The Girl He Craves

Chapter 42

Sophie’s pov

Fifty-five employees.

In the ten minutes we were here, Aiden has managed to boot fifty-five employees.

I was still stunned by the number and yes I was counting, who wouldn’t when every second there’s an employee standing up and making that walk of shame out of the room?

He was ruthless. Extremely ruthless. And scary.

He was way worst than how he was in high school.

I gulped. To fire fifty-five employees without batting a lash was crazy. Aiden had grown cold.

But that shouldn’t have been a shocker. This was Aiden after all.

The woman beside me suddenly stands up and I look over at her in confusion until I realize that she had just been fired. The mist of incoming tears in her eyes said as much.

She quickly hurried out of the room, her gaze lowered and her shoulders hunched.

Aiden was cruel.

“Oh crap,” Lisa whispered with a pitch of fear in her voice. One that had my stomach churn ing.

I turn to face her, my eyes a bit wide. “What is it?”

Had they fired her too and I had not heard?

“He’s looking at you.” She whispered, wincing.

I froze, my stomach churning even more. Was about to say goodbye to ten thousand dol lars a month?

I slowly brought my gaze forward and sure enough, Aiden had his intense gaze on me. Such a stormy blue. Those blue eyes I fell in love with. The same blue our son shared.

His eyes turned furious but he was quick to place on a veil that had everyone fooled. But ! saw right through him. He was furious at me.

I held my breath, waiting for him to just pull the rug beneath my feet again and fire me. He was the Ceo after all and even though I was technically working as Bernard’s secretary, I was still Aiden’s employee.

He could do whatever he wanted.

My lungs burned as I held my breath but I don’t let it go until Aiden surprises me by tearing his gaze away and focussing those stormy blues on someone else behind.

I was too busy pulling the air into my lungs to even care to look behind me to see who unfor tunately was misiled with his darkened gaze,

He fired the poor man who cried and begged to keep his job. Aiden wasn’t having it and had two bulky security men escort the wailing man out of the building.

Aiden was as cruel as they said he was. He really was the blue eyed devil.

“This was the most intense staff meeting I’ve ever been in. And he fired a hundred and twen ty-two employees in one day! That’s a new record even for him.” Lisa sighed as soon as the ele vator doors close behind us.

I nodded agreeing with her completely. Aiden was like a cold monster, firing people left and right.

He didn’t even seem to care that half of these people were begging him to keep them be cause they had kids to feed. Every single one of those people he fired today had a family, I was sure.

good thing I kept our son away from him. If he was that cruel to people who had kids to feed, how would

to protect Ash from this

swear he was picking people by playing eenie meenie miney mo. It’s crazy how he only had to say

he practically spat out their names, I’d think I was

nodded, praying my Ash bug doesn’t turn out to be like his father. No, my little Ash will be friendly, would have

snorted and quickly placed her palm over her mouth to stifle the sound. “I’m sorry,

in apologizing for something

do it. Hey, do you know where Bernard is? I hadn’t noticed him after

too many heads in my eyesight as everyone scurried out of the room the second the meeting was over. They resembled headless chickens as they hurried

go through over the weekend. Bernard thought he would have had

finish those files. I only hope he wouldn’t give him the boot next. Then no more ten thousand dollars a month for me for

soon walked to our assigned place. Me a couple feet away from Bernard’s office with my own private desk

passed by when my ears pick up on not one

back straightened and I waited with battered breath to greet

with a pretty woman at his

rage war on my skin when I watch his powerful strides. His hands were tucked in his front pockets and his head was

a smile and a nod when

a smile of

my throat grew a lump. “Mr. Xa-vier.”

If I didn’t know any better I’d say that he hadn’t heard me. But

in his intoxicating scent as he strides

of my presence had something like anger and frustration

acting like he didn’t

wasn’t he acknowledging

my teeth as I glared

that he did. Because maybe just maybe he forgot that I had basi

forget about someone you bullied and

someone who caused you

baffled. Why was

office

open again and Aiden strides

me and walked even faster. I gritted my teeth and sent

Aiden’s pov

the elevator button roughly while

So she’s Bernard’s secretary……

she have to sound

stir when I

button a bit rougher, forcing the doors to slide open

me. She insisted on following me since

knew I was contemplating

about to close when a

Mr. Beckam told me to tag along with you so you’d give me the rest of the

completely ignore her. Taking this as a good sign, she steps into the lift, awkwardly shifting away from

eyes. It’s total silence in the lift until Lisa, judging by the

a great day so far hasn’t

spared her a cold glance that she

I suppose but she failed in comparison to her. I gritted my teeth. Why was I still thinking about that

be thinking about my revenge, not comparing women to

long has she been working here?” I asked tightly while ripping my attention off the squirming

me. Especially since she would be closer to Sophie. I