CAMILLAI could feel the stares on my back as Nathan and I walked out of the office.He stopped at the reception for a bit while I walked ahead, my breath shaky. It was bad enough that they thought I had come in here through my family means now they would no doubt be talking about Nathan and wondering what the fuck he was doing with a competitor’s daughter.“Shall we?” I heard from behind me.The reporters had all gone, no doubt to find something more juicy than trailing after Nathan and I.“Are you not scared?” I asked him.“Of what exactly?”“That the people that work for you are most probably saying terrible things about you at the moment. I know I have caught glances in my direction more often than not”“Are you bothered?” He asked.We climbed into the car after he said something to the driver.“I have been talked about all my life” I chuckled. “Why would I be bothered? I am concerned for you”I realized my meaning after the sentence had left my mouth.”You are my boss and of cour
CAMILLA“This is the moment you tell me you are kidding” I muttered.“But I am not” He said.He did not have his usual smirk or the usual amusement in his eyes. He was actually serious about killing her husband.“How?” I asked“I have not always been on your side of the tracks, Camilla. Once, I used to be on this side and I did terrible things” He said.“What terrible things?” I asked“I worked for a drug dealer… an Italian drug dealer who used myself and boys like me to do his dirty work.”It would be the first time I was hearing anything about this. It was only possible because the media obviously did not know everything about him like they claimed.“And this man asked you to kill her husband? How old were you?” I asked“I started working for him at 15” He answered.“You were barely a teenager”“But I knew enough to know I was doing terrible things but I did not care about it. Sarah’s husband owed the man I worked for and he sent me to take care of it. It was a way for me to be prop
NATHANShe wasn’t saying anything which was unlike her.I expected that she would bombard me with questions immediately Sarah left but she was quiet… too quiet.“Well?” I prompted“Do you want to talk about it?” She asked.I had never wanted to talk about how sour my marriage had gone with Eleanor until today.“I do not want your pity, Camilla. Nobody forced me into the marriage, I was in love and we both fell out of love”“I do not pity you” Her eyes flashed.“Eleanor and I met when I was fifteen years old. My Italian boss allowed me attend an event with him and her father was host; that was the first time we met each other. She was intrigued by me and wanted to know more about whom I worked for and what I did.”“I see” She muttered.“We did not meet again until eight years later. She came to look for me and she said she wanted me to do something for her. The first year of our marriage was a fucking sham but I was in love with her and I want to believe she loved me too” I took a deep
CAMILLA“I am fucking joking… what kind of man do you think I am?” He chuckled as I let out the pent up breath in my lungs.“Do not scare me like that” I whispered furiously.“Leila is only pissed at me because we used to date before I left to marry Eleanor. She had asked us to further our relationship as it will benefit me and make me heir to her father’s entire domain but I refused” He explained.“Where is her father now?”“Last I heard, he was dead and she is not running the show”My eyes widened and I leaned forward.“She is now the head of the mafia? A woman? They are going to allow her do that?”“Leila is one thing and that is determined. She would no sooner put a bullet in anyone’s head that dares to oppose her so you have nothing to worry about and in the world where I come from, a woman can be anything if she is determined”I nodded at this information.I could almost see the world with new eyes and it marveled me how much I did not know about it.Nathan rose to his feet“Eno
CAMILLAYes, you are perfectly right.Downing the drink had been a terrible idea.My eyes watered and my breath escaped my lungs as the hot liquid burned through my lungs and set fire to my stomach.I doubled over, my legs weak while Nathan caught me in his arms.“Camilla, are you okay?” He asked, screaming into my face.My eyes remained closed as my body adjusted to the heat and welcomed it.“Camilla, open your eyes… what the fuck did you give her?” I heard his snap at the bartender.“She asked for the strongest drink” The man responded.“I will wrangle your fucking neck” Nathan threatened.My eyes fluttered open and pinned on his concerned features.“I am fine” I gasped, helping myself out of his arms.“You are not fine… I told you not to…”“Not now, Nathan” I put up a hand to stop him from being overbearing. “If I wanted someone to berate me concerning the bad health issues that comes with drinking alcohol, I will call my father right now for his lecture” I giggled at this.He frow
NATHANI woke up with a hangover.After dropping off Camilla, I had seen myself home and then proceeded to drown myself in whiskey so I did not think about how hurt she had been and how she had refused to look in my direction when I dropped her off.She was right and she was wrong.She wasn’t a liability… far from it.I wanted her out of the picture because I needed to do what needs to be done and I did not want to have to think about keeping her safe and also because I was afraid of everything in my life just being a total sham.That is exactly what it had been with Eleanor and for the extra year I lived with her, I wondered where I had gone wrong and how I could get what it was we shared back… it had been a mistake.I knew Camilla was different but it still was too big a risk to take.“Fucking hell” I groaned, turning around so I could reach for my phoneI was late and I felt like a truck rolled over my whole body.I jumped into the bathroom, deciding to use the cold shower so I cou
CAMILLA“We are going to a resort?” I asked.“We are”“When?” I asked again.“Tomorrow”“What? I don’t know if I…””It wasn’t a request, Camilla. You are my assistant and you are going to come with me to the resort except you want to be out of a job” Nathan glanced at me.I always considered him absolutely nerdy with the glasses perched atop his nose.“But…”“You are the one who told me drop my pride and focus on growing my business which is what I am about to do so why are you trying to give me a hard time”“I have no idea what to pack” I muttered.”The essentials only” He countered. “If you need anything else, I am sure they will have somewhere we could get them, princess”I did not like the idea of packing or traveling… it always upset my thought process.I sighed“You really do not want to go?” He asked.“It is not that I do not want to go but I do not like the idea of up and leaving” I explained.“You should stay behind then” He said.”Then who is going to arrange your schedule a
CAMILLA“I should have known Williams that the first thing you do immediately we reconnect is screw me the fuck over” I heard Nathan snap as soon as I stepped into the lodge.“You did not want my publicity” He raved. “What better way to get them to see your resort than having two competitors in the same space.”I walked in view, seeing him yell at Williams who was standing to the side like a child who had done something very bad except in this case, it was true.He noticed my presence immediately and turned, his eyes flashing.“Before you say anything; I had no idea about this”I watched his eyes roll in disbelief but I continued.“I spoke to my father yesterday and he mentioned a business trip but I had no idea it was the very same.”“You expect me to believe that?” He snorted. “You expect me to believe you are not in cahoots with them?“Yes, I expect you to believe it” My voice rose. “And I also expect that you should not try to back down now”“What?” His eyes narrowed. “You do not