Carina was to start her duty as the interim secretary from tomorrow. She was to be announced by Jayden to the other workers as the new interim secretary, before lunch.Jayden sat down, thinking about what Carina said. Was she different from the other women? If she were like others, she would have agreed to sleep with them, and get the job, right?Wait! Why was he even thinking about her? He shook the thought off, and picked a book.When Alex knew that it was convenient enough to make the call, he took out his phone, and dialed Andrea's number.He told her everything that happened, right from Carina's presentation to Nathan's reaction."I feel like there is something going on between them that Carina doesn't want to tell anyone, not even her best friend, Sonia," Alex added."Leave that to me. I'll try my luck," Andrea replied, and then ended the call.Carina ran to the restroom, with tears in her eyes.What kind of day was it? Everything seemed to end badly for her, except her presenta
Carina remembered that she hadn't spoken with Fiona, all day. She was also avoiding Sonia's question, and meeting Tory again. She just couldn't stand seeing her face.She didn't know how Fiona would react, but she was her sister, so she will understand. She would just apologize to her, and tell her the good news.She had stepped out, when the announcement was made, so she was not aware of Carina's new position. Carina stood out there for a while, before knocking on the door.She could see spark of surprise on her face, meaning that she was not expecting to see her. She understood why. She couldn't blame her, though.Carina walked slowly, and took a seat, blatantly ignoring Fiona's gaze at her. Fiona didn't say anything, she was waiting for Carina to speak first.Noticing that Fiona was not going to say anything, she decided to clear the silence by speaking up.She cleared her throat, and lifted her head up, a little."Fi…Fiona, I…I am sorry," she said, looking at every other thing in
"Are you not going to work, Andrea?" Her mother asked her. She had checked the time, and Andrea was an hour late for work. Imelda decided to check up on her.She found Andrea lying down on the bed, still sleeping. She was confused. Was there no work, today? Andrea opened her eyes, and found her mother standing beside her bed, with her hands on her waist, staring at her."Jeez, mom! You scared me. Don't look like that, if you are trying to wake me up. Good morning, by the way," she said to her mother, before she pushed herself up."You still haven't answered my question, yet. What is wrong? Are you sick? Is anything the matter?" Imelda asked, sitting on the bed, touching her head, to know if she had a fever."Mom, you worry too much. I'm perfectly fine. I took a day off, I told Jayden about it, already. I needed to rest," she said, flexing her arms to show to her mother that she was okay.Imelda nodded, "alright. You should have told me. Anyways, I will be downstairs, making breakfa
Andrea was confused. She lacked words to describe how elated she was.She was only expecting a delivery guy, and not Mikel.Turns out that it was her "personal delivery guy". She could not utter a word. Even when she opened her mouth to speak, no word seemed to come out.She looked like a statue turned to ice by the Ice Queen.Mikel could only let out a chuckle, seeing that he achieved his aim of surprising her.Her mother, Imelda, snuck up to them, after watching the scenario unfold, from behind."Surprised, huh?" Mikel said, smirking."Mikel! Oh my goodness! How... When... You..." Andrea did not know what to say at all. She could not find the right word to express herself.She had a lot of questions.When did he arrive? How did he find her house? Did he not say he would come to Texas the next day?"Aw! Look at you two!" Her mother said, smiling broadly. She could hide anymore.Andrea instantly knew that her mother was involved in this. Mikel didn't know where she lived, and would de
Mikel knew the Fernando's Int'l was owned by Fernando, but his father had an issue with Fernando, and they swore never to work together in anything.He knew that his son had taken over the company, but would Fernando still want to have anything to do with them?When he was thinking about partnering with a company in Texas, Fernando's Int'l was the first company that came to his mind, but he knew it was almost impossible to partner with them."What's wrong?" Andrea asked, looking confused. He must have heard of Fernando's Int'l before, and must have been aware that the company was one of the big shots in the business world. She wondered why he acted surprised."No…nothing. It's nothing," he responded, shaking his head, "aside Fernando's Int'l, what other company is can stand the competitive market?" He asked."Why? What's wrong with Fernando's Int'l?" She asked, resting her hand on the bed, to support herself."It's nothing, to be honest," he said.Andrea would not let him ruin her ch
Andrea blushed.She didn't realize she was holding Mikel's hand. She lowered her head, to hide her face that had turned red."Yes, uncle. This is Mikel, my soon-to-be fiancé."They looked like a real couple—married couple. Fernando saw how supportive and defensive Andrea was to Mikel. He hadn't seen her this happy before, since she reunited with her family."Is he the one you talked about, before?" Fernando asked again. He wanted to be sure that he was really the one. She had talked about him, but she didn't mention his name."Yes, he is," she replied, smiling. She stood up to leave, so that Jayden wouldn't come home and see her. "We'll be leaving now, uncle.""Why? You just arrived. And, wait! Shouldn't you be at work?" He asked, staring at her with a questionable look.This was what she was trying to avoid. She didn't want her uncle to ask her anything related to Jayden or work.She thought of what to tell him. She couldn't tell him the truth, just yet. It would only worsen the situ
Charles had gone to the hotel to meet one of his whores. His main whore, rather. One of his men had called him for something urgent, while he was still in bed with her.He had rushed out of the hotel, leaving her there, to head back to his usual place. She quickly got up and followed him.He didn't go with his driver, he drove the car himself. He had not noticed the man behind him, as he made to reverse the car.He heard someone shout, and looked through the mirror. He saw someone behind his car, and that he had almost hit him.Mikel had seen the car coming, and had quickly stopped in his tracks, before the car had hit him.Seeing that he wasn't hit, Charles didn't mind. He drove out, without saying sorry, instead he blamed him for being careless."Watch your steps, next time. You might not be lucky!" He said, disdainfully, before driving out of the place with the lady, who was trying to fix her hair.He didn't know who he was talking to. If he had known, he would've feigned kindness
Charles had zoomed off to his usual place—his hideout.When he arrived, he met Nathan standing with few of his men. He frowned, not knowing why Nathan had called him back."What is it?" He asked, approaching them with long strides. He seemed to be really pissed."I think the Fernando's are planning something. I don't know what it is, but it has something to do with a future business meeting," he stated, glancing at the lady beside him.Charles was quiet for a while. The only business meeting he was scheduled to have was with the Jackson's. They were one of the richest automobile company, and he would not risk his chances of partnering with them. It was the only he could wiggle his way in to the charts, and retain a position there.He thought of how much he would make from their partnership, and that only made him grin."Find out what the Fernando's have planned for this meeting, and…shit! You know what to do, don't make me talk!" He said, and walked past him.He stopped just a few s