Akilah

Chapter 6

It was Monday and the meeting with Globex went very well. Everyone took a liking to the presentation that Ian and Akilah worked on and they loved the attention to detail the showed quite clearly (which was Akilah's personal touch).

After the meeting ended Akilah went back to her office and opened her phone to check her calendar; she was just making sure that there were no important appointments or meetings that needed to be attended to. After seeing that she had nothing planned that day her eyes skimmed the screen in a quick manner and they landed on September 22nd ; Ian's 29th birthday!

She completely forgot about it and quickly started thinking on what she could give him. She decided to ask her most trusted friend; Google. After searching for a while for the best present it hit her, she should throw him a surprise party!

She got straight to work calling Alex first then reminding her to tell William about the party, she called Ivory too because even though Ivory didn't know Ian well she was her close friend and she had a feeling that something was going on between her and William so she couldn't resist but inviting them both and she vowed to make sure that they end up seeing each other at the party, at least once.

She also sent a broadcast message to everyone at the office so they could come as well. The more progress Akilah made the more excited she got about the party, after all Ian wouldn't see it coming. That day she took leave early from work saying something about her cat Marshmallow being ill and headed straight towards Ian's house, after ringing the bell a few times the same old woman opened the door from her last visit "Hello miss I didn't expect you today but I'm afraid the young sir is at work at the moment." She said with a soft smile on her face. "Oh no I didn't come here to see Ian I came here to see you" Akilah said with an excited look in her eyes, she went inside and found out that the old woman was called Clara and that she was Ian's housekeeper and nanny since birth. Akilah hurriedly told Clara her plan for Ian's upcoming birthday and asked if Clara could decorate the back garden by the pool without Ian knowing, Clara of course agreed giddily and promised to make sure that he didn't suspect a thing.

After Akilah went back home she started thinking of what she should wear to Ian's party; it was going to be in the afternoon/midday. After rummaging through her closet she found one of her favourite outfits, it was white romper with a busy blue pattern. After examining it for a while she looked for her camel coloured sandals, after pairing both of them together she nodded her head in satisfaction and grinned widely. Oddly she was quite excited about this party and the problem is she didn't know why; in the very beginning Akilah hated Ian because to her he was a cocky, arrogant and rude human being but then after getting to know him and working with him she slowly started liking his personality and not long after that she started falling in love with him. It sounded a bit odd in her head but she couldn't help it, the only thing that was stopping her from confessing her feelings to him was that she was afraid of rejection and that her last relationship didn't end so well, she couldn't help but shudder at the memory of it. She stopped herself from having anymore bad thoughts and put her outfit away in her closet and headed to bed with a deep sigh wondering what will tomorrow bring.

Thursday finally came and everyone was really excited about Ian's surprise party; they had never done anything like this before for their boss, they usually just told him "happy birthday" and that was it and all he would do was nod and reply with a "thank you"

Ian always gives everyone in the office a half day when it's his birthday so everyone had left early and headed towards his house, Akilah was there too to make sure everything was ready, she handed William the responsibility of distracting Ian by the time they were ready for him to be there. When Ian and William got back William suggested that they should sit outside since the weather was beautiful this time of year. The minute they stepped outside everyone yelled "SURPRISE! HAPPY BIRTHDAY!" Ian got a shock of his life; he certainly didn't expect this at all "It was Akilah's idea, you should thank her" murmured William into Ian's ear. Of course Ian's eyes immediately started searching for Akilah and he found her in no time pushing a trolly with a gigantic cake and 29 candles on it "blow out your candles and don't forget to make a wish" she said with a warm smile that he started growing so fond of, he felt a little bit of jealousy seeping through his heart; he didn't want Akilah to share that smile with the world because he wanted to keep it for himself which was quite selfish of him but he quickly brushed the feeling away and made a wish which he had really hoped to come true then quickly blew out his candles.

The party was a great success and everyone seemed to be enjoying themselves. William couldn't take his eyes of off Ivory who wore a mint green dress that had spaghetti straps with white polka dots. The skirt part of the dress was loose and flowy and the bodice had a sweetheart neckline, all in all Ivory looked stunning and all he wanted to do was kiss her until she was breathless but refrained from doing so.

Let's not forget about Alex, who also looked beautiful in her white ensemble; unlike her usual over the top fancy style she wore a three quarter white pair of pants and a white shirt to go with, the sleeves were wide and almost reached her elbows. She wore a sandal heel and wore a gold Van Cleef necklace.

Akilah was enjoying her time at the party and she thanked Clara for she was the one who did most of the work. She spent most of her night with Ian; he did not leave her side for one minute which was a bit odd since he usually goes and chats with friends and such but not tonight. After he thanked her with a hug and a kiss on the cheek he made sure to be like glue with her, she wasn't complaining she certainly loved his company when they were talking about things other than work.

Halfway through the party an extremely handsome man came along with brown hair and hazel colored eyes, he had a charming smile and dimples on either side of his cheeks. He began talking to Akilah and flirting with her by making her laugh at his corny pick-up lines and complementing her whenever he could. She honestly didn't mind harmless flirtation since she wasn't interested in him but didn't mind to play along by throwing back some flirtatious words and biting her lip every once in a while, of course as soon as Ian started to notice what was happening he was fuming with anger; he couldn't stand the thought of someone flirting with the woman he wanted.

He had never felt this way about anyone before; he never liked a woman enough to get jealous about her but Akilah was different. Ian couldn't handle it anymore and pushed the man away in such a harsh manner that he almost knocked someone into the pool "Ian!" Akilah shrieked, she didn't expect him to do such a rude thing to someone for no apparent reason. After apologizing to the man whom still remained nameless she turned towards Ian only to find his fist closed tightly you could see his knuckles turn white, before he could do anymore damage she pulled him inside and began scolding him like a child who didn't behave properly but before she could continue he shut her up by pulling her towards him and pressing his lips against hers in a very passionate kiss.