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"Colin. How long until we are there?""10 minutes sir. I'm sorry but we're passing through a kindergarten school, they seem to be having an orientation or something. We could be late -" Colin proceeded to explain but he was sure his Boss wasn't listening to him.His Boss loved his peace , hates noise and disturbance more than anything. A clash put the car on a stop and Colin slowly looked out of the window."Uhm sir? I think we hit a kid." In a flash, The Boss was down from the car before Colin's could."Why weren't you looking on the road you...!" He was about to curse at him but stopped when he noticed the little girl move her body."I was looking! She was the one who jumped on the road. Why would she leave her school building and make her way to the road?. ""Are you seriously blaming her now? Get her into that car and drive straight to the hospital you moron! Also -- find her parents'contact and reach out to them. Call the company and cancel my return.""But sir...""Don't you dare!?" He was pointing his finger up, making Colin know that his word was final. The little girl was picked up and taken into the back seat by Colin while his Boss also sat in the back seat, with the little girl's head on his lap. One thing Colin knew about his 30 years old Boss was the fact that he loved little kids and had always wanted a daughter. During his free time, he would prefer to spend his day at the kid's park or anywhere he was sure to meet enough kids to take his sorrows away. They were like his light when he was in the dark.____________________Regina stepped outside the building with her phone on her hand as she searched through her contact list. She had a smile on her face for the fact that she got a Secretary Job position. It was like the most paying job although they were other high paying. Despite her smile, Regina couldn't deny the fact that she was scared of how she could cope with her boss considering everything she had heard about him."What if he's cruel and not a nice man?" Regina had a lot of questions. She had attempted waiting to meet the CEO but Daniel returned later to inform her he cancelled his arrival because of something out of his control. She was told she would get a call when the CEO announced his new arrival day.Her phone started ringing and it was an unsaved contact. Regina hated taking calls from unsaved contacts so she declined it but had to pick up when it started ringing again non stop."Ms Regina Campbell?" A male voice came up and Regina swallowed the lump she didn't realize to have been holding."Who's this?""Please come to Star faith Hospital. Your daughter was involved in an accident." Regina's heartbeat stopped as she held onto her phone. Not her baby!!__________________"I'm sorry to have kept you waiting Sir. Uhm -- Have you perhaps reached out to her parents?" Doc Smith asked politely upon entering the ward."Her mother. Yes ""Oh thanks great. It's a miracle nothing of some sort happened to her. She just collapsed due to shock. She should be awake in about 2-3 hours.""Very well then Smith. Thank you.""You're welcome Boss." Doc Smith bowed a little before leaving the room, leaving only him and the little kid who was still unconscious. He had looked at her school tag earlier and was able to know her name.. "Mirabelle" was a cute name and he didn't fail to point that out. He wondered what she could be doing running outside the school premises or perhaps it's the school teachers that weren't paying enough attention. He could get all of them fired if this was his child.The door opened and a woman rushed in. "Mirabelle!" She called , ignoring him that was sitting there, the woman proceeded to rush over the bed.Definitely In her late 20's, Hills could tell. Seeing the worry on her face made him feel sad. "You should let her rest, the doctor said she'll be awake in 2-3 hours... By the way, she's fine and has no injury."Regina who had just noticed his presence turned to him, boiling in anger. "Who are you? Did you do this to my daughter!? How dare you? Did he send you to kill us? Well ,go back and inform him he can't hurt us! You get that? She's just a kid! Why would you do this to her. Even if she didn't get an injury, she could've been so scared! Why wouldn't you be looking while driving? Tell me... Were you on your phone? What the fuck were you doing not to see her!""Woo Woman. You need to calm down.""Don't you dare tell me to calm down after almost killing my baby. Get out! Leave us---!"Hands up, he stepped out of the room and breathed down. His driver approached him "Boss, are you okay? I got the snacks you asked for.""Leave it at the door. Come drive me home."Truth be told, he got super scared with the way she was yelling and on the other hand -- seeing how much prepared she was to protect her daughter was satisfying enough. She was a good mother.While the car rolls, Hills sat behind and pressed his phone but he couldn't keep his mind away from the encounter he had just had. Perhaps she was rude? And this wasn't all about protecting her daughter?She couldn't even hear him out! If the daughter was a grown up, he sure would be suing her for running into his car. But no, the mother wouldn't even ask what had happened. Sighs, typical women. His day couldn't get any worse."Matthew. Could you tell Doctor Smith to forward the little girl's details to the tech team and have them get me all her mother's details? " He was asking his driver."Yes Boss."Hill's phone started ringing and it was his Mother, he didn't need a second thought to know the reason she was calling."I'm sorry Mom. I couldn't make it" he responded immediately and could hear his mother sigh."Hills, what happened? Why make an announcement that you are gonna appear today and then suddenly you didn't? Do you know what the Media are already writing? That you're a rude brat who had kept your face hidden for probably 4 years and then played with everyone's mind.""Mom. I told you I don't care about the media. It's my life, I live it not them! Besides I was already 10 minutes away from the company when I had a little accident... You don't expect me to continue.""If it was that little of an accident, yes you could've continued!""Mother! A child got hit by my car. Don't be ridiculous, I'll reschedule tomorrow perhaps. Now get a rest and I will do the same too.""Fine! Have a good day.""Mmh." Hills hums as the call disconnected. He sighed and dropped his phone on the seat then stared out of the window. "Great, they're stuck in traffic."______"Regina. What happened? I came over as soon as I got your call.""Mirabelle was involved in an accident. Gosh I almost wet myself -- what on earth would she be doing out of school? I already called the school but they can't give me any solid information.""How bad is her injury?""She had none, I'm glad. The person that hit her was here though. I heard from the doctor that he was the one that brought her in and also called me.""Oh. He's a good man then, where's he?" Daphne looked around and heard Regina sigh, no doubt she already understood."Regina! I told you to learn to control your emotions. C'mon! Perhaps that man could've told you what really happened if you weren't rude.""It's not my fault. Seeing my baby like that made me lose it.. I'm sure he'll understand.""Ms Regina? I think your daughter is awake."Regina and Daphne stood up and rushed to Mirabelle's ward. True! She was awake."Oh my baby..." Regina hugged her in tears and Daphne just watched them. Regina was being dramatic, the doctor confirmed she had no injury of any sort so why is Regina acting like she's dead already?. Typical mother."Why? What were you doing out of school! I told you to stop it already.""I was Bullied....Mum, who's my Father? My classmates made fun of me a lot and won't let me play with them until they see my Dad." Regina fell silent.When Daphne noticed Regina had no words, she approached them. "Mira, no matter what... You could've gotten seriously injured. Look, see how sad you made your mother? She was worried about you and I am too. You can't be like this to us.""I'm sorry Mum. Sorry Aunt." Mirabelle politely apologized."Now, if those people bully you again.. you tell them they have one mummy but you have two mummies and you don't need a daddy cause you have us, okay?""Mmh." Regina was just standing and watching them, with her heart beating faster than usual as she watched Daphne trying to handle the situation. But to Mirabelle -- while she had ended the conversation because she saw her mummy sad, sure enough she knew two mummy's weren't enough. She wanted a Daddy too.Regina Campbell sat in the waiting room while going through her phone, asking Daphne if she would be free to pick Mirabella up from school later in the day. She waited for Daphne's response when she noticed she was typing but got interrupted by Daniel. "There might be a delay with the interview. The Boss is doing his introduction in the meeting. You could wait right?""Mmh. Thanks" Regina smile , rubbing her two hands together nervously. "I understand how nervous you are. Everyone is too, but don't worry. Hopefully it won't be as hard as it might seem. I'm off now, I'll inform you when he requests for you."While Regina watched Daniel go off, she couldn't wash off the feeling of nervously, most especially seeing how everyone was panicking. She went back to her phone, with the idea to keep herself busy until whoever the CEO was had settled. Seconds passed, Minutes and then two hours later , Regina was invited into the office. When she walked in, she met a man in a suit who was
"What do you want?" There was a dead silence on the other end and Hills was about to make the move of disconnecting the call when she spoke up."Hello darling"Upon hearing her voice and the pet name she called him, Hills clenched his fist tightly and his grip around the phone tightened as well.Nothing frustrates him as much as she does. Hills never for once thought that she was going to ever call him after so many years, but here he is, speaking with her on the phone."What do you want Martina?" Hills asked again and she chuckled."Can't I call to check up on you, Hills?""No you can't Martina"Again, Martina chuckled and it was slowly making Hills upset. Her chuckle reminded him so much of that particular day she left him 5 years ago. He'd never forget that."C'mon Hills.. Don't be so rude to me, Except if the past still hunts you like it does" There was a hint of mockery in Martina's voice."The past.. Has nothing to do with the present. Don't you dare bring up the past" Hills wa
"You should watch where you're going." Mr Hills started, bending over to help Regina pick up the Files that had slipped from her hand. "I'm sorry, my fault." Regina apologized, as she went down as well to pick up and arrange the files. She couldn't help but notice that the expression on her boss's face was not the usual. He seems pissed off about something and yet trying to cover it up. Regina would have asked , sure enough but this is her Boss. One she had started off with on the wrong feet. As much as Regina knows, it's best for her to avoid him in every aspect if she really wants her Job. When she was done picking up the Files with the help of Hills Sebastian, Regina stood up. "Here, have it!" He stretched the files towards her and she hesitated before taking the files from him."Thank You. And sorry I bumped into you.""How's Mirabelle?..." Hills asked instead, ignoring her words. Regina looked at him in the eyes. She hated what he knew about her daughter. She hated that h
Regina Campbell didn't bother to have breakfast. Her major aim was to get to the company as soon as possible. She had just 10 minutes left and it's so obvious she's going to be late.Getting a cab was easy but the problem lies on how to get there as fast as possible.It's been four days since she got the Job and she must confess that the HS company is one hell of a company. It hasn't been going on easy for her with the amount of workload that's been given to her by her supervisor.Sometimes, she gets to work late into the night, just so she can round it up. There's no breathing space for her.. Not just her, but the entire employees as well.She noticed that the only time the employees get to spend time with each other is only during lunch breaks, that lasts for about an hour... The rest time is just to work, work, and work. Most times, she forgets it's lunch time and skips lunch just because she has to finish working on a document and get it submitted at the time frame given. Daniel
Regina's day would have been better, not until the boss showed up at noon and the company turned into chaos with everyone trying to get everything done as soon as possible.Daniel showed up at her office, she didn't realize his presence because of how engrossed she was. Regina lifted her head up as he cleared his throat and upon seeing Daniel, she smiled."Hey Daniel""Long time no see Regina" He sounded as if he was just seeing her after so many years.. He's exaggerating."It's just a few days Daniel" "And you didn't care to check up on me!"Regina felt guilty instantly. He was right. She should have gone to his department and maybe invited him to lunch or something. it's a little something she could have done."I'm so sorry Daniel.. I've just been occupied with so much work"Chuckling.. He said "Everyone is.. But, that won't stop us from having our lunch breaks. Let's have lunch together""Uh! I don't think I'll be going , Daniel.. I still have a lot of files to go through and ther
"OMG!! He's just so cute! I can't believe that Hills Sebastian slept in this apartment last night!" Daphne squealed, staring and drooling over the sleeping Hills.Since there isn't any other room left, Hills had to sleep on the couch. It's a good thing Regina let him stay the night because the rain didn't stop. It was a heavy down pour."Keep your voice down Daphne" Regina nudged at her slightly but she didn't stop drooling over her boss.Regina rolled her eyes and continued making breakfast. Mirabelle was already waiting at the dining table. "Your boss is really amazing Regina.. For him to care about the welfare of his employees.. That's so sweet of him. Too bad he had to sleep on the couch, if you had told me last night, I would have let him sleep in my room instead""You're crazy Daphne" "Crazy for your boss" Daphne laughed while Regina chuckled.. "I'm just kidding" She added."Rather than stand there and drool over someone that doesn't even know who you are.. Why don't you help
"Mother!" Hills approached his mother who was in the living room, waiting for him.He was up in his room when Colin came to inform him of his mother's presence. Hills wished he had supernatural powers to just disappear into thin air and go far away from his mother.His mother rarely visits him, and when she does, it's the same old story. "Hey son" Hills kissed her both cheeks, after which they sat.She held his cheeks and checked him thoroughly,, she let go of his cheek and shook her head and Hills immediately knew where this was headed."Look how thin you've become son! Are you skipping meals""No mom! I don't skip meals.. I take my meals when necessary""I don't think it's so!! look at you, You've lost some weight. If only you have a woman by your side.. to take good care of you and watch your every need. You know I can't always be there for you. What you need is a wife"Hills was forced to roll his eyes but prevented himself from doing so, so it doesn't seem disrespectful.He knew
Hills and Martina were having breakfast together without saying a word to each other. Martina kept moving uncomfortably on her seat and sighing audibly so Hills could start up a conversation with her but he played no attention to her.To Hills, he wants her to leave his house as soon as possible and he wants her to say it herself but it doesn't look like she'd say it."You should really get your bruise treated.." Hills started."Sure I will" Martina smiled, at least Hills cares about her.. That she thought!!"If you care so much about it, why don't you take me to the hospital yourself?"Hills looked at her with raised brows.. She just said something really meaningless that he can't seem to comprehend. He focused back on his food, ignoring her. Martina felt awkward and went back to eating.. She shouldn't have said that!"When are you leaving?" Hills asked again, after sometime."Leave?""Of course! You begged to spend the night here and I let you. You should be planning on leaving, sh