Chapter 29
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” I can’t even leave the country for twenty-four hours! Shit will start hitting the fan huhn?” Chris barked at Liam who just finished explaining what is currently happening to him.
After the night with Sophie, he got a call a few hours later to seal the deal he had been after for a very long time. He never wanted to leave her but the deal was very important for the future of his company and business. Feeling very romantic, he wrote down a note for her telling her how much special she was to him and why he was leaving so early and at the end of the note, his international phone number. He doesn’t want to disturb her so he got ready quietly and left the house around seven in the morning so he could catch up with his schedule.
His driver was already waiting for him to take him to the airport where his luxurious private jet was already waiting for him. Before he boarded the plane, he asked Alex to send fifty thousand dollars to Sophie to take care of herself because he may not be around for a while. And may be very busy except pick up her calls once in a while.
He waited for her to call him after the plane landed but she didn’t. Maybe she is not awake yet. He just smiled at how she must be feeling at the moment, probably tired and sore. He even asked his house staff to prepare a luxurious breakfast for her so she can retain her strength and maintain the color he loved to see on her face.
He went straight to his client’s office the moment he got out of the airport. He and his team got straight to the point, meeting the CEO and discussing the prospect of the deal but both parties needs to go over everything to look for loopholes before signing the contract. He wished everything would be done quickly so he can go back to the beauty he left in his country.
After the meeting, he went back to his suite to relax after such an exhausting day. He still finds it strange that Sophie had not given him a call at all. Not even once, maybe the note was not a good idea. He fell asleep waiting for her to call him. He woke up at midnight to the sound of his ringing tone, the sleep vanished from his eyes and he picked up instantly thinking it was Sophie but it was Liam.
” Hello,” He said with a sleepy voice slightly annoyed at his friend for disturbing his sleep.
” Did you check your social media?” Liam said with a worried tone almost shaking with what Chris can only perceive to be anger. It’s strange for Liam to suddenly ask him about social media when he knew Chris hardly use any except maybe Twitter sometimes. He was always too busy for it.
” Seriously? Are you kidding me? You woke me up in the middle of the night to ask me if I checked social media. Are you nuts?” Chris grumbled out with an annoyed tone. If he wasn’t angry before then he was totally angry by then.
” How I wish I am the one who is nuts right now. Not the hag you married just check your damn social media ” Liam said in a fake gentle tone. He had always hated Cecilia so the comments were not surprising.
” Which one?” Chris asked.
” any fucking one! Just do it!”
Sitting up on the king-sized bed, he grabbed his other phone and logged in to his Twitter account. The number two trending post erased all forms of sleep from his eyes replacing it with burning anger. Oh, Cecilia is so going to get it for confronting Sophie at her place of work and whoever posted that video with such a caption, painting Sophie as the homewrecker is going to get his wrath.
It was a mistake trying to give Cecilia an ounce of respect because she was the mother of his daughter and also someone he once loved in the past. He should have gotten a restraining order immediately after the divorce, he thought she was crazy but never this type of delusional. She fell out of love first, when his company was in a state of bankruptcy. She failed to give him the positive closure he needed when his world was going downhill and he never stopped loving her, he had to deal with the pressure of his work and also additional pressure from home. She told him countless times to his face how much she despised him and now she is suddenly in love with him? What a bitch!
” I can’t even leave the country for twenty-four hours! Shit will start hitting the fan huhn?” he barked out angrily almost smashing his phone in the process.
” And what have you been doing about this shit?” He asked trying to contain his anger, it wasn’t Liam’s fault everything was like this. He reminded himself.
” Calm down Chris. I just saw it too, I was hungover throughout yesterday and I tried to call you but your number wasn’t going through so I had to track your phone to get your international number….” Liam tried to explain to him but he cut him off.
” Liam I meant how you were eradicating this mess not what you have been doing! How is Sophie right now? Where is she?” He said almost panicking, if anything happens to her, it is entirely his fault because he failed to keep Cecilia on a leash and So God help him, he is going to put her where belongs.
” I don’t know her whereabouts but she should be in her dorms right now. I’m trying to get the poster to take down the post before the entire thing escalates more than this” Liam said and Chris sighed.
” Fuck!” Liam suddenly swore getting Chris’s attention again.
“What is wrong?”
” Reporters are in front of her dorm right now. Wait I’ll give you a call soon” Liam hunger up leaving Chris to pace around the room in frustration. He dialed Sophie’s phone number, the time there is behind the one at home so she must be awake already. Her number was not reachable and became super worried about her.
He made a call to his media team back home and ordered them to take the viral post down. It won’t stop people from gossiping but at least it will help in making the gossip disappear as soon as possible.
He called her over and over again but it was the same response he got over and over again. He couldn’t sleep till daybreak trying to get more information from Liam as much as possible. He could have flown home as soon as possible if not for the deal he is yet to seal.
He couldn’t concentrate throughout the meeting, he was dying of worry for her. Damn, his heart was aching he couldn’t be there for her when everything was happening to her because of him.
The mess was thoroughly cleaned within a week but he asked Liam to leave Cecilia for him to deal with when he gets back home. After a week and a few days of legal banters and consultancy he finally got the deal with the company. He didn’t even wait another minute before heading back home. He looked like a mess, he hasn’t shaven for days and he looked tired with wrinkles evident on his face due to worry.
Sophie’s phone was probably broken because could reach her. But she was sighted at the college a few times after everything was over and went to work a few times too. But he couldn’t communicate with her, listen to her sweet voice to know if she is really fine.
He felt empty without her in his life, he longed for her, to give her the company she needed and also to mend his sanity. He wondered how he was going to face her when he finally meet her if she was going to forgive him or damn him to hell where he belonged for making an angel like her cry.
Scratch the deal between them and the type of relationship they had, he is madly in love with this girl and these past weeks were excruciating for him without her in his life. The first thing he did was to get a new phone for her since her phone was broken, a brand new iPhone 14 pro-Max. He got some pieces of jewelry, chocolates, and other things but the only he doesn’t have is the confidence to walk up to her and apologize.
He was going crazy for days carefully thinking about how he is going to approach her and ask for forgiveness until Liam called him one hot afternoon to tell him about her whereabouts. He knew he had to do it at that moment or lose her forever.