. 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 SIXTY THREE
CARMEN’S POV
After playing around with Cardo, we got off the bed and began to prepare to visit the family house. I paid more attention to his mood since every minute, his mood seem to dampen more than it used to be. Like his sadness is suddenly seeping into his bones.
“You know you can cry on me right?” I said when the silence in the room became unbearable.
He looked at me and smiled. “Do you think I’m gonna be fine?” He asked, buttoning up his shirt, “I mean, I’m going out there to serve as the man for the whole family.”
I reached out and took his hand, giving it a reassuring squeeze. “I know you’ll be fine,” I said, looking him in the eye. “You’re strong, to me, you’re the strongest and the nicest person that I’ve ever met, you have me. And I’ll be by your side the whole time, whether you want to talk or just sit in silence.”
He let out a long breath, and I could see the tension easing from his shoulders. “Thanks,” he said, giving me a small smile.
I smiled and we continued to dress up. My mind was set up. After the funeral, I must make some moves to meet Uncle Lucas, I should before I will get to Bernadette.
Soon, we were done and we set out. Cardo led the way while I followed. Not very quickly because I wanted feedback from my men before leaving.
“Uncle Lucas has a secret house apart from his public apartment.” My man told me and I heaved a sigh.
“Okay, any other thing?”
“I think he’s in league with one of your father’s secretaries.”
“My father’s secretaries??” I was taken aback. Why would Uncle Lucas be in league with one of my father’s secretaries? What could they possibly have in common?
“Did you find out about that?” I asked my mind still hitched on the fact that Uncle Lucas was in league with one of my father’s numerous secretaries. Why would they be in same league? Why would they betray my father? Which of them?
So apart from Bernadette, there’s another mole? Uncle Lucas is really not what I thought he is__ I expected him to be as bad as possible but I didn’t know he’s gonna extend his hand into my father’s company.
“I’m still investigating on that.”
“Thank you.” I said and rushed my steps to avoid Cardo from looking for me. “Any other thing?”
“Uncle Lucas is planning something.”
“Planning something? What could it be?”
“I don’t know. We’re still watching him on that but, it might be dangerous, I wish we can meet him sooner to avoid a lot of damages.”
“That’s why I’m planning on meeting him tonight.”
“Tonight?” he asked, sounding a bit concerned. “Are you sure that’s a good idea? I’m worried that you might not be safe. It could be dangerous to go into this situation without a solid plan.”
I looked at him, feeling a bit annoyed at his hesitation. “Don’t you trust me?” I asked, my voice rising slightly. “I know what I’m doing. I’ve been planning this for a long time, and I’m not going to let anything stop me.”
He heaved a sigh, as sigh of surrender. “Alright, we better prepare and be on alert.”
“Sure.” I hung up and nearly bumped into Cardo on the stairway, my heart shook immediately, I didn’t know he would be outside here waiting for me. I thought he’d be in the living room or maybe outside, in the car waiting for me.
“Ca__rdo.” I stuttered, trying to avoid his yellow eyes which is peering into mine with lots of questions which I know I won’t be able to avoid at the moment.
Cardo’s gaze was piercing, and I could feel my resolve beginning to waver. I knew that he was going to question me, and I wasn’t sure if I could keep up the pretense any longer. “I can explain,” I started, but he held up his hand, stopping me.
“No need to explain,” he said, his voice calm and even. “I just want you to be safe. Wh@tëver you’re planning, I want to make sure that you’re not in any danger.” He paused, his eyes searching mine.
I felt so guilty, what was I thinking trying to keep things away from him. Earlier, he told me what he is thinking of doing after signing off the company__ he told me that he’s gonna start up his own design company, live on his own and cater for us on his own.
He told me that he’s gonna bring everyone to justice especially Lucia and Bernadette for messing with his own wife. And he has a plan, using the media against them. The company was on fire because of their greed to keep the company by all means and it’s high time he let it go, he don’t want to risk anything in the future.
For himself, for me and for our babies. And I loved his plan but I don’t want everything to end like that. He will have a good peaceful life that he wants and that is going to happen if only I pave the way for him. He can do all he wanted, but he can never sign off that company to anyone except himself.
The idea of him giving up the company since that’s the father’s last wish was because of me, and I h@të it so much. I h@të to be the reason why Cardo is getting weaker and weaker. He is tracking all his relatives, and yet, he don’t want to hurt them, because he believes that he has already done enough to them by cutting off their access to most of the things in the company.
He had suffered them enough by being rash and not letting them access the company funds as they wanted anymore. He had already put me out a lot, if only he was a bit nicer, I won’t have been poisoned, if he never dared them, they won’t have come for me and that’s why he’s gone weaker!
He sees me as a frail being, his baby which is supposed to be handled with care and in as much I don’t want that kind of treatment from him, I still love that he loves me so much.
I’m his weakness.
That’s bad.
Especially when he puts me out of everything in order to keep me safe, he acts alone sometimes, as if I don’t matter and that’s because he loves me so much.
Alright, I agree on that. His love for me runs that deep and I’m not going to keep arguing about that or getting angry because of it. I’m going to do things as I want while he do as he wanted.
I will protect him in my own way while he will protect me in his own way.
Staring intently into his eyes, I felt so guilty, maybe I should’ve given him a heads up about Uncle Lucas. Or maybe about Lucia.
“I’m sorry Cardo but I think I have a thing on Uncle Lucas.”
“Carmen__”
“I know you’re worried about me,” I said, taking a deep breath. “But I’m not going to let your worries get in the way of what I need to do. I need to confront Uncle Lucas, and I need to find out what he’s up to. I can’t just sit by and let him do wh@tëver he’s planning without taking action.”
He nodded, seeming to understand. “I get that, I know you have a thing on Uncle Lucas, I don’t know what it is,” he said. “But I’m still worried about your safety. Let me come with you.”
“No. I don’t want you to come with me.”
“Carmen, I want to come with you. I know, yeah I know I’m not like you. I’m the worst husband someone can have, weak, not strong enough, not the ideal type of husband one can wish to have but, I want to come with you.”
I hesitated, knowing that having Cardo with me would be a comfort, but also knowing that it could put him in danger. “I don’t want you to get hurt,” I said, my voice shaky. “This is my fight, not yours.”
“We’re in this together, remember?” he said, a smile playing on his lips. “We’re supposed to be a team. And a team looks out for each other. I can’t just sit by and let you do this alone. We need to stop doing things alone. We need to do them together and you don’t have to keep things away from me Carmen,” he touched my face. “Because I won’t keep things away from you anymore, we need each other more than ever right now.”
His words struck a chord in me, and I felt a wave of relief wash over me. “Cardo,” I said, my voice catching in my throat. “This is not your type of thing and you gonna act all soft and wanna treat me as a baby who is not supposed to get hurt.”
He rubbed his palm frantically on my cheek, “Carmen,” he started, his second hand gripped my waist, feeling the warmth of his palm against my skin. “We’re a team. And we’re stronger together.”
“Promise you won’t try to protect me all the time on this.”
“That’s hard to promise.”
“I know it’s hard,” I said, looking into his eyes. “But we can’t go forward if you’re always trying to protect me. I need to be able to handle this on my own sometimes, and I need to know that you’ll be there for me when I can’t.” I paused, choosing my words carefully. “I know you want to keep me safe, and I love you for that. But sometimes I need to make my own mistakes, and learn from them. I need to know that you trust me.”
“Of course I trust you,” he said, his eyes wide with sincerity. “it’s just that I can’t stand watching you get hurt.”
“Then we will never get anything done. We’re meeting Uncle Lucas tonight and I know he’s not the type of guy you think he is and he might try to do something funny and I know you won’t sit back and watch it happen__”I paused burning my gaze into his. “I want you to.”
“Carmen you’re pregnant__”
“And I know you were gonna bring it up.” Time to spill another truth. “What if I tell you that I met Lucia last night?”
He gasped and his eyes widened in surprise. “What!”
“Well yeah, I did and I beat the hell out of her and I made her confess to me infront of the camera and I’m gonna Fuçk her up if she refuses to admit to her own mistakes in three days,” his eyes widened out the more.
Then an overwhelming gaze filled his eyes. “Carmen,”
“So don’t think I’m gonna be weak simply because I’m pregnant, I won’t let anyone trample on me because of another extra body inside of me.”
“That explains why you were clothed in the middle of the night and also why I didn’t find you in bed last night.” He said while I nodded. “Why didn’t you tell me?”
“Because you were gonna slow me down. I didn’t want that to happen.”
“Carmen”
“What?”
He gripped my waist tighter. His face unreadable, “I__I’m really speechless right now.” He took a deep breath. “But that’s already by gone but what if something bad had happened to you?”
“There you go again with treating me like I’m some__”
“I have to!” He interrupted softly. “You’re my wife, the only thing I care about. You’re the only thing that matters to me. I don’t mind losing anything if I’m to keep you.”
“And I don’t want you to lose everything in order to keep me. That’s why I’m doing this.”
We both breathed in silence trying to calm the tension breathing between us. “Carmen, let’s not argue about this okay? I’m coming with you to see Uncle Lucas.”
“Promise me,” I brought it up again. “Promise me that you won’t get so cheeky when something bad happens to me.”
“I can’t promise that.” He shook his terribly. “I’m going there to stop anything bad from happening to you, so stop saying I should sit back and watch you being sliced to pieces.”
“Then at least promise me that no matter what happens, you’re never gonna sign off that company.”
“Carmen.” He started giving me an unusual gaze.
“Don’t tell me your mind is still made up on that?” I asked getting tensed up again.”
He sighed, his face conflicted. “I can’t promise that either,” he said. “I know that sounds selfish, and I know that you don’t want me to give up on that company, but, this is for us. We have to__”
“I don’t wanna hear that Cardo.” I snapped at him.
He let me go, began to pace around. “Carmen, you would’ve loved me even if I was not a CEO to any company.”
I clenched my fist. My anger was beginning to brim. “No, I won’t have loved you.” I gritted my teeth. “From the first day I met you, I’ve always fancied you because you’re the CEO of the Alejandrozz.”
“What?” His eyes showing off the pain in them but do I care? I must do anything to keep his mind off selling that company. “Carmen, you don’t mean that, do you?”
“That’s why I’m ready to take out any obstacle on your way so you can keep that company, no matter what happens, if not for anything, for me and for our child.”
“Do you even know what’s at stake. You were poisoned once because of our rash decision!”
“And I’m trying to fix it! I’m fixing it and I’m almost there, all you have to do for me Cardo is to keep hanging in there,” I softened. “At least, until I’m done with everything.”
He sighed out heavily. “You’ve finally gone nuts Carmen.”
“Yeah, I am supposed to go nuts.” I said, my heart suddenly feeling heavy especially when he turned and left, while I followed closely trying not to be weighed down by everything that I said.
“Cardo, wait,” I called out, my voice trembling. “Please, don’t go. We need to talk about this.” I reached out and grabbed his arm, trying to get him to stop before he could get into the car. “I’m sorry for what I said, I didn’t mean it. I was just trying to get you to see my side of things, but I know that’s no excuse.”
He turned to face me, his eyes full of pain. “I just don’t understand what’s happening to you,” he said, sounding lost. “Carmen, sometimes, being like you is not good at all.”
“And being like you isn’t better either. ”
“Carmen, can you just stay still and let me deal with this like I want?” He said with his eyes as yellowish as ever, “Or maybe, let’s go see Uncle Lucas together.”
I sighed out, this is not what I want. He held my arm. “Carmen, you gonna post that video about Lucia, she might come after you instead of confessing to the press, she might change the storyline.”
“Cardo.”
“Yes, we gonna do everything together, we will start with taking care of my father__” he stiffened a breath, “and then we will post that video of Lucia__”
“I promised Lucia__” he hushed me.
“This is what you want right? Then you don’t have to hold back or show anyone mercy, you don’t love me unless I’m a CEO right?” He asked making me feel so guilty for uttering those words in the first place. “Then do all you can to make sure that I stay a CEO.”
“Cardo.”
“Do all you can and don’t show mercy, that’s why you gonna post that about Lucia, after all, she didn’t give you a chance before she poisoned you.”
Why did he suddenly change his mind? Does he have to make me feel bad about this? “Cardo I’m sorry I said those words to you. I didn’t mean that__”
“It’s fine. No matter what you say, it won’t make me love you less.”
“Tell me your plan on what to do with Uncle Lucas, we are meeting him and don’t tell me to keep promises that I can’t keep.” He said and removed his hand from mine, he went into the car while I did, after him.
I h@tëd the cold tension inside the car, I h@tëd the journey, it made me feel so sober and bad, maybe I shouldn’t have taken it all out on him.
I just didn’t want him to always be weak because of me. He’s always busy running to me, letting me go in order to protect me, running away from his problems only to protect me, not like I’m a child, not like I can’t take care of myself.
Still, I don’t feel good ruining our perfect morning. We had a glorious night together, our morning was coming out sweet until I ruined it.
I wanted to cry. Cardo is not going to talk to me. Is he gonna ignore me all day? Now, no business calls but he’s not talking to me. Did I go too far by saying that I didn’t love him unless he’s the CEO? But I didn’t mean that__he suddenly slid his fingers into mine.
Our eyes locked into each other. “Carmen,” he called softly,
“I’m sorry,” I said, my voice cracking. “I didn’t mean what I said. I was just trying to get you to see things from my perspective, but I know now that I went about it the wrong way. I want you to be strong, not weak, but I don’t want you to do it by pushing away everything else in your life.” Tears welled up in my eyes, and I fought to keep them from spilling over.
Cardo looked at me, his expression unreadable for a long moment. Then, his face softened more than before, and he gave me a small, sad smile. “It’s okay,” he said, his voice gentle.
“I understand that you’re worried about me. Care about me more than anyone have ever done in my life. You always look after me before you care about yourself, I’m sorry for shutting you out, I should have been more understanding. But I promise, I’m not going to be weak. I’m not going to let anything tear us apart.” He took my hand and brought it to his lips, kissing it gently. “I love you too, and I will always love you.
I smiled while he let me lean on his shoulder. “It’s just that losing my father is already enough, I can’t lose you too, not after the horror of what happened to you weeks ago.” He added.
I felt more at ease. “Carmen, why don’t we talk about Victoria, the girl you wanted to know about?”
Just then, the car jerked upward, a swerve and came to a halt. We nearly jolted out of our seats.
“What’s happening?” He asked the chauffeur.
“There’s a gridlock,” the chauffeur said, sounding stressed. “I’m sorry, but we’re stuck here until it’s cleared. I can see that the road is blocked by some trucks.”
“How long is it going to take?” Cardo asked, his brows furrowed.
“I’m not sure,” the chauffeur said, sounding apologetic. “It could be hours.”
My heart sank. We were supposed to get to the funeral early, but now it seemed like we would be arriving late.
The bodyguards came around to Cardo’s window, maybe to receive orders, Cardo’s voice rising at them as he spoke. “You should’ve checked this before we set out for the journey.” His anger directed at Stephen.
Stephen argued that the road was clear when he checked the road yesterday,
“When did this happen then? Tell me, I wanna know.” I touched his arm so he would watch his anger, he sighed out. “Do this fast! Get it cleared as soon as possible!”
Stephen bowed and left.
The car fell silent, and I could feel the tension building. I glanced at Cardo, and he was staring out the window, his jaw clenched. I knew he must be thinking about his father’s funeral, and how late we were going to be. I didn’t know what to say to make things better, so I just stayed silent, offering my support by simply being there.
A few minutes passed, and the tension was still palpable. Then, Cardo sighed, breaking the silence. “Let’s try to relax,” he said, his voice strained.
“Or let’s walk.” I suggested while he furrowed his brows at me.
“Walk?”
I nodded, something doesn’t feel right about the gridlock on the road. Stephen argued that it wasn’t there yesterday, so it means it was put here this morning.
Who can do that?
Maybe Lucas… he’s coming faster at me even before I can get to him.
Is this his warning bell?
TO BE CONTINUED…
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