New beginning: Billionaire love story

Chapter 10

Chapter 10 No going back

Robert stormed into his house, his face a mask of anger and frustration. The news of Pedro's firing and the sale of his shares to Claire had left him seething

He went to his study and swept his arm across the table, sending documents crashing t

He was furious with Claire's actions as well as Pedro's betrayal.

"That bastard."

the floor. to the

His wife cautiously entered the room. "Robert, what was that noise?" she asked softly.

Robert's temper flared, and he snapped, "Just leave me alone!"

"I heard Claire is back."

To make matters worse, his wife mentioned Claire's return, probing for information.

"How did she manage to come back, Robert?"

Robert's glare was enough to make his wife flinch. Without another word, she retreated from the room, closing the door quietly behind

her

Alone in his study, Robert paced back and forth, his mind consumed with thoughts of Claire and the precarious situation at Metacortex.

Meanwhile, Claire, who is in her studies, is currently coming up with a plan to create new software. For 3 years, Cortex software has never had a significant update.

For three y years, the company had stagnated under Robert's leadership, with minimal updates to the Cortex software. She knew if she didn't show up, Metacortex would soon face bankruptcy and all that hard work go to waste.

Her focus shifted to the task at hand: creating Cortex 2.0. It was time to revolutionize the software and bring Metacortex back to the forefront of the industry.

As she brainstormed ideas, her phone rang, interrupting her thoughts. Without bothering to check the caller ID, she answered, only to be met with a familiar voice.

"Hello?"

"Claire is this really you?" Talia's voice quivered with disbelief.

surprise

skipped

with heavy breathing, as if Talia couldn't believe

in her throat.

cracked as she spoke, tears evident

so much. I thought..after

with tears, her

for scaring

out as she spoke, recounting the pain of losing

"1

you, Claire. The police couldn't identify the victim, but I knew it was your car. I just I'm just

for

you been all this time? Why

hesitated. "It's complicated. I'll

you one day."

Claire. I'm just glad

lost time. Claire listened intently,

meet

"We really should, Talia."

She had mix emotion and in disbelief that

knew were capable of taking on the big project ahead. As she stepped in, the loud

warm, "Good morning, everyone. I'm Claire Peterson, and I'm excited

making a quick round of introductions to

had worked on tirelessly the previous night and explained the details of her plan for Cortex

of you know, we haven't seen significant development in our technologies over the past few years," Claire remarked, injecting a touch of humor into her tone. "It's quite funny for a technology and software company to lag behind in

of agreement rippled through the room, indicating

Claire's

into groups, and each group will brainstorm and come up with innovative ideas

with anticipation and energy as employees exchanged excited

a while since experienced this

names of

her secretary, who promptly complied, displaying the group allocations for everyone to

you a week to brainstorm your ideas. I wish to see all

smile as

no longer hushed but filled

go, a sense of pride and happiness filling

was right. You really are the worst CEO, Robert" Claire said as she entered

had been buried under a mountain of documents, signing one after another, barely taking