Billionaire's Pleasure-Chapter 44: Divided

Sebastian’s POV

Yes, I made love to Stella again. I love her and she’s just mine. That was the only thing on my mind while making love to Stella that night but why did she ask me if I really loved her? Is the love that I give to her not enough?

I’m driving now to the office because Louis left a lot of work to do. I also conducted a meeting with Nicholas, Andrew, and of course Edward. I also plan to talk to him after the meeting.

When I arrived at the office, Geisel immediately greeted me, she already knew about Louis, but except for him no one inside the company knew.

"Good morning, Mr. Sebastian, " said Geisel.

"Good morning, Geisel, how is everyone?"

"Honestly, Louis has many pending meetings and contracts and most of his clients want to talk to him but because he is not available right now and you said all their complaints and concerns will be passed on to you, now our emails are overflooded, " Geisel explained.

"Shit! I seem to be stressed today and I seem to have a lot to take care of, "

"It seems like that, Mr. Sebastian. By the way, the conference room is ready for your meeting."

"Okay, are they all there? especially Edward?"

"I didn’t notice, Mr. Sebastian. All I saw were Nicholas and Andrew. "

"Okay, go to them and tell them to just wait a few minutes and I’ll be right there, I’ll just need to call someone in my office."

"Noted, Mr. Sebastian, " Geisel said and walked to the conference room.

I went to my office then I tried to dial Stella’s number and she answered immediately.

"Sebastian? Why did you call?" Stella said on the other line.

"I just want to tell you that I may not be able to go home later, Louis has a lot of work left that needs to be finished and I also have some work to finish as well. I am sorry Stella, this is really important for the sake of the company. "

"Um... okay... where will you sleep then?" Stella said, even though she didn’t say anything, I could feel the sadness in her voice.

"For sure, I will spend the night here in my office, there is a couch here that is comfortable to sleep on."

"Okay, that’s just one night, right?"

"I am not sure though but I’ll try my best to finish early as soon as possible. If you want someone to stay in the condo, you can call Carla, she could sleep there, tonight."

"Um... okay, I’ll try to call her later..."

"Okay, I have to go now, I still have a meeting. Take care, sweetheart. I love you. Bye." 𝗳𝐫𝚎𝗲𝚠𝚎𝗯𝕟𝐨𝘃𝚎𝗹.𝗰𝗼𝗺

"I love you too. Bye. "

When I dropped the call, I immediately arranged the things to be taken to our meeting. When I am sure that I had not forgotten anything, I went to the conference room. Upon entering, I immediately saw Geisel, Andrew, and Nicholas but I noticed until now that Edward was still not there. I was surprised because at least once he had never been late, every time I conducted a meeting.

"Good morning Sebastian!" Andrew and Nicholas greeted me.

"Good morning. By the way, why isn’t Edward here yet? It looks like it is the first time to see him late for the meeting."

"Right, we were surprised as well as he is not here yet because he is often the first comer in every meeting," said Nicholas.

"Geisel, kindly call Edward? And tell him we need him here now because our meeting is about to begin. "

"I already called him, Mr. Sebastian but he does not answer the call," said Geisel.

"Really?" I asked Geisel.

"Yes, Mr. Sebastian. "

"Fuck that guy! Where did he go?"

"I tried to call him as well but as Geisel said, he doesn’t answer the call," Andrew said.

"Maybe he is driving right now. Maybe he is on his way, let’s just wait a little longer for him. By the way, are we the only ones in this meeting? Where is your dad and Louis? " Nicholas asked.

Suddenly, I was caught in my head. I already expected them to ask that but even then, I still couldn’t help but wonder if I need to tell them the truth or not tell them first until the detective had new news. I was about to speak when the door to the conference room suddenly opened and we saw that the person who had arrived was none other than Edward. He was wearing sunglasses, a blue suit, and black shoes.

"Is that a late grand entrance?" Andrew said smiling at him.

"Oh, I am really sorry. I am late, there is so much traffic at my location and the cars are almost not moving and because I was in a hurry, I left my phone so I didn’t use the Waze either. "

"That’s fine, just sit down so we can proceed to the meeting," I said.

"Wait, are we the only ones? Where is Louis and your dad? Aren’t they in the meeting today? " Edward asked.

I suddenly looked at Edward seriously, I almost wanted to punch him at what he said but I just held back.

"They can’t attend for today and that’s also one of the reasons why we need to have a meeting."

When everyone was seated, I began to speak again.

"Louis will not be able to attend and go to the office right now. So, that means we will share all the work he left behind. We need to work together for the work he left behind and for the sake of the company’s reputation. We know that Louis has contributed a lot to this company and he is dad’s right-hand man, so it is a loss that he will not be able to work right now. So, I am here in front of you to help me. "

I saw Nicholas raise his hand so I nodded to him.

"If you don’t mind, Sebastian, we are also part of this company so we have the right to know what is happening. Not that we are interfering in your family’s personal life but as you said Louis has contributed a lot to this company and I can’t imagine Louis suddenly leaving and leaving his job. I know he was not the kind of person, who will just neglect his job. So, can we find out, where exactly is Louis? And why your dad isn’t here? "

I took a deep breath and looked at them for a few seconds before I spoke.

"Okay, I’ll tell you the reason, the truth is he’s missing. A few days passed until to this day we still cannot find him. And we still don’t know where to find him, "I explained.

"What! Louis is missing? How it come?" Andrew asked.

"Um... long story but they didn’t agree on something and after their conversation, we couldn’t find him anymore as if he disappeared like a bubble, no one knew where he went even dad. "

"Have you hired an investigator already?" Edward asked.

"Not yet, but we have a plan to do it when we still don’t have any information from him," I lied to Edward.

"So, if your dad already knows what’s going on, why isn’t he here?" Nicholas asked

"He told me she had something important to do so he couldn’t attend today. I hope it’s okay for all of you to share Louis’ works. All of you are the only people we can trust in this company. "

"I don’t have a problem with that," Edward said. I looked at him as if I were trying to read his mind.

"It’s okay with Andrew and me, for the company we will do as much as we can," Nicholas said.

"Thank you to all of you. Geisel will now give to all of you Loui’s unfinished works. Don’t worry it’s all split equally, and I’m included as well. If you have a problem or concern that you can’t understand, just come to me," I explained.

Geisel approached and handed the folder to each of them. They scanned it for a few minutes. As I waited for what they would say, I silently looked at Edward. From what he did during the meeting, I don’t know if he really had anything to do with Louis’s disappearance or if he was just pretending that he didn’t know what was going on. Even though I had doubts about him I still gave him some Louis works so he wouldn’t notice that we doubted him but I would still observe him carefully.

A few minutes passed and they finished reading what Geisel had given to them.

"It looks like I don’t have a problem with the job that was given to me, it looks like I can do it on the right deadline," said Edward.

"Likewise, I have no problem," said Andrew.

"I have a problem. Supposedly, Louis has a business trip next month, according to what Geisel gave me, but the problem is I can’t attend because I also have a business meeting to take care of that day, " Nicholas explained.

"Well, okay, you can delete that, I’ll just go on that business trip," I said.

"Are you sure?" Nicholas asked again.

"Yes, I am sure. Okay, if there is no other problem, our meeting is adjourned."