The other eligible bachelor

After the long day i had at the office, I was really just looking forward to going home, having a home cooked meal, bathing and going to sleep, but just when I opened the door on the way out of my office, I recalled that I have had no time to do groceries in so long because we were recently so busy at work, I was constantly chasing deadlines so I absolutely had no time to shop so I decided to drive to the mall first to get some groceries. I don't enjoy grocery shopping, it is such a tedious exercise for me, I never know which isle to go to or where to find what, as I was pushing the grocery trolley helplessly through an obviously irrelevant Isle, I could not help noticing, standing at the far end of the isle, an extremely handsome young man, then I stopped walking and i just stood there watching him, he looked like he was in his early thirties. I think he felt my eyes watching him because as I was looking at him, he looked up from the can of baked beans he seemed to have been carefully speculating, he turned his head to look right at me, now normally when such happened I quickly would look away for fear of being embarrassed, but this time just when I was about to look away I noticed that I knew the man, it was Austin, Austin Buthelezi, we went to high school together and we were in the same classes. He seemed to immediately recognise me because he walked towards me before I could even move an inch. Now standing in front of me I could see that it was really him, it was Austin, he was petite back then in high school, with very good looking facial features, his facial features had not changed at all, only now they were manly and not boyish, and he had grown tall and muscular like an athlete, his beard had a neat tream and it gave his facial features a manly handsome frame, he had a dark chocolate clean complexion, he looked really good. "Hi, uhm, you look awfully familiar, do I know you?" he asked. His voice was so deep and coarse it nerve wrecked me in a good way though, in a way that I wanted him to keep on talking until I was not nervous anymore, until all I felt was the giddiness and excitement I was feeling in my stomach. "Uhm, hi, we attended the same high school, Northview, you are Austin right?" I said, in pretence that i was not absolutely sure. " yes, I am Austin, I remember we went to the same high school, but I am sorry I forgot your name, I mean it has been what, eleven or twelve years?" he said smiling, his teeth were so white and aligned together so straight, oh my gosh, how come? He was perfect, I thought. " its me, Simlindile Chidi, I think we were even lab partners at some point, wow it has been such a long time ago hey?" I said. " yeah, time really flies, you have grown so much" he said. " ouch should I be worried that I am growing old" I said laughing. "oh no, nonsense you look very beautiful, you have aged with grace", he complimented me. "Thank you" I smiled and I immediately doubted the wide smile I displayed, because I thought it must have seemed too eager, but while I was busy beating myself up, he asked me for my contact details and when I looked up I realised that he had an equally wide smile on his face." Here save your numbers on my phone and I will call you so we can meet up and catch up" he said handing me his phone. I did as he requested and saved my phone numbers on his phone, when finished, as I was handing the phone back to him he said " great, I will call you soon" and I said " okay, I will be waiting for your call," "cool, let me continue with my shopping, I will see you" he said, "okay great" I said and I quickly pushed the trolley and dashed to the next isle were I could finally breath and think how I really hoped that he called. I was honestly so tired when I finally got to my apartment, that I did not feel like cooking anymore, luckily I had also bought a pepper steak meat pie, so I threw it in to the microwave for two minutes and ate it in front of the television watching an episode of keeping up with the Kardashians. After eating I washed the dishes I used, then I went to take a shower, after all that I finally went to bed with an excitement I could not shake off even if I had tried, I really could not wait for Austin to call. The next morning came and it was a Thursday, I got up at five thirty A.M to prepare for work, as I always do, but this morning just felt different from other mornings, I had something to look forward to, and that had not happened in a fairly long time. I kept on checking my phone, after taking a shower, I checked my phone, in the middle of picking out an outfit for the day, I checked my phone and during brake fast having cereal I kept on checking my phone, it was ridiculous. Sims calm down, he will call, just calm down, I thought, rebuking myself. I finished eating and I got up to put the dish in to the sink, after I hesitantly put my phone inside my handbag and my laptop in to its own separate bigger bag, I hanged both the bags on my right shoulder and headed for the door grabbing the apartment and car keys from the hangers nailed to the wall next to the door on my way out, and then I headed out, I went down the stairs of my apartment block ,the buildings elevators were currently undergoing a renovation, I went in to the parking lot where I got in to the car to drive to work. On my way to work I kept on thinking about Austin and our encounter, I could not stop smiling. When I arrived at work I got in to the lift and pressed for floor seven, that is where the Midas attorneys offices were located in the huge Carlton centre Sky scraper building. I was a senior attorney and a partner at Midas attorneys. Our offices were pretty fancy, the law firm Midas attorneys was one of the biggest firms with branches and divisions all over Africa, it was the fastest growing law firm in the entire continent as well and there were prospects of expanding globally. Kyle Modise, the founder of Midas attorneys , was a very wealthy man, he was thirty five years old and he was born with a silver spoon in his mouth, so he was swimming in both old money and new money, he was very powerful but also very humble. Our division of the law firm was located right in Johannesburg CBD, it was a forty five minutes drive to work from my apartment in Rivonia, Sandton, north of Johannesburg. The lift stopped on floor seven and I got out and rushed to my office, giving morning greetings to everyone who was there on the way, I wanted to use the full length mirror in my office. I got to my office door, unlocked it and got in, closing it behind me, I then walked to the mirror to carefully inspect my outfit, just in case if Austin called during the day and wanted to meet for lunch or something, I took a long hard look at my reflection in the mirror, the black and white stripped tight skirt I was wearing emphasized my curves and hugged my wheighst, I liked that and I also liked that the skirt was high waisted and it came below my knees, I was paring the skirt with a silky white tank top and black high heels that had a light brown sole, I looked shick and classy, I liked the look, I slightly adjusted my skirt, making sure there were no creases in it , I slightly patted my hair which was in a short razor cut weave that did not flow to my face, it was in an upward curl instead. I was satisfied with how I looked, he will be impressed, I thought to myself . I walked towards my desk were I had placed my bags and I reached for my phone from my handbag, then I checked the phone for missed calls and texts even though I knew that I got no alerts, there was of course nothing to see on the phone, I placed the phone on the desk and I unpacked my laptop and some of my documents and placed them on the desk too, I then sat down and opened my laptop and began to get some work done while thinking about Austin and how he had not called yet, I couldn't really concentrate. At three o'clock after lunch he still had not called but I was not upset because deep down I knew I was being unreasonable, but I could not help it, I had felt it in my heart of hearts that there was something to be explored between us because there was a strong attraction between the two of us, so I really couldn't help myself. While I absent-mindedly went through some legislation on my laptop, Cynthia Mokena, the receptionist in her late twenties such as myself came knocking on my office door. "come in" I said, "good day Sims, how are you?" asked Cynthia, she always had a wide professional and friendly smile on her face, she had a long weave, she was skinny and tall, she had long legs, she was wearing a pencil skirt with a white t – shirt and black Sandal shoes with silver straps. "good day Cynthia, I am ok, how are you?" I asked, " I am fine thanks, Mr Modise would like to see you in his office" she replied, "oh okay" I said. I knew that he probably wanted to go through the notes and details of the case that we were currently working on, the court appearance for the case was set for Monday, so I gathered the notes I had on the case and headed for the bosses office. When I got to his office, his door was wide open so I tapped on it and I stood at the entrance, he was standing and looking out the big window, he seemed to be deep in thought. He was not a very tall man but not short either, he had a medium height, he was very muscular because he had taken up body building as one of his many hobbies, he was very handsome with hazel brown eyes, a sharp nose and cheek bones. "Afternoon Mr Modise" I said, and he turned to look towards where I was standing at the sound of my voice, "Good afternoon Simi, please come in" he said, demonstrating for me to get in with his hands. I went in and sat down on one side of his desk, he sat down on his grand leather office chair on the other side of the desk. "how far are you with the Khuzwayo case?" he asked, we were representing the defendant in a case of assault. "well last night I was looking at the photographs that the applicant produced as evidence, and I came across something I thought was interesting" I said, flipping through the photographs looking for the one I had been talking about. "really, what was that?" he asked, with an interest that had a hint of excitement, he even immediately stood up on the side of his desk, I admired the passion he had for his work . I found the picture I was looking for and I put it in front of him "Mr Khuzwayo has a tattoo on his right shoulder right?" I asked rhetorically as I began to explain, "yes" he answered anyway, "well the applicant claims that the person on this photographs is Mr Khuzwayo, and he of course claims also that these photographs are real, but the person on this specific photograph does not have a tattoo on his right shoulder, meaning that either the person is not Khuzwayo or the photographs are not real and they are photo shopped." I said. "haha! Do you know what this means?" he asked laughing. He picked up the photograph and quickly answered himself "this means that the applicant fabricated the evidence, its not real, this is great" he said, " once I present this to the court on Monday, that will be it, we are going to win the case, your brilliant Simi" he continued enthusiastically, "oh I am just doing my job" I said, "you are extremely dedicated and I appreciate that, Midas attorneys is lucky to have you" he said, walking towards me across the table and taking both my hands in to his "thank you" he said looking in to my eyes, I flinched a bit and my hands became sweaty, "your welcome" I said, standing up and loosening my hands from his. "if that will be all sir, I would like to go continue with some work in my office."