#chapter 8

It's the third day in Paris and today I have to go to the Paris branch of our company. I got up early and took a bathe. I blow-dried my hair and did the light makeup as I went to the closest and changed into an office wear.

I packed my handbag and ordered breakfast. I went to the bed to try waking King up, the key word there was try!!!

"King wake up!!!"

"Hmm not now please baby! Come after ten minutes!"

"This is the fifth time you are telling me that! Wake up now!" He rolled himself on the bed as he opened one eye and looked at me, when I caught him staring at me, he closed it and pretended to be sleeping.

I got up from the bed and said, "ok then baby. I'll have breakfast and go to the office by myself! After that I'll just catch a flight back to New York, at least Rob will welcome me there!"

Hardly had I taken a step away when he caught my hand and stood up from the bed, "never run away from me Tamera! I need you in my life, by best friend, my advisor, my comforter, my guider, my listener....my wife! I'll just get ready and I'll take you as I promised you last night!" He left my hand and picked up the quilt that fell off the bed as he stood.

When he started to move towards the bathroom, I called him and he turned to look at me asking me why I called him. I went towards him and look up at him, "my morning kiss baby?" He laughed and leaned down to give me my kiss as I played with his already messed up hair.

He got ready and met up with me at the dinning room. We had breakfast together and he got a few calls and he didn't pick any of them so I questioned him why he's ignoring them. "These guys have me the whole day, but I only have now to spend with you Tamera so I won't pick the calls!"

"Stop kidding, it could be important you know!"

"Yes I know, but nothing is important than having breakfast with my wife. A great morning with a great lady means a great day baby!" He winked making me giggle and I just dropped the topic knowing that he'll always win the debate!

We finished our breakfast and we went back to the bedroom to get our things and we walked out of the resort. A black Lamborghini was waiting for us by the main entrance door with three SUV followed the lambo. We got in and he asked the driver to get something else to do since he'll drive me. We drove off and he took me to the "ANDREW'S CONSTRUCTIONS" building. We got in and the lady behind the front desk asked us whom we wanted to meet and if we had an appointment. King wanted to tell her that we are the owners but I caught his hand and shaked my head. He understood and kept quiet letting me talk.

"We are here to meet the branch manager to discuss the honeymoon resort construction. We have an appointment with him at around ten minutes, please check with him." She nodded as she typed something on the computer to check for the appointments and details.

"Yes ma'am I have seen the appointment made few days back. Let me inform him of your presence and..."

"Actually, can we get a few more minutes in private,we want to do the last minute touch on the project before discussing it with the manager. When we are done we'll inform you and you can let him know that we are here!" She looked at me debating with herself as to whether she should agree with me or decline it. I looked at her with with pleading eyes and she agreed. She called someone and we were led to an office in the second floor and he left after telling us to take our seats and feel comfortable.

Some seconds after he left, "c'mon King, let's get to the fiftieth floor! I've got work to do!" I got up and he followed closely behind me. When we were in the lift king looked at me with a smirk on his face and I asked him what's going on in his mind.

"You're smart baby! I like that genius mind!" He winked but I giggled and brushed him off. He went on and said, " I never thought of appearing in one of my branches the way you made your way in here!" We were in floor number thirty when the door open and few people got in. They were going to floor thirty three. They asked us where we were Heading to and King said to the manager's office.

"Why do you want to meet up with him? Do you work in this company? You don't seem to work here!" One of them questioned us.

"Oh he's mistaken, we are going to see Mr James! We just don't know where we'll find him." I said politely as I gave them a smile.

"Hmm! Make sure you know where you are going to before you start roaming around like shepherd less goats! You can get to Mr. James in floor number forty!" One of them snapped rudely. The rest of the lift journey was totally silent, when the lift doors opened at floor number thirty three, they looked at us and said, "confused elements on earth!" Then they left. King wanted to jump on their necks and choke them but I caught him by his hand and hold him close.

We went on with the upwards journey to floor number fifty. King looked at me and said, "why do we have to go through all this when we could just tell them who the fuck we are?!!"

I pulled him closer and wrapped my hands around his neck and looked at him in his eyes, I know they have hurt his ego so I need to calm him down, quickly! "Baby, we have to go around and see how these people are working in here! We have to come in disguise because when they knew who we are they would have reacted completely different, pretence baby! See how these guys just behaved with us, this is how they behave with strangers who have come to seek something here. We have to work like this baby!" He kissed my forehead and hugged me.

"You are a genius baby girl! The world need such persons to make it a better place to live!" I smiled and we pulled away as soon as we reached floor number fifty and the doors opened. We walked inside and found people walking around leisurely. Some were having coffee in their hands as they walked in groups as they laughed out loud. We stood at one of the offices door as we pretend to walk into into but just stood there.

Suddenly, a door opened and a man dressed in a black suit walked out. Everyone stopped what they were doing and instantly changed into serious and working atmosphere. That took me by surprise! I looked at King and he had the same expression as me. The man in a suit walked into the break room and come out with a cup of coffee after a few minutes. He called one of the staffs into his room and immediately he entered the room, everyone sighed and laughed at their own pretense!! I told myself that this is an alarming sign of downfall.

We walked around and no one even paid attention as to who we were or where we were heading to. We walked to the front desk of this floor amd there was a team of almost ten people around there joking and laughing. We greeted them and asked to see the manager. They nodded their heads and went on pulling each other's legs and mocking other staffs. When we asked for help the second time, a lady spoke up.

"Hey you! Who the hell do you think you are bossing around? If you need the Manager, go find your own way of finding him! We are not social workers!" She snapped at us and the rest laughed at us. King's face was now tomato red! Anger! Danger!!!

We stormed out and I followed him closely. He walked into the manager's room and the Manager looked at us both. "Who the fuck are you to storm into my office like that?!! Get the hell out of here fools!"

I took out my ID card and showed it to him on his face as I leaned down on his table placing both my hands on the table. "Do you still need any more information? She's Tamera Andrews!! Wife to King Harrington! My wife and you just talked to her like that you son of a bitch!" King was out of control now! The manager's face was now pale and he was sweating like hell. His mouth was open but nothing come out.

After King shouted at him and got him to apologize, we got into work. We headed to the conference room and the room was already full of staffs who are assigned to deal with the honeymoon resort. Everyone got up when we walked into the room and I threw my hand up to dismiss them and they nodded their heads as they took back their seats after King and I sat down. The meeting began and one by one started representing the presentations they had prepared. King spotted some mistakes and he highlights them instantly. I had the overall chance to choose who will continue with the project and who won't. I listened keenly to all presentations and when they were done, I selected the best team who had the best presentation as well as experience and knowledge of the job in hand. I selected a few more newcomers in the company to work with them.

The Manager opposed the fact that I had to select newcomers to work with the project but I explained that, "if we keep selecting the old and experience staffs, when will these newcomers learn and also become experienced? They have to stay close and learn every step from the old one so that they too cam become experienced. So henceforth, in every project, different newcomers must be involved!" I explained and saw King nodding his head.

The conference was dismissed and the workers got back to their respective working area. I visited different sections of the company starting from accounting, advertisement, marketing, commercial and all the others. In every department, I held a meeting with the head of department, asking for details on how each department works. The whole fifty-floured building was in chaos. Everyone was moving up and down completing old incomplete files.

It was time for lunch but when we walked out, everyone was moving like robots with their heads dag inside files and some were even walking with calculators and pens in their hands as they worked while moving around from place to another. I stopped them and everyone gathered around, "if you guys dedicated yourselves like this each and every day, the company would have been in a completely different level and all of you would benefit from the success. Now, time for lunch is time for lunch. There's no way one should sacrifice their mealtime for work. C'mon let's ho grab something for lunch!" They nodded their heads as they went to keep the files and whatever they had back in their offices and walked over to the canteen in the twenty fifth floor.

The whole floor was just an eating corner. There was a buffet lined around the walls of the eatery with chefs and waiters standing at each buffet. People grabbed their plates and walked around keeping food into their plates then filled their glasses with juices or youghert and they made their way to the tables and sat with their friends. When King and I walked in, the whole eatery went pin drop silence. I told them am not a devil who govern their rights to talk or socialize and they should be free to fo what's right as long as respect for the bosses and elders who work here is maintained. They got back to talk and joke around. King and walked from one buffet to another together with one single plate in his hand. I told him what I wanted and he let the waiters serve us and he also picked whatever he wanted to have. He held the plate in one hand and the other hand he held me by my waist as he leads me to one of the tables.

I met with the workers who had snapped at us when we were in the fiftieth floor and were asking for the manager's office. They were shocked to see us and their colleagues informed them who I was. They turned pale and were praying to vanish in thin air. King told them to apologize but I gave them am earful, "today you behaved like now you got the chance to apologize after knowing who I am. What would you have done of you behaved like that with strangers whom you'll never ever meet them again and get the opportunity to apologize huh? Is that how you behave with clients and customers in this company?" All this time I was giving them an earful, King had his hand around my shoulder to offer the support I needed. The rest of the workers had their eyes fixed on us. When they apologized and promise not to ever repeat the same mistake, King and I dag into our meal. He made me eat his share as well as mine. I refused and tried to resist but it was useless! He fed me and I was full as a sheep who was about to be slaughtered!

We went back to work as we were given our private office. We called in specific people to question them and some even had to present their work in presentation form. When it was time to leave, I held a meeting in the major conference hall where all workers could be accommodated. The manager started by thanking everyone and also thanking me for coming over them he welcomed me to talk.

"I'm glad you guys got to do real work for the first time! Many uncompleted files for the last ten years, could be completed today! How I wish that whenever you wake up each and single day, you would tell yourselves that today I want to be better than yesterday and do greater than the previous day! You will achieve great success and make it to completely different levels! And every person in here deserves respect! Whether old, young, experienced, newcomers, known, unknown everyone deserves at most respect. Today I've seen the level of discipline showed here, when you all didn't recognize who I am, I was treated like shit, others snapped at me, others even had the audacity to call me confused element! I'll be maintaining a close eye on you all from now, any case of indiscipline would be penalized and punishment will be given. For now, I have nothing else to say but one advice, dedicate your time and energy to do great work but never sacrifice your health or mealtime for work! Thank you for co-operating!" I finished and stepped down from the stage. King stood up and walked over to me as he snaked his hand around my waist and walked me out of the conference hall. Everyone clapped for us and I cought the eyes of those who had called us confused elements, they were ashamed and looked down, they couldn't even look up at me.

We went back home and we freshened up after a long day at work. Both King and I bathed together and he massaged my back as I was really tired. He had dinner and went to bed. I slept close to him with my back to his front and his hands around my waist.

"Baby you are great!" He said.

"Thanks! But I got it from you!"

"No no no no! Don't give credits of your success to anyone else Tamera! I have always heard your dad talk about your genius mind, I believed him since I've worked with you and shared ideas and today I got to witness it! Just great!" He turned me and kissed me my good night kiss.

"Good night baby!" He said.

"Good night King!" I leaned over to him and kissed him and I laid my head on his chest and dozed off.

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