AMB~she~OUS

CHAPTER ONE

I sat there staring at my ring, the diamonds shone very brightly in the midday sun, it was a piece from Tiffany's consisting of 24k white diamonds and tiny crystals around the golden wedding band. Apart from being super expensive it was quite a simple and elegant ring, i had convinced my husband to get me a ring that didn't draw too much attention, any other large ring would have made me feel shallow or self-centered and of course it would have drawn too much attention. Attention? i laughed at that thought, since when have i ever cared about drawing attention? my whole marriage had drawn the attention of the business world, media and well pretty much everyone. It was hard not to be on covers of magazines and newspapers when you were married to a multi-billionare business man, did i also mention that my husband was old enough to be my father? sick i know and i have received backlash for it, being tainted as a gold digger or trophy wife. Despite what everyone said i really cared about Craig even though i was not in love with him he and i got along very well, he was very caring & somewhat fragile.

We also had a good working relationship and i think that is why our marriage is in perfect harmony. So i bet the question that everyone wanted and still wants to know is how such a young woman like myself would ever get married to someone as old as Craig Daniels...Well some speculations might not have been far off when they said i married him for money. The truth is i don't give a damn about his money and it's not why i married him at all, it's his position in the business world that i was after. Social Climber one might say well that is not far off either but what could a desperate girl like me do?

Being the only girl in my family, i was never allowed the chance to become the woman i wanted to be, my parents hated the idea of me becoming a business woman

"Pretty Girls like you belong in the entertainment industry as a model or an actress or maybe at home as a house wife"

that had been her mother: Tori Jones, she was the all American mother but didn't believe in women becoming powerful business people. David Jones, my father was also a sexist idiot who believed that women where meant to stay home and raise kids and some of that Victorian crap they believed in. Even without my parents' approval i had managed study business management and earned myself a degree and a master's degree, the hard work i had put in my studies had paid off finally but it only made my parents angrier and more disapproving. Upon looking for a job in the business sector, my parents hired a modelling & acting agent so as to force me to start my journey in the showbiz department. No matter how i tried to reason with them and let them see my talents in the business they would not hear of it, they kept pushing me, they even hired guards so as to make sure i didn't try to persue anything that was not related to what they wanted me to do, for me that was the last straw...I had had enough so i did what anyone in my place would have done...I ran away from home.

With no job or place to stay i struggled when i made it to New York, with little money i managed to stay in motels whilst i looked for decent job to get me started. After weeks of looking, i finally got a job as a waitress in a small cafe that was owned by the girl who had me waiting here & who is also my bestfriend : Alexandra Lopez, my half latino friend was the one who managed to save me and convince her grandma to get me a job and we became inseparable ever since. Alex had just got a job D&D enterprises, a company that owns chains of hotels, lodges, clubs and restaurant s world wide. She got a job as Craig's secretary leaving her family cafe without another waitress, she had been lucky to stumble upon my advertisement in the paper and managed to get me hired immediately. In a short space of time, Alex and I got really close, so close that we shared even our darkest fears, aspirations and secrets, she later on invited me to be her roomate when her job offered her an apartment in the heart of New York.

So how did i go from waitress to the wife of a multi billionare's wife? Well after working at the Lopez Cafe for a year whilst furthering my business studies, I learned from Alex that Craig was looking for a new personal assisant and thanks to my good looks and fluttery nature i got the job without even attending an interview. Being somebody's PA was not where i wanted to spend the rest of my life at so Alex who is mostly the mastermind behind everything i do managed orchestrate a genious plan that got me to where i am today. I got to know Craig personally, he was widowed by his wife and was lonely, his own son didn't give a damn about him, i took advantage of his sad life & became his friend then girlfriend, fiance and finally wife. It was a low thing to do i know but come on look where it got me, there was no way i was going to remain his personal assisant so using my business degrees Craig managed to get me another job in the business sector and i actually got promoted to being a Supervior in the Sales department. Alex, my partner in crime ended up starting her own fashion label with the help of all the money i got from my husband, Lopez Fashions became one of the largest fashion houses in New York and it continues to grow and grow.

"There she is, Mrs Katherine Daniels, sorry to keep you waiting, i was delayed in a meeting with IMG Models Agency, they have not stopped persisting that i sign a contract with them to promote their models, they can be a pain in the neck"

Alex said as she took a seat in front of me, i had booked us a table at at a small fancy restaurant for lunch. We were both at our lunch breaks and because we had busy schedules we had little time to discuss a very important upcoming event.

"Enough with the apologies honey, let's get straight to the issue at hand, shall we?"

I said leaning in forwad so that we faced each other

"Whoa, i like this whole all business no play persona you got going on, this is going to be a good look for the future C.E.O of D&D enterprises" she said with a playful smile on her lips.

"Have you ordered anything yet cause am starving?"

Alex said picking up the menu.

"No, nothing yet" i had actually lost my appetite because of the nerves which refused to go away.

What did i have to be nervous about? Everything, my whole future was on the line. After the waiters took our orders Alex and i finally got discuss the reason why we had met up in the first place.

"So how are you holding up? Are you anxious or ..." she left the question hanging, i released a long sigh trying to calm myself before answering her.

"Honestly am scared, there are so many what ifs going on in my head, its making it difficult to have faith" my voice was full of uncertainty, Alex took my hands in hers and gave me an encouraging smile.

"Hey, dont overthink it. You are his wife and he said it himself that he trusts you with the company more than anyone else, why would he do otherwise. He has no other children except that bastard prodigal son of his which am sure wont show his shameless face on Saturday, besides that you are the only person eligable enough to take up that position & do a great job. You have worked too hard for this, we have invested a lot in this plan for it not to work."

I knew she was right but i just had a bad feeling about it, i mean i trusted Craig would not forget how hard i worked or how better i deserved but to hand me the entire company was something i was beginning to greatly doubt.

"Now lets leave the heavy conversations for Saturday & eat then maybe after this i will let you take a sneak peek on the dress i designed for the event".

I pushed all the worries aside and tried to enjoy an afternoon with my bestfriend.

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