The Billionaire's Fake Affair

Chapter 6

Samantha decided to take Margarita out of the hospital three days after she signed a contract with Kendrick. She also hired a private nurse for Margarita since she couldn't take care of her. Alexa promoted her as the Director for Creative Designs and Marketing, which she refused, but Alexa insisted on her that she was fit for the position. The management agreed since they have a shuffling of all the officers in every department.

“Where did you get the money?” Though she's struggling to speak, Margarita asks when they are preparing her to discharge.

Kyle, who was there to help, looked at Samantha and nodded, letting her answer Margarita.

“I'm promoted to a regular job, Mama,” she answered. Though it was the truth, she didn't want to talk about the agreement between her and Kendrick. She knows Margarita will go against it.

“Congratulations, Sam!” Margarita said, smiling. She is always happy with Samantha's achievements. She feels that she is successful in raising her but is sad when she can't take care of her because of her condition. She always wished that Samantha would find someone that could love and take care of her unconditionally.

“Uhm, Mama, I need to go back to the billing counter downstairs to settle our bills so we can go home. Your private nurse will be here soon to join us,” Samantha said, averting her gaze at Kyle, gesturing to him to stay with Margarita.

“Tita, I'll stay with you so Sam can settle the bills and we can go home. I know you miss your home already,” Kyle said, sitting next to Margarita who was still on her bed. Margarita smiled at him.

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“Ma'am, I'm sorry but your bills are all paid,” the cashier in the billing section said to Samantha.

“What?!” She exclaimed in shock. “But Miss, I haven't paid yet, how come it's paid?”

“It is marked as paid, Ma'am. It was turned over to me by the previous shift so I can't tell you how it happened,” the lady inside the counter said.

“May I know who paid my bills?” Though she had her doubts that it was Kendrick, she still wanted to know behind the p*****t of their bills.

“I'm sorry, Ma'am, but it's not stated here who paid your bills. We just changed our shift so the cashier before me received the p*****t,” the cashier responds after checking the records on the computer.

“Okay, never mind. Thank you!”

Not long after, she left the billing counter when her phone started ringing. She gritted her teeth when she saw Kendrick's name on the screen. She received the call immediately.

“Mr. Santana, I told you to stop meddling in my personal life, especially when it comes to Mama Margarita. The reason why I accepted your offer is because of her. So what's the use of the money you paid for me if you pay her bills?” Samantha said nonchalantly after she received Kendrick's call. She doesn't care if there are people in the hallway who keep staring at her. She was so annoyed with the fact that Kendrick was interfering with her life because of their agreement.

“Sam, calm down. I just want to help. Let us say, it's a bonus for accepting my offer. Or as a friend,” Kendrick says, confirming that he is responsible for paying the hospital bills. He is not sure if Samantha will accept his reason, but he did what he thinks is right for her.

“Whatever your reason is, I don't want you to meddle with my decisions. Let me remind you, Mr. Santana, what you're doing is not written in the contract, in case you forgot,” Samantha said. She wasn't able to control her anger towards Kendrick.

Kendrick heaves a sigh. “I'm sorry!”

Both eyes were widened in surprise by what Kendrick had said. Kendrick, by himself, was surprised to apologize. He doesn't understand why he humbled himself easily. He is the person who doesn't apologize, especially when he thinks that what he did is right. Samantha, on the other hand, was surprised and realized what she had said. After hearing Kendrick's apology, she seems poured over with cold water as she thinks that her reaction is too much.

“I'm sorry, too!”

Samantha apologizes but still, she's mad for what Kendrick is about. She then decided to finish the call and go back to Margarita's room. Kyle's questioning look met her when she entered the room, which made him raise his brows. The private nurse she hired is already there attending Margarita in her bed.

“We'll wait for the doctor's last visit before going home,” she said, averting her gaze away from Kyle as he was asking her to tell him what happened the way he shrugged his shoulders.

“What happened?” Kyle couldn't be able to resist, came closer to her, and whispered.

“I'm not in the mood to tell you now,” she responds. “Later.”

“Kendrick?”

She nodded. Her annoyance towards Kendrick didn't last there. When they got out of the hospital, a man in a suit came to meet them in the hospital lobby.

“Miss Muñoz, we are sent by Mr. Santana to help shuttle you all to your residence,” the guy in a suit said. She gritted her teeth and her eyes narrowed with anger, darting a fierce look at the guy.

“Tell your boss that I don't need his help,” she said in almost a whisper, trying not to reach Margarita's ears.

“Excuse me! Is there any problem here?” Kyle arrived and intervened.

“Mr. Delos Santos, we are sent by Mr. Santana to help,” the guy responds.

“I think you don't need to. I am here to help. Go back to your boss and tell him that I am the one to help Ms. Muñoz,” Kyle told the guy.

“But, Mr. Santana will fire us if we aren't able to send Ms. Muñoz and her mom to their residence,” the guy said with worries flashing on his face. Kyle then averted his gaze at Samantha.

“I don't know what your boss is up to this time, but tell him that I'm pissed off!” Samantha said and walked away to Margarita, pushing her wheelchair to the car that was waiting for them. Two other guys are waiting for what Kendrick said and one is the driver. Kyle, on the other hand, quickly went to his car in the carpark and followed them.

“Babe, I think your friend will be in trouble. Samantha is breathing fire like a dragon,” Kyle said after he called his husband Carlo.

“Why? What happened?” Carlo, who was blind to what was happening, asked.

Kyle then narrates everything to him.

“Well, this might be the time that he found his match. He can't manipulate Samantha. It won't work for her,” Carlo responds. He knows Samantha. She doesn't like someone to control her.

“Exactly!”

“I'm on my way to his office. I will mention it to him, honey. No worries!”

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“Okay, good! How is she?” Kendrick is walking to and fro inside his office while talking to someone on his phone.

“Sir, she told us to tell you that she's pissed off. She seemed ready to swallow me anytime when I spoke to her. Luckily, Mr. Delos Santos is there to the rescue,” the man on the other side told Kendrick. He is the man he sent to the hospital to help Samantha.

Kendrick heaves a deep sigh. “Are you on your way back? Did you help them settle before leaving?”

“Yes, Sir!”

“Good!”

He then hung up the call and slammed himself on his swivel chair when the door of his office swung open. His eyes then met the mischievous smile of his best friend, Carlo. His upper lip curled up, forming a smirk at his best friend.

“What brought you here?” He asked right away after Carlo sat on the chair opposite his working table.

“Bad mood?” Carlo asked and chuckled.

“None of your business!”

“Uh, uh! Is that how you entertain your guests? Oh, not just a guest, I am your only best friend?” Carlo teased him.

Kendrick just threw him a glare.

“Is it about, Sam? I heard from Kyle that…

“She's mad!” Kendrick cut Carlo's statement before he finished it.

“What about her?” Carlo wanted to hear directly from him about his issues with Samantha.

“Is it bad to help?”

“No!”

“But why is she mad when I am just trying to help?” He helplessly complains to Carlo.

“Did you ask her if she needed your help? Bro, Samantha is a lot different from any person that you know. She is not the type whom you can manipulate. She grew up with the freedom to express and decide for herself. What you are doing won't work for her,” Carlo said, seriously.

“I did ask but she refused,” Kendrick replied, then pouts his lips like a sulking kid.

“Then why did you insist? Bro, you have to change your style. Though Samantha is still a woman, she's not the type of one who will throw herself at you even if you manipulate her. She is different, so you must treat her differently if you want to succeed in your deal with her.” Carlo explained to him.

Kendrick leaned his back against his swivel chair, closing his eyes intensely. He can't imagine himself being lenient to someone. He then thinks of his parents. He can't stop himself from resentment towards his parents. Up to the moment, he couldn't imagine and fathom their reason for putting him in a situation that he had no choice but to abide by.