Love and Money

Chapter Two

Damian's POV

I clenched my jaws and shut my eyes close , something I only did when I was annoyed. Without looking at Dylan who was my younger brother I could tell he was enjoying my inconvenience , that was okay since I knew he too was pissed off but since he was Mr easy peasy he didn't flinch a bit or look worried, all of which I knew was a facade , we both knew he was as impatient as I was but decided to keep it cool . Typical Dylan.

Mum's face didn't show any emotion and was composed as usual though she wasn't as good as playing cool like Dylan, she kept on glancing at her wrist watch every now and then, each time pursing her lips into a thin line.

Thirty minutes later after the scheduled time and we where still waiting for Richard Schuster , the family lawyer to arrive at the Ford mansion. If this occasion didn't mean alot to me I would have been out of here twenty five minutes ago. How dare he keep the Fords waiting!

Today was the day the will for the immediate family members was supposed to be read and that's why we where all present , something that rarely happened since the death of my father .

All eyes turned to the door as it opened and Schuster walked in , he looked scared and nervous which he deserved to be since he had the guts to delay us .

" I'm sorry" he mumbled putting on his glasses and bringing out the file from his brief case.

" I had to- " he was about to ramble but was cut short by mother.

" Proceed already" she said curtly . Mom, just like me never condoned excuses.

" Um. . . If you have waited three years in anticipation of this occasion" Mr. Schuster read out aloud " I'm honoured to know you have respected my last wishes and honours even till this very moment . I am a man of little words nevertheless I want to use this medium to let you know I love everyone of you . To my darling wife Camila, I bequest my estates in the states , money, private jet , yatch and all my vehicles" he paused. Mom let out a fond smile and relaxed a bit .

" To my first son" he continued " I bequest to you my houses in Spain, Monaco, France and Italy. The Blue Cyber shall also be left in your care with the condition that you must get married two months from the time this will is read and if after these two months you are not married , Blue Cyber would be given to your younger-"

No way this was happening ! I didn't want to get married ! For crying out loud I loathed women, so what was all this ? From the corner of my eyes I could feel Dylan's eyes on me which made me angrier. I could just imagine the glee in his heart, I shot him a cold look which was enough to warn him not to glance my way again. Blue Cyber was my whole life , no way was I going to let it slip away from me because of a stupid clause in the will and no way was Dylan taking over my years of relentless effort.

"I'm done with this fvcking meeting!" With that i stormed out of the building, I could hear my mom's voice calling after me but I ignored her as I headed outside the mansion. This whole thing is crap, I had better places to be rather than waste my time on irrelevant s**t.

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Katie's POV

As I walked towards the door I couldn't help but feel nervous , my palm had already begun to get sweaty, I only just learned I was going to be interviewed by no other person but Damian Ford , the CEO of Blue Cyber .

The door was opened for me by his secretary, I felt my heart beating loudly as the secretary closed the door behind me, leaving me alone with him.

I dragged my wobbling feet close to his desk and cleared my throat trying to catch his attention, his eyes were glued to his laptop. I was expecting him to lift up his face and glance at me, but instead without sparing me a glare he continued with his stuff.

Without being told, my instinct reminded me I had to give a formal introduction.

" Good day Mr Ford. I'm Katherine McAvoy, the new web developer" I said mustering up all the courage I had left. I wasn't answered and the person I was speaking to seemed not to or pretended not to hear me instead he kept on typing away on his laptop.

I greeted him the second time but I still didn't get any response which made me really jittery. Had I said anything wrong earlier on ?

Was this part of the interview , I thought to myself, cause I must have been standing for over seven minutes and the silence was driving me really crazy. I let out a loud cough and that was when he finally looked up at me.

That was when I realized he was the one I'd bumped into in the elevator earlier on ! I could see his face better from where he sat , his auburn hair was styled in a hard side part . He had a certain demeanour that seemed to make him more attractive despite his coldness,his eyes held a faraway gaze yet with a flicker of curiosity dancing in the depth of his sea green eyes which were framed with a set of well groomed thick eyebrows and lashes that dragged more attention to his eyes , his nose was upturned contributing to the air of superiority which he wore like a cloak . He was a beauty God.

" What programming languages do you have experience with " he asked suddenly leaving me startled.

" Well. . .I . . .um - I used HTML,-" and before I could give a proper answer he cut me short and asked another question.

" Would you recommend h***: 2.0 or h***: 1.1?"

Well that was easy but why was he being an asshole, throwing questions and barely letting me answer them.

" I'll recommend h***: 2.0 due to higher loading speed, broad band consumption. it's simpler faster and improves web application performance" I answered him as I caught a little smirk appear across his face and disappear quickly.

" Sit" he said, motioning towards the chair infront of me. After an exhausting twenty question session with him I felt more relaxed but still angry with him , I never knew anyone could be so full of themselves.

Clearing his throat , I revered out of my thoughts just in time for him to slide a document towards me.

" Read it " he said looking at me and not for once taking his eyes off. The contract was for me to refine the company's website in one week! one week? That was very limited time but definitely something I could do with the aid of a good team and sleepless nights but what could I say ? The pay was attractive so all I needed was to prove myself worthy to Mr pompous here and I was surely going to do that and with that I signed the contract .

" Your job begins now" my new boss said.