My Possessive Billionaire CEO

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Xavier's POV

"Ugh." I groaned out as the bright white sunlight hit my face. I tried to shield away my face from the light with the help of my hand but failed sadly. Too much intense to even let me sleep peacefully. Didn't I close the curtain before I went to bed?!

Slowly the events from the last night crept up from my stored up memory. I opened my eyes to find the woman from last night sleeping peacefully on the bed. Well not only for last night I had seen her quite frequently in the past nine months. But she is nothing but a mere one night stand for me.

What was her name again? Clair, Clara oh yes Cara. I met her after Arabella's wedding, after... Alison's engagement, in a bar while trying to drink my sorrow away. My heart gave a tug, spreading pain across my chest as Alison's face, especially her grey eyes flashed in front of my eyes. Why can't I have the women I fall in love with?

The bed shook slightly as Cara moved toward her sides, bringing me back from my bubble of thoughts.I looked back at her and, seeing her in the same bed as me made me want to throw up. Don't get me wrong, it's nothing to do with her personality or appearance, just the thought of being with someone else then your loved ones is pretty much nauseous.

Before I could throw up or do anything else, I swiftly picked up my discarded clothes off the floor from last night. I wore the slightly crinkled up shirt and jeans before exiting the hotel room, leaving the room keys and stacked cash on the bedside table.

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It was around afternoon in my office when my personal assistant, Scott knocked on my office door.

"Sir someone is here to meet you." Scott said poking his head inside my room through the slightly ajar door. I looked up from the sheets of work at him.

"Name Scott." I asked curtly going back to my work pushing the glasses over the bridge of my nose.

"Uh. Miss Leonardo." He said after hesitating for a moment. I stopped for a moment before looking back at him,

"Tell her I'm busy." I answered calmly to Scott.

"But sir, she is insisting to meet you." Scott said, trying to reason. but I was in no mood to meet her right now.

"Then tell her I'm in a meeting." I said. Scott looked at me and nodded before closing the door behind him, I closed my eyes pinching the bridge of my nose as I could feel a headache building on inside my head. at that very time someone knocked on my door.

Better not be Cara.

"Come in." I asked the person to enter the room. But it wasn't Cara, it was Arabella. She came inside the room carrying a file in her hands.

" Your designs, sir." She said placing the file on my desk. I picked up the file from the desk and looked at the designs. Well Arabella never disappointed me when it comes to her position in my company and job. I trust her with her designs completely as every case she handled, the clients loved her designs.

I heard chair scraping and looked up to find Arabella pulling out a chair and seating on it.

"Poor Scott." Arabella tutted with a sigh. I raised my eyebrow at her silently asking why.

"I mean apart from your every one night stand Cara is quite- I personally am not trying to be bitchy at all, but I have to say," She gave a sorry expression, then later a shrug. "Cara is quite a bitch." She said, carrying on nevertheless "Poor Scott needs to always hold her off from you. And poor me." she tutted again while shaking her head.

I ignored her remark and focused back at my work, the file Arabella gave me but questioned her nonetheless,

"You know her name?"

"Of course. Because I am the one who has to break the sweetest news, that you are busy or in a meeting currently at the moment, to her when Scott can't do it anymore." She said. well true apart from Scott, Arabella is also the one who needs to talk to Cara when I don't want to, and that's maximum of the time.

"Highly toxic for us on a daily basis." She carried on huffing.

"Is it so?" I hummed back.

"Yes." she straightened up a bit. " Truthfully her behaviour isn't very good with any of your employees."

" What's your suggestion then?" I asked my best friend.

"Well as your friend I would say stop this Xavier. I mean seriously everything about you is getting worse day by day. You aren't the same Xavier that I used to know can't you see that? You don't smile, you don't laugh, not even with Edward. You don't even visit your parents like you used to. You spend the maximum amount of time in the office always in a bad mood. I can't see you this broken anymore Xavier that hurts me." she said with sadness in her eyes. Fuck I feel so awful to make everyone around me upset. Arabella is like my little sister, whom I'll always protect. And I made her upset.

"I'm trying Arabella." I said with a sigh feeling overly guilty for upsetting her. I placed my hand over hers and gave a squeeze.

"Then try harder you idiot." she glared at me squeezing my hand back.

She gave a sigh and carried on, " And if I say this in a boss-employee perspective then I would request you to maintain the work environment in this building, because she is really a disturbance."

I chuckled a little at her comment, and straightened up. I know I can't go on like this but what will I even do? I can't go and force Alison to love me. She is probably planning her wedding, she is happy the only miserable person here is me. I will stay miserable, then drag someone else into this misery.

"I'll keep that in mind. And besides, shouldn't we be prepared for the meeting with the Knight's?" I asked, taking off my glasses. Arabella looked at me skeptically, trying to figure out something but gave up.

"Yes sir." She said, giving a nod. She stood up from her seat, brushing her hand over her skirt. " I'll check those files for the last time." She said before exiting the room. Leaving me alone, to drown in my own thoughts.

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