Chapter 39: The Interview

"Justin, for how long are you planning to keep on this face of yours?" Xavier asked Justin while driving him to school, but as usual, he remained silent while looking at the road through the window of the car. Since the previous night when he heard Xavier and Claudia quarreling about his mother, he had run to his room and locked himself inside and even when Xavier tried to speak with him, he had refused to open his room and listen to him. After knocking countless times and getting no reply, Xavier had no other choice but to leave him alone for the meantime, since he was the one that messed up. The following morning, when he finished preparing for school and came to the sitting room, he only greeted Xavier before joining him for breakfast. When Xavier tried to engage in a conversation with him, he didn't reply. "Justin I'm talking to you," Xavier said to him, and immediately he turned around and looked at him before returning his gaze to the window once again. "Look Justin, if it's about what happened last night, I'm sincerely sorry, I never meant to hurt you," Xavier said to him, and immediately he turned around and looked at him once again. "Did you really chase my real mummy away?" Justin asked him while peering at him. "No of course I didn't," Xavier said to him. "But mummy said you did," Justin said to him. "Come on Justin, don't listen to her, you know well that she doesn't like your Mummy, and she always says bad things about her," Xavier said to him before patting him on the head. "But you said that soon you are going to take me to my real mummy. When are you going to take me to her?" Justin asked him with a pouted mouth. "Very soon dear, just have a little patience with Daddy. I have been going through a lot recently. Just give me some time to stabilize myself and I will take you to her understood?" Xavier asked him and he nodded in reply. "Perfect, always remember that Daddy loves you so much and your real Mummy too," Xavier said to him before caressing his face. "I love you too, Daddy," Justin said to Xavier, and immediately he smiled at him before pulling over in front of his school. "Goodbye Daddy, see you in the evening," Justin said to him. "Goodbye, have a nice day and be a good boy at school," Xavier said to him as he was getting down from the car. "Okay Daddy," Justin said to him before walking into his school. With that, Xavier sighed heavily before taking his phone and placing a call across Ben. As the phone was ringing, he ignited the car and zoomed off. After some minutes of ringing, Ben picked up. "Hi Ben any news," Xavier asked him. "Not yet sir, I'm still trying my best to bring it down," Ben said to Xavier. "Ok, just keep on trying, also check if you can trace the ID of the person that uploaded the images," Xavier said to him. "OK boss, I will try my best. By the way, Sarah is having a live interview in some minutes. You can follow it to see what she has to say about it," Ben said to Xavier. "Okay, I have just arrived at the company, I will follow it right away," Xavier said to Ben. "Okay boss, have a nice day," Ben said to him before hanging up the call. With that, Xavier drove into the company's garage and after parking his car, he took his briefcase and started walking into the company. Once he got into his office, he took the remote and switched on the television before changing it to the channel where the interview of Sarah was being displayed. Once he changed to the channel and saw Charles sitting beside Sarah, he immediately clinched his fist in anger. "That bastard," he muttered to himself before sitting down while facing the television. "Mrs. Sarah Jones, what do you have to say about your wild images trending on every social media handle?" The journalist asked her. "First, I would love to apologize for the inconveniences caused by the images and, second, I would also like to use the opportunity to convey my sincere thanks to whoever took those pictures without my consent and uploaded them online. I might be the CEO of Ethic Textiles both in New York and England, but that doesn't prevent me from having my own personal life and doing things like every other normal person, things like going to a club with my boyfriend," Sarah said to the journalist and immediately Xavier furrowed his brows in surprise. "Did she just say boyfriend?" Xavier muttered to himself with a furrowed brows. "If I understand well, Mrs Sarah, the person who you were dancing at the club with was your boyfriend?" The journalist asked Sarah. "Exactly, the person who I was dancing with at the club was my boyfriend and I don't see anything wrong with dancing with my boyfriend at a club," Sarah said to the journalist. "You are absolutely right, Mrs. Sarah, there's nothing wrong about dancing with your boyfriend at a club, but since you became the CEO of Ethic Textiles, no one has ever heard of you being in a relationship or has anyone ever seen you with a man except for business purposes," the journalist said to Sarah. "Actually, for the past five I haven't been in any relationship, I have dedicated all my time and energy to my company. I recently got into a relationship, that's why many people don't know anything about who I'm in a relationship with," Sarah said to the journalist. "She must be kidding me," Xavier, who was also watching the interview muttered to himself. "Can you tell me and everyone watching who you are in a relationship with?" The journalist asked Sarah. "Yes of course, the person I'm in relationship with is Charles Sanderson, and he was the one I was dancing with at the club yesterday," Sarah said to the journalist, and immediately the camera operator turned the camera towards Charles, who was grinning ear to ear while holding Sarah's hand. "Mr. Charles, do you have anything to say about this? The journalist asked Charles. "Actually everything she said was true, and whoever took those pictures yesterday in order to tarnish my girlfriend's image should be on the watch out because I won't rest until I found out who he or she is and bring him to justice," Charles said to the journalist. "Your girlfriend my foot," Xavier sneered angrily as he was watching the interview. "But Mr Charles and Mrs. Sarah, how do we know that both of you aren't putting all this up because the picture of the man dancing with you at the club wasn't clear so we aren't sure that it was really Mr. Charles," the journalist said to Sarah, and with that Sarah smiled at her before turning her gaze towards Charles and, in a flash of an eye, she held the collar of his shirt and pulled him closer, clashing her lips against Charles' lips, taking him off guard. Charles, who was shocked by her act, widened his eyes in surprise but immediately reciprocated the kiss so that it wouldn't be as if they were lying. "Does this answer your question?" Sarah asked the journalist after they disengaged from the kiss, and immediately she nodded in reply. "Perfect," Sarah said to her in reply. To be continued...