The Billionaire's Redemption

Chapter 16

"Thank so much for coming Mr Sandro" CEO Jared said as the meeting ended and Sandro smiled shaking him.

"You are welcome Mr Jared" Sandro said smiling back

"The Contract signing with Jix Motors is in two days, I'll set the location at a convenient place" Jared said and Sandro nodded.

"I'll wait for your message then" Sandro said and Jared nodded.

He stared at Camila smiled

"She is beautiful" He complimented and Camila bent her head while Sandro stared at her, his mouth watering a bit.

"Thanks" Camila said and Sandro stared back at Jared.

"We'll leave now" he said

"I'll see you two out" Jared said and Sandro nodded.

Sandro and Jared walked out first while Camila and Novella followed them behind.

"We should go pick Lily" Sandro said turning to Camila.

"OK" Camila replied.

"This way" Novella said and led them to the meeting room.

They got there and Camila went in to meet Lily who was busy on Sandro's phone.

"Lily" Camila called and she looked up.

"Mommy, are you done?" Lily asked standing and Camila nodded.

"Let's go" Camila said and Lily smiled.

She stood and Camila held her hand walking her out of the room.

They saw the rest waiting and Jared smiled.

"Mr Sandro, I had no idea you had a daughter, she is beautiful and got your looks" Jared said and Sandro breathed out shakily.

"What? . . She is not my daughter" Sandro said quickly and Jared frowned.

The uneasiness Camila felt was getting her scared and she shook her head.

"She is my daughter" Camila said calmly and Jared stared at Lily and then back at Sandro.

"But. . ."

"Mr Jared, we have a board meeting in the next 5 minutes, I'll see them off instead" Novella said quickly understanding what was happening and Jared nodded.

"Bye Mr Sandro" Jared said and started walking away.

"Let's go Mr grim reaper" Lily said to Sandro and he nodded.

She held Sandro's hands and the two started walking ahead of Camila and Novella.

"Why is he hiding the fact that Lily is his daughter?" Novella whispered and Camila turned to her.

"She is not his daughter," Camila muttered and Novella scoffed.

"You are also denying your daughter her father, what a pity"

"Ms Novella, please " Camila said with a polite smile and Novella kept mum.

Camila breathed out immediately, what is all this about Lily being Sandro's Daughter.

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Sandro opened the car door for Lily and she hopped in, he joined her and shut the door while Camila got in the front seat.

"Mr Grim Reaper, can we take some photos with your phone?" Lily asked opening the camera.

"sure thing" Sandro replied and Lily giggled and raised the phone.

"You should smile a little' Camila said to Sandro and he stared at her and scoffed

He forced a smile as Lily kept taking the pictures, soon she was satisfied and handed the phone to him.

"Mommy won't get Me a phone, only a big Tablet, so annoying' Lily pouted and Camila rubbed her head while Sandro smiled.

"You want A phone?" he asked and she nodded.

"Lily" Camila called warningly but she was ignored.

"Be a good girl to Mommy then" Sandro said rubbing her head and Lily nodded.

The three went back to the company as the staffs kept whispering and staring strangely at Lily and Sandro.

Camila breathed out in relief when they finally got to the Office and Sandro went to his seat.

"Wow!" Lily yelled rushing to the glass wall.

"Lily take a seat on the Cushion" Camila said but the little girl was too engrossed by the view before her.

"Let her be" Sandro muttered and Camila sighed.

She picked a document from her table and walked towards Sandro.

"Here, the Proposal of Jix motors" she said and he took it from her and their fingers brushed, she gasped swallowing hard while Sandro stared at her immediately.

He stared at Lily and back at Camila

"You should get back to work" he said in a hoarse voice and she nodded and rushed off.

Sandro swallowed hard closing his eyes tightly, she was really going to be the end of him.

Camila sat back on her seat and grabbed her bottle water quickly, she gulped it down and dropped it shakily.

"What was that?" She muttered and slowly stole a glance at him, his head was down, his red lips shining that she wondered how it would feel on hers.

Her eyes suddenly widened.

What the f**k is she thinking? How did such dirty thoughts got into her head?!.

>>>>>GAMER'S ENTERPRISE

After the Interview , Franca and Ritego stopped in front of his office and he turned to her.

"come in" Ritego said and went in and she followed.

She shut the door behind her and he suddenly held her shoulder and pushed her back to the door and she gasped her lips parting slowly.

"Wh . . what are you doing?" She stammered and he narrowed her eyes.

"You said you don't have a boyfriend, who was that guy earlier?" Ritego asked and Franca blinked.

"He . . He . . ." She broke off not knowing how to tell him Royale was her first love.

"Never mind" he said letting go of her, and she nodded.

That was not his intention, his intention was to kiss the hell out of her.

"he got the job, call him and let him know so he can resume tomorrow" Ritego said.

"OK sir" she replied and he nodded.

Her phone started ringing and she raised it looking into it, it was an unknown number.

"Excuse me then" She stated and rushed out.

Ritego sighed and ruffled his hair slowly.

"What is wrong with me?" He muttered and went to his seat.

His phone beeped and he checked to see a text from Sandro.

'I'll come over to your place when I leave my office.

He sighed and dropped the phone rubbing his face slowly.

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Franca sat on her desk and picked the call, not comfortable with Ritego's show earlier.

"Hello?" She muttered.

"Franny. . ." she heard Royale's voice and she blinked slowly, he was the only one that calls her that.

"Why are you calling me?" Franca questioned quietly.

" Can we see, maybe later tonight"

"No" she replied quickly.

" Franny come on, How about tonight?"

"I . .I can't" she stuttered.

" I heard Auntie opened a restaurant, I'll meet you there by 8pm" Royale said referring to Kaila.

"Gosh Royale. . ."

"bye" with that he ended the call and she dropped her phone and held her forehead.

What is wrong with her?, why was she still shaken by him?.

>>>KA PUBLISHING COMPANY

It was close of work and Lily was already sleeping on the couch.

Camila stared at her and sighed

"Do you need help in carrying her?" Sandro asked staring at her and she nodded biting her lower lips.

He walked to them and held Camila's hands.

"Let's get to know each other better" Sandro said and she blinked and tried taking her fingers away but he held it tightly.

"What are you saying?" she muttered shakily and he smiled shortly .

"I'll carry her" Sandro said letting go of Camila.

He carried Lily on his shoulder and held her legs, Camila was still startled by Sandro, what was with his odd behavior? She thought as she grabbed her things and Lily's backpack.

Sandro walked out of the office with different thoughts in his mind, yes, he wants to be close to her, he wants to know her better.

Soon they were out of the company and Sandro turned to Camila.

"I should take you guys home".

"Camila" she heard her name and they both turned to see Jade coming from his car and she moved slowly while Sandro raised his brows at the familiar voice.

Jade walked towards them and stared at Sandro in a hard way.

"I'm sorry I came late" Jade said touching her hair and she blinked

"Oh yea" she said.

"Jade?" Sandro called slowly and he suddenly smiled.

"Oh my , Sandro, its you, I almost did not recognize you, it's been a long time" Jade said still smiling and Sandro chuckled.

"You have changed" Sandro said and Camila stared at them confusedly.

"Why? You still think I'm that scared nerd?" Jade questioned and Sandro smiled slowly and bent his head slowly.

"Camila i'll take you guys home" Sandro said wanting to walk away with Lily but Jade grasped his arm stopping him.

"I didn't make an introduction, Camila this is my old friend and course mate in the university, and Sandro, this is Camila , my girlfriend" Jade said.

Old friend? Sandro almost scoffed.

"Jade" Camila gasped and Jade squeezed her fingers slightly.

Sandro eyes squinted slowly and he stared at Camila who was speechless staring at Jade, girlfriend? was he the person he saw dropping Camila off? His guts twisted immediately.

"We should leave" Jade said

"Here" Sandro said quietly handing Lily to them and Jade took her immediately.

He glared at Sandro and walked to his own car.

Camila picked on her fingernails as she stared at Sandro whose eyes had turned darker.

"I. . . about Jade . . ."

"see you at work tomorrow" Sandro snapped coldly and walked to his own car.

Camila watched him and ran her fingers into her hair, why was she strangely bothered about what Jade had said?.

"Camila" Jade called and she looked away from Sandro and went to Jade.

He had already gotten into the car and she joined him in the front seat.

She tried setting the seatbelt but Jade held her fingers.

"I'll do it" Jade said and sat up arranging the belt, she swallowed hard and held the car seat tightly.

"I told you not to work with that jerk" Jade said starting the car and Camila rubbed her forehead.

"Jade please stop, stop trying to tell me what to do" Camila said and Jade jaws hardened.

"You don't even know who that bastard is"

"you can't talk about my boss in that manner, whatsoever bad relationship you had in the past with him should be just between you two" Camila said staring at him and he chuckled slowly.

"And I didn't agree to be your girlfriend yet Jade"

"It doesn't matter" Jade said thickly and she sighed rubbing her forehead.

She thought about Sandro sighed, he might have gotten the wrong idea now.

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Sandro rubbed his jaw as what happened earlier repeated in his head, gosh, one of his evil pasts was with Jade.

He didn't expect it, Camila dating Jade, he closed his eyes and threw his head backwards.

"Take me to Ritego's Mansion".

"Yes Boss" the driver replied, just then, his phone rang, it was Bella, he sighed and dropped the phone beside him, he was not In the mood to speak to anybody beside Ritego right now.

He has so much on his mind.

>>>>>

Cassiano stared at the side dishes he had gotten and breathed out shakily scratching his ears.

He humphed and pressed Chloe's door bell, she was not opening and he did it again.

Soon the door opened revealing Chloe who was in a pink night shirt stopping at her mid thighs and he forced a smile.

"I am here" he said and Chloe rolled her eyes attempting to shut the door but he held it opened with his leg and she staggered backwards.

"we agreed to have dinner at your place" he said and quickly went in before she could change her mind.

"What the heck do you think you are doing?!" Chloe snapped as he looked around her comfy sitting room.

"dinner" he replied and went to her dinning, he set out the food and she stormed towards him.

"I am not hungry" she sulked and Cassiano turned to her.

"Have you eaten?" He asked and she rolled her eyes.

"Stop being familiar with me Cassiano" Chloe said and he sighed and stared at her.

"We are neighbors right?"

"Cassiano!"

"Chloe" He called and she furrowed her brows.

He grabbed her fingers and she tried struggling away but he held her waist and hit her palms on his hard chest and she gasped splaying her fingers on his chest.

"I'm not a kid like you had called me Chloe" Cassiano said and she blinked as she thought if he was crazy, if he has feelings for her then he must be crazy, really crazy.

The thought made her shiver and she tried to move from him.

Cassiano sighed and took her to the dinning, holding a seat out for her, he made her seat and he rushed opposite her.

Chloe sighed out, fine he is her student, so she should treat him like a student he is.

She watched as he grabbed his cutleries and she schooled her face and took hers.

"So, have you distributed the project Assignments?" Chloe asked steadily and he stared at her.

"We can talk about that tomorrow" he replied and she frowned.

"Why? Is that not why you are here?" She asked.

"Chloe. . . ."

"Professor Chloe" she cut him off coldly and he moved his head.

He smiled painfully and nodded.

"Yea I did" He replied and she smiled and took her phone from the table.

She switched it on and the picture of Ritego came to the screen, Cassiano stared at it and pursed his lips looking down at the phone.

She dialed Ritego's number, all the while, staring at Cassiano, soon he picked and she placed the phone on her ear smiling.

"Hey" She called

"Chloe, what's up?" She heard Ritego ask and she smiled.

"I'm fine, still sad you couldn't make it to my home" She said

" I'm sorry"

"Then make it up to me, buy me drink tomorrow night" She said and Cassiano's jaw twitched as his hand tightened on his fork.

"Fine, See you by 7" She heard him said and she blushed.

"OK, I'll send you the location" Chloe excitedly and ended the call, she dropped the phone and breathed out

Cassiano blinked hard and stood.

"I. . .I have to leave now" He stuttered.

"OK, see you at school tomorrow and don't you dare miss or come late to my lecture" Chloe said strictly.

"OK" he replied shortly and slowly walked out of the house.

He went to his own room and shut the door resting his back on it, how the hell had he fallen so crazily for her? He shouldn't have done that.

He ran his fingers into his hair and walked to the bathroom.

>>>>>>RITEGO'S MANSION

Ritego dropped his phone after Chloe ended the call and he sighed rubbing his forehead.

Chloe couldn't liked him right?

Just then his door opened and Sandro walked in, his face wasn't as bright as before.

"Had a bad day?" he asked as Sandro released his tie and sat opposite him.

"You look like you also had a bad day" Sandro retorted and Ritego chuckled.

"lusting after my secretary lately" Ritego said and Sandro chuckled.

"You said she has been working for you for 5 years, so why now?"

"I don't know, she is becoming more pretty by the day" Ritego said and chuckled.

"I saw Jade" Sandro said and Ritego frowned.

"which Jade?"

"The nerd, the worst part is that he is Camila's boyfriend" Sandro said and Ritego scoffed.

"What does that have to do with you? Do you like her?" Ritego asked and Sandro rolled his eyes.

'No, the way he looked at me was just too annoying" Sandro uttered and Ritego grinned.

"Wow, jealous"

"I'll burn you alive you bastard" Sandro rasped.

"Aissh just kidding dude" Ritego said and Sandro brought out his phone.

"CEO Jared of Jix Motors and his assistant Novella keeps saying Camila's daughter and I look alike, look at those photos" Sandro said handing his phone to Ritego.

Ritego took it and started scrolling his eyes widened as his hands shook.

He sat upright staring at the little girl's picture with Sandro.

"What Is wrong?" Sandro questioned and Ritego winced.

"I. . is . . is this Camila's faughter?" Ritego stammered and Sandro nodded, Ritego's throat churned immediately and he opened and closed his mouth, what if Camila was the girl Sandro had raped?

The thought made him drop the phone to the floor and he swallowed hard, the side view of the girl he saw at the party started revealing itself immediately, what if she was really the one? And the kid was Sandro's daughter?