Divorce to Destiny: Reclaiming My CEO Husband by Anney GW

My CEO 112

112 H (Jayden)

Who Throws the First Punch

I look in the hospital bathroom mirror and see a bruise on my cheek, redness around one eye -pfft, must have been when we fell, I never felt his fist land up there a very swollen bottom lip and my ribs feel like hell.

Lucky shot is all.

There's blood on my white business shirt but I don't have time to change now. Phillip has already wasted enough of my time. I'm going to be with Abby when she wakes up.

I stride out of the bathroom and Gus falls in step beside me.

"Do you have any evidence incriminating Ashlyn and supporting Winona's claim she set her up?" I ask quietly.

"My security has turned in every bit of video and audio they have."

"Have you listened to any of it?"

"No."

"Don't fuck me around, Gus. I need Winona cleared of all this."

"Okay, okay," he concedes. "There's some words but I couldn't really make out anything clearly. It needs an expert to pick up the audio. It's with them now."

"Someone must have gotten something. Maybe if we check the videos, we can see who may have been close enough. I've got her father locked up in red tape on a string of misdemeanors, hardly enough to keep him behind bars for long and his testimony is useless anyway."

"I'll organize getting the video footage to your lawyer."

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We round the corner and I head to the nurse's desk. "Abby Bre I mean, Joseph. Is she in the Brennan Wing yet?"

The nurse eyes me carefully. "No more trouble or they won't let you back in."

"No more trouble. Sorry for that. Completely my fault." give her my smile and a wink. "Boys will be boys, you know how it is."

The nurse nods and smiles back. "Her fath I mean, Mr. Joseph, is waiting outside intensive care for word. There will be a restriction on how many can be in her room at once I'd imagine.

"Gotcha. We'll wait for word from Dr. Green as well."

My phone buzzes. I check messages. It's Lance.

L: Board meeting.

Shit I forgot I had to co-sign papers today.

in St Michael's. Bring paperwork here. Intensive care

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L: Shit. Ok.

and I go to the small lounge provided for those waiting to get into intensive care as a visitor or patient support. The room is empty. Maybe he went home. Maybe he's in there

and Gus sits beside me. "You don't need to be here if you

until I'm sure you're done with trying to be Mike

scoff at this a little.

and says, "for a fighter you

been around more, he could have taught me how to do proper gut punches."

swollen and he has an ice pack in his hand. He's been bleeding from the lip

for a second and then we look away from each

sits as far away from me as possible. None of us say anything, there's just this

minutes. Lance walks in and I see him stop and take stock of the three of us. Then he shakes his head. "Sorry looking lot you three are." He

says

the first punch in,"

It's

door with a handful of

too soon to joke ever bother Lance? Never

sign off on three sheets and shove the folder back

did throw the first

Lance. Does it matter?" I say with

it does. I don't want to lose my

is years

holds out his hand. "You owe me a

that

in a fist fight

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"Yeah."

chuckles. "Never landed a

work to do?"

see them fight?" Lance asks and I

in

see Jayden

Gus shakes his head.

you in a minute,"

me thirty minutes to move out of the way. Please," Lance dodges an invisible

motion:

I don't know why we are

lighten up, Jayden. You three are all here for the same reason. Stop

Phillip and says, "mine is,