My Ex Wants Me Back.

Chapter 01 IT'S MY TURN. June's POV. I sighed as I glanced at my wristwatch while tapping a finger against the armrest of the sofa. Meanwhile, Stone's attorney who'd arrived my office about twenty minutes ago took out his phone from his chest pocket. If anything, I was certain that he was about to put a call across to Stone. Just then, the door creaked open. “You are ten minutes late.” I said, turning to face the door as Stone walked into my office. “If this is the way we begin, then I'm sorry, but I can't do business with someone that can't keep to time.” “I, uh,” he sighed, and formed his hand into a fist. “I don't have an excuse. I'm sorry.” “Whatever.” I rolled my eyes. “Can we just begin the meeting already.” “Thank you.” he took some steps, and then sat right next to his attorney. “Again, I apologise for—” “Can we just get down to the business of the day?” I asked, cutting him off. “We didn't come here to listen to you apologize. I didn't come here for that. I came here for business. So, let's do that. I don't have the luxury of time to waste.” “Right.” he drew in a deep, calming breath. “Uh, I'm sure you must have gone through the previous proposals that we sent—” “I never got any proposal.” I said, shaking my head. “Perhaps, if you'd come earlier then you would explained to me what this meeting is all about.” Stone, and his attorney exchanged puzzled glances for a moment, then he looked at me. “If you didn't get any proposal, why then did you agree to this meeting?” he asked, in a curious tone. “I thought you'd gone through the proposal already, and you know why I need your help.” “I said I didn't see any proposal.” I said, speaking through my teeth. “What part of my wordsbdon't you understand? I never got anything. Or are you trying to say that I'm lying?” “No, no. I am just—” he sighed. “I am just surprised that you didn't get the proposal I sent.” “Well, I didn't. So, can you explain why you're here.” I said. “I, uh, I need your help.” he said in a soft voice. “My company has gone bankrupt. We need an investor. The court says that if I don't get an investor within the month, then there'll be an order to shut it down.” “Oh, you need an investor.” a wry smile curled up my lips. “Can you remind me again the name of your company?” “It is Harrow Tech.” he said. “I am sure you must have heard of it.” “The same Harrow Tech that was investigated for being involved in some drug deals some years back?” I asked, raising a brow. “Is it the same company?” “Yes,” he nodded. “But that was—” “Hold on,” I said, and beckoned on Kyle, my assistant with a curl of my fingers. The room went silent for a few seconds. In those seconds, Stone, and his attorney exchanged glances again. “Get me those documents.” I whispered into his ear. “Is there a problem?” Stone asked, his voice laced with concern. “No, not really.” I said with a brief smile. “I just need to confirm a few things first. Then we can proceed with the conversation, and paperwork.” “Here it is.” Kyle returned, giving me the documents in his hand. “Thank you.” I received them from him. “You have nothing to worry about. Like I said, I just have to confirm a few things.” “If there's something going on, don't you think you should let us know?” he asked. “Oh, here it is.” I said, turning to the next page. “Uh, it says right here that your company was linked to an automobile accident on the 12th of May 2024. But, your company refused to take responsibility for the damage.” “That happened—” “It doesn't end there,” I said, cutting him off. “It also says that some lives were lost. But you refused to compensate the family of the bereaved.” “Look, that happened a long time ago.” “A long time ago?” I looked up from the document, and arched a brow. “In that case, let's get something that happened recently.” “I-I don't understand what is this all about?” “Oh, here's another one,” I said with a smile. “On March 3, 2025, a battery testing lab in Austin caught fire due to faulty lithium-ion testing protocols. And two engineers were killed.” “That also—” “I am not done yet.” I said, cutting him off as I turned over to the next page. “On April 8, 2025, Harrow misclassified 1400 warehouse and delivery contractors in Indiana to avoid overtime, and benefits.” “Come on, this—” “Oh, there's another one.” I said. “On June 27, 2025, Harrow Cloud was breached. 4.3 million users had their emails, passwords, payment informations, and home camera footage exposed. But your customers were notified eleven weeks after.” “This isn't why we're here.” “Oh, here's an interesting one.” I said with a smile. “Harrow marketed the Harrow SecureCam as military grade encrypted, and never stores footage in the cloud. But unfortunately, some footage were stored unencrypted.” “June!” he slammed a hand on the centre table. “What is the meaning of this?” “Oh, this?” I closed the documents, and dropped them on the table. “This is exactly who you are. You want me to invest in your company after you did all these?” “Jake, can you give us a moment, please?” he sighed, hanging a hand at his side, and pushing the other through his hair. “Sure.” Jake picked up his briefcase from the floor, and exited my office. “What is this, June?” he asked, looking me straight in the eyes. “I came to you for help because my company is about to fall apart. I can't pay my employees anymore. But then, you decide to do this?” “Of course, I would Stone.” I said with a cynical smile as I righted myself from the sofa. “You believed that I would never survive without you. But here I am.” “Yes, I made a mistake.” he said, nodding his head. “I shouldn't have sent you away the way I did. But that was five years ago. We could start all again, June. I still love you.” “No, you don't.” I said, shaking my head. “You are only desperate to save your company. I fell for those words once, I won't fall for them again.” “My entire life is falling apart, June. Everything I worked for is about to vanish.” he said, his voice breaking with tears. “I need you to help me.” “It is such a pity that it has to be this way.” I said, making a face. “But I will never forget the way you treated me. I'll make sure you get a taste of your own medicine.” “You don't understand,” he said, shaking his head as tears began to form in his eyes. “I have only got some weeks to find an investor else, I'll be forced to shut down the company.” “You still have time” I said, shrugging a shoulder. “That should be enough to find another investor. Or don't you think?” “Come on, you've to help me.” he said, blinking back tears. “At least, for old times sake.” “That's not going to happen.” I took a step forward, and whispered the words into his ear. “I am going watch you break, just like you watched me some years back.”