6

Bianca and Regina Calloway still stood in the lobby of her office building. The crowd had disappeared, everyone minding their business and going on with their jobs. Bianca's mind was still running through everything she had heard.

Regina noticed that Bianca wasn't ready to say anything so, she spoke up first. "What are you thinking about?” She asked.

Bianca blinked at her. She only just realized that her sister had been talking to her but her mind was someplace else. Bianca stared at the red mark on her sister's cheek. Damian's hand had left a print.

“I told you I’ll deal with Damian later,” Bianca muttered. “I have to meet the CEO of Everest Corporations now. I can’t let this whole thing distract me.”

She checked the time. The CEO had said it was urgent but he was already running late for her meeting. It wasn’t helping that her thoughts were so confusing too. What had really happened between Damian and Regina? And who was that woman Regina talked about?

Has Damian really moved on?

Madison, her secretary, approached them. “Miss Calloway, the CEO of Everest Corporations...”

Bianca raised an eyebrow. “What about her? Is she here?”

“She already left,” Madison replied, apologetically.

Bianca froze. “What? Why?”

“I don't know but her secretary called and cancelled the meeting. They left and extended their apology.” Madison explained.

Bianca frowned. The CEO of Everest Corporations had a reputation. She wasn't one to cancel an important meeting. Bianca had been expecting a business deal. Leaving was in directly telling Bianca that she had changed her mind.

Regina frowned. “Wait, did you just say the CEO of Everest Corporations?” Regina asked.

“Yes. Why?” Bianca asked.

Regina fished out her phone and typed in a few things. “I knew she was looking familiar,’’ she muttered. She lifted her head to look into Bianca's eyes. “You're not going to like this. The woman who just left with Damian? That’s her.”

Bianca stared at her sister blankly. Her mind was trying to process what she had just heard. “What are you talking about?”

“The woman Damian walked out with,” Regina repeated slowly, “That woman is the CEO of Everest Corporations.”

The security guards standing there, widened their eyes. They too hadn't known that she was the one.

Bianca felt her blood grow cold in shock. “What?” now, she wasn't even thinking about business. What bothered

 her was the fact that a woman of that caliber was with Damian.

“She’s the one you were supposed to meet with, Bianca. But, I guess she wasn’t here for you.” Regina scoffed. “She was here to meet him.” 

There was silence for a moment. “No, that's not possible. She was here to meet Damian?”

Madison was still standing by the door. “I’m afraid she's right, Miss Calloway. The CEO was scheduled to meet you today because of Mr Williams. The secretary said so.”

For a moment, Bianca didn’t know what to do. She just stood by the floor to ceiling window. Damian had left with the CEO of Everest Corporations, the same woman she was supposed to meet. And he hadn’t told her a thing.

She felt foolish. She had left him in the office to meet the CEO. Damian knew that. He hadn’t even mentioned that he knew her.

Bianca was suddenly angry. Why had Damian been hiding this from her? The guilty feeling she had since signing the divorce papers weeks ago was gone. It was replaced with hurt and anger.

She immediately took her phone and called her ex husband. To try and contain her anger, she began to tap her foot on the ground. She needed answers from him now.

Damian was sitting in the backseat of a black SUV, driving to the other side of town. He stared out the tinted windows quietly. Eleanor say next to him while hee secretary sat in the passenger seat next to the driver.

Damian felt like the life he had been building had fallen apart. He was trying to understand  everything that had happened in the last hour. The divorce, Regina’s behavior, the broken necklace and Eleanor's arrival. He hadn’t expected Eleanor or anyone to step in the way she had.

Now, they were on their way to discuss something private. Damian didn't know what it was but she behaved like someone with a lot of power. He didn't quite know what it was he was walking into.

His phone began to ring. When he saw the name of the person calling, his eyes widened slightly.

It was Bianca.

He hadn’t expected her to call. He hesitated then answered. “Bianca?”

Eleanor glanced at him as he said the name.

“Damian,” Bianca said curtly but he could tell that she was angry. “What the hell is going on?”

Damian frowned, caught off guard. “What are you talking about?”

“I mean, why the hell were you meeting with the CEO of Everest Corporations behind my back? And why didn’t you tell me?!”

Damian blinked, confused. “Wait, what? I'm not meeting anyone in secret. Eleanor was here for business, Bianca. She just happened to meet me.”

“Eleanor?” Bianca scoffed. ‘“So it's true. You're even on a first name basis with her now?”

Damian exhaled slowly. “Bianca, calm down. Eleanor and I are just going to discuss something important. It’s not about you.”

“You didn’t think you should tell me that you were meeting with her? The same person I was supposed to meet with?”

Damian furrowed his brows. “I didn’t know you were supposed to meet her.” He glanced at Eleanor as he said this.

“Don’t lie to me, Damian! She’s the CEO of Everest Corporations. You knew I was supposed to meet her!” Damian could feel her anger through the phone. “I’ve been questioning myself on if I made the right choice with this divorce but now I see I was wrong.”

“Bianca, don't say that. Don't make this more than what it is,” Damian told her. He gripped the necklace in his hand.

“This was it, huh? This was why you didn't push hard enough not to sign the divorce paper. You're a liar and a cheat, Damian,” Bianca accused him.

“Bianca…”

Bianca let out a scoff. “I don't even know who you are anymore. You signed the divorce papers merely an hour ago and you’ve already moved on, haven't you? You've moved on with her!”