the company’s lawyer and also inform Lisa too,” Archibald eventually croaks out. “I want them in my office in one hour. By then, I expect to have a full list of all the waiters and guests who were sitting close to us yesterday. I’m going to sue their fucking asses off.”“So… it’s true?”Swallowing thickly, Archibald looks up at him. “I had already informed the guests at the company party last week, I just didn’t extend the news to everybody in this compa
Ditch the Ex, Date the Billionaire . Chapter 40: Help . “Most likely,” Hector says. “Also, I’m sure the board of directors will convene a crisis meeting in the next couple of hours. Considering the public backlash, it’s only a matter of time until the stock price drops significantly.” Once again, Alan feels bad for a second, but he quickly reminds himself that all of this is necessary and – in the long run – for his own best. To not make himself look guilty, Alan decides to call his uncle, but the line is busy. He wonders who Archibald is speaking to at the moment… Isabella? His grand father? Some members of the board? Alan wished he could be there and hear what they’re saying. That reminds him… “Hey, about that virus… you deactivated it, right?” “Naturally,” Hector says. “Archibald won’t be able to find the remnants of it unless he actively looks for it, which I doubt he’ll do without any proper reason. And even if he finds the virus, he will never be able to lin
Ditch the Ex, Date the Billionaire . Chapter 41: Reveal . Isabella’s world comes crashing down on her during lunch break. After she was done with her work at the unit, she heads straight to the cafeteria with two fellow colleagues that she sometimes talks to. They’re queuing up at the serving counter, talking about the lecture, when a tall guy standing in line behind Isabella taps on her on the shoulder. “Are you the ceo’s son plaything? Mr Archibald?.” Mouth dropping open, Isabella stares at him for a second; what the hell? “I… No, I– why would you think that I’m–” The words die in her throat when the guy holds up his phone. “This sure looks like you, though.” When he turns the screen around, Isabella winces so terribly she almost drops her tray. There’s a photo of Archibald and her sitting in the Tesla, underneath the headline, ‘EXCLUSIVE: Billionaire Heir Archibald Bancroft dining out with a college-aged boy toy!’ Panic surges through her from head to toe and
Ditch the Ex. Date the Billionaire . Chapter 42: Penny for thoughts . Archibald sighs as Warren leaves through the door to go help Isabella. He runs his hands through his hair feeling more nervous than before. He didn’t expect this at all. Of course, he knew that eventually the bloggers would try to dig up everything about him but not this soon. His plan was that after he had introduced Isabella to everyone at that dinner party then maybe he’ll pop up with a surprise engagement party just before his nephew does and then that was it. It was just an engagement that he and Isabella needed to seal his father’s trust and push Alan away. And now it’s looking like it’s not going to happen. But not on Archibald’s watch. “A penny for your thoughts?.” Lisa said quietly, her voice prompting him out of his thinking. Archibald glanced at the papers she had in her hands. “Are you done already?.” She didn’t say anything, just added another stack of papers and began writing
Ditch the Ex, Date the Billionaire . Chapter 43: a dinner between families .“You are just jealous.” Lisa paused for a moment before scoffing at what Archie said like it was absurd. “Jealous? Me? Jealous? Are you serious?.” “I mean, yeah. I already made it clear that day that I didn’t like you back the way you wanted to go, Lisa. And since then you’ve been giving me a cold shoulder, you just stopped talking to me.”“That doesn’t mean I’m jealous of you and Isabella, you dufus. I am a lawyer, a barrister, I should be out there at work now but I’m here because of you, to support my friend.” She said holding up the papers that were now looking too much to be a marriage contract. “I am here because of you and yet you have the nerve to call me jealous.” Archibald sighed. “I’m sorry for my words. I was being stupid. Please continue helping me.”“I know you are been sarcastic with that apology.” Lisa noticed before eyeing him. “But I’ll help you nonetheless.” “Great!.” He said a
Ditch the Ex, Date the Billionaire . Chapter 44: hurt . This little shit. Alan expected a lot of things when he got home, but he didn’t expect to find Isabella chilling on the couch as if she was living here, wrapped in Alan’s Hermes blanket and bragging about her stupid life with her hot, rich sugar-daddy. Isabella flinches terribly when she turns her head. “H-How long have you been standing there?” She quickly swipes over her screen, probably to end the video call. Snorting like an angry bull, Alan walks up to her. “Long enough to hear that you and dad besmirched my six thousand dollar blanket. What are you even doing here?” Isabella gulps and averts her gaze. “I… Warren said that Archie said I could wait for him until he gets home. Have you… have you seen the article?” It is only then that Alan remembers that he wanted to show empathy next time he saw Isabella, to lure her into a false sense of security. Trying to swallow down his anger, he takes a few calm bre