My Boyfriend’s Weekly Day Off Was For My Best Friend Chapter 05

My Boyfriend’s Weekly Day Off Was For My Best Friend Chapter 05

With that, I pulled the ornate hair clip from my head, crushed it under my heel, and walked away.

“Nadine Kingsley! Stop right there!”

Gavin completely lost it. He chased after me through the crowd, ignoring all the watching guests.

Outside, rain poured down violently.

Thunder boomed. Gavin shouted at me through the downpour, his features twisted with rage.

“Nadine! What are you without me?! You lost your project, your reputation’s ruined. Who would ever want you now?!”

A sharp screech of brakes cut through the storm. A black-plated Rolls-Royce Phantom pulled up smoothly right in front of me.

The back door opened. A large black umbrella was held out first, shielding me from the rain.

A man with an icy, refined demeanor stepped out. His custom suit stayed spotless despite the

storm.

Cedric, head of the Parker family, the most powerful family in Bethel.

For three years, Gavin had begged endlessly for a meeting with Cedric and never even gotten past his assistant.

Gavin’s eyes widened in shock as Cedric walked straight to me, ignoring everyone else.

Cedric slipped his warm cashmere coat off and draped it over my shoulders, gentle yet firm. Then he turned slowly, dark eyes icy, looking down at soaking wet Gavin. His voice was frigid.

“Mr. Judd. You don’t get to raise your voice at someone under Parker Group’s protection.”

The Rolls-Royce door shut. Tires sent a spray of muddy water across Gavin’s soaked trousers. He froze in the pouring rain, staring at that sleek Phantom, overcome with terror.

“Cedric… Parker?!”

This was the tycoon he’d spent years trying and failing to meet.

And just now, this untouchable man had personally held an umbrella for me, wrapped me in his coat, and claimed me in front of Gavin.

A crushing wave of fear mixed with jealousy swallowed Gavin whole.

The next morning, Gavin blew up my phone.

“Call failed. The subscriber is unavailable.”

Messages, email, even Facebook-every single way to contact me was blocked.

Before he could recover, his assistant’s panicked calls bombarded his backup phone nonstop.

“Mr. Judd! Disaster!”

“All our core clients sent termination notices first thing this morning! They said they signed the contracts only out of respect for Ms. Kingsley. If she’s out, they pull all funding immediately!”

“And… Ms. Kingsley filed an emergency injunction to freeze all company assets!”

The phone slipped out of Gavin’s hand and crashed onto the floor.

The company collapsed overnight. In a single night, his self-proclaimed business empire crumbled

to rubble.

Gavin sank onto the sofa, shaking all over.

He’d always thought he was a rising star, that his company thrived because of his talent.

Only when the tide went out did he see the truth: stripped of the connections and capital I’d built for him, he was nothing but a defeated man who couldn’t get back on his feet.

Meanwhile, Lorelei was still intoxicated by the fantasy of taking over everything I had.

In her mind, I’d been chased away, so all this success and wealth naturally belonged to her.

At ten that morning, Lorelei showed up at the office decked out in designer labels, chin tilted up arrogantly.

She marched straight into my private executive office and settled confidently into executive chair.

my

leather

“What are you all staring at? Get back to work!”

Lorelei snapped at the staff outside the door, sneering with arrogant triumph.

“Throw away everything Nadine used. Starting today, Mr. Judd handles external affairs, and I run the office. I’m the boss’s woman around here, and what I say goes!”

She stroked the stolen bangle on her wrist, radiating smug satisfaction.

A deafening bang shook the room as the office door was kicked hard open from outside. A dozen

furious suppliers stormed in, holding contracts and unpaid invoices.

“Where’s that coward Gavin?! He owes us over twenty million for raw materials, and payment’s due today!”

“If we don’t get our money, we’ll shut this place down!”

Employees screamed and scattered.

The receptionist, pale with fright, pointed at Lorelei sitting in the executive chair.

“Don’t look at me-she just said she’s the boss’s woman. She calls the shots!”

Every angry gaze snapped onto Lorelei. Her triumphant smile froze, draining all color from her face.

A burly man with a jagged scar on his jaw stepped forward, grabbing her wrist where the bangle sat.

“Boss’s woman, huh? Pretty high and mighty.”

“Alright. Gavin’s hiding. Then you, his woman, can pay this twenty million debt for him first.”

With that, I pulled the ornate hair clip from my head, crushed it under my heel, and walked away.

“Nadine Kingsley! Stop right there!”

Gavin completely lost it. He chased after me through the crowd, ignoring all the watching guests.

Outside, rain poured down violently.

Thunder boomed. Gavin shouted at me through the downpour, his features twisted with rage.

“Nadine! What are you without me?! You lost your project, your reputation’s ruined. Who would ever want you now?!”

A sharp screech of brakes cut through the storm. A black-plated Rolls-Royce Phantom pulled up smoothly right in front of me.

The back door opened. A large black umbrella was held out first, shielding me from the rain.

A man with an icy, refined demeanor stepped out. His custom suit stayed spotless despite the

storm.

Cedric, head of the Parker family, the most powerful family in Bethel.

For three years, Gavin had begged endlessly for a meeting with Cedric and never even gotten past his assistant.

Gavin’s eyes widened in shock as Cedric walked straight to me, ignoring everyone else.

Cedric slipped his warm cashmere coat off and draped it over my shoulders, gentle yet firm. Then he turned slowly, dark eyes icy, looking down at soaking wet Gavin. His voice was frigid.

“Mr. Judd. You don’t get to raise your voice at someone under Parker Group’s protection.”

The Rolls-Royce door shut. Tires sent a spray of muddy water across Gavin’s soaked trousers. He froze in the pouring rain, staring at that sleek Phantom, overcome with terror.

“Cedric… Parker?!”

This was the tycoon he’d spent years trying and failing to meet.

And just now, this untouchable man had personally held an umbrella for me, wrapped me in his coat, and claimed me in front of Gavin.

A crushing wave of fear mixed with jealousy swallowed Gavin whole.

The next morning, Gavin blew up my phone.

“Call failed. The subscriber is unavailable.”

Messages, email, even Facebook-every single way to contact me was blocked.

Before he could recover, his assistant’s panicked calls bombarded his backup phone nonstop.

“Mr. Judd! Disaster!”

“All our core clients sent termination notices first thing this morning! They said they signed the contracts only out of respect for Ms. Kingsley. If she’s out, they pull all funding immediately!”

“And… Ms. Kingsley filed an emergency injunction to freeze all company assets!”

The phone slipped out of Gavin’s hand and crashed onto the floor.

The company collapsed overnight. In a single night, his self-proclaimed business empire crumbled

to rubble.

Gavin sank onto the sofa, shaking all over.

He’d always thought he was a rising star, that his company thrived because of his talent.

Only when the tide went out did he see the truth: stripped of the connections and capital I’d built for him, he was nothing but a defeated man who couldn’t get back on his feet.

Meanwhile, Lorelei was still intoxicated by the fantasy of taking over everything I had.

In her mind, I’d been chased away, so all this success and wealth naturally belonged to her.

At ten that morning, Lorelei showed up at the office decked out in designer labels, chin tilted up arrogantly.

She marched straight into my private executive office and settled confidently into executive chair.

my

leather

“What are you all staring at? Get back to work!”

Lorelei snapped at the staff outside the door, sneering with arrogant triumph.

“Throw away everything Nadine used. Starting today, Mr. Judd handles external affairs, and I run the office. I’m the boss’s woman around here, and what I say goes!”

She stroked the stolen bangle on her wrist, radiating smug satisfaction.

A deafening bang shook the room as the office door was kicked hard open from outside. A dozen

furious suppliers stormed in, holding contracts and unpaid invoices.

“Where’s that coward Gavin?! He owes us over twenty million for raw materials, and payment’s due today!”

“If we don’t get our money, we’ll shut this place down!”

Employees screamed and scattered.

The receptionist, pale with fright, pointed at Lorelei sitting in the executive chair.

“Don’t look at me-she just said she’s the boss’s woman. She calls the shots!”

Every angry gaze snapped onto Lorelei. Her triumphant smile froze, draining all color from her face.

A burly man with a jagged scar on his jaw stepped forward, grabbing her wrist where the bangle sat.

“Boss’s woman, huh? Pretty high and mighty.”

“Alright. Gavin’s hiding. Then you, his woman, can pay this twenty million debt for him first.”