CHAPTER 5

DAVID

I watch expectantly as the smaller hand meets the larger one above the number nine, indicating that there is no reason for my irritation to continue and as I imagined, it doesn't.

She is not coming...

She is not coming.

Excellent. A smile tugs at my lips and I wave goodbye to my bad mood, almost jumping up to my feet in glee. Beginsnd to get a new perspective on the hellish morning I've been having since I woke up.

“Mr. Bragança, there's a young lady here wanting to see you.” Leila says from the other end of the phone as soon as I pick it up, not even waiting for me to take the first line. "May I enter, sir?"

I blink a few times, checking my wristwatch and seeing that it hasn't been more than a minute since I last checked it.

"Who's the girl, Leila?" I ask, despite already suspecting who it is. My secretary pauses in her speech and all I can hear are whispers on the other end of the line. " Leila?"

"Miss Alvares, sir. She said she has an appointment, can I let her in?" T