Beyond the Corner Office: The CEO's Liberation Story

Ella's POV..... I'm leaving. I can't take this anymore. Hours earlier..... "I can't marry him mom" I pleaded, "Please tell Dad, I can't" "There is nothing I can do about it my child, please try to understand" my mom pleaded back. "Please understand you are doing this for me and your father, without this our business will go bankrupt" Wow, just wow. "So you are willing to sell your daughter's happiness for the success of your business" "Ella---" "Don't Ella me, you even have the audacity to shamelessly tell me that" I laughed bitterly. "You will not speak to me like that young lady, your father and I are doing this for you---" "How is this for me, I didn't expect this from you mom, I didn't" "That's enough young lady" came my dad's booming voice. I looked towards the door of my room and saw him come in. He was always like that, always able to direct people's attention to him whenever he wanted. He was never really a father to me now he comes to interfere with my life asking me to get married to a man I don't love. "Dad---" "You will do as I say young lady or consider yourself disowned." "What!" I screamed. "What!" This came from my mom. "You can't mean that Dad." Even though he wasn't a good dad didn't mean I didn't love him. "Well I am not joking, now seeing as you are ready to comply I suggest to go get ready for your date with Tommy ." I was livid. Tommy Egan , the sole heir to the Egan's fortune. As sexy as his name sounded he was the biggest jerk known to mankind. He had the personality of a dog and an ego the size of Mount Everest. He always made me feel so small. I suffered from depression for about two years. Yes, my Dad had been pushing me to marry him for three years. But now because of my inability to comply and now that his company is on the verge of bankruptcy he wants the wedding to be as soon as possible. My Dad knew about my depression caused by Tommy but never believed me because he was of the impression that I was lying to get out of the relationship with him. No way in hell was I going to marry him. "You know what Dad, I have had enough. All my life I stood by the sidelines watching you take decisions for me and I never said anything, like in fifth grade when you made me take P.E when I really wanted to go to ballet class, or in the 9th grade when you sent me off to boarding school because you wanted me to be more refined according to you standards, or since 12th grade when you always sent me on dates with your friends sons because you wanted me to find the ideal son-in-law for you, it wasn't even the ideal husband for me..." "That's enough young lady" "No it's not enough I will continue talking for as long as I want to... you forgot about me completely since your business took off, I remember mum always telling me how much of a good father you were always buying me things, but whe--- where is that father now," I laughed bitterly "Infact I don't think he ever existed. Sometimes I think I was just a.. YOU CANT EVEN ADDRESS ME BY MY CHILD OR Ella" I screeched. "It's always f*****g young lady" I said in a small voice. "Dad, he made my life hell---I was interrupted by a deafening sound, of someone being slapped, only that someone was me. I was hit. He hit me. My supposed father hit me. Even though it wasn't the first time he did it, it still hurt knowing my father couldn't even believe his own daughter, he would rather believe an outsider. "Roland !" my mom gasped. "Don't you dare speak like that about Tommy again, I don't want to hear that stupid excuse you always use as to why you can't marry him, I gave you the best childhood one could ask for yet---" "YOU KNOW WHAT SCREW YOU. SCREW YOU DAD, I AM DONE, DISOWN ME FOR ALL I CARE. I don't need you, Mom was the only one ever there for me so SCREW YOU". "Ella," my mom said gently. I know she never meant all the words she said, it was to please my father because he would obviously have been listening in on our talk. I internally scoffed, what else is new. "I will call you when I settle down mom" I told her. "And where do you think you are going, even if you do go where will you go" my father' sneered. "Anywhere as long as I am away from you and this stupid arrangement"I Sneered back. With one last lingering look at my father I walked out. I am done. So done. Time fly's...... Ella's POV.... I looked around my small sized apartment and sighed. It's better than nothing. It was fairly decorated and had a little furniture here and there but it is enough for me... for now. When I left my parents I found out my dad froze my bank account probably thinking I wouldn't have money and come begging for his forgiveness. I had some money left being a heiress and all from a bank account I opened myself. I decided to spend money as minimally as possible because I didn't know how long I would be jobless. Trying to shake those thoughts out of my head I walked to the kitchen and opened the refrigerator. I guess I am not completely done... I really need to go grocery shopping. I looked at the time and it was 3:30 pm. I walked out of my apartment and got into my BMW and searched for the nearest grocery store using Google maps. I really couldn't decide on what to get so I got both. As I was walking to the cashier to pay for my groceries I bumped into someone. "Watch where you are going" I said regaining my balance. "I am so sorry" the girl I bumped into said. I took this time to scrutinize the girls appearance. She was blonde, she stood about 5'4 just a little shorter than my 5'7 height. She had green eyes and wore a white crop top, blur jeans and a pair of combat boots. "Ohhh sorry, it's my fault also for not watching where I was going. My name's Ella." "Kim" "Nice to meet you, I actually like your fashion sense" "Thanks, you look nice to. I can tell we will be great friends" she said. I laughed, she was really outgoing. "I could be a serial killer sent from the future to destroy you because some kind of laser thing you invented to prevent vampires from invading the earth" We both laughed at this. "I doubt that, besides I hate science" "Why" "I am not really good at the whole math stuff and all that s**t" We both walked to the cashier to pay for our groceries. As we walked out of the grocery store, Kim asked me for my number. I gladly gave it to her because I remember my therapist saying something about surrounding myself with positive people. As I drove back home I couldn't stop thinking about my parents, I remember telling my mom I would call her but I forgot, I will make sure to do that and have the dreaded phone call. I will have to call her at night. "Hello mum, it's me Ella" My mom let out a gasp and then I heard sheets ruffling. "It's really you. I thought you would not call like you said, your father has been worried sick" I snorted at that. "And what exactly did he say to make you say he has been worried about me" "Ella look I know he hasn't beern the best father but he regrets his actions now. He really loves you" "Look mom, Im not holding anything against Dad but I just need this right now you know. I need to find myself and find love. I am not mad at Dad because nothing about his attitude is new but I am tired of it. It's just so frustrating that he thinks he can boss me around and I don't want that" "So what you are saying is you are not mad at you Dad and you have forgiven him" "Yes mom, that's what I am saying" I know it's probably stupid for to forgive him that easily especially when I was going through depression right under his nose and he didn't seem to care but, it's paternal love and I don't think I can stay mad at someone for that long. I could say I was just a forgiving person. "Thank goodness, your father has been working none stop to get the company back up and he has been so sad. I don't think he can do it," my mom sighed, "Should I tell him about your decision to forgive him?" I thought about this for a while and decided to let her tell him because I have seen what depression can do to people and if he is not careful he can fall into it. "Yes mom you can." My mom squealed and I laughed, so typical of her. She could be a drama queen at times. "So does this mean you are coming back home?" she asked hopefully. I sighed, I really didn't want to break her heart like this but I just couldn't do what she wanted. "No mom, I can't" I said, "I already told you, I need to find myself, and back home it's like I'm caged, don't you get it mom?" "Ok. So we will talk later?" She asked hopefully. I laughed at her unsure tone."Of course mom, I will never forget you, you are like a major part of my life." "Bye love, I got to go break the news to your father," she said. 'Maybe I can get Some tonight,' she muttered quietly. Yuck, I did not need to know that.