AUTHOR’S POV“W-what?” Kate who was behind Camille, exclaimed. Camille simply raised her hand to keep Kate under control, Camille is as shock as Kate.“Okay. I’ve heard you but remember that I won’t just sit back and watch all of you try and chase me out. Never because I did nothing,” Camille defended then swiftly she turned to look at Kate who had all sort of concern on her face.“Let’s go,” Camille instructed and took the lead, Kate trailed off behind.Opening the door ajar, “You can now get me a big bowl of noodles and spicy chicken,” Camille ordered while Kate had her mouth wide open.“But…”“Yes. I know what you are thinking..you’re thinking probably I’d be sulking at my desk right now huh? No. I’m not the weak-heart Camille anymore, this phase will pass,” Camille assured, obviously assuring herself.Kate pressed her lips together, feeling sorry for Camille and Camille noticed, “Just get it done, Kate. You know I don’t entertain such pity looks,” Camille chirped in.Kate get a h
Camille stood there confused, shocked and scared. “Dad!!” She shrieked running over to him, her loud noise woke everyone in the house.“Oh Good God! What happennd?” Irene also exclaimed running over there as well, the head of staff could be seen making call to the emergency ambulance nearby.Everyone else was just shocked and wondered what could be wrong.“P-please wake up,” Camille mumbled lowly as she tap her dad gently but got no response.Her fear grew, This man means a lot to her now, she can’t lose him too?Few minutes later, the ambulance came into the building and Mr Leonard was placed on a stretcher and was carried into the ambulance, Camille followed. In a hurry, the ambulance drive away.And in a split seconds, the ambulance stopped at a nearby hospital, the doctors matched out when they received a code blue. Mr Leonard was rushed to the ER, Camille stood at the entrance with her hand getting sweaty, her hand never left each other.She paced to and fro of the emergency ro
(Two Days Later) Camille’s POVI scrolled down to last post and nothing had appeared on the page for the last two days, I guess they’ve taken down the scandal, but who cares? I cared less.… I looked at dad on the hospital bed, he’s been asleep for the past two days now, the doctor said he’s probably fallen into coma.‘He might take long before he wakes up and if he doesn’t respond to the treatment, we might have to perform the surgery’ My mind flashed to what the doctor had said the other day.“Dad,… please wake up,”My voice failed me as I silently cried, the door to the room slide open, instantly I cleanse my tears, Kate walked in.“Good morning ma’am,” She greeted and I simply nod as we both trailed off to where I designed as an office since I couldn’t go to work. I sat down at the desk while she stood, “Let me have the business proposal of the other marketing company? What did you call it?” I asked.“I don’t we’d need it anymore, RUN Inc reached out to the Marketing team and c
(FEW MINUTES LATER) AUTHOR’S POV Camille squinted eyes opened, “Where—“ she mumbled then sits upright. Looking around , she’s still in the hospital but placed on a bed. The only thing she remember at the moment was when her father was taken away on a stretcher “My dad….” She grumbled then pull out the drip passed to her hand, she opened the door and found Xavier waiting at the entrance talking to a doctor. “My father,,, where is he? Take me to him,” She demanded and Xavier turned to her, he took her hand that’s dripping blood as a result of pulling out the needle forcefully. “Camille you’re bleeding, your father is fine. Let’s address this wound,” Xavier suggested and tried to take her back in but Camille was adamant. “I asked you a question, where is my father?” She requested while Xavier sighed. “Okay fine, he’s undergoing a surgery now. Trust me, he will be fine,” Xavier assured her with a simple smile. Camille found herself shedding tears, her heart wrecks.
(Earlier that evening- Rodrigo’s building)Tiana suddenly barged into Diego’s room, “I thought you meant to ruin Camille?! Why the hell did you suddenly take down those photos?!” Tiana yelled while Diego dropped the video pads and sprang up on his feet.“Don’t you have courtesy? Can’t you see I’m playing games here? Why the hell did you barg in like that!” Diego yelled back, Tiana scoffed.“Answer my question! Are you suddenly having a second thought? Get rid of Camille!”“When did you start to give me advice huh? Tiana, don’t cross the line!” Diego snapped and Tiana folded her hand into a tight fist.“Let’s get married!” Tiana suddenly blurted out, Diego squinted his eyes to be sure he heard her right.“what did you just say?” He asked to be sure, Tiana was so determined.“You heard me, marry me and forget about Camille! She’s not worth it,” Tiana urged but instead Diego laughed out loud.“I thought Camille was kidding when she said you left the psychiatric hospital unannounced but I
AUTHOR’s POV“Thank you Irene,” Camille said to Irene who came to the dining with a well garnished meal. “Please pass me the water,” Camille instructed and Irene gave her a jar of water.“Please help yourself, Xavier,” Camille offered Xavier and he twisted his lips.“Oh princess, can’t you at-least feed me? Be romantic,” Xavier whined making Camille rolled her eyes, Leonard laughed at his joke.“Xavier, your tricks won’t work on me,” Camille said with a snarled, Xavier simply shrugs and took a bite from the food.“I might not be playing tricks…I’m a man of my word.” Camille shook her head and pass a plate to her father, “Whatever,” she hissed and continued her food.It wasn’t long before they finished eating, Camille took the plate back to the kitchen while Xavier helped Leonard back to his room.“You should take a rest. You’ve been under stress for the past few days now,” Xavier urged him and Leonard nod.“Yeah, I know. I should take it slow now that Camille is here, I’m the only o
(The Following Morning- Xavier private Room)Xavier sat at the edge of the chair, the tip of his toe hit the floor countless times as he waited for the large screen in his room to show up, “What is holding him up?” He muttered then was about to pick up his phone when Mike came on the screen.“What took you forever?” Xavier snapped adjusting on his seat. He had sent Mike over there to find more about the private license and the dash-cam. I’d be looking way too obvious if he had gone as well, he’s taken too much leave.“I’m sorry, you know the network here are so private, it took a long while before we could get a server,” Mike replied while Xavier rolled his eyes.Xavier cleared his throat, “So, Tell me what have you found since you got there? Let me hear about the plate number first,” Xavier asked anxiously.“As we both thought, the plate number of the truck is under Leonard Guevara’s holding in fact, all the cars moving at very day was all owned by Leonard Guevara according to the s
(The Rodrigo Villa)Tiana paced to and fro, “Should I call the both of you dumb or stupid?! Why the hell can’t you take down a simple task?! Do you what it cost me to hire two gunmen!” Tiana snapped over the phone with an eye roll.“We already told you Tiana, She is protected by two armed forces..do you want to see our head split into two? We can’t risk our lives to satisfy you, huh?” The man snapped back, his voice getting high.Tiana sweeps back her hair in frustration, “You guys are nothing but a freaking weakling! If this flops and bounce back at me, you will live to regret it!” Tiana yelled.“Will you calm down and give us time to carry out the plan well? Just give us $300,000 more to carry out the plan smoothly,” Another one replied her, Tiana’s scoff filled the air.She’s the only one at home, Shania had gone for a grocery shopping while Diego left home without telling no one.“Are you kidding me? You guys are sick in the head to think I’d give you any penny after you messed up
Few weeks had passed since the tragic loss of Kate,. The Queensway Company was still adjusting to the void left by Kate's absence. Camille, determined to move forward, had employed a new assistant, Emily. However, the transition wasn't as smooth as Camille had hoped.Emily, though eager to please, seemed to struggle with managing Camille's tight schedule. Mistakes were made, and appointments were delayed. Camille's patience was wearing thin, and she found herself growing increasingly frustrated with Emily's ineptitude.One particularly chaotic day, Camille's meeting with a potential investor was delayed due to Emily's lack of preparation. Camille was furious, her anger boiling over as she paced back and forth in her office."This is unacceptable, Emily!" Camille exclaimed, her voice stern. "How could you not prepare for this meeting? Isn’t that what I employed you for?! You wasted close to 3hours organizing the material! How can you be so careless?!” Camille yelled.Emily looked crest
The early morning sun streamed through the large windows of Camille’s office, casting a bright light on the window. This has always been her favorite thing to watch Yet today, that warmth felt suffocating, not after her father had said those words last night.‘How could he ask me to marry someone else?” Her voice was below a whisper.Camille eyes ran to the wristwatch ‘10:30?’ She mumbled and pulled out her phone to reach out to Kate.She went back to her seat, “She should have gotten here by now, isn’t it?” She dialed her number. “Come on, pick up,” she muttered to herself, tapping her fingers nervously on the desk. When the voicemail message kicked in again, she suddenly felt nervous,,Kate has never ignored her calls before, Just as she was about to text Kate, her phone buzzed with an incoming call.An unknown number, “Who…” She muttered but picked it up anyways.“Good day, I’m calling from an accident scene. Am I speaking with an acquaintance of Kate Robert?” The frantic voice o
60:Sleep Mother.(THE FOLLOWING MORNING)Kate walked into the Guevara’s house after waiting at the car park for about 30minutes, she went into the building when she didn’t see Camille come out.“Oh Ms Kate. Good-morning,” Irene was the first to greet her, Kate responded with a smile and searched around.“Are you looking for ma’am Camille?” Irene quickly asked when she noticed Kate kept looking around.Kate nod, “Yes. Is she still asleep? It’s past 9, I’m afraid we might be late to work,” Kate replied.“Didn’t she tell you? She left the house early this morning and yeah, she told me to tell you that you should take her car to the office, she will meet you at work,” Irene informed her and Kate mouthed an ‘o’, then a message popped into her phone.“Oh, she’s just messaged me. I will head back now. See you by noon,” With that Kate walked out of the building, she went back to car park. She unlocked Camille car and in a split seconds, she zoomed out of the premises.It hasn’t been 5 minute
59-I don’t approve! The cab stopped right at the front of the Royalle Restaurant, Tiana came out of it and rushed into the hotel after paying the cab man. Camille was already waiting for her at the lounge so immediately when she walked in, Camille went to her.“Here, take him out of this place!” Camille gave her the key to the room, she had locked Diego inside. She was about turning away when she sudden remembered something and said, “Don’t ever make me call you like this again!” With that Camille left.In a fit of rage, Tiana marched to room number 13 as stated in the gold key Camille had given to her. On getting there, she met Diego on the bed with his shirt opened and his trouser zipper down.Tiana folded her hand into a tight fist, “You ungrateful fellow! All you care about is yourself and that stupid business!” She yelled then pull him up from the bed, Diego sober up a little. His eyebrows drew a firm line, “What are you doing here?! Where is Camille?” He asked looking around,
58- I must sleep with you!Xavier came back few seconds later, “I’m sorry I took long,” He mumbled and they both continued the food.Few minutes later after they were done eating, the lady came back later, “I’ve prepared the couple room, kindly follow me,” She instructed and Camille raised her eyebrows.“Did you book a room as well?” She found herself whispering to Xavier, Xavier simply nod.“Yes. Let’s enjoy the night,” Xavier winked at her then stood up following the lady behind.Camille swallowed the lumps in her throat, “What’s he going to do to me?” She whispered but followed quietly.“Here,” The lady hand a gold key to Xavier, “Have a wonderful night rest,” With that she walked out.Xavier opened the door and urged Camille to walk in but she stood at the door way, “W-what are we going to do? I—” a kiss on her lips shut her up completely.Xavier slowly pull away, “We are not doing anything princess, I won’t do it if you don’t give me a go ahead so, relax and rest,” Xavier whisper
57-Something tacky—Queensway Company—Camille was just returning back to her office after a long meeting, her butt landed on the couch, “Get me cheesecake, I’m so hungry!” Camille said to Kate who was checking her schedule.“Okay ma’am,” She added it to a list. Camille suddenly sit upright and cleared her throat.“I’ve got any call?” Camille asked and Kate nod.“Yeah. The new CEO of 4Nine called.” Kate replied but Camille’s face fell like she was expecting another person.Kate noticed that, she twitched her lips, “Were you expecting someone else?” Kate asked as she looked at Camille with keen eyes.Camille let out a nervous laugh, “Hehe, who would I possibly expect if it’s not business partners? You joke too much,” Camille quickly said and pick a random magazine on the desk.Kate chuckles and adjusted the magazine back to the right position, “Seeing how you turned the magazine upside down means you’re hiding or guilty of something,” Kate told her.Camille avoided her gaze and looked
56: She’s my daughter!—Rodrigo Villa—The Next MorningTiana was just stretching out of her room when she saw a lady passing hee with a bowl of warm water and towel but instead she shrugs her shoulders and stroll down to the kitchen.The maids there left whatever they were doing and bow down to respect her, “Good morning ma’am,” They all chorused while Tiana looked around searching for her mother-in-law.“Where is mother? I haven’t seen her since I woke up…wait, she didn’t come to wake up today,” Tiana asked.“She’s still in her room. She told us she had a mild headache…” One of them replied to her and that made Tiana remembered what she saw earlier. “Oh! Poor mother, I will check up on her,” Tiana laments going back to Shania’s room. The lady with a bowl and towel came out and Tiana was about going in when the lady blocked her path.Tiana furrowed her eyebrows, “And what’s the meaning of this, young lady?” Tiana snapped at her. “Ma’am instructed me not to let anyone come in…exce
[17-YEARS AGO]- July 7, 1996.10 years old Xavier moved around the mansion happily, Ronald Huston, his father came out of his room with car keys, “Daddy!” Xavier shrill running to his father, his mother appeared behind them.“Surprise, surprise! Xavier, guess where you we are going next!” Jessica Huston bent to his level patting the bubbly Xavier’s hair. Xavier was already giggling and jumping here and there.“What’s it, I’m curious!” He mumbled “The new robotic car is out, we are heading out to get it for you, you’ve always wanted it,” His father replied and Xavier jumped up“Yay!! I can finally boast to Ethan at the next door! Yay!” He exclaimed, with a pat on his hair again, they both left.…Few hours later…Xavier was just heading out with a clay pot of flower, happily he was about placing it over the counter when her father personal assistant came to break an unrealistic news to him.The clay pot fell from his hand, his eyes shimmered with tears. His head shook in denial, “It…it
54: You know me?(NEXT DAY)Camille was just opening her eyes, a yawn followed. “Where-” She quickly sit upright on the bed, her eyes quickly did a search of the room, her eyes came across a very familiar portrait on the wall, “Isn’t this Xavier’s guest room?” She mumbled.She rub off the duvet from her body and just as she was about to get down from the bed, the door opened and a lady walked in, with two other ladies behind her. “Oh, you’re awake ma’am,” The lady exclaimed.Camille raised an eyebrow probably demanding for an explanation, “What’s happening…”“I hope you had a great night. I go by the name, Hilda. I’ve been personally instructed by Mr Xavier to help you with your bath,” Hilda announced and Camille jaw dropped.“I…I can take care of my bath, I don’t think there’s a need for you people to do that,” Camille said and added woth a weird smile but the lady at her front wasn’t buying it.“I’m sorry ma’am but I’m afraid mr Xavier will chop off my head if I don’t do as he instr