The CEO’s Betrayal: My Ex-lover Has Triplets novel Chapter 22

Chapter 22-Lunch 

“What’s on my schedule today?” Serena Winston asked her manager while sitting in the back seat of her car. 

“Um. y-you have a shoot for the moonlight body wash in ten minutes and another shoot for the new emerald jewellery in the afternoon,” Jane Colton responded cautiously. 

She had received the order that Serena was banned from being the Wentworth group’s ambassador but she hadn’t told Serena because she thought there was an error. 

Serena was the CEO’s fiancee. Why would she be fired and banned from the Company she would soon own through marriage? 

This was the reason she kept quiet about the order and Serena was none the wiser. 

“Hurry up, will you? Do you want me to run around when we reach the shooting scene?” Serena snapped 

She had gone on a vacation the past week and just returned the previous night. Since Aaron was still ignoring her, she had come up with another plan to make him marry her. After the shoot, she would pay Edmund Wentworth a visit to complain about him. 

It didn’t take long for them to reach the shooting scene. The moonlight body wash was a product made by Wentworth’s cosmetics and Serena had been endorsing it for five years. 

The shoot was being done at the beach. When she arrived, Serena haughtily walked towards the crew but her eyebrows furrowed when she saw another model shooting the scene. 

Her face contorted viciously and she glared at the program’s manager. 

“What is happening here? Why is this bitch taking my place?!” She yelled, trying to sound. intimidating 

However, the crew just glanced at her and continued with their work. In the past, they used to be afraid of her because of her ties to the boss. But now that the order came from him, they knew that Serena was not in Aaron’s good graces anymore. 

Anger washed over Serena when she was ignored. ‘How dare these good-for-nothings treat me like 

this? I am the lady boss!’ 

“What do you think you’re doing? Do you want to be fired? I asked why there’s another bitch. shooting my scenes!” 

The project manager was annoyed with her ranting so he stood up and faced her. He crossed his arms across his chest and responded, “Miss Serena, we are working here and you’re disturbing the process. We don’t know anything. All we know is that the higher-ups gave the order to change the brand ambassador for the Company. I suggest you take it up with the boss.” 

“What? Are you saying Aaron gave the order to cut me off?” Serena asked incredulously. 

“I’m afraid so,” the project manager responded. He then turned his attention to Jane and asked, Didn’t you inform her of the new development? I had communicated.” 

Jane fidgeted in her stance and shrank when Serena glared at her. 

Lunch 

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“I-I thought there was an error-” 

“Let’s go to the Company headquarters, I need to see Aaron and tell him what’s happening,” Serena 

uttered 

She then glanced at the project manager and warned him, “You better start packing your bags because this will be your last day on the job” 

She didn’t believe that Aaron would ban her from being the Company’s brand ambassador. Even if he was avoiding talks of their marriage now, Serena knew he had a soft spot for her. 

Back at the Wentworth group, Aaron was smiling to himself as he recalled how Tessa had been calling him by his name the past few days. 

It had been four days since the club incident. Every day, he would take some time off and pick up the children from school and then he would buy his daughters and Tessa flowers. Reagan would get a gift of his preference too. 

Aaron was happy that Tessa was no longer hostile towards him but there was only one problem. She still didn’t want to talk about them. Aaron tried to have some time alone with her but she 

would always avoid the topic. 

The obvious distance she was putting between them was hurting him. It was really hard to get 

close to her. 

He took out his phone and took a selfie of his face looking sad before sending her a text. 

Aaron [Thinking of you. I’m sad because you’re so far away.] 

When there was no reply, he typed in another message. 

Aaron: [What are you up to?] 

He watched the phone for a while but just when he thought she wouldn’t reply, his phone received a notification. He quickly opened the message and his heart soared when he saw her reply. 

Wifey: [I’m working] 

It was short but Aaron felt like it was a love message. Having Tessa reply to his text was like a 

dream come true. 

He typed in another message while smiling from ear to ear. 

Aaron [What’s for lunch? I miss you.] 

Wifey [No time. I’m busy. Stop texting.] 

Aaron: (Ok. I’ll pick up the kids. Don’t stress. Love you lots.] 

A thought suddenly occurred to him and he pressed on the intercom on his desk to talk to his assistant 

“Prepare the car and make an order for a variety of food from our hotel’s chef,” he ordered. 

“Yes, sir,” Enock responded. 

Aaron stood up and grabbed his jacket. He then went into the bathroom to check himself out. He made sure his hair was neat and his beard was trimmed. When he saw that he looked good, he 

smirked and left the office. 

He had to make sure he looked good and attractive enough to get Tessa’s attention 

At the same time, when Aaron left the Company, Serena happened to arrive She missed him just by a few minutes. 

She obnoxiously strode towards the entrance but before she could take a step into the Company, a security guard stuck his hand out in front of her to stop her. 

“What are you doing?” Serena hissed while glaring at the guard “Do you know who I am?“ 

She looked vicious as if she owned the place. However, the guard stood his ground. 

“I’m sorry, Miss Serena. You’re not allowed to enter the Company. Mr Wentworth’s orders,” the guard said respectively. 

Serena raised her hand and slapped the guard. “How dare you stop me? Don’t you know I’m Aaron’s fiancée? I’ll get you fired!” 

She was about to force her way through but more guards came and stood in her way 

“You’re not allowed into the Company, Miss. If you force things, we shall have you arrested.” One 

of the senior guards said. 

Serena stomped her feet on the ground in frustration. ‘What is Aaron up to? Why has he suddenly banned me from the company?” 

She took out her phone and tried to call him but as usual, Aaron’s line was busy. It had been doing that for some days and she now realised Aaron had blocked her 

Anger surged through her and a malicious look plastered her face. She returned to her car and decided to turn to the man who held the utmost power in the Wentworth group for help. Aaron’s 

father. 

Meanwhile, Tessa was so engrossed in her work that it didn’t occur to her that she had to eat Michelle and Lisa had invited her for lunch but she told them she wasn’t hungry. 

She had to finish the first draft of one of the buildings for the T&A properties project. 

Someone suddenly knocked on the door and she groaned internally. 

“Michelle, I said I’m not hungry. I’ll eat later,” she called out without looking up. 

“I don’t think it’s wise to work on an empty stomach.” 

Tessa jumped out of her skin when Aaron’s deep baritone voice reached her ears She looked up and saw him standing at the open door with some bags of food from the Wentworth’s imperial hotel. 

She noticed how he looked smart in a three-piece grey suit and a white shirt underneath. The sun illuminating the office through the window cast a warm glow on his face, making him look like a god that had just descended to Earth. 

bunch 

“Why are you here?” She asked, frowning. 

Aaron smiled and raised his hand that had the bags of food and waved it at her, saying, “I brought 

lunch.” 

“But I said I’m busy.” 

“And that’s why I brought you lunch because you can’t go out at the moment.” 

Tessa sighed and pinched the bridge of her nose. She didn’t know what came over her when she responded to his texts. Did she give him the wrong idea? 

“Aaron, I…” 

“I just want to have lunch with you, Tessa It’s okay to take a fifteen minutes break,” Aaron cut her 

off and invited himself in 

He then pulled out a chair and took a seat before placing the food on the table. There was some fried rice, smoked chicken, sweet and sour ribs, some fries and a beef burger with a garden salad. 

All of Tessa’s favorites. 

Tessa had no choice but to put her blueprints away and began to have lunch with Aaron. 

She glanced at him and saw that he had only taken a small portion of the food, so she ended up 

asking, “Why aren’t you eating more?” 

“I’ve already eaten.” 

Her eyes widened. “Then why did you buy all this?”