Chapter 7

Pressure“He said that?” Camila asked when she sat beside Joan on the floor of her mum’s hospital room.

Her mum was sleeping by the time they got there but she was glad that the nurses let both of them in. Now, they are sitting on the floor with a few snacks and ice cream they managed to sneak into the room while Joan talks about the offer that was made to her by the Santiago.

“Yes, I was a bit relieved that he didn’t ask for something nasty else I would have lost it” she threw some popcorn in her mouth and shook her head as that day’s event played in her head.

“He didn’t ask that but you manage to angrily tear his card and sweep it away” Camila remarked.

A frown formed on Joan’s face as she looked at her friend “He is too egoistic for his good. Like, the way he said those words were provoking” she sighs angrily “He was too full of himself ‘I don’t need a mistress, if I did, I don’t need to ask’ idiot” she hissed.

Camila chuckled lightly and earned a gla