100 Days With Mr Romero

“Natalie is Mike’s sister? ” Emma said in a surprised tone.

Sam nodded and placed his left palm on his face.

“Now I know why Mike warned me to stay away from you. ” Emma stated to Sam’s hearing.

“What? ” he asked and Emma didn’t utter a word.

“Maybe you should understand Mike now added Sam.

“Emma if you need space I understand. ” Sam further stated.

“We can put our plan on hold. ” he suggested while staring into Emma’s eyes.

“We can’t put the plan on hold. ” disagreed Emma.

“And I don’t need any space. ” she further said.

Sam watched Emma from the tail of his right eye while pretending to focus on the door.

She drifted backwards on the bed and placed her back on the wall. She began to think about the warnings Mike kept giving her about Sam.

She always felt Mike was being over protective but she never knew Mike had a reason to. She wondered how Mike felt the first time he crossed paths with Sam in her apartment.

She instantly felt sorry for mike. She turned to Sam’s side and saw him looking restless.

“Let’s get some sleep. ” she suggested.

“We have a busy day tomorrow. You can’t afford to look all gloomy at the meeting tomorrow. ” she hinted.

Sam nodded and stretched his legs. He pulled the blanket and covered himself from the sole of his feet way up to his head.

Emma faced the other side thinking about the existence of different complexities in life which people had to deal with. She thought about her life and wondered which was more complex. Was Mike’s life more difficult than Sam’s or was her life easier than theirs she pondered.

She wondered whether Sam had fallen asleep now and she finally fell asleep after much effort and tossing.

The next morning, Sam and Emma were awakened by a disturbing sound from Sam’s phone. It was his alarm.

“Good morning. ” Emma greeted him while yawning.

“Morning Emma. ” he replied scratching his nose.

“You barely slept. ” commented Sam.

“Am terribly sorry for the trouble last night. ” he said to her.

“You barely slept too Sam. ” replied Emma while yawning.

“Its okay. ” she quickly added.

Emma got out of the bed and headed to the bathroom while Sam opened his wardrobe, brought out some clothes and began putting some documents in order.

“The warm water in there was everything I needed. ” Emma told him while pointing to the bathroom after she came out with a towel across her chest.

Sam quickly headed to the bathroom with a towel across his waist while Emma quickly began to dress the moment he walked into the bathroom.

She hurriedly applied her lotion, wore the outfits she had picked for the event and was wearing her heels when Sam came out from the bathroom.

“I forgot to brush my teeth. ” she lied and made her way to the bathroom.

She wanted to give Sam the space to get fully dressed. After all it was his room she told herself. Sam understood and smiled at her while she was heading to the bathroom.

She stood there for a while until Sam said.

“You can come out now. Am all done. ”

She chuckled and came out.

“Breakfast. ” suggested Sam as Emma folded the sheets.

“My domestic staff will handle that. ” he told her pointing to the sheets she was folding.

So what will we have this morning? ” she asked Sam with a smile.

“Let’s see. ” he answered pulling his mobile phone from the drawer.

After few minutes of indecision, Sam and Emma decided to have tea, toast bread and dessert that morning. Their breakfast was brought to them in the room by Sam’s chef.

Sam pushed the tray to the corner immediately they were done.

“The meeting will start soon. We need to be at the hotel’s conference room. ” Sam said after glancing at his wrist watch.

“The driver will take us there. ” he quickly added.Material © NôvelDrama.Org.

“Why don’t you prep me before the main event? ” requested Emma.

She pulled the long chair beside the table and sat while Sam was on the left side of the bed.

“So what should I be expecting? ” she began. “Who are those involved? ” she asked.

“My branch managers across Chicago will be there as well as all head of units. ” explained Sam.

Emma nodded in understanding.

“They’ll all give their reports and the accountants of each unit will give a report too. ” he said.

“Then we will meet with the board of directors. ” outlined Sam.

“And who forms the board of directors? ” inquired Emma.

“Mostly people I don’t know. ” he replied.

“The administrative department handles staff recruitment and other stuffs relating to that. ” he said.

“I guess we are good to go now. ” he declared and Emma nodded.

Emma and Sam got into the limousine and soon, Sam’s driver was on the route to Los Angeles.

“You will love the meeting. ” Sam told Emma.

She smiled saying “I hope so. ”

“Lest I forget. ” warned Sam with a smile.

“Don’t fall asleep when the actors start presenting their reports. ” he told her with a smile.

Emma bursted out laughing.

The driver took them to Los Angeles and to the hotel room the meeting was to hold and he parked the car in the parking lot.

Emma and Sam alighted from the vehicle and Sam was assisted with his suitcase by an assistant awaiting their arrival in front of the building. They exchanged pleasantries while the man ushered them in.

Emma noticed Sam hurrying so she realized they might be late. They got to the conference hall and sat. Emma sat by Sam’s left side. Her eyes wondered across the large room accommodated by Sam’s branch managers, head of units, sponsors, business associates and board of directors.

“The chair person board of directors is here. ” announced someone from the gathering.

“Natalie! ” blurted Sam the moment she walked in.