Destined hearts

Chapter XVIII

Aisha

I turned off the engine and sat in the quiet parking lot. Crossing my arms over the wheel, I looked out anxiously. Why was I feeling weird? You know that gnawing feeling like something wrong is going to happen. I couldn't quite explain why but I had been feeling that way since morning before leaving home and it worsened when Javier told me I was to meet up with Michael. My heart kept doing ridiculous heart flips and dropping to my stomach, repeating its cycle over and over till my head fell faint. Why was I so anxious? What ever this feeling was is rather irritating. Because when I'm antsy, I get nervous and I hated that feeling. I was to appear confident and if I waver, especially infront of him, it's really going to be bad. Not bad for business, but bad for my emotional and mental state because my ego won't let it slide.

I did a few breathing exercises to calm my erratic heart as it had now decided to skip beats. This was ridiculous, it wasn't my first time meeting him or talking to him so why was my body acting out like this? As if on cue, flashbacks of my weekend with Christian popped up in my mind. Are you for real, forget about that. I thought, waving my hand before my face and shaking my head to get it off. God my mind was all over the place. I pulled out a mirror from my bag and discovered I was flustered. Way to go Aisha. I sighed and mentally face palmed. This can't be happening now. I took a huge gulp of the rest of the energy drink I had bought on my way here. Breathing out deeply, and picked up my bag, files and blueprint I had carried along. Schooling myself on being calm, I exited the car and locked it up. I took a minute standing at my door and using the opportunity to check if my looks were in check. Everything seem in order and I walked towards the building. It's a beautiful day to be a black woman and I can do this. I whispered to myself in encouragement with every neat step I took. I held my head high and kept a good posture. Even if my heart is beating out of rhythm, they can't know unless they walk around with a stethoscope. I greeted the security guards on my way in and took the stairs since the elevator was out of commission with the renovations.

It wasn't long before I came in view with the rest of the team.

"Hey Ms A. Came to see us today?" One of the workers asked. His name is Devon I think. He was particularly cheeky and very flirty.

"Hey Dev. No, sorry came to meet with the big boss."I replied.

"Hmm, too sad. I was hoping you could give this brother a chance." He said indicating to himself.

I chuckled. He tried this every time we met. "And I keep telling you this sister is already spoken for." I said showing off my ring.

"Women change their mind all the time. You could be missing out. You never know. "

"I'll take my chances on this one. My man is an accomplished black lawyer with a good pay and dreamy looks. Plus, he's head-over heels for me. What more can I ask for? " I replied smuggly. The other workers jeered at him.

"Better quit while you're still good. You can't compare with that one." One at the back said.

"Yeah, shut up Morri. Don't even have the balls to walk up to her." He replied. And the others jeered.

"Alright you guys chill out." I said with a laugh.

"Ms Aliyu, if you're done been chatty with the workers can we move on to serious things now? Because I've been waiting for you for over 15minutes now" he said in a snarky tone.

I rolled my eyes at the familiar voice. I turned to face him with a professional smile. "Sorry about the delay Mr. Donovan. I'm coming right away. " I replied.

"You better hurry and go meet the boss because he sounded mad jealous more than impatient." Devon whispered.

"Don't let him get you. Or you're toast. Me on the other hand, he can't touch me but you, he can. " I whispered back.