Filed to story: The Disguised Billionaire and His Accidental Wife Novel
Several minutes later, Zachary stepped into the office building with a face longer than a horse.
Josh must be looking for Zachary as he was hanging around Mr. Chaplin‘s desk, chatting away. Seeing that Zachary was here, Josh ditched Mr. Chaplin and went up to Zachary.
To everybody’s surprise, Zachary grimacingly ignored Josh and stormed past him. The only thing Josh heard was Zachary callously telling Mr. Chaplin, “Notify all senior-level executives for a meeting now.”
Josh wondered if the earth was about to shake.
“Duly noted.”
Mr. Chaplin was ahead of Josh in responding as Josh was taken aback by his best friend‘s sour face.
Zachary made a beeline to his office, only to stomp back out in less than two minutes to head to the meeting room.
Josh went with him this time.
There was no one in the meeting room.
No meeting was scheduled today, to begin with.
Yet, Zachary told Mr. Chaplin to notify higher management to attend a last–minute meeting
The man was on a warpath!
Zachary entered the meeting room and took a seat at his place while waiting for the arrival of his executives with a stoic face.
Josh paused before making his way to Zachary. He pulled a chair out and sat next to Zachary.
“What‘s going on with you, Zachary? Who got on your nerves first thing in the morning?”
Josh drew close and probingly asked, “Did you have a fight with the missus?”
Zachary carried the same expression when the former butted heads with Serenity.
He raised hell at the workplace for a few days until Grandma May had to jump in to mediate the couple‘s fight. Only then, the dark cloud over the company finally let through a shimmer of light.
Without a word, Zachary pulled out his phone and tapped on his messages to read Serenity’s texts.
She explained to him that there was nothing going on between her and Shawn.
Serenity also told Zachary that Shawn had confessed his feelings to her, but she turned him down and talked him into moving on. Hence why the conversation went on for quite a while.
She did nothing to hurt him.
Serenity was not going for the next guy to come into her life, nor was she going to have another man. She only wanted him!
Shawn confessed his feelings to her!
For the brat who had not weaned off his mother‘s milk to profess his love to Serenity while being fully aware that she was married was throwing down a gauntlet at Zachary!
“Josh, do we have any business dealings with the Lowes?”
“None with the headquarters, but they have an ongoing partnership with our subsidiaries.”
“Whichever subsidiary company that is, end the partnership.”
“Huh?”
Tilting his head, Zachary glared at Josh. “Is there a problem?”
Josh immediately replied, “No, no problem at all. Okay. We‘ll end all partnerships with the Lowes.”
So, it appeared Shawn had angered the tiger.
Shawn was a fool who rushed in where angels feared to tread. The boy had it coming by stepping on Zachary‘s toes.
“Lowe Enterprise has a project that‘s up our alley. Take it from them.”
Josh bobbed his head. “Sure, of course. We’ll steal the project out of their hands.”
Still, Josh had to point something out. “We‘ll be declaring war against Lowe Enterprise by doing so.”
It would be going against the Lowes for stealing their project.
“Yes, I‘m declaring war on them!”
Shawn should have thought twice before eyeballing his wife.
For the boy to attempt stealing his woman, Zachary had to do something before Shawn believed he was no threat.
“Alright, York Corporation fears no one. You‘re free to challenge anyone you want, and you have my full support. But, Zachary, can you tell me what happened that made you go after Lowe Enterprise?”
Zachary fell silent.
“You should let it all out to me before the others arrive. Don’t bottle everything up inside. You‘re not just harming yourself by doing that but everybody in the company too.”
Zachary’s rage brought forth hellfire!
Josh was trying his best to keep the better days alive in the entire office building.
“I saw Serenity with Shawn when I was delivering her a coat.”
Josh was rendered speechless.
with his jaw wide open, Josh had a hard time finding the words before finally saying, “It‘s a misunderstanding. I‘m sure it‘s a misunderstanding. Sometimes, what you see isn‘t the whole truth, Zachary. Don‘t sulk as you did before. You have to give the missus a chance to explain.”
“Shawn confessed his feelings to her.”
Josh paused and replied, “Shawn is my idol. He‘s bold and courageous. Mr. Lowe taught him well to be his successor.”
Zachary gave Josh the stank eye.
Josh rubbed his nose and said with a smile, “Zachary, maybe I should get Mr. Chaplin to buy you bucket loads of green paint.”
Zachary scowled.
“Here‘s a question for you. Did you see Serenity accepting Shawn‘s feelings? What did they talk about?”
After a brief silence, Zachary responded, “I saw Serenity holding a duster with one hand and a bouquet with another as she came out of the shop to dump the roses in the trash can. She then had a long talk with Shawn, but I couldn‘t hear what they were saying.
“I also saw Shawn trying to grab her hand…”
With his eyes sparkling for gossip, Josh eagerly asked, “Did he manage to grab her hand?”
“No. Serenity slapped his hand away with the duster.”
“Oh,” Josh remarked, “So he didn‘t hold her hand. What are you jealous about then? It seems Serenity has rejected Shawn.”
Tension ran along his facial lines as Zachary remained without a word.
He knew that Serenity did not accept Shawn’s feelings. Serenity had also sent him a lot of text messages to give full details.
Still, Zachary was disgruntled and eating his heart out.
“Zachary, you fell in love with Serenity because of her charms. Just because you like her, you can’t stop anyone else from liking her too. It‘s the same thing as Elisa having feelings for you. Was Serenity jealous when she found out that Elisa likes you?”
Josh turned into a love guru in an attempt to enlighten his best friend and boss.
The whole company should thank Josh as their lives would be a living hell once more if it were not for him by Zachary‘s side.
Zachary sulkily answered. “She knows Elisa likes me. She even gave Elisa ideas to pursue me.”
Josh was lost for words.
“Serenity doesn‘t even know that you‘re the great Mr. Zachary York, alright!”