Chapter four
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As Emilia got ready for her first day of the practical week, she wondered about the handsome man she met on friday. She had thought about him alot over the weekend and hoped to see him again today. Taking one more look at the mirror she left for the hall. She entered the hall as the head cordinator addressed them...
"...goodmorning ladies and gentlemen. As we all know today begins our practical week and as such we would be pairing you up in two's to work on the project assigned to you. The main aim of these group work is to promote familarity among participants. Your name and phone number as well as your picture has been pasted on the notice board. Next to it is your patners name and phone number as well. Remember we are organizing an fundraising event to hold by the end of this week and attendance is complusory for all participants....."
why did they make their event complusory...do they think everyone had the time to while away in a silly event...she felt really angry just thinking about it.
At the end of the speech, emilia stood up to go check who was attached to her name. She secretly hoped it would be a female or even if it was a male, let it be the man she met at the resturant. When she got there, she saw that her name had a different male's name and picture beside it...
can't i get my wish for once in my life...
she angrily took down his details to call him and arrange their first meeting.
"Hello" a voice answered on the third ring
"goodmorning, i believe we've been paired together for the practicals. I would like us to fix a convienent place where we can sit and discuss our next step" she went straight to the point
"alright miss, lets meet at starbucks by noon" he suggested
"okay then" she said as she ended the call
He had better behave himself...otherwise i wouldnt hesitate to strangle him with my bare hands...
she made her way to her room.
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Few minutes to noon, Emilia was already seated. Concentrating on her laptop she did'nt see someone walk up to her
"we meet again" a familiar voice said
As she looked up, her heart flipped over. He was the same guy she had met last week, the same guy she had thought about all through the weekend "obviously so" she replied trying to keep a neutral face despite her rapid beating heart
"can i sit" he asked her smiling
"am afraid not, am here to meet someone"
"That means i will just sit and wait for him to show up" he said as he sat down
A very uncomfortable silence stretched between them as Emilia raked her head for what to say. After some minutes the guy spoke up
"i suppose you came for the seminar" he asked
"yea, i did. How about you?"
"in a way, yes"
"Okay" she answered
"sorry i did'nt introduce myself properly when we first met. Am Mathew"
"am Emilia" she replied shaking his hand.
Before he could say any other thing, her project partner walked up to their table.
"you are Miss Abuba right?" he addressed Emilia. When she nodded he continued "am Isaac Okoye, your project partner"
Giving him a nod, she turned to Mathew "i suppose we would see some other time"she asked him almost hopefully
Mathew smiled "off course, we will" he replied as he stood up.
As soon as he left, Emilia faced her project partner "lets get this over with" she told him in an annoyed tone.
Why am i even annoyed....
It was obvious that Mathew was the only man she could stand. She wondered why she even thought about him. It seemed as if all the ice she had built around her heart melted whenever he was near. Sighing softly, she focused on the conversation.
Thank you for reading. Next chapter will be posted on Wednesday.
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