Married To A CEO. Omega
Chapter 75 - Sixty-Five

Chapter 75: Chapter Sixty-Five

LEO

"Did you watch the new article and the news?" Kevin asks worriedly as I stride into the company building.

"Yes, I did." I don’t stop or slow my pace. "While I had my breakfast."

I wanted to stay by Erwin’s side since he is still a bit feverish but he didn’t let me. He said that I need to get to work. He doesn’t want to hamper my work. I reluctantly moved from his side.

This morning when I was eating my meal with Tina and Rita, I checked on the updates of the article that was released yesterday. As I anticipated beforehand there will be many news headlines on the news channels on me and Erwin. People and netizens are talking about us. We have become the talk of the town. And I didn’t mind it until then when another article was released and the title was: Leo Snow is filing a divorce.

I couldn’t believe my eyes when I saw the title. There was a picture of me entering the lawyer’s office.

I was completely and utterly speechless. I knew people were delusional but I didn’t think they were this delusional. What a vivid imagination they have...

I sigh and rub the space between my two brows where a pinching pain is rising. I don’t get paid enough for this shit.

There is a knock on my door and then with a click the stainless black door of my office creaks open a little. Kevin prays his head inside and says, "Leo, reporters are gathering outside the building. They demand to meet you."

So, we have a problem.

"What do they want?" I ask, not raising my head from the stack of papers piling up on my desk.

"They want an interview with you and ask a few questions," Kevin informs.

"I am busy. And I am not responding to their bullshits." I keep my demeanor unmoving and calm.

"Then what should I do?" Kevin asks, "Will they just go away if I tell them to? And if we use force then I think the situation will go to the south."

"Don’t use force then they will accuse us of violence," I say as I chew on my bottom lip. All this thing is making me sick to the stomach. I would feel better if I could throw my guts out now. I exhale a heavy breath, "Make an appointment with them and send them away."

"O-Okay." Kevin retreats his head and shuts the door.

There is eerily silence ruling my office as I skim through all the papers works and other reports on my i-tab. Kevin is gone for a while now. I wonder if he managed to handle the situation. I don’t want to think about all the things happening around me. How did it come to this in the first place?

Suddenly my phone chimes and I almost jump out of my skin.

ERWIN: Are you okay?

LEO: Yes, why do you ask?

ERWIN: I saw the articles.

...

LEO: You did? Why?

ERWIN: I thought I should. The reporters went to your office. Didn’t they?

...

LEO: Yes they did. But you don’t have to think about it. I have got it all under control.

ERWIN: Why are you lying, Leo? I know you are not feeling well right now.

Yes. I am not feeling well right now. I miss him. I miss his warmth, his voice, and all of it. I want him here by my side. But how does he know it? As if he can read me through the phone.

ERWIN: I am coming to your company.

LEO: No, you are not. You are still sick. Stay at home.

ERWIN: I can’t let you suffer alone.

LEO: We can also talk about it when I get home, okay? So, stay at home.

ERWIN: Are you sure about this?

LEO: I don’t bluff, Erwin.

ERWIN: Fine. Get home safely. I will be waiting for you.

I put down my phone. I am going mad in love and I don’t even regret admitting it. A small content smile tugs on the corner of my lips and a soothing warmth envelopes me in its embrace. I groan and bite my bottom lip to hide the smile forming my lips.

I want to go home...

"President," Kevin knocks on my door.

"Anything new?" I ask as I slip my cold mask right back into place.

"The reporter has gone away." He reports, "I set your appointment with them on this Friday." He pauses and then hesitates a bit before saying, "With Mr. Warner."

My eyes sharpen, "You did what?" In disbelief, I look at him.

"I-I am sorry, president." He stammers, "I didn’t mean to make any move without asking u but the reporters refused to go away if I didn’t agree with their condition. A-And they wouldn’t even let me call you or enter the meet you. So..." He trails off as he lacks words to explain himself. "What will you do now, president?" He asks meekly.

I sigh, "Have you left me any choice other than this?" I ask even as I already know the answer to my question.

"No..."

"Then?" I quirk my eyebrows.

"I am extremely sorry..."

"Don’t be. You sorry can fix nothing. So don’t bother." I say disapprovingly. "You can go now."

Kevin keeps his head lowered as he walks out of my office. He has made another trouble for me and I don’t even know how Erwin will react to this. I will tell Erwin about this once I get home. And if he doesn’t want to do it then I will do it alone.

***

Erwin almost runs to me and envelopes me in his giant hands as I enter the living area of my house. He lifts me off the ground and hugs my waist tightly as he buries his face in the crook of my neck. "I am sorry..." He whispers, his warm breathing wrecking goosebumps throughout my body.

I wrap my arms around his neck, "Why do you apologize?"

"You are suffering for me," Erwin says, his voice heavy with guilt and eye breaming with remorse. "If I were just more well behaved then maybe you wouldn’t have to go through all this."

"What are you talking about?" I tip up his face and meet his eyes, "What happened, happened. We can’t change the past. So, let’s focus on the future and try to make it better, okay? Don’t blame yourself for anything. We have got this." I rub my thumb over his cheek as I nod at him and smile.

He nods and smiles back. "We have got this."

Suddenly Tina’s coughing jolts us apart. "Sorry to interrupt but I think you two should get a room." She says smugly, Rina giggling and babbling on her lap.

I turn red, "I am sorry." I scratch the back of my neck.

Rita climbs down Tina’s lap and approaches me, "Ups! Ups!" She splays his arm wide and looks at me with beaming anticipation in her eyes.

I scooch her up in my arms and kiss her soft milky cheek. Rita looks a lot better than when she first arrived here. She was looking dull and her weight was not appropriate for her age. She was too ailing for her age when I first brought them here to live with me and Erwin.

Erwin growls lowly, eyeing us with burning jealousy in his eyes. "She wouldn’t come to me even though I linger around her almost every day then why would he go to you even when you are not really here all that much? Why does she like you so much?" He complains. He looks like he is just five seconds from stomping his feet on the ground and throwing a tantrum like a little toddler.

"This is the question I can ask you too, Erwin." I hum playfully. "Why do you like me so much?"

"Well, that..." Erwin knits his brows as he contemplates his answer to this question. He doesn’t know why he likes me. He just does. And both of us know this. "You have money this is why, I guess?"

I sputter a laugh, "Really?"

"One of the reasons?" He raises an eyebrow.

"Why is there a ’?’, hmm?" I taunt.

He shrugs, "Stop teasing me."

"I am not teasing you." I chuckle.

"You are!" Erwin retorts and I laugh.

I can feel my shoulder loosening and the tension tying my muscles untying themselves. Erwin is medicine for all my discomfort and my tension. I don’t know what I would have done without him. I would have drowned in endless despair without him in my fucked up life.

"Oh, Erwin." My expression turns serious, "There is something I need to tell you."

"What is it?" Erwin’s expression contours with seriousness, mimicking mine.

"There is a press conference this Friday. Would you come with me?"

"I will come with you. And you needed not to ask me about it." His expression softens and he trucks a stray stand of some of my long hair behind my ear but they slip free anyway as they are too short to be restrained. "Remember I am you queen. Use me as you wish to win the game." His thumb strokes the apple of my cheek."

I smile and admit, "That’s right."

Now I fear nothing as I have my queen, the most precious piece of my board by my side. I will confront the world, and the media, this Friday with my queen, my partner, my alpha by my side.