Chapter 8

Samuel then turned to Caleb and instructed” please take her through proper orientation and show her the office. I want her to start immediately.”

“Thank You” Camila said as she stood up to exit the office. The temperature was too much, she was beginning to sweat. She can only hope that the man won’t be hard on her when she see her work.

Immediately she turned to go outside she had the same deep voice calling her back.

“Wait” he called, before you go I want you to report everything to me. At the end of the day I want you to be here in my office with summarized reports. Do I make myself clear?”

“Okay” Camila replied.

“Take this “he handed her a file with special specifications. “This will be your first assignment, read through the details and bring back the results in 2 hours”

Her mouth opened in surprise, a quick scan through the document told her that she will need at least 2 days to come up with something acceptable. But she will have to do it and she will have to do a good job in order to show the man that she wasn’t intimidated by him.

“Get out” he shouted amidst Camilla’s confusion.

 She started to walk out quietly and followed Caleb out of the room.

 She was introduced to the department and every one was surprised at how young she was to become the head of department. Everyone just didn’t believe that she could make it. She was too young to do the job as there were some older designers who were more experienced.

Then from the corner of her eyes she saw a woman looking at her strangely and smiling at her. Although she seemed friendly, Camila was still new and she never trusted people easily. Before she could dwell on the thoughts further Caleb was on her side and pointing at that woman.

And Finally Camila, she will be your assistant. Her name is Mercy. She used to work alongside our head designer who left and I am sure that she will show you everything that you will need to know about the company.

“Hello Camila, pleasure to meet you”

“Hello Mercy, the same applies to me.” She said and gave her a smile.

After exchanging pleasantries with her new colleagues, she sat down and started reading the specification given to her by Samuel. It seemed that the person concerned was aged around 50 to 55 years old.

 He wanted a custom made suit with special instructions, he wanted it to be exclusively unique, he wanted the designer to match the fabric with gold embroidery on the hands. The material was not supposed to be of cotton but something in between.

It took Camila several readings to get what the person wanted and then she began to work on it. She just wanted it to be perfect. She didn’t want any more reason for the president to mistreat her. In her life she had been mistreated and it wasn’t fair that he was also going to be on that list.

She didn’t want to be late again. Camila got a clear message in the morning that his boss liked to keep tight deadlines and so she was going to make sure to keep time. But the thing is that she hadn’t completed the assignment the way she wanted.

At exactly 2 hours since she left his office, Camila knocked on his door. She didn’t know what to expect from him and after hearing a come in from the inside, she opened the door and let herself in.

“Have you finished?” he asked and she brought the file down on his desks. Her hands were trembling. Camila had never been this terrified in her life. She didn’t know why the man’s aura reminded him of someone but she pushed the thought at the back of her mind.

This time round he didn’t shout but he spoke more calmly that it tore through her flesh.

“I am sorry but I don’t like it” he said and pushed the file back to her.

Tears of frustration welled on Camilla’s eyes, but she wiped them before he could see them. All she had to do is sugar coat it just a little and everything will be okay.

 Did he even realize how hard it was to come up with the idea in just 2 hours?

“I tried my best, Mr President. I needed more time to make it look better as you can see the client needed something unique” she said and Samuel shot him a dark stare.

“Okay another 2 hours” he said and she took the file and rushed out of the office.

Samuel gave a mischievous grin. He always liked it when people are fearful of him. His life was so boring and he held high hopes that the woman would make it enjoyable.

After 2 hours of working nonstop, the man wasn’t satisfied. He returned the file back to her and she was now tired. She hadn’t eaten from morning and she was starting to feel a migraine develop on her head.

Since she didn’t want to get humiliated again she worked on the project until 5 pm in the evening. Every one left and she was still busy fine tuning her work. He had to be okay with it because she wanted to go back home and release the nanny.

To be honest, Samuel wanted to prepare something nice for his grandfather’s upcoming birth day. He knew that he wanted to surprise him and so he came up with the idea of the suit.

In a way he wanted to test the new designer. He wanted to see if she had the will and zeal to work under intense pressure. To his dismay she passed very well and the design she came up with was absolutely fabulous.

Samuel just liked to see the disappointment in her eyes every time he sent her back to re do the design.

2 hours ago she brought him the best design none of his employee has ever made. He was impressed but he just had to push her more.