Tasha can't remember Sylvia having any family problems, she must have lied, Tasha saw the concern on his face and somehow felt that Zain liked her,
"What did you guys talk about in the cafeteria?"
"What has that got to do with what I'm asking you?" Zain asked her
"Just answer me, maybe you said or did something that upset her, I don't know of any family problems, I'm sure she lied" Tasha replied to him
"she did? but why would she?" Zain asked he was utterly confused right now, he didn't know what was going on anymore
"Just answer me, I have things to do you know, you are delaying me out here, just tell me what you said to her, and I mean everything," Tasha said crossing her hands on her chest
"Uhm okay, we didn't say anything important, but I told her about the reason why I went to see the vice president this morning" Zain was explaining
"you went to see the vice president this morning, did you get fired?" Tasha asked with horror written all over her face, maybe Zain got fired and that was why she was sad
"no I didn't get fired, as I was saying" Zain continued
"then why did you go to see the vice president?" Tasha cut him off again
"Are we not supposed to be talking about Sylvia here, why are you being so nosy," Zain said, and he couldn't seem to hide the irritation on his face or in his voice
"what me? Nosy, I just wanted to know what happened, am only looking out for my friend" she defended ' what a sly, how can he talk to a lady like that ' she thought in her head
"you can continue" she added
Zain cleared his throat and continued, "Well then I told her and she just dashed out of the cafeteria and she didn't come back until now" Zain said
"That's all?" Tasha asked she was confused right now
"of course, that's all, what else? Look here I'm trying to help you here and I'm also worried for, I've never seen her like that, you need to tell me what you said to her, the exact words" Tasha asked again
Zain didn't understand why what he said had anything to do with why Sylvia was sad, but he wanted to get to the bottom of this, he didn't have any choice but to answer this annoying and nosy girl
"Okay I merely explained the reason why I went to see the vice president," Zain said
"Which is?" Tasha asked, she was getting impatient, and Zain looked at them with his brow twitching up, he wished he could just strangle this girl right now, she really wouldn't back down, would she? He thought, now everyone's going to know why he went to see the vice president, he cleared his throat again before answering her
"I went to see the vice president to help a friend get a job here in the company" Tasha wanted to ask him why he didn't go through the normal process instead of going to see the vice president but she didn't have time for gossip right now, she would ask another day
"Okay this friend of yours, is it a girl or a boy?"
"she's a girl" Zain answered
" a girl, you mean your girlfriend?" Tasha asked
"no she's just a girl I love but nothing is going on yet" Zain replied, he really didn't mean to say that last part, but he honestly wanted to shout to the world and tell them how much he loved her
"wait, what, a girl you love?" Tasha asked she was almost panicking, that must be why Sylvia was so sad
"wait a minute, did you tell her that?" she added
"tell her what?" he had answered all her foolish questions, what was she still asking him again, he didn't understand this girl, who employed her in the first place, the people in charge must have their brains upside down the day she came for an interview
"did you tell her you love the girl?" Tasha asked
"yes I told her, she asked" Zain replied
"oh no you dummy, why would you tell her such" Tasha asked she was already furious, this guy was such an idiot,
"And what's wrong with that?"
"you are so foolish and blind, you really can't tell me that you haven't noticed that Sylvia likes you" Tasha interjected
"wait what, Sylvia likes me?" Zain asked
"yes you dummy, she has feelings for you, how can you go on and tell her, you are in love with someone else, how did you expect her to react? Sylvia replied to him and stormed back into the office. She really needs to leave work early today to see Sylvia and make sure her friend is okay, she got back to work and got busy again
Zain was dumbfounded, he didn't know what to say or how to react to this piece of news he just heard, ' Sylvia likes me? ' he kept repeating the same question in his head,
he honestly didn't know what to think or do, that must be why she was sad and disoriented, he felt so bad, he hadn't meant to hurt her feeling that way, he would speak to her tomorrow and probably apologize
Zain got back to work, and even though he wasn't concentrating, he tried his best to finish as many reports as he could, he needed to submit them today but he couldn't, he hoped he wouldn't get queried,
it was time to go home and Cat still hadn't gotten back to him, his face suddenly fell, a lot of bad things were happening to him today, he packed his things and headed downstairs
Zain got to the parking lot and opened his car, but before he could get in, a cat voice called out to him,
"Hey Zain wait up" Zain turned back and saw that it was a cat, he hoped she had good news for him cause he needed a dose of it right now.