The CEO's Rose

Chapter 120: Other Woman

Mark’s POV

Mark was not someone who often let his imagination run wild.

He was all about reality, a true number’s man. But even if he was someone with a vast imagination who often got lost in thought. Mark highly doubted that he could have ever imagined that one day a woman would walk into his bank and declare herself his dom.

That was far too wild, and yet it had just happened.

Had she yelled out just that statement on its own, he would have let the security guards continue to drag her away and would have gone back to his office wondering what lunatic had decided to stalk him. But his self-proclaimed dom had called out Vivian Rose’s name and that had been enough for Mark to signal for the guards to put her down.

Ignoring the way too curious looks of the people in the bank, he had gestured for her to follow him, and now the two of them were in the privacy of his office. Taking a seat at his desk, Mark looked over at the woman as she too got settled.

Lacing his fingers together beneath his chin, he let out a sigh.

"All right, that wild stunt you pulled out there got my attention. Now tell me who you are, and why you mentioned a lady who used to have regular contact with my best friend," His instructions clear, Mark fixed the woman with a look that had made grown men cry.

But to her credit, she simply squared her shoulders and answered him directly. "My name is Amy, Vivian Rose is my best friend and right now I am here on behalf of her,"

Amy,...oh this was Vivian’s Amy.

Mark had heard of her and if he recalled correctly, he’d probably already met her the very first time that Vivian and Ryan had met as well. His spine straightening, Mark did not even try to hide his interest.

Whatever had brought the woman all the way to the bank, and had also made her yell out the outlandish claim of being his dominatrix, had to be something very serious.

"So you are here on behalf of your best friend," Amy nodded, biting at her lower lip before letting go, and taking deep breaths,( whatever she had to say it would definitely be good). freeweɓnovēl.coɱ

"And just why are you here in her place? Does she perhaps wish for monetary compensation?"

Mark let out a cold laugh at that, being sure to give her his most unimpressed look.

"I hate to break it to you, Amy. But if money is what your friend wants, she’s better off just staying away from Ryan. If she dares to try and come for his pocket, by the end of the day, she will be the one left penniless, and we might even include you as collateral damage,"

Amy shook her head at that.

"I do not want any money from you and neither does Vivian. I simply want the truth," Now that, had Mark raising both brows. What was the woman on about?

"And just what truth might that be?" On the other side of the desk, Amy ran a shaky hand through her hair.

"I want to know why Ryan Terrell chose to hurt my friend as badly as he did,"

What?

Staring at the woman, Mark realized that his initial assessment of the woman being just some lunatic might have had some truth in it.

"I have no idea what you have been smoking Amy, but you have the entire thing wrong. freewebnσvel.cøm

My best friend did not hurt Vivian. She is the one who broke his heart, she is the one who chose to end things when all that Ryan wanted to do was make her his girlfriend,"

Amy threw her head back and laughed bitterly at his answer.

When she looked at Mark again, her eyes were so sharp, he was certain that if she could have, she would have cut him down with just a look.

"Do you seriously mean to tell me that Ryan Terrell did not let you in on his dirty little secret. That you have no idea what he did?" Were the two of them even talking about the same break up here? Suddenly feeling sorry for the woman, Mark decided to be gentle as he handed her the truth.

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"Listen Amy, I do not know what sob story Vivian Rose fed you. But according to my friend, she just led him along all so she could have the satisfaction of breaking his heart once she realized that he had caught feelings,"

Amy’s fist hit the table and Mark barely managed to stop himself from visibly startling,... the woman was a real firecracker.

"Your friend lied, my Vivian did not do that. The other woman that he was sleeping with is the reason why Vivian ended things," Whatever else Mark was about to say instantly fled his mind.

Another woman?

What was she talking about?

There had been no other woman.

Despite having earned a reputation as a playboy, Ryan was not the kind of person to cheat. Even when he had been going around with multiple women. All of them had always known what the endgame was, that it was nothing serious. So where on earth did Amy and Vivian Rose get the idea that Ryan had had somebody else on the side?

"My best friend is many things Amy, but he is not a cheater. Surely Vivian must have been mistaken," Amy clearly believed her best friend wholeheartedly, because even before Mark was done speaking, the woman was shaking her head in disbelief. She looked ready to strike the table again, but lucky for Mark, she did not give in to the urge.

"I do not know what lie Ryan fed you, but there is no refuting the facts. If there really had not been another woman then why was it that Amy found a naked lady in Ryan’s penthouse?"

There was no way that could be true! What Amy was saying was news to Mark, and he got the feeling that it would be news to Ryan as well.

"Explain," He found himself demanding, desperate to hear this new side of the story.