The Arrogant Billionaire And His Contract Wife novel Chapter 2

AUTHOR'S POV

Leonardo came out of the elevator at 8:03am and headed towards his office.

‘Good morning Mr Leonardo, you are in early today’ his surprised secretary, Chloe observed.

He ignored her observation and asked her to sort breakfast for him.

‘What sort of breakfast is this? Coffee and toast, I need a proper breakfast’ he scolded Chloe after she brought in his breakfast.

‘I’m sor sorry Mr. Leonardo’ she stammered.

‘Sorry for yourself, take this out of my face’

‘What would you like to have sir?’

She asked in fright as she took away the food from his table.

‘I don’t know, use your brain, and think up what a proper breakfast should be’

‘I’m sorry sir’ she apologized again and left.

She appeared a while later with a proper breakfast for him.

She had barely finished eating when she came in to notify him that it was time for his meeting.

‘Excuse me sir?’ she said as he tried to organize his things and move to the conference room.

‘Can I take tomorrow off? I would like to do something very personal and important tomorrow’

‘How do you expect me to cope without an assistant tomorrow?’

‘I could call a friend of mine to stand in for me’

‘Whatever, as long as that seat of yours is not empty tomorrow’ He said adjusting his necktie and moving to the conference room.

He was halfway into his presentation when his grandfather worked in to join the meeting.

‘Good one Leo’ he said when he was done.

‘By the next meeting, I will announce who will be the CEO of this company’ he addressed the board and closed the meeting shortly after.

‘I don’t understand you grandpa, am I not the CEO any longer?’ Leonardo asked as soon as the board members filed out of the conference room and he was left alone with Alexandra.

‘You are the acting CEO, you have been acting for so long that you have forgotten that you are acting and not the actual CEO’

‘That should not be a problem then, who else is going to be the CEO if not I?’ Leonardo said confidently.

‘I’m sorry Leo, but I don’t think I want to make you the CEO with your reckless and irresponsible lifestyle, you have a poor public front, everything about you on the papers are how you drink and sleep around with every skinny girl in California’

‘Grandpa, I’m young and healthy, it’s only once I’ve got to live’

‘Is that your definition of living life?’

‘What do you want grandpa?’

‘Be responsible Leonardo’

The rest of the conversation was spent on business discussion, by the end of the day; Leonardo was exhausted and looking forward to going to his favorite bar.

‘Bad day?’ Alisha asked as he walked into the bar and sat on a stool.

‘Don’t mention’

‘The regular?’ She asked.

‘Surprise me with something else’

‘On it’ she said and took some bottles.

‘Try it’ she said as she returned and handed him his drink.

‘Hmmm, I like it’

‘More than the regular?’

‘Let’s just say this goes with my mood’

‘Don’t tell me about it, I’m not a counselor’

She said and walked away from him to attend to the man who had just walked into the bar.

‘Am I reckless and irresponsible?’ He asked Alisha as he pointed his empty glass for her to refill.

She ignored his question and took the glass from him.

‘No answer?’ He asked her as she returned with his filled glass.

‘Will you give me a bigger tip if I act as your counselor for the night?’

‘Nope, I don’t need a counselor’ this woman was something else, the only one who spoke as she pleased to him.

‘Whatever’ she rolled her eyes and left him to attend to someone else

‘Alisha’ he called to her handing her his empty glass.

‘Are you driving home tonight?’ She asked ignoring the glass he was stretching out to her.

‘Yes, why?’

‘No more drinks then, don’t want you to crash from being drunk’

‘I’m not drunk’

‘Whatever you say Mr. Aren’t you picking up a girl tonight?’

‘I was thinking I go home with you tonight’ he said slamming the glass on the table.

‘Fool’.

‘What did you say?’

‘Dream on’ she rolled her eyes and filled his glass, but this time with water

‘I didn’t ask for water’

‘Yes’

‘Yes what?’

‘Yes, you are reckless and irresponsible’

He was about to respond to her when a woman with pink glossy lips approached him.

‘Hi handsome’ She whispered close to his ears.

‘I need a drink’ she signaled Alisha and laughed as Leonardo spanked her ass, and ran his hand over it.

Alisha handed the woman her drink and she looked at the glass before Leonardo.

‘Why are you having water?’ she asked

‘Man is diabetic’ Alisha answered for him.

Leonardo shot her a dagger stare, but for some reason refused to counter what she had said.

‘Oh, poor you, how about I give you some sugar that won’t hurt you?’ She flirted