My Baby’s Daddy Is Mr CEO

Chapter 60

Oliver walked into his office and almost jumped out of his skin when he saw Sammy there.

“Hey, what are you doing here? You scared the life out of me,” he grumbled and dropped his briefcase on the table.

“Well, you were late to work today, so I came here to reprimand you,” he replied.

Oliver shot a mean glance at him; that was a look to kill.

“Hey, don’t give me that look, you always scold me when I am late to work so why shouldn’t you be scolded when you do the same?” Sammy queried with wrinkled eyebrows.

“Because I am not just the founder and the owner, I am the chief executive officer of this company, no one gets to question me,” he retorted.

“Whatever, you arrogant fellow… so tell me, what were you up to and where have you been? I branched at your house last night after visiting Rosie, the place was locked. Also, why has your phone been turned off since last night?”

“I see you prepared a questionnaire for me, anyway… it was all Grandpa Go’s idea, he forced me to go out with him last night for some fun, I didn’t like the idea but I must admit I enjoyed it, and my phone’s battery went off since last night, I have not cared to charge it since then,” Oliver narrated, then he walked to his chair and sat down.

“I see, that is thoughtful of your Grandfather, I don’t know why you have been locking yourself up for the past few months. Like, isn’t it time for you to move on? I mean, even your wife has moved on… look, she is all over the TV and magazines, she is famous now.” Sammy stated and threw a magazine on his table, it had Aria’s picture on the cover page.

Oliver sighed, “Yes, she is a famous model now, she walks up on stage dressed like a queen and the crowd goes crazy, she lights up the auditorium with her charming smile but what people can’t see is the pain behind that smile, but I can see that very clearly, she is obviously still hurting, she hasn’t moved on so don’t think otherwise,” Oliver replied in certainty.

“I see you keep a close eye on her, well since you can see this, why don’t you get back together with her, swallow your pride and bring her back man,” Sammy advised.

Oliver scoffed and shot him a stern glance. “I have told you several times not to bring up this discussion, Aria has made her choice in life and I won’t go against it, I would let her do things her own way. Also, did you really think that pride was my problem? That such a stupid feeling could keep me away from the woman I love? Then you are very wrong.

Look here Sammy, I am not feeling too proud to beg her for mercy; it is not like I have not done that before in the past. But I am just… I don’t know if to say upset with Aria, do you think what she did was right? Yes, I had hurt her when I made her sign those papers, but was that enough reason for her to take our child away from me?

I mean, it has been almost four years Sammy, and she did not even care to let me see my child for once. Not like I can’t go there and take the child from her, not like I can’t take her to court and get complete custody of the child for life, but I just want to respect her choice, I don’t want to complicate things between us any further.

I would never try to go after her and plead for her to come back. I’m very happy that she is making a name for herself. In fact, I am amazed by her progress. I am very proud of her. If she still cares about me, then she would come back to Las Vegas with my child or try to reach out to me, only then would I try to make things right between us, only then can I plead for her forgiveness.” Oliver flared in a high tone.

Sammy could see his friend was hurting badly, he did not want to make him any sadder than she already was.

“Alright Oliver, but for how long do you two intend to play this game?” Sammy queried.

“Game? You are getting it all wrong, this is not a game Sam. As long as Aria is happy over there, then I don’t have a problem, I won’t try to convince her to come back so that it wouldn’t be like I am making her do it out of pity for me, she should choose by herself what she wants her future to look like, if she thinks she wants to spend it with me, then so be it, but if she is happy without me, then so be it too.” Oliver concluded.

Sammy sighed; he could not understand what Oliver’s logic was all about. He clearly needed Aria and she needed him too, so why would he not just bring her back? It made no sense to him and he only saw it as pride, but if he could not bring Oliver to Aria, then perhaps he should try bringing Aria to Oliver.

“Alright man, I will get back to my office now, I dropped some files on your table, please look into them,” he said and stood up.

“Alright I will, and one more thing Sammy, I can see that you are keeping records of Aria’s achievements, which means you are following her. Please, if you even value our friendship, then don’t try to fix things between us with your own power, let fate take care of things her way and you should rather concentrate on Rosie, you two have been dating for three years, is that all you want from each other, think about your future too, you are not getting younger.” Oliver said and turned on his monitor screen, ready to work for the day.

Sammy wondered if his friend was a wizard. How did he know what was going on in his mind? Well he was still going to find a way to bring those lovers together, what use of a friend was he if he could not make his friend happy again, he was bored and tired of this stern Oliver already.

As for him and Rosie, he clearly understood what Oliver was trying to say without hurting his feelings. He was going to think about it when he arrived at his office, maybe he could find a way to help both himself and his best friend.