CHAPTER 4

Somia was looking inside the car as they were going to the company and at the bank seat she was sitting. It was she and Funbi that sat down at the back and the driver sitting alone at the front driving faster so that they could got to the company before twelve clock and also to escape traffic jams.

Funbi was just looking at Somia since they had entered into the car. Somia knew that she was looking at her and there was something in her mind to say.

“CEO may really likes you, for him to say that we should bring his own car down to your house and pick you. Even me this is my time entering his car and none of the staffs have ever. Also choose you as he is personal assistant and instead that it’s you he want”

“Uh! Uh!!! Right!” Somia did and continued pressing her phone.

“Why did you run away yesterday and with the speed that you took it’s suspicious” Trying to find out some things from her and pushing words in her mouth. She didn’t ’t know that it was what Somia wanted to say that she should say and it was whom that she wanted to talk to that she would tell.

“I thought of something very important and that is why I ran away” Starring at her phone.

“I saw a connection between you and CEO yesterday and it’s like you are trying to hind or something, have you met him somewhere else before?”

“No! Please I'm doing something very important on my phone and sorry to say you are distracting me. Don’t be angry” Said without raised her head up just busy pressing the phone.

“Okay!!” Funbi said with lower voice and faced another direction. Somia looked at her, rubbing her hands together and continued pressing her phone.

   Some minutes later, the driver drove to the corner of the company. Gate opened and he drove in. He parked at the special car parking space for the CEO. Funbi and Somia opened the door at the same time and got down.  Somia was following Funbi to the Ashar’s office.

Ashar’s mother was still in his office drinking tea prepared for her by the secretary and looking at the Ashar working on the laptop, checking the files and communicating with them at other departments at the same time. Somia and Funbi entered.

“Well done Ma. Sir, she is here" Funbi said. Ashar’s mother was starring at Somia and saw that she was a very beautiful lady despite that she didn’t dress well and didn’t do full makeup.

“Good morning Ma and Good morning” Somia greeted two of them and taking her eye away from Ashar, Looking at the wall. Funbi and Ashar’s mother were looking at her.

“Why don’t you resume to work? Or you don’t see their message both on mail and sms?” Ashar just finished talking when his mother spoke up.

“I have told him that you don’t need the job because if you do won’t be waiting for them to call you or come and pick you at house”

“I'm sorry Ma, I really need this job and I saw their message”

“That is what her mother too said and I don’t know why she didn’t reply and also ran away yesterday, did wait for the next step to be taken”

“It Okay Oluwafunbi, she is here now”

“What is your name? And why did you dress like this. Well you don’t prepare to come to work today. Be my son personal assistant you need to be dressing well not with all this cloth, because of the important people that will be seeing you with him”

“Okay ma! It’s because this one was like an emergency. And my name is Somia Ma” Said with lower voice.

“Mummy!! She is my personal assistant and I don’t complain” his mother looked at him.

“Somia! Somia!! Have you and my son meet before? He is just defending you like you have meet before” Starring at Somia.

“No Ma, we haven’t” Said with lower voice and Ashar looked at her.

“Well! Just get it right now, he is engaged and have a fiancé” Ashar looked at his mother.

“What is all this Mom. Even It’s matchmaking” Said with lower voice.

“Be matchmaking, you have engaged and for her to just get it right” Somia didn’t said anything.

“It Okay. You know will are going some where, so if Director comes and you have finish with your conversation, lock my door and drop the key to the secretary” Ashar Said.

“I'm not waiting for Director. Let's be going together, lock your door” Ashar’s mother said, carried her bag and stood.

“I know you are not waiting for director. Just go and meet your husband” Said with smile and all of them going out. Ashar locked the door, put the key inside his pocket and going out.

Funbi went to her working place. Ashar and co got down to the compound, his mother went to her car. The driver had opened the door ready for her. Somia and Ashar too entered into his car, passed his laptop bag to the driver at the front and closed the door. The driver started the car and driving out of the company. Somia didn’t know how to face Ashar.

“I'm very sorry for accusing you wrongly, I later remembered that Im the one that messed up big time. I'm really sorry”

“Not sorry! Sorry Sir” Ashar said and Somia looked at him.

“Im sorry Sir. Very sorry Sir” Apologies.

“I see that you are a decent lady, so what are you doing in a club and also got drunk?”

“It’s my friend that forced me to go there and forced me to drink. Sir! I have never drink before and I have never be in a club before” Said with lower voice.

“Always have the mind of your own, don’t let anybody forced you to do something. When you said that she is there, then why didn't her call you back when you have been walking around and when she know that you have drunk”

“May be she too have drunk” Said with lower voice.

“Are you a Muslim or Christian? Somia”

“I am a Muslim and my friend is Christian!!”

“And you drank Alcohol, that is why are told you to have a mind of yours. Alcoholic is not good and it’s forbidding for Muslim. I don’t use to drink alcohol and my father too” Somia looked at him.

“Do you have a boyfriend? And sorry for asking so mush question, don’t be angry”

“No problem Sir. I don’t have a boyfriend Sir"

“You have broke up?” Starring at her and Somia was just looking down.

“I don’t have boyfriend at all, don’t just want any kind of man. I don’t have at all since I have matured” Because of billionaire that Somia’s father was then, he always told them not to just fall in love with any kind of man because they could be gold diggers and he didn’t like matchmaking so he gave them opportunity to look for a man that they love, Somia and her sister.

“So then, why are you not a virgin?” Asked with lower voice for the driver not to hear.

“I was rapped when I was in the school. I was in my room when those two boys chased my friend that we went to the club together inside and rapped me” Said with sad voice.

“So! It’s that your friend that caused why you are rapped?”

“It’s accidentally. It's since then I have been keeping myself clean for my future husband until yesterday with you. That is why I was mad without knowing that I'm the caused"

“Was that your friend also rapped by those boys?”

“No! It’s only me that two of them rapped and set her free”

“Hmm!!! Be very careful with that your friend” Said with lower voice, took his phone beside him and started pressing it. Somia looked at him and faced another direction.

“How much did they send to you as your salary?”

“One hundred and fifty thousand naira Sir”

“I will be paying you five hundred thousand and send it to them in human capital department to permanent it and change it from one hundred and fifty thousand”

“Wow!! Thank you very much” Showed her appreciation.

“When we are coming back, we will stop at mom shop. Buy yourself clothes and other things. I don’t like this cloth at all and the one you wore to the interview but let said that one is emergency”

“Not need Sir! I have many clothes at home and I will dress nice tomorrow. I don’t want the salary to be cut. I have clothes”

“I'm buying you with my money not from the part of your salary at all. And thank God that mother is not going to shop today. She will start saying something else now”

“With you money! It not need at all"

“Am your boss and I can’t decided to do anything. Don’t query my order Okay”

“Okay!!” Said with lower voice and looking outside. Ashar looked at her and smiled.