Uncontrollable Desires: A 1D Fanfic (Completed)

Chapter Nineteen: Possibly Losing One Direction

Chapter Nineteen: Possibly Losing One Direction

**Ashlyn's POV**

When we got to Adams Inc, the building was swarmed with paparazzi and fans to the point where I couldn't even get the door to the car open. Fans screamed at the sight of the boys and I heard my name screamed along with threats. Great, I had death sentences now.

After a bunch of pushing and a huge team of security, we finally made it inside. The ground floor had paparazzi interviewing everyone working at the building and once we were seen they trampled towards us. Microphones were shoved at our faces and I was blinded by the ongoing assault of lights. I looked over at the boys who were following behind me, shielding their eyes from the flashes. They looked to be handling it much better than I was, but I could tell they were annoyed.

We jumped into the elevator and security stood in front of the doors until they closed. I let out an exhausted breath and slid down the wall of the elevator. The boys towered over me and chuckled.

"Insane isn't it?"

"It's terrible. What are they here for?" I groaned and watched as the number marking the floors rose steadily.

Harry sat down beside me, his hand slightly brushing mine and he smiled. I shivered from the little shock I got. "You know that's how it's going to be when we date," he said cheekily and I gaped at him. I opened my mouth to ask whether he meant the crazy attention or the flutters in my stomach, but the elevator dinged and the doors opened.

We were pulled to our feet with the help of the other boys and then exited the elevator. Thankfully, the floor was completely void of paparazzi and fans. "FOOD!" Niall yelled and ran over to the food table along with Zayn and Liam. Louis and Harry were busy talking privately. I walked over to Stephanie who was pacing quickly on the phone.

"No! No you can't- Alright. No that's not acceptable. But- Fine. I-" Stephanie let out an angry groan and I guessed that she had been hung up on.

"Stephanie, what's going on?" I asked. She stopped pacing and stood next to me. I noticed her messy hair and unkempt clothing.

"The boys' previous management team want to take them back. They're saying you haven't been managing them well and they're beginning to get behind in things. The boys didn't do their Thursday radio interview yesterday and they have a Channel 4 News interview today at five. Their new album hasn't been worked on and-"

I stopped her by holding my hand out. She took a breath and looked at me definitely stressed out. "Don't worry Stephanie. I'm going to start handling things better."

"Please do Miss Ashlyn. The boys' ex management are really serious about taking them back. If they do..."

"Then I didn't manage them successfully and I lose the company," I said blandly. How many times did I have to repeat that sentence?

"Right. Well the Board is in the conference room, bring the boys with you. I don't think it's going to be very pleasant though," she said before turning away to take another call.

"Boys!" I called them from across the room. They were all at the table now and eating the food there. They looked over at me with muffins in their cheeks and hands. "Come on. We have a meeting to go to. Oh and bring me a muffin too please," I added and Niall grabbed a couple more in his hands.

We walked to the conference room on the same floor as we ate our muffins. I was trying to remain calm and serene, I wanted to look every bit of capable of managing them as I knew I was. I opened the door and walked into the room full of older people. They stood to welcome us before sitting back down.

"Hello everyone. Thank you for being patient with me," I said and took the empty seat at the head of the table. The boys filled in the other empty seats, having to split up. Liam sat on my left and I was glad at least one of them was near me.

"Miss Adams I'm sure you have heard about the boys being wanted back by their previous managing business," a man with grey hair and round glasses started without any kind of pretense or introduction. He was straight to the point.

I nodded. "Yes, I've been informed of that."

"What?! They can't just take us back!" Niall yelled and was on his feet. The Board turned to look at him and his cheeks reddened. He sat back down immediately.

"But they didn't want Harry to be part of One Direction anymore. There's no way that we are going back to them," Liam said beside me, much calmer than Niall's outburst, but still a bit angry.

"That's true. And they still don't want to take Harry back. But they want One Direction to be managed by them."

"NO! They can't just do that!" I surprised myself by yelling, but I was mad. How dare they want to remove Harry from One Direction.

"But they can if they get them back under their management," a woman in the corner beside Louis said. Louis looked at her annoyed but didn't say anything.

"There's publicity everywhere about how you're much too young to run a company, let alone a group of five boys."

"Too young?! I'm eighteen! And it's my family's company! My name is Adams!" I said frustrated. I was practically on the table now and I sat back down in my chair.

"The media doesn't care. They're much more concerned towards the latest and biggest boyband suddenly disappearing," someone said but I didn't see who. "Not to mention the trending topics of Harry and some girl Macy."

"That was one thing! Why can't it just all blow over!" Harry groaned and hit the table with his fist.

"And One Direction isn't One Direction with one of our lads missing!" Liam said and stood up.

"Boys! Sit down. This isn't the dining table," I said before it could get too far out of hand. They took their seats and I stood up. "I know I'm young and I know a lot of you think I'm incapable of running this company, but I have to say that I am very dedicated. One Direction is not going to leave this management and I am not going to just sit around and wait for things to happen. Harry will not be removed from One Direction," I paused to breathe and a woman stood up.

"I know you are committed Miss Ashlyn but the problem is that, their past company is powerful. They aren't going to go down without a fight and they're using all your little mistakes against you. Everything is posing as a threat right now, and there's no real way around it. Adams Inc is in the process of breaking down...One Directions heading towards breaking up," she said and I noticed the way she wrung her hands together. Her nose nostrils were flared either from annoyance or naturally. I didn't know who she was but her suit said she was important.

Liam, being weird or possessed, raised his hand beside me. I looked at him and nodded. He stood up and cleared his throat. "I know this is all proving difficult but I think it'll all be fine. We don't have any ideas of breaking up and we aren't about to leave this company. I don't see a valid reason in which they can use against us in order to get us back."

"There is one reason that I know of currently," a man said slowly from the opposite end of the table. We all took our seats again as he slowly stroked his mustache. His eyes glazed over everyone in the room. "Possible relationships between Ashlyn and the boys. It's absolutely frowned upon for managers to have relations with their clients other than a work relationship. It's said to just interfere with both their jobs. Being a couple of young teens that-"

"I'm not a teenager thank you," Louis said and I shot him a look to shut up. You didn't just interrupt a person on the Board.

The room silenced and the man gave Louis a look. "The point is, if they can somehow prove that there is a relationship going on...well Adams Inc is going down like the Titanic."

I sat there with my mouth open, staring at the man who spoke so seriously. Everything felt like it was caving down on top of me. I just couldn't handle it. I didn't want to lose One Direction and I most definitely didn't want to lose my company.

But how could I ignore my feelings for Harry?

***A/N**

I'm so sorry for slow updates >.< I'm working so hard in school and I have Theater. I'm trying ! Please please please enjoy and I hope you all stick around (: