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Ditch the Ex, Date the Billionaire .Chapter 61: Aim.Jake watched Aileen type on her phone as he sat across from her at the small dining table.They hadn’t talked about their common denominator since they figured out that Isabella was a common factor to them. He wanted to bring it up but was afraid it would set up something between him and Aileen and he didn’t want to lose her just yet. “So what are you doing?.” He asked softly. She looked up from her phone before shrugging as she set it down. “I just followed my uncle and his girlfriend on IG.”“Isabella?.” Jake arched his eyebrows surprised.“Yeah.” She nodded taking a waffle to munch on it. “Why do you look surprised?.”“Because I thought you’ll be against her. I mean, I’ve been at home when Isabella would be telling my sister about you guys reaction to her dating Archibald. I thought your family wasn’t happy with his decision.”“Alan and my mother aren’t happy with the decision. Not me!.” She corrected. **“She’s there now
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Ditch the Ex. Date the Billionaire .Chapter 62: Ups and Downs.After all the emotional Ups and Downs in the last eleven days, Isabella braces herself to face one last challenge on Monday: going back to work. In order to avoid running into anyone with Archibald by her side, Isabella takes a ride to work a few minutes after Archibald, allowing the Bancroft’s driver to drop her off. Ignoring all the coworkers staring at her in the garage, the elevator, and in the hallways, Isabella heads straight for Hector’s office to report back on duty. Although Hector smiles kindly, he sounds a little stiff when he wishes her a good morning. “Glad to have you back, Isabella. How are you?”“Good.” When Hector raises his brows, Isabella can feel her cheeks turning pink. “I-I mean, the last two weeks were really… eventful, but I’m glad to be at work again. I just hope that things won’t be awkward between us."“Why would they be awkward?” Hector asks, leaning forward in anticipation. “Um… Becaus
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Ditch the Ex. Date the Billionaire .Chapter 63: Conversations ."Hector wants to be your friend?" Archibald steals one of Isabella’s fries and dips it into the ketchup. Isabella got home from work at 6:00 p.m., but Archibald had to stay for another hour because of a board meeting. Since he had something to eat there, he quickly stopped at a fast food restaurant to bring her burgers and fries for dinner."Yeah,” She answers brusquely, taking a bite of her cheeseburger.Frowning about her one-word answer, he steals another fry. "You don't sound excited about it." "I am.”“... But? ” Archibald asks when she doesn’t continue.Shrugging her shoulders, she fixes her eyes on the counter she’s sitting at. “Isn't it a little... inappropriate? He's my supervisor." "And I am like your main boss," Archibald chuckled. "Hector is a family friend. He’s… almost like a second son or would I say, one of my dad’s mentees, so I don’t think you should worry about it." "Yes, but that's different. I
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Ditch the Ex. Date the Billionaire .Chapter 64: Arguments .“Oh my… I’m so sorry, Alan.” Hector looks at Alan compassionately. “Even if your grand father don’t believe you, he should know that you are only doing all of these because you care for your uncle and don’t want him to be used.” “I know,” Alan grunts, clenching his fists. “But something like this was doomed to happen, imagine my grand father deciding to put me on suspension, considering how much my uncle is sucking up to Isabella. It’s what I’ve been afraid of all this time. But hey, at least now I know how low they both think of me.”Hector tries to smile encouragingly. “I’m sure he doesn’t think low of you, Alan. He’s just… a little blinded by love.”Alan snorts. “That’s not love. That’s having a midlife crisis and being desperate. But I don’t fucking care anymore. If she decides to bleed him dry, so be it.”“So… you don’t want to break them up anymore?” Hector asks, lifting his brows. “You’re just giving up?”Alan shru
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Ditch the Ex. Date the Billionaire . Chapter 65: Who? . “What ended up happening to the call later? The one with the investors?” Hector asks, eyes flickering back and forth between his two computer screens as he rapidly types away on his keyboard. He’s wearing a navy suit today, his hair neatly combed back off his forehead, trademark wire-framed glasses perched on his nose. “It’s still happening today, but it was bumped to 4:30,” Isabella says. She’s sitting with her legs crossed at one of the two tables in Hector’s large office, her hair falling down into her eyes, scanning through a contract and highlighting all the points she wants Warren to review. “I sent you an updated calendar invite a few minutes ago.” “Thank you,” Hector says. He sounds distracted. “Also, sorry—did you talk to the events team about the gala? About the plants?” “Yes, I did,” Isabella says. She can feel a smile creeping onto her face, but Hector would give her hell if he saw her smirking about this,
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Ditch the Ex. Date the Billionaire . Chapter 66: Text .Isabella 2:36PM You must not be that busy considering you’ve spent the last 30 minutes texting me boyfriend 💖 2:37PM i needed a break from work. can you really blame me? Do you have any idea how hard it is? Isabella 2:37PM i literally have no idea what that is boyfriend 💖 2:38PM i’m honestly so jealous Isabella 2:38PM well this little conversation was nice and weird but i am starving and need to order food and get back to my job thank you boyfriend 💖 2:38PM ok! don’t forget to send me the info Isabella 2:39PM i’ll send it when i’m done with work. also to be completely serious for a moment: thank you, i really appreciate that you are coming with me boyfriend 💖 2:40PM don’t worry about it. i’ve never been one to turn down a free meal. plus i’m bulking right now Isabella 2:40PM does that mean trying to get bigger? it didn’t seem to me like you need to do that at all???? boyfriend 💖 2:41PM oh really? how
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Ditch the Ex. Date the Billionaire .Chapter 67: Begin .The gala is being held at a gorgeous venue on the water—all natural wood and tall ceilings and open air, decked out from top to bottom with lush greenery. The open space has been set up with dozens of tables for everyone to sit and eat dinner, along with multiple bars scattered along the perimeter, and there’s a podium near the front where most of the unit heads will give their speech and announce the annual employee award winners.Isabella decides to ride with Riven, who’s attending as Dara’s plus one. Having Archibald come meet her at Dara’s apartment seemed like overkill, so she ended up just texting him that he shouldn’t bother and telling him they could meet at the venue. When they arrive, Archibald is already waiting in the lobby, off in the corner by himself and staring down at his phone. It takes Isabella a moment to spot him, because he looks like a completely different person than what he is usually like at the of
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Ditch the Ex. Date the Billionaire . Chapter 68: Subpar looks . Isabella makes her way towards the closest bar, and Archibald trails behind her, doing the stereotypical boyfriend-in-a-crowd thing, one hand lightly pressed to her back, steering her gently through the empty spaces between mingling employees. A few people stare at them for a little too long. After all the buzz that her breakup with Alan created, Isabella knows the office busibodies must be thrilled to see her with Archibald. They maybe didn’t expected to see her actually confirm the news that the blogs had been spreading about her and Archie. And she’s happy to give them something else to talk about. After they order their drinks, they crane their necks to find Dara, and they eventually spot her all the way on the opposite side of the space. She’s sitting at a table with Jane, a woman from the finance department who Isabella is somewhat acquainted with, along with her girlfriend. As fate would have i
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Ditch the Ex. Date the Billionaire . Chapter 69: Cheesy . They arrive at the table, and Archibald pulls out Isabella’s chair before sitting down in his own. “I mean, I was trying to throw him off, but I still meant what I said.” “Wha—” “Wine!” Dara exclaims giddily, making grabby hands at the glass Isabella is holding. Isabella passes it to her, frowning. “You look like you need to start drinking,” Riven says to Bella. “Also, Jana is already two drinks ahead of us. We need to catch up.”Jana giggles from behind her half-empty wine glass. “I always try to get at least four drinks deep before the speeches start. You know how long-winded most of these knuckleheads can be.” “I know that better than anyone,” Isabella says, laughing. “So, I don’t think I’ve met your girlfriend?” “Oh, you’re right,” she says, beaming. She turns to the woman next to her, who’s very pretty—she’s wearing a fitted red dress with matching red lipstick. “This is Hazel. She’s a physiotherapist.” “Nice
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Thankfully, as the sun slowly sinks below the horizon and the three-course dinner is served, the conversation starts to get a little easier, largely thanks to all the alcohol they’re consuming. The collection of empty bottles and glasses on the table has begun to accumulate into quite the impressive hoard.They’re all taking turns getting up and ordering rounds of drinks for everyone at the bar, and they even had Riven take an extra turn, stashing an extra round of beers at the table, since the bars will be temporarily shut down during any of the CEO's speech and the awards presentation.Isabella feels a deep pang of sympathy for all the employees hired over the past year who are attending the gala for the very first time and are unaware of this fact.The dance floor always opens up right after the award presentation is done—and seasoned professionals like maybe Alan, Dara and even Archibald are always well-lubricated enough in time to hit it right away.Luckily, it seems like Archiba
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