MR BILLIONAIRES MRS CLUMSY
CHAPTER 37
(Final Showdown)
~ Eva ~
“Why are you so tensed, Aaron?”, I asked placing my hand on his shaking shoulder. His restlessness is paining me in heart.
How many restless days until peace?
“Adam can’t do this to me, Eva. I can’t lose 25% of my company to that bastard. I have worked very hard, day and night, each sleepless night was an investment for this company to see success. I forced you to marry me for this company. And now everything is on risk. However hard I am trying, everything is just slipping out of my hand like sand.”, He mumbled, his eyes tired and face contorted.
“But you still have the majority of shares-”
“No. The rights I have given to Adam are what scaring me.”, I frowned over his statement.
“What rights are you talking about?”
“If something happens to me, or in my absence, Adam has every right to do whatever he wants. He can make any decision he wants regarding company. Basically, the contract states that in my absence, he will be the sole owner. And if he sells his 25% to Xavier, eventually the rights he have-”
“Will also be handover to Xavier in silver spoon!”, I finished for him. His nod of acceptance caused dread to crawl upon my already shaken mind.
“But still, even if something bad happens to you, King&Co should be given to someone of your family. Isn’t how it works?”, I asked with hope to get any positive response.
“I had no family when I made that contract, Eva. So I made Adam nominee”, he said crushing my hope.
“What will happen now?”
“That means, his next target will be either me or-”
“Me. Cause without me you are as good as dead”, A tear rolled down my eyes as with my quivering lips, I voiced out my thoughts. He nodded, shattering my remaining courage.
“But you said you had everything planned?”, I cried in desperation.
“I had. But Adam spoiled it all!”, He whispered ducking his head down.
“So what now? What are you going to do?”
“Nothing. We lost!”, Said that, he was out of office without sparing me a glance.
“Either marry my sister or forget that once we were best friends!”, Adam’s voice rang in my head like an irritating alarm clock.
As realisation knocked my senses, I dashed out of office. After entering inside elevator, I pressed for ground floor. Once it descended down and doors opened, I rushed out like a mad woman in search of Aaron.
“Mrs. King, you okay?”, Daniel asked me, his eyes apprehensive and face frowned in concern.
“Yeah, I am fine. Where is Aaron?”
“He just left. Troy followed him. Should I call?”, He asked and I shook my head in denial.
I took out my phone and immediately called Troy. He picked up almost quickly. “Where is Aaron, Troy?”, I asked.
“He is heading towards mansion.”, He answered.
I asked Daniel to drop me till Mansion. He agreed with a curt nod and asked me to follow him.
My feelings, emotions, everything is messed up. I know this decision will cost me almost my everything. But I have no choice.
I lost .
And I accept my defeat. Who my heart keeps chasing, now I have to run away from him. If him marrying Riley can save the company, then so be it.
Because I know how hard he has worked for it. It’s his parents last memory. And giving it to someone like Xavier, I would rather die than letting this happen.
And even if it goes to Xavier, that b@stard will make sure to either kill me or him. No….. His security is more important than me being with him.
We were never meant to be. It all started as compromise and the end should be same.
I want him. He wants me. But our fate keeps us pulling apart. And if this is what my pathetic fate wants, then who I am to go against it.
It’s close to summer now, but this coldness in mind is frozing my heart. I should have never allowed it to fall in love again, but I repeated the same mistake.
I think love was never for me. When my own parents were taken away from me, how can I expect it from someone else. My soul burns even before happiness touches me. So it’s better to be lonely.
This lonliness is my friend. It’s my partner. And I should accept it.
I miss you mom and dad…. I now really want to be in your embrace, nothing else. I want to end all this.
Just a full stop, and everything will end.
“We are here, Mrs. King”, Daniel’s voice brought me back to reality.
I nodded and got out. Each step that I am taking is heavy. The selfish me is weighing me down. I don’t want to do this, but I have no choice.
“Aaron?”, I called out. My hoarse voice was barely above whisper. But he sensed my presence and turned.
I swear all my strength came crumbling down in pieces. I felt strengthless. The tears were at the corner but I kept them buried in. I don’t want to do this.
I don’t want to do this.
I don’t want to do this…..
I don’t-
“Divorce me, and marry Riley.”, I said it. My toes curled, knees buckled up and the heaviness in heart increased with thousand folds. The sentence alone killed me hundred times in inside. My heart clenched and a tear betrayed me.
His lips curled up in small smile. Sad small smile.
“Everything is just a speck of dust before you, Little Warrior. Even if I have to kill myself for your happiness, I would do it in heartbeat. Pushing you out of my life means stabbing my heart repeatedly.”, He whispered, his welled up eyes broke me and I crouched down on floor. Sobs of happiness as well as sadness escaped my mouth.
This is hard.
This is so hard!
“Hey, shhh! Don’t worry…… Everything will be fine”, he whispered gathering me in his arms. I cried harder.
“Please marry her, Aaron. That’s the best for all of us…. “, I spoke though my hiccups.
“Love is never easy, Little Warrior. But that doesn’t mean, I will give up on you. If our love is strong, it will face every storm and would still stand brave.”, He said as he picked me up and sat down on bed with me on his lap.
“But this is difficult. What about your company-”
“Our company”
“What about it? We have no choice but to accept Adam’s offer.”, I said, my voice and actions equally opposite. I clinged onto his body like my life depended on him.
His calmness was scaring me.
When he was about to leave, he turned and nodded me to follow. I shook my head.
“Why?”
“I am afraid of him”, I whispered. My words felt like slap to me.
“This is your empire. You have nothing to be afraid of. Follow me”, he ordered curtly and I was quick to comply.
My heart was hammering wildly against my ribcage. I am ashamed but yes I am scared of him. I am freaking terrified of that man.
With parched throat, clamped hands and shaky steps we finally reached conference room. However, Aaron walked with owned steps, like he is the king of the world.
I can’t understand how he can have so much confidence when he is about to lose everything…..
“He must have something already planned you idi0t!”, A voice in the back of my head screamed and I halted on my steps.
Just as he was about turn the knob, he stopped and turned.
“You have something already planned?”, I whispered.
His smirk sent chill down my spine. “I am Aaron King for some reason, Eva”, he said before entering inside.
And at that moment, every fear, every worry, every terror, every panic faded away like a sound into the distance.
With new found courage and confidence, I entered inside as Mrs. Eva Collins King.
The room was enveloped in errie silence. Every board director, Adam and Xavier were present inside.
The clicking of my heels brought their attention towards me. His head turned and a sinister smirk crawled up on his face. His heated stare wobbled up my confidence but I stayed firm on my spot. Though my inners were flipping in nervousness, I kept my face stoic.
And what to say about Aaron, he stood like a king he is. His aura demanding and affirming. Eyes cold, but kept everyone under control.
“Mr. Russo”, he said and Xavier nodded curtly. His eyes darting towards me occasionally.
“Eyes here. That’s my wife you are staring at!”, Aaron said grimly. His voice hard as iron, unbending and strong.
“What to do? She is a piece of art! Lucky you”, he replied chuckling lowly, filling everyone’s eyes with disgust for him. My glare clashed with his creepy stare, he smiled. I rolled my eyes.
Aaron exhaled loudly, the sharp silence sliced off when he cracked his knuckles. “Let’s talk business”, and everyone nodded before sitting down. I sat down on the couch that was placed beside entrance.
“So Mr. King, your company’s 25% shares are now min-”
“Documents please”, Aaron stated cutting him off. I saw his hand tightened in fist, and jaw getting clenched.
“I don’t like it when someone cuts me off, Mr. King”, he said through gritted teeth.
“And I don’t like to waste time. Documents please”, Aaron replied with no emotion whatsoever.
“Sure. Give it”, he said to someone behind him. The man, probably in his mid thirties came forward and handed documents to Aaron.
Aaron flipped through some pages before passing them to Mr. Rhode. Both men kept staring at each other as Mr. Rhode was going through the contract papers. While Xavier had a ghostly smirk plastered on his face, Aaron was void of any emotion.
After almost fifteen minutes of an uncanny silence, Mr. Rhode spoke up. “These are fake”, and that’s how everyone gasped loudly.
In an instant, Xavier’s face dropped. His eyes wide in disbelief, while Aaron’s lips curled up in a satisfying smirk.
Adam stood up from where he was seated;
beside Xavier, giving his blazer a flip he strode towards front and sat down beside Aaron. Sensing my eyes over him, he looked at me and winked, I gasped. A laugh threatened to break from my mouth but I covered it with cough.
Xavier’s eyes snapped up towards me, and I covered my smiling face with file.
“How can they be fake?”, The person who handed Aaron documents spoke on behalf of Xavier.
“Because these are real”, Aaron took out documents from his coat’s inner pocket and handed them to Mr. Rhode.
“These are real”, Mr. Rhode confirmed.
“I don’t believe your lawyer”, Xavier said for the first time after this whole fake documents bomb was dropped.
“Fair. Stella, call Mr. Parker inside”, Aaron asked and Stella was immediate to scurry out. “He is government lawyer. I hope you will believe him”, added lastly, as Xavier nodded in agreement.
“Good evening, gentlemen”, Mr. Parker greeted after entering. Mr. Rhode handed him the documents. After going through them for almost twenty minutes he confirmed that they were fake.
“You betrayed me”, Xavier accused Adam, but calmly.
“Aaron is my family. You are nobody. Why would you even trust me? And you were so hyped up to destroy Aaron that you didn’t even confirmed if they were real or not before coming”, Adam shrugged. And for the first time since morning, Aaron’s lips tugged up in warm but proud smile.
“And what if I had checked them before coming here?”, He asked.
“You wouldn’t have. You are filled with so much envy for me, that all you think is destroying me. I was confident.”, Aaron said with a shrug.
“Right. I was really stupid.”, Xavier chuckled. “But this is not over.”, He said challengingly, looking straight at Aaron. “Not until I get what I want”, as he said that, his eyes glanced at me for specific moment. My stomach churned in uneasiness.
“Out”, Aaron commanded.
Xavier stood up and walked out, not to forget the disgusting wink he throwed at me before leaving.
“Who does the shares now belong to, Mr. King?”, One of the board director asked.
“My wife”, he warmly smiled at me. My eyes widened, a low gasp escaped my mouth. “The meeting is over”, he said dismissing everyone.
Now only me, Aaron, Adam and Stella were present. “Eva, come here”, obliging with his wish I stood up and made my way towards him. He took my left hand in his and took out my crown ring.
Seeing my hesitance, he assured me with his eyes. “Take the voice recorder out and then deliver it home”, he said giving the ring to Stella.
“There was voice recorder in it!”, I shouted incredulously.
“Yes you little naive girl. What do you thought, only your earrings had tracker?”, Adam said catching my attention.
“Ho-how do you kn-know?”, I stammered to form a coherent sentence.
“We knew everything from beginning. The only way for him to have King &Co was through Adam. So that’s how it begin. We have been bestfriend since highschool, and the only person who can break our friendship is Riley.”
“Really?”, I asked not believing what Aaron said.
“This is what he thinks!”, Adam pressed. My interest perked up and I turned towards him. “I will not trade our friendship for world”, he said punching Aaron on shoulder playfully. Aaron grinned.
“So we framed Riley’s another fake suicide attempt. Once we figured out where Xavier would go that night to club, Adam too went there.”
“That’s where Xavier offered me this.”, Adam said, I nodded in understanding.
“But this is not the end.”, I said bringing a sullen expression on their face.
“He had done many crimes. There would be something in which he had every record of it.”, Aaron said, his eyes narrowed, teeth nibbling on bottom lip.
So lucious…. Stop it!
Stop!
“His brother might know about it”, Adam said, earning our attention towards him.
“His brother?”, Aaron asked.
“Yup. His brother is studying here in NY. Though that boy is totally wasted. Drugs, alcohol, sex, that’s all he does”, I cringed internally over that boy’s description.
“So?”
“There’s one Club where he goes almost everytime. Gets drunk and have s*x with any random girl he likes. We should hunt him down there”, Adam said, Aaron gave an appreciative nod over it.
“There’s no harm in trying”, I said and both the men nodded.
“One minute, that means this was all an act. You guys tricked me!”, I whispered as realisation hit me hard. Both shrugged guiltily.
God! How much of scared I was. I was about to sacrifice my love and this was all drama?
Sacrifice?
That sounds overdramatic…..
But still!
“Stella”, I called out while cracking my knuckles. She hummed in response. “Get me a broom, will you?”, My one brow rosed up, both men gulped.
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Next Day, We Care Hospital, 4:25 PM
“So how did it all went?”, Chloe asked me as I kept fresh fruits carry bag on table.
“What?”
“That Xavier’s chapter”, my mind went still before I shrugged off the weird creepy feeling.
Everything will be fine.
This is how I am assuring myself. Not that I don’t trust Aaron, but still the nagging feeling in the back of my mind keeps bugging me.
I am worried for him. I am worried for me. God! Just finish all this and get me a happy ending, please.
“It’s still hanging over our head”, I replied, her lips contorted in displeasure.
“But we have us!”, Adam said dramatically while entering, his hand waving around to prove his point. “Don’t worry, my Queens. I will make everything alright”, he said bowing before us. We laughed over his exaggerated behaviour.
“That’s right. We have us.”, Aaron joined. “She is my Queen!”, He added after slapping the back of Adam’s head.
“And I am nobody’s?”, Liza asked as she entered. She pouted, giving them sad look.
“Aww…. No baby. You are like dowry to us. Free with sisters!”, Adam teased, she huffed and punched him in guts. “Oww, stop hitting me guys!”, He fake winced.
“Then talk some sense, Adam!”, Chloe snapped playfully.
“You took away my every sense”, he sighed dreamily while she rolled her eyes but nonetheless smiled.
Aaron came towards me, his hand wrapping around my waist as he pulled me closer and pecked my lips.
“Uhh huh! No PDA guys. Let’s keep it PG-13”, Adam said as he walked towards Chloe.
“I hope I am not disturbing you guys?”, We all turned towards the source of voice only to find Noah standing at the doorstep. His charming smile still intact on his face. Me and Chloe heaved a deep sigh.
“Urghh! Not again”, Adam mumbled to himself, but we heard. Aaron beside me snorted in annoyance.
“Hey, Petal!”, He greeted, she immediately averted her eyes. “Stop shying infront me”, he whispered, though it was audible for all of us.
“I am not feeling shy or whatever”, she muttered dismissively.
“I can see that.”, He said. “Anyways, I am here to tell you guys that Miss. Jones can go home now. Her discharge papers will be ready within few hours.”, He said in formal tone, but still it sounded friendly and warm.
“Thanks, Noah”, Chloe shyly smiled. Adam rolled his eyes.
“Welcome. Here’s my number, Petal. I would be waiting!”, He said while ruffling her hair and was out of the room then. Both men heaved a sigh of relief.
“Sissy!”
“Huh?”, My eyebrows rosed up.
“He flirted with me!”, She said and that’s when realisation dawned upon me. My eyes widened and jaw dropped.
“Tubelight!”, Adam commented, I glared at him.
“Don’t say that you didn’t like it okay!”, Chloe said snapping her hand infront of Liza.
“N-no”
“Yeah, we can see that!”, Aaron chuckled.
“Sissy!”
“Stop teasing her!”, I scolded all of them.
“By the way Eva, should we book any appointment with psychiatric. You are getting slow processing defect or something I guess!”, Adam smirked. I smiled sweetly before taking out my sandal and chasing him.
****____*****
One week later, King Mansion 8:00 PM
I was folding clothes when Aaron’s phone rang. As he was in bathroom, I picked it up.
“Yes, Adam?”
“Where is Aaron?”
“Ummm…. He is in bathroom. Why?”
“Xavier’s brother just entered club. I am sending you guys address. Be there quick!”, He said before the line went off.
“Who was it?”, Aaron asked as he came out.
“Adam”, I replied.
“What did he said?”, He asked me, whole attention towards our conversation now.
“Xavier’s brother is at the club now”, on the queue, mobile pinged notifying the arrived message. “Address”, I said waving the phone in air.
“I was s*x deprived for almost a week! I wanted to have an eventful night, but let’s go”, he said making my jaw drop.
“Aaron!”, I whined in embarassment.
“Aww… Is my baby shy.”, He cooed while chuckling. I should get ready to leave”, he said before entering walk in closet. I followed him.
“I too want to come”
“No!”
“Pleas-”
“No!”
“Please?”, I gave him puppy face, he sighed.
“You will not leave my side!”, He warned and I did a small victory dance in my mind.
Yay!
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