Chapter 7

With uninterested face, Samuel looked up the moment the door was opened and the first person he saw was the woman. He remembered her from yesterday and he became stern as he asked” You, what are you doing here?”

Camila came out of her stance and her eyes widened in shock. Isn’t this the father of the boy we met yesterday with Lucky?

She brushed the thought aside and decided that as the time progresses she will get to find out.

“I am the person sent by the branch oversea to come help in the design department” Camila simply replied as calmly as she could, but she didn’t like the look he was giving her. It gave her Goosebumps.

As he talked his Adams apple moved up and down in a seductive way and for a moment Camila couldn’t help staring at him.

It didn’t last long before she heard his angry voice.

“Why are you late? I am sure that you know that here at Hudson we don’t Condon such kind of behavior” he said with hate. His eyes were cold and dark at the same time.

 At least he was soft toward the boy. That was the only thing that Camila could think about. It would be a shame if he was to treat the child the way he was already making her feel, weak and unsure of herself.

Camila became nervous immediately.

 She was told that the boss was a tough one and she prayed to God that she gets to sit on his good side. But as it seems now, he already hates her.  However, she needed the job for her baby girl and even if the man was the devil himself she will take him head on.

Samuel didn’t miss the confidence she was trying to put in front of him.

“I have to say that I was never late, Boss. I was outside waiting for your secretary to come and show me your office but it seemed that she was still busy with you. I had to wait for around 30 minutes.”

He shot her a sudden stare and in those unreadable eyes Camila saw how irritated he was for her talking back at her.

She waited for him to say something. To tell her that he was sorry for making her wait outside and then accusing her of lateness. Nothing came forth, he remained as defiant as when the door to the office was opened.

At the end he didn’t even apologize and Camila swore that she will make him regret his cruelty.

“I see” he muttered and went back to his seat completely ignoring Camila and the man that came to collect her.

At the back of his mind Samuel did remember that she had a very important matter he had to discuss with his secretary. It took a while before she went back to her desk.

 With great disappointment he did realize that after all the woman was telling the truth and he was just attacking an innocent person

Well Camila happened to come at the wrong time and since he was never a person to apologize, she won’t get it from him.

 “Pleasure to meet you , my name is Caleb and I am the assistant of Samuel Hudson, the owner of the company. Please if you don’t mind, have a seat” Caleb offered.

“Thank you” Camila said and sat on the chair with her head held up.

“Camila, tell me about yourself. I like to know people who I am going to work with. Tell me everything about your life. I want to know your personal and career life” A deep voice vibrated in to her ears.

 The question was sudden and she didn’t expect him to ask her about her personal life. Anyway she didn’t have much information to say so it wouldn’t be a problem.

What Camila knew was that she won’t tell him everything about her life because it wasn’t that appealing. And she didn’t want him to use it against her in the future.

With piercing blue eyes, he waited patiently.

“Well I have won a number of awards to my name during the course of my work and I have been fortunate enough to work with big clients and celebrities even here in the country. They know me and have sought me out several times.”

Samuel looked bored, he already read about that in her resume. Did the woman think that she could avoid the question?

Last time he allowed someone to work at his company blindly, it didn’t go well. It turned out that he was a criminal who later stole from him. So he decided that contrary to the labour rules of not asking about personal life of an employee, he will make his exceptional.

 Each one of them will have to divulge every single thing about their lives. It helped him a lot of times and Camila will have to do the same.

Camila hesitated and he looked up from his desk” what about your personal life, are you married? I already know you have a child. What else do I need to I know?”

“Umm…..I wonder why this man is insisting on my life. Camila thought.

“Nothing, I am just a single mother” she said not wanting to go in to details. She couldn’t bring herself to tell him that she gave up her child long time ago.

Samuel sensed that she was lying. She wasn’t looking at him directly in the eye.

He should have fired her immediately but something kept on telling him that the woman was harmless and he should give her a chance.

After along uncomfortable silence, he finally talked.

“Alright, I have a couple of assignments for you and I do wish that you will do well because I don’t like failures. Our department head left us for unavoidable circumstances and we didn’t have enough time to recruit for a new designer.”

The man hesitated and then looked at her again.

“We have an upcoming run way and that is why I requested for you because I needed someone competent who knew what she is supposed to do. Can you handle the work?”

“You can be sure that I will do my job well” Camila answered.