NINE

NINE

CAMILLA

I should not have said what I said, I berated myself for the third time that day, staring at Nathan’s office door.

I wondered if I should apologize for what I had said. I knew the topic about my father was sore and I should have kept mute about it but…

He was infuriating if I was to say the truth. Talking about my father like he was some mortal enemy of his and there was no way I could have kept quiet at that, boss or not.

I sighed, knocking on the door in front of me with the cup of coffee in my hand.

“Come in” He ordered.

I scampered into the office with my eyes searching out his. He did not raise his head up nor acknowledge my presence while I dropped the cup gingerly on his table.

“I want to apologize for what I said… it was insensitive of me and I know I caused whatever is going on right now” I blurted, feeling my heart pounding in my chest.

I did not know if he was going to say anything but I finally got him to raise his head, his dark eyes surveying me. I felt tens