Married To A CEO. Omega
Chapter 25 - Twenty-Three

Chapter 25: Chapter Twenty-Three

LEO

All of a sudden, I feel cold in my bed. The comforting warmth that was enveloping me into its embrace is gone. I sit up and look around my bedroom. Not a single sine of a silver haired man or his well-controlled pheromones. I wonder where he has gone off to. I am always the one who wakes up first and disappears without saying anything to him.

So, this is what it feels like when there is no one beside you in the morning to wish you a ’good morning’? So empty...

Wait, what?!

I come back to my senses. What am I even thinking? It’s not like I always had so many people to greet me early in the morning! So, why am I feeling like there is a void in my chest, now? It’s absurd. I hate this feeling.

I roll out of the bed, still a bit sleepy. My eyebrows twitch as I slide into my slippers because of the faint pain in my back. It doesn’t hurt as much as it used to considering we are doing it almost every night. But Erwin doesn’t show any mercy when he pounds into me. So, I think he went easy on me last night or I would have been robbed of my ability to walk.

I take a shower and get ready for the board meeting. Even if only I have the inheritance rights, it won’t be easy for me. Especially, if Jean and Leon stand up against me. It is not like I am afraid of them. I just don’t want to get involved in a nasty argument with Leon. And Jean, I would rather not have anything to do with him. Just looking at him gives me chills. Regardless, he has a nasty personality though he hasn’t shown it yet. And personally, I don’t ever want to see it.

"Leo, are you up?" Kevin knocks on the door as he calls out for me.

I swing the door open and step out, fully dressed in a black formal suit. "Let’s go. I am ready." I state as I stride down the hallway.

"We should grab your breakfast first." Kevin suggests as he follows after me, "We can’t have you collapse again. Ruth will kill me this time."

"Okay." I acknowledge since he has a point.

When I last went to the hospital, Ruth looked so angry that it appeared like he was about to burst into flames any moment then. So, I had to hear shits coming out of his mouth. That fucker doesn’t have any restraint on himself when he is angry. I wonder what happened to enrage him like that. Is it me? Probably. He is very overprotective of me, after all.

Sometimes people mistake us for couples for this reason. Even when I went on dates he would follow me around, make a fuss over why that bastard (my boyfriend) held my hand or why he is so clingy to me. And honestly, it was so damned embarrassing that I can’t explain. For this reason I stopped going on dates often. I only went to dates when he was busy.

My grandma even suggested that maybe Ruth had some romantic feelings for me deep inside his heart. But knowing him, he would rather die than having feelings for me because he knows too well that loving someone will just break both parties. So no.

Someone has already broken his heart into a million pieces. And poor him still is searching for them. He has trust issues and this is why he is overprotective to me. He is scared to lose me. Just like he did five years ago.

I weave a sigh. Even though he is my best friend, I can’t do anything to fix him. What a loser.

"Oh, the star is here!" A familiar voice snaps me out of my wild thoughts and my shoulders instantly stiffen with tension, "I thought you were going to be late today too." Jean remarks, all smiles.

"But uncle, I don’t remember if I have ever given the impression that I am not punctual." I smile back as my eyes darken with wariness.

"No, no, it’s just people change after their marriage." Jean weaves randomly, "They start to care about their partner. They sometimes get worried if something happens to their partner. They get scared of losing them. Sometimes accidents happen, you see."

His smile makes my blood run cold. I shudder. What is he implying? But I am not the one to give him the satisfaction he wants after sowing a seed of worry in my heart. So, I smile wider.

"You know what uncle partners worry about their partner and so do their parents. I think their worry is even greater."

We stare each other dead into our eyes. Our smiles are not waning but our gazes are as sharp as blades.

"Uncle." Suddenly another familiar voice pipes in our cold war.

"Oh Leon!" Jean is delighted, "My boy, come here!"

Leon unhurriedly approaches us, "Good morning, uncle."

"Good morning, good morning!" Jean pats his shoulder.

Cringe...

Leon then looks at me from the corner of his eyes and is about to say something when Kevin interrupts us, "Sorry to interrupt but president all the directors are here." He informs me.

"Okay." I nod at him and then turn my attention to my blood relatives, "Let us go in, uncle, Leon."

Kevin pushes the door open for us and I am the first one to step into the chamber. Everyone’s attention turns to us and they instantly stand up to show us courtesy. I just give them a slight nod in acknowledgement. I walk over to the long black table and sit down in my reserved seat, so does Leon. We are facing each other directly. But Jean walks over to the conductor’s table since he is conducting our meeting today. My father is sitting next to Leon, not even sparing an eye to look at me and I can’t see my sister and mother here. James is seated quite far from us.

Where are they?

"I thank all of our board of directors for gathering here today." Jean starts, "As we all know the purpose of our today’s meeting is to find a suitable chairperson for Snow groups and company. As in the will of our previous chairwoman, our next chairperson is supposed to be Leo Snow, who currently holds onto the biggest share of our company." He pauses, "But I object to him being the chairman."

I anticipated something like that coming, days ago. But now when it’s actually happening, I can’t stop my blood from boiling in my veins.

"My mother, I mean the previous chairwoman clearly mentioned that Leo only gets her chair if he marries someone and produces an heir for the family. Though one of the conditions is fulfilled, the other still remains unfilled. And other than that we aren’t too sure if Leo’s marriage with Erwin Warner is real or they are in a stable relationship. So, I strongly oppose him from sitting in the chairman’s seat." Jean continues, "Please speak up if any of you have any opinion to share about the matter."

"I agree with Mr. Snow." A director speaks up.

"I agree, too!"

"I think he has a point." Some other directors speak up.

"But then who will take over until Mr. Leo is ready to sit in the chairman’s chair?" A wise director, who is probably not one of Jean’s puppets, speaks up.

"For that, I would like to nominate Leon Snow to be the acting chairman." Jean states.

Now it is unexpected. I thought that Jean is doing all this to sit on the throne himself but now he is nominating Leon for this. What is he trying to do?

"But Mr. Leon Snow doesn’t have a significant amount of shares under his name." The wise director objects politely, earning almost everyone’s glare in the room.

"I apologize for not elaborate the details." Jean doesn’t weaver, "As all of you can see that we are missing two of our board members today because they have given their portion of share to Leon Snow. Which concludes the share under his name to be the amount of eighteen point two percent. Is that a significant amount of shares, director?" The last question is directly to the wise director. That makes him wan and he shuts up for the day. Jean continues, "So now please the directors give your precious votes to your favored candidate, thank you."

So this is why my mother and sister dearest aren’t here.

With this Jean returns to his seat, exactly opposite of the chairman’s seat, which is empty. I didn’t open my mouth throughout the meeting since I already knew that it would be for naught. I know Jean has already brought half of the board directors, so nothing I say will change the fact that I am not sitting at the chairman’s seat for the moment. And for some reason I don’t feel at all unnerved because of that. I am feeling unbelievably calm right now. Just a bit pissed at his underhand tricks and a bit angry that they are using Leon as a bait for whatever their plan is and a bit disappointed at Leon that he still hasn’t figured out that they are playing him like a puppet.

As the result of the vote of course Leon will be the new acting chairman. I leave the room as soon as the meeting ends, not even bothering to greet my blood relatives. Just looking at them makes my lips curl in disgust and disappointment. So, it would be for both parties to not see each other more than necessary.

I just want to go home...