Divorced Heiress
Chapter 114

I was absentmindedly tapping on the desk with the tip of my fingers, thinking about the strategy I would have to prepare to start my tenure as president of Doinel and not neglect my new brand that started off strong.

"I know what's going through your mind, and I want you to know that you're not alone and I have full confidence in your abilities. I trust that you can handle both companies, you are capable. However, I want to remind you that you have my support for whatever you need, okay?" Alexander spoke behind me, placing his hands on my arms as my fingers brushed against the desk I would be using from now on. "Everything turned out fine after all."

Without a doubt, his words were very encouraging, but I wasn't sure if I would do a good job. What I feared the most was failing at the attempt to lead such an important company like Doinel. And what I least wanted was to disappoint my parents, who trusted me blindly by leaving me their shares.

I opened my mouth to say what was on my mind, but the sound of my phone interrupted me. I cleared my throat, which was beginning to hurt, just like my knuckles, and answered the call when I saw it was Jack. "Hello, Jack. Is everything okay at L&J?"

"Good afternoon, Ms. Sarah. I apologize for interrupting, you must be busy with your commitment. Everything is fine here, except for a woman who urgently needs to speak with you. I already explained to her that you couldn't see her until tomorrow, but she insists. She says she won't leave L&J until you see her."

I furrowed my brow, completely confused, with no idea who this woman was, so urgently looking for me.

"What? And who is she? Did she say what she needs?" I asked under Alexander's curious gaze, and I could see him subtly caressing his completely red and injured knuckles.

"She only said that she needs to speak with you urgently. Her name is Amelia."

I looked up into Alexander's eyes, and he looked at me with concern. I was speechless, not knowing what to answer Jack.

What was Amelia Lancaster doing looking for me in my company? What is it that she urgently wants to talk to me about? Coming from her, it was probably nothing good.

"Uh... Tell her I can't see her today, and if it's so urgent, she can come back tomorrow." I replied, trying to sound as unflustered as possible. At this moment, I couldn't afford to leave Doinel without first knowing its current state. "Yes, ma'am. Immediately..."

"Give it to me."

I heard the woman's voice in the background, interrupting what Jack was saying to me, and I closed my eyes as I imagined her snatching the phone from my assistant to be able to talk to me.

"I'm Amelia, please, I need to talk to you about something very delicate."

I was surprised to hear, for the first time, that Alexander's mother was saying "please".

"I'm sorry, ma'am, but that won't be possible today..." I left the word hanging in the air when Amelia interrupted me, insisting as if it were a matter of life or death.

"I can't wait one more day. My flight to New York leaves in two hours, I promise I won't take up much of your time."

I fell silent again, thinking about whether it was a good idea to go and listen to her, even though the only thing that could come out of her mouth was pure venom. And despite not being interested in the slightest in talking to her, my curiosity was beginning to get the better of me, due to the way she was asking, without any offenses or disrespect.

"What's going on?" Alexander asked, still looking at me, and when I was about to tell him that it was his mother and that she was summoning me to talk, the voice of that despicable woman sounded from the other end of the line.

"Is that Alexander? Tell him not to come with you, our conversation will be woman to woman."

I was becoming more and more confused and bewildered, it was clear that I had a lot of work at Doinel, but I was also dying of curiosity to know what Amelia wanted now.

"Well, then, I'll be there in a moment." I ended the call before Amelia could say another word or before I regretted this madness. Because yes, it was completely crazy to accept, considering how irreverent and disrespectful she had always been to me, not to mention degrading.

"Are you leaving?" He asked, and I nodded in response as I gathered my things.

"It must be urgent, who called you?" Alexander asked, and I wasn't sure what to tell him.

The truth, of course.

After all, Amelia asked me not to go with Alexander, not to lie to him. Thank goodness, Vincent arrived with my son, saving me from having to give an answer to Alexander.

"The mini president has arrived safe and sound to his new office." I said as I approached Tristan, who was walking absentmindedly with a piece of cloth in his hands, and I leaned down to kiss his messy hair.

"Vincent, I need to go to L&J, I don't know how long I'll be, and don't look at me like that, I know we should see the state of the company." I said to my cousin, who looked at me accusatorily.

We had agreed to take the day off at L&J to dedicate ourselves to taking control of Doinel for the whole day, but curiosity got the best of me and I didn't want to tell Amelia to come here. I didn't want her to set foot in this company.

"Could you make some progress while I come back? And please, ask for a report in each department and a general balance."

"As you command, Madame President. I just hope you don't take too long, there's a lot to do here." He said, smiling at me for not complaining and agreeing to my request. He didn't seem very happy about leaving him alone with Doinel in disarray, but he sat at the desk to start working.

I picked up Tristan in my arms but didn't move from my spot, thinking about whether it was safe to take him with me to confront that woman after she told me she wanted to meet him. I definitely didn't agree for her to even look at him or talk to him. The farther away she was from my son, the better.

I didn't know whether to take him, but I didn't want to be apart from him at this moment, not when my worst nightmare disappeared just a few minutes ago.

"Sarah, you didn't answer my question. Who called that is so urgent?" Alexander approached us to play with his son and the piece of cloth still in his small hands.

"Are you going with Tristan? Do you want me to come with you?"

I looked at him alarmed and quickly shook my head. He couldn't come.

Then, I came up with an excuse for him not to come with me and at the same time, I wouldn't expose the safety of my son. He would be in good hands, in the hands of his father who loved him so much.

"No, I can't go with Tristan. Would you stay with him?" I avoided the question at all costs, the question I still didn't know how to answer, and I knew he noticed that when he looked at me with a raised eyebrow. Taking Tristan in his arms, he shook his head as if disapproving of what he discovered through my eyes.

"Alright, I'll stay with Tristan and I won't ask again if that bothers you. I just ask you to be very careful, they haven't captured Mrs. Dubois yet. In any case, the bodyguards will be alert, the danger is not entirely over, and she is the person most interested in hurting you, especially when she finds out that they captured her son."

I breathed a sigh of relief, which I disguised by taking one of his hands to see the seriousness of the wounds on his knuckles, and to be honest, it didn't look good. I couldn't leave him like that, Amelia would have to wait.

"I'll clean your knuckles before I leave." I said, leaving my things on the desk without distracting Vincent, who was fully focused on the computer. As I was about to leave to look for the first aid kit, Abby appeared with everything I needed in her hands.

"I imagine your knuckles are as battered as mine." She said, moving the alcohol and gauze in her hands as she walked towards me, her gaze fixed on my hands.

"I hope that the cleanliness of your knuckles is due to hitting him with a chair, because I wouldn't forgive you if you had the chance and didn't throw a single punch."

"You know violence is not my thing, one punch was enough for me. Thank you, beautiful." I thanked her as she handed me the alcohol, and she looked at me disapprovingly, as if she didn't like my answer.

"Calm down, Abby, I hit him for both of you." Alexander intervened and my friend's eyes widened as she saw his reddened and slightly wounded knuckles with a bit of blood.

"For both of us? You hit him for everyone. Very well, I like you more each day, brother-in-law."

I unconsciously smiled as I heard what Abby called him, but quickly faded it to get to work.

"I carefully cleaned his knuckles, ignoring Alexander's painful expression that he masked in the midst of his conversation with Abby, describing the blows they gave to Paul.

All I could think about was the woman waiting for me. The last thing I wanted was to see her or even exchange a word, but this was a good moment to make it very clear to her that I didn't want her near, much less in my son's life.

I wasn't going to surround myself with people who, instead of adding to me, subtracted from me.

That, never again, I wouldn't allow it.

"It's done, does it hurt?" I asked after applying an ointment for the inflammation, and he shook his head in response, but I knew he was lying, and it pained me just to see him.

"Don't play tough, I know it hurts." I said as I approached his face intending to give him a farewell kiss. But I stopped when I saw Tristan's curious gaze, who was sitting next to his father. In the end, I only left a kiss on his cheek. "I'll be back later."

"Seriously, Sarah? I mean, it must be a life or death situation for you to leave right now. You know we're in a very delicate situation with the Dubois' capture. Are you not going to tell me who called?" He whispered close to my face, and I looked at him intently in the eyes, discovering how indignant he was for not revealing more information.

I let out a tired sigh as I stood up from the couch, picked up my things from the desk again, and stood in front of him, still following my every move with his honey-colored gaze.

"Amelia Lancaster." I finally confessed, leaving him stunned in his seat, and silence overwhelmed me for a few seconds.

"What?" That question didn't come from Alexander's lips, but from Abby and Vincent, who were as surprised as the man petrified on the couch. The only difference was that the only ones who reacted were the lovebirds who just seconds ago had all their attention on the computer.

"Ah, no, you're crazy. How could you go running to see that poisonous tarantula? That witch who doesn't miss an opportunity to humiliate you. That despicable, shameless, and uneducated woman. No offense, Alexander." Abby couldn't control her tongue or didn't care that she was insulting Amelia right in front of their son, although not even that made him react.

"I

I agree with Abby, you're crazy. Are you going to leave everything behind to go with that woman? Alexander, do something, react, idiot." Vincent's icy voice had an impact on Alexander, as he closed his slightly open mouth and stood up immediately. "Why, Sarah? I'll go with you. Vincent, Abby, can you take care of Tristan?"

I ran my hands through my face impatiently because of Alexander's self-invitation and shook my head at the same time as Abby happily accepted.

"No! You're not coming with me. Please, what's wrong with you? I think you forget that I'm an adult woman and can defend myself against that lady if necessary. Nobody is going to accompany me, I'll go see what she wants and come back immediately." I left everyone in silence with my words and turned around to leave before they continued reproaching me for my decision.

"And don't follow me."

I parked my car in the L&J parking lot and waited a few minutes to make sure that no one followed me besides the bodyguards. I didn't fully trust them to obey me, and I knew it was because they were worried about me, but nothing would happen to me, not when the meeting would take place at my company, especially not coming from that woman.

Her only way to attack was with humiliating words, which I could defend myself against, and they no longer affected me in the slightest. However, I activated the recording on my phone just in case I needed legal measures for the second time. The elevator opened on the executive floor, where Amelia was supposed to be waiting for me, and yes, she was sitting in the waiting room with an annoyed expression.

Jack, upon seeing me arrive, stood up from his seat and pointed to the lady with his gaze, clearly irritated by the unexpected visit.

"How long have you been here?" I asked in a low voice, taking advantage of the fact that she was distracted on her phone. "Three hours. I apologize for having made her come here today, but she didn't seem willing to leave until she spoke with you."

I looked away from her when she realized I was there and pretended to look at some documents I took from Jack's desk.

To wait three hours, it must be more urgent than I imagined or at least that's what I want to think.

"Didn't she say she wanted to?" I asked in a whisper and Jack shook his head, then I heard her heels echoing, she was approaching me.

"Anyway. I need the launch reports, I want to see the impact of L&J in the market." I asked Jack, firstly because I was actually interested in knowing about the acceptance of the first launch, and secondly, to distract myself before facing Amelia.

"I'll look for it right away." I put the folder back on the desk again and turned towards Amelia who was coming by my side ready to speak to me, but I cut her off.

"Mrs. Amelia, come into my office, I hope it will be brief."

Amelia stopped abruptly upon hearing my stern words.

"Jack, make sure nobody interrupts us."

I walked straight into my office and Amelia followed my steps in complete silence, which I appreciated because it gave me a few seconds to mentally prepare.

I sat at my desk after closing the door behind her and pointed to the chair in front for her to sit and start talking.

"Nice office." She said, looking at every detail, and I leaned back heavily in my chair's backrest.

"Mrs. Amelia, I suppose you didn't bring me here just to tell me that my office is nice. Please get straight to the point, I have a lot of work to do."

The annoyance in my voice was more than noticeable, I glanced at the time on my wristwatch as if I were anxious for this conversation to end, even though it hadn't even started.

Amelia crossed her legs while looking at me with an expression I had never seen in my life, I didn't know what was going through her mind, I had no idea if she was going to insult me or speak to me like a civilized person, although, coming from her, I doubt it. I couldn't trust her, I was seeing in front of me, the clear example of a wolf disguised as a lamb.

"I'll be brief. As I told you on the phone, I want to speak woman to woman with you. No, the correct word would be mother to mother, because I want to talk about Alexander and the child you had with him, a child that you hid from us for years, a son who grew up without his father, without his family, but now that I know of his existence, I won't stand idle."

I raised one of my eyebrows because I already suspected what she was going to tell me, especially with that civil tone. And the truth was, if I weren't listening to her at this moment, I would still swear that this woman didn't have an ounce of education. "I want to meet my grandson, I want to get closer to him. I demand, Sarah, that you respect my rights as a grandmother."