100 Days With Mr Romero

Fiona couldn’t hide her surprise the moment Gideon’s mother referred to her as her son’s fiancee. Catherine was glad Judy didn’t notice Fiona’s weird reaction so she winked and moved her head a little higher signaling to Fiona to play along.

Fiona being an upcoming actress and having acquired some acting skills, immediately put on her acting shoes and swung to action. She headed towards Judy.

Meanwhile, Judy was behind Gideon’s desk holding the file she had come to pick. Her hands were wrapped around the file and she was fighting so hard to keep the blank expression on her face. She couldn’t believe Gideon had a fiancee all this while.

Judy knew Catherine Romero never liked her and displaying an act of weakness before this woman will send her off balance and she will be conquered. She managed to stand her ground hiding the storm that was growing in her.

“Well I don’t need any formal introduction again. Do I mother in-law? ” Fiona said directing the statement at Catherine who cleared her throat loudly and replied ‘of course not.’

Fiona was standing few steps away from Judy. Catherine was glad Fiona was playing along and irking Judy the more is what she was bent on doing at the moment.

Judy began biting her lower lip in frustration. Gideon has a fiancee? She wondered? She didn’t want to believe that, it couldn’t be true. Sure it’s been over six months he had lost Ryan and gotten a divorce from Emma. He wouldn’t want to get into marriage that quickly? But what if he did? ‘No’ Judy said boldly in her head. She chose not to believe that Fiona was Gideon’s wife to be. She hadn’t even seen her around until now. She stood before both women holding the file firmly and struggling to get a grip on her emotions. Keep your calm Judy she kept telling herself.

“What are you doing in my husband to be office? ” Fiona asked Judy looking at her from head to toe in a manner that was quite demeaning. Judy instantly felt like smashing Fiona’s head against the wall but she knew it was important to calm this raging storm rising in her.

“I came to get this. ” she replied projecting

the file to Fiona’s face.

Judy could feel the crack in her voice so she cleared her voice loudly and stared directly into Fiona’s eyes. She felt it was necessary to proof to Fiona that she is not a woman who can be scared easily.

“Congratulations on your up coming wedding darling. ” Judy said to Fiona with a fake smile. She quickly extended her left hand to Fiona for a handshake which Catherine found shocking. Fiona who was also acting quickly smiled back at Judy and shook her in return.

In her mind, Judy cursed Fiona and wished she could disappear like Emma did. There palms were still tied into each other’s which made Catherine think the hand shake was taking too long. Congratulations on your upcoming death Judy said inwardly and took out her palm from Fiona’s.

“I’ll be leaving now. ” Judy announced to the women and gave another fake smile before exiting the spot.

“Bloody slut. ” Catherine cursed Judy immediately she walked out of Gideon’s office. She quickly sat and Fiona noticed how fast her breath increased.

“Calm down aunt. We can handle this. ” Fiona assured Catherine and headed towards Gideon’s refrigerator. She pulled a bottle of water and handed it to Catherine who quickly grabbed the bottle without noticing it.

“Sorry I took so long to get the file. ” Judy apologized to the audience at the conference room.

She passed the file to Gideon and sat.

“I almost went after you myself. ” Gideon told her after she had pulled out a chair and sat.

“The file was lying there and I was looking elsewhere. ” she lied rubbing her hands vigorously.

Of course she wasn’t going to tell them she was having a dramatic encounter with Catherine and that she had just been introduced to Fiona, Gideon’s fiancee.

Meanwhile as Judy, read out the meeting agenda, Gideon looked at her hoping his mother had left before she went into his office. He knew how blunt his mother could be especially since her first encounter with Judy wasn’t friendly. Judy was done reading the minutes and immediately, she lifted her eyes, she caught Gideon staring at her and he immediately looked away.

The business meeting finally began and during discussions and financial reports that didn’t require her to speak, Judy’s mind kept drifting back to Gideon’s office and how Fiona was introduced to her by Catherine.

Gideon had a fiancee? She asked herself and sat up properly fixing her gaze on Gideon whose full attention was into the meeting. When did he meet Fiona? She asked herself and looked around to ensure non of the clients might catch her stealing a glance at Gideon. She was glad no one could read her mind.

Throughout the whole meeting, no one noticed how tensed Judy had been. She had masked her discomfort and kept smiling and contributing to the entire endeavor.This text is property of Nô/velD/rama.Org.

“Before we leave gentlemen. ” Gideon said cleaning the sweats dripping from his forehead with a plain handkerchief.

“We will take a review of our budget and make final recommendations. ” he said placing the handkerchief beside his scattered file on the table.

“Of course. ” one of the clients said with a pen in his left hand and a notepad in the other.

“Excuse me please. ” Judy said and got up with a smile. She adjusted her jacket.

Gideon nodded indicating she was excused. They had been in the conference hall for over two hours so Gideon was certain Judy needed to go to the rest room or get some air.

Immediately Judy left the conference hall, she felt like screaming out loud. She had managed to stay calm throughout the business meeting but the storm in her wouldn’t stay calm. She felt as if something was choking her.

Judy entered her office, locked it from the inside and sat on her chair with her face in her palms which almost seemed as if she was meditating. She pulled out her cell phone from her purse.

“I want to book an appointment with Mathew please.” she requested via the phone with her left hand hitting the table.