"Urrgh". Josh groans as he just woke up from a terrible hangover from last night's party at his friends house which he was forced to attend. His phone which was on a table near his bed side starts to ring loudly.
"What". Josh frowns as the person who forced him which led to his terrible hangover still dared to call him.
"Oh, hey bro, are you ready yet?".
Josh becomes confused. "Ready for what?".
Daniel gasped dramatically which made Josh roll his eyes on the other line .
"Tsk tsk. Have you forgotten that we have an appointment with the grocery store where we wanna find a job?".
"So?". Josh asked as his head started bringing out flames cos of the anger that was building up inside him. After what Daniel did, he still had the guts to call him about a stupid job in a grocery store.
Daniel was shocked hearing how Josh replied him completely oblivious to the tone of Josh's voice .
"Dude you told me you wanted to have a job to hide your identity, I even took my time". Daniel stressed the 'my time' . "To get this work for you and I and now you just saying 'so' huh?'.
" Daniel, do you know that you are mad!?". Josh yelled making Daniel move the phone away from his ear.
"Hey, dude calm down. Why am I mad?".
Josh closed his eyes and took few deep breaths before speaking. "How will I wake up early when you forced me to drink a lot last night?".
Daniel remembered what happened last night . " Oooh, dude I'm so sorry for that it's just that I was having a lot of fun and I wanted someone to drink with me . But still, you should have woken up early". He muttered.
"What did you say?" Josh asked removing his phone from his ear to look at the screen as if he was video calling Daniel .
"Nothing, just come to my house when you are ready". He immediately cut the call cos of how scary Josh's voice was.
"I hope he gets the job, sigh".
Josh arrived at Daniel's house on his motorcycle , he came down looking vexed and Daniel came out.
"B-bro". Daniel stuttered cos he knew what was coming for him.
"Take me to the grocery store now and don't talk while we are going there". He opened the door to Daniel's car . Noticing Daniel was in a daze he yelled.
"Is the car going to drive itself to the place?!".
Daniel shook because of the sudden outburst. "Ah y-yes I'm coming". He quickly got into the car and drove off not daring to look at Josh.
Josh and Daniel arrived at the grocery store . Daniel opened the door and a bell above the door made a sound that someone is coming in. Daniel went to the counter to ask about the owner of the store.
"Hey please I am looking for Mrs Williams?".
The girl he was talking to did not even look at him cos she was stunned by the guy behind him. She said to herself. "I have finally met him".
"Helloo" . David waved his hand across her face.
"Oh sorry. Mrs Williams. I will go call her". She left immediately and closed the door behind her.
She rested on the door holding her chest that was beating way to fast. After she had calmed it down, she walked a little and stopped right at the door of her boss's office and knocked lightly.
"Yes? Come in". The voice in the room answered. She opened the door slowly which made a creak sound and entered. "Ma'am? Someone is looking for you".
Mrs Williams looked up at her and placed her glasses on the table. "Oh, that must be Daniel. Tell him I will be with shortly".
"Okay". She closed the door behind her. She was shy to come outside. But she had to.
She smiled at Daniel. "She will be with you soon". She resumed staring at Josh. "He still looks stunning". Josh was quite a beauty to behold. He was mixed. His father was white, while his mother was black. He had the perfect jawline, sharp nose and inviting pink lips that even men and women could not resist looking at. His curly hair which was beautifully styled had some fall in front of his face. And he had ocean blue eyes which someone could drown in cos it was to beautiful. To top it all, he appeared in a killer shirt which slightly hugged his body revealing his strong biceps. He totally ignored all the eyes and giggling around him because, he was used to all these already. Not long after, Mrs Williams came out and she was completely stunned by Josh's appearance. Josh stood straight as he was leaning against the counter . She couldn't help but ask. "Sir, what do you want to buy"?.
Daniel couldn't help but chuckle. "He's one I told you about. He said he wants to work here."
Mrs Williams gaped at the stunning appearance of Josh. "Oh my, this young man wants to work for me?".
When Sabrina heard this, her heart stopped beating for a second. How will she work with him?, How should be able to concentrate?.
Josh turned to look at Daniel wondering why he said only him that wants to work when they're the ones that came to look for the job together. Daniel noticing this, averted his gaze immediately and gave him a signal that he will talk to him later.
"Oh, he is the one? That is good because, I have been looking for another person to help my poor Sabrina here".
"Yes ma'am I am ready to work. I can even work immediately". Josh said still looking at Daniel.
Mrs Williams laughed. "Of course you are hired.your good looking face will bring a lot of customers for me". They all laughed together except for Sabrina whose heart skipped a beat seeing how Josh laughed. His perfect white set of teeth made him more good looking.
'God save me ' she prayed inwardly.
Mrs Williams continued ."Daniel had already given me your details. And I must say, your performance in high school and college was outstanding".
"Thank you ma'am". Josh smiled feeling a little bit proud of himself.
She placed her hand on his shoulder and looked at him lovingly like the way a mother would and Josh felt good unknowingly since he never experienced it.
"My dear, I hope you don't mind the pay cos.....".
"It's okay ma'am. Half bread is better than none".
"That pay is not even up to the price of his boxers". Daniel chuckled.
"Did you say something Daniel?". Mrs Williams asked.
He came out from his thoughts. "Ahh no no carry on". He found Josh still glaring at him. He knew that Josh had heard him.
Mrs Williams gasped. "Sabrina, didn't you attend the same college with Josh?".
Sabrina who was quietly looking at Josh came out of her world . "Ah y-yes I did". Josh looked at her trying to remember where he had seen her . But he just couldn't. Little did he know that what he was doing was making Sabrina turn to tomato cos his gaze was to enchanting. ' please look away, please'. To her satisfaction he did look away. She sighed In relief.
She didn't know if she should be happy or sad that he is working here . First, her long time love is working with her, so she is going to see him a lot . But, on the other hand, how will she be able to concentrate on working with him around? It was just too much for her to handle. Mrs Williams interrupted her thoughts.
"Okay then Josh. Since Sabrina is working in the counter, you will offload the goods and place them in each section and arrange them.i will also come sometimes to help okay"?.
"Yes ma'am". He smiled but Sabrina didn't see it this time. "Can I start now?" .
Mrs Williams laughed seeing his urge to start. "Of course my dear . I am even happy you decided to start now".
"Thank you". He looked around the store ." where shall I begin?"
"Oh yes. Go straight and turn to your left. You will see two boxes . They consist of kitchen wears and house hold cleaners . Arrange them on the shelf".
"Okay. I will do that now ". Saying that he left the three of them and went to do his job.
Mrs Williams turned to Daniel ."Thank you for bringing him he will do well".
"You welcome ma'am . I will be taking my leave now ,my work here is done". With that, he nodded and left.
Mrs Williams looked at Sabrina and both smiled at the same time before she went back to her face office.
Sabrina sighed and sat down as she saw Josh's face appear in her eyes. "I'm finished. Ugrh!".