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All Chapters of Loving The Man I Wanted To Hate: Chapter 1 - Chapter 10

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Chapter 1. Figure it Out!

Becky's POVMy dad was an electrical contractor running a small firm with about fifty employees. Business was good, and we lived in a modest bungalow in a middle-class neighborhood, Wendy, my younger sister, and I attended good school. Then, in February, all that started to change. “Dad, what is it?” I was alarmed. I just returned from school, exhausted, only to meet my dad clutching his chest.He stared at me gasping soundlessly.I immediately knew he was having a heart attack. I called emergency services, then my mother.I hung up and turned to my father and began performing CPR. Help finally came and he was taken to hospital.He was wheeled into the ED, while I sat worrying in the waiting room.Would he be okay? My Mom came in. “What happened? Where is he?” “A heart attack. He has been taken to the ED,” I explained, getting up to hug her, but she brushed me away and sat down.“Tell me what happened?” She demanded.Sighing, I sat beside her, and explained everything.“I am sure he
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Chapter 2 Seventeen!

Becky's POV“She is joking right!” Jennifer said when I told her all that had happened the previous evening.I shook my head. “She is dead serious. I tried talking to her this morning, but her mind was made up.”“But why is she doing this? You are her daughter too.”“Maybe she is grieving.”“So are you. You are grieving just as much as Wendy.”“But I am an adult. Wendy isn’t.”Jenny snorted. “Grief is grief, no matter the age. He was your dad too. Why is she making your life so hard? What are you going to do now?”“Get a job, get my own place.”“In eighteen days?”“Seventeen!” I said, depressed.“Don’t you have relatives who could take you in?”“No. My Dad was an only child. My mom has only her sister, that is where she will be going, and I’m not welcome.”“I wish it was okay to live with me in the dorm,” she said.“I will be okay. Like my mom said, I am an adult now.”“Where would you find a job to pay you enough to get a place of your own in a few days?”I thought. “I can wait tables
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Chapter 3. Who is He?

Becky's POVI could not help the tears streaming from my eyes down to my cheeks, as I walked into Jennifer's home.“Are you kidding me!” Jenny exclaimed when I told her that I had been relieved of my job.“You mean you threw away a high-paying job just because you could not control your temper? What’s wrong with you, Rebecca?”“He called my dad lazy.”“So? If your dad was so great, you would not need this job,” Jenny said, squeezing her face.I had been slumped in her chair, now I jumped up instantly, facing her, “what did you say?” I demanded.“You heard me,” she shot back. “You need to face it; your dad should have done better.”Her words hurt, but I knew they were true. I sat down on her bed and buried my face in my hands.“I am sorry,” she said, coming to sit beside me. “I shouldn’t have said that.”“No, you are right, I am an idiot. I have lost a job I badly needed. Now I am in a jam. What do I do?”“It is going to be okay. Maybe I can convince my parents to let you move in.”I sm
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Chapter 4: Who Is She?

Phillip’s POV I felt bad about getting her fired, I had truly behaved like an ass and her response had been justified. After she had left, the supervisor bent over backwards to make sure I wasn’t mad at her behavior.“Please forgive this insult, Mr. Dale,” he said, a little panicked. He was worried I would report to the manager and he would lose his job. “I promise it won’t ever happen again. I don’t know how she was hired, but please rest assured I will make sure you never encounter such ill-mannered staff here ever again.”“You should not have fired her like that. I already told you it was nothing, it was just a slight misunderstanding,” I insisted.“But she insulted you, sir, that is completely unacceptable.”“And I have overlooked it. Please give her another chance.”He stared at me as if wondering if I were drunk.“I am happy you can overlook the incident, sir, but she cannot work here again. She went against our policy. It would set a bad precedent if she was allowed back, sir
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Chapter 5. A Trial

Phillip’s POV “Another delay? Why?” I demanded angrily. “This is the third time this has happened. If you don’t want us to have the goods, then give us back our money. We will go elsewhere!” “I am sorry, Mr. Dale I really am,” the representative of the chemical company apologized hastily. “But it is not our fault.”“Stop making excuses for your incompetence! If you are not ready to do business, then tell me!”“But Mr. Dale, you sent an email at the last minute asking us to make some changes. I told you it would cause a delay, and you said you wouldn’t mind.”I tried not to shout.“I don’t understand you. I want the shipment here by Monday, or the deal is off.” I hung up.What does he mean? What last minute changes? I had negotiated this deal three weeks ago and the shipment was supposed to have been delivered ten days ago. I had deadlines to meet, the delayed shipment meant missed deadlines and angry customers. Dale Enterprises won’t remain the biggest conglomerate in the country i
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Chapter 6: Southern Lady

Becky's POV I couldn’t believe my prospective employer was Phillip Dale, the Adonis who had gotten me fired. Seeing him, I thought I would be angry, but all I was imagining was his lips on mine.And his apology surprised and pleased me.Maybe he wasn’t such an ass after all. I thought. I was contemplating forgiving him till he said,“You should have controlled your temper though, when dealing with customers you have to be polite no matter the provocation.”I was wrong. You are still an ass.Then he talked about my not having a college degree as if it were a crime.But despite my dislike of him, I couldn’t help the way my heart beat by merely looking at him. He was handsome and I was already falling for him. "Behave yourself Rebecca, he doesn’t notice you," I told myself.Throughout the interview he treated me as if he were doing me a favor talking to him, like I was too socially inferior to him and it annoyed me.But I needed the job, and luckily I had been able to persuade him to g
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Chapter 7: A New Beginning

Becky's POV I was slightly annoyed by the interruption. I had wanted to ask more about Phillip Dale and his heart break. Now my chance was gone.We helped Anna into her wheelchair and took the elevator downstairs.Then we entered a dining room, large enough to hold twenty people.Lunch was grilled chicken breast with mustard, and it was delicious. Anna kept up light conversion while we ate.I can’t remember the time I enjoyed such a happy family meal, or had anyone show interest in me. At least not since my dad died.When we were done, she asked me to sit with her in the garden. Ms. Bright excused herself to go discuss a few things with Phillip.We sat in the garden with Anna telling me humorous stories about growing up in Arkansas.Then Phillip walked over to us.“Phillip dear, Rebecca and I are just getting to know each other. She really is a wonderful young lady.” Anna praised me.Phillip frowned. It was clear he wasn’t happy to hear it.“Come join us. You work too hard. It’s Satu
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Chapter 8. Spy

Becky's POVI was up by 6 a.m and sat beside my window watching the sun rise.I had laid awake most of the night, too restless and excited to get much sleep. I went to my drawer and took out Anna’s timetable. I read through it like a test paper trying to memorize everything. I was anxious not to make a mistake and give Phillip Dale an excuse not to retain me. By 8 am, I was dressed and ready. Since Anna seemed like a woman who liked people acting naturally, I dressed in a green t-shirt and blue jeans. I drank a cup of coffee, and afterward I felt restless, so I decided to head out and explore the garden.I strolled around the mansion admiring it when Phillip came out, dressed up in a blue suit and white shirt, with a matching blue tie. The morning sun caused his gold-coloured hair to glow. He was reading something on his phone and didn’t seem to notice me.My heart beat quickened as I looked at him.Wow! I thought, could a guy be this handsome?He raised his head and our eyes met. I
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Chapter 9. Disturbing Sight

 Phillip  There I was, sitting in my car for like 9 minutes trying to get off the image of Rebecca’s beautiful face from my mind. I was startled when I saw her out so early, looking fresh and beautiful. I felt my heart squeeze, but I tried to keep my feelings from showing. My advice for her to start exercising was actually to make her feel bad. Treating her badly seemed to be the only way to kill what I was feeling for her. I hadn’t felt this way in years, actually, since I’d been with Jessica. Reminded of Jessica, I took out my cell and looked at the picture that had popped up on my phone days ago. I felt the same pain I always feel whenever I looked at it, but I couldn’t stop myself from looking, and had refused to delete it. I wanted to keep it as a reminder never to fall in love again. "Stop being stupid,"
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Chapter 10 Who’s There?

Becky's POVI slammed into my lodging, furious. I told myself I was annoyed because I was tired, and my heart ached because I was missing my mom and Wendy. It had nothing to do with seeing Phillip Dale making love to a beautiful woman in the hallway. I knew I was lying to myself.I had a very hot shower, hoping the hot water would burn the anger out of me. Then I changed into a sleeping gown, and began to comb my hair. My hair kept getting tangled in the stupid comb. Angrily, I threw it across the room. It hit the wall and I wished Phillip's head had been on that wall.Jealous! My mind mocked me.“No, I’m not,” I said aloud.Yes you are. You wish you were the one in his arms, but you’re not and will never be. Accept it! He doesn’t like you!I sighed sadly. I wondered how a day that had started so well was now ending so sadly.I went out, straight to Anna’s room after leaving Dom, and knocked gently on the door.“Come in, Rebecca dear.”I entered to see Anna sitting up in bed.“Good mo
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