Sheila sat behind the desk, clicking on the keyboard of her laptop, her eyes scanned the screen of her laptop, her entire focus on what she was scrolling through. On the screen of the laptop one could identify the logos of big companies that were involved with the real estate business, she tapped on the mouse scanning the screen with all her attention. The sound of the door opening snapped her attention away from the screen, and hastily she canceled her current search, taking her gaze to whoever had just walked into the office, her shoulders hunched up in a tense way but it immediately loosened up a little when she saw that it was not Abraham that had walked in, it would have been disastrous, especially with the fact that Abraham would be quick to notice her nervousness and sneaky movements and wouldn't stop until he got the information he wanted out of her.She glanced up with a forced smile as she watched Abraham's assistant approach her with an unreadable expression. If there was s
“Sheila,” he called.“Your lackey said you needed to see me,” she blurted out.Abraham turned to face her, studying her up and down, “Go out with me.”Sheila tilted her head back to get a better view of Abraham's face, expecting to see him struggling to hold back his laughter or for him to tell her that he was joking just to get a reaction out of her, but it was quite the contrary Abraham's face was set without any emotion as he studied her face awaiting her response. She raised a brow at him in question, what is with the sudden asking out? It was completely out of context in her opinion and completely unnecessary, or was this a trap to finally lure her in?“What is with the strange look?” Abraham quizzed, eyeing her face with a deep scowl. She snapped out of her thoughts at the sound of his voice and forced a smile onto her face, “Nothing really, just wondering what I had done to deserve such an honor to have the mighty Abraham Connor asking me to go out with him,” she teased moving
Sheila sat in the back seat of Abraham's fancy car with Abraham sitting close to her, and although not too close she could smell his sweet cologne from here. He smelt like something sweet mixed with his natural musky smell which was contrasting his personality in her opinion. A man like Abraham should have nothing to do with smelling sweet, at least that was what Sheila thought. She took her attention off sweet smelling Abraham, looked out the front and heaved a tiny sigh of relief as she studied the man behind the wheel who was not Abraham's assistant. Up until now Sheila still couldn't think of a valid reason why Abraham's assistant had offered to drive them to their destination, even Abraham had been surprised by his assistant's offer while she had just stood watching the interaction with a frown. Meanwhile, her heart had been beating way too fast at that particular moment. She tried to imagine Abraham's assistant in the car too actually being the one driving_ the asshole would mak
“Do not read into it, Abraham, it's nothing. You startled me, and that is the end of the story. Whatever you are thinking, scrap it out because you are only just overthinking things.”Abraham regarded her with a funny look and suddenly the corner of his lips rose a little, “So that is you telling me that I am also overthinking the stares you and my assistant kept giving each other? Because that did not seem like nothing in my opinion.”Sheila sat up and readjusted so she was facing Abraham fully, she tilted her head to the left to get a good view of his face, taking in his rugged yet graceful features. His jaw was clenched tightly together his deep brown eyes regarding her filled with an unreadable glint that she could not exactly place what it could entirely mean. Her eyes dragged from his eyes up to the rest of his hard facial features, from his well trimmed hair, slicked back into a neat style and his lips pursed together into a firm line as he watched her, she noted that it was lo
Sheila was snapped out of her thoughts as she felt a tap on her hand, she grumbled at first choosing to ignore the persistent tap but when it did not stop she had no other choice but to force her eyes open. Her eyes dilated and she squirted her eyes to adjust to the surrounding light, she blinked a few times to regain focus and looked around to study her surroundings and pinpoint where she was exactly. It was not long for her to realize that she was still in the car but then it also quickly registered that the car was no longer moving.“Are you done playing dumb?” A firm voice startled her out of sleep fully, she gasped and raised her head. But to her surprise, she only got more startled from then as she saw that she had not been leaning against the car window like she thought but instead, her head had been resting on Abraham's shoulder all this time. How long has she been asleep? Had Abraham put her head on his shoulder? And if he hadn't been the one to place her head then had she g
As Sheila stepped out of the car, her eyes grew wide as she took in the large building before her. It looked like it was brought out of fairytale land, a place fit for the royalties and important personalities all over the world. Her smile only widened as she caught a glimpse of the red carpet spread across the building, it was splendid. Extravagant. Exquisite. Just the thing she needed to get her mind off all the mishaps of her life. It was a place fit for someone like her, a place for the important like her. Her chest tightened with pride and excitement, the only thing missing was the paparazzi flocking around her desperate for a picture of her and to get an interview with her…Her fantasy thoughts were interrupted as she felt a hand slip into hers, she flinched in surprise looking down at the hand intertwined with hers. She frowned, trailing the arm up to the face of the owner of the arm, her frown only deepened when she saw that it was Abraham. She scrunched her face with a questi
“Why are you so excited about the place? I'm certain this isn't your first time visiting the place or is it?”“Of course not, I am not just anyone in this place, my dear. I'm amongst the top investors and partners of the current owners and so I can say I'm a distinguished owner of this magnificent place.” Sheila's eyes met with Abraham and realization filled her eyes then she gave a curt nod followed by an eye roll, “I am not sure what else I was expecting but I should have known.”Abraham gave her a strange look, with his brow raised at her, “What is with the attitude?”Sheila scoffed and began down the pathway again and Abraham quickly tagged along not wanting to be left behind while he curiously searched Sheila's face for an answer regarding why she was giving him such an attitude. He had just revealed his accomplishment with one of the greatest buildings in the city and probably the only one of its kind in the big city, and any woman should never respond to news like that by walk
She caught a movement from the corner of her eyes and her eyes immediately followed the movement to her surprise, Abraham had moved his chair closer to her and was back to watching her again with a weird smile on his face.“The reporters are long gone, Abraham, move away, I need my space back now,” Sheila said shooing him away but also stylishly looking around to make sure there was still no reporter in sight.Abraham raised a brow at her then chuckled, leaning closer to her.“What are you doing?” She snapped through gritted teeth, eyeing him suspiciously through narrowed eyes but resisted the urge to pull away from him, in case there was actually any reporter lurking around. She do not need the damn reporters in any more of her personal business.“And who told you I was ever concerned about the press to beginning with?” Abraham said in a low voice, leaning even closer to her.Sheila's eyes widened with shock and unable to resist the urge to pull back she pulled back quickly, “What ha