Chapter four
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Christian drove down to his house where she left Charlotte to check if she had left.
"Welcome sir, this is for you" The security said.
Christian was surprised to see the file she gave to Charlotte being returned to her.
He collected it then opened it and to his surprise he saw only the key to his house downtown.
"Is this all she dropped?'' He asked
"Yes sir" The security replied immediately.
"Did she say anything?" He asked again.
"No sir." The security replied.
Christian entered the house, it was empty, nobody to welcome him. Charlotte would have jumped on him the moment he entered.
They shared lots of memories together in that house, the house was special to him due to her relationship with Charlotte. She would have prepared his dinner for him, while she waits for him at the dining table. All that he misses, his house feels like a wilderness to him.
"She doesn't love me" "She could have leave a handwritten note" "She's a gold digger, she took my money and left" "She could have called" "I shouldn't have let her go" "Is she a hooker? She took the cheque and left" "Where could she be?" "I hope she's safe"
All these he thought while drawing bottles of champagne and scrolling through their pictures "He regretted his action of letting her go. His house is empty with her and she wouldn't let Grace come visiting
He woke early the following day still thinking of Charlotte and decided to call her.
To his surprise he found her blocked on his phone, "how?" He thinks.
He unblocked her number and called her but it wasn't connecting. This almost made him crazy.
He called his private investigator immediately.
"Track down Charlotte for me" He said authoritatively not allowing him to talk.
This post breakup clarity with Charlotte dawned on him really hard. He has spent the last few days with his family without thinking about Charlotte. He's back in his home where he cherished and has lots of memories with her.
He was like a shadow of himself since Charlotte left, hence why he spent the past days with his family without going to work.
"I need her back," He shouted.
His phone rang bringing him back from his thoughts. He thinks it was from his Investigator, alas, it was from Grace.
"Why are you calling me early in the morning?" He shouted at her.
"I see that you're online which means you're awake. That's why I called. You deserve hearing your name called with a soothing voice early in the morning" Grace replied from her end.
"She reminds me of Charlotte" He said, forgetting he's on call.
"I heard that loud and clear." Grace yelled at him.
"I'm sorry I apologize" He said quickly but it was late, she had disconnected the call before he could speak.
This made Christian even more angry at himself. He hates hurting people that don't offend him. Grace had done nothing wrong. He called him back to apologize but she didn't pick.
He kept on calling till she picked at his Fiftieth attempt.
"Do you want to blow my phone?" She yelled at him.
"I'm sorry. I shouldn't have said that, Is my apology accepted?" He asked.
"No. Apology can be accepted on one condition, let's go on a date tomorrow" She replied.
"You can't manipulate me. I have apologize" Christian disconnected the call immediately.
This time, the table has turned. Grace was the one calling to apologize but Christian didn't pick.
He decided to go to the office. After all, he can't neglect his office forever. He couldn't concentrate on his work.
Things got worse when Grace entered her office unannounced.
"What are you doing here?" He asked authoritatively.
"What do you mean? Can't I come and visit my fiance anymore?" She asked, dropping her Louis Vuitton handbags on his table.
"You're not welcome here unannounced. Don't let this repeat itself again" He said, concentrating on his work.
Grace's presence made him concentrate more on his work as he doesn't want to speak to her. She wasn't having any of that so she initiated a conversation with him.
"I'm here to talk to you." She said smiling.
"That will have to wait, as you can see I'm busy" He replied without looking up. All his focus was on his screen.
"Christian, you're the CEO, nobody can query you. I'm your fiance, you should give me a listening ear" She said angrily.
"The board will query me" He replied putting on his noise cancellation headset.
It's almost an hour Christian is yet to talk to her, she was sitting down there scrolling on her phone she saw news about Christian and Charlotte from anonymous poster.
"Christian, someone wants to ruin our relationship. You need to see this" She shouted at Christian but with his noise cancellation headset on he can't hear her.
Charlotte stood up angrily with fist clenched by her side and her face filled with fury and moved to the other side of the table, she removed Christian headset on his head and showed her the picture of him and Charlotte.
Christian was surprised to see the picture, the date was on a private beach. Apart from the two of them and the workers nobody was allowed in. Who could have snapped the picture?
The headline reads { Days after Billionaire Christian and Grace made their relationship known to the world, a picture of Christian and Unknown woman in a private beach surfaced on the internet}
It was followed by a long body of text talking about how he showed love to Charlotte.
"What do you want me to do? You have me here and Charlotte is gone for good" He asked her.
Grace was surprised to hear his reply and asked him. " Is that all you have to say? Don't you think this is a plan from Charlotte to ruin our relationship"
"If the relationship is ruined, it's non of my concern. You're the one that wants me. I don't want you. Remember, we are doing this to honour the contract between the two families. I don't love you" Christian yelled at her. The aura of the room changed immediately. His look became so cold that he looks like he's torturing a criminal.
"You don't have to love me, I'm happy as long as I'm your woman and we Taylor's don't go back on our words." Grace said.
"He has to love you, my daughter." Sebastian Taylor, Grace's father said as he entered.
"Dad, what are you doing here?" She asked.
"Daughter, can you excuse us?" Sebastian asked.
Grace could see that her father's aura has changed so she left without saying anything.
The aura in the room matched each other. Sebastian is also a man with much aura. He built an empire with Mathew Westwood. They have done lots of business together. He's a man with authority, he doesn't take NO for an answer and he gets whatever he wants.
"What do you mean you don't love my daughter? Do you want to marry her and maltreat her?" Sebastian asked in an authoritative tone.
"Old man, you should calm down. You're not talking to your daughter or your workers. This is Christian Westwood" Christian replied, sipping his cup of wine.
He added "This marriage was arranged between you and my father and we respect that. The marriage will be held in honor of that. Nothing more, Nothing less"
"The marriage won't be held unless you love my daughter and adore her" Sebastian shouted at him.
Christian stood up and walked up to him and said"Old man, listen, you can't dictate my life for me. I'm doing this for my father not for you"
Christian phone rang, making him walk away from Sebastian.
"Hello boss, I found something about your miss" The man from the other side said.
"I'm all ears, what do you find?" Christian was eager to hear what he had to say.
"She left the city five days ago, but her destination is not known. Her last transaction was at the ABC supermarket in Havenport and she had a stopover at silvervale. That was all I could find." The man said.
"Is this all I pay you for? Why are you giving me useless information?" Christian yelled at him.
"Boss, that was all I could find." The man said.
"Find her at all cost" Christian yelled at him and disconnected the call.
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