Chapter one
It was early in morning and Mr Hunter was preparing for work. He got up as early as purpose Willow! Willow! He called out with a loud voice," prepare my bath am getting late? "
Yes sir Willow responded , quickly she went to the bathroom to prepare his bath and finished as earlier as possible." Sir am done, you can go and bath".
Immediately after he was done bathing he got down stairs and observed that his breakfast wasn't yet prepared and something he never condoned was his breakfast not being ready in time.
Nora!!! He called out as he beat is fist on the table making a loud noise, which scared almost everyone. Yes sir, you requested for my presence she responded.
Unexpectedly he slapped her," how may times should I tell you for you to understand that I like my breakfast prepared as early as possible now where is my breakfast?"
With fear and tears in her eyes responded "sorry Sir I seem to have overslept, please forgive me sir I was not able to prepare you any breakfast this morning".
"You are useless, very useless!!! Do you love your job or what how many times should I remind you about your responsibilities, do you want me to fire you huh?" He shouted. Do you know what?, I will have my breakfast at work this should be the last time I leave home without my breakfast am I understood?.
Yes sir responding in fear.
He walked out got into his car and drove off. It took about thirty minutes for him to arrive at work, apon his arrival the Secretary approached him.
" Morning Sir ,the documents for Jones groups of companies contract is on the right side of you table? " the Secretary informed him.
"I will check them through, tell my assistant to bring some warm tea immediately and one more thing will be having a meeting with all the staff at 12pm inform everyone".
"Yes sir I will do just that, Am I allowed to leave now Sir".
"Yes you can leave but make sure I get my tea immediately". Being a rude and arrogant man everyone in is office and at home were scared of him. So they did their best not to get him offended or irritated.
Back at home everyone was trying their best to stop Nora from crying and resigning.
Nora, willson said " please stop crying by now I expect you to know how our boss can be, what happened for you to wake up late today?".
"I was having a problem with my stomach yesterday night so I couldn't sleep throughout the night that's why I woke up late" , she responded.
After some minutes they heard a knock at the door and when willow opened the door a poor young lady was sitting there.
" Please Madam am asking for some water", she said.
Willow being kind said to her,"can you come in and take a sit and tell me what is your name and what her you doing here? " While Nora brings some water alright.
"My name is Aurora Montez, I got lost in this city and I don't know my way out. My family dead a long time ago ever since then my aunt has being taking care of me but few weeks ago she brought me here and sold me off to a man who has being mistreating me so I decided to run away, now am lost", She explained with tears in her eyes.
" You can stay here for a while and help Nora with the kitchen work, I will come explain to the boss when he comes back", said Willow.
Hey! " willow come here what are you thinking, you know our boss won't accept this, are you ready to face is anger huh?" Nora questioned.
"Don't worry, I will manage everything for now just show her the room she can use".
"Alright then", she responded.
At the office, hunter was losing is cool because the tea took time to be prepared. "Where is my assistant?", what is taking my tea so much time to be prepared huh? He screamed with anger in his tone.
After some minutes of hearing the voice Leah came rushing with the tea and because of the rushing she hurt herself and accidentally spilled the tea on Mr Hunter.
" Am sorry sir, allow me to clean it", she said in fear.
From nowhere a hot slap was felt on her face, "how dare you spill me tea, do you know who I am and what am capable of huh?". Right now with immediate effect you are fired I never ever want to see your face here again.
"Please sir, am sorry I didn't mean to do it please!please!" She pleaded.
"Get out! Of my office now, Guards throw this dirty girl out of here now". He ordered
"The meeting is cancelled and postponed to tomorrow, you are just useless, am fade up of all of you, disgusting human beings". He shouted.
Under the fit of anger he left the office and drove off to go home
"Nora start preparing dinner for the sir , he is on is way here " and " Aurora can you please come with me to the room and help me clean it", Willow ordered.
Immediately everyone got to work, each person doing according to is duty
Nora in the kitchen suddenly fainted and the food was getting burnt.
"Where is this scent coming from ,what's burning?", Thought Aurora "let me check the kitchen.
Finding Nora on the ground Aurora was scared and started calling for help " Willow !Willow! please come Nora has just fainted".
Willow running downstairs, " what happened, Nora wake up, get me some water immediately". After some minutes of sparkling her water Nora woke up.
"What happened to me ,why am I on the floor".She asked
"Only you can tell us that ,Aurora found you laying almost half dead on the ground what is going on with you, are you sure you are completely fine this is worrying me, you need to see a doctor as soon as possible, Aurora please prepare dinner as I take Nora to the room alright"
"Yes madam, I will do just that".She replied.
Immediately after taking Nora to the room, coming downstairs she heard the boss car packing outside. With fear she ran to the kitchen, " hey Aurora ain't you done preparing dinner, hurry up the boss his back, let's do this, go and prepare the table while I finish the cooking, make sure you set the table properly".
Being a new girl Aurora didn't understand what was going on and to why willow was scared and trembling in some much fear, with so much questions in her head she immediately went to the dinner table, cleaned it up and set the table mats in order and went back to the kitchen.
"Have you set the table?" Asked Williow
"Yes madam" she responded.
"Take this food on the table now", She ordered.
Before Aurora, would even leave the kitchen, she just heard a loud and scary voice calling out.
"Willow! Willow! Come here now"
Willow quickly ran to the living room and answered "Yes sir, you requested for my presence".
"I need water for my bath to be prepared now". He ordered with a commanding voice.
"Okay sir, I will be on it right now".
"Before you go tell that so called Nora to bring some water". He requested
Unable to tell Mr Hunter that Nora was unwell because of the fear that he might shout at her she just agreed, "Okay sir".
" Aurora put the food down and give water to the boss, please make sure you don't offend him and make sure you knee before him, go now".
Aurora still unable to understand what was happening she got the water and went to the living room to give it to her boss. When she reached the living room, she suddenly became scared because she was worried that the new boss would just be the same us are older keeper. Because of the shaking in fear, she dropped the cup of water and spilled it on Mr Hunter's shoes.
"What's wrong with you girl?". Have you being taking drugs or may be you have started smoking, in the morning you did the same thing and now you are repeating it, this is the sign that you want to lose your job huh?". He yelled thinking it was Nora.
Aurora with are head facing the floor said nothing.
"You know what you need to be punished for this, right now I want you to lick this water off the floor and on my shoes".
With tears in her eyes Aurora just knelt down and picked up the broken glasses on the water and before she could start licking the boss's shoes.
Willow shouted, " Wait! Sir she is a new girl she knows nothing, please forgive her".
"What!?, who hired her?". He asked with anger in is eyes.
" I did Sir, Nora hasn't been feeling well lately so I thought she needed someone to help her so I decided to hire her". She answered.
"Since when did I give you the authority to make decisions in my house without my consent huh? , It seems you are now growing wings and there are making you fly to the extent of becoming my boss right madam". He responded in a smooth and mockery voice.
"Am sorry Sir, I didn't think of it like that I only thought Nora needed help, Am sorry Sir", She responded in a scary tone.
"Wow! Hahaha haha!!!, he laughed out loud, you know I need to bow down for you because you now even have guts to answer back right, Nora! Nora! Get down here immediately", he yelled out.
Nora not able to walk properly came down stairs, nervous to hear what he will say. "Yes sir ". She responded in a weak tone.
"It seems you have became weak and you can not work any more so am proud to announce to you that you are fired and I don't want to see your face here ever again understood?, so by the time I will be getting downstairs from my bath I should not see your face anyway around my premises". He spoke in a calm tone and walked away going to his room to take his shower.
It was shocking that Nora did not beg to stay because she was ready to resign as she found out she was pregnant for the driver.
" Am sorry Nora, it was because of me that this has happened if I didn't hire her this wouldn't have happened, please forgive me",Willow pleaded.
"It's fine willow I was about to resign anyway I just discovered am pregnant, the doctor called to inform me, am proud to thank you for having a work mate like you who is willing to do anything for me so please continue like that and always stand by Aurora, only you understand our boss so make her to also understand", Nora responded weakly.
With tears in both their eyes, they hugged. After hugging for some minutes she went with her upstairs to help her pack her clothes while Aurora cleaned up the floor and also prepare dinner for the boss who was taking his shower upstairs in is room.
Immediately after he was done taking his shower he received a phone call from his mother who was living in another country. Hunter left his mother after the death of his father to come and manage is empire. So it has being 5 years since he saw his mother.
"Why are you calling do you need money or what?", He answered.
He made it is mission to never show any emotions towards his mother because he never wanted to feel the pain he felt after losing his father so he made sure that he gave his mother a cold shoulder.
"Son, am still your mother and I have the rights to call you".
"At no point did I say you are not my mother alright, am asking what it is that you are calling me for, you know I don't tolerate you calling me that's the reason I make sure you lack nothing right so what is your problem huh Lady?". He replied rudely.
"Son am I not even allowed to miss my little boy, it's being years now your sister and I long to see you, so I thought I can call so that i can ask for permission for us to visit you".
" Old lady or should I say Mrs Scott, am not dead am still breathing and fit so there is no reason for you and your daughter to come see me, stop wasting my time calling because I don't have time for no sense am busy trying to give you a good life", He responded rudely.
"Son please it's not about your status but it's about seen you it's being five years since we saw you please son please"
"Hahahaha, the problem with you is that you don't understand I don't want to see you so stop asking ,you begging won't change anything so just stop", He hanged the call.
To him giving everyone a cold shoulder was the way to protect himself from pain so he never wanted to show any emotions.
Aurora acknowledging that he was taking time to come downstair thought she should remind him that dinner was ready and she was worried that the food may get cold.
" let me go and call him", She thought .
She got upstairs and reached the room then knocked.
"Come in", He responded in a soft tone
"Sorry Sir, dinner is served, thought I should inform you", She responded in a scary tone.
"Who are you too tell me when am suppose to have my dinner huh, what gives you the right to order me huh?". He responded.
" Am sorry sir, only thought the food will get cold". She responded with her head facing down.
From the time he came back from work he has not seen Aurora has face because whenever she was talking to him her head was facing to the ground and this was about to be the moment they would meet eye to eye.