. 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 THREE
RICARDO’S POV
And calls were pouring from everywhere especially home. My sisters, my cousins, uncles, aunts, grand uncles and grand aunts, all of them were phoning me.
So now they wanna call? I thought they’ve all stepped down from the company to punish me? I thought I’m a prodigal child whom they can throw off the cliff? I thought they’re above me.
Tsk.
“Turn that phone off.” I ordered my secretary as I walked into the family house in Shanghai.
“I can’t turn the phone off, I’m sorry sir.”
“It’s okay. I understand your reason.”
He bowed while I settled down on top of my bed totally exhausted and still, I had alot to do before I take my flight back home in the morning.
“Should I send for your food now?”
“I’m not hungry.”
“Sir, you have been skipping meals for so many days now.”
“Just…”my phone was buzzing again. “Who?”I asked him.
“Uh… Fernando.”
“Give the phone to me.” He gave the phone to me. “Yes, hey cousin. How are you doing?”
“It’s ridiculous to hear you ask me that questions, Mr. CEO Ricardo.” He called in a mocking voice.
I laughed sending my secretary away, he bowed and left. “You surprised?”
“Surprised huh? You’re just being foolish Ricardo, I don’t know what came over you or why you’re acting stupider than I thought but you better know your boundaries. Know when to cross and when not to.”
I laughed harder. “Mmmm. I think someone is feeling threatened already. I haven’t started yet, and you feel like your whole world is gonna crash, that’s a very beautiful warning cousin.”
“Just be careful. Don’t put yourself in trouble. Better stop wh@tëver you’re doing and return it back to normal.”
“Yes sir! I’m supposed to listen to you right?”
He hung up on me. I frowned and nearly tossed my phone away.
Why piss me off? I should stop wh@tëver I’m doing and return it back to normal? Like a stupid person that I am, right? Is he kidding or being serious right now.
From the incessant calls I’m getting from them, it definitely means that they’re upto something or they’ve been doing something behind my back. And now they’re scared of getting caught.
My phone was buzzing again. My sister, Bernadette was calling. “Hello sis.”
“Hello sis, you say?? Ricardo what have you done? What do you think you’re doing? What has come over you?”
“And which one am I supposed to answer first?”
“Ricardo, don’t get me worked up right now, okay? If you know what’s good for you, before you get your @$$ back home, better undo what you did.”
And why are they all threatening me?
“And if I don’t?”
“Ricardo!!! You can’t face the heat of the family.”
“Heat of the family? Because all of you are busy stealing from the company? My own company!!!! You think I won’t find that out? You think I won’t know about it?” I ran my hand in my hair wondering why she suddenly fell silent.
Obviously they thought I won’t find out their secret. Because I’m the foolish and stupid CEO and brother, who doesn’t know anything and probably let everything slide all the time.
What hurts me the most is that my sisters aren’t free from this too and that’s why they were so hellbent on putting me out of that company.
“I think I know why all of you want me out of that company? Because I’m gonna find out all of your secrets and when I do, I’m not gonna keep quiet. You guys are so afraid of that happening and that’s probably why I got treated this way all my life.”
“And I think you got it wrong Mr. Ricardo.”
I stood up from my bed and began to pace around the room. “Then correct me.”
“You don’t deserve to be the CEO. You are not even up to that quality.”
“Why do you think so?”
“I don’t talk about stuffs like this with my own junior.”
I scoffed. “Now you wanna play seniority huh? Sister Bernadette, I’ve lost my respect for you.” I sighed out. “Tell your sisters and your family to be ready for me.”
She snorted. “Ready for you? You still wanna act brave and play the holy son of the Alejandrozz?”
“And what’s wrong with doing that?”
“Just remember you have someone to protect. I mean, someone like that your little wife, she might get hurt because of your reckless actions, dummy.”
My heart missed a bit.
Yeah, Carmen.
I clenched my fist. “You won’t dare touch her.”
“You think I can’t?”
“Clearly you can’t, but as a group, you can, and I promise you, I won’t take it lightly with anyone who do as much as hurt an hair on her head.”
She laughed. “It’s so annoying watching and hearing how horrible you grow to become everyday. Just be careful, don’t think you have it all because you have father behind you. Even your little wife won’t be able to save you with these kind of steps you’re choosing for yourself.”
“Don’t worry sis. I’m going to be fine. Thanks for worries.” And I hung on her. I heaved and rang for my secretary who came in immediately.
“Sir??”
“Can you connect me to my body guard Tony? I want to speak with him.”
“Yes sir.”
Few minutes later, I was speaking to Tony on phone.
“How is she?” I asked my voice filled with nostalgia for Carmen. I wish I’m there with her. I wish I could hold her in my arms and kiss her forever. I wish I didn’t leave her all alone by herself. How she must h@të my guts right now. How she must miss me?
“She’s fine.” He replied and I heard her voice in the background.
“I’m not going anywhere until Cardo shows up here!!” I heard her cries and a lump came to my throat.
“Tony, what’s going on? Why is her voice so down?”
“Uh…she uh… She refused to go home.”
“Why? Is anything wrong with her? Is she okay? Is someone after her? Where are you guys? What happened?” I asked so deeply disturbed and nervous.
My heart raced faster. “Can I speak with her, please?”I requested feeling so terrible.
“Okay sir.”
And the next second, what I heard in my ears sounded like melody, I felt like I’m finally hearing what I supposed be listening to since two weeks ago. A voice which always felt like home. Like I belong. Like I can do anything just to hear it.
“Cardo.” Her voice was sobbing.
I felt like a villain.
A jerk.
A punk.
I’m the worst guy in the world. I need to be lashed for being such a bad person. I need to be killed a thousand times. How can I be so cruel to Carmen.
“Carmen.” I wiped a tear off my face. “Carmen, are you okay?”
“You’re so wicked Cardo. I h@të you so much.”
“I know. I’m sorry Carmen.”
“I miss you Cardo. I miss you much that I can’t breathe.”
I sucked in a lot of breathe. I tried to hold it back, the feeling, the memories of us buried together in one space, making each other happy. Her eyes bulging in and out of it’s socket when she looked at me. Her hair which I let my fingers slide into. The sound of her Mõ@ns whenever I went into her. Her little body which fitted so perfectly to mine. Everything about her is what I wanted at the moment. Her cries, her fights, her anger and her happiness, I wanted all that. And I missed all that moment with her.
Holding back myself together was hard, and this is what I feared each time I thought of speaking to Carmen since I left, and when I finally did;
“I’m coming back tomorrow.”
“You’re coming tomorrow??”
“Yes. How about that? Will you go home and wait for me till get back?”
“Pinky promise? Pinky promise me that you’re coming back to me tomorrow?”
“I promise that.”
And I sighed out. “Hello sir.” Tony’s voice sounded on the phone again.
“Take good care of her and take her home. Put her to bed. Okay?”
“Yes sir.”
“And after that, I need you to do something for me.” I said and he listened to me giving him orders. I told him to help me check out the Alejandrozz shopping malls starting from the one my sister owns, down to my aunts’ and my grand aunts’.
Then I hung up after that. “Sir.” My secretary was back again.
“Sir??”
“Yes??”
“Lucia is calling you.”
“Give me the phone.” And I took the phone from him. “Yes?? How can I help you?”
“How can I help you? I call out of concern for you and the first question you ask me is HOW CAN I HELP YOU? You’re not being fair at all Ricardo.”
“Why will you worry? I’m fine.”
“You don’t sound so. Where are you? Still in China?”
“Why do you wanna know? By now, I thought you must’ve grown up and stop calling me. I’m married.”
She scoffed. “That wasn’t marriage babe. That was just a facade. I mean, why call it marriage when there was no groom and probably no invitees because it was strictly a marriage happening between families.”
“Are you done talking?”
“What?”
“I wanna hang up now.”
“Wait Ricardo, I wanted to ask something.”
“Which is??”
“About the interview?? I rescheduled it for next tomorrow, can you show up for it?”
I turned to my secretary. “Did you schedule anything without my knowledge?”
“No sir.”
Better. I would’ve fired my secretary right this minute.
I went back to Lucia. “No, I don’t have time for interviews.”
“But I’ve already told everyone that you gonna show up.”
“You should’ve told me before doing this Lucia. I’m a busy person, okay? So cancel and move on with your life.”
“Don’t you think you’re being so mean to me?”
“Lucia, please, I’m very busy right now. I will talk to you later” and I hung up.
“Sir, your meal??” Griffin reminded as I fell back to the bed really exhausted, but my mind was still working. Going clockwise trying to get an answer to what isn’t clear to me yet.
“Sir??” He jolted me back to my senses and I sat up.
“Yes??”
“Your meal.”
I heaved. “Bring it.” I said so he will stop disturbing me.
And I ate, not very much, not with all the things going on in my mind. So many things I needed to do and so many things I needed to take care of and there was Carmen to worry about.
I texted Tony to ask after her and he told that they’re home already and she’s sleeping. I sighed out.
“And any news?”
“Yes”and what he told me about the malls were all so unbelievable.
“You mean, fake leathers were produced___ fake leathers did what?” I asked trying to be sure of what’s happening and going on right now.
According to him, money have been missing too and not only that, the designs of the clothes, the shoes and the bags and belts, almost everything had faults with it.
I recalled Carmen saying: “This is trash!! Everything here is trash!” And it made sense to me. Why didn’t I realize it then. That I’ve been duped for such a long time.
“Griffin. ” I called and he was already at my call.
“Sir.”
“We have some job to do.”
“Okay sir.”
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“Hello Ricardo. How dare you sell and buy my designer mall at same time without my knowledge? You’ve finally gone nuts this boy.”
“That’s because I wanted the company to be in my name Sister Louisa, so I sold and bought it under my name.”
“What the Fuçk are you doing Ricardo!!! What do you think you’re doing?!”
CARMEN’S POV
Over at the breakfast table, happiness and excitement almost bursting out of me. Cardo is coming back and I have every reason to be happy. I had already washed and kept myself tidy, I didn’t even bother going to school. I wanted to see him and that’s all that mattered.
“Carmen, you looking so beautiful this morning.” Father admired and I smiled casually.
“I’m always beautiful and you know it.”
“Not this beautiful, you expecting someone?”mom asked and I giggled. I didn’t know that waiting up for someone or expecting someone you care about can be this exhilarating. A beautiful feeling which keeps you glowing and happy. And every thing everyone did won’t annoy you because there’s only one person you’re waiting for and not them.
My cheeks heat up red. The sisters obviously eyeing me with utmost envy. That’s all they can do, not like they can beat me or lay a finger on me. Their father will just skin them alive. When he came back from Singapore, he clearly warned them to steer clear off me and they’ve been doing that.
And definitely their eyes won’t kill me.
Louisa who had been absent at the breakfast table suddenly bursted into the dining room, her face red with anger.
“Father!!!” Then her voice was breaking out. She was trying to hold herself back and when her eyes suddenly met mine, she reached for me. She grabbed me by the collar and pushed me down to the floor.
“Louisa what are you doing?” Her father asked her getting up from his seat but she had no time to speak and I’m yet to understand what’s going on.
“You wench!!! This is all your fault!!! What did you do to my brother!!” She grabbed my hair, pulling.
Hey! That hurts! Can you let go? I spent almost three hours styling this hair.
I held her arm and twisted, and a cracking sound filled my ears, and she was wincing in pain. I grabbed her hair.
“Are you insane? Why would you walk up to me and treat me like that?” I was angry. Not because she fought me. But because she ruined my dress, she ruined my hair and now she’s making me fight on the day I’m meeting my Cardo after two weeks of being away from him.
“It’s all your fault!!” She was screaming into my face.
“Louisa!!” Mom called.
“I must deal with this little wench. Your Cardo must meet you in pieces.” She said fighting feebly against me.
“Louisa!!” Father called but would she hear him out?
She obviously want to get beaten by me. And I’m giving her what she wants.
I was ontop of her, giving her the best beating of her life. They were all light punches and she was already weeping, then why did she start up a fight which she can’t finish.
Her sisters obviously came to her rescue and before they had the chance to fight for their sister, Tony was already pulling me away and protecting me from their punches.
“No, leave me Tony. I need to deal with all these bullSh|ts!! Are they crazy? Can’t I be happy for once without you guys looking for my trouble.”
“Louisa, I was calling you.”
“Father don’t call me!!” Tattered Louisa was crying. Eeeew! “Because you’re not helping matters at all. Do you even know what your stupid son did.”
“And you’re the stupid one.” I snapped.
“Shut the Fuçk up, little beast!!” Bernadette screamed at me while I gave her a finger.
“Did you see that father?”
“And can you guys stop picking on her?” Mom defended.
Louisa was sobbing, wh@tëver that is bothering is obviously her business and not mine. Accusing me for her shortcomings was so out of line.
“That witch and Ricardo, I will make sure I tear them apart in this family, unless I’m not Louisa. I can’t believe a little baby I raised yesterday is poking his hands into my face!”
“I’m gonna poke mine into your eyes Louisa! And you will be blind for thinking that you can tear us apart!”
“You think you’ve won?”
“And you think I haven’t?” Hunger and thirst for poking surged into my ribs. Tony was holding me back. “You still think you’re winning?”
“I just wish you can stop breathing someday.”
“And I just wish I can have this house all to myself without seeing the three of you every morning. Do you know how it feels like to see the three witches all the time? It feels like a bad nightmare, but don’t worry, I love nightmares, it’s my best genre.” I winked at her and that seemed to trigger her off the more.
“Father, better warn your son. I don’t know what he’s doing, I don’t care but touching any of my property isn’t what I will take. I’m not gonna let it slide.”
“And someone is complaining so bitterly to her father.” I mimicked her.
“Shut up Carmen!!”
“And shut the Fuçk up Louisa!!!!!”
Bîtch!!!
Flying insect!!
TO BE CONTINUED….
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