Morgan's POV:"Dad, you're being unreasonable." My father stared at me, an unamused look on his face. He leaned forward, his chin propped on his palms as he rested his elbows on my desk. "Why don't you sit down?" He said and gestured to the seat opposite him."I don't need to," I said with a sigh. "I know why you're here, and I won't do it.""Morgan my dear child," he got to his feet and walked over to me. "I understand how you feel, believe me I do.""Dad, I'm tired. And right now all I want to do is go back home and rest."The kids were probably in bed by now. The birthday party had long ended. I received an information from Nora that my father was still at work. According to him, he refused to leave until I arrived."You entrusted this company to me, don't you trust my choices?" I asked."I do, but this is beyond personal reasons.""Working with Dante Fontaine? Dad you know it's impossible. I can't do it. You of all people know why I didn't reveal my identity when I was getting m
Morgan's POV:"Morgan?" Dad called after me. I pretended not to hear him, making my way up the stairs to my room. "Darling please, say something."Say what? What does he want me to say? I walked up the stairs and got to my room. He followed behind me, keeping a safe distance between us as if he was afraid of what I would do. Well actually, it was nothing.I felt numb. I couldn't think about anything but getting to my room and crashing in bed. I locked the door to my room, made a beeline for my bathroom and took a cold shower.He's joking, right? And that girl, she's joking too, right? After my shower I dressed in a loose shirt an went to bed. Tomorrow morning I'll sort my thoughts out. As for now, I don't think so.******The atmosphere that hovered over the breakfast table was nothing short of tensed. I ate my breakfast of oats and fruits, occasionally helping the twins with their own food. Dad sat at the head of the table, watching me with cautious eyes. And that girl sat beside
Morgan's pov:"Is everything okay?" I blinked, distracting myself from my thoughts. For a moment I had forgotten I was with someone. I raised my head and looked at Winston. He has a worried look on his face. "I'm okay," I said and smiled. "I had to come in person, and I apologize for taking time out of your busy day.""It's a Sunday," Winston said with a kind smile. "And I'm always happy to help out a patient. It's my duty.""Right," I laughed. "It's a Sunday.""So," Winston said, his head tilted to the side. "What's the problem? Do you feel strange?""I have a headache ---" From all the thinking I've been doing, my heart hurts too but I can't tell him that. "---and I don't think I can accept the leave of absence.""You need to rest, Morgan. Give your body time to recover.""I know that, and maybe one day I'll go on a month long vacation but...it's not now. "I have an older sister. I don't know how things are going to change right now , and I can't take a break now. Everything will
Morgan's POV:I think Sabrina was sent from the pits of hell to frustrate my life and drive me to an early grave."You did what?!" My voice rang out. I'm sure everybody in the office building heard my scream. The culprit sat in front of me, swinging her chair back and forth, a calm smile on her lips."Morgan dear, there's no need for you to shout so much." She said, a hint of disapproval in her tone. "There's no need to shout?!" I felt like pulling my hair out of my scalp. "Do you have any idea what you've just done?! it's been two days Sabrina. Two days since you came here and all you've done is mess things up for me!""Mess things up?" She laughed like I had said the joke of the century. "I made a decision that was the way forward for this company. How is that messing things up?""A decision?! What's makes you think you can make decisions for this company?!""Morgan you're raising your voice. Lower your tone, we're still at the office." "You don't understand what you just did, Sa
Morgan's POV:"I'm not seeing anyone for the rest of the day." I said to Nora. It's been a few minutes since the whole meet and greet with our new wonderful investor that I just wanted to ram my fingernails into his eyeballs. I think an alien kidnapped my father and swapped him out. Because that man in there is not my father.Nora nodded solemnly, questions swirled in her eyes that she didn't dare ask. "Yes, ma'am," she nodded. "Is there anything else you'd me to do?"I looked at her intensely. "No. Thank you."She looked a bit uncomfortable but it was gone quickly. She turned and walked out of the office.Somewhere in this building right now is Dante. I can't believe my father would do this to me. He of all people knew of the long nights I spent crying about Dante. He of all people knew the rollercoaster of emotions I went through especially when the kids were still very young. And yet he went behind my back and did this.Sabrina is going to be CEO? With me? I think we'll kill e
Morgan's POV;Nova turned to me and smiled. "Hello bestie," She said. "It's been a while, hasn't it? I see you've really got a new man huh?"I looked at Winston from the corner of my eye and my heart stopped beating for a few seconds. The look on his face was best described as pure fury. I felt goosebumps cover my skin watching him glare at Nova like he was boring holes in her head. I've never seen such an angry look on someone's face before, never."Accept my sincerest congratulations." Nova said, making me turn away from Winston to her. "I don't have much to say, but I'm sure we'll be seeing each other around after this.""I sure hope we don't." I said, my expression sour. She's so shameless it's annoying."You can leave now. We're having a conversation before you interrupted." Winston said. I turned to him, and this time the look on his face has been replaced with indifference. Nova looked at him and smiled. "Oh yes, yes. I'm terribly sorry for interrupting your tender moment. M
Dante's POV:"Is everything okay, Mr Fontaine?" Mrs Leon asked as she extended a link handkerchief to me. She gestured to my brow. "Thank you," I took the handkerchief from her and dabbed my brow. It came off dotted with blood. "I'm fine, everything is fine. And you don't have to call me Mr Fontaine.""You're smiling." Mrs Leon clicked her tongue. I couldn't help but laugh. "Something most wonderful happened today. I just can't help it."Oh yes, how do I begin to tell her? All I wanted, was to comfort Morgan. She was in pain, she was crying. Even though she tried to hide it from me, I saw the tear marks on her cheeks. I saw her red eyes.All I wanted to do, was hug her. An innocent hug.But no. Wrong move."Does that explain why you're smiling like a fool in my office? Where is your partner? Didn't you both have a meeting with me today?""Come on auntie, don't be so mean to your favorite nephew." She rolled her eyes. "May heavens save me from you!"I smiled. "Don't worry, my partn
25: Morgan's POV:"Oh my goodness! What happened here?" Sabrina gasped as she walked into my office, right through where a door was a few hours ago.I looked up at her and said nothing. "Come on," She said with a sigh. She walked up to my desk, a bag of takeout food in her hands. Her eyes were filled with anxiety as she stared at me. "Can we talk, please?""About what?" I said, still bitter. I went back to my work, glancing over the reports laid out in front of me. "I talked to dad, and he helped me understand some things. Can I sit, please?""Whatever."She sat down and slid the bag over to me. "Morgan, please, can you at least look at me?"I raised my head and met her eyes. "You have two minutes. As you can see, I'm very busy right now."She nodded and shifted in her seat. "Dad told me you were married to Mr Fontaine, and that it ended very terribly. I'm deeply sorry, Morgan. I wouldn't have signed those papers if I knew it was going to be really tough on you.""Are you saying I'm