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 toward the boy. That was the only thing that Camila could think about. It would be a shame if he was to treat the child the way he was already making her feel, weak and unsure of herself.
Camila became nervous immediately.
She was told that the boss was a tough one and she prayed to God that she gets to sit on his good side. But as it seems now, he already hates her. However, she needed the job for her baby girl and even if the man was the devil himself she will take him head on.
Samuel didn’t miss the confidence she was trying to put in front of him.
“I have to say that I was never late, Boss. I was outside waiting for your secretary to come and show me your office but it seemed that she was still busy with you. I had to wait for around 30 minutes.”
He shot her a sudden stare and in those unreadable eyes Camila saw how irritated he was for her talking back at her.
She waited for him to say something. To tell her that he was sorry for making her wait outside and then accusing her of lateness. Nothing came forth, he remained as defiant as when the door to the office was opened.
At the end he didn’t even apologize and Camila swore that she will make him regret his cruelty.
“I see” he muttered and went back to his seat completely ignoring Camila and the man that came to collect her.
At the back of his mind Samuel did remember that she had a very important matter he had to discuss with his secretary. It took a while before she went back to her desk.
With great disappointment he did realize that after all the woman was telling the truth and he was just attacking an innocent person
Well Camila happened to come at the wrong time and since he was never a person to apologize, she won’t get it from him.
“Pleasure to meet you , my name is Caleb and I am the assistant of Samuel Hudson, the owner of the company. Please if you don’t mind, have a seat” Caleb offered.
“Thank you” Camila said and sat on the chair with her head held up.
“Camila, tell me about yourself. I like to know people who I am going to work with. Tell me everything about your life. I want to know your personal and career life” A deep voice vibrated in to her ears.
The question was sudden and she didn’t expect him to ask her about her personal life. Anyway she didn’t have much information to say so it wouldn’t be a problem.
What Camila knew was that she won’t tell him everything about her life because it wasn’t that appealing. And she didn’t want him to use it against her in the future.
With piercing blue eyes, he waited patiently.
“Well I have won a number of awards to my name during the course of my work and I have been fortunate enough to work with big clients and celebrities even here in the country. They know me and have sought me out several times.”
Samuel looked bored, he already read about that in her resume. Did the woman think that she could avoid the question?
Last time he allowed someone to work at his company blindly, it didn’t go well. It turned out that he was a criminal who later stole from him. So he decided that contrary to the labour rules of not asking about personal life of an employee, he will make his exceptional.
Each one of them will have to divulge every single thing about their lives. It helped him a lot of times and Camila will have to do the same.
Camila hesitated and he looked up from his desk” what about your personal life, are you married? I already know you have a child. What else do I need to I know?”
“Umm…..I wonder why this man is insisting on my life. Camila thought.
“Nothing, I am just a single mother” she said not wanting to go in to details. She couldn’t bring herself to tell him that she gave up her child long time ago.
Samuel sensed that she was lying. She wasn’t looking at him directly in the eye.
He should have fired her immediately but something kept on telling him that the woman was harmless and he should give her a chance.
After along uncomfortable silence, he finally talked.
“Alright, I have a couple of assignments for you and I do wish that you will do well because I don’t like failures. Our department head left us for unavoidable circumstances and we didn’t have enough time to recruit for a new designer.”
The man hesitated and then looked at her again.
“We have an upcoming run way and that is why I requested for you because I needed someone competent who knew what she is supposed to do. Can you handle the work?”
“You can be sure that I will do my job well” Camila answered.
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
Camila wanted to provide a stable home for her baby and she was positive that with time she will be able to do it. The only thing she needed to do as soon as possible was to deal with her past.The phone rang several times but no one picked it up and when she was about to hang up, she heard the familiar voice.“Dad” she called with tears running on her cheeks.“Camila honey, is that you? Oh….God I have been looking for you all over the world and I thought that I will never see you again. Where did you go? I want to see you my child so that I can understand what happened. “Luke Carson was emotional as he talked to his daughter.He just couldn’t believe that it was her, he has done everything humanly possible to find her but he couldn’t.“Dad, I am right here in Nairobi and I missed you so much. Can I come and see you tomorrow? I need to introduce someone to you and I do hope that you will fall in love with her. Don’t worry I will explain when I come home, okay”“Of course honey, I can’