บท 8: Chapter Eight
Carmen POV
On a Thursday morning I felt like going out for a jog...it was suffocating being cooped up in the hotel all the time. I felt like releasing energy and burning a little fat I've gained from hotel food. The hotel's food was really good, turned me into a foodie.
I called Charles at 4am that morning as the idea to go for a run popped fresh in my head. He answered on the first ring, most people were asleep by this time but not Charles.
"Charles I need to go for a jog" I sweetly said.
"Why ?"
"A girl needs her exercise man"
"Well fair enough...I'll send Mark my secretary to tag along"
"Why does your so called secretary have to tag along ?" I questioned.
He cut off the call. Shit !.
"You sure know how to piss me off Charles J...you want to send a boring secretary who is even male...it's very rare to hear of male secretaries and Charles happened to have one...hmmm...fishy." I thought .
I waited impatiently in my room switching through drama stations to find anyone that can suit my taste and catch my attention. I loved telenovelas, American movies and kdramas.
At 5am sharp the doorbell rang and I jumped up and set the movie I was watching on record, when I return I'll watch it.
Yippee...I was hyper now.
I rushed to the door and when I opened it I was greeted with a godly sight. Damn the guy was freaking hot...charming eyes with an handsome face that held a cold expression just like Charles.
"Hello...how may I help you? " he couldn't be the secretary now could he...if he was my heart would always be frenzy.
"I'm Mark, Mr J's secretary"
"Whoa...." I said with a shameless mouth drop taking him in.
"Okay I'm Carmen nice..."
"Miss Camila!...I'll be waiting downstairs get ready and come"
Jeez he's as stuck up as Charles. I told him my real name cause I thought...I don't know. So he doesn't like small talks...Hmm his beauty must have gotten into his head just like Michael. While Charles...changed. Charles was more funny than sarcastic back then and we had little talks and had fun but love ruined it for us...I was not in deep as he was and with the proposal too...couldn't keep up.
Why the fuck am I surrounded with attractive men...this torture was too much to bear...made me feel sexually frustrated. I got ready in a tank top and legging with my hair wrapped in a bun and I applied lip gloss...just in case.
Mark waited at the reception area pressing his phone with earplugs in his ears and the few people around at this time stared at him. The two receptionist gushed as he stood close to him entirely focused on his phone. I move over to him, warming my hands to tap him since there was no point calling out to him as both his ears were plugged. As my hand was moving he looked up and my hand instinctively halted. He had a curious expression now...I guess in his head he'll be like 'What the fuck do you think you're doing". A cold person like Mark should be ugly, that fine face didn't fit his personality at all.
I smiled in embarrassment.
"Can you hear with your ears plugged in"
"Yes miss"
"Call me...Camila"
"We should be on our way" He easily brushed my suggestion off.
Where did Charles find a guy that was so similar to him.
I would have loved for him to jog right beside me but he stared at me with a bored expression.
"Go on miss I'll be right behind you"
He waited for me to jog a mile before he followed far behind me.
I started jogging off towards the park that was t too far from the hotel. I turned back couple of time to find Mark but I couldn't see him, maybe he blended in with people.
So impressive!
He knows how to do his job well.
Let's test him.
I jogged and fell on the ground, it was meant to be a playful fall but I injured myself and blood was gathering at the area. Mark joined me a while later.
"What happened " he asked helping me up.
"I lost balance and fell"
"Shit !"
So he can cuss....it must have come out unconsciously since he was into miss and all that.
"I'll take you back !" Mark said and had me lean on me, it was a tiny scratch but why should I deny his help. We were making our way to hail a taxi when a headlight shone right at us and a horn blared. Mark took me towards the car and Charles came out.
" what happened?" Charles questioned Mark
"Hey it's no big deal...I slipped and fell" I explained.
Slap !!!
"I told you to watch her and the first thing you do is make her fall "
"I'm sorry sir" Mark apologized for something he didn't do. Yeah I tripped and fell for him but I didn't expect Charles to react that way. I feel so shitty right now...my actions just rewarded an innocent person a slap.
"Charles!! It wasn't his fault...how can you abuse your power and hit him"
"Snap into reality Carmen ! This is not a movie...you don't have to defend him with reasons and speeches...I gave him a task and he failed it"
"Mark I'm so sorry" I tried to reach out to him but he backed away.
"Get into the car right now !" Charles said to me.
I kept watching Mark with his head bowed down as I entered the car. I felt so bad for the guy. I wandered how he was feeling right now...being hit for something that wasn't his fault...an accident that wouldn't have occurred if I hadn't wanted his attention....
I stared and willed him to look at me as I entered the car but he didn't budge till I entered the car and shut the door. The driver made no effort to turn on the car.
"I'd prefer to ride quietly
"He did nothing wrong Charles. You're not gonna sack him are you ?"
"Don't delude yourself Carmen...you're not that special that I'd sack my right hand man for "
"Is this how we'd have been...when you're upset for the silliest reason you'd hit me"
"That's in the past and I'm not talking about it !...Michael should be out in fifteen minutes and he'd go straight to Starbucks so get out and start jogging and don't act foolish"
"You knew o fell on my own and you still hit him"
"This is the last time I'll tell you this Carmen...I owe you no explanation for my actions...just do what I say"
I roll my eye inwardly. Charles just displayed now that he was in control...I wonder what would happen if I ran away after all I don't know the contents of the contract and most importantly I haven't received anything from him except those little luxury stuff. Well if I wold drop them off if I had to leave but I was close to making 500 thousand dollars and achieving my dreams too. I just hope Charles doesn't become too unbearable to work with.
Ten minutes later I dropped off the car and began jogging and I turned back to see Mark entering the car and they drove off.
I jogged for a while and slowed down to catch my breath then unplugged my air pods .
Michael wasn't passing by after all.
Pim!pim!!!
"Is that Charles again ?"
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