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.

Abby in St Michael's. Bring

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L: Shit. Ok.

the small lounge provided for those waiting to get into intensive care

sit on a seat and Gus sits beside me. "You don't need to be here if you have

I'm sure you're done with trying to

a little. "I was doing

"for a fighter you

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

and Phillip walks in. I see his jaw is swollen and he has an ice pack in

for a second and then we look away

say anything, there's just this reluctant silent agreement to all share

around thirty 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 hands me the folder with the papers that

one says anything to

first

at him. It's way too soon

mean, he can't hit a barn door with a handful of wheat. Actually Phillip, you probably just

did being too soon to joke ever

and shove the folder back at

did throw the first

Lance. Does it matter?" I say with a frown.

course it does. I don't want to

is

holds out his hand. "You owe me

don't have any proof that I didn't

you in a fist fight with

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"Yeah."

chuckles. "Never landed a second punch in

work to

Lance asks and I

came in during

you see Jayden land an

Gus shakes his head.

you in a minute," I warn

to move out of the way. Please," Lance dodges

motion:

don't know why we are

You three are all here for the same reason. Stop

at him. Lance nudges Phillip and says, "mine is,