Mr Billionaires Secret Baby

Chapter 41

“And that concludes our meeting this morning, gentlemen.” I said to the men seated around the table. “The plans for expenditure will be drawn up and finalised and we should be able to take it forward from there.” I turned the projector off by a press of a button on the remote that I held throughout this meeting.

The board room had emptied out after a short wait and I always made sure to be the last to leave the room but today I didn’t make haste in exiting the board room. Instead, I stayed back a little while longer allowing myself to drop the mask of composure I had maintained for the past hour and a half.

Had it not been for this meeting on my agenda for the day, I would have still been in bed moping. in my self pity than dressed up in work clothes and heels. Maybe being in the office was good. It would served as a well enough distraction that would tire me out by the time I got home.

I looked over the bustling city below, watched the cars drive by and allowed my shoulders to slump. It has been less than 24 hours that I had discovered that Pheobe had been with Dante all along.

It had reached a point where I felt numb to it all. I wanted to forget that we shared a week of S*x only for him to drop me once he realised that he had his full of me. He offered me no explanation on the spot yet he had the audacity to try and contact me later that day. Obviously, I did not entertain his call and left it to ring but he never tried to contact me after that, much to my dismay

I glanced at the silver wrist watch I had on. Shit, I had another meeting with the marketing department in about ten minutes time. It wasn’t a major meeting like this morning’s once had been and I would just be seated there whilst the head of marketing carried us through the latest progressions.

I recomposed myself and fixed the mask of being neutral over my face before leaving the board. room and heading to my office to fetch a file with the meetings outline before I could head down to the marketing floor.

As I neared Lucy’s desk just outside my office, I noticed that her head had been down and she was focussed on some thing on her computer screen but the second she heard the sound of my approaching heels clink against the floor, she looked up to see who it had been.

a double take before her eyes lit up and her face beamed at me. I couldn’t understand what

for that meeting of yours to finish.” She said with a huff as she stood up her chair

from

haven’t been gone for long enough for some thing detrimental to arise.” I said lightly but her facial expression told me other wise.

one of your most valuable investors that was released during your meeting.” Lucy said wiggling her eye brows and my

shifted my weight from my right to left foot and waited for her to drop the bomb.

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Chapter 41

Pheobe Ashford, his girlfriend of many years now.” Lucy announced the news to me right before she shoved

screen held an article photographing the both of them from out side Dante’s house as they posed for pictures after announcing their engagement to each other. The

personality but I guess all these rich people have that side to them.

paparazzi. They smiled and waved and Pheobe showed of her engagement

painful. This was all just a massive reminder of what a mistake I had made in my cloudy

That was his intention and he was delivering in it. I found it ironic that he had popped the question so soon after out little fling. It was almost like he had to get me out his system before

Lucy called dragging me out of my torturous

a few times trying to muster up the appropriate