Chapter 32

Kira's pov

"Yes ma'am, I'm here "i say as i rush quickly to my boss's office on the first day of work  ...It seems fun though, at least coming to work this morning without my car wasn't too stressful but i really can't tell so soon anyways as it's just the first day

" i  heard that there was an accident this morning at ring estate , go with reporter Deji and gather as more information as you can so we can know if it's worth making the headlines tomorrow "

"Oh... Okay ma'am ,we'll be there in a jiffy " immediately i leave the office and later, i find myself wondering who's reporter Deji but for the sake of not annoying her on my first day of work i just go about searching through people's Identity card and luckily for me it didn't take me more than five minutes to locate him

"Oh... I guess you are officer Deji, right? "I ask him as soon as i see officer Deji hanging on his I.D card with his picture but i didn't want to seem too forward so i just go through unnecessary formalities of asking him

"Oh, yeah i am, may i help you" i actually thought that he would have already been informed about our assignment together but it looks like he has no idea about it whatsoever i look up to answer and caught him staring at me, i wanted to tell him that it was rude to stare but i realized that i haven't even answered his question yet. Moreover, he was meeting me for the first time so i guess it's just normal

"Hmn, Mrs. Raphael said we should go to ring estate to get more information about the recent accident that occurred there ,i thought she would have told you earlier "

"Oh , she wouldn't do that , once she tells one person , she believes the person should be wise enough to tell his or her partner, and you must be  new here, when did you join us ?'

" Just this morning" i answer smiling
"Wow, that's nice but it's somewhat odd that she's sending a new employee out so soon  i guess she really expects so much from you then .. I'd rather advice that you show her the stuff you are made of, because she can be very hard to please sometimes"

"Oh, thanks for the piece of information and advice as well, i guess i would have to tighten my belts in that case. I think we have to leave now then, before she relieves me of my new job "

"Yeah, that's true but i doubt if that would ever happen anyway, and you haven't told me your name yet "

"OH, that's true, I'm kira...Kira Anderson "

"Oh, Then I'm Deji Raphael "

"Wow, you bear the same name as the boss? "I ask somewhat amazed and at the same time trying to lighten up the mood
"oh, yeah, nice observation young lady, she's my mum and my dad owns the papers while she manages this place "

"Oh, no wonder you said that i couldn't be relieved of my job anyways, let's leave, we've been standing here for over 10 minutes "

"That's true "he says as we both get our pens, jotters to take notes and some other items we might need. I really wonder why she expects something form me, i wonder why I'm being sent on a mission on the first day of employment, unlike others who are giving a little more time to settle, anyways Bessie once told me that i won't be treated the way others are being treated considering my complexion, but above all, i really wonder why she has to pair me up with her son for the reporting ...on the first day of work for that matter

"Holy fuck "i scream and in seconds it is muffled up in the hands of Mr. Deji why do i even have to be so formal even in my thoughts ,I'll just remove the mister whenever it's in my thoughts..

"The accident is really gruesome "i whisper only for his hearing
"no matter how gruesome it may be Kira, always realize that you exhibiting your feelings here is only gonna make matters complicated and you end up not been able to gather any information whatsoever, in fact you can end up been chased away by the masses so in cases like this you learn to keep quiet ..Okay "he whispered back in a chilling voice and i felt goose pimples all over me. The only thing not business-like about his speech is the fact that he didn't add title to my name, i guess i now know the reason why i was asked to go with him after all, he was freaking strict , just like his mum , if  not worse.

"Okay, sir "i added as an afterthought  ... My working in Raph newspapers may not be as smooth as i thought it was gonna be. I really feel like puking right now but i knew better than to try to. I just followed him wherever he went, smiled when i was expected to and talked only when i was asked questions ....my first day at work wasn't what i imagined after all.

Rhoda's pov

"Richie, you really won't kill yourself  ...Will you? Work , work and work all day long , I'm pretty sure that even your father , when he was still the one in control of the company , he wasn't working himself up as much as you are doing "

"Rhodie, trust me, am not working myself up, okay? I'm just doing what is expected of me as the..." i cut him short

"As the first son, right, i know, in fact I've heard that countless times already but you been the first son doesn't mean you should work yourself to death, okay ,at least if not for everything but for the sake of the fact that i would be leaving for the united states in less than two months now and when i go, i would be away for nothing less than two years " i said and looked at his face for the effect and watch as color drains out of his face.. I really don't intend to remind him of my departure but for crying out loud , out of twenty four hours of a day , he uses more than eighteen  hours in the office , even on Saturdays .

"And there is the saying that states that all work and no play makes my Richie a dull boy, and of course we both won't want that ,okay "i say to him holding his face in my hands, right now, I'm even in his office as he only comes home at late hours, my house to his house is not even all that near , except i stay over and even if i do , before i wake up the next morning , I'm pretty sure that he would have gone and i have not even had the privilege of visiting his house anyways because of his parents. And it's so annoying, I just wonder how it would be, marrying someone like him, did i just think of marriage, so funny , I'm sure  that's the least of his worries now.

"I've heard you Rhodie and i would adhere to everything you've said "

"Okay then, can you take tomorrow off work if you know that you truly heard all that I've said "

"But Rhoda, tomorrow is Tuesday, how on earth do you expect me to do that? I've got so many files waiting to be attended to "he says pointing to all the files on his table.

"There we go again... files, files and files , fuck files Richie , fucking fuck files , why don't you just come out plain and tell me that files are more important than us, than me instead of beating around the...."

"Of course not Rhoda, you know that's not possible, i love you more than all my assets combined , okay no work tomorrow and the next that okay now ? " he asked with that unmistaken twinkle in his eyes

"Are you fucking kidding me right now, Are you for real?"

"You don't trust me or what, I'm serious, in short, work for today has ended "

"Whoa, i love you so much "i say hugging him

"I love you too Rhodie "and the door flings open revealing his secretary

"When did you start entering here without knocking as though it's your family house? " he says to his secretary and she looks really embarrassed and guilty altogether

"I'm sorry sir "she says closing the door obviously not delivering the message she came to deliver in the first place

"That was quite harsh "i say to him teasingly after she already left

"Anything for you my queen ......"