AMB~she~OUS

CHAPTER SEVEN

I fluttered my eyes open and glared at the streaks of sunlight peaking through the curtains. I rolled over and looked over at Craig's side and it was empty which was a good thing, i didn't think i wanted to deal with him today especially after Saturday night. Yesterday was Sunday and we had spent the entire day avoiding each other or maybe it was me who was avoiding him but neitherless not much had been said between us…saturday night was a real mess and just thinking about it made my blood boil again. I dragged my body up and eyed the clock on the table and groaned, it was monday and i had to go to work that is if i still had my job. I had no doubt that Nick would try to make my life at the company a living hell if he wanted to, that cool and calm facade didn't fool me, i knew he was a devil deep down. I immediately began frowing at thought of him, Only God knew how much i hated him right now.

I got up from the large bed and walked over to the large mirror, I had been the one to convince Craig to have it put in our room and I didn't even remember why. I looked at my reflection and groaned loudly, I looked like a complete mess, my hair was sticking out in different directions, my eyes looked tired and i swore I could see bags starting to form under them. This was all Craig's fault, now apart from losing my company I had to worry about getting wrinkles from all the stress I had. I dragged my hand through my long hair, trying to make it look better but who was I kidding, I needed a long shower and a hairbrush to even begin to make myself representable. Turning away from the mirror; I sat on the bed thinking about what i was going to do with myself if Nick decided to run his mouth or worse kick me out of the company. He wouldn't do that, would he? I didn't get to answer that question when the bedroom door opened and Paloma walked in with a tray in her hands. "Good Morning Mrs Daniels, I brought you an asprin and some water for your headache." The elderly woman said as she set the tray on the bed side table. "No need to be so formal Paloma." I muttured as I took the pill from her, I was almost certain that Craig was the one who had instructed her to do this, well he was going to have to do a lot more than this to get back on my good side again.

I dragged my hand over my face trying to prepare myself for a long bath that i knew I desperately needed. "Mr Daniels also instructed me to give you this." She said handing me a file, it was wrapped in red ribbon and had my name written in bold. I was instantly  suspicious, was this my husband's peace offering? I couldn't be sure considering the fact that he had not said anything to me yet. I took the envelope without hesitation and slowly began to inspect it, it looked like a business envelope but the red ribbon was throwing me off, my name was written formally and he had refrained from using my maiden name instead using his surname which made it more suspicious. Most of my assets were under my maiden name, I wondered why this wasn't. I carefully removed the ribbon, not wanting to damage the envelope, with each knot i untied i could feel my heart speed by a thousand beats and my hands become clammy. "Pull yourself together Katherine." I muttered under my breath as i untied the final knot of the ribbon. "Shall i run the bath for you Ma'am?" Paloma snapped me out of my thoughts with her question, she must have noticed that i was a nervous wreck and that her presence was definitely not helping the situation. Without looking away from the envelope, i gave her a quick nod and she quickly scurried away to the bathroom and left me alone with the parcel that kept om tormenting me, was i ready to open it and find out what was inside? Probably not but i wasn't going to wait any longer.

Ignoring the terrible churning in my stomach and the pounding in my chest, i quickly ripped of the envelope and pulled out the bunch of papers inside. With trembling hands i quickly scanned the words on it, the fuzziness in my head was making it hard to understand anything written, it just looked like a bunch of nonsense till my eyes caught a section of paper that made my heart stop. My eyes immediately widened when i saw what was written, i couldn't believe it so i read it a thousand more times to make sure i was not mistaken.  I felt my body involuntarily  rise as i began to process what i had just read, i mean it wasn't much but it was a start, it was better than nothing. Craig wasn't impulsive so i knew that this must have taken him sometime to come up with and of course it wasn't without a fight from the other shareholders but this was proof that he fought for it to happen. A small smile crept onto my face, i had small influence but that was all i needed now to get rid of Nick and take back what was rightfully mine. Suddenly the day started looking of me, I was gladly accepting Craig's peace offering but i wasn't going to stop there, not when i had come this far.

"Paloma, please call up Miss Lopez and ask her to come here, it's urgent." I instructed our head maid as i walked into the bathroom, i needed a good long bath because today was going to be a very very good day. After all i had just become a shareholder on the board and my influence with the support of others would help remove Nick from his position. I was now feeling oddly motivated. I could do this. The world had no idea about what was going to hit them.

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Did i hear that there was going to be some sort of confrontation?
Not my words
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