. THE CEO’S
BLOCKHEADED
WIFE??
*She’s stubborn and Sassy???
__But she’s still his baby?♥️??
Billionaire Romance
Comedy?
Rated 18+
Don’t Copy Or Repost!!!
Written by Nnenna
CHAPTER THIRTY ONE
RICARDO’S POV
I’ve never made such a senseless decision in my life before. And I had no choice. That was the only way I could save Carmen from trouble. I don’t know to what extent I’ve crossed my uncles, but they seem to be all out for me.
At first, I was so happy getting prepared for my wedding, dreaming of meeting Carmen, saying the I DO word to her and finally and officially making her my wife.
But I guess my family had other plans for me.
“Uncle.” I was so scared looking him in the eyes.
“What? You won’t go to New York?”
“But today is my wedding. You don’t expect me to leave this place and go for a meeting in New York.”
“Which wedding?” He asked peering into my face.
“Uncle, you actually know that today is my wedding.”
“The unofficial wedding or the official one?”
“Either way uncle, it’s still my wedding and my bride is waiting for me to show up and meet her.”
“That’s on you. But this meeting is the life of that company Ricardo.”
“But you used to be the one who goes for the meeting. You’re the one who manages the branch in New York.”
“And I feel like I want to resign today.”
I wanted to explode. My head was so full. I know he wants to frustrate me, I know he wants to make sure I’m not at peace since I poked their faces with my wife earlier. They want to make sure I don’t have peace from now onward in the Alejandrozz house.
“You should’ve told my father about this.”
“The meetings starts by twelve. And I think you’re 3 hours late.” He said and turned to leave. I held his arm.
“Uncle. Why are you doing this?”
“Why I’m doing this?” He half laughed and then frowned the next minute. “I guess you’re growing up these days, you can obviously manage The Alejandrozz so well too, so I thought of stepping down a bit.”
“But there are my cousins to go there and attend the meeting. Sort out the problems and bring back results.”
“Why don’t you do that yourself since you’re the CEO? Must we always help out and clean up your mess and what do we get in return?” He grabbed the collar of my shirt. Almost rumpling it.
I gulped.
They’re so serious. They’re dropping out of the company so they can watch me crumble, get picked on and that’s when they will finally vote against me in the board meeting, then I will be taken out. And maybe out of the family forever.
I clenched my fist.
“Do it yourself. From today onwards, no free time for you, no free time to be living your wild life. No free time for you to be so stupid and so reckless at same time. No free time for you to be so foolish and get duped all the time.”
I looked on.
He was smiling the next minute. “I want to see how long you will last in the company this time. Maybe three months or six? I can’t wait Ricardo, I can’t wait for you to totally crumble, I can’t wait for you to understand how the family works, that we always let you go doesn’t mean that we don’t know what to do to put you off.”
I went on my knees immediately. I’ve been stupid, I’ve not been thinking lately and I’m back to my senses now. Can’t they spare me. All of them can’t go against me all at once.
“I’m so sorry Uncle. I’m sorry I messed up. At least for today, please, I beg of you. I’m getting married today, you don’t expect me to go to New York right now.”
I touched and held his trousers. “Please Uncle.” But he pushed my hands away.
“You should be talking to your father. Maybe he can save you. Don’t you think so?”
“My father?”
Yeah my father. I stood up and headed to the door, maybe I can speak to him, maybe he can help me out this last time. And he was laughing behind me. A very mocking laugh which halted me and made me turn to look at him.
“You think your father is in the country right now?”
My heart skipped a thousand times. “Where’s my father? Hope you didn’t do anything to him.”
“Your father is in Singapore for business.”
Singapore?!!
I clutched my head immediately. My family has hit me so hard this time.
“Too bad you’re the only son my brother has. Don’t you think so? And not like you’re in good terms with your sisters, so who are you gonna run to for help? Your little wife? Or your little wife’s father?”
I was getting angry. “Don’t involve my wife in this.”
“Then save her. You don’t want her to see this side of you which is so poor and wretched? Then show her that you can take care of her. I wonder how long it will last though.” He said and brushed past me.
I was torn apart. I didn’t know what to do. Business first or my wedding first.
How can I choose wedding when the company is tearing apart and no one to ask for help.
All secretaries from all around our branch companies phoning my office, my new secretary calling repeatedly.
I sat down on the floor, trying to decide on what to do.
I need to protect Carmen. And I can’t do that if I don’t have the company behind me. My family have fully declared war against me and I need to show them that I’m not that foolish and stupid Ricardo anymore.
“Hello sir, Alejandrozz company in New York phoned again concerning the sudden resignation of their CEO, they need to have a meeting and no one from the Alejandrozz is attending….”
I dropped my phone on the floor. This is actually the tenth time he’s calling this morning. My head was echoing with so many voices.
I imagined myself standing in the middle of my family circle, kneeling and begging them for help while they laughed at me on end without stopping.
“I thought you’re strong. I thought you could protect yourself.”
“What happened to your stupid belief? I think your wife can’t save you this time.”
“How about changing your name to the Sebastián’s? It will do you some good if you do that.”
I clutched my head. I tried to fight off the thoughts.
I can do this. I can actually do this. I sprang up and phoned my secretary immediately.
“Prepare my flights, docvments, we’re flying to New York this minute.” I said as I fully dressed up to go.
I came out of my room, ordered one of my personal guard to help with my belongings. “Tell Carmen to wait for me, that no matter what, I’m coming to back to her, that no matter what, I’m coming to fetch her. Okay?” I told my personal guard.
“Tell her to wait for me. That I’m not going to be gone for too long.” I said to him as I strolled out of the house and headed to the parking lot, my gurds all behind me.
I was so nervous, this is one of the biggest decision I’m making in my life. And totally the first.
I need to make things right. I need to create a better world where my Carmen and my unborn kids will stay without trouble. I need to create a world where I won’t have to hurt Carmen all the time. And that starts now. If I can’t secure and protect my company, then how will I be able to protect Carmen?
My guard opened the car door for me and I got in. I prayed silently and fervently for things to turn out right. I prayed to be strong. To do this right. I want to escape laughing eyes of my family.
I wanted to see Carmen. I’m gonna miss her. Who knows how Sh|tty she feels right now. Who knows how the family is treating her at the moment.
I tried to get off, quit everything and run back to my Carmen but my personal guard, Tony, withheld me.
“I will take care of her. I promise.”
“She’s alone. By herself!!” I pause trying to make my words sink in and I realized that I was hurting myself more than what I was trying to say. “I don’t want to go anywhere again. I want to go and be with her. She’s so fragile, she gets hurt easily.”
He still held me back. “This is more important.”
“I don’t care. I don’t care anymore.”
“You should. Your family knew this will happen when they pulled up this stunt on you. If you can’t protect this company then you obviously can’t protect her or your father or don’t you think that your father’s life is at stake.”
I clutched his chest, I tried to hold back my tears. “My father?”
“Yes. He flew to Singapore for this same problem sir. You need to help your father. Else, you gonna crumble and fall at their feet and that’s what they want. To see you lose it. They want to tell you that you’re nothing without them. That you’re the CEO of the Alejandrozz doesn’t make you a lord over them. Show them that you can be a lord Sir.”
I nodded my head repeatedly. I tried to believe in myself at least, because Carmen is out there, feeling really terrible and waiting for me.
As the car drove off to the airport, I comported myself, went through the files my secretary gave me.
In the next thirty minutes, I was on the plane to New York.
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“So tell me more about this new designs you’re trying to add to the cart?” I asked the creative designer who sat across the conference table, annoying me all morning.
And he went over and over again to explain himself, using the projector, displaying countless designs which never made sense at all. So lame and highly poor. And commenting so blunt on that might hurt his pride, so I let him give me a reason to accept this design into the cart.
“Sir, I don’t think you know a lot about this designing business. So I don’t know how you will understand what I’m saying when__”
“Trash that. I don’t want that into the new cart.” I interrupted having heard his demeaning reply to me. He thinks I don’t know anything about designs because I always kept quiet about my own magic and creative mind and hands.
Carmen was right.
She’s always right.
After the conference meeting, I think I generated more enemies than friends because I suddenly turned harsh, I was busy firing, rehiring and resetting the table. It was as if my name have been painted dirty all over the whole company.
Like no one wanted me here, like I should step down already. The foolish CEO. Why give the company to a kid like him? He should step down__ I heard that from all angles.
And why would I step down? I think they just gave me more reason to remain here.
They took me to their creative rooms, they took me around ,the bags, the clothes and the shoes, I touched them, felt them with my hands and then:
“Trash this. I can’t believe you want this design to be put out for sale next week.”
“Sir, it was designed by Mr. Juan, your cousin.” Someone said and I turned to look at him.
“You’re fired.”
And everyone shuddered. I mean, why would he tell me or rather, remind me about family. Is he trying to say that I have no right to take out any stupid design because they’re family!!! They should’ve known that I’m gonna do this before they sent me here.
They haven’t even seen anything. They should wait for me, I’m returning to Spain, and when I do, they should get ready for me.
They think I won’t last for three months right?
I will show them that I can last a long time.
“Trash this. And this and this!!! Trash everything here.” I said while they gasped.
At this point, they were too scared to say a word, or correct me. I loved it. I have instilled fear in them and before they speak to me, they think twice before doing so.
I loved it when their lips quivered as they spoke, afraid that they’re making a mistake. I loved it so much. Unlike when I entered earlier, their tongues lashing out, speaking to me without batting an eye lid.
I own this company, it’s mine as long as I’m the CEO and every insect and living being is answerable to me.
And I missed Carmen.
What is she gonna say to me when I tell her this story? Will she say that I did well, will she smile at me and pat my head.
And how is she faring?
They took me around the company, I was correcting, trashing out and firing workers. I informed secretaries, who took so many things into consideration. I told them about a new project, getting one and working on it. And how I’m gonna be the head supervisor for the job.
“That’s Mr. Fernando’s job sir.” I heard a female worker say and I glared at her. She wasn’t looking away either.
“And I say that he isn’t gonna do the job again.” I said warmly.
“Why?”
“You wanna know why? Because I said so. He’s not doing that job again. I’m the new head supervisor of every project walking in and out of this company.” I said while she looked away, as if hurt or something.
And the meeting was over for the day. I was so tired. I retired to the family hotel. Where I resumed working again after the dinner.
Doing calculations and findings with my secretary, I realized that some finance don’t add up.
“Look into the financial secretary of that company.” I ordered and he nodded and resumed working.
By the next morning, my secretary woke me up with a funny news.
“I think they’ve been stealing from the company. Upto #50 million dollars is missing.”
50 million dollars?
I gulped.
“Who have been doing that?”
He failed to speak and my guess was so right, it was my family who have been stealing!! And it hit me more when I realized that they were the one duping me all these while, stealing from my pocket. And the last #20 million dollars which I lost, was from them.
My head was so full. How did I not know all these? Why did I not check on this company a little earlier? They call me foolish, stupid when they were the one doing all these.
I felt like crying but then I was happy. At least, I found out why I’m always stupid.
“Look into my brothers. Fast.” I ordered and stood up to leave. “Prepare my flight.”
“Are we going home?”
“No, we’re going to China.”
“But sir__”
There’s something I need to find out. How much they’ve stolen. How much they’ve siphoned. I think they’re upto something fishy. What are they doing? What’s their plan? How far have they gone? Can I catch up with their plan if I tried?
“Just do as I asked.”
“Yes sir.”
CARMEN’S POV
I never knew that making a decision can be so hard, marrying someone can be so hard until I got into one. Maybe it isn’t. Maybe Cardo got stuck, his family is no piece of cake, it’s not something you can easily deal with and I know he’s doing this to protect us.
I know it’s hard. Especially when three days have passed and still no sign of him. He have totally forgotten about me or something, I can’t tell but coming out of bed every morning, washing up and coming out for breakfast with the family was the hardest thing I’ve ever experienced in my life.
I kept telling myself that I need to be strong. I can’t let them trample on me. That no matter what, I’m Cardo’s wife. No matter what anyone thinks, even though my wedding didn’t go so well, I’m still a part of this family.
“I think this little kid finally shaped her tongue since Ricardo left.” Louisa whispered to her sisters.
Mom hit the table. “Don’t start. That your father and Ricardo isn’t here doesn’t mean that you guys are gonna pick on her.”
“Pick on her? Mom, did you just say pick on her? She brought this upon herself.” Bernadette said and then laughed.
I ignored her. Ignoring anyone have been my language for the past three days, at least until I hear from Cardo.
What his personal guard told me yesterday isn’t enough reason to justify why he left me hanging on our wedding day and in as much as I’m trying not to cry, he had no right to treat a woman like that.
So I’m going to keep quiet until I see him, talk things out with him before I will have strength to speak to anyone else.
But I’m wrong, his sisters seemed to have leveled up for me. Any little chance they get, they want to tell me off. They want to pick fights with me.
And in my nature, that sort of attitude doesn’t work with me.
“It’s good as she’s quiet these days. She thought the world revolves around her. I guess that little world of hers have crashed.” Victoria said and they all laughed except mom who was looking at me with deep concern.
I smirked.
I turned to Bernadette’s little daughter. “Hello baby girl, where’s your dog?” I asked talking sweetly to her and she smiled at me.
“He’s in my room.”
“Ohkay, what about your father. Where’s he? Have your mom ever told you who your father is?”
“Carmen, what sort of question is that?” Bernadette asked harshly but I wasn’t done.
“Did your mother ever tell you that she’s a big time whore who doesn’t even know who your father is.”
“She never told me.” She replied turning to look at her own mother.
“Carmen what do you think you’re doing!!” Bernadette yelled grabbing my hair from across the table.
My soup was still hot. I can do something dreadful to that face of hers if she doesn’t let me go this minute.
“Let me go right now.”
“Bernadette!!” Mom called.
“Mom, this brat is talking again.”
“But she wasn’t talking to you.” Mom defended.
“Mom!!”
“Let me go I say. You won’t love your face if you don’t let me go now!!”
“Or you do what?”
I smiled, her hands loosened on my hair and we came staring at each other with so much h@të.
“I’m warning the three of you for the first and last time, stay out of my path. Don’t piss me off. Just avoid me.”
“Look at this brat! You should be at your father’s house by now grieving over your failed marriage, but you’re here dragging my father’s house with me. Have you no shame?” Victoria screamed into my ears.
“No, I have no shame. That’s because there’s nothing to be ashamed of. At least, I’m a complete human being. At least I’m married, as young as I am. What about the three of you? Have you no shame to be in your father’s house at this age?”
“What?” Victoria again.
I don’t know why she’s always speaking up for her dumb sisters.
“You heard me.”
“Carmen, watch your tongue around my sisters.” The big stupid sister said.
“Your sisters? Then they should get married and stop sitting down here for breakfast and dinner with me all the time. And even you sister Bernadette, isn’t it high time you left the house.”
And she slapped me.
“How dare you rat!!!”
But I’m not gonna let the slap slide. That Cardo is not here doesn’t mean they can all trample on me.
I took off my footwear, the pain burning and itching on my face. “they don’t speak to me like that!! I’m older than…” I struck her face harder than she did.
And she wanted to latch back at me, my guard showed up from nowhere and held her arm.
“How dare you hold me?”She was ranting.
“You want to hit the CEO’s wife?” I asked chuckling. “They don’t hit me anyhow sis Bernadette.” I said and stood up, wiped my hand with the hand towel and left the table for them.
“Come back here you rat!!!”
“Fuçk you Bîtch!!!”
TO BE CONTINUED….
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