Chapter Ten: She Is Not A Maid

MONDAY

Damien walked out of his room already dressed up for work with his briefcase in his hand.

When he got downstairs, he went straight to the dining room.

"Good morning sir" Sylvia said with a cheerful smile and Damien looked at her surprised.

"Good.. morning" he drawled.

"Where are they?" He asked referring to his kids.

"They are upstairs but they would be down shortly" she replied and he nodded.

And at that time, Kathy and her siblings walked in.

"Morning Dad" they muttered and settled down on the chairs.

"Won't you greet her?" Damien furrowed his brows.

"Morning aunt Sylvia"

Sylvia served the food and they began eating.

Soon, they were done and Sylvia took the kids to school while Damien went to his work.

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Damien drove into his company and got out of the car. He walked into the company and his workers started greeting him and he nodded in response to their greetings.

When he was about getting into the elevator, his assistant came to him.

"Good morning sir" he bowed.

"Morning Oliver" Damien replied and they both got into the elevator.

The elevator opened and they walked out of it.

"What's on my schedule today?" Damien asked as they walked to his office.

"Sir you have a meeting with the employees by 9, you have to sign some documents relating to the company issues and you have a meeting with the board of directors by 12" Oliver said.

"Okay, bring the documents I'm supposed to sign to my office and also make me a cup of coffee" Damien muttered and entered his office.

He walked to his swivel chair and sat on it, he took his phone and stared at a picture of Sylvia which he snapped secretly, he smiled.

The door opened and Oliver came in with a cup of coffee in his hand. He dropped it on the table in front of Damien.

"Sir here's your coffee" Oliver said and Damien nodded and took a sip from the coffee.

"I would go and bring the documents now" Oliver said and walked out of the office.

He came back again with a lot of files in his hand and dropped it on the table.

"I'm I going to sign all this?" Damien asked with widened eyes.

"Yes sir, you've been keeping them for a while now, that is why it's much" Oliver explained as he saw the look on Damien's face.

"Okay, I better get to work now" Damien said and drank the whole coffee then dropped it back on the table.

"You can go" he told Oliver.

"Okay sir" Oliver said and took the mug then walked out of the office.

Damien took his pen and started signing the documents after reading them.

****

Damien sighed as he signed the last document then he dropped his pen. A knock came on the door.

"Come in" he muttered and the door opened, Oliver walked in.

"Sir it is time for the meeting with the workers" Oliver said.

"Okay, take this files away and also, assemble the workers" Damien said.

"I already did sir" Oliver said and Damien nodded then stood up from his chair and walked out of the office with Oliver trailing behind.

They got to the hall where the meeting was taking place and Oliver opened the door for Damien and he walked in.

Immediately, everybody stood up and bowed.

"Sit" Damien muttered and they all sat down.

"Good day everyone, as we all know we are here to talk about the upcoming project, so...." He kept on talking.

The meeting went on with the workers giving his or her opinion.

"So..I think we all know what to do now and this meeting was very helpful, thank you and you can all go" Damien said ending the meeting and the workers started trouping out till it remained only Damien and Oliver.

Damien checked his wristwatch and it was just few minutes to 12.

"Let's go" Damien said and they both walked out.

"Sir, should we head to the conference room?" Oliver asked.

"Yeah it's almost time" Damien replied and they walked towards the direction of the conference room.

*****

Damien sighed tiredly as he walked out of the conference room with Oliver, he just finished having the meeting with the board of directors and he is so exhausted right now.

"Sir I would be going for break now, it's past time" Oliver informed.

"Okay, is there anything on my schedule again for today?" Damien asked.

"No sir" Oliver replied.

"Okay I would be going home" Damien said and entered his office.

He met a lady sitting on the chair in front of his table.

"Mia what are you doing here?" Damien asked with a surprised look.

"Hi, I've being waiting for you, didn't you miss me?" Mia smiled.

"Why should I?" Damien rolled his eyes and sat down on his chair.

"I came back from Spain this morning and the first person I thought of seeing is you, so that's why I'm here" Mia said.

"Okay" Damien simply replied.

"Hmm.. let's have lunch together" Mia said.

"No, I'm going home" Damien said and stood up from his chair.

"That's even good, we can eat lunch at your house" she said.

"No"

"Come on please, I have always wanted to go to your house so I can see your children and now is the chance but you won't allow" she pouted.

"And besides I will keep bothering you about it" she continued.

"Fine" Damien agreed and took his briefcase then walked out of the office. Mia smiled and followed him.

They got to the parking lot and Damien got in his car and Mia also did then he drove out of the company.

"I'm so happy I'm back to my country, though I love Spain but I...." She kept on talking which annoyed Damien but he decided not to talk.

"Why aren't you responding?" She pouted when she noticed he was not replying and he looked at her.

"Can you stop talking" he rolled his eyes and focused on the road. Mia clamped her mouth shut.

The remaining drive was silent till they got to his house. After parking his car, he got down and started walking to the house.

"Your house is beautiful" Mia said as she got down from the car but Damien only ignored her and went inside.

"Why is he ignoring me" Mia frowned and started walking into the house.

" Sir you are back so early" Sylvia smiled immediately Damien walked in.

"Daddy!" The kids shouted and rushed to him. They hugged him and he pecked their foreheads.

"How are my babies?" Damien asked looking at them.

"I'm good" Kathy smiled.

"I'm fine" Freddie replied.

"I'm fine daddy, you are home so early" Flora smiled.

"Yeah I had little work to do at the office" Damien said and Mia walked in.

Everybody looked at her.

"Who is she? Is she Damien's girlfriend" Sylvia thought.

"Dad who is she?" Kathy asked frowning.

Damien wanted to reply but Mia cut in.

"Hi, I'm Mia" 

"Nobody asked for your name" Freddie snapped.

"I was just introducing myself" Mia smiled.

"No one asked for it, so dad who is she?" Kathy asked facing her dad.

"She is a business partner" Damien replied.

"So what's a business partner doing here" Flora frowned.

"I came for lunch" Mia said.

"Is it that you don't have food in your house that you have to come here for lunch" Kathy scoffed and Sylvia chuckled, she wouldn't lie; she liked the way they were treating her cause she also don't like her.

"You guys should stop it and let's go and eat" Damien said and walked to the dining and they followed him.

Mia tried to sit beside Damien but Kathy quickly sat there.

"Go else where" Kathy smirked and Mia glared at her but still went to sit elsewhere.

Sylvia started dishing out the food and when she was done she sat down and they began eating except Mia.

"Why is a maid eating with us?" Mia asked.

"She is not a maid" Flora snapped.

"What is she then?" Mia furrowed her brows.

"She is someone better than you" Freddie replied.

"What! How dare you compare me to a maid" Mia glared at Freddie.

"She is not a maid Mia and if you know you can't eat like this, you can as well leave" Damien raised his voice and Sylvia smiled, she was happy that they were defending her.

"And you know what? She can't be compared to someone like you cause she is ten times better than you, at least she is more beautiful than you even after putting on heavy makeup and wearing a dress that is close to none" Kathy spat.