From Ex-wife To Heiress

10

Laura

I arrived at my company late, because I had to drop my kids off at school and assign a particular security to them. I had to protect my kids from Lorenzo. I had no idea if he already knew Lena and Luke were his kids but I did know he’d try to get closer to them and that was something I didn’t want.

“The meeting starts in thirty minutes,” Ariana informed me.

“Meeting with who?” I asked, clearly lost.

“Meeting with the CEO of Talco,” she reminded me.

“Oh, yes,” I said, rolling my eyes. “Did you go through the documents I asked you to go through, last night?”

“I did, ma’am.”

“Okay, so… how do you see my new plans? I really need your advice, Ariana.”

“Opening another branch in Morg City is actually a very nice idea, ma’am. And improving the quality of the cosmetics is a very top notch idea, Ms Roberts.”

“Thanks for your opinion, Ariana. There’s something else I’ll like to discuss with you. It's concerning Misha—“

“You don’t like the products? Has she done something wrong?”

“No, no. Not at all. As a matter of fact, I’m impressed by her skills and intelligence. I want her to receive a promotion,” I said, firmly.

“Wow, Ms Roberts, that’s so kind of you. I’ll look into it,” she glanced at her time. “It’s time for your meeting, Ms Roberts. The meeting is taking place in the conference hall on the thirteenth floor.”

I stood. “Alright.” I started heading to the door. Ariana followed behind me.

We arrived at the conference room. The CEO of Talco was already there. Despite her back turned to face me, she seemed familiar.

I walked up to the head seat and sat down.

She slowly took off her glasses and raised her head to look at me.

My jaw dropped.

“Victoria,” I called out, gasping for air.

“Yes, it’s me, Laura,” she said, with a low pitched voice.

“How dare you show your face here?” I asked, my hand forming a fist.

She didn’t respond, instead she grabbed a glass of water from the table and started approaching me.

“Why can’t you just stay out of our lives for good?” she snarled and before I knew it, she splashed the water on me.

“Ms. Roberts?” Ariana called out, rushing towards me. “Should I call the security guards?”

“I’m fine, Ariana. I’ll handle it,” I muttered, wiping the water off my face.

“First your mother ruined my life, now you want to ruin my children’s lives, you evil witch,” she yelled.

“What are you talking about?” I asked.

“Don’t you dare sit down there and act like you have no idea what you’re doing. You’re trying to get back at me for what happened a long time ago. That was a long time ago, Laura. Can’t you just forgive and forget?”

I folded my hands. “I actually forgot what happened five years ago. Trust me, I’ve moved on.”

“You clearly haven’t. If you have, you wouldn’t be competing with my company and trying to take Lorenzo from me—“

“Take Lorenzo from you. I am not like you, Victoria. I’m not the type to come in between people’s relationships. If you are really so bothered about me and Lorenzo getting back together, then ask Lorenzo to stop chasing after me.”