Hmmm.. . Did you say something?"
"No, I didn't."
When they approached the door leading to the conference room;
Uh... excuse me."
The man responded with a simple Hmm? and stopped momentarily, turning to face her.
"Let me carry the folders in."
"Why? We're here already:." He said staring quizzically at her.
"Well, the thing is I don't want to get yelled at for letting someone else carry them for me:"
"Is that so?"
"Yes sir."
Okay. If you insist"
Lauren put out her arms, and the man gently placed the folders on them.
"Thank you, sir." She said.
"You know, I can't wait to see who this superior of yours is." He entered the hallway leading towards the conference room.
Meanwhile...
Inside the conference room, the impatient CEO sat, with arms crossed around his chest waiting for Lauren to show up. He wanted to see the look on her face so he can scold her just for his amusement. Soon enough, his attention was drawn to the door opening, and she entered.
With his brows knitted in a frown, he was about to explode on her, when his eyes met that of the person who also entered the room, standing behind her.
He never said a word, but wore an indifferent expression. Lauren, however, stared at the two men, puzzled. He glanced at the person standing next to Lauren, and then shifted his gaze back to her and yelled when she approached the table dropping the folders.
"What took you so long?" Damien's tone was loud, that it startled her as she straightened up looking at him.
Honestly this man 1s going to make her, go Crazy.
"I'm sorry... I tripped on my way here."
The man next to her was stunned, his gaze fixed at the both of them.
"You're so clumsy. Get out!" He barked as her body jumped, startled again by his harsh tone.
"I'm sorry, sir." Lauren said and turned on her heels, quickly walking out of the conference room.
The man gave Damien a look of disdain and then turned, running after Lauren.
"Excuse me! Excuse me, Miss." He called out causing Lauren to stop in her tracks panting, and turn to look at him.
"Im sorry. I forgot to introduce myself... I'm Victor Coker" He said a gentle smile forming on his lips.
Smiling back, she replied. "I'm lauren Ikojie." Victor engaged her in a handshake.
"It's nice to meet you, Miss. Ikojie."
"Nice to meet you too sir.
"There was a brief moment of silence between them before Lauren stated, "I've got to get back to the office."
"Okay. I'll see you later:"
"Alright!" Victor watched as Lauren's back disappeared into the elevator, before he turned heading back to the conference room.
After work hours, the CEO's driver, George drove out of the company premises, approaching the main road when he spotted Lauren standing by the road side waiting to catch a cab.
Stop the car."
The man behind said to George as he brought the car to a stop beside her and the back window began to wind down. Seeing the person inside rolling the glass down, Lauren straightened up and said with a forced smile.
"Good bye, sir:"
"Get in."
"What?"
"Woman, do not make me angry. I said get in Damien said in a cold tone with a hint of annoyance.
Yes sir" Feeling a bit dejected, Lauren opened the door and settled in putting on her seat belt as George drove off.
While on their way.. Damien picked up the files lying on the chair beside to him. Using the edge of the file, he poked Lauren with it making her turn to look at him.
"Yes sir"
"Take these," She collected the files and placed them on her lap as he continued, Sort them out and give them to me by tomorrow."
"Yes sir."
"The name is Damien, Damien Coker" He corrected.
"Yes sir."
His focus shifted to George. "Drop her off at the bus stop."
Yes sir." George answered and stopped the car steadily at the bus stop nearby.
"Good night, sit." She said and got off.
She watched as the car pulled away from the side and disappeared into the lane of ongoing cars and then exhaled and turned waiting for the next bus to arrive so she could get home.
Moments later...
After she had arrive in her apartment, Lauren came out of the bathroom dressed in her pajama. She settled down to cat dinner then afterwards, went to work on the task assigned to her. After doing so, she retired into her bed and quickly drifted into sleep.
"Sir, here are the documents you gave me to soft Out. "
The following morning as George them to work, Lauren turned her body slightly handing the files out to Damien.
He retrieved them from her, and flipped through them with a serious expression. Thinking she's made a mistake; Lauren stared at him with questionable eyes.
"Sir, is there a problem?"
"No." he answered indifferently.
She turned her gaze to the front and heaved a quiet sight of relief.
He can't even say a thank you after making me do all the work." She mumbled quietly.
Damien felt his cell phone vibrating and fetched it out from his suit pocket and saw the name of the caller displayed on the screen. He frowned putting the call on speaker phone and answered, "Hello?"
What kind of relationship is this?" A feminine voice at the end of the line asked.
To be continued.
