Chapter 12 Jealousy and Business Trips

Luke Williams’ Point of View:

It's been two weeks.

Two long and painful weeks of Camilla ignoring me. At first, I thought it was for the best that she ignored me because then it would stop me from wanting her so badly, but I was wrong. If anything, it just made me want her more. I could hardly keep my eyes off of her whenever she walked into a room, I was in. She's just so captivating. There's a hunger to be around her and with her but I know I was an asshole to her, and she probably wouldn't forgive me anyways.

That was just the first week. After a whole week of having no relations unless work-related, I was frustrated. I missed her. I missed her a lot. I tried to get her to talk to me, but she just shook her head and walked away. She managed to avoid me for two whole weeks. I had finally had enough. I had to talk to her. I had to apologize for being a jerk to her and hoped she would forgive me. At this point, I might be willing to beg for her attention.

As I drank my first cup of coffee for the day, I fantasized about having Camilla here at my house with me. It was calming and gave me hope. I quickly rinsed out my cup and adjusted my suit. I grabbed my briefcase and walked out the door. My maid Henrietta was inside so I only shut the door behind me. My driver, Carlos, opened the car door and I slid into the plush leather seats. On the drive to my company, I checked some of my emails and made a few calls.

"We're here," Carlos spoke.

I looked away from my food and rolled down the windows and found that we had in fact arrived. I was so absorbed in my phone that I didn't notice.

"Thank you, Carlos," he nodded in reply "you're free for the rest of the day"

"Are you sure?" he asked surprised.

"I'm sure," he grinned and thanked me "just make sure I have a car to drive home later"

"Sure, thing boss"

I turned away from him and walked up the steps and into the building. I nodded politely to acknowledge the persons I knew and went straight for the elevator. It was seven in the morning, so most people weren't here yet thankfully. Some of the secretaries in the building really make me angry with their constant flirting.

The elevator dinged and then opened on the top floor, my floor. I hurried to my office and immediately got to work. Around an hour later I decided to take a break. All throughout working I thought about Camilla and how I was going to approach her. I didn't want to come off as desperate or overbearing and accidentally scare her away.

I grabbed my tablet and logged on to the outside security cameras to check if Camilla was about to enter the building. Hailey was already here so I knew Camilla hadn't arrived yet because she would've told me. I tapped on the view from the right camera and there she was. As stunning as ever as she strutted into the building. I promptly set down the tablet and called Hailey into the room.

"What can I do for you dear?"

"Can you let Camilla know to come straight to my office when she gets up here"

She grinned like a Cheshire cat, "were you watching her through the cameras again?"

My cheeks reddened as I could feel myself blush a bright red. How on earth she knew that I checked the cameras is beyond me.

"How'd you know?" I pressed her as I stood and strode over to where she was.

"It was too much of a coincident that you always knew when she arrived," she smirked.

I ran a hand through my hair nervously as she smirked at me. It was true, for the last week I've been watching the cameras to see when she would arrive. I sighed as I thought back to the last week, it was torture.

"You really like her, don't you?" she asked softly.

I took a deep breath, was I really that obvious.

"I do, I like her a lot"

She smiled softly, "you should tell her"

"I want to, I want to so bad," I mumbled "but I messed up and I don't know if she'll forgive me"

Hailey raised her hands to cup my cheeks and stared intently into my eyes, "I can tell she likes you too, so apologize to her and make sure you mean it"

She patted me on the left cheek twice before she left. I was still standing there lost in thought when Camilla entered the room. She had blank look on her face which I so hated to see. I wish she would rage at me get angry, anything to show me that she cared.

"Is there anything that you need Mr. Williams?"

I frowned at that. Ever since I yelled at her she refused to call me by anything other than Mr. Williams, "Camilla please call me Luke"

She rolled her eyes and nodded stiffly. I knew that look. She wasn't going to call me Luke anytime soon.

"Can we talk?"

"What would you like to talk about?" she muttered.

I cleared my throat awkwardly and then mumbled, "what happened two weeks ago"

There was a flash of emotion in her eyes before she returned to her blank look, "there's nothing to talk about" she turned to leave the room.

" Wait Camilla please listen to me-"

"There's nothing to talk about," she snapped and walked out. Well, that ended terribly.

Instead of just accepting her refusal to speak to me I decided to do something about it. I opened the door and starting searching the hall for her.

I found her a few feet away talking to a good friend of mine, Maxwell. What was he doing here? I don't remember arranging a meeting with him. My eyes narrowed when I saw how close Maxwell was to her. Was he trying to get with Camilla? My curiosity rose when I saw she wasn't moving away from him.

I stormed over just in time to hear him ask her out on a date. I was furious. She's mine. She's not going on a date with him.

"I'm afraid Camilla will be on a business trip for a few days so that means no date for you"

I wrapped an arm around her waist and pulled her towards me. Seeing this Max's eyes went wide understanding. I'm assuming Andre told him about her. I lead Camilla back to my office much to her dismay as she struggled against me. I rolled my eyes as I heard Max laugh.

As soon as I shut the door, I loosened my hold on her. She sprang free and cursed at me.

"Was that really necessary?" she glared at me.

I ignored her question and sat in my chair, "we'll be visiting one of my hotels in Germany"

I could see the excitement in her eyes when I told her where we were going.

"I hope that you'll give me a chance to apologize and explain myself"

She looked conflicted as she thought over what I said. Finally, after what seems like forever she answers, "we'll see"

Well, that's better than nothing.