Filed To Story: Dumped by Scumbag Adored by Billionaire
“Impossible!” Tina lurched at him but before she could lay a finger on him, two security guards appeared by her side and held her.
“You thief! You finally succeeded in taking what doesn’t belong to you!” She accused him.
Luke approached her saying,” We are not entirely chasing you out of the company,” he informed her, “Once you agree, we can fix you in another department where you head the product or ….”
He came closer,” You can decide to leave and we can negotiate some outgoing compensation —perhaps some stock vesting acceleration or severance pay,” Luke proposed.
“Go to hell with your packages but I promise you all, you’re going to regret this!”
“Why would they regret this? We all need a president who can scale and not just one who barks orders and threatens a board member,” he purposely pointed out.
“You know?” Luke said in a tone low enough for her to capture,
“This wouldn’t have come to this if you had just left me and my mother alone,”
“You are a scum and your mother is a slut and a golddigger who purposely opened her thighs for my father so this could happen and it finally did as I predicted,” Tina insulted.
“No, this happened because you made me desire that power so I could protect my loved ones from your cruel acts!” He heaved, veins protruding from his head.
Luke took a deep breath,” You know? I felt guilty earlier for taking this spot from you but now? I don’t regret a thing anymore and huge thanks to Niles, by the way.”
Tina stilled,” What are you talking about?”
“How do you think it was possible to change the mind of all the board members that feared you?” He asked smugly.
This time Tina stopped struggling and collapsed against the guards, no way.
All this time, she had thought she was free from Niles’ wrath, who knew he was planning on hurting her where it pains the most?
Luke smirked, “With that black heart of yours, who knew what you did for your supposed Fiancé to turn on you?”
Maria? That was the reason, Tina thought. And just like her brother, these illegitimate scums were intent on ruining her life.
“Let me go!” Tina ordered the security men who looked at Luke questioningly.
“Let her …” He didn’t finish before she shook out of their grasp.
“I’m coming back for you,” She promised her brother and strode out of the meeting room after eyeing each board member.
Tina’s fists were clenched tight as she walked down the lobby to see her employees giving her looks. They must have known about her termination.
“What are you all staring at?!” She shouted and everyone scampered away, minding their business.
The proud, authoritative queen entered her car, ordering her chauffeur to drive to Niles’ place at once.
Along the way, she let her mind wander. Why did Niles hate her so much? Everything she had done was for them to be together! Why treat her this way, then? What was so special about Maria? What did that scum have that she didn’t have and more?
Everyone hated Maria; her mother, sister, the world? Yet, what did Niles see in her? Was his eyesight that damaged?
Sadly, when Tina arrived at Niles’s house, she was refused entrance by his guards.
“Tell Niles that it’s me, Christina!” She demanded.
“I’m sorry but our boss doesn’t know anyone by that name,” The guard insisted.
Tina noticed that there were more security men at his place than usual and they all were new and intimidating.
Niles had blocked her number so she couldn’t call him nor was she going to fight these scary men; she wasn’t a gangster.
Tina had already decided on leaving when she was suddenly granted access. With fury, she sauntered into the house and found Niles sitting in the living room with his arms crossed and leg thrown over the other.
She marched over to him, “How dare you?!” Tina landed a slap on his cheek twice.
Amid the pain, she inflicted on him, Niles didn’t react and just stared at her emotionlessly.
“How could you do this to me, Niles?! After everything we’ve been through all these years?!” Tears flowed from her eyes. She was truly hurt this time.
He knew how much that company meant to her yet he let that scumbag take over. He not only hurt her pride but broke her heart.
“Are you done?” Niles asked coldly to her shock.
She watched Niles rise to his feet, trying to walk past her which she stopped by holding his arm. But what Tina never expected was for Niles to grasp her neck suddenly.
Her eyes went wide while trying to lessen his strong grip; he was smothering her.
“How dare you?” Niles hissed, tightening his grip around her throat.
“Niles,” She jabbed him on the chest as a reminder he was choking her.
“You think I don’t know what you did? That you and Kim were in cahoots?” Niles asked, his red puffy eyes – she noticed for the first time- piercing into her’s.
Fear overwhelmed Tina, he found out?
“Why don’t I kill you? You need to keep Maria company in the underworld,” Niles suggested.
Tina thought he was joking until Niles added his other hand, cutting off her windpipe. He wasn’t joking, he has finally lost it!
Tina began to gasp for air, hot tears trailing down her cheeks as a result of lack of oxygen and her limps began to go weak.
She had almost succumbed to darkness when she summoned the rest of her strength and kicked him in the groin.
The pain made him relax his grasp and she used that chance to make her escape. It seems that kick cleared Niles’ mind since he didn’t chase after her.
Tina didn’t even glance over her shoulder and ran outside, urging her chauffeur to start the car.
“Go, go now!” She pressed him to speed out of there.
Her mind was clear, whatever lingering feeling she had for Niles was gone – forever. He dared to murder her! Fine, she refuses to go down without a fight! Her life shall not be ruined alone, he must go down with her.
That was Tina’s thought as her driver drove through the lonely highway when a truck came out of nowhere and rammed into them and her world blackened.
“It’s done,” said a strange man who stepped out of the truck with a toothpick in his mouth while answering a call and viewing the wreckage he caused.
“Good,” the person from the other line said.
The man ended the call with a satisfied smile at the corner of his lips as he watched the car catch fire.
Niles’ POV
“I know I failed you and I’m not worthy to stand before you and say these words but hell, it’s killing me inside and if I don’t say it out, I think I would regret this for the rest of my life.
“I wish things didn’t turn out this way but there are some things that are uncontrollable in life and it pains me a lot to know that upon all the money and power I have, I still couldn’t save you nor our child.
“Little Coco must really hate me- yeah, that’s the name I came up with for our child. I kind of derived it from coconut since I was planning on feeding you lots of that during the entirety of your pregnancy. Funny, isn’t it?
“Honestly, I’m not prepared for this shit. I never imagined that I would be standing here on a bright day like today to say goodbye. I’ve always envisioned that we would get married before our first baby comes into this world and be the best parents ever. Then you would eventually give me five or six kids afterward, that is if you were up for it since I have enough money to give them a better life. But now, I would never see you nor the kids, it’s so unfair, Maria.
“You know? I was afraid of being a father. I was afraid that I would fail at parenthood just like I did with Isabella. But when you told me that I was going to be a father? Honestly, I was scared at first but when I realized it was going to be our child, I looked forward to it. I couldn’t wait for Coco to come into this world that I even became a godfather to this child, Neon – I wanted to genuinely know what fatherhood felt like once again.
“I’m here to say good-bye but somehow this still feels like a dream to me. You left suddenly, without warning just like lightning. I asked you to wait for me to return…I asked you to wait for me so I could make things better and you promised yet couldn’t keep it. I wanted to forever make up for all the suffering you went through but I guess it’s impossible now.
“Remember the first time we met? The truth is that I fell for you at that moment even though it took me so damn long to realize it. You were just so damned stubborn yet cute and different from the other girls I knew and met. Perhaps my heart unconsciously recognized you were the one for me which was I stubbornly held onto you during the nanny bid and I don’t regret spending that much for you.
“Remember the first time I introduced the marriage proposal? I was just spineless to admit that I wanted you in my life. I was afraid to admit that I loved you yet was scared to lose you too. That day you told me you loved me? That’s the best memory I ever had with you and yes, I didn’t give you a concrete reply as usual. I’ve come to a startling realization lately, I’ve been a coward all through my life.
“Remember that day I broke up with you? That was the hardest day of my life. I deceived myself into thinking that I would be alright but it was hell and Isabella made sure of it. You know, amid the pain, I love that you made me feel that way. At Least, there would come a time when I would look back and remember that there was one special woman who made me believe in love once again.
“I would remember that there was a tigress who could scald me with just a fierce look. I would remember that there was this woman I was willing to lay down my life for. I would remember that there was this wonderful lady who solved my commitment issues. I would forever remember that I loved someone like you.
“To be truthful, I’m not going to live well. I don’t know if I would ever recover from your sudden departure which has caused a deep scar in our hearts. Right now, I feel so overwhelmed that I just want to give up. I have asked so many questions- even to God- why you had to leave so quickly but the memories of us is what’s pulling me through – though choking me at the same time.
“I would try to live, no, I’m going to leave for my sake and Isabella’s sake, because I know that’s what you’d want me to do if you were here. You rescued a lost cause like me so that’s the least I can do for you, Maria. There would be no more playing or breaking hearts knowing that would dishonor the precious memory I had with you.
You would forever be in my heart, Maria and I don’t regret ever knowing you. Even in our next, I wish to fall for you alone. Take care of coco. Good-bye, till we meet again, my love”
Done with my speech that had everyone in an outburst of tears, I placed the beautifully crafted gold urn sculptured with Maria’s face in one of the niches on the columbarium wall.
After Maria’s body was cremated, instead of spreading her ashes across the sea or park, I decided to retain it, preferring to store the cremation urn permanently in a columbarium which was located in the lower level of this cathedral.
I needed a place that I could come and visit to remember and memorize Maria, having heard from my therapist that it would aid the healing process of recovering from the loss.
I didn’t want a burial, I didn’t need hypocrites coming to lay flowers on her casket nor shed fake tears.
The only people in attendance at this significant event was my daughter Isabella, Emily, Cecil and her kid Pedro, Eden and his daughter Anabelle, her manager Camille and her fellow actress Lisa who had gone on that show with her and surprisingly, her parents, Angela and Alfred.
I contemplated denying her disgusting parents entrance but decided against it, I didn’t want to ruin this important day. Moreover, Mata was stubborn yet weak-hearted, she would have loved to see them nevertheless – her mom to be specific.
Amid the crying, each and everyone one of them began to personalize the niche by dropping items such as photographs, mementos, flowers, necklaces, and so many others.
Everyone began to leave one after the other after making short speeches until it was just Isabella and me.
“Let’s go, Isabella,” I tapped her on the shoulder but she kept staring at Maria’s photos.
“I know it’s hard but we’re going to get through this, together. Also, I have something at home for you,” I enticed her.
Thankfully, Isabella has not attempted any suicidal stunt lately but she hasn’t fully recovered either. She reacts a bit to conversations now, that’s all.
Isabella followed me home without complaint which was totally different from her argumentative personality formerly. To be frank, I missed her old self.
When we arrived home and got into the living room, Isabella didn’t say a word but I knew the way her eyes darted around that she was searching for the surprise I had installed for her.
“Stay here,” I told her and went upstairs, only to return with little Neon in my arms.
“Here, Isabella, I want you to meet Neon, my Godchild,” I lowered the baby so she could take a good glance at him.
“I know this is not going to make up for the loss of Maria nor be her replacement but Isabella, would you be a godsister to Neon?” I asked with a hint of anxiety.
Her therapist had suggested giving Isabella an intriguing responsibility that would take her mind off the loss. And this was the only idea I could think of in making Isabella human again.
Isabella regarded Neon who was bundled in thick clothes – almost looking like a little mummy- from his head to his feet.
“He’s ugly,” She finally commented.
I let out a breath I didn’t know I was holding in, Isabella acquiesced.
“Do you want to hold him?” I offered her, with a smile.
She nodded and I gave her the child, adjusting him properly in her arms to my surprise.
“What an ugly thing,” She pouted, rocking him gently while Neon smiled up at her, babbling saliva and all.