FLAWED SOULS

Chapter 33: SURPRISE, SURPRISE

I'm dedicating this chapter to Eid.

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"Aunty Amirah." Ife her co-worker said sashaying towards her at the canteen.

Amirah sighed, "just Amirah."

"You're my boss so I have to call you aunty." She said laughing as she settled herself on the seat opposite Amirah who had a plate of chips and egg and a strawberry smoothie.

"Is that all you're eating?" Ife asked.

"Yes, I get full easily." Amirah really enjoyed being alone, her team members had tried their best in the past one month to get as close to her as possible but it'd been futile. Ife stuck.

"So I've been hearing juicy gists o..." Ife said leaning towards her to whisper, Amirah rolled her eyes uninterested in office gossip.

Ife continued "... I heard from someone who heard from someone that they've been seeing the boss in your office after everyone's closed and gone home." She sat back with a satisfied look on.

AbdulRahman had refused to let her be, granted she was enjoying his company but that was all there was to it, they've not been any physical contact between them. She stayed later than the rest of her colleagues and he was always around in her office then.
Sometimes he'd sit and be working on his laptop, other times he'd be reading a book or they'd chat about random things, that was all and she was glad for it.

"Yeah, we're friends." She answered nonchalantly.

Ife's eyes lightened up, "since when?"

Amirah's brows furrowed, "how long have you known me?"

"Not that long shaa." Ife said with a guilty laugh.

"Exactly." Amirah stood up and left with her smoothie in hand, as soon as she stepped out she met with her husband.

Surprise registered on her face. "Muhammad?" She asked unsure.

"No o, Shamsudeen ne." He replied sarcastically, she rolled her eyes at him and he laughed.

"What are you doing here?"

"Surprise, surprise." He said raising a leather bag in his hand to show her.

With eyebrow raised, she asked, "what's that?"

Muhammad sighed dramatically, "you can't even feign excitement."

"Yaaay surpriiiiiisse. I can't wait to know what you have for me." She said clapping her hands in exaggerated excitement.

"Spoilsport." He murmured before wrapping his arms on her shoulder snuggling her.

"Now show me your office and introduce me to your coworkers."

"Aren't you supposed to be at the hospital or something?" She asked raising her head to look at him.

"Yeah I escaped for a short while. The things I do for you Habibty."

She smiled inwardly as they walked into the main building his arms wrapped around her shoulder protectively. When they got to her unit, her team members looked at them curiously.

"So this is the architectural unit where I'm the head and these are my team members." She said to him before turning to them. Ife and Mike were the only absent ones.

"Hey everyone, this is my husband." She announced before introducing everyone else to him.

"Haa boss, your husband is fine shaa see his fine dark skin." Elle said.