All Chapters of The Billionaire's Redemption: Chasing Her Back : Chapter 31 - Chapter 40

SOPHIAA week later“Workers retreat?“ I repeated Rose's words as we walked into the office. “Do we have time for that? The deadline is getting nearer,”“Exactly,” she snapped her fingers.“As the pressure gets higher, that's exactly when the team needs to take a quick break to get their shit together,”I nodded. All good though. I was desperately looking for a way to get out of my parents and Ryan's sight, so this retreat idea would be perfect.Wait, except it's Ryan's company so he'd probably be there too.“Does Ryan- I mean, Sir Ryan go on this retreat too?“ I asked.She swiped her card on the card reader and the glass doors gave way. I stepped in after her.“We've had 4 retreats since I got a job here, but he's only been with us once. He has a pretty busy schedule every day and can't afford to clear it,”“At least that's what Narin says,” she added.I exhaled in relief. I hope his schedule will be over-packed this time around. I really needed to spend some days away from him an

SOPHIA“I usually predicted that the both of you would marry each other,” I heard a voice behind me as I took out my bag from the locker.I turned around in surprise to see Mrs Julius standing behind me. She gave me a warm smile which I returned. “He loves you a lot, “ “What?“ I asked in surprise as I shut the locker.She stepped closer to me and held my left shoulder.“I can see it in his eyes how he looks at you, and all that he does for you,” How he looks at me? What he does for me? Everybody says they see it, but why don't I?"Or maybe you do, but you are insecure so you try to ignore it," the voice in my head inputted. I shook it off.“Earlier the tension between you both was so intense. Everyone in the room felt it. If it's not you both for each other, it's not right,”I forced a smile. “I appreciate your concern, but Ryan and I don't love each other. In fact, we are no longer-”“Mrs Julius!“ A familiar voice cut my statement off. We both turned sideways to see Ryan walking t

RYANHer lips parted as she continued to stare at me. Those beautiful eyes. My absolute favorite thing to look at.I saw the small smile on her face that she was trying to hold in and it made me smile too.All of a sudden, as if realizing that she had stared at me for too long, she turned away.“Is that Ryan I hear?“ Zara asked.I grinned and held her hand, turning the phone to me. I felt her stiffen for a moment before she relaxed under my hold but she didn't pull away.Was this a sign? Was this a sign that she was finally thinking of giving me a chance? A chance to mend the past? The first time I saw her at Zara's house, she absolutely seemed like she hated my guts, but now, she was letting me hold her.“It's me indeed,”Zara grinned knowingly. “I'm surprised Sophia let you sit with her,”I smirked. “I'm the boss, so,”She snickered. “Sophia, hit his head for me, thank you,”Sophie laughed and I gave her a playful smirk. “You know I'll let you do anything to me,”She tried to concea

SOPHIAThe next morning.“Did you sleep well?“ Rose nudged me as soon as I stepped out with Narin. We were all out in the hallway, waiting for our first activity of the day.I actually liked the design of the hotel. Unlike the usual closed hotel design, this one was quite open. The hallways had railings that faced buildings on the other side with trees in their middle.“Yeah. You?“ She nodded. “Yes I did.“Suddenly, a smirk appeared on her face as she crossed her arms. “I was hoping you'd pair with Sir Ryan,” I glanced at her with a glare.“You'd never give it up, I guess?“She nodded. “How can I when he keeps looking at you like that?“ she asked, taking her eyes away from me. I followed her gaze, and my eyes landed on Ryan. Just like she said, his eyes were on me, watching me closely. All of a sudden, his lips curved into a small smile, and I found myself not breaking our gaze. It felt like he had enchanted me, and I just couldn't look away.“Even you can't look away. It's okay to d

SOPHIA “Ryan, I can manage to walk myself,” I stuttered.He slowly turned his head to cast me a glance, his eyes narrowed.“How do you plan on doing that?“I took in my lower lip.He was right. I could try walking, but I wouldn't even go far. We were closer to the top of the hill than we were to the ground, and I'd probably fall halfway, but there's no way I'd be getting on his back.One, it was so embarrassing. Two, there's no way I'd let the team see me on Ryan's back, all the speculations they probably ignored would rise and I'd be the main point of attraction, and most importantly, this was Ryan fucking Caddel I was talking about. The same man I was supposed to hate.“I'll try,” He sighed, shaking his head. “Just get on Sophie. I'm not complaining,”But he just didn't understand. It was kind of embarrassing for me.“I'll leave first,” Narin suddenly said. Taking hold of the box, she gave a polite bow to Ryan and walked away. Once she was at a safe distance, Ryan spoke up.“She's