Chapter 6

Retracting her steps, Rachel walked back to Victor and her grandmother.

"You already dishonored my father by sending away his family, I have no reason to keep such honor " Rachel scorned.

"If you want honor your dead father, at least respect the family name and keep her dignity, the marriage has already been proposed" Victor lamented.

"Says the same family thar sent me away. I have nothing to do with this family no more. But if you can really pay off the company for compensation, I'm ready to marry whoever you want" Rachel replied.

Victor closed his eyes and took a deep breath, he knew they have lost their grasp of Rachel.

"I guess that settles that" Rachel said taking Victor's silence as a no.

During the ride, Rachel noticed that the driver turned back to the route they came from.

"I thought you people are going to a business meeting, why did he turn back?"

Victor twitched his lip and replied "about that, forget it".

The ride continued in silence until Rachel's stomach growled loudly.

Rapheal frowned, scoffed and then smile

"Hey, stop at a place where she can eat" he said to the security who is also driving the car.

"Am sorry boss but there are only local eateries in this street, I don't think you can tolerate…"

"Of course not the one to go eat there, it's her. She'll catch up with us when she's done " Rapheal interrupted Mr Vic.

Rachel was suprised by Rapheal's sudden change of attitude

'I only just met him yesterday, I can't jump to any conclusions yet' Rachel thought to herself, smiling.

Later, age was dropped off the car and the others went home.

Rachel didn't notice that Laurel's photos has been cleared out Rapheal's room, even the large painting of Laurel's face has been replaced by the picture of the City Mayor.

After age finished cleaning, she went to the he library and knocked the door

"Enter" Rapheal's voice sounded with a hint of upset which made Rachel hesitate whether to go in or not.

She opened the door halfway and without stepping in, she asked "excuse me sir, I need to clean the library, may I come in?"

"Sure, just make you are fast and don't disturb me with noise"

Rachel went into the library and started cleaning, she noticed that Rapheal found it hard to read with her presence

"Am I distracting you sir, I can come back to clean up the place"

"No, you are good, keep going but be fast"

Rapheal replied with a low, troubled voice.

Rachel noticed that her boss is troubled but she didn't bother saying anything, not wanting to disturb him.

Rapheal sighed again and rested on the seat, thia time, his father doesn't seem to be joking. Mr. Carlos threatened to pull Rapheal's name off Carl's Tech and give him no access to the company if Rapheal couldn't bring his fiancee to his grandmother's ninety-first birthday.

Rapheal read the email again and was suprised his father could do such a thing. All of this only made him remembered and miss Laurel more, since her death, no one has ever made him feel love again and now, he has to being a fiance to his grandmother's birthday.

Of course, along with the email, his father sent him names of girls he would like him to married to, they are only optional, Rapheal can marry whoever he wants.

Rapheal finds it difficult to tolerate the presence of a girl that is not Laurel, or that was what he thought. At least, there is this lady that he thinks he can tolerate, the thought of losing his status really folded his hands and he had no choice but to find a girlfriend.

He took another glance at Rachel, the lady seems to be different from other ladies that he knew. She is innocent, arrogant, naive, and unyielding. Most of the ladies that Rapheal have seen are either bad character ladies or those that pretend to be good and then will change later. However, Rachel struck him with a different feeling, someone between the good and the bad; just like Laurel. He remembered Laurel once told him; this kind of people are the safest to be with, they have boundaries and as long as you don't pass the boundary, you will be their best friend but if you pass the boundary, you will hate them. One more thing about them is that they mahe sure they don't pass people's boundaries either.

Somehow, he sees Laurel in Rachel. More important, the lady is hard working.

"Uhmm Rachel, the position of an assistant is still open in case you have someone to refer. It's very hard for me to find an employee since many people thinks I'm a bad person" Rapheal called Rachel's attention

"It thought so too but having spent a day with you, I don't want to jump to any conclusions yet" Rachel replied honestly and her words made confirm his theory. Other employees of his would have flattered him with good words of lies.

"But I'm already an assistant, you need two assignments?" Rachel asked after thinking for a while

"No. Actually, you will be given another job" Rapheal replied warmly.

"Like a promotion?" Rachel asked in anticipation.

"If that's what you call it."

"I only started working yesterday, how come you are planning on promoting me?" Rachel asked

"I've been watching you and I concluded that you will be better in another position than an assistant " He replied

"So what's the new position?" Rachel asked.

"Don't worry, I'll send the contract to yuur email, make sure you read it carefully before signing it, all you need to know about the new position is in the contract". Rapheal explained.

"Ok" disappointed, Rachel replied and continue cleaning, she is really curious about what her new job will be so after she finished cleaning.

"Can you please give me an insight to the new job?"

"You will have to make sure that the new assistant is doing her job very well, you will supervise the cook and make sure my food is ready at the time I needed it, you will ensure that I'm well taken care of and more important, you will spend much more hours with me. Of course the payment will be worth the hours sacrificed. You will be with me whenever I'm going on any travels and tours, there is another role which ot isn't appreciate for me to tell you, you will find it in the contract " Rapheal explained

"Pretty easy job" Rachel commented and headed out of the library

"Ya' think? Do remember that you will spend more hours with me than with your mum"

Unfortunately, Rachel was already out of the library and didn't hear the last part.

Rapheal smiled as he looked towards the exist. "Naive" he commented in his heart. Of course he knew Rachel might read the contract before signing it and she will sign up as his contracted wife without her knowledge; that was what he hoped after all.

He immediately sent the contract to Rapheal so that he wouldn't forget. Just as he predicted, Rachel only skimmed through the contract again and then sign it, she promised to read the contract when she get home.

Although Rapheal expected it, he wax still suprised when he received the 'contract signed' mail, he smiled to himself.

While he was busy wallowing in his self wisdom, Rachel barged into the library. Rapheal frowned to see who dares barge into his room like that but when he saw Rachel, his face softened, he felt like laughing but he doesn't want to mock the lady.

"What is it?"

"I saw your contract and I have signed it, I haven't read it so I don't know what the job is yet. Don't worry, I'll read it when I get home. " Rachel said.

"You haven't?" Rapheal asked innocently "unfortunately, the contract is effective the moment you signed it and I can't tell if you will be going home today "

"Why is that?" Rachel asked twitching her face

"Because it is in the contract that you have to get with me 24/7" Rapheal replied

"What! Are you joking?" Rachel asked furiously

"You have no worries, Your manager, Mr Vic is yet to sign so the contract is still ineffective. You will be permitted to go home today. Tomorrow, you will bring me your passport, identity card, your family card and your passport photographs"

"I'm sorry, I don't have a passport"

"It's ok, bring the other requirements and call me Mr Vic on your way out. ".

Rachel was a little relieved but still troubled, she made the same mistake she made the first time and she felt like she have fallen into some kind of trap.