"Camila tell me, who sent you that money?" Mrs Garcia asked and Camila went silent alternating her gaze between the lawyer who was looking at her and her mother."What money?" Camila asked wondering why a question would be directed to her suddenly. "A week before you said you were leaving for your new job. If I remember correctly, you mentioned receiving some money from Mrs Carter," Mrs Garcia reminded."Yes, I think so," she acknowledged with a frown retrieving her phone from her bag. She quickly unlocked her screen and checked the notifications on her bank transactions. She found the notification but was surprised to see her mother's name. She scrolled up and down the received messages but none showed she had received anything from Mrs Carter."This is strange?" she commented in shock."What is strange?" the lawyer asked. "I thought I had received some money from Mrs Carter before. A huge amount of money was transferred to my account but I don't see it anymore," she replied. "Me
He went to the reception instead of using his usual exit to the garage and found a man, almost the same age as him. "How may I help you?" he asked with no expression and the man smiled and offered him a handshake with a smile making Ethan frown as he looked at his hand hanging in the air waiting for him to accept. "I am Peter Schmidt," he said with a smile and Ethan furrowed his brow. "Germany?" Ethan said with his head tilted awaiting his confirmation."I am happy you never forgot about me," he replied "Peter, wow. I can believe it," Ethan said and accepted the handshake with a smile and a side hug."You look different," Andrews said."So do you," Ethan replied with a smile taking a step back to look at him. "I was hoping to see your dad again when I finished college so I can take up my role as a guard," he said with a smile."You were serious about that?" Ethan said with a smile recalling when he made the statement as a child. "Yes. I always imagined myself in the black tux
"Congratulations, your dream has come true. You will be my personal bodyguard," Ethan said with a handshake and Andrews accepted it with a smile."Thank you, Ethan," Andrews appreciated with a smile"You are welcome, Peter," Ethan"All the guards have their quarters. So I will give you this week to move in," Ethan said "That sounds perfect," Andrews acknowledgedHe left the office and Ethan continued with his work. The secretary walked in with some files and Ethan stared at her."What are these?" He asked "The hard copies of the reports," she replied "Put them in their place," he said and continued working on his laptop."Have I signed them off already?" he asked "Yes please," she replied "Okay," Ethan acknowledged and continued working on his laptop. The secretary finished filing the documents and left the office. Back at the Garcia's, Asira went to knock on Mrs. Garcia's door. It was past 11 a.m. and she had still not come out of her room. Camila had already left the house an
"Friday is your Engagement Party," she announced excitedly and Ethan frowned immediately but Jacqueline was so excited. "I was talking to your father on the phone a while ago and we agree the coming Friday is the best time to announce you two to the world," she said and placed her hand on Jacqueline's shoulders walking her into the living room. Ethan was rooted to his spot wondering why his mother would plan an engagement party without disguising it with him first. He stood there watching the two ladies enter the living room chatting. He entered the living room and they were both sitting together still chatting. He walked past the two and went upstairs and none of them turned to even look at him. It was like he was invisible. "You said announcing it to the world, does it mean there will be media coverage?" Jacqueline asked "Yes. He is my only son and I want his big day to be big," Mrs Carter said"That is great," Jacqueline replied but inwardly wasn't okay with the media coverage.
"Let me handle things and trust me on this. Believe me, it is for the best. Mr Green informed me that Jacqueline would be travelling. I am not sure she has been told yet. This is why we are doing the engagement. It is for the best," she explained and Ethan stared at her in silence thinking through what his mother had just told him. "Fine. I was going to propose to her anyway," Ethan said"You were?" Mrs Carter asked "Yes, I getting her a ring tomorrow for the proposal this weekend," he replied. "It is not too late Ethan. You get the ring and you can propose to her at the engagement party. She prefers the beach at sunset," Mrs Carter said excitedly and Ethan forced a smile to his face. "Now, you didn't eat anything at all. So I will ask Derby to bring you some tea for the night," she said and Ethan nodded before Mrs Carter exited his room. A few minutes after his mother had left, Derby entered carrying a covered tray after a knock. Ethan directed her to put it on the table. He cha
"What happened?" Mrs Garcia asked standing at the opened door."Ethan got engaged," Mr Garcia replied hugging Camila as he tried to calm her down. "Sorry to hear that. That was going to happen anyway, sooner or later. It is best you let him go," Mrs Garcia said still standing at the door. "Camila, your mother is right. If Ethan cares about you, he would not engage another woman," Mr Garcia said to her."That is because he doesn't know he had fathered a child inside me," she cried. "Ethan doesn't know Camila is pregnant for him?" Mr Garcia asked alternating his gaze between Camila and his wife."Matthew, it was not in my place to tell Ethan about her pregnancy and besides I had bigger problems to deal with," she replied making some gestures with her hand like it was not significant."I think Ethan needs to know about his child so he can decide what he wants to do," he said recalling how he had treated his daughter Olivia and how it ended."But you can't do it now. If you do, it woul
Before the secretary could reply a lady entered the office wearing a black ladies suit. Ethan stared at her and felt like he knew the lady from somewhere."Good afternoon, I am Olivia Williams. I was invited here for an interview," Olivia introduced. "Olivia," Ethan repeated the name in his thought still staring at the lady standing in his office. She bore the same name as his Olivia but she looked different. Ethan was still staring at the beauty before him completely lost."Am I in the wrong place?" Olivia asked snapping Ethan out of his daze."Do you know anything about an interview?" Ethan directed his question to his secretary like he wasn't the one staring at the stranger a few minutes ago. "Yes, sir. The procurement officer sent in a resignation three days ago," she reported. "Why?" he asked. "I am not sure. He just sent in a resignation and went MIA," she replied."What do you mean?" he asked forgetting there was a stranger in the office with them."Wait, send her to the
"Dad, I want to get married to Ethan now and I want the wedding to be big. I want it to be live-streamed," she said to the surprise of her father."Jacqueline, where are you?" he asked "Just leaving Ethan's office," she replied "Come home let's talk," he saidAfter Jacqueline left, Ethan continued with his work. He called the head of guards to his office."Good afternoon sir," Andrews greeted"Hello Peter, how are you?" Ethan inquired "I am good. Trust you are good too," Andrews replied "I am good. I need you to do something for me. My fiancee just left this place and I know she is upset with me. I need you to pick up some pieces of jewellery and nine-roses and have them delivered to her house for me," Ethan requested "No problem, Sir," Andrews replied "Here is her address," Ethan wrote Jacqueline's address on a piece of paper and gave it to Andrews."When do you want them delivered?" Andrews asked "She would not go home now, so if you can have it delivered now. It would be a p