"There must be a reason for that Mate, it still doesn't point out to the fact you love me."
" Why? "
" I don't know you anymore Mate. You're not the boy who saved me. You're not the Mate I know, you've drastically changed. "
This isn't the Mate I fell in love with. He's a totally different person compared to that Mate. My Mate isn't like this.
He's not as secretive and demanding as this Mate. He's totally different.
"Why? What changed in me?" He looks confused.
"Everything."
"What's it? Tell me so I can make amend to them." He pleads.
"What were you talking about those nights ago with those unknown voices and Dove? Why do you have a secret room, one you don't allow others into?
Why are you always hiding not only your phone, but the calls you make? How exactly did you acquire so much wealth? "
These aren't all the questions I want to ask, but I had to take this. Getting to know the answers to this one is okay to me for now.
" There's nothing to worry about. You have no need to know about those things.
Am not keeping amy secret for you, am just used to the idea if being alone." He expertly lies, his eyes looking at everywhere, but at me. It's as if he's afraid of being scorched.
"Who are you planning on taking to a warehouse of some sort?"
"No one. Those words you might have overheard are just business terminologies. It's nothing to worry about. You have no cause to think on them. "
" Business.... "
" Good day sir." A man on suit bows to Mate. "The executives are all waiting for you."
" I'll be right there. " Mate answers in a voice quite different from the one he normally makes use of on me.
"Okay sir." Bowing once more, the man goes back to the company he came out from.
"Let's go. We'll continue this conversation when we return." Taking my hand in his, Ate leads me towards the company.
" Can't I just wait out in the car? I hate business meetings."
The truth is this, I want to have more time to myself so I can fully decode the words he said to me.
"I don't trust that bastard not to make an appearance. I need you close to me in order to know you're okay. I don't want to always worry about you while in the meeting."
" But..."
" You'll also get to keep me company. All the old men there, bores me to death." He sighs. "Please Lat." He begs.
The expression he made on his face humbled me. Unable to say no to him, I finally succumb to his pleas.
" Okay." I answer. "Let's get this over and done with."
*
Entering into the building with Mate, my jaw almost dropped to the floor at the sight in front of me.
The gleaming glass windows were reflecting the rays of the Sun in ways I haven't seen before.
The whole décor of the down floor is just out of the world, there is a see through elevator at the left side and a more personal one at the extreme.
The workers went about their businesses in well made custom made designer suits, there wasn't an under dressed one among them.
I Know am dressed in a costly apparel, but that didn't stop me from feeling embarrassed. It caused me to notice how casual I dressed compared to them.
I don't look like I belong in an establishment like this. The saying "you can take a monkey out of the jungle, but you can never take the jungle out of the monkey* is true in a case like this.
Mate might have dressed me in costly clothes, but that doesn't clean my past.
A female walk towards us, dressed in a well ironed black shirt, a black Gucci skirt and black heels with her red hair tied up in a ponytail, she looks like she stepped out of some kind of office fashion show.
"Good morning boss." She bows to him. "Good morning." She gives me a once over, her eyes showing her displeasure, but her face has a forced smile.
Knowing how displeased she is at the sight of me, I smile brightly, an amused expression on my face.
The expression on my face seems to piss her off. The scoffing sound she made shows she's not pleased with the expression I made.
"Good morning." Mate nods.
His words caused her to turn her attention to him, but not before giving me a dark look. " If you won't mind, I'll lead you to the meeting room." She says a seductive tone.
The sound pissed me off like nothing else have done before.
It made me angry she's making use of that tone of voice with my darling.
"Lead the way then." Mate says with in impatient voice.
"Is he going with us?" She said the he as if it's something dirty that found its way to her mouth.
" Why not?"
" It's a confidential meeting." She says as if that alone explains the reason why I shouldn't be allowed be in there.
"And he's..."
"It seems like she don't know who I am. Forgive me for not properly introducing myself. Am Mate's boyfriend Laty." Taking Mate's hand, I circle it round my waist.
The action wasn't lost on the bitch as her eyes kept on darting back and forth. "His boyfriend?" She scoff.
I can feel the eyes of the other workers on us, they might be pretending to work, but I kw know their entire focus is on us, and that made me decide to give them a show.
"Forgive me for the public display," I rose on tiptoe, my intention being to peck Mate on the lips, but the arrogant male have another thing in mind.
Tightly holding on to my waist, he deepen the kiss. His tongue sticking out a bit to lick my closed lips, the action causing me to gasp.