Chapter Twenty-nine

The car pulled up in front of the staircases.

“Hey”, Layla said, her head popping from behind the sofa. “You're back”

She got up from the sofa, walking up to where he stood to give him a hug. He held her longer than usual and damn her to not notice.

“How was work?”, She asked when they finally disentangled.

“It was great”

“You pitched it?”

“Yeah… and they were really happy with the idea”

“Oh my God! Voxx Innovations is officially launched!”, She squealed, jumping on him in excitement. He caught her too, flowing delightfully with the moment.

“You did it”

“I did but not without your support though”

They stared at each other for a moment.

“Uhh…”

“Oh.. sorry”, he said, putting her down gently.

“Thanks”

Burundi walked up to him to take his jacket and work tab from him. “Welcome sir”

“Thank you Buru”

“I have good news too you know”

“What's going on?”

“Come on”

She half dragged him up stairs, shutting the door sharply as soon as they were both in.

“There's so much to what we found out from W