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CRUZ CHAPTER 9
Everyone turned to look at Clara as she stood at the other side of the table. "You look like someone who lost her way." Henry said."You can't threaten to fire anyone, you can be sued and it leaves a bad image for you and the Cruz company." She said keeping some files on the table."You should leave now, or you would be the first person to sue me."Clara glared at Henry and apologized, "I'm sorry." She said and walked out of the office."Now, my decision is made. All of you can get lost." He said."You might regret this." Another man said before leaving. The others followed suit and left the office in disappointment.Henry sat down on his chair and thought of how Clara interrupted him during the meeting, "You will not like the results, the next time you try that again." He said to himself. "He wants to partner with Safari company." Dr. Mathew said to Philip as they ate together in a restaurant."Why are you telling me this?" Philip asked, without looking at Mathew."It's going way
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When they finally arrived at her house, the both of them stepped out of the car. "Thanks for driving me back home," Clara said as they faced each other.Philip nodded with a smile and watched her come close to him, "You're welcome."Clara was obviously so obsessed with his lips that she didn't mind her lips clinging to his but she knew that now was not a good time. She simply kissed him on the right cheek and bowed her head before walking away. Meanwhile, Philip didn't get into his car until she entered her house and closed the door. Feelings were not important at that moment but he could feel Clara's vivid attraction toward him. As Philip drove home, he felt like there was something familiar about Clara but he couldn't place it. Her gait was familiar and so was her manner of talking. He feared that it had something to do with his past, so he decided to do a little search on her.Henry signed his partnership form with Mr. Nicholas, the CEO of the Safari company. It wasn't a surprise
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Clara didn't know when her hands began to shake after hearing Maria say her name with such clarity and coldness. "Yes ma'am." She replied without looking at Maria."You were the one that danced with my son at my husband's birthday party, am I right?" Maria said as she sat down and crossed her legs while looking straight at Clara. For some reason, she didn't seem to like Clara and she made it clear by the tone of her words."Yes ma'am""I see...Dr. Mathew said you were from where again?""Uh...I don't know what you mean ma'am""Are you related to Dr. Mathew?""No...he is my father's friend.""And who is your father...your parents who are they?""They don't leave in this city ma'am.""Don't be a fool, I asked the question 'who' not 'where'. Tell me.""Mr. and Mrs. Hamilton.""Well...tell me about your parents.""I am sorry to say this, but my personal life doesn't have anything to do with my work here." Everyone held their breath when Clara uttered those words constructing them into a s
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Valeria returned to Maria with the feedback that she had delivered the letter to Clara. She knew that Maria was a pain in people's lives especially when it concerned the company but what Valeria didn't approve of, was the fact that Maria was narrowing her attacks to a young lady who was recently employed in the organization. It seemed ruthless and child-like but who was she to tell her mistress that? Her job was to follow orders not criticize her boss. "She didn't seem so perturbed." "Of course, she won't be bothered, she will definitely submit the C.V today, I know that for sure." Maria said sitting down on her well-built, comfortable sofa. The scent coming from the sofa was pleasing but Valeria didn't understand why her boss chose to add a perfumed scent to the sofa. "So why did you ask for her C.V, when you knew that she would bring it?""It's just a little game testing. She seems smart but she's foolish, you can go now." Maria said waving at Valeria in a queen-like manner."Que
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Philip opened the door for her as she stepped in and he followed, closing the door behind him. "Sara!" He called. She was a servant in his house who spoke and understood Spanish also."Yes, Maestro Filipe!" She said rushing downstairs towards her master."Please help me show Clara to the guest room, show her some clean clothes and also tell Fiona to prepare some food for her." He loved giving detailed instructions, enough and simple to obey."What about you, Master?" Sara asked, wondering who the guest was and why Philip cared so much as to bring her to his house. Of course, Sara had seen Clara before, but she didn't seem to be comfortable with bringing the stranger up to the guest room. "Don't worry about it, I will be fine. Just do as they tell you. I will be in my room if you need me." He said as he marched upstairs."Please follow me," Sara said politely and Clara followed her into the guest room which was after the sitting room. She opened the door for Clara and she walked in, l
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Clara was called by Maria to the CEO's office and Clara walked as fast as her leg could take her. She couldn't tell if it was nervousness or guilt. The Secretary nodded for her to enter and she stepped into the office where Henry was on his seat and Maria was seated comfortably on a sofa with her legs crossed."Good morning ma'am," Clara said. Her voice was faltering, but she was able to control it.Maria eyed her and directed her gaze to Henry, then back to Clara. "You must be rather daft, for not greeting your CEO." Clara turned to Henry and bowed her head, "Good morning." She had no choice but to obey if not, Maria might suspect something."That's better. You look so much better today, than the day you insulted me." Maria smiled. "Isn't that true?" she asked, but Clara said nothing. "She presented her CV, what do you want from her?" Henry asked as he looked at his mother. He felt uneasy to see Clara in such a state.You're the chairman, Henry. Why don't you tell her what I need?"
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Dana Hamilton, The woman in iron was her nickname when she was in Italy. She had previously lived in California with her family before moving to Italy and now, she was back. She and her husband sat down at the arrivals lounge waiting for Clara. She was a woman of high prestige and a mouth that spat out words like someone drawing a sharp sword from a sheath. She was also a woman of beauty, with her pronounced brown eyes, her orange lips, and dark hair. She was in her fifties but she looked so much younger than other women who were in their fifties. The fact that she had a husband made many men stay away from her.Her husband, Harriot Hamilton was a man in his late fifties, looking so much older than his original age. His illness had drawn a line on him, he was indeed a quiet man with a quiet nature compared to his wife who was a woman of words and action. "Why did you decide to bring us back here?" He said in a quiet and weak tone. He was frail but not frail enough to speak."We are h
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Philip listened to Clara as she spoke out faster than he could hear, she was very nervous and he wanted to know why but she wasn't making any sense, at all. "So...you are trying to tell me that you volunteered to do the project?" He only asked what he understood from what she had been saying."No... that's not what I said," she said anxiously, "You weren't listening to me." "I...I was... it's just that you weren't making any sense." That was the truth."Well, I said that your mother gave me a project to handle...and she has reduced the number of days I have to finish it and I have a long way to go!" "So?" "So, I need your help.""How exactly do you want me to help you, Clara?" Philip asked. He wasn't sure about Clara's decision for his help. Clara sighed and tried to control the tears forming in her eyes. She had gone through a lot during the past weeks. Standing in his studio, she looked at the different paintings in attempt the prevent Philip from seeing her tears. "I just have
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"You never told me that he was an obsessed psychopath!" Ella exclaimed covering her mouth with her hand. After this time, it was hard to believe that Philip was planning Clara's downfall when they thought that he was a good guy."He is not a psychopath," Clara said. From the look of it, Ella considered Clara to be either crazy or blind."He's a dangerous person, Clara. You shouldn't even be working in that company.""He won't do anything to hurt me.""Why are you so blind?""He won't hurt me because he cared enough not to let me rot in jail.""Maybe that's part of another plan of his.""I don't care about that, Ella. I don't want him to think of me as someone foolish enough to give up and not endure," Clara said. "I want to continue working there until he decides to throw me out."Ella did not doubt Clara's pig-headedness. All she wanted was for Clara to be safe along with her parents."Have...have you tried apologizing for what you did to him that day?" Ella asked, looking into Clara
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"I had to do it," Philip said looking at his brother. The shock on Henry's face was something that told Philip to take it easy with his words."You gave grandmother the name of their company to buy over?" Henry asked in a bewildered state."That was the first name I thought of, so I had to write it down. It's not like we are going to take over the company. We are just buying it." "Buying automatically means that you become the owner," Henry said. He turned to look at his mother who was listening to them. The three of them were the only ones in the hall, it wouldn't have been a good idea if someone else was there overhearing their arguments. "What are your plans against Clara and her family, Mom?" He asked sharply."So you think that because your brother decided to buy the company, then we have plans against her?" Maria asked. Sometimes, Philip thought so much about his mother's gift of being a hypocrite. She had the potential of being a good actress as well."I don't know what you gu
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When Philip met with his mother, he hid the fact that he visited Clara so as to avoid her suspicious questions.She might begin to think that he was slowly backing out of the scheme.She sat down on the sofa opposite the one he was sitting on. There was a table between them, "¿Adónde fuiste hoy?" "I went out for a meeting with someone. It was very important." He replied, sharply."I tried calling you but your phone was switched off. I am sure that you must have charmed Carmen because she refused to give me your location." Philip smiled within him. Carmen was the only person that he could entrust a secret to and she would keep it away from everyone even from his mother. Even if that secret would cost her life, she knew better than to spill it. "She is my secretary, you didn't need to interrogate her about my whereabouts.""Tú eres mi Hijo. How could I not question her?""What did you want to see me for?""I called for a meeting today concerning the Safari company." She said. "It's t
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Henry visited Clara after hearing that the officer who interrogated her was dead. He wanted to make sure she was alright because he didn't understand what was happening. Nobody did.He sat down with her and held her hands softly, "Are you alright?" He asked but he knew the answer to the question."I can handle the stress. I am going to be fine. No need to worry about me." She replied."Your father had an arrest...""What?""He is going to be fine," he said. She didn't need to know that her father was partially paralyzed."I wish I was with him.""Don't worry about him now. Worry about yourself." He squeezed her hands softly. "I would like to speak to your brother...will he agree to see me?" She asked, hopefully expecting a positive answer."Why do you want to speak to him? You know he won't help you, no matter what you say.""I don't care about that. All I want to do is to speak to him. I want to look him in the eye and know if he believes what Mr. Ayomide accused me of.""Are you su
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Mr. Mathew was shaken to the bones when he heard of Clara's arrest. She had been accused of plagiarism before and he knew that she was innocent of that. He also knew that she was not guilty of what she was accused of.It wasn't clear who made such allegations about her but on getting to the police station, he saw the evidence right before his eyes. Dana was also there trying to plead for her daughter who was accused wrongly. The plagiarized paintings were the same as the real paintings presented by Mr. Ayomide who had ordered her arrest. Mr. Ayomide was so mad when he heard from Gabriel about Clara's crime of plagiarism but he wanted evidence. Gabriel transported it to him and the paintings were the same as his original paintings. It was so absurd and annoying.Mr. Mathew looked at the so-called plagiarized painting, they were all unique in their styles and it didn't take time for her to see that it was someone's handiwork. Those pieces of detailed work were done by someone skillful
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Clara sat down in her office and sighed. She didn't care about her attitude toward Maria until Philip came in and he must have been disappointed with her behavior. Things were not going too well for her at that moment. Her best friend had left her, Philip was about to become an enemy even though he wasn't showing it and Maria was going to see her as a rude young bitch. She didn't know what Maria was going to tell Philip about her but she was sure that Maria would report her behavior. Her rude attitude. Clara bowed her head on the desk and closed her eyes in utter frustration. She couldn't take the stress anymore so she had to act that way toward Maria. The thought of Philip holding a grudge against her mother for an unknown reason, was more than enough for her to get agitated and stressed out.However, she calmed herself, with the thoughts of peace. Knowing that there was going to be no peace for her in the CRUZ company after her attitude to Maria. **********Philip
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"My childhood," Philip said with his eyes, fixed on Clara. "Why would you want to know that?" He made sure not to use any tone that may make the others think he was annoyed with the question."Is it wrong if I know your childhood history?" She asked and Philip kept quiet before speaking up again.He lowered his face and picked up the fork, "My childhood...it isn't an experience to talk about." He could feel his mother's eyes on him."I want to know," Clara said."I...and my mother were chased out of a house because of a false accusation and wrong intention." He said. "Is that enough?""Who accused you?" She asked, not satisfied and a little sober. She feared that it might have been her mother or father who chased them out of the house. Her thoughts were running around her head. Thoughts that weren't supposed to come to her."Someone...it was a long time ago." He said with a painful sigh. "I don't want to talk about it." Clara looked at him for some time and resumed eating. She guess
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Clara wasn't surprised when Ella left the house the next day. She tried all she could to stop her but Ella's mind was made up. It became a huge loss to Clara because she had lost her only best friend who was the only person she could confide in comfortably. All her useless lies and secrets had eventually ended their friendship.Clara sat down and covered her face with her hands, the pain of loss and failure made her cry. She had lost Philip and Ella, the most important people in her life all because of her selfish behavior. She wanted to fix everything but it was too much burden to bear. ~~~~~~~~~~~The news spread everywhere that Safari company was the source of the false accusation of the CRUZ company. It was on the news headlines and every artist talked about it. The CEO of the Safari company was blamed for his stupid action but he came out to defend himself and said that the CRUZ company was definitely doing illegal things.He made it look like the CEO of the CRUZ company
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"Who is it?" Philip asked."It's not a single person, it's the Safari company. I traced the bad report that they released to the public. The information agencies didn't know who sent them that information about us. They called it an unknown source." Gabriel said, "So I got in contact with one of the information agents and made a deal with him, then he sent me the real report. When I tracked it, I found that the Safari company was behind everything.""Alright," Philip said. "Thanks, I appreciate your help.""My pleasure, make sure you deal with them like old times," Gabriel said. They both knew what Philip could do."I will," Philip said and hung up. Now he was very sure of his suspicion about Safari company. At least now, it was proven. He approached his mother and whispered something into her ears."Is everything alright?" Dana asked, noticing the awkward silence between Philip and Maria."Oh, yes. He just has some work to do at the office," Maria said."It's nice to meet you again,
