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Capítulo 15: Jealousy

Warning: Curse/Profanity

Robbie's POV

"Sir Miss Sarah wants to meet you," My assistant, Jane said

Sarah is my childhood friend. I was with her till middle school but after I transferred we didn't have much contact. Then I heard from one of my old schoolmates that she left the country for higher studies. She suddenly reappeared last year and to my surprise, my father decided on our marriage without my consent. I refused it even before our engagement date was set but my father did not budge. He thinks if she clings to me long enough she will be able to win me over. If that had to happen, it would have by now. It has been a year already!! I just think of her as a friend, but she is not ready to accept that. She keeps calling herself my fiancee! No matter what I say, what I do, she is just not ready to give up. What a pest!!

"Tell her am busy," I said, irritably.

"Why don't you tell me that yourself?" Sarah said, suddenly appearing in front of my office door.

She was a very beautiful lady with long wavy brown hair, black eyes, a pretty oval face, and a curvy built. Not only was she beautiful but was an excellent businesswoman. She has astute business sense and has been taking care of her father's import-export business along with her own line of cosmetics, all on her own. There are many suitors who are willing to lay down their lives for her, but for some reason, she wants to marry me only as if all the other men in this world have evaporated.

"I have no time for you! Leave" I said, curtly

"How rude!" she exclaimed, barging in like she owns the place, "How can you be busy with just one project?"

"This project is not the only responsibility I have. I have to take care of other properties as well" I said, feeling nettled by her intrusion.

"I can help you," she said, with a radiant smile, "I am not bad with business matters you know"

"Every company has its business secrets that can't be revealed especially to a 'stranger'," I said, emphasizing the last word.

"I am your fiancee..." she started

"Was my fiancee!! I broke the engagement. We have nothing to do with each any longer" I interjected, harshly

"Ouch! That hurts," Sarah said, rolling her eyes.

We both were glaring at each other when a loud 'Rrrrrrriiiiinnngggg' of the phone interrupted us.

Both of us were startled. It was the office phone. I picked up while Sarah stood beside me arms crossed.

The one on the phone turned out to be my assistant that I allotted to guard over Tony and my son from the shadows. I know it was sort of stalking but I was too scared to lose him after searching him over for the last five years. I acted like a jerk and now I am paying for my impulsive and inexcusable actions. I asked the guard to not take any action unless they are in danger. I nearly lost my cool when I heard him and his son packing their bags and driving away. I asked him to follow them.

Please don't leave me, Tony!!

I will do whatever it takes to make it up for all my horrible actions.

I was feeling apprehensive as I asked, "What is it?"

"Sir, Tony Hawker, and his son came to La Costa Beach"

"La Costa? That's nearly in the outskirts of the city!" I said, feeling my heart dropping to my stomach.

They are seriously leaving?

Do I have to live all my life regretting my actions!!

I think it was my hyper reaction that drew Sarah's attention who was looked at me with narrowed eyes

"It seems he came to meet an acquaintance" the guard replied in a monotone.

"Acquaintance? Who?" I asked, a little surprised

Tony was reserved by nature and hardly made any friends. As far as I knew, in Warham, Tony has three close acquaintances, Samuel, Tanya, and Jenny. Back in Guyana city, he had no friends and his family disowned him, the only people he was close to were the warden of his welfare center, Priya, the owner of the departmental store he used to work in, Kendrick and the pastor of the church he used to visit. I wondered who other than them does he knew!

Was it any of his relatives? I can't help remembering the day when I first saw Tony's siblings. He had a younger brother and sister, both of who are Beta. During his high school, he tried meeting them, when they were going to school but was snubbed by his dad, who scolded him in the middle of the street saying that his brother and sister don't need a slut as their older brother.

I was deeply shocked to see his dad's reaction. I too have problems with my dad. I, at times, don't agree with him and he too sees Omega as cheap gold diggers but he would rather, try to separate me from the omega and make their life miserable than mine. I had never seen this side of the society where parents treated their kids with such cruelty just because of a petty thing like sub-gender. I was stunned to hear him call his own son a 'slut' and treat him with such indifference. Later, I learned that it was quite common among Omegas to be disowned. I remember feeling pity for Omegas and Tony.

That day, Tony cried for hours. I was a pampered kid and had no idea how to console. So, I just hugged him and let him cry his heart out. Even after seeing all this, I feel astonished that I ended up treating him just as cruelly. Sometimes people can really turn so selfish.

"I will send you the pictures sir," the assistant said

"Alright" I replied, hanging the call

Within a few seconds, after I kept my phone, my cellphone beeped. I picked it up and saw the picture of Tony being hugged by another guy. He was a tall, tanned, ginger-haired guy with quite a big built. There were other pictures of him eating with Tony and my son. They looked very comfortable with each other. Tony looked happy in his presence. In one of the pictures, the guy was looking at Tony like he was looking at the sunshine of his life. I felt my hand grip the cell phone tightly and a strong pang in my heart. My blood started pumping fast.

Who was this guy?

Why were Tony and him so comfortable?

How do they even know each other?

My mind was racing with so many questions when,

"Who are they?" I heard a female voice ask very close to my ear

"Sarah" I almost jumped in shock. I had completely forgotten she was in the room. I quickly put my cell phone back in my pocket.

"Why are you acting like you have seen a ghost?" Sarah asked, displeased by my reaction and suspicion swirling in her eyes

"Nothing. Just leave already. I am busy" I told her, getting back to my laptop, but I kept thinking about the pictures.

"Who was that person? Why do you have his picture?" she kept pushing

I raised my eyes, looking at her sharply, "None of your business!!"

She glowered at me for a minute before turning and stomping out of the office.


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Capítulo 16: I refuse

Robbie's POV

I was lying on my bed swiping through the pictures sent to me by the assistant. I couldn't get them out of my head. I felt like barging into Tony's place and ask him about the guy but I also knew that I don't have any right. Despite being bonded to him, I tossed him away. On top of that, eight years have passed. He must have met a lot of interesting guys and perhaps become close to one or even fall in love with him. What hope did I have that he would keep loving me after what I did to him? The only reason they can't be together is his bond with me.

When I bonded with him during high school, it was more hormone fuelled than true emotions. I didn't know the gravity of that action then but I kind of ruined his life doing it. Had I not truly fallen for him, then he would have been forced to stay without any mate all his life. A friend-with-benefits relationship was the closest he could get, but not a soulmate.

This Alpha-Omega bonding concept definitely sucks. However, right now, some part of me was glad about it. Because of the bonding, I felt he belonged to me. No matter how close someone gets to him, he can't be theirs completely. In the end, it was hard to resist being selfish.

I put my hand over my face feeling disgusted by my own thoughts. As I was never able to move on, I kept hoping he would not be able to either. But life doesn't work like that.

My thoughts were interrupted by a knock on my door. I removed my hand from the face and asked

"Who is it?"

"Robbie? You there?" a male voice called. It was my dad

"Dad? Come in" I said, quickly sitting down.

A man in his fifties entered the room. He was quite tall, had a salt and pepper look, sharp jawline, moderately built, and small shrewd eyes.

"Good evening!" he said smiling jovially

"Why do you act so casually? Didn't you come to ask about the update on the project?" I asked, feeling a sense of foreboding.

"Can't a dad simply meet his son?" he asked, pretending to be hurt

If he was not here for some business, I'll eat my hat. Dad was not one of those loving types. He was always busy and anytime we met, it would always be because he had something important to talk about. Dad must have noticed the doubt in my eyes and said in a surrendering voice,

"Okay, Okay! You win. Yes, I have something to ask you" he started rather politely. This was so unlike him that it was making me cringe. He would normally speak in a formal business-like tone, "I met Ms. Lucy from the HR department. I heard you asked her to refuse the resignation of an employee. Is that true?"

My stomach did a double-take. Who was this Lucy? I clearly told everyone in the HR team to keep their mouth shut. Why did she still go around blabbering? Then again, Dad was the Chairman. She would rather obey dad than me. Damnit, what do I say?

"It was the company's fault for not addressing his complaint. He was resigning because of the incompetence of the company. I couldn't tolerate that a talent was leaving because of dissatisfaction with our company not dealing with his grievance. So, I addressed his problem and he agreed to stay" I lied from the skin of my teeth trying my best to divert his attention away from Tony. I can't let Tony become the target of dad

Dad frowned deeply making me break out in cold sweat. Please don't notice anything weird!! I could see it in his eyes that he didn't buy my story but he did not probe further.

He sighed and continued, "So, it was like that. I thought you had some personal connection with the employee," he said smiling so widely that I started feeling uncomfortable, "You should know that our company only prioritize talents which is the base of our reputation. Any personal connection leading to the incompetence of our staff won't be tolerated," he said patting my back.

It seems to me that he had more meaning behind those words than he was revealing.

Damnit! I have to quicken my pace and get the hell out of my dad's shadow before it overwhelms me and reaches Tony.

"I heard you turned down Sarah again?" His smile vanished, as he asked seriously.

I looked at him eyebrows raised, "Did Sarah said that?" I asked.

"Yes. I asked her to meet you and help you out as this is your first project and a very heavy one at that. Since she has dealt with businesses like this before you, I thought you could both work together on it." Dad said, looking disappointed

"I don't want her help" I replied, infuriated, "I believe I am competent enough to do the project on my own. Furthermore, I refuse to take her as my life partner as I don't have any feelings for her other than a friend" I clarified in a crisp and clear tone

"Feelings?!! What do you want to feel? Do you think that one fine morning you will wake to find the girl of your dreams? It's time to abandon your fantasies, son," he scolded, lightly.

Standing up, I walked a short distance. Although it was awkward to talk to dad about this, I must take a stand.

"I don't want to dedicate my entire life to someone I don't even love," I said

"Love??!! LOVE!! You don't even speak with her properly, how do you know, that you won't come to love her? She has an excellent business mind, is very competent, beautiful, has a high social status, and is also an Alpha like you. Who can be a better partner for you other than her?" Dad almost yelled at me.

True, she was an all-around woman and any man would be lucky to marry her. But my heart has already been given. I have nothing to offer her. I turned to my dad and spoke with as much levity as I could possibly bring in my voice,

"Why do you even want me to marry her? You have told me yourself that her father is pretty much a criminal who the law is never able to shackle. Why do I have to be a part of such a family? Is it because of her father's political career? Or, because he was your childhood friend? Or is it because of that unspoken reason you cannot share?"

"ROBBIE" he bellowed but I was in no mood to let him have his way with me this time

"I have never gone against your word, dad" I spoke firmly, "I attended whatever school you wanted me to attend, I transferred when our business went south, I switched colleges according to your preference, even my career path was determined by you. I have let you decide everything in my life, but I'll choose my own life partner. It is I who is going to spend my entire life with that person, not you. So, this is one thing, I won't let you choose for me"

My dad stared at me dumbstruck. I am almost certain that he never expected me to talk back. He looked at me as if he was looking at a criminal. I didn't back down and stared back firmly. I was not going to change my mind about this decision. I could see him becoming angry. His ears and nose turned red, and his eyes bulged. He got up and stomped towards me. It wouldn't have surprised me if he had struck me then, but instead, he walked past me, got out of the door, and shut it with a loud 'BANG'.


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