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The CEO Chapter 53
"Yes?" I ask sweetly, no hidden bitterness. Nothing."Why is it, that my son chose a woman of your kind to make his wife?" She asks bluntly, I choke on my water and Grey seems to be fuming.I hold his bicep to keep him calm, he visibly does as he relaxes under my touch, I move my hand to his then intertwine it under the table.I don't know, but it seemed like a natural instinct to that but it worked so..."Please elaborate on what a 'woman of your kind' is." I ask, once again sweetly with no hidden disdain."A gold digger." Janet spits out, my eyes widen slightly at the straight bluntness and disgust laced with it."Also a nobody, you popped into his life a few months ago and now you're his fiancé? Meanwhile he won't even look at a woman he's known for more than ten years?" Mrs Grey continues.I look at the mother then the son who defends the statement silently, I shrug. "I guess you should ask the man himself, he is the one who proposed." I smiled sweetly.Mrs Grey frowns and takes a
Last Updated : 2022-11-02The CEO Chapter 54
Headline: Trouble in the Grey paradise?Of course they found out, there sits a picture of me by Grey's side while he glares at his family.It's at a perfect angle that somehow captures all of our facial expressions, excluding Sophia's who's been looking down almost the entire brunch.I place my work phone away not in the mood to read their assumptions, directing my gaze to my fiancé he seems to be brooding.I ended up making lunch for us seeing as neither of us got to eat much, he hasn't touched his and I haven't finished mine.Out of nowhere he breaks into a small grin, "Do you know of Jaclyn Linean?" He asks, I think for a minute."She planned the June wedding of the year right?" I ask, he nods."You can meet her tomorrow if you'd like." He offers, but tomorrow's Monday. I shake my head, "Work. When will there be time?" I ask, he shrugs it off."Then you can dedicate tomorrow to the wedding day details, then come back to work when you're done or whenever." He offers, I shake my hea
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no mortgage bond, and it's quite close to a school for your daughter and your son." Kat is just standing there teary eyed, but I can tell that she doesn't want to accept it but she remains quiet.Mrs Lee smiles at me once she notices, "Sorry I'm late." I apologize."Now that we're here I can show you the interior." We all head inside, the kids rushing before us.One thing I'm happy about is that it comes furnished, it's cosy but also screams luxury. We walk around and show them the kitchen, living room and dining room along with the playroom in the basement.We head upstairs, where there is four bedrooms and three bathrooms. The main bedroom stands alone with a bathroom with it.Two other rooms are conjoined with a bathroom and the other is alone with a bathroom across it.It's more than enough for them, Mrs Lee leaves us claiming to have to go to another viewing we bid her goodbye.We are now standing out in the yard, where not far from the where we are is a jungle gym with the kids t
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I sit on my bed cross legged with my phone in hand, my chrome opened up at a pregnancy symptoms website.NauseaDrowsinessFatigueVomiting (morning sickness)HeadachesCravingsLight-headedI can't be pregnant, I mean it's been two to three weeks. He speed a condom though, each time. I'm not pregnant.What if?"Are you going to test?" I look up at my laptop screen where Julia is in a cucumber mask."Julia it was a one time thing, and we used condoms." I reason."Well just do it because you don't want to end up doing something that makes you regret having have not checked.""But I didn't get repulsed or the nausea when Grey was drinking by the smell of alcohol." She gives me a face."Not everyone gets those symptoms Rosaleigh. Now tomorrow you better get that test and check. Goodnight." With that I end the call and continue looking at the symptoms.Instead of going to sleep I walk out of my room and into the other, silently I shuffle under the blankets and lay my head on his chest.I
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Nic walks in, closing the door behind him and sits on the chair before my desk. "What's the appointment about? If you don't mind me asking." He begins, I shrug it off."I just haven't been feeling well lately but it's alright." He smiles with a nod."Anway, I see that we haven't gotten much time to talk since the day of your engagement." He wiggles his eyebrows with a glimmer in his eyes.I raise an eyebrow while stapling some papers together, "I know about the whole contract deal, but I want to know how you feel about all this." His mood takes a turn, he's still moderately bubbly but he sits back in his chair and looks me directly in the eyes, not too intimidating but a bit uncomfortable. I look away, it's like he's my therapist but worse in a way."Can we not..." I suggest looking down at the documents on the desk that I try my best to read through."Okay. But I think last time we established that you like him, how's that?" He asks, I give him a look and sigh."I still like him, bu
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For the next few hours Grey and I hardly talk, not just because of the workload which is a lot might I add.But because of the talk Nic and I had, I even avoided looking at him. And because of that he's been very pissy, I can't blame him.I'm scared, can you blame me? Most probably yes but that doesn't stop my fear nonetheless.A knock comes on my door distracting me from my thought and work, I look up and see my boss."We have to get going." He says, my mouth forms an 'o' shape. I quickly get up and grab my jacket, phone and purse.I know I'm not coming back so I don't see a need for me to leave anything behind.I switch off the lights and close the door behind us.It takes us no longer than twenty minutes for us to get to the same hospital my dad is, we walk right past the receptionist and Grey leads us to a certain room.A quick nod and an elderly man stands on the other side, Dr Ruben his coat reads. "Ah, come in come in." He makes way for us to go through.We enter, just like the
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I huff a breath holding back every ounce of me that wants to cry and tear everything apart, I crack my knuckles then fiddle with the ring on my index finger.Anxiety.A single tear rolls down my face.No, no, no, no.Someone grabs me holding me, I know the hold, the feel of me in her arms. Her scent, her touch, her tears.I stop what I'm doing and look down at her, she's holding me tight crying on my chest shaking her head. "I'm sorry, I'm so sorry." Her voice is soft and mumbled.More tears run down my face, "Rosaleigh, please." I manage to whisper, she looks up at me with bloodshot eyes and a tear stricken face.She still looks so f*cking gorgeous, she mouths the words 'sorry'. I bite on my tongue as we look into each other's crying eyes."I'm sorry, baby please. I love you, I know it's too late but please. Just- just say you remember me." I croak out.She pulls back wiping her tears away, she shakes her head. "Xander son." Her father gives me a sad look.I shake my head, "Give her
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Rosaleigh P.O.VOne thing is certain, I am nor pregnant. Dr Ruben mentioned nothing of such, and I'm just glad that it's nothing but temporal lobe damage.I found it weird that Xander wasn't there when we were done, moreover that he looked like hell.I know he brushed it off as a business call but that must've been one hell of a call because his face was blotched in red. I wanted to ask but he brushed it off for a reason I guess, "Can we go to Wendy's?" I ask.He gives me a side eye, I'm confused for a second before I break out into a smile. "I promise not to order half the menu." I stick out my pinkie for him to take.He raises an eyebrow, "or be rude to the waitress, or eat like a pig." He smiles and connects our pinkies."I'm sure you'd still look gorgeous even if you eat like a pig." I don't know why his comment makes me smile but it does."I'll take that as a compliment." I return. We connect eyes for a second."I must be some gentleman if you take that as a compliment." I rais
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*3 years later*Xander's P.O.VI look up from my laptop to see Lucia leaning against my doorframe.It's crazy how she's grown up to look nearly the exact replica of her sister."Hey."I close the device and give her my full attention. "Hi."She scratches her head and gives me a nervous smile, "I-" She stutters as someone behind her clears her throat."We were hoping we could ask you for something." I raise an eyebrow."Well, I'm moving out to college in a few weeks and it's nearly uhm Rosie's memorial day, and we were hoping we could get some things that belonged to Rosaleigh. For memories?"My heart stops for a moment before it continues its job."Haven't you already been doing that for the past three years?" I try to laugh it off even though it's pissed me off every time.Although, Rosie was her sister and she deserves something just as much as I'd love to have kept everything of hers to myself.She hasn't moved things around, I'm grateful for that."I have and I would have continue
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"Xander, man. Open up!" It's Nic. I wonder why he's here."The children are with Julia. Open up brother. What is going on?" he asks, I haven't moved in hours.Qaia is asleep in my arms, her face reminds me so much of Rosie's."If you don't open up the door, I am going to break in." Nic announces, he can't but I don't want him hurting Qaia when the door cracks from the impact, so I stand up and unlock it.He walks in, "you look fucked up." He comments the moment his eyes land on me.I don't respond. I don't have the energy to. "What's wrong man? You've got the kids all worried. And where is Ros-" his sentence dies off when he looks at the bed."Fuck." Tears well up in my eyes again.He pulls my head towards his and connects our forehead, "I'm so sorry." Tears are strolling down both our faces. "I-I don't know what happened. Noelle told me she wasn't breathing and... I just shut down. She can't be gone, Nicholas." I sob harder."I know, man, I know. I'm so sorry." His voice is soft,
The CEO Chapter 128
*Two hours later*"Congratulations, Mr. and Mrs. Grey, it's a healthy baby girl."No words can explain the feeling that is spreading throughout my body. My heart feels so... I just don't know how to describe it.Rosie and I connect eyes, I can see the pure bliss going on behind them like a storm of some sorts, tears stream down her face, and I lean over to wipe them off."You did it, mariposa." I kiss her forehead. Our baby girl's cries fill the entire room, I throw my shirt off and accept her small frame. "8 pounds and 10 ounces," he tells me.Her face is reddened as she cries out, I sit beside Rosie and hand her over. Rosie starts to hiccup as silent tears stream down her face. She runs her finger over our baby's face."Shh-shh baby, mommy and daddy are here." she whispers, looking up at me. She cries even more when she sees me. She reaches out with one hand and wipes away the tears I didn't know I was shedding."We did it," I smile.We hold her for a while longer until the docto
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After the heart to heart, if I can call it that, Xander took the pills and fell asleep. I, on the other hand, could not.I sat for hours just staring at him, so many times his face morphed from peace to anguish and from anguish to peace. It hurt me.My heart was broken. It still is.When dawn started to settle in, I spent my time on his laptop till full sunrise. I read up on the email he'd been reading, and a part of me felt guilty for not wanting to take the chemo.The other part of me was still insistent on not taking it. It would be a miserable play for all parties, I know from experience.I felt horrible for being happy and recalling all my favorite memories to my dad when all he could do was lay in his bed, hooked on machines. I ended up getting emotional and stressed, so I shut the laptop and began the day. To get my mind off everything, I had a virtual tour of the institute, then had an interior designer meet me at the house to discuss.After that, I spent time with Noelle as
The CEO Chapter 126
"I think it's a girl. Only she can allow you to eat something like that," I freeze, my wrap just about to dip into my McShake.Ice cream turned into more cravings.I give him a deadly look, which has him laughing out loud. "She'll be an exact replica of you. She'll have your smile, your hair, your eyes, and your laugh. She's going to break many hearts because she won't be allowed to date until we're the same age." He smiles, I giggle."So, never?" He kisses my forehead."She'll have your smarts too," I finish my shake and turn to him."Well I for one, know it's going to be a boy. He'll have my hair color with your teenage curls. Everything else about him will be yours, his facial features; his voice, his eyes. Maybe he'll be lean," I shrug.His eyes hold suspicion in them, "So Jeremiah Fisher is out of the picture?"Shocked, I playfully slap his arm. "Firstly, that was one time. Secondly, that wouldn't be a bad idea either. Either way I—"Everything I ate in the last hour comes up my
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Despite my wishes to keep my birthday small and at home, Xander thought otherwise, and by otherwise, I mean:He bought a private island near the Maldives, we didn't stay at it because it was barren, but we did go to it and suggested that we name it and soon talk to designers, for a beach house.A virtual meeting with a Hermès designer for a custom Kelly bag, I don't know how he did it, but he did. To say I was lost would be an understatement, Xander just laughed at me when i didn't know what to answer when it came to the leather types.He took me shopping, obviously, skiing, and I tried surfing but failed profusely. Xander, on the other hand, looked like Gabriel Medina at his best.There's nothing this man can't do.We spent a day at the villa and gave each other massages and watched movies.I loved those three days, but when we came back to the United States, I realized that I love being home rather than being away, or maybe it just has something to do with being around the girls.I
The CEO Chapter 124
The next couple of months pass by in a blur, a week after the Logan topic we spent a couple of days in New Zealand for Xander's birthday.In June we finally got to building the institute, it's still a working progress as we speak.In the same month, I don't know what strings Xander pulled but Shane Grey signed over the rights of the company over to Xander with no argument. We celebrated just the two of us together.Ever since that day, Logan and Sophia never got in contact, she finally decided to go see the psychiatrist I recommended her. She was broken when he'd cut contact but as time passed she started to seem more like herself as Xander said.We celebrated Lucia's birthday at Disneyland late June.July fourth we finally took Rosander on a joyride if you can call it that, I think we all enjoyed the night. Xander and Julio put their differences aside for that day and even chatted among themselves, including Nic, as they all sa
The CEO Chapter 123
His body stiffens for a minute but he continues to walk around like it doesn't affect him, it does."Yes, I guess you've missed out on a lot haven't you? While you were slowly killing a defenseless woman, I was trying to pay for our father's chemo and trying to save our brother from rotting in prison for something he never did." I let the words settle in."Well didn't you do a great job at that?" He chuckles dryly, anger bubbles in me.I walk up to him and stare him down, he doesn't shy away. "What happened to you? The James I know would have never hit a woman or abandoned his family," He chuckles again, "You mean the family that is slowly dying one by one?""That is no excuse James! I thought I could rely on you, even if you disappeared occasionally you would always pull through, but I guess you were too busy weren't you?" "What I do with my life does not concern you," disgust flows through every vein in my body.I ca
The CEO chapter 122
The constant beep of the heart monitor is silent.The bed is empty.The entire room is silent.My mind doesn't bother to find any reasoning, and my heart beats achingly.He's gone.There's no going back, and I have to accept it.Of course I cried, he's my father. Whether or not he's alive, he will always be, and he left with a piece of my heart; all of our hearts.A week after we came back to L.A., he left us, and a week later, we buried him next to our mother's grave.I broke down, became sick, grieved, and then I pulled myself together for my sisters.That was over two months ago. My heart still aches for my father, but it's dulled. It was time. He got his last wish, I got married.Lucia has gotten better, I'm happy that it didn't take that much of a toll on her as compared to mom's death.We've moved into the new house, the kids love it. Xander and I love it.Being back though has separated us for a while, he's been stuck in piles of work and complications with his father.Despite
