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The Deeper Love the Shallower Hate

One Night With My Billionaire Boss

One Night With My Billionaire Boss

Nathaniel Stone
I woke up on silk sheets that smelled of expensive cedar and cold sandalwood, a world away from my cramped apartment in Brooklyn. Beside me lay Ezra Gardner—my boss, the billionaire CEO of Gardner Holdings, and the man who could end my career with a snap of his fingers. He didn’t offer an apology for the night before; instead, he looked at me with terrifying clarity and proposed a cold, calculated business arrangement. "Marriage. It stabilizes the board and solves the PR crisis before it begins." He dressed me in archival Chanel and sent me home in his Maybach, but my life was already falling apart. My boyfriend, Irving, claimed he had passed out early, yet his location data placed him at my best friend’s apartment until three in the morning. When I tried to run, I realized Ezra was already ten steps ahead, tracking my movements and uncovering the secret I’d spent twenty years hiding: my connection to the powerful Senator Grimes. I was trapped between a CEO who treated me like a line item on a quarterly report and a boyfriend who had been using me while sleeping with my closest friend. I felt like a pawn in a game I didn't understand, wondering why a man like Ezra would walk up forty flights of stairs on a broken leg just to make sure I was safe. "Showtime, Mrs. Gardner." Standing on the red carpet in a gown that cost more than my life, I watched my cheating ex-boyfriend’s face turn pale as Ezra claimed me in front of the world. I wasn't just an assistant anymore; I was a weapon, and it was time to burn their world down.
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Chapter 1

"And what about me?" I cried in front of him. "Aren't you going to ask if I'm okay?"

"This is not about you! Don't make a scene here and play a victim! You hurt her! She was rushed to the hospital because of you? Because of what? Huh?! You were jealous of her?! That's why you pushed her down the stairs?! "

"Gosh! D*mn it!..... He was the one who hurt me first!" I screamed. "If I had known that you would be angry, I would have let me be the one to push him down the stairs so that I could rush him to the hospital, right?"

"There was no accident! I saw the CCTV, you pushed me! Why are you lying if I saw you? She's sick—"

"Yes, he's sick, I know that!—"

"You know but you still chose to hurt—"

"Fuck! Is he that important to you?"

"Yes!" I stiffened. "She's my only family!. She's always good to me. She cares for me... She's always there when I need someone! So yes! She's that important to me. She's that important that I wish I was in her situation! I only the one who is sick—" after I heard those words I sl*pped him. Shaking with anger.

"I was there too!!" He stopped. And it's seems like he's shocked Of my words. But he just shook his head.

"I was there too when you have your breakdowns.... I was there cheering you up and watching your smiles. I was there before your success. I always there when you need someone to lean on.... And God knows the reason that I didn't leave you because I loved you..... You didn't see it because you only care about her. Fuck you! I am your girlfriend!" I cry. So much that I can't even breathe normally.

"I . Am. Your. Girlfriend!." I say it again. I can't be hurt by everything he makes me feel.

"Why do I feel like I'm the one who shares your love?" I asked weakly.

He didn't answer. He only looked at me, regretful. I cried so hard. So hard that I feel like I think I'm gonna d*e.

"Do you know how it feels? While I'm here doing my best badly to hold on for our relationship, you always give me a reason to let you go. While I'm here loving you...... You started liking someone else'? Cause, D*mn, it hurts .... So good!" I could hardly continue because I was struggling to breathe.

He's only standing there, looking at me with tears in his eyes.

"I can't loose myself just because I've been loving you!" I smiled bitterly.

Maybe we need to let go for our own good. Because no matter what we do, we can't force them to love us back.

My eyes turn sleepy. My vision blurred, I continued to struggle to breathe, and there! The surroundings are already dark.

And maybe this is not the right time for us, for him, and for me. How long will I gamble? I don't know anymore, because as long as I love him, I will continue to be blind. But this is wrong. From the beginning until now it's not right, I'm sorry.

Sky Amaris Valdez POV

Luck.

"Here!" Out of breath, I reached my brother with a weight of water to sprinkle the plant that mom planted while he was there with Papa having coffee and laughing.

"Make sure the plant doesn't drown, sky ha!" My mom shouted. I laughed at them.

"Don't worry, Mom. Kion knows this." I looked at them and glanced at my brother's angry face.

"I don't know how it will be done, sister! Why don't you stop and give it to Nanny?" His brows furrowed.

I moved the big burn while supporting you. I can't stand it either.

"Don't complain, Yaya yolly and Nana len are working too much. You should know at least do some chores." He only bothered me and took a broom.

I smiled at my lovely brother, grumpy and stubborn but obedient.

My life was perfect now, I don't really wish for anything more than this.

But it's not.

Am I wrong?

I was in a second year of college when my parents got into a car accident. They're comatose for several weeks until now.

I don't know how to start.

My brother stopped on his studies in senior high just to make sure I graduate first, he managed our business while I'm studying and helping him.

I'm in a meeting right with my brother kion, with the board member.

I could see their boredom while we were there.

"I don't think the youngest Valdez, can handle this. It's only a few years old and it's not obvious that he can handle this huge responsibility as the leader of a company. Shouldn't we have a new successor until Mr, Valdez wakes up? ?" One of the board member suggestions.

"I highly doubt that, this business owned by my father! I can't let it be given away and just look for a replacement just because he can't take over, I know my brother is still young but he will be the acting president of this company while I haven't been able to then, in the mean time, my brother will be your new president, I'll help him and guide him, how to manage this and I hope you'll help us too. It's hard but I hope you can help me."

The senior old lady smiled at me, "Don't worry, hija."

"If I can't do this, I'll let my sister take this responsibility. I have my own dreams but this is urgent and I don't think I can't manage this, it's just a first step, if I failed I'll take that as a lesson, please trust me, I'll do everything. I'll promise." Tears almost filled my eyes while listening to what my brother was saying.

It's a hectic weekend.

My brother and I hardly see each other anymore because he is in the US for business abroad and that's when dad checks up on our parent's while I'm here in Manila burning my eyebrows.

Our mansion filled with so much loneliness. I could barely glance at the garden where we used to hang out every weekend. The plants between the fountains are wilting. Maybe it wasn't taken care of well.

Kion almost sent me the reports.

I sat in the chair provided for me while studying the reports. There is no prof today because this time is vacant and it is almost two hours so it is not that noisy, others like students are outside doing various things or finishing the allotted time for projects so the whole classroom is quiet.

"Aren't you tired after that?" I almost screamed when someone suddenly spoke behind me while looking at my laptop.

It's Lucas.

I removed the glasses just to protect against the radiation caused by the laptop and looked at him carefully.

"It's necessary"

"I'm the one who gets tired for you." He said. I watched him carefully. He has this kind of angelic face. His thick eyebrows and brown eyes, pointed nose and clean cut hair, he looks like a model to me. Tall and not so dark and not so White.

I swallowed hard and laughed softly. "That's right, I'm young and the responsibility I'm facing is big.

He raised an eyebrow. "Too bad, if you want let's get married, so you can escape your responsibility." His playful tone did not escape.

I laughed mockingly. "Don't joke kid, I know what kind of person you are"

"Sorry," he laughed. "It's bad to always have your eyes soaked in gadgets, loosened up, you're still young." He said and smiled.

"I need to review the reports so..." I said slowly.

He smiled at me, his eyes twinkled. "Don't pressure yourself, okay?" He said before leaving the classroom.

I sighed and looked at my laptop. I typed a few before turning it off.

It's two o'clock. And I haven't eaten anything yet. I still have an hour to eat.

I left the classroom, it's gay! I was just talking to surrounded by a few women and men who are probably the same age as him. It's like the center of attraction because when he starts talking, everyone laughs.

How I wish I could be that easy.

They stopped laughing when Lucas turned, he winked at me, he smiled, I winked again. I looked away and sighed.

Before I continued walking, I heard the laughter there again, I just didn't know what it was.

I bought food and decided not to eat there.

The plants in the side row trees are beautiful to look at. The dry leaves where I was sitting scattered

Windy, quiet and peaceful. There I put down my bought food, the bag on the side and the laptop next to the food.

I tipped there again while slowly eating.

Minutes after I successfully finished the report, I smiled at my accomplishments.

"Is that done?" I almost screamed again because of that low voice.

I responded with a small smile and shook my head. "No, not really."

"When are we going to see Abby, the kid misses you" he frowned. "I don't understand this!" I looked at the laptop where his eyes were focused.

I shook my head and laughed softly. "You don't really understand that, this is not a project nor a lecture tho."

I said Turn off the laptop and put it in the bag.

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