Twist Of Fate

9

"so we do have a deal" she said shaking hands with Miguel

the partnership deal was finally completed and there was enough time for her to rest before the project begun proper

"yes, we do have a deal" Miguel smiled 

"so how do you suggest we celebrate it, your place or mine"

"may I remind you that we are not that close  yet and whatever is between us should be formal"

"so how close are we now?" he asked teasingly 

"Mr. Corera or should I say Railings, if we're to work together, you will have to stop all your teases" 

"are you affected by them?" he continued 

"not in any way" she said rolling her eyes at him

"common, you can come over to my place, I'm not going to eat you except you want me to EAT you"

"okay you're being too bold now" she said parking her bags to distract herself, he was turning her on and she knew that if she didn't take her time, she would fall for him, something she didn't want, there are many things she didn't know about him and though with his playfulness, she knew he carried a lot of secrets.

"you owe me one don't forget" he said coming behind her

"you kept me waiting and I remember telling you I was going to punish you"

"oh yeah" she replied turning to face him   "should I be scared then?"

"your choice" he simply said

"you know what, lets go to your house" she finally said

"are you sure?"  he asked

"don't tell me you're having a cold feet now?"

"off course not" he said helping her with her bag

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the ride to his house wasn't long, the chauffeur took the car keys when he parked before leading her inside. to his surprise, he met the lock open and loud music was blasting from inside one of the guest room and only was person was capable of doing such KENDALL

"kEN" he shouted once he helped Kimberly inside       "Kendall!!!" yet no reply

"if you don't come down here, I'm cutting you off for a month" he yelled

"hello brother" she greeted appearing from the kitchen

"Kendall" he shouted rather furiously     "what are you doing here?"

I came to see my brother"

"I'm not joking with you" he shouted dragging her by the arm

"Miguel" Kimberly called out    "its okay, she's still a kid"

"I'm not a kid" she replied rolling her eyes     "so is she the one?"

"I'm giving you an hour to put my house back in order" he ordered her

"fine" she said leaving both of them alone

"I'm sorry about my sister" he apologized after Kendall had left

"hey, there's nothing to be sorry about" she answered   "why not make this worthwhile" she said smiling 

"what mischief are you planning?'

"we can join in the clean up and fix ourselves something, I'm craving some strawberry butter cake"

"not what I had in mind"

"or you're scared I cook more than you?" she teased

"my brother is a chef, you'd never want to taste your own food if you eat his food" Kendall said appearing from the hallway

"Kendall"

"I was complimenting you Miguel" she rolled her eyes

"are you really sure of that Kendall, or you both want to intimidate me"

"do you want to challenge me Kimberly?"

"why not?"

"then challenge accepted"

Kendall took Kimberly to the room to help her change into something comfortable.

"so you were the girl her last time?" Kendall asked

"maybe"

"not maybe, i smelt you, I'm very good with smell you know"

"I see" 

"looks like he likes you"

"we're business partners and I don't do business with pleasure"

"doesn't look like that to me, my brother has gone through a lot and he deserves to be happy"

I know, but it doesn't mean his happiness lies with me"

"my mom would like to meet you"

"your mom?" Kimberly asked looking surprised

"we organize something like a ball every year and mom has been disturbing him to bring a girl with him and he's been given a deadline"

"and you think he wants me to go with him?"

"why not?"

"then I'll wait for him to ask me himself"

through out her stay that evening, it was really fun and she got along with Kendall, though she was a bit forward, that was what she need, a distraction from everything that was going on with her and Miguel was that perfect distraction. Miguel had insisted she slept over, but she insisted on leaving, she got home around past twelve and had hoped that both Marianna and her father were asleep but unfortunately for her, her father was waiting for her.

"where are coming from this time of the night?" he asked as soon as she entered

"well good day to you dad, and if you stayed awake  to talk to me just because of that decision, I'm sorry there's nothing i can do till the next board of directors meeting"

"that wasn't really what I wanted to talk to you about" 

"oh I see, so what was it that made you stay up late?"

"its you"

"me?" she asked feigning surprised

"Kimberly, i know you're hurt, but cant we just go back to the way we were before all these?"

"after getting to Marianna?, i never stopped you from taking your decisions and i never interfered in your decisions because I respect them, but you still haven't given me a valid reason to justify why you got married to her"

"I---I, I had no choice" Ricardo stammered

"we always have choices, but you decided to go with the easy one"

"Kimber................

I don't hate you dad, i might hate the decision you made but not you, you are and would always be my sweet and loving father, I can live with your wife in peace if she stays away from me and the memories of my mother"

"is that all you want?"

"for now"

I promise to fix that"

"and I promise to be your best girl and dad remember I'm not a kid any longer, I know she has something on you, you can trust me on this"

I know Kim, I'll come clean to you soon enough"