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Obsession and desire novel Chapter 54


Over the next few days Camille and Andy stopped talking to each other, the few things they were sharing had ended, they didn't even exchange a glance in the company, both were determined to end the relationship and for no reason would they back down, they had hit rock bottom with its toxicity, so the best decision was to have separated, or so they thought.
Camille was focused on her apartment, although she wanted to resign from the position that Andy had assigned her, the city where they lived was going through a labor crisis and she had not found another alternative, her expenses were not expected, paying for the care of her sister and others, they made her feel obligated to be there.
Although she had not met Andy, and she no longer even had his contact saved, she still loved him, she felt many things for him, but what happened made her understand the time to say no more, she was afraid that their relationship was going to end. falling into physical abuse, it was something that perhaps she could not forgive, on the other hand, the one she constantly saw was Mario Benedetti, the other CEO, the man did not stop praising her, but she was indifferent to him, one good afternoon she was in her office…they knock twice on her door, and she makes them continue.
“Miss Ibis?” asks a young man from home, who in his arms carried a huge bouquet of flowers, full of fruits and extravagant decorations, he had never seen anything like this.
“Yes, tell me.”
“Look here they send you, please read the card.”
 “Are you owed something?”
“Of course not, thanks for having me”  However, Camille takes a ten-dollar bill out of her bag and gives him a tip, it was a lucky afternoon for the boy, who sent the flowers had also given him a juicy tip, she is convinced that whoever sent him that bouquet of flowers was Andy, although he was not as detailed as she imagined, he lacked a bit of imagination, she opens the card that has a message:
"You are the most beautiful flower of the company; your aroma lights up my days"
The card was not signed, but she makes a gesture of acceptance anyway, and takes one of the fruits that the basket of flowers brought and continues her work.
But not only she was surprised with the bouquet of flowers, Andy was also surprised, from the camera in his office, where he had not stopped spying on Camille for a single day, he was realizing how someone was trying to convince his girl with details that for him, only represented cliché, but apparently, Camille liked that, it made her not going to give up, even if they were separated, she wanted to fight, he missed her, he just wondered who would have been the Romeo of the occasion?
Well, it wouldn't take long to find out, because the details continued to be presented frequently, the following days at the door of Camille's office, details such as bouquets of flowers, stuffed animals, meals, and many other things arrived, in the course of a week her office was full of things that, apparently, she loved, because every time she received them she smiled.
The last gift was a bouquet of red roses, with a basket full of strawberries with chocolate, she checks the card again and the message is clearer.
"I would like you to give me the opportunity to conquer your heart, from the day you crashed into me, you made your smell remain impregnated in my being, would you go out to lunch with me" M. B, if it is a yes, simply mark my extension.
Immediately Camille knew that it was Mario, and she smiled, the man was quite attractive and had tried to invite her to lunch, so she decided to raise the horn and dial his extension.
“I don't know why I had a feeling that you were going to call me sweet little lump.”
“Sweet lump?” she answers him.
“Yes, you are so fragile and beautiful, did you like the gifts?”
“Yes, I loved them, thank you very much I didn't imagine that they came from you, you are very kind.”
“Do you deserve that and much more, so the call is to say yes?”
“Yes, I accept the invitation. When would it be?”
“Today dear, see you in thirty minutes in the elevator”.
“So, it will be” They hung up the call, Camille began to get ready a little to attend the long-awaited appointment.
Andy notices how she is getting ready and assumes that it is to go out with the one who sent her the gifts, so he also prepares to go out at the same time, it would cause a chance encounter, the one he had tried to avoid these last months, if he was not A cliché detailer, he always worried that his mother had the best medical treatment, that she had a decent place to live, that nothing would happen to her, that she would get home safely, to take care of him when he needed it most.
Twenty minutes later she comes out and so does he, but the surprise was double when Mario left his office at the same time, the three of them go to the elevator, and meet, Camille feels her cheeks turn red and she wants to die when she sees Mario greets Andy with a wet kiss on the cheek in front of Andy, who was boiling inside, not only wanted to stay with his company, but also with his wife.
Andy felt how jealousy invaded him, but this time he wouldn't do anything, if she didn't want to be with him, the only option she had was to totally resign herself. They all went down to the first floor, they took their way, while Andy only had to watch how the woman he loved was hooked into the hands of the man who wanted to bring him down with everything.
However, he followed behind them towards the main exit, as always his obsession with the chase did not leave him alone and he decided to chase them, he wanted to know clearly what Mario's intentions were with Camille, or to see if they already had some more confidence, if They gave each other a kiss, or if they went to an intimate place, the doubt was eating away at him.
Meanwhile, Camille was not completely comfortable with Mario, despite being as wonderful a man as he appeared, she felt that her heart was still tied to Andy, that what happened in the elevator was the worst event of those days, that she would never have. the intention to hurt him because her love for him was intact.
Mario opens the back door of his luxurious Audi and gives him way to continue, he was always an inveterate gentleman.
“Keep clod, it is a great pleasure for me to go with you to lunch.”
“Thank you very much gentleman “she smiles at him, there was no reason not to.
The car takes its way, meanwhile behind them, Andy ordered Orlando to chase them.

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