The Devil's Love For The Heiress by LiLhyz

Chapter 6: In Front Of Carlos

Kate’s hands turned cold and sweaty. Everyone was standing up, waiting for the doors to the conference room to open. Again and again, she swallowed her own spew. She did it so many times; that she felt her tongue become paper dry.

How the doors opened played in slow motion in Kate’s view. The first person to enter was a tall man with pale skin. He had long and curly blond hair, and he had beautiful green eyes. Alexander smiled at everyone, greeting, “Hello, everybody. It’s nice to see you.”

The next thing Kate heard was the sound of another man’s heels against the tiled floor. She gathered air into her lungs profusely as the door to the conference room further opened. Finally, Carlos walked in. He wore a business suit that stretched nicely against his broad shoulders and chest. He had one of his hands tucked inside his trouser pocket, and his grey eyes scanned the room.

Kate could not deny how he looked breathtaking. Carlo’s hair was fringed up. A few strands fell into his eyes. His skin had that tan, healthy glow that she always loved. After ogling at him, their eyes met. They remained to stare at each other a second longer, with Kate especially held captive by his grey eyes.

“Mister Ronaldo, this is our newest Marketing Director, Miss Kate Wright.” Catrina turned to Kate, introducing the tennis superstars. “Kate, this is Carlos Ronaldo and Alexander Jenkins.”

Half a second passed before Kate managed to speak. She said, “It’s nice to meet you, Mister Jenkins and Mister Ronaldo.”

Kate quickly averted Carlos’ gaze while Catrina introduced the other new director. She did not know how Carlos would react, and she was not ready to see it, either. Aside from Arman and Raffa, there was Molly, the store director. Once the products were reproduced, it was Molly’s job to operate the upcoming boutiques.

“And that completes the team of executives,” Catrina said. “We also have the design team with us today because they were the ones who presented the first line of products.”

“It’s nice to meet everyone,” Carlos spoke. “Starting an apparel company was part of my dream, and each of you will be a vessel for CSK Apparel’s success…”

‘Was it? Or was it mine?’ Kate thought, but then again, if the products mostly catered to men, then perhaps, it was also his.

She listened attentively to Carlos welcoming all the executives while she maintained to look elsewhere. The following person to speak was Alexander. Whatever he was saying, it wasn’t sinking into Kate’s head. All she could hear was the wild beating of her heart.

invited everyone to another gathering. “Shall we all have dinner as

from the First Diamond Hotel. They have the

father’s company, after all. However,

swore she felt his burning gaze on her. She was about to confirm this when Catrina proposed, “Great! I’m sure Miss Wright can

Kate nodded and replied, “I’ll

woman with long and wavy honey hair entered the conference room. It was Hailey Mckenzie. She was chasing her breath as she said, “Oh, good! I

tightening. At the sight of Hailey, she clenched her jaws. She thought, ‘Of course, she would be here. She must really

seconds, she connected the dots. Carlos’ girlfriend was the third owner of the company, and she must have come to welcome everybody

what are you doing here?” She heard Carlos ask

how did you get here?” Alexander also

the way from New York!” Hailey replied. “The security knows me, so they let me in. The other staff knows me too, so

away the entire time. She heard Carlos excusing himself, and he exited the room with Alexander,

seat. She exhaled deeply and covered her face with her palms. She knew she had to think this through, and thus, she shifted her gaze to the HR director, saying, “Arman, I’ll arrange the dinner at the hotel, but I don’t

I think you

Arman. I’m really not feeling well,” Kate said, without waiting for another objection. She rose from

made reservations. She concluded the dinner would have to go on without her. Kate wasn’t prepared to

think. Eventually, she made it home, and as soon as she entered the living room of their mansion, Kate screamed, “Ahhh!

the company profile, its financial statement, and all the legal documents. Not to mention, they had begun operation six months before her

She nearly pulled her hair out of frustration, but before letting out another scream, she saw her mother, Samantha, walking out from the direction of the library. Kate said, “Mom! You can’t believe what just happened to me