My Mommy Is A CEO

Lucia silently stared ahead, ignoring Jacob’s smugness. She couldn’t help but inwardly laugh at the fact that if she hadn’t insisted on getting an answer, she wouldn’t have needed Arthur and his team to rescue her. In fact, even when he had held a gun to her head earlier, she could have fought back if it weren’t for one thing.

Thinking about the way Arthur had looked at her earlier made Lucia feel uneasy. When their eyes met, she knew he understood her intentions. Would he blame her? Think she was foolish for putting herself in danger for just one reason?

Regardless of what anyone thought, Lucia was most afraid of Arthur misunderstanding and thinking that there were still feelings between herself and Jacob – which was impossible.

Jacob grew bored with Lucia’s lack of response to his comments. But seeing how calm and collected she remained only made him want to provoke her more.

“Lucia,” he said tauntingly. “When did you figure out my true identity? It must have been a long time ago since you were able to stay so calm after finding out.”

He continued on about their past relationship as Lucia listened without showing any emotion.

“Do you like the flowers I’ve been giving you every day?” Jacob asked with a smirk on his face. “Just like old times… do you remember that poem?”

“I’m feeling nauseous,” Lucia replied coldly.

Jacob laughed at this before saying confidently, “Don’t worry about it. We’ll be gone soon enough – forever forgetting all our past grievances against each other.”

Lucia furrowed her brows in disgust as she stared directly into Jacob’s eyes – pure hatred emanating from them.

“Don’t look at me like that!” Jacob demanded angrily while trying to provoke some sort of emotional response from Lucia.

“I’ve already prepared everything,” he continued boastfully. “In two days’ time we’ll be gone forever. Even if Arthur wanted to chase us down, he wouldn’t know where we went! From now on it’s just going to be me and you!” Even if she hated it, she can only accept this result!

There wasn’t anything left for them argue over anymore so Lucia simply turned away from him, choosing instead to stare blankly ahead at the helicopter’s rotor blades spinning above them.

“Did you hear what I said?!” Anger turned into hate as Jacob suddenly grabbed hold of Lucia’s chin forcing her head towards him. But once again, he underestimated Lucia’s stubbornness.

Lucia stood still, her bound hands showing the strain of her resistance against Jacob. Suddenly, Jacob felt weak and released his grip on her.

He attributed Lucia’s stubbornness to her hope for Arthur. Once he took her away from this place, she would see reality. Jacob thought of it himself and ordered the pilot to speed up.

After an hour of flight, the helicopter landed at a private airport in the south of the city. Jacob instructed his men to keep an eye on Lucia while he confirmed their next move with the airport owner.

One of his bodyguards asked, “Mr. Wood, can we release her now?”

“No!” Jacob refused immediately and warned them sternly, “Don’t underestimate her just because she looks fragile and weak. She’s agile and could easily take you down if you’re not careful. Keep watching every move she makes.”

“Yes,” although skeptical about what Jacob said about Lucia’s abilities, they agreed anyway.

Jacob glanced at Lucia before leaving to meet with the airport owner in front of a hangar door where he met Billy who had been waiting for him for some time now.

“Mr. George thank you so much for your help today. I won’t forget your kindness.” It turned out that Billy was someone who usually shared similar interests with him.

Although Billy knew there were several people on board, he didn’t know that Lucia was among them nor did he know anything about what happened today at StandHill or that this person in front of him wasn’t Miles’ son.

“Mr. Wood, what’s the matter? You let me send a helicopter to pick you up, and let me help you arrange unlicensed cars to leave the state. You are not going to come back?”

“It’s complicated. I had some disagreements with my father and decided to lay low for a while,” explained Jacob as he blocked Billy from prying eyes and made up an excuse.

“Your father isn’t unreasonable. Why don’t we let my father mediate? There’s no need to make things so serious,” suggested Billy still concerned about what was going on.

“No need, my mom can’t even convince my stubborn dad. Thanks for your offer. Is everything arranged for the cars?” Jacob patted Billy’s shoulder and smiled.

“Don’t worry. I’ve got it covered!” Billy replied with a sense of justice, pointing to the four vehicles parked nearby – three sedans and one business van.

“Okay, bro, I owe you one.” Jacob thanked him again before turning around to get Lucia from the helicopter and stopping Billy from following them.

Back at the helicopter, Jacob had his men cover Lucia’s head with a large coat before carefully guiding her down to the ground and into the business van. He bid farewell to Billy only after making sure she was safe.

Billy exchanged some pleasantries with him before asking about the woman in their group. Who she was exactly? Jacob just smiled faintly and asked back, “Who do you think?”

Billy paused for a moment before realizing what he meant. He grinned mischievously while patting Jacob’s shoulder, “I didn’t expect you still have feelings for her! Alright then, I won’t pry any further. Hit the road while it’s still early.”

Jacob said goodbye to Billy as their convoy left one by one from the small airport under scorching sun rays. Billy covered his forehead while joking,

“I didn’t expect Casper is still obsessed with Nia. This guy doesn’t look like someone who’s sentimental.”

The pilot who came over after landing heard this comment and said puzzledly,

“Mr. George, that woman isn’t Nia.”

Working alongside celebrities like Billy gave pilots some insight into high society figures.

“Huh? Not Nia?” Billy was stunned.

“Nope. I only took a quick glance at that woman. She looked like Lucia, the female CEO of Webbex Group or something…”