Come Benjamin

Camella jumped to her feet when she saw Benjamin. She went to him, held his hand and hugged him. "Good morning Benjamin" she said in a seductive time and went and sat next to him.

"How come you are here?" Benjamin asked without looking suprised.

"Rita said you will be meeting lady Venessa today. Since I am also part of the team, I have come to assit you" replied camella softly with a smile as though trying to convey that she was his support.

Benjamin didn't say anything. He turned to lady Venessa who was in a conversation with Betty, who was smilling and nodding gently at her.

Camella saw him looking at Betty and felt as though someone had stabbed her heart. She looked at Betty and said in a low voice "does she even know anything about the project? She is new, you should have brought Rita along with you. She said that she knows everything about this project".

Benjamin ignored her completely looking affectionately at betty he said "I hope the two of you is not talking about my negative points?

Lady Vanessa laughed and said "you are not important Benjamin! However your secretary here is very beautiful she will suit your status to well

Lady Vanessa was an old person and she hardly withheld her feelings.

Benjamin smiled and looked at Betty who was turning red until her ears "that's an interesting thought Vanessa" he said trying to make Betty blush more. He love the way she would colour up even in the slightest provocation, he had the urge to tease her again but he restrained and admired her inside.

Camella looked at betty with ultimate disgust, in order to divert the topic camella started talking about the business proposal "lady Vanessa we hear that your company have been in depts and that you have to clear lots of them

Lady Vanessa was irritated by the way camella started the conversation on a negative note. She replied "where have you heard all that from"?

Camella took out a file from her purse and kept it on the table she said "our department had investigated it and we have the entire detailed report about your investment and depts"

Vanessa picked the file and read it for ten minutes while there was complete silence. Camella was looking at Benjamin with a glimmer in her eyes as if conveying " see I figured out reports on the background of her hotel and saved you so much trouble and investment".

Vanessa threw the file back on the table and said "this is utter nonsense! Whoever had made this report is mad. They have not gathered the data properly, the figures out there are all wrong. then she looked at Benjamin and said "Mr Benjamin since you requested the personal meeting I have especially taken up my time from my busy schedule to meet with you. But I didn't know that you would come prepared so pathetically.

Have you only come to insult me? if you have the file about me then why did you bother coming to meet me ? For curtsey? Don't worry about that since I am at that age that doesn't need it as I dictate my own terms, You may leave. Lady Vanessa got very angry and started getting up.

On a Normal occasion no one in Thier right mind could ever speak to Benjamin like that, even if he was wrong. They rather blame the fault on themselves rather than saying it was his. But benjamin turned a blind eye on this one because he had great respect for women not the likes of Camella, and he didn't want to give Betty a wrong impression about himself. He still wants her to love him, he can't risk it now.

Benjamin said "I am sorry Vanessa but could you please not be aggressive about it? If our staff has prepared the report then it could be true.

"Benjamin please leave" said lady Vanessa angrily and left them. Suddenly she turned and said "betty you seem to be the most reasonable person amongst them. If ever you are looking for a job you can approach me directly".

"Hummph" Carmella made a face at her, then she turned to benjamin and said "let's not waste any more of our time here. We have to hurry back for our next meeting you can come with me my car as I have to discuss about some of the vendors.

Benjamin said, "No, I will come with Betty. thanks for the report but you should have showed that report to me in the office or email it to me what was the point in showing it in front of Lady Vanessa?

Camella pursed her lip and said "I am soo sorry Mr. Benjamin Rita gave me that report in the morning it is not by fault I thought this is the best place to show the report so Vanessa would know that we are not novice in this trade, it was a good slap in the face of that old woman.

"Let's go Betty" he said and got up from the sofa. Camella ran after him pushing betty slightly out of the way and held his hands in the left. She tugged at him and said cutely "come with me Benjamin I have also your favourite brownies you can have them on the way to the office".

Benjamin jerked his hand away from her and said rudely "Camella enough! Don't touch me, I don't like it. Let there be a distance between us. Both me and Betty have had breakfast so let's meet at the office" saying that he went towards his car leaving camella with a mouth as wide open as a tunnel.

Betty couldn't supress her chortle as she went past Camella nudging her shoulders slightly and she sat in Benjamin's car grandly. While driving back to the office Benjamin instructed betty about the next plan.