Andy, after formalizing his relationship with Camille, decides to resume his life in all aspects, his sick passion for order and obsession is present again, he has been up since 4:30 in the morning, he complies with his exercise routine and food, she takes advantage of the time with her little Zoé, she no longer arrives at the company at 8 am, due to the time she dedicates to her little girl, but her punctuality continues to be one of her best qualities.
Camille continues working in the position that he had assigned her, they meet for lunch and after work, he always takes her home, little by little he is taking control of Camille's time, there is not a single moment when she is alone, the only moments of intimacy are when Andy is sharing with Zoé.
“Hello, my love, are you free for us to go to lunch?” It is the third call that Andy has made in the first 4 hours of the day to Camille.
“Yes, I'm free now, but I agreed to call you my love, let me breathe a little” although Camille was saying it in a sarcastic tone, she had a deep touch of truth, she really wanted to have some freedom, she felt that he was pressing more than normal.
“I'll wait for you in the company mall, don't take too long precious” Andy speaks to her with a loving tone
Camille adjusts her wardrobe and combs her hair a little, lately he was referring to her way of dressing, he had forbidden her to wear very flashy clothes and necklines, so the relationship was becoming somewhat possessive on his part.
“My love, you have no idea how much I miss you” Andy approaches and kisses her, everyone in the company knew that he had started a relationship with her, he preferred to mark that territory before his companions, so that no one had the intention of pretending to her.
“I missed you too my love” She kissed him back passionately, despite the last things Andy had done, she didn't stop loving him unconditionally.
“Today is Friday, I want you and Carolain to stay this weekend at the mansion, to make some family plan, as soon as we leave the company, we're going to pick up your things and your sister and we'll go there. What do you think?” he proposes to her without counting on her time.
“Andy, well this weekend I have some things to do, I think we'll see each other until Sunday, my sister has a recital at her school and there's an activity that will last all afternoon, so I'll be with her, if we go to the mansion totally distances itself from its activity” Camille responds with all the authority that she still believes she has
Although this wasn't the answer he expected, because they hadn't made previous plans for the weekend, he nodded angrily, and they continued having lunch in silence, a comfortable silence, but he won't give up.
“Camille and if I accompany them to the recital? And from there we went to the mansion”
“Andy my love, but Zoé you know that very little can leave the house, I would not like to leave her alone at any time.”
“Yes, but I want to be with you, and I don't want to leave you alone, so for tomorrow I would make an exception” he replies as he takes a bite to his mouth.
Camille felt a small air of manipulation on Andy's part, she adored Zoé and more in her situation, but the fact that the baby was still connected to the probe that she had to carry in her kidney, prevented them from being able to move much more from the mansion and the plans had turned only to go to Andy's house, she wanted to get out of that routine at least for her sister.
“Let's do something my love, I don't want you to leave the girl alone, because it's important that she share with you, as soon as we leave the recital, I'll take a taxi and go to the mansion, is that okay with you?”
Although the very idea of her being alone in the city made him nauseous, he had to accept, that was a message that Camille was giving him, screaming privacy.
“It's okay, my love! I'll prepare something for you to eat for when you arrive” Andy approaches her and gives her a wet kiss.
Lunch continued as usual, when leaving the place, they decided to walk to get to the company, they were not far away, and it was a beautiful afternoon to share together.
He takes her by the hand, and although she is quite warm because the city is in winter, a man passes by and stares at her, he was admiring the beauty that Camille had, through no fault of her own. She felt uncomfortable by the look that this man offered her, and she sought refuge in her love, but when she turned to see him, he was bursting with anger, his eyes were darker, and his expression was totally frozen.
“Have you seen what happened Camille?” she tells him while she pressed her lips
“I don't understand Andy what you mean, I thought you had realized what happened.”
“Yes, you've shared glances with a man, don't you realize that you're going with me by the hand?”
“I didn't share looks with any man Andy! That guy just looked at me out of nowhere, I couldn't even help it, what's happening to you?”
“I realized Camille, how you looked back at him, if you're not capable of just being with me because you must be seeing other men, well tell me, I'm not going to bear this.
Andy abruptly let go of her hand and left her there where she was standing in the middle of the street, in the middle of nowhere, Camille didn't understand what just happened at that moment, she was only looking for refuge and defense in her man, not that to answer her the way she did, however, she also continued on her way back to the company, she was confused.
Upon arriving at the company, Camille went up to her office without even going through Andy's, she was really upset by the insults that he had just done to her, and she did not really understand, if that was mistreatment, her words were hurtful and they had emotionally affected her, she felt entitled not to want to talk to him.
Meanwhile Andy, you were sitting in front of your desk looking at the monitor, the camera that was monitoring Camille's office, fortunately she had no idea that there was a hidden camera inside her space, she had ever done a review, but He never found her, he watched as she entered his office frustrated and sat in front of her desk without even taking off her overcoat, she saw some things on the computer, but for a moment he observed that she paused, and took her head in sign of annoyance, it was noticeable that she was totally irritated, but in his perception, he had been absolutely right, he could not tolerate how his girlfriend shared glances with a man on the street.
Camille narrates.
I don't understand Andy's attitude, how can you be sure that I shared glances with a stranger? And make me that show of apathetic jealousy, his words were offensive, I don't want to talk to him for now, I must hope that first he won't be so irritable, or I'm sure I'll fill him with bad words.
Today is Friday I feel like I need to free my head, but my social life is so nonexistent that I don't even have someone to go out for a drink with. I can't stand being in this office anymore, I'll get out of here, even if I go out alone somewhere.
Camille took her bag and without consulting Andy as she had done the last few weeks after they formalized their relationship, she leaves determined to go without him, but this time she wasn't going home, she would go anywhere where she felt the privacy to clear your thoughts.
He does not stop watching her through the camera, realizing that she is going to leave work an hour before finishing and that she had not told him where she was going, it had hit her like a bucket of cold water, and if she was already Annoyed, now he was even more upset, he needed to know where he was going, so he went after her, from his cell phone he opened an application where he managed a kind of GPS and began to retrace his steps, she had not even realized that he had installed a tiny chip in her phone, a few days ago he had given her a cover for her cell phone, decorated with small diamonds, but he had done it with the intention of being able to chase her wherever she went, he knew that the cell phone it was the only object she would not leave behind, wherever she went.
She waits for him to come out and not notice that he is chasing her, he gives Orlando the coordinates that he must follow so as not to lose sight of her and he realizes that this time he is not going home, he had never felt the sensation he felt at that moment The only thing that was going through his head was the insecurity that Camille was being unfaithful to him, he couldn't think better of her, lately despite the fact that she hadn't given him the slightest reason, any situation around him represented a threat.
Camille's final destination was a jazz bar in the city, he manages to arrive almost at the same time as the taxi that transports her, she gets off and goes directly to the place, Andy does the same as in the company, he hopes that she gets comfortable and goes behind, stands in a place where it is not visible to her, and begins to observe each of the movements she makes, meanwhile she sits alone at a table and decides to order a glass of wine, takes her cell phone and types, Andy immediately looks at his phone thinking that it would be a message for him, but there was nothing, the chat was intact, he felt his cheeks flush with anger, he wanted to get up from where he was and take her arm But he had to wait and see what she had planned.
Meanwhile, Camille tells the nurse who is taking care of her sister that she will arrive a couple of hours later tonight, so she would pay her overtime to take care of Carolain, seeing the positive response, she smiles, relaxes a bit and she looks forward to the next jazz show, which is about to take place in the place, she was so enthralled listening to the melody, when she feels a voice speaking in her ear.
“Camille Ibis?” A voice that seemed familiar surrounded her, she looks askance even with her doubt, but she smiles when she sees who it was.
“Oh, my God! Jean, I haven't seen you for so long, I could say it's been years. How are you?” she gets up from her chair and gives him a big hug- Jean was her best friend from childhood, she hadn't had communication with him for many years, when she left high school she went to college and they didn't keep in touch , like things of fate, he was there in that place.
“You're still the same as the day we said goodbye in high school, remember? That day I didn't hear from you again and well, we were so poor, we didn't even have a cell phone like now”.
“Yes, I remember it as if it had been yesterday, but how happy to see you. What are you doing here? But sit down, sit down” She points to the chair next to her, he sits a little close to her.
On the other side, Andy was wanting to murder his girlfriend and her companion, his heart was beating rapidly, and his jealousy was collapsing, he had never been a man of problems, but he felt a deep desire to go and hit the man who was now accompanying his women. He takes a single sip of the glass of wine that he had on his table, and takes courage, he was going to face the "unfaithful girlfriend and her lover", because that's what they had become at that moment, but as if fate would like to play a trick on him, he receives an urgent call from Zoé's nurse.
“Hello what's going on?”
“Mr. Alf, you need to come home soon, the girl has had a fever for about twenty minutes and is quite uncomfortable, besides that the probe has not been filtering for two hours, I dared to wait before notifying based on my experience, but it is better that I take the girl to the hospital” Hearing that Andy felt an icy chill in his body, he had a sea of mixed feelings, what he loved most in life needed his immediate attention, and his love was being unfaithful behind his back, although Camille hadn't done anything until then, for him, she had done everything.
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