EIGHT NATHAN It was indeed juicy news because by the time I awoke, I had received twelve phone calls, all from Christian about what he termed ‘trendy news’. “Tell me that is not why you called me so many times” I growled into the phone. “Easy, tiger… what are we going to do about it?” “We will do absolutely nothing, Christian. Now if that is all… I am going back to bed” Apparently, the man who had taken our pictures had gone to the press with it and it was now making waves on the internet much to my amusement. They have to get a life one of these days, I thought to myself as I hurriedly dressed for work. I would not fault Camilla if she decided not to show up to work today because of the news and I only wondered what her father would say. No doubt he would tell her that he had told her so and this is what she gets for not listening to him. I could hear the annoying voice of Jason Rodrigues informing her of how much bad news I was and how he had warned her to stay as far away f

CAMILLAI sighed at my reflection in the mirror for the umpteenth time, staring critically at the dress I was picking for our date.It was sequin blue and most definitely too formal to go to the tracks.The thing is I had never been on dates before that did not involve family events and occasion and parties where I had to be the prime and proper daughter, smile at the men my father introduce me to and try to listen to them boast about a lot of things.That was why I was having problems picking out a proper outing dress. It was definitely too late to hit the mall for something other than heels and dresses and so I decided to settle for pants.No one could go wrong with pants and a plain tee accompanied by sneakers.I was soon dressed and began to pack my hair up before I recalled Nathan’s stern warning about liking my head down.I blushed again at this, shaking my head. He was just messing with me so why did that somehow do something entirely different to my system.I have had men come

CAMILLAWhat the hell had I been thinking?I should not have mentioned my father…I watched him walk away wondering if it would be right to run after him and apologize for being so short sighted.Of course he would not want to know that he could not compare to my father especially seeing that they are major competitors.I could only think about the fact that I had fucked up his plans with the exit of Benjamin Cooper, that fucking bastard.It only showed that I could do nothing, think of nothing without my father being involved.He wanted my opinion and somehow I had included the one person he did not want to talk about. I had exposed the elephant in the room… literally dragged it to the limelight.I walked faster, following after him and only coming to a stop, almost crashing into him when he stopped walking.“I should apologize to you” I started. “What I said was very short sighted of me”He sighed, turning to face me. His eyes appeared tired very much unlike the excitement I had see

NATHAN“What do you mean they found poison in her system? How long have you had this information?” I raved, rising to my feet.“I did not want to tell you and I was asked not to but I received a threat from your mother in law and I think you should reopen the case” he muttered“Doctor, what the fuck are you saying to me?” I asked again, feeling the beginning of a headache.“I am sorry, Nathan and I wish I could more to help you but it is true and they asked me to hide it from you. They wanted you to take the blame for her death but the will your wife left you foiled their plans” he explained.“I do not understand what you are saying” I yelled into the receiver.If what he was saying was true then someone had murdered Eleanor but how? Was it right after our argument or before?Was she already housing poison in her body before our argument and before her ride in the rain.It was hard for me to comprehend what I was hearing right now.I had spent years faulting myself for her death when

NATHAN“I am not about to involve you in my life, Camilla”I watched her eyes flash with anger at my words.“I am going to help you take down those people and I do not want to hear another argument about it” She iterated“I am no longer on the floor, Camilla… you seem to be forgetting that I am still the boss.”She blushed at this, her eyes lowering.She blushes beautifully, I thought to myself. It surprised me how much I wanted to see the red stain her cheeks.I cleared my throat, reminding myself this wasn’t anything more than pity for me. She felt sorry and just like rich debutantes she wanted to take me on as a charity case.I mean after the sad rundown of my life that I had just given her, I would expect no less.“I do not want you involved in my life. I am only clearing up your doubts that I am fine and I can handle myself” I declared in the sternest voice I could muster.Her expression moved from shy to hurt.She had the most expressive face I had ever seen.“Then why did you c