COURTNEY'S POV
Why did she look like she wasn't pleased with me?
She got up from her seat, and faced me with crossed arms.
“I heard maids come here at a given time to cook and clean up. Is that true?” She asked, and I glanced at David, before nodding slowly.
David looked defeated. He didn't even try to say anything.
“Well, you're married to my son now. He will only eat whatever you prepare because only you can have good intentions for him, and if you have bad intentions, Heavens so help me, you would regret it. The maids can clean other room, but not his room. He's in your hands now, and it's up to you to take care of him. I came here last night, and he had to order a meal! Besides, you didn't even come home last night.” She moved closer to me, and I stepped back even though she wasn't even within inches of me, “Are you already hooking up with another man?”
“No!” It came out way too sharply, “I mean… no, ma'am. I was on a business trip. I would never do that to David. I love David with all my heart, and cannot bear to be with another man.”
David gave a silly grin, and his mother turned to look at him.
“I told you we're really in love.” He said, coming over to me to place a hand around my shoulder, looking into my eyes with those shiny green eyes.
I cleared my throat, and his mother raised her chin. “You have left a bad first impression. I will be seeing you later, Caitlin Jones.” She snapped, and walked past me.
“Was that your mother?” I asked immediately she left.
“Are you still asking?” He asked, walking away.
“You could have called me!”
“No. Your work with Kent is far more important. She came to see how I was doing and also talk about the latest project we're working to develop in the company.”
“What's the latest project?”
“Something impressive. It's a hiking outfit that had everything on it. Super stretchy, and comfy, has a holster for a water bottle, has a whistle, has a GPS on it. A space for a mini blanket, also a flashlight… you name it. With it, your traveling bag will be light when going hiking. You know it's almost the hiking season. We call it the Light Hike.”
“Wow… impressive indeed.”
“How's it going with Kent?”
“I managed to record him confessing to all the things he did to me.”
“Did you sleep with him?” He asked casually, and I looked at him.
“What do you think?”
“That you didn't.” He said, with his playboy smile, and I turned away, smiling.
“I didn't.”
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For the next two days, I didn't see Kent, ignored his calls, and texts, and completely disregarded him.
Part of it was to make him want me more, and the other part was simply because I was already so disgusted by him, and the recording I played over a million times that I didn't want to see him anymore.
“Try it on.” David's words broke me out of my thoughts as he threw me an outfit.
It was the new outfit they were working on.
“Okay.” I said, looking at the outfit, “Is everything ready?”
“No, this is just a test model. By the way, you haven't been going to see Kent. Slacking off? The contact doesn't allow slacking off, you know? Get your emotions under control, so we can be done with our contract fast enough.” He said, and I sighed, parting my lips to reply.
However, the TV interrupted me, as I heard a familiar name.
“Da Silva companies is making the public excited with their brand new, highly expected product called the Light Hike!”
Light hike? The product in my hands yet to be released?
A picture showed on the screen and it was the exact same thing as what I was holding. David came forward, shocked.
How did that company produce the same thing as us? Our product wasn't even out yet!
Who did this?
Was our only enemy not Kent?
Was there someone else looking to attack David?
