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 order to show the man that she wasn’t intimidated by him.
“Get out” he shouted amidst Camilla’s confusion.
She started to walk out quietly and followed Caleb out of the room.
She was introduced to the department and every one was surprised at how young she was to become the head of department. Everyone just didn’t believe that she could make it. She was too young to do the job as there were some older designers who were more experienced.
Then from the corner of her eyes she saw a woman looking at her strangely and smiling at her. Although she seemed friendly, Camila was still new and she never trusted people easily. Before she could dwell on the thoughts further Caleb was on her side and pointing at that woman.
And Finally Camila, she will be your assistant. Her name is Mercy. She used to work alongside our head designer who left and I am sure that she will show you everything that you will need to know about the company.
“Hello Camila, pleasure to meet you”
“Hello Mercy, the same applies to me.” She said and gave her a smile.
After exchanging pleasantries with her new colleagues, she sat down and started reading the specification given to her by Samuel. It seemed that the person concerned was aged around 50 to 55 years old.
He wanted a custom made suit with special instructions, he wanted it to be exclusively unique, he wanted the designer to match the fabric with gold embroidery on the hands. The material was not supposed to be of cotton but something in between.
It took Camila several readings to get what the person wanted and then she began to work on it. She just wanted it to be perfect. She didn’t want any more reason for the president to mistreat her. In her life she had been mistreated and it wasn’t fair that he was also going to be on that list.
She didn’t want to be late again. Camila got a clear message in the morning that his boss liked to keep tight deadlines and so she was going to make sure to keep time. But the thing is that she hadn’t completed the assignment the way she wanted.
At exactly 2 hours since she left his office, Camila knocked on his door. She didn’t know what to expect from him and after hearing a come in from the inside, she opened the door and let herself in.
“Have you finished?” he asked and she brought the file down on his desks. Her hands were trembling. Camila had never been this terrified in her life. She didn’t know why the man’s aura reminded him of someone but she pushed the thought at the back of her mind.
This time round he didn’t shout but he spoke more calmly that it tore through her flesh.
“I am sorry but I don’t like it” he said and pushed the file back to her.
Tears of frustration welled on Camilla’s eyes, but she wiped them before he could see them. All she had to do is sugar coat it just a little and everything will be okay.
Did he even realize how hard it was to come up with the idea in just 2 hours?
“I tried my best, Mr President. I needed more time to make it look better as you can see the client needed something unique” she said and Samuel shot him a dark stare.
“Okay another 2 hours” he said and she took the file and rushed out of the office.
Samuel gave a mischievous grin. He always liked it when people are fearful of him. His life was so boring and he held high hopes that the woman would make it enjoyable.
After 2 hours of working nonstop, the man wasn’t satisfied. He returned the file back to her and she was now tired. She hadn’t eaten from morning and she was starting to feel a migraine develop on her head.
Since she didn’t want to get humiliated again she worked on the project until 5 pm in the evening. Every one left and she was still busy fine tuning her work. He had to be okay with it because she wanted to go back home and release the nanny.
To be honest, Samuel wanted to prepare something nice for his grandfather’s upcoming birth day. He knew that he wanted to surprise him and so he came up with the idea of the suit.
In a way he wanted to test the new designer. He wanted to see if she had the will and zeal to work under intense pressure. To his dismay she passed very well and the design she came up with was absolutely fabulous.
Samuel just liked to see the disappointment in her eyes every time he sent her back to re do the design.
2 hours ago she brought him the best design none of his employee has ever made. He was impressed but he just had to push her more.
“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’
“Who is this little baby here” Stella Carson asked.“Her name is Lucky and she is my granddaughter. She is Camila’s child” Luke replied.Stella didn’t make any effort to be pleasant to Lucky, instead she looked at her with a disgusted face. She was like garbage in front of her and it pained Camila’s heart that her innocent child was being treated the same way she had been treated before.“Yes she is mine and I am warning you, don’t you dare mess up with her the way you did with my life.” Camila was ready to defend her child with everything she had got.The woman only sneered and ignored her completely.“Where is her father? Camila is this the reason why you decided to run away from home? It is because you got pregnant with some random man and you didn’t want your family to know? What a disgraceful daughter”Stella didn’t even wait for her reunion with her father to end before she started spilling that hurtful venom in front of her innocent daughter. She could see how Lucky was frighte