A Wrong Surrogate for the CEO-Chapter 74: Sue him for sexual harassment

"What do you want, Tolu?" Lara asked. She was exhausted, and her fatigue bleeded into her words.

Tolu crossed her arms over her chest.

"I was just about to go and see your husband," she sneered.

A frown crossed Lara’s face.

"Why?" she asked.

Tolu smirked and stepped closer to Lara.

"Why do you think so?"

Lara knew that her ex best friend wanted something, but she wasn’t sure what it was. Or maybe this was just another attempt to stress her.

Either way, Lara wasn’t in the mood to entertain Tolu, so she sighed.

"I don’t have time for your shenanigans, Tolu. Leave me alone, please," she stated and was about to walk away when Tolu’s hand snaked across her arm.

"Where do you think you’re going, Lara?" she snapped.

Lara yanked her arm away from Tolu’s grip.

"Don’t you ever get tired? You were in jail a few weeks ago. Has your time in the rotting police cell not taught you anything?" she asked, and there was a mixture of anger and impatience in her voice.

Tolu stiffened at those words.

Lara shook her head and started to walk away again. Tolu’s words however, stopped her in her tracks.

"Tell your trophy husband to get me my job back," Tolu said.

Lara whirled around to have her traitorous ex best friend.

"First off, Curtis is not my trophy husband. Also, why would I tell him to give you your job back?" Lara countered, her eyes narrowed and fixated on Tolu.

"Because what he did is called abuse of power! I did nothing wrong! Why did he have to take away my job?" Tolu snapped. Her voice sounded strained, and Lara knew she was obviously trying to keep her voice down because they were in public.

"Come on, Tolu. Don’t be stupid. Leaving your job behind was the agreement that came with releasing you from jail. You knew that. Why are you trying to make it a big deal? Nothing is going to come out of it," Lara shrugged.

"Really? What if I sue him?" Tolu shot back.

A surprised laugh slipped past Lara’s lips.

"And what exactly do you plan on accusing my husband of?" she asked, her interest slightly piqued.

Tolu smirked and stepped closer until there was nothing separating them.

Then she leaned in to whisper into Lara’s ears.

"Sexual harassment."

Lara stiffened. Her eyes went wide, and her nose flared with anger.

"You wouldn’t dare."

Tolu stepped away from Lara, and there was a smug smile on her face.

"You’ll be surprised, bitch. Tell your husband that I won’t wait for long. If he doesn’t do what I want, the whole world is going to see him as a cheat. A pervert. Someone who sexually abuses his workers. Of course he’s going to fight the accusation and probably win the court case, but the rumors, Lara, the rumours are going to ruin him." 𝙧𝙚𝙚𝔀𝒆𝓫𝓷𝙤𝓿𝒆𝙡.𝒄𝙤𝓶

Lara’s anger steadily grew at those words, but fear was also making a steady appearance.

She had known Tolu for a long while now, and Lara knew that Tolu was actually crazy enough to do what she just said.

Tolu smiled broadly at the expression on Lara’s face. She reached out to pat Lara on the shoulder.

"See you later, bitch. Remember, I have something in common with time. We both wait for no man."

And with those parting words, Tolu turned around and left.

Lara felt as though she was standing on a tight rope, and there was no one around to catch her.

Not even Curtis.

~~

"I don’t know what they spoke about, sir. But it looked pretty intense. Your wife has been standing at the same spot for over ten minutes," Lazarus said to his boss.

The bodyguard had seen everything that happened between Lara and Tolu. He had no idea what the confrontation was about, but judging from Lara’s utter stillness, he knew that it had to be bad.

So he did the only thing he could do. He called Curtis.

"For fuck’s sake. Why did you even let her go to work? She’s getting bigger. She should be at home, on bed rest," Curtis snapped.

Curtis wished he was with Lara, but he was not. He was ten thousand miles away, and it was too much space.

"She insisted, sir. I tried to stop her. But she wouldn’t listen," Lazarus explained. Curtis felt like throwing his cell phone at the wall.

"Listen to me, Lazarus. You need to..." Curtis started to say, but the bodyguard interrupted him.

"I’m sorry, sir. But there is something else you need to know." Lazarus hesitated for a brief moment before he dropped the bombshell.

"She hasn’t eaten anything in days."

Curtis’s jaw dropped open.

"What?"

Lazarus went on. "I was not sure at first, but when she started losing weight, I had to check. I don’t know how far it has been going on, but to my knowledge, your wife has not eaten anything in days"

Curtis’ heart stopped into his deepest corner of his stomach. His heart stopped beating in his chest, and he suddenly found it hard to breathe.

"Lazarus?" he called out. His voice had gone dangerously low and bland.

"Sir?"

"Get her out of there. I don’t care if you have to carry her, but if Lara takes a step into that company, I am going to fire your ass. Is that clear?" he ordered.

"Yes sir!"

Lazarus hung up and briskly walked towards Lara.

"Let’s go home, ma’am," he said softly. She turned to face him slowly.

There was fear on her face, and her already pale skin had gotten even whiter.

He gently took her by the arm and started to walk back towards the car.

"I already called your husband, ma’am," he said quietly, but his words elicited no reaction from her.

Lazarus had almost gotten back home when his phone rang again.

"Are you guys at home already?" he asked.

"No, sir. We are close though," Lazarus responded.

"Make sure she eats immediately when you get back home. Force her if you have to."

Lazarus didn’t skip a beat before responding.

"Okay sir."

"Good. Stay with her till I get there. I am coming back home."