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Ditch the Ex and Date The Billionaire Conflicts part 2
Ditch the Ex, Date the Billionaire . Chapter 33: Conflicts part 2 . In the tense silence that followed Chantelle's bombshell revelation, her mother's voice cut through the air with a mix of determination and concern. The elder Mrs Norman, a woman of poise and authority, addressed Alan's grandfather directly, her tone firm but tinged with empathy. "Mr. Archibald, we can't ignore what's happened here," she began, her voice steady despite the gravity of the situation. "Alan has made mistakes, but we must do what's right for the family's reputation and for the sake of the child. Chantelle can’t just have a baby for him without him having to take responsibility for it.” Alan's grandfather, a figure known for his wisdom and level-headedness, regarded her with a solemn expression. His features betrayed a mix of contemplation and concern as he processed the implications of Chantelle's pregnancy and the proposed solution of marriage. "This is a serious matter," Alan's grandfathe
Ditch the Ex and Date The Billionaire Choices
Ditch the Ex, Date the Billionaire . Chapter 34: Choices . Archie knocked once before he strolled into his father’s office without waiting for a reply. He stopped right in his tracks when he sighted his nephew, Alan sitting across his father’s table on the chair opposite him. He came for a meeting with his father and not the brat. Years ago, Archibald would never have imagined having a beef with his nephew but now it looked like it was. “Archibald.” His father sported a small smile on seeing him as he gestured towards the seat next to Alan. “You came to work today, I was beginning to think you would ditch the idea,” Archibald only gave a small smile in return before going over to sit in front of his father. “You don’t think you would get rid of me that easily. I’m here to stay.” “Hm I remembered you said those exact words to me a decade ago.” His father gave him a smug smile. “Look where that got us.” “I’m changed now, Dad.” Saying those words to Alec Ba
Ditch the Ex and Date The Billionaire Conditions
Ditch the Ex, Date the Billionaire . Chapter 35: conditions .“I haven’t mentioned anything about breaking up with your girlfriend.” His father replied him.Archibald shrugged. “You will at some point so I have to get prepared.”“Any reason as to why I’m here?.” Alan finally spoke up. “Other than being a punching bag for the spiteful words you keep throwing at me?.”“You deserve the spiteful words.” Alec Bancroft retorted before sighing. “I brought you two here because I need the two of you to work together.”Archie scrunched up his nose in disinterest. “No need, dad. I can handle this company by myself, I did it before and I can do it again.”“Oh please.” Alan scoffed resting his chin on his hands. “You can’t keep living on past glory days.”“Those past glory days are still better than now. If you have any sense left, you would check the company reports and notice that the most times the stock rose was when I was in power. I did that!.” Archibald bragged back. “You wouldn’t know
Ditch the Ex and Date The Billionaire Altercations
Ditch the Ex, Date the Billionaire .Chapter 36: Altercations .Isabella stood at the entrance of the unit she worked in. She stared at in confusion at her now empty space wondering what was going on.Were her greatest fears finally true? Had she been laid off without any information beforehand? What was going on? Just as she started to regain her concentration, her department head approached her with a serious expression. “Isabella, the CEO wants to see you," he informed her quietly, his voice tinged with concern.Isabella's heart skipped a beat. She knew exactly who the CEO was—Alan's grandfather. The man had always carried an air of authority and formality that made her nervous. She nodded silently before making her way to the CEO's office.Maybe he had an answer to all this. Perhaps he decided that she was not good for Archibald? And decided to lay her off? She wouldn’t be too surprised if that happens. The Bancroft family were just unpredictable.Example was Archibald f
Ditch the Ex and Date The Billionaire Reprimand
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 and Date The Billionaire Allegations
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 and Date The Billionaire Fuel to the fire
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 th
Ditch the Ex and Date The Billionaire Help
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
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Ditch the Ex and Date The Billionaire CH 143
Ditch the Ex. Date the Billionaire .Chapter 143: .It happens by accident.Archibald’s out of town again for work but tries to call in the evenings when he can and Isabella, consequently, does her best to be available despite the three-hour time difference. Dara can roll her eyes all she wants — and does — but keeps her smart remarks, if not to a minimum, then to an average.(“It’s part of our arrangement!” Isabella protests noisily as if the forty-five minutes she spends holed up in her bedroom have anything at all to do with those initial terms of their relationship and aren’t simply because she misses the man like a limb when he’s gone.Dara makes an unflattering snort and digs her elbow into Isabella’s side, stealing a pretzel out of her bag while she’s distracted.“Uh-huh,” she says, “Is that what we’re calling it now, Ms. Codependent?”“I don’t think I like you anymore.”Isabella, among other things, is a liar. A bad one.)It happens by accident because Isabella’s bundled up
Ditch the Ex and Date The Billionaire CH 142:
Ditch the Ex. Date the Billionaire .Chapter 142: .See, if Isabella’s life was a movie, this is where it would end.A great romantic conclusion tied up with a neat little bow, roll credits, and scene.But this isn’t a movie, and this isn’t where it ends.“I’m thinking about going back to school,” Isabella says one afternoon during a lunch date. She doesn’t stop stirring anxiously at her gelato until Archibald reaches out to physically stop her before it turns to soup, and she won’t like it as much.“I think that’s a good idea,” he replies.Isabella is still basically unhireable, further blacklisted professionally by the drama that came out of her father’s quick but messy trial that put him in jail for years and ruined any good reputation any of them might have had.(The man left a single furious, frothing voicemail on Isabella’s phone that could be summed up as three straight minutes of death threats that included everyone from Isabella herself to the cat to the goldfish that had o
Ditch the Ex and Date The Billionaire CH 141:
Ditch the Ex. Date the Billionaire .Chapter 142: .“You know, I almost broke up with you last night.”Archibald’s steady calm, the largest holdover from last night, holds up even as he nods in agreement. “I know.”Isabella scowls at him.“How’d you know? I barely knew until I’d decided not to.”“Because I know you. You’ve been given precious few people in life who haven’t broken your trust, and I did that by going behind your back. It would have been an understandable reaction, and I wouldn’t have begrudged you—“Isabella slams that ocean blue tumbler down on the table with a clatter. Her eyes are bright with emotion, and her lips are turned down in an irritated scowl.“Maybe you wouldn’t,” she snaps, “but I’d sure as shit begrudge you if you just, what, let me break up with you without so much as asking me not to? What the fuck, man.”“You are an adult who can make your own decisions—““Yeah, but that doesn’t mean I want you to just let me go when I’m about to do something stupid!
Ditch the Ex and Date The Billionaire CH 140
Ditch the Ex. Date the Billionaire .Chapter 140:.There is coffee, kept hot in the kind of insulated tumbler that costs too much and coordinates with the beachy colors of the house. Isabella has a suspicion that it was bought specifically for her, because Archibald is a crazy person who thinks about that kind of stuff. It doesn’t stop her from drinking it.“Tell me what you did,” Isabella orders before she can talk herself out of it and in spite of the very large part of her that doesn’t actually want to know. “Something something something about buying out the board?” she elaborates with a pointed stare. Because Chantelle, of all people, wouldn’t be bailing unless the ship is sinking. The ship might already be sunk if she’s that willing to abandon what she sees as her birthright. A birthright that she’s always seen as a competition, even though she’d won right out the gate and Isabella’s so stupid that it took literally being disowned to see that she never stood a chance.“Oh, th
Ditch the Ex and Date The Billionaire CH 139
Ditch the Ex. Date the Billionaire .Chapter 139: .Isabella and Alan had settled many a disagreement with an angry tussle in bed that was worth the drop afterward for being able to get a little of her own back, to feel seen and heard. Except that Archibald already makes her feel seen and heard, and right now Isabella just sort of wants one of them to hurt, and she’s not sure who.“Stop, stop, enough,” Archibald orders, kinder than Isabella deserves, and wipes the beginnings of tears out of the corners of Isabella’s eyes before she even realizes that she’s about to cry. “I know, baby. I know.”“You don’t know anything.” It comes out way less cool and way more pathetic when Isabella’s voice cracks on what is definitely an overtired, strung-out sob. “You don’t know anything.”“I know that you’re exhausted and running on fumes and that you’d rather have the kind of sex that’s not good for you and that you don’t even want than get what you need,” Archibald tells her. “I’d say I know pl
Ditch the Ex and Date The Billionaire CH 138
Ditch the Ex. Date the Billionaire .Chapter 138: .The only tears Chantelle’s ever shed have been of the crocodilian variety, as purposeful a tactic as any insult. Even after she’d forced herself to learn how to stop, she’d never managed to wield emotion like a weapon. At times like this, Isabella sort of wishes that she had.Isabella trembles and wraps her arms around herself, chilled even underneath the blanket. The edges are getting wet with saltwater and crusted with sand, and she would bite anyone who might try to take it from her.Archibald doesn’t touch her, but Isabella can feel him practically vibrating with the way he wants to. Right now, Isabella would be happy to bite him, too.“I don’t think you’re stupid.”“Well, it sure feels like it.”Archibald literally wrings his hands in open distress, and even now, it doesn’t feel remotely like a win. Isabella’s gotten exactly what she’s asked for—space and someone else being the one to hurt, but it doesn’t lessen her own, not e
Ditch the Ex and Date The Billionaire CH 137
Ditch the Ex. Date the Billionaire .Chapter 137:.It's still pitch black outside, but Isabella finds herself at the edge of the water anyway. The ocean doesn’t give a damn about Isabella’s battered foundation and rolls happily up the night-cooled sand, leaving only foam and bits of seashell behind.Isabella sits at the shoreline and tucks her knees up under her chin.She wonders, miserably, where Chantelle plans to go.God, she hopes her sister gets as far away as she can.Isabella's spent her whole life loyal, but Chantelle? She’s fanatical to a degree that Isabella could never quite manage, and she wonders if putting her loyalty into a cage match with her relentless drive to protect herself finally did what nothing else could—crack that fanaticism. She’ll never know; it’s not her place now, and even if it was, Chantelle would never let her.God, she hopes Chantelle got as far away as she possibly can.Mai, with much derision, refers to it as Isabella's "better place theory." Mom
Ditch the Ex and Date The Billionaire CH 136
Ditch the Ex. Date the Billionaire .Chapter 136: .“Oh, please. Because your boytoy just woke up and bought half our board and their corresponding shares out from under us for some weekend summer fun? I didn’t think you had it in you, but I guess you had to grow a spine sometime.”Isabella’s brain goes blank. Chantelle’s words land with all the delicacy and grace of anvils, pinning her down under their weight like a butterfly in a box.“I didn’t—you’re wrong,” she protests.“Sure, okay. Keep telling yourself that. Anyway, don’t bother saving this number; I’m ditching the phone once my plane boards. Congratulations on your win, Izzy. We always knew you’d ruin the family, but I didn’t think it’d be like this. Have a good rest of your life, I guess.”There’s a click and then a dial tone. Isabella tries to call back, but it goes straight to a generic voicemail that she knows won’t ever be checked. At best it’s a burner phone; at worst it’s Chantelle’s regular phone that she’s willing t
Ditch the Ex and Date The Billionaire CH 135
Ditch the Ex. Date the Billionaire .Chapter 135: .There’s the temptation after breakfast to go back to bed and find another way to entertain themselves, but Archibald shuffles her to go shower instead.“It’s about ten miles to get into town,” he says when Isabella protests in an appropriately dignified manner, definitely not pouting at having to put pants on. “You’ll like it.” Isabella does pout, then, and is rewarded for her bad behavior by being hoisted up onto the bathroom counter and thoroughly kissed until she’ll say yes to just about anything. And she does say yes, eventually, and delays the inevitable by about ten minutes by sticking her hands down the back of Archibald’s pajamas.Isabella’s never had this kind of domesticity in a relationship before, and it should feel strange but it doesn’t, just scaffolds its way up the norms built in by months of getting to know each other. It doesn’t feel weird at all for Isabella to snag Archibald by the wrist and tug him into the sho
