Nova looked at her side and was immediately stunned. Camila was lost in her own thoughts.
“Camila, why are you so quiet like that, is there something on your mind disturbing you?”
“Nothing Nova, I just missed home” she replied and gave her a faint smile.
Lucky was curled in her arms sleeping soundly. She must have been really tired to fall asleep. She didn’t even have the energy to look around.
Soon they reached the apartment and Nova assisted them to carry their bags in to the house. It wasn’t that big. It was only a two bedroomed house, a small kitchen and a living room. It was just enough for the two of them for the time being and when she earns good money she would buy them a good house.
She smiled and said” it looks perfect Nova. I appreciate you for taking your time and getting me this house. All this while she was carrying Lucky in her arms, the child was a bit heavy but she didn’t mind. Instead Camila held her so tight on her chest as if her life depended on the little girl. She placed Lucky down on the couch as she went to prepare her bedroom.
After Camila finished putting Lucky for a nap, Nova touched her hands lightly and said “what are friends for? Anyway just continue decorating this house, I wish I could help but I have a very urgent meeting. I will call you later so that we can catch up. If you need anything just call me, I will be available anytime.”
“It’s okay, I understand my friend. You have already done enough for us today. Thank you” Camila said and hugged her goodbye.
The following day she woke up early in the morning, she was a bit nervous because it was going to be her first time working in one of the biggest players in the fashion field. Due to her exemplary work she had been sent back to the country to work in the headquarter.
A slight knock on the door brought her back to reality and she quickly went to open it. The nanny she had hired stood there looking at her with respect and she felt she could be comfortable leaving her with Lucky.
Lucky was still asleep so she explained everything to the nanny as she went about preparing herself for work. Yesterday in the evening she had made sure to tell Lucky about her new nanny and she hoped to God that she will be okay.
If anything happens to her baby, she will not be able to bear it this time round, it wasn’t enough that she had given up her son.
Meanwhile back at the Hudson offices, Samuel looked at nowhere in particular. He thought that the new designer would have arrived early and as it seemed she was late.
His handsome face was devoid of any emotion. He sat on his leather chair while looking at his personal assistant.
“Caleb, “Samuel called his assistant.
“Yes boss” he replied
“Has she arrived? I thought that she would be here at exactly 8.00 AM. Look it’s already a quarter past the reporting time.” Samuel looked at his wrist watch impatiently. This new designer has started on a bad note.
He needed to deal with the designer quickly so that he would move on to the next agenda of the day. Now he will be forced to go on the next meeting late.
A man cleared his voice.
“If I may suggest, give her some time. Since she is new, she might have lost her way to the office or something else” Caleb said and Samuel gave him a dark stare.
Caleb was not serious at all, how can he defend her when he knew that she has so many ways of contacting the company.
He clenched his fists and became enraged.
“For God’s sake, don’t give me that bullshit. What do we have our phone for? Find me that woman immediately or she can forget about the job. I don’t like unreliable people” he almost shouted and Caleb knew his place better, he didn’t want to get on his boss’s bad side.
“Alright”
The moment he turned to leave the office, the secretary called him “Hello” he answered under the watchful eyes of Samuel.
“ Caleb, there is a woman here. She says that her name is Camila Carson and she is supposed to report to work here .Should I send her up to the boss’s office?”
So the woman was already in the company premises? How come I missed her? Caleb was shocked. He had to do things as fast as possible to bring her to his boss.
“Tell her to wait for me “Caleb instructed.
The moment he finished speaking on the phone he turned toward Samuel. He saw that he was patiently waiting for him to talk.
“She is already here, I will go get her” Caleb said to his boss but he didn’t say anything.
All the same he went ahead opened the door and went to fetch the woman. He didn’t want his boss to have more reason to hate her because she wouldn’t want to be on his bad side.
After a short while Caleb came back with Camila following from behind. He didn’t get to ask her the reason why she was late since he needed to get her to Samuel as soon as he could to avoid unnecessary situation.
Camila was stunned, the office screamed of elegance. Surely the man behind the desk must be very wealthy.
There was a dark walnut book case lining the entire back of the office. On the right side there was a black leather sofa shinning pleasantly to the eyes with a fur rug over the back. In the middle there was a lovely mahogany table and a green carpet on the floor.
It was just serene.
Camila obviously looked out of place as she was trying to take in everything in front of her. She was thinking about her very own office
With uninterested face, Samuel looked up the moment the door was opened and the first person he saw was the woman. He remembered her from yesterday and he became stern as he asked” You, what are you doing here?”Camila came out of her stance and her eyes widened in shock. Isn’t this the father of the boy we met yesterday with Lucky?She brushed the thought aside and decided that as the time progresses she will get to find out.“I am the person sent by the branch oversea to come help in the design department” Camila simply replied as calmly as she could, but she didn’t like the look he was giving her. It gave her Goosebumps.As he talked his Adams apple moved up and down in a seductive way and for a moment Camila couldn’t help staring at him.It didn’t last long before she heard his angry voice.“Why are you late? I am sure that you know that here at Hudson we don’t Condon such kind of behavior” he said with hate. His eyes were cold and dark at the same time. At least he was soft towa
Samuel then turned to Caleb and instructed” please take her through proper orientation and show her the office. I want her to start immediately.”“Thank You” Camila said as she stood up to exit the office. The temperature was too much, she was beginning to sweat. She can only hope that the man won’t be hard on her when she see her work.Immediately she turned to go outside she had the same deep voice calling her back.“Wait” he called, before you go I want you to report everything to me. At the end of the day I want you to be here in my office with summarized reports. Do I make myself clear?”“Okay” Camila replied.“Take this “he handed her a file with special specifications. “This will be your first assignment, read through the details and bring back the results in 2 hours”Her mouth opened in surprise, a quick scan through the document told her that she will need at least 2 days to come up with something acceptable. But she will have to do it and she will have to do a good job in or
“This is the last draft I am making and I am going home, my baby needs me” she whispered to herself and walked up to his office. Camila stood in front of him with the file in her hands.She dared him to try to reject it. She was going to walk out on him and there was nothing he was going to do. She was exhausted.“Are you done” he asked.“Yes” Camila replied.“Put it down on the table I will look at it tomorrow” he said sluggishly. Camila couldn’t handle the man anymore. Did he mean that she spent all her energy to work on the same thing and then all he could say was that he was going to look at it tomorrow?“I am sorry but you looked as if you wanted it so urgently. Why are you adamant now to check it out, could it be that you did this on purpose” she asked.“Know your place Camila,” he sounded honestly annoyed” I am the president of this company and my word is final. If I said I didn’t like it, it is simple it was bad and pathetic. So don’t come here to complain when you knew you d
She hugged her tight on her chest and whispered “ I am never going to leave you, honey. Mommy loves you so much, okay.” Camila never wanted to hear about that statement, it felt like her son was talking to her through Lucky. He was there somewhere crying for her to come get him and there was no feeling so terrible like a mother who had failed her child.She sat her down and cupped her face in her hands “listen honey, we will be together always, okay. No one and I mean no one will ever separate us.”Every day she needed to assure Lucky that she will always be by her side. She felt she had to.“Okay, mommy I love so much”“How much?” she asked and Lucky spread her hands wide and smiled.“Like this, mommy”“I love you more, honey” The nanny saw that it would take quiet sometime for the two to finish bonding, she picked up her bag and said her goodbyes by waving her hand.“Good bye ma’am, I will see you tomorrow” she said“Thank you for taking care of her, please come a bit early” she s
“You are so stupid Samuel. That girl is a snake. She is not satisfied with everything that you have done in her life and the help that you gave her father.”“I don’t care. End of discussion. Can you take me to my friend now?” He said with impatience.“As you wish boss”While on the car his phone rang and when he looked at the caller ID it was none other than Bella.“Hello Darling. How have you been? You forgot to come for our date today?”“I am sorry Bella, I know I promised you but I couldn’t make it. I had a lot of work to deal with.” In real sense he knew exactly what he was doing. He wasted the whole evening annoying Camila because he also wanted to avoid meeting with her.On the other side of the phone Bella was so disappointed, she had done everything in her power to have him but as the days passed by he was even further away from her reach. She needed to be his woman before someone else snatches him from her.“Alright darling, I am a good girl and I understand that you were ma
He never wanted the boy to grow up like him, with so much hatred.Samuel leaned down and touched his cheeks lightly” I do know that she loves you very much even if she is not here with you”“At least she loved me” Leo muttered softly.Samuel held his son’s head and asked” Tell me who he was that made you cry like this and I will make him pay. No one messes with my son and goes away Scott free” Samuel was enraged at who was not scared of him enough to make his son cry. He didn’t care whether he was the son of the president, he could care less.Leo was stunned, he couldn’t believe that his father was only interested in his classmates while he was here hurting. It is that he never cared about him or what?“The point is that if you go and revenge they will hate me more, daddy. I need my mommy. When they see her, they would stop harassing me. Daddy, please do something.” For once the most powerful man was speechless, there had been several situations like this but he didn’t think that i
“Hello President Hudson” Camila greeted.“Come to my office at once” he commanded and hanged up the phone. Camila pouted her mouth in annoyance. Who does President Hudson think he is to call her like that? However she had no option to oblige if she wanted to keep her job. She had seen firsthand how the president can be a scornful man.After a short while Camila knocked on his door and after entering inside she stood with her head bowed. She couldn’t dare look at his face. It was so embarrassing.“You called for me President Hudson?” she asked.“Yes have a seat. I wanted to tell you that I have looked at the design and I think it came out good. Congratulations you have actually passed my test.” Samuel announced and his was face devoid of any emotion.At that moment Camila got the courage to lift her head up. She was silently happy that she got to show the arrogant CEO that she was capable and able.“Thank you” she said.“I want to inform you that it was a gift for my grandfather and I
“Camila if you could look at yourself you will realize that you don’t even mean what you are saying. You are so flushed.” Samuel grinned and started the car while Camila was consumed with her own thoughts. At least she got a ride back home but she had broken one of her most important rule of not messing with another man. It just had to be her very own boss.Seeing that she was quiet, he chose to focus on the road. Since Camila appeared on his life, he had felt real again. There was no emptiness that consumed him in the past.When he saw that she was stranded, it was his opportunity to know where she was living. Samuel wanted to know everything to do with Camila because she was the first woman who was capable of breaking the walls that he had built around himself.“Where are we headed to?” Samuel asked.“Oh…. I am sorry, I forgot I never told you about my house. Just drive to Milimani estate, my apartment is located there. Samuel has heard of it but he has never been to that part of th