CHAPTER THREECAMILLA“My Dad phoned you? I am so sorry about that. I promise I will speak to him” I said for the second time, feeling unease and a slight hint of embarrassment.I had not expected my dad to take the idea of me working for his competitor lying low but calling the man?“Don’t worry, I already handled it. I am only phoning you to be sure Daddy has not succeeded in changing your mind”“My mind is not changed. I want to work for you” I counteredNathan paused for a second before he continued speaking.“Then you are to resume your duties tomorrow. Do not think I will go easy on you because you are some rich heiress and neither will my people… in fact, they are going to eat you up by the time you are introduced to them” He warnedWas he worried about me? I thought to myself and then shook my head to clear out such thoughts.He was just telling me what to expect nothing more.“I don’t expect anyone to go easy on me; I am going to prove myself” I reassured him.“That’s good to
CHAPTER FOURNATHAN“I want everyone to meet Camilla Rodrigues; she will be working here as from today till I say otherwise.” I announced when I was sure I had had everyone gatheredThere was a round of murmurs which I had sure been expecting before they all began clapping to acknowledge what I had said.This was one of the reasons I had made her my personal assistant… to keep her away from the ravenous wolves in my company and to also keep her close to me.She was something of a study and she intrigued me]“Thank you very much, Mr Clark.” She preened, smiling from ear to ear. “I am going to be doing my best and I hope to work exceedingly well with each and every one of you” She announced.Another round of applause before I sent them all to their duties.“Camilla” I nodded at her“Mr Clark”“Nathan” I corrected her again.She blushed, hiding her face away“Nathan” She whispered.I stared at her for longer than necessary not admitting to myself that I was committing her face to memory.
FIVECAMILLAI sighed in relief, my knees weak as I sagged into my chair.Okay, today was going well so far except for the…Coffee, I joltedHe had asked for CoffeeI scrambled to my feet, reaching into the drawer and pulling out the special brew he had mentioned. I had not asked him if he liked his coffee black but I could tell he did.It did not take long for me to get the coffee up and I walked slowly back to his office, pausing at the door and taking another deep breath.I rapped once, waiting for his response.“Come on in” The deep rumble of his voice came through.I pushed the door open, pausing for a second when I saw that he had put on glasses.Nerd, I thought to myself, resisting the urge to stare.He was a sexy nerd with those glasses perched atop his nose and the sleeves of his shirt rolled up to reveal corded muscles.“I did not ask if you wanted your coffee black” I explained as he accepted the cup from my hand.Our fingers touched and I bit back a yelp.“I like it black
SIXNATHANI was furious… I knew Ben had been a very wild card the moment I had decided to accept money from him for investments but to think he would dare.Of course, after all these years… I still had to prove myself to all of them.Rich snobs with nothing on their hands than money to spend and parties to attend. I still had to prove to them that I was worthy to walk toe to toe with them.It was upsetting enough after the untimely death of my wife and the reading of the will where she had given the company, there had been protests and investment pulled out because no one wanted to deal with a gold digger.They all though I had had something to do with her death and even her family contested the will in court but it would seem that my wife… bless her soul had made sure to make it loophole free. There was nothing they could do but accept the fact that I was going to be the new director and owner of the company.It had taken me years to get it off the ground and we were even now still
SEVEN CAMILLA Benjamin Cooper had mentioned something about taking his deal and investment to Jason Rodrigues in a bit to falter Nathan. Of course he had not idea he had been yelling vulgar words to the child of the said man and I would be damned if I allowed my father accept or even work with such a person. I grabbed my phone and placed a call to his direct line which he picked up on the second ring. “What is the matter, angel? I am in a meeting right now with a client.” He murmured into the phone. “Is this client by any chance Benjamin Cooper?” I asked “Are you keeping tabs on me for your new boss, little dove?” I could hear the mirth and also the question in my father’s voice. He wanted an explanation as to how I knew about his meeting and if he could trust me now that I was working for his competitor. “He used to invest with Nat… Mr Clark. I don’t know if he mentioned it?” “He did and he says Clark walked him out rudely because of something minor?” “Dad” I yelled. “He is
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
NINECAMILLAI 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
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