“Daniel, are you sure you are fine?”I asked, really worried about him. “Yeah. I’ll be good, "he replied. “You know I’ve been through this before and I know for certain that you are not okay but trust me it will be fine”, I promised. “And I’ll stay with you to talk if that’s what you want”, I said reassuring him that I really just want to help. “Thanks a lot Naomi.”, he said “And I do want to talk. There’s a lot on my mind and I don’t have anyone to talk to”, he said staring at me and I could clearly see the pains in his eyes. ‘His pain reminded me of when I lost my mom and I didn’t get a lot of time to mourn her because i was forced by Mrs stone to come do her stupid bidding’, I murmured as the pain that was hidden rushed back in. “And you said you’ve gone through something like this? What did you mean by that?”, he asked as we settled down to talk. “Yes I also lost my mom and it was also not a nice experience”, I answered, getting ready to have a long talk wit
“You started the rumour right?” Nora asked Sophie standing in front of her with her hands on her hips. “What rumour?”, she feigned ignorance. “Don’t act like you don’t know what I’m talking about”, Nora uttered knowing fully well that Sophie was simply pretending. And it sucks that Mrs stone is in support of whatever Sophie plans on doing. “It’s no rumour, it’s simply just the truth”, she scoffed “Someone saw Naomi going into the boss’ family house”, she spilled out with so much annoyance. “So you heard and decided to spread it round the company?”“I didn’t spread it round or even told anyone about it”, Sophie defended. “So what the hell did you do?”, Nora inquired losing her patience. “Let’s say I was simply on a call when I heard the news and maybe my voice was a little too audible for people to hear”, she said snarkily “You obviously did that on purpose but I’m just trying to prevent you from making any mistake or having later regrets after doing this”, Nora t
“Hey! You finally remember i exist, he spilled out immediately as I entered his office. “Good day sir, I just wanted to help Daniel drop these documents”, I said stiffly as I was still finding it very hard to look at his face and thereby avoiding to look directly at him all week. “Sit!” He ordered with so much authority before I could run away from him. “Sir? I think Daniel might be needing my help anytime from now”, I lied looking for any excuse to be anywhere but here in front of him. “I hope you remember I’m the boss, so just sit there. Have you been avoiding me?” He asked blatantly. “Not at all sir, I am just trying to help him sort out something’s he missed when he was away”, I said with the perfect excuse. “You’ve been helping him all week and with the way you two are always together, someone might read another meaning to it” he said more like he was asking to know for himself if anything was going on between me and Daniel. “I don’t understand, sir. I thi
He’s sure gonna get someone daring… “Hi Daniel, how are you doing now? Are you better now”, I said while holding his hands with the softest smile on my face that no boy could ever resist or man. Daniel should be a little older than Damon or probably they are age mates “Hey I’m good, thanks a lot” he managed to let out just at the perfect time. “I’ve been meaning to tell you that you look really handsome and did you have a new haircut?”, I asked with my eyes focused on him as I knew Damon would be watching. I already saw him coming out of the elevator “Thanks a lot Naomi and I only washed my hair, I was planning on getting a new cut during the weekend”, he replied “Good morning sir”, Daniel greeted. “Hey! Morning”, Damon answered and turned to look at me so close to Daniel and still holding one of his hands and my other hand on his hair, playing with every strand I could get hold of. “Good morning sir”, I greeted without facing him. “Naomi, report to my office!
“I’ve gone through the documents and it’s ready”Daniel said to damon as he stood in front of him. “Ok that’s good. You confirmed and there wasn’t any error?”, he asked. “Yes sir, Naomi went through them for any errors and there wasn’t any”,he answered. “Ohh really? Call her in”, he said to daniel with a smirk. “Ok sir”“Sir you called for me?” I asked immediately i stepped in walking at a slower pace behind Daniel. “Yes. Daniel said you went through the documents for any errors?”“Yes sir , I did” I answered. “And you are sure there isn’t any error?” He asked gazing at me as I could feel his eyes all over my body. Well he could look, it’s part of the plan. “Yes sir, I’m very sure there’s no error”, I answered staring back at him. “Okay, I’ll take your word for it. You can both go”“Ok sir”,we chorused almost immediately. “You really did get a new haircut, you look nice by the way”, I told Daniel placing my hands on his hair as we stepped out. “Naomi s
“Hey Daniel,I heard about your loss how are you doing now?”, Sophie asked pretending to be sorry when she wasn’t but mad at Daniel. “If he had stayed just at work nothing would have happened. Now everyone is talking about how the boss secretary had dinner in his dad’s house, damn! that should have been me”, She cried inside as she tried her best to focus on why she was here. “I’m fine, all thanks to Naomi.”, he replied. I don’t know what Naomi is doing but why does it seem like everyone is revolving around her. I’ve been here longer and the boss didn’t even know my name. “Ok that’s cool. Where is Naomi?”, she asked hoping I wasn’t inside with the boss. “She’s .. here she comes, she went down to get something”, he said as he saw Naomi waking towards them. “Hey Sophie, how are you? What brings you here, I haven’t seen you in a while”, I said faking a smile. “I am very fine and I just wanted to say hi and also submit these documents to the boss”, she returned the fake s
“What are you two doing here?”, he asked as we interrupted his call. “Good day sir, I was asked to submit this documents to you and wait for every corrections to be made before leaving”, she said stretching her hands towards him in a very slow motion. ‘What the hell! She’s trying to make him look up at her as she’s delaying’ “Sir I also want to ask for guidance on how to go about these documents. They seem to be very important and needs careful attention”, I muttered clearly declaring mine was more important and needs more attention. “I guess Daniel could help with that? Sir I’ll be needing you to go through them personally and sign on them too”, she objected. “Well Daniel is a little busy so I could wait till you are done and then the boss could attend to me”, I pointed out, hoping he would hurry up with sophie and then attend to me. “Stop!! Both of you. What the hell are you guys doing here”, he yelled trying to grasp the situation. “Sir i need your help with the
~Sophie’s pov~ Nora thought I would give up after Naomi had dinner at Damon’s. I’ve loved Damon for years and I don’t plan on stopping anytime soon. Of course at a point I thought there was no hope for me and I wanted to do this with only my efforts. I wanted to deserve his love but no I can’t just sit here and watch Naomi take him away from me. It took me a lot to beg my dad to continue and push forward for a business deal with Zino’s cooperation. In Fact he was ready to close that chapter and forget about the deal because of Damon’s disapproval, but I really need this compliance now. And now I get the chance to have dinner with Damon’s dad and I’m sure Damon is going to be there now that he knows about it. I feel quite positive about this dinner, my dad is going to be retiring soon and my only cousin is taking over very soon. Maybe Damon should be able to work better with him and maybe we could get closer too. “Hey, how are you? You’ve been terribly quiet for days”, D
Seeing his face the memory rushes in like a flash, reminding me of last night. “Now I’m definitely sure that jothan is up to no good,” Nora said to herself hearing her doubts clearly. Well there isn’t much to say or prove to anyone but I’m very sure he’s up to no good. “But wait… it’s his dad company so maybe he was sent to pick up something for him or for Damon himself?,” I questioned myself trying to think things through and place my suspicions rightly. I just can’t get this feeling out of me, it’s like oil rolling of my back. Maybe after all I should really be careful around him and I’ll love to let it go but no! I’m going to find out to what extent he will go if he’s truly up to something. “I’m no longer a puppy in love, following after a boy like a lost cause,” I confirmed to myself. It’s high time I do something meaningful and help find out and maybe it’ll help me clear out the guilt I feel towards Damon. I have to help out anyway I can… “
“Damon I can explain”, I shivered as I could finally open my mouth to say something. “What do you mean you can explain?”he asked, putting on an indifferent look on his face. “I mean.. you know.. I didn’t mean to”, i stammered completely scared and ashamed of myself. “Why do you look scared baby, be calm”, he uttered moving closer to me. “Uhn?” I asked in confusion. “It’s fine baby girl, I don’t want you to be scared around me and it’s completely normal if you wanted to do a research”, he said, caressing my cheeks. “Uhn?!”, I asked, completely lost and still confused. “Didn’t I just get caught ?!”I murmured to myself “Let’s call it even, I have your info and you equally have mine.”, he murmured calmly with a soft smile. “What?!”, I asked, still completely confused. “I said it’s okay baby, it’s even now I guess but I don’t want you using whatever you got there to judge me”, he said putting on a pity face. “OKay I guess”, I stammered as my heart continued to be
“You finally agreed to come out with me for dinner?”, He muttered putting on his best smile. I missed you, missed your feel against my skin, it felt like you were slowly drifting away these past weeks”, he murmured bitterly. “You know I wasn't purposely avoiding you, I needed a little space and we definitely shouldn't be too close at work”, I explained feeling a lot better and less worried after I didn't get any reply or messages for the past two weeks now. “I thought I asked you not to worry about that, I call the shots so you never have to be worried.”, He said convincingly, staring directly at my eyes. “And what happens when you don't get to call the shots anymore”, I asked, staring back at him hoping to see if he had any secret fear of that happening. It would be better if he could have such fear and be on the lookout for himself. “if I don't get to call the shots anymore then I'll still be very glad and happy to just have you by my side.”, He said with so much sincer
~Nora pov~Is he ignorant or he just boldly told Sophie a vital information that could give her access to know more and maybe, just maybe have a leverage on Naomi. I've been trying so hard not to act weirdly around him because his presence literally sends shivers down my spine. It's very weird how I feel somehow around him, like I should hide myself and be safe. I'm sure it's the fact that I was in love with him and did some very bad things for his mom and now that so-called love can't even recognize me. I would sure keep my heart locked up tight, there is nothing as heartbreaking to know he couldn't recognize me even just for the sake that I worked in his house from childhood. No inclining or anything!! Or would I say that it's okay I looked only familiar?! Nothing can truly replace this hurt in my heart and I shouldn't blame jothan right? I can just take the easy road and blame Mrs stone, she's the one behind all this and jothan should possibly know nothing and is innoce
“why did you turn down the get together meant for you?”, Sophie asked angrily but more with a disappointed look on her face. “There wasn't any need for it anymore, it ain't my first task since I've been here for a while now and besides it's my company, so why throw a party for me?”, Jothan said sitting on his desk which was beside Sophie's. “Firstly, it's Damon's company and secondly, everyone was looking forward to the get together. You know it's the one time we get to meet each other freely and have free drinks” Sophie said with a pout as she was greatly disappointed. “We both know why you wanted it to hold and trust me whatever plans you had in this little head might not have worked out well”, jothan said touching Sophie's head lightly before she pushes it away. “Don't touch me! I've warned you severally”, she called out as she felt like she was caught red handed by jothan in her schemes. “You know the only reason I haven't sued you is because you are my future brother-in
~ Mrs stone~“So you finally agreed to let my boy start working in your company”, Mrs Stone uttered through the phone with an air of sudden achievement. “I assume you called for something important and just to refresh your memory jothan’s my son too,” Mr Robert answered very irritated when he heard her voice, he was way too in a hurry to end the call with her. A call with her never amounted to anything. “Oh wow, this calls for celebration, you finally recognize him as your son?!” She spews out. “What do you mean? Did I ever once reject him?!”he responded doubting his words a little, but always losing patience with her. “Never giving your supposed son a spot in your company and taking him away from home all in the name of business school isn’t rejection enough for you?”“And why would you say such? I thought it only fair for Jothan to attend business school just as Damon did”, Mr Robert responded, never understanding the way she thought. “You don’t mind explaining why he’s at s
“Hey!”, I finally called out to him after he’s been trying for days to talk to me and I blatantly always excused myself. “Hi! Can you tell me why you’ve been avoiding me? And please be honest with me”, Damon asked, staring at me. “Nothing for real, I just needed work space. I just needed to focus”, I excused myself. There’s no way I’ll tell him it’s because I felt bad everytime I had to face him with such plans I had in stock for him. “There’s no way I’m falling for that, if there’s anyone needing space to work don’t you think it will be me?”, he asked getting a little pissed off “Or did jothan say anything to you?”, he said with eager eyes ready to chop someone’s head off. “Really? Your brother?!”“I’m running out of options here because I clearly can’t remember doing anything wrong”, he said. “I really don’t think we should be having this conversation besides I’m only your secretary and nothing more”, I said as I decided to take it a little slow with him while I made pl
“Hey mom! How are you doing?”, jothan says, answering his call. “I’m very good, in fact I’m more than just good, I’m so excited”, Mrs Stone exclaimed as she expressed herself through the phone. “Oh wow that’s great. I’m sure it’s not the fact that you are hearing my voice that makes you so excited. So I’ll take a quick guess and say it’s the fact that you’ve heard I work in the company now?”, he said as a matter of fact. “Of course I’m glad to hear your voice but don’t you think it’s absolutely great news that you’ve found your place in the company?”, she said way too excited. “I know it’s great news for you and yes I think I’m finally fit for dad”, he muttered happily. “You’ve always been good for him son, I’ve told you not to think otherwise and just sit back while I give you what you deserve”, she said with all certainty. “Don’t do anything stupid mom, I had to live with the pain of what you did to his mom for so long and I wouldn’t want that anymore”, he spoke out cle
“You don’t wanna see me around too? You're frowning like you’ve just seen an old enemy”, Jothan said coming out of Damon’s office. “Oh no I’m sorry about that I just thought of something”, I lied. “Really?! Your thoughts have perfect timing you know”, jothan said with a laugh as he tried to forget his discussion with Damon and return back to being the fun free jothan he is. “Yeah, I’m sorry about that”, I said laughing too. “So can I ask for your help”, he asked, making me think it had connections to whatever his mom is planning. “What kind of help”, I asked almost immediately. “Don’t be scared, it’s not that serious”, he said smiling. “I’m not scared, just wondering what kind of help I can render to you”, I explained. “Well before I ask for your help, I want to know for certain that you are not scared of me and you don’t think I’m like my mom?”, he questioned. “Hmm no I’m not thinking such”, I lied, faking a smile. “How were you able to fool damon? It’s so obvious yo