All Chapters of Replacement CEO: Chapter 21 - Chapter 30

Few days after our company merger with MountainTimes, Lena's office was dissolved. She was then told to be the new senior editor, a very new position introduced by Nicholas which literally brought her a step backwards.She was now assistant to the Deputy Chief Editor, the position she was occupying before. The position was now handled by the former cheif editor of MountainTimes, Noah James.That really hurts her but she pretended to be fine. After all, there wouldn't be change in her monthly salary. Just the authority and office, which I guess wasn't something to worry about.She would no longer be reporting directly to the Chief Editor but to the Deputy Chief Editor, who in turn would report to the Chief Editor himself. That was the agreement between our company and the merged MountainTimes.It wasn't only the office of the editor, several other offices were touched too and same thing applied to the staff managing such offices. Nicholas on the day of the

Ever since I returned back to work, things had not been going well between me and Nicholas. It was as if we were strangers, no more coming to get me out for lunch and no more paying me visits. He even stopped calling me. Whenever I asked him what's going on he would tell me he's just being busy these days, and that he would make it up to me soon but he never did. At least not yet. I was hoping he would do that soon because I was already losing my mind. A lot was running on my mind, you know? I was expecting to get all the care I needed but reverse happened to be the case. And that was already affecting me. My office was empty, no enquires...and practically nothing to do.  Today I decided to seek Nicholas's attention after our monthly staff meeting. Unfortunately, Lena and Kelly ruined my plan. They drew his attention to something else and when they left the conference room, I returned back to my office in anger. Talking about

Few weeks after the unfortunate event that occurred between me and Nicholas, I decided to quit the job. I sent a resignation letter to the company's email address and waited patiently for confirmation. I thought Nicholas would deny the letter and call me to apologize for everything, just like I hoped and waited for him to come seeking for forgiveness or to call and mend our relationship but that didn't happen.In less that twenty-four hours, I received an email telling me my resignation letter has been approved and signed by the CEO. And that a sum of five hundred dollars would be sent to my account as payment for the days I worked for before quiting the job, and another five hundred dollars as grant to help settle my bills. You couldn't imagine how hurt I was, it was obvious Nicholas had nothing to do with me anymore. What pained me most was the fact that he couldn't allow me to come get my stuffs, he sent them over the following day with a goodwill

Steven became so very close to me, I was even beginning to forget about all that Nicholas did to me. Nicholas's love was still intact in my heart but I was beginning to find peace with his absence in my life.  In everywhere, there are people that would cause you pain and people that would heal you. Steven was among the healers, he healed my heart and made me accept all that had happened to me.  It wasn't easy accepting the truth but it was worth the challenge. Everyday, he would tell me to release all the negative energy in me and set them free. And to leave my past behind so I could focus on the present.  Every time I recalled his timeline advices, I would heave a sigh and smile. I didn't know why he was always being nice and helping me out but I guess he was just trying to be a good friend.  Good friend? Wasn't that an understatement? Well I didn't really know exactly what to say about that but he was really kind and friendly, no

Finally, my car had been returned back to me. Yes, Steven did it. He repaired everything for me, leaving no stone unturned. Seriously, to say I was happy is an understatement. I was overly happy, in fact I didn't even know when I jumped unto him and gave him a warm hug. I really missed my car, you know? I quickly snatched the keys away from him and ran over to the car, "I missed you!" I uttered giving it a hug like a psychopath or something. Steven only gave me a smile. Thus, I hopped inside. Just when I ignited the engine into action, I signalled him to join me on a ride but he shook his head and told me to go on. "Just be carefully, okay? I don't want you crashing again" he added. "Okay, got it. See you soon!" I uttered and winked at him before shutting the door off and accelerating away. How I missed my car! I swung into the highway and began speeding like never before, ignoring the fact that I might be chased by cops for driving at a very