Kimberly could hear him mumble something out.
If she wasn't mistaken, she heard him mumble,
"I don't want to die like them. I don't want to die the second time."
*******
The taxi got to Dam-Ton company. Kimberly paid the man because Damien walked inside as soon as they got there.
"He won't even pay." She scoffed before going to catch up with him.
"Sir, are we still going to canada?" She asked.
"Yes. Call Mr Ben for me." He instructed while he headed to the car garage.
Soon, Kimberly came with Mr Ben.
"Mr Ben, When the Dantes come, tell them I'm out of the country. I won't be around till next week Monday. Don't turn my company upside down. If you do, a sack letter on your table is going greet you a good morning." Damien warned while Mr Ben nodded his head before going out of the garage.
Kimberly stepped forward and said, "Am I going with you?"
Damien gave her a strange look. He didn't answer her and she knows what to do.
She quickly climbed in the car and sat at the back of the car.
"So, I'm your driver now. You went and sit at the back." Kimberly shifted in an uncomfortable state.
"I'm sorry......"He cut her off.
"Can you drive?" He asked her.
"I'm trying." She replied.
"You're trying? I guess you're still learning how to drive." He scoffed.
"Can you drive like this car?"
"No sir. I mean it's too big. The last time I drove a big car like this, I nearly ran under a trailer with my colleagues but thank God we were saved. Though one of us landed in coma." Kimberly responded and came down from the car to the front seat.
"Or do you want me to drive?"
"Drive? No! No! I can't die the second time." He replied quickly.
Kimberly noticed his sentence again.
"Why do you keep saying that you don't want to die the second time?"
Damien paused for a while. He looked at Kimberly with a cold eyes then turned back to the steering and drove out of the garage without a word.
None of them say anything till they got to the airport and entered Damien's private jet.
Kimberly kept staring at her phone. The wallpaper on her phone. She smiled before touching her ring.
She's getting married in few weeks time. She was happy and worried.
Kimberly was worried that her fiance hasn't call her for about a week and half now.
She went to her house but was told that he had traveled and don't know when he will be returning.
And sometimes she'd call him but won't pick her call.
"I'm waiting for you, Nathan." She mumbled and fell asleep. Dreaming of how great her wedding day is going to be.
One hour, 37minutes later, she felt a liquid on her lips and licked it. It was sweet but when realization hit her, she opened her eyes and stared at his good looking boss who held a smirk on his lips. He was wearing a different cloth.
She blinked and sat upright. They've landed in Canada. Damien was holding a red wine in his hand.
Kimberly quickly looked down at her dress stained with red wine.
'This cloth is completely ruined by my boss' She said within herself.
"Helen!" He called and a young attendant appeared. "Take her and change her cloth. We are having a meeting in the next one hour." He spoke and walked out of her sight.
While Kimberly followed Helen to change her cloth, Damien stood outside. The weather was nice in Canada.
Maybe it's a good thing if he stay here for free days before leaving. With that crazy Secretary Kim.
He remembered how she was smiling when she was looking at her phone and touching her ring like she cherish it the most.
She must be getting married.
"Her husband is going to suffer like hell. But who knows if the husband is crazy too." He mumbled and turned around to see his Secretary in a navy blue gown that went above her knees. The dress has a V shape at the front and back. It was a sparkling dress.
Well, he could tell she look pretty in that dress.
She got to him. Without a word from his mouth, he walked further into the airport. They were welcomed by the business partners.
After another minutes of driving, they came down again and walked into an hotel.
First, they were taken to their room and of course their room were beside each other.
They came out again to fill their stomach with something and it was time for the meeting.
The conference room was large enough and Kimberly met about ten men in the room.
She looked around and turned out that she's the only girl in there.
"Good morning, Mr Damien." They all greeted him like he was the king.
As usual, he doesn't reply to greetings. He would rather wave his hand off to them.
He did that and sat on the chair while Kimberly stood up.
"Let's start the meeting." He ordered.
"Okay. Let's start but who is this?" A man in his fifties asked.
"Why do you want to know her? She's my Secretary! So start the damn meeting!" Damien banged the table frightening everyone.
"Yeah! Yeah! I'm very sorry. So, the goods from the U.K arrived lately on Wednesday and they need two companies to buy it. We discovered the goods........"
"Wait! Where's your boss? And where's the person that supplied the goods?" Damien interrupted.
"Actually, they are having a meeting. They will join us." Someone answered.
"Seriously!" Damien chuckled. "Don't say anything until they come. Let's keep looking at ourselves like this. And once it's 2:30pm, I'm going." He added.
The man checked his time and saw 1:53pm. He got up to go call their boss but Damien asked him to seat.
Kimberly watched amusedly as Damien commanded them like they were his staffs.
Well, she could tell that Damien is wealthier than them all.
They waited and it was almost 30 minutes but the two are yet to come.
"Sir, can't they start the meeting without the boss?" Kimberly whispered.
"Just shut up!" He snapped.
Kimberly suddenly gasped and looked around.
She was holding her stomach tight.
"What happened to you?" Damien asked with a frown.
"My red bomb just exploded." She answered as she winced.
"Red bomb! Where?" Someone asked.
"You can't understand." She replied.
Damien moved closer and drew her ear. He held it tight and whispered, "Don't tell me you're having your period right now."
"Unfortunately, it is."
"F*ck! Why did i even bring you?" He palmed his face.
"Sir, you can't blame nature. Just carry me to my room, I will be fine."
"With my hands. God forbid! Find your way out! I'm out of here." He walked out and slammed the door hard.
Kimberly turned to the others. "And where's that your f*cking boss and the supplier?!" She snapped at them immediately still holding her stomach.
"Why don't you go out and look for him. You're just like your boss. Rude and arrogant." A guy spat.
"And it's because of the way you run your mouth like tap water made you look ugly more than a gorilla." She insulted before the men could descend on her.
"And it's because of the way you run your mouth like tap water made you look ugly more than a gorilla." She insulted before the men could descend on her.*********But she was able to run out before they could get to her side."F*ck! Those stupid people that Sir Damien called business partners." She groaned and removed her heels to start walking on barefoot.She almost at her hotel room when she heard two men speaking."Okay, are you sure the goods are going to work? What if he check them before leaving?" One of the men said while Kimberly hid herself well from them and continued to hear their conversation.Someone she was engrossed and she sensed that they must be talking about her boss. And it was finally confirmed when she heard one of them say,"Damien can't check those goods. We will have to do our best for him not to o
But it seems Kimberly has been carried away. She was staring at the man from afar who was holding a pregnant woman's waist."Nathan?" She said in shock.The man she has been looking for.********************Damien looked at the direction she was looking at."Who's Nathan?" He asked, facing her."My fiance. We are getting married in two weeks time." Kimberly explained."Married?!" Damien shrieked. He didnt even know why."You're getting married? Wow! I never thought you'd be getting married at that young age." He scoffed."Sir! I'm twenty-three! I'm old enough to get married." She frowned."I need to check if that's him or not. He can't possibly be with another when he should be preparing for our wedding. Or maybe the woman is Nathan' sister.""Don't be dumb. He's holding the woman's waist and can
Damien looked down, his hands was covered with blood and he realized that Kimberly had released his shirt. She wasn't moving at all.He raised his head to the girls and said, "Call the ambulance immediately" They obeyed.******************The ambulance arrived and took Kimberly away."That son of a b*tch!" Damien growled before entering his car and drove out of the church.Anita and Chloe had followed the ambulance.The doctors kept treating Kimberly till few hours passed and one of them came out before the another one came out with two nurses."How's she, doctor?" Anita stood up immediately the doctors came and ran to one of them while Chloe followed her."The surgery went well. But she's still unconscious. In the next two hours, I'm sure she will wake up."The doctor explained and left.
"No! Don't involve any police. She's just going through emotional stress or something. I will find her." Damien spoke and left the room.'I shouldn't involve myself into this. But I can't stay and watch my secretary dying.' Damien thought.Damien sighed as soon as he got out of the hospital.Where did his secretary go to? Where is he going to find her?He took out his phone and dialed one of her friend's number which he'd collected hours ago. Both Chloe amd Anita's number."Is this Anita?" He knitted his brows waiting for an answer."Yes. This is Anita. Who am I speaking with?" She drawled. Her voice sounds like a tired one."It's Damien. Kimberly's Boss.""Oh my! The hot angel....sorry, I know you're looking for Kimberly but I don't think she's in her right mind to see anyone." She responded.
He'd wanted to go to that beach but he just can't.His phone rang and he checked the caller.It was Clara.At first, he didn't want to pick it but he finally did."What the hell did you want again? I thought I told you to stay away from me.""Damien, calm down, will you? I just wanted to ask how you're doing." Clara answered."Okay. I'm doing good okay? Now, can you leave me alone? I need to rest my ass out right now and I don't need any disturbance." He rolled his eyes."Fine. I will hang up. But please, take care of yourself, huh? And get enough rest too. I love you, Damien." Her voice sound so soft at the last part.Somehow, it made Damien cool down."Thank you. Good night and sleep well too." He replied calmly and unknowingly he'd put a smile on her face because of those words he said to h
Damien flew up to catch Kimberly but she ran away. And that was when they heard a knock.The pizza man is here."Who's there?" Kimberly asked as she walked to the door and opened it."Ohh! The pizza and coke. Boss, the man is here." She told her boss.Damien came and paid for the pizza then shut the door before turning to Kimberly."Sir, you're not going to beat me right? I'm too old to receive a beating from someone." She pouted."I wasn't going to do that. I was only looking at you so you could hand me the pizza." He stretched his hand out to receive the pizza while she held the coke."You can join me if you want.""I ate not too long. I don't want to get fat by eating too much." She answered and opened the coke to drink."I didn't give you permission to drink that!" Damien uttered.He got up and grabb
At Night,Damien looked at Kimberly sleeping on the small couch peacefully. But she seems to be uncomfortable on it.She had slept off while they were watching movie.'Should I take her inside or leave her in this uncomfortable manner?' He asked himself.What's this sudden connection between him and her? Whatever it is, it's too fast. Too sudden.He bent down to carry her bit he stopped again.Why's he here in the first place? To the extent of staying with his secretary till night.And he will be sleeping in this house?He scoffed with a smile. "First time! Really first time in years that you're going to sleep in someone's house instead of your own house or hotel. What's wrong with you Damien?"Kimberly moaned from her sleep distracting Damien's thought.He looked at her one more time and carried her to hee bedroom th
Damien left Kimberly's house at 11:30am. He got home removed his sweater then shoes before landing on the bed."I slept this late?!" He asked. This is still shocking to him.He even slept soundly without nightmares. That's great! Really great.He even lost his flight which was supposed to take off at 7am and the Demo construction company by 10am.That silly secretary spoiled everything.His phone rang and he removed it from the pocket and answered the phone."What is it, again?" He groaned at the caller. Claire."Am I disturbing you this morning?" She replied with her soft voice."Kind of." He rolled his eyes."I'm sorry. I came to your house yesterday and couldn't find you. Even this morning. You're neither at home or at work? What happened? Did you go somewhere?" She as
Daniel brought Emily to Alexandro and turned to leave.Alex grabbed Emily by her hair and made hr face him. He grinned at the swollen face of the girl."You must be enjoying you stay here." Her uncle grinned at her and pulled her hair the more.Emily feared her hair will be out of her head soon."I hate you, Aren't you shameless? Doing this to your own niece?" Emily spat"I love doing this. And it is better you shut your damn mouth or i will have to do that for you. I will make sure i collect every damn property that belongs me from your brother. You two don't deserve to live anyway. I will make hell for you two.""No damn property of ours belongs to you. Why are you this greedy that you had to make your own daughter and son suffer like this?""Hey, don't try to be pitiful here. You or Damien are never my children. I don't even see you as one." Alex frowned and eventually released her hair.Emily breathed out and glared at him. "No wonder you
"Alright, but don't close your eyes okay? If you do I will be scared to death. Don't just do this to me and keep breathing." If they could check on Damien's heart rate, if possible it could have gone to 200%.He looked at the glass and saw a man with a long gun trying to aim again at their direction.Who sent this man? What's he doing? Why did he want to kill him and even his Secretary?He could clearly see the red dot on his chest too. The man in black was about to shoot him too.Damien quickly got up with Kimberly in his hands and tried to rush to the door. Before he could do that, he was shot on his arm instead of the chest.He almost dropped Kimberly on the floor but he stood his ground and carried her more properly.He would protect this innocent girl from any harm. These people are after him and now they included his Secretary.Damien felt the pain in his arm that he was using the remaining strength in him to carry Kimberly and run away from
The lady raised her head and it was Clara. Kimberly gulped down and forced out a smile. She dropped the cake in her hands and stepped back."H..How did you know it my birthday today?" Damien asked. He didn't stop staring at her."Mr Ben told me it going to be your birthday today." Kimberly answered. "I..I..I have to go now. I can see you have visitor. I shouldn't have bothered myself to come." She said again and ran out of the office.Immediately, she closed the door behind her, Kimberly sighed and dropped herself to the ground."I shouldn't have come to the office. And me thinking he's going to be alone and I will be the one to stay by his side all night. You're such a silly girl."She had the thought whether to go back home or stay. It already getting late. She carried herself up and walked to her small table then sat down."Maybe I shou
"I will advise we take things easy, Sir Damien.""Take what things easy?" Damien scoffed. "All i need is to be careful and find every fucking way to get my sister from that monster and put him and his damn men into jail."Kimberly nodded and got up from her seat, prepared to leave but Damien stopped her."Are you recieving any threats from your stepfather?" He glanced at her.He still care and asked about how she's fairing?"No. I did not recieve any." She answered."J..just needed to ask. If he trys anything stupid, do not hesitate to tell me. Call me Mr Ben. There will be three days holiday starting from Tuesday. Inform all staffs about this." Damien told her."Why sudden three days holiday?" Kimberly was surprised to hear that. What's he planning to do? Why the sudden holiday?
Kimberly rushed into the ward Steven was receiving treatment and ran to him. She'd heard about the news from Damien. Steven had ask Damien to call Kimberly to come see her. Damien hesitated at first but later, he'd call Kimberly. "Oh my God! Who did this to you?" Kimberly winced as if she was the one who got hurt. "Some assassins. The doctors said I will be fine soon. I just came out of surgery two days ago." Steven answered her. "You mean you've been shot few days ago and you didn't bother to call me? Or was my boss hesitating to tell me?" "No, I called him yesterday. Could you get my cloth in my car?" He asked. "What if I didn't come?" "I was going to send the nurse." Steven smiled. "Alright." Kimberly agreed. "When I come back, you will tell me wh
Gerald sighed and shook his head before sipping another wine from his glass. "I should have know that he's a bastard all along" He mumbled.He thought of what happened earlier at Dam-Ton Company. The two seems to be close to each other. Probably be in a relationship or something. No, it doesn't look like they are in a relationship.But whatever it is, he still own Kimberly no matter what.*********************Damien paid for the food and helped Kimberly up from her seat. Seeing her like this, she can't go home alone. And who says he's going to let her go home by herself.What if some boy tries to do something awful to her?What's this feeling? Why did he Carr for her so much than anyone he knew around him? Not even Mr Ben or Clara receive so much care like this from him."I can go home myself, thank you for today." Kimberly interrupted h
"Are you feeling any better or we should just go somewhere else? Do you like this place?" Damien asked, seeing the way Kimberly wasn't relaxed.Maybe she didn't like the place. He won't hesitate to take her to another place."No, Sir Damien. I'm fine. I'm just nervous." Kimberly answered."Nervous about what? That you're going to eat with me? This isn't the first time you will be eating with me." Damien frowned before he chuckled and stopped the waiter passing.He ordered for the both of them and continue talking."I'll be canceling the contract. The one I had with your stepfather." He said.Kimberly snapped her head up and looked at him."Uhm...Sir, you don't have to do that. I mean it was my brother that brought the contract not him. Don't cancel the contract. Just make it look like it's my brother you signed the contract with." Kimberl
Chapter Thirty ThreeGerald watched in awe as Damien patted his stepdaughter's head.What the fûck is going on? Are the two dating or....He scoffed seeing them and rolled his eyes.Steven at the other end was a little surprised. The cocky boss hugging a secretary? There must be something behind that but Steven ignored that for now and faced his father.How could he be so stupid to act like that in oublicr and now, they just lose the contract they've been pursuing for a year and half months."Why are you looking at me like that?" Gerald glared at his son."You just behave like an impotent man, dad." Steven spat and walked out of the reception.He was careful not to lose this deal with Dam-Ton Company but his father ruined everything upon setting his eyes and laying his filthy hand on Kimberly."Are you still here or you want me to call the
Thirty TwoSteven heaved as he walked behind his father. Why is he even trying to hide his stepsister from his father? Like he said to here the other day, he isn't like his father even though he did joined his dad in maltreating her.He shook his head and adjusted his tie. He didn't want to go there now."Are you really keeping something away from me? I know the boss is in there but why did you had.....""He isn't there. He went out." Stevn cut him off. His father is really a suspicious person."How did you know? You told me you're meeting him at this time. Ah! I forgotthe kind of person he is." Gerald scoffed and walked faster to the car packed outside the company."Sir! Sir! Are you done with the meeting already with the secretary?" Mr Ben said, coming out of his car too to meet them."There's no meeting. I didn't even meet the secretary or the boss.