All Chapters of Falling for my cocky Boss: Chapter 41 - Chapter 50

Tessa's POVI pulled the zipper of my luggage and tried to keep my hands still along with my mind that was failing to get things together. A whole week off, away from the company, away from Aiden, and most importantly, away from Damien. I needed this–rebooting to sort things out, take care of this chaos called life.My cell vibrated on the counter, and I turned to its glowing screen, my mom's name flashing across the screen. I let out a heavy sigh, imagining the sound of it if I did answer it, how she'd more than likely sense that something was wrong and would be asking one too many questions, and I didn't want to explain all that, not yet. I silenced the call, slinging my bag over my shoulder as I ready myself to walk out the door and make the drive to theirs.One week I reminded myself. Just one week to clear my head and get away from it all.But just as I reached the door of my apartment, my mobile rang again. This time it was the office number. Brow furrowed, I weighed my options

Tessa's POVAs soon as I stepped out of the company building, there was a weight lying heavier inside my chest, as if more than a job was at stake. Chloe, my best friend, betrayed me, Aiden did not believe me, and Damien. he just would be there, always in the back, pulling strings for my fall.How could all this have spiraled so quickly out of my hands?I began my numb walk, it seemed my legs were on some kind of auto-pilot mode, back toward my apartment. A thousand useless thoughts whirled through my mind. How could Chloe do this to me? And Aiden. After all that we had made and shared, how could he look at me and think the worst of me?By the time I got to my apartment, all that anger and fear churning in my stomach gave me a heart attack. I flopped the bag onto the couch and did the same, burying my face in my hands. Hot prickles of tears were beginning to pop into my eyes, but I fought them back. I was angry, not sad anyway. And besides, what good would crying do? I wanted my head

Damien's POVI pulled into the drive, the smirk spreading slow on my face. It was a plan that was, for all intents and purposes, really foolproof. Climbing out of my car, I shut the door behind me, at least that was one thing that felt good. Chloe had played her part to perfection just as I knew she would.The satisfaction that came with knowing that Tessa was in trouble and Aiden had begun to doubt everything about her was relaxing. As time went on she would break completely.I strode into my house with my success bubbling inside of me. I walked in and shrugged my coat off, slinging it onto the sofa. As i was about to climb up the stairs, my phone was buzzing in my pocket.Chloe.I sighed and then picked it up, knowing quite well what she wanted to say. I answered with a sharp, "Yes?"Anxious, near triumphant. "Damien! I did everything just as we planned. Tessa's on the edge, and Aiden's already losing faith in her. Shouldn't we meet up and celebrate? I mean, this deserves a toast, d

Tessa's POVLike, for the hundredth time again, I stared with venom in my eyes and reading that article as my heart pounded in my chest. The rival company had just stolen namely our project and was now representing it as their very own. The project we worked so hard for was now theirs.I felt sick in the stomach, knowing that Aiden and the entire board would point a firm finger at me for being this thief.How could this happen?I flung my phone onto the couch as I began pacing up and down the length of the living room, my back against the walls that were beginning to close in on me. The weight fell right upon my shoulders. By now, he probably despised me. It didn't help that he had that document carrying my name all over it,directly linking me with the rival company. But the truth was, I knew I hadn't done all that.Whatever it took, I had to clear my name."Dang it," I muttered running my hand through my hair.All that ran in my head was who might have set me up. Every minute running

Tessa's POVI spent the entire day trying to call back, trying to distract myself with whatever there was to be done other than not obsessing over the disaster my life was turning out to be. I arranged papers, reread emails that didn't make sense, made several cups of tea that I didn't drink.But no matter how hard I tried to keep myself busy, that knot just wouldn't go away. The more each hour crawled by, the further each feeling fell into chaos, with nothing to be done in the way of stopping or slowing it.It wasn't until then that the phone finally rang and I clutched onto the device like a lifeline. When Jack's name came up on the display, my heart indeed skipped a beat from hope-this finally could be good news, something, anything, to clear my name."Jack," I breathed, answering on the first ring as I paced the length of my apartment. "What'd you find?"The line went silent, and I could already feel it, the bad news."I-I looked into it, Tessa," he started with a bit of an edge i