Tolu was tired this particular day. The new recruits were coming around today and he was to take them on the three-hour training. He could barely keep his eyes open.
Today was one of those days when he wondered why he had taken up so much on his plate. He couldn’t even be bothered about his appearance; he had been up for the most of last night trying to put all the details together for his upcoming project. He slouched in his chair with his eyes shut. What he needed was sleep not three hours of standing and talking. Whatever, he thought. A man’s gotta do what he’s gotta do.
Just then, he heard a knock on his door. ‘Yes, come in.’ ‘Sir, it’s exactly 10 am.’ It was Nneka, his PA. ‘Yes, thank you. Usher the recruits into the conference room. I’ll be right there.’ ‘Okay, sir.’ He stayed that way for another minute or so then, he moved over to the conference room. Here goes nothing, he thought before he opened the door. Simi was there addressing them. ‘Alright, guys. Here’s Tolu, the CEO of Gemsicon.’ To him she said ‘I’ll quickly do the introductions and I’ll leave you all to it.’
‘Tolu, seated by my left is Frances and just beside her is Amaka. To Amaka’s left is Ola and to Ola’s left and your right is Jidenna. Seated just by your left is Ife and to Ife’s left is Dapo. There you have it. I’ll be taking my leave now.’ Tolu was too busy trying to match the names with the notes that were made about them during the interview.
He took his time before lifting his head. ‘All right, you are all welcome to Gemsicon. Before we begin with the training proper, I’d like us to have a little chat session where we converse about the company and all the…’ He paused. His eyes interlocked with hers and for him, it was as though the world had stopped for a split-second.
It took a lot to look away but he did and for the rest of the training, he didn’t once look in her direction again. Three solid hours of willing his mind away from stealing a glance. Just after the first training, he gave an hour and 30 minutes for lunch before the second training which was to be taken by his good friend, Kola. He ended the Q & A session and headed out, straight to his office. As soon as he got there, he saw her face flash before him. ‘What the…? Who is she?’ he thought. He picked up the intercom and dialed Simi’s office. ‘Please, come over to my office.’
Few minutes later, she had arrived. ‘Yes, Ola. Any problems?’ ‘No, not really. I need the files of all the new recruits on my desk right about now…. before the next training begins.’ As soon as the files were brought to him, he began to look through them until he sought out her passport in her own file. Amaka was her name and she was just 21. She was very beautiful even the poorly-taken passport couldn’t conceal that. He was busy reading through her cv and her bio when Kola walked in. ‘What’s up man?‘ Tolu shook his hand and pointed at a chair. Kola sat down and leaned forward ‘Hmmn. Pretty.’
‘Interested?‘ Tolu didn’t say a word. He continued looking through the file. When he was done, he closed it up and regarded Kola. They talked about the training and all that was to be addressed during the next one. As soon as it was time, they walked into the board room where they met everyone else seated.
Tolu introduced Kola to the group. As he scanned the room, he saw that Amaka was now sitting to the right of the empty chair. He moved to sit in that same chair. She turned to look at him with a slight smile then she turned back towards the speaker. Tolu took his time to notice little details about her… she wore about three rings on each hand and she wore a couple of bracelets too but she had no earrings on and nothing on her neck either. ‘Interesting‘ he thought.
He let his eyes do all the work as he watched her closely. She had the fullest lips and he couldn’t help but notice how pink and bare they were. He was still caught on her lips when he noticed her tongue pop out to wet them lightly and he watched her suck her lower lip. ‘ungh‘, he groaned deep in his throat. He could feel himself getting excited. He needed to leave before he made a complete mess of himself. He stood up and he walked out of the room.
Watch for part 2
TRACY
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