IT'S HER.Evelyn gave a lot of mathematical equations to Tom later in the evening and watched him work both his sense and nonsense in the rough book. That was his punishment. She was sitting on her bed while he lay on the floor with a bottle of coke and a bag of chips just like her.She would, once in a while, take a look at him and the expression he had on his face was so glorious to see, the expression of the pain of having to solve the most annoying subject in the universe.Evelyn sipped her coke and then received mail on her laptop. She clicked on it quickly after seeing the sender; THEO GROUP OF INDUSTRIES.With anxiousness, she read the message and almost screamed for joy…well, she later did because she couldn't contain the joy within her. She was called for an interview. Her joyous scream startled Tom, his heart felt like it dropped into a well when he heard that."Mom, what is wrong?" He asked."Nothing is wrong. Everything is just fine, my dear. I am being called to come to o
PERSONAL ASSISTANT.Raphael's eyes were glued on her, he couldn't be mistaken. There was no way he was mistaken about her.Evelyn who had been standing there for minutes was feeling tired of standing but there was nothing she could do. The man was staring at her, but not in a way that cringed her or infuriated her, it was just…something else.She felt like they had both met before but where could she have met him? And there was no way she would forget such a gorgeous face if she indeed met him.Point two was that it was like she was seeing the mini version of Tom in him. They looked so much alike. Was he…? What the hell was she even thinking about? And apart from that, he looked charming and handsome. He looked different from other rich young men she came across, especially Jade. His manner of sitting, the way his office was arranged, and then his piercing gaze, why was he focusing this much on her? Was something perhaps wrong with her dressing or maybe she looked weird?"Excuse me, s
CONFUSED.It has been a few days since Evelyn has been working under Raphael. She felt so happy and relaxed at work, she felt no pressure and made a few colleagues. She got introduced to what was going on around the company and it was fun.Even Jeremy wasn't left out, he was super nice and her boss, she didn't have a perfect description for him at all because he was all bossy and only kept things professional. He was very strict too, no one was excluded from his wrath or displeasure.There was a time when she made a mistake in the calculations, she almost got buried under the ground."What the hell is this, Miss Evelyn?" Raphael barked at her and her heart skipped a bit."How…what do you mean, Mr. Raphael?" She stuttered."What kind of mistake is this, huh? You made a mistake in the calculations. Do you know how dangerous this is especially for me? You don't, do you? Well, let me tell you in case you don't know. If I was to take this to the Chairman and he gave it to the board for the
TORN AND REJECTED."Mum, another one." Tom opened his mouth for a snack known as "Chin Chin", at least that was what Kira said the name was.Even though tonight was their first time seeing and eating it, it was so tasty. When Evelyn inquired about it, her friend said it was a Nigerian-made snack that was made by a colleague of hers so she decided to share hers.Evelyn put another one as requested by Tom into his mouth while they continued watching the news. Tom saw no need to watch it as he busied himself with playing games on his mum's iPad. Evelyn felt so relaxed and happy when something popped up on the screen, and her smile faded away just as it did three years ago.On the screen was her father's picture, the name of her family, and a picture of their company."... it's been observed by our media personalities that the company that is being headed by a famous businessman, Hezekiah Johnson, has been going through an internal turmoil based on the fact or excuse that for the past thr
NERVOUS.Dan and Raphael were having a staring contest with their drinks in opposite hands. One was having a pessimistic look, the other was having an optimistic look."So, let me get this straight, I am an uncle now," Dan asked to be sure again."Whose uncle? Are we related?" Raphael glared."You'd better take it easy. We still don't know what to do in this situation. But are you sure? What if the child belongs to someone else? Or maybe she met another person and they both had sex? Something like that?" Dan tried creating the possible reasons."No. She told me that she was single, and the child looks like me as well. I was just not expecting to be a father so soon though I am glad about it.""But are you planning to keep this a secret from her forever?" Dan asked and crossed his legs."No, I am not planning to but I have studied her well enough that she doesn't like mixing with others and she tries to keep herself out of public issues or problems. I don't know if she likes me or hate
CHAPTER 13: HIDDEN PAIN.In the Theophilus mansion, everyone had settled down in the dining room. Each person sat opposite the other and also in a place that he or she wished to.The mansion was quite huge and grand. Entering into it as an average fellow could make one feel worthless just by staring at the designs and huge materials. None of it was fake. Whosoever must have mixed the colors for painting should have been given an award.While entering the mansion, the small guest room greeted the eyes of the guest and he or she would be made to sit there until being invited into the main sitting room by any family member. The sitting room was broad and it had rows and rows of artistic paintings that were either purchased or given as gifts to them.Standing at the corner were rows of trophies that screamed more of the chairman of the company's achievements.The Theophilus family was well known amongst others for a lot of things that they were into. They had branches in almost all differ
CHAPTER 14: LATE FOR WORK.Rrrriiinnng! Ring!"Hmm." Evelyn moaned when her phone rang. The blinds of her window weren't closed so it allowed the ray of sunshine to go through the window. The ray landed on her face and she blocked it with her hand before she rolled on the bed and covered her face with the pillow. Then it suddenly hits her. She jumped out of her bed and landed on the floor due to carelessness and shock."Ouch." She groaned and rubbed her buttocks, it was painful. She stood up reflexively, grabbed her phone, and looked at the time."What the f*ck!" She half yelled and covered her mouth to prevent the sound. She was late…she was freaking late! It was 8:30 am and she just woke up."I am doomed." She said to herself and rushed into the bathroom to take a quick shower. She ran back into her room nakedly and put on her underwear before scattering her wardrobe for her official wear. She kept throwing one cloth over the other and when it came to the section of her shoes, she j
CHAPTER 15: DADDY?Evelyn sighed for the millionth time in a roll. She glanced at her phone and saw that it was past 3 in the evening. Though she had arrived in front of Kira's place unannounced, she felt bad about it, guess she would have to bake her a cake or something to appease her whenever she comes over.She arranged the files on her table and counted them. All they had to deal with in the business term was a huge load of files. Raphael was the head of the Engineering block in the company and every building project or architectural work was brought down to the boss' fifteen as they were called.These sets of people [the boss' fifteen] were made special. They received complaints, followed Raphael's orders, went for inspection of sites, and examined drawing projects before they got delivered to Raphael for the final take-off. They held meetings with him on a fixed day and did a lot of things.They were not the only ones though. On Vegas's side, he had the same set of people but la