Chapter 4

Chapter 4

“I heard you applied for an internship in a private hospital and got rejected right?” How did he know about that? Only she knew of it. Was he stalking her? What ever the case may, she was displeased.

“How did you know about that?” She mumbled her perplexed expression giving her out. He chuckled and sat upright turning his attention back to his computer.

“I also know your family is in debt and your father hospitalized, but you have no money whatsoever to pay for his surgery?”

“How did you know all that? She questioned with a raging heart. What is happening?

“That doesn’t matter now, Miss Newton, as I said earlier, I have a job offer for you which you can’t afford to miss knowing that you are in need of money” he concluded now glancing back at her with a sinister stare. She gulped and said,

“What is the offer?” She mumbled

“I want you to be my caretaker!” He announced. Sitting there as if glued to her seat, she dumbfoundedly stared back at him. She opened her mouth to say something but it felt like all the twenty six English alphabet have deserted her.

“You want me to be your caretaker? Are you serious right now?” She asked. To her, it sounded almost like an insult to her career and all the dedication she had to put up with to get to where she was now. How could he just say something so demeaning and disrespectful? But then again, she can’t pay off her father’s medical bills all by herself

“Yes, I want you to be my full time caretaker which also means, you will have to move in to my home” he added. “Don’t overthink it, I have a contract that you should sign”.

“A contract? Why? I haven’t even agreed to it and here you are talking about a contract?” If this is the billionaire most girls are dreaming to be laid by, then they should also know that he has no manners whatsoever. First of all, he went through her information, secondly, he called her to his office spewing absolutely nonsense. This was actually all her fault, she shouldn’t have collected the card Rose gave her if not she wouldn’t have been there in the first place. This was all her fault.

“I am a medical student Mr lightwood, I have no idea of how to take care of people. Moreover, you are a billionaire, why don’t you go out there and search for one? I am sure they will be willing to do it for free if it means they have to see you everyday” she snapped. He kept staring at her with a void expression displaying on his face waiting for her to slow her racing horses down and when she finally did he said,

“All that doesn’t matter now miss Emma, you don’t have an internship whatsoever, and your father is in the hospital fighting for his life yet here you are, throwing away an opportunity that can safe your family from destruction? Are you willingly giving up on your father’s life because of your ego? Well, if you still don’t want it, that is the door. And one more thing, the moment you walk through that door, I promise I won’t let you have a job anywhere nor will I hire you no matter how small it is” did he just threaten her? After dismissing her so rudely? Fear, absolute fear consumed her whole figure. This man can do exactly what he just said to her if he wills. But then again, why? Why does he need her so badly till the extent of ruining her future? There are thousands of girls out there who are willing to become his doormat so why her? She doesn’t even know him, this is her first time seeing him and he is threatening her with her career? Wow! Amazing. What a beautiful way to end her evening.

“Why are you doing this? You don’t even know me so why?” She whispered gently her once raging anger now turned into one of anxiety and frustration.

“I have prepared the contract already and I am sending it to your residence first thing tomorrow morning, sign it and forward it back to me. We are done here” he said instead of giving her a reply, he dismissed her rudely. Only one thing is for sure, she has no say in this. Not because she was scared she wouldn’t get a job anywhere, but because she had already told her mother that she had gotten the internship. What would become of her when her mother finally finds out that she had lied to her since the beginning? No she wouldn’t let that happen she can’t even start thinking of what her mother might feel let alone her sick father. She gently stood up from the chair feeling dejected and walked out of the office shamelessly. She went home on the insistence of the driver that brought her to where she stupidly sealed her fate with her own hands. But what could she have done, either way, she was losing. She sighed and collapsed on her comfortable bed faced down.

‘Who does he thinks he is? How dare he blackmail her like that?’ She thought silently. The weight of the burden she carried on her mind was surprisingly heavier than the amount of lies she had prepared to tell her mother. She felt lost. The next morning as promised, he sent a contract to her and she carefully read through it.

‘You will have to abide by the rules of my home no matter what’

‘You can’t go out without my permission and if you do, make sure you have a good enough reason for doing so’

‘Make sure my kids have their meals at the appropriate time and go to sleep before their bedtime elapses. They shouldn’t be a minute late….’ And so on…. After scheming through the paper, she noticed that the billionaire was indeed hiding something if not why wouldn’t he take care of his children instead, he is hiring her as his ‘Caretaker?’ She sighed the papers and gave it to the driver then dragged her lazy feets back to her apartment. According to the contract, she is expected to start working in two days. Her mind drifted back to the paper she just signed, and couldn’t believe the amount he was willing to pay her for taking care of his three kids. He was willing to give her 700$ monthly and even added that if she makes his kids and himself happy, he might increase her pay but for now she has to go with that. Even in an advanced company, she doubts they pay their employees that much in a month but here she is, getting that from just taking care of three little kids. She was so certain that she could take care of them. Moreover, she loves kids.

Her ringing phone snatched her attention from the train of thought traveling to lala land and she answered putting it on speaker mode. She was so tired that she couldn’t even place it on her ears.

“Yes David, tell me” she said but all she heard was a sobbing sound coming from her phone and she became alarmed. “What happened?” Her panicked stricken voice asked.