'I will wait for you, for you, I will wait for you.'
"Pull over Theodore," I say as soon as he drives out of the house.
I can feel him glancing over at me in the rear view mirror but I am to pissed to go through this ride without talking to him first.
"Tell me what the fuck you were thinking?" I growl at him feeling like if I could punch him I could. He annoyed me with what he just said to Samantha.
"Trenton, let's talk it out."
I snort feeling my blood boil.
"Talk shit with who? You do not have the right to talk about things that do not concern you."
He pulls his seatbelt away from him and then turns to look at me from the back side.
"She deserves to know Trenton, maybe she would love the change of scenery in Toronto, so why not tell her both options of where you can live and let her choose? Why guilt her?" I narrow my eyes at him because now he is just crossing the line.
"Do not think of guilting me too in your desire of wanting to be united by your family. Theodore, you either move back to them and leave me and Samantha alone or just make peace with where you are?" I say glaringly at him.
When I heard him in the morning trying to tell Samantha that it was possible if I wanted to keep working in politics, instantly knew where he was heading. I thought he had already moved on from that he has not, however, what he does not realize is that he is not roped here nor is he chained.
He is a big, old man who can make decisions for himself, I don't see why he has to bring young girls into it.
He stares at me before he nods his head.
"Am sorry for crossing your boundaries, Trenton." I look at him but the mere sight of him is enough to annoy the living hell out of me, I shake my head feeling the disappointment fill me up.
"Just let me drive myself and find your way there," I say getting out of the car walking to the passenger side and heading in without exchanging any words with him.
I drive to my new work feeling so not into it because of what Theodore just did but I know I have to do this because I want to although Theodore almost did me wrong, he still said one true thing that I need to change. I should have given Samantha a chance that I did not do and I guess I have to try and solve that.
I reach the office, where Dan's Empire has its building and am surprised by another welcoming surprise party.
Though I can't say it's a full-on party, it's just a little welcoming thing.
"Welcome son," my mother says after the whole staff just surprised me with a welcome post, gifts, and all other things and I instantly know it's her who told them to do it though I do not know how I feel about it I can't blame the staff for following their former boss's orders.
She walks over and hugs me.
"I thought I would come over and surprise you and help you get settled in here." I fight the urge to roll my eyes at her or say anything bad to her in general.
I am in the mood and whoever doesn't watch their steps around me will have to deal with it.
I just nod my head. "Well, lead the day Mrs Howards," I say to get her on her nerves.
She quirks her eyebrows but I pretend to not see and start walking.
She falls in my pace after and then takes it upon herself to show me around and everyone as she also remembers to introduce me as her favorite talented son who is taking over her.
Almost half of the day is spent with me being shown around but it's after it that I realize I will be enjoying the business part of all this.
It's so good to finally do what I got in school for. To live a dream full life.
I always mastered business administration but helping my dad out in his work category raised another interest in helping people out suddenly I found myself in a situation where I needed a gateway and that is how I found myself in Rwanda.
I loved it there suddenly because well, it's a peaceful country with good citizens, and helping some of them reach their goals and desires of immigrating was also welcoming though it never once answered my questions of why so many people always came with cases of wanting to leave their home country.
I was not one to judge because apart from leaving my home country, I also left my family but I guess I can justify my case by saying it was under different circumstances.
But who doesn't have their own circumstances?
I am reminded by my beautiful girlfriend to have lunch and I remember how worried she was in the morning for me to skip it.
So I reach for the office telephone to call my secretary and have her make reservations for me to get lunch but stop mid-way when I realize she is not Samantha and neither is she Theodore and I never trusted strangers with my food and drinks before Samantha.
Usually before even her, I never used secretaries but I have to see how this one works and help me get familiarized here if she is not efficient in work like the person I know and doesn't possess a positive attitude about her work then I will have to handle this differently.
I stop my thoughts of calling her and buckle my suit jacket up before I walk out of the office to go get lunch. I meet with Theodore making his way out of the elevator and I narrow my eyes at him as I bypass him still feeling annoyed with him.
He holds me by the arm. "I got you lunch." He says but I shrug my arm out of his hold.
"Samantha asked me to get it for you." He says again and this time I stop and give him a second of my time.
"She did?" I ask calmly as if I am talking to her and when he nods, I take it but with a frown on my face.
I take the bag turn around and walk back to my office without saying anything.
I feel glad for the time saving but above all, I feel touched by my girlfriend's caring.
I get my phone and text her even though I know she might have went back to study.
'Thank you, darling.' I simply say but I feel way beyond the thank you, it's these small acts of hers that make me love her more and more every single day.
I enjoy my darling's caring gesture before I jump right back into work.
It's so easy here just like the work I did there in the embassy of America in Rwanda. I get to approve every artist's work, really it's so scary how busy all people are. Their schedules are so tight, I don't want to think about how they do it to keep up with all their work demands. In my work here I have learned how to manage everything.
They have their manager who reports to me and I have to be their big manager who approves of their work and projects whatever I decline is declined and whatever I approve is approved but that regards big names only.
The small matter gets handled by the other people in charge of them.
I can tell it's a lot of work but bring it on, I want to learn and grow in this field to prove appoint but that now lies in my partner's hands.
I can not do that if Samantha keeps on feeling guilty for things she should not feel guilty about really.
I get notified at around four to five pm that she is leaving, it's not because I am keeping tabs on her but it's the house security system alerting me about movements going around the house.
I fight the urge to ask her about where she is going but if she does not want to say anything, I will have to trust her on it.
I got easily driven at work because like I said it's not different from what I have been doing before so it's simple to catch up but I had set an alarm to leave early because I have to have a chat with Samantha.
I would take her out but I guess I can't do that on a weekday, I have not yet been notified that she is back home so that leaves that option out.
When the alarm rings at 6:30 I stop working and set my things up and get ready to leave.
"Ms Miller, am leaving, good night," I say to her as I walk to her desk.
"Good night sir." She says while she got on her feet and it makes me remember my time back in Rwanda, with Samantha as my secretary when I bypassed her cabin.
I would now be working in her cabin or her working from mine.
We would ditch work sometimes and just talk and spend time together. It was a lot of good times that I want to cherish so much to one day share with her in time to come as we keep facing all the world's difficulties together.
I shake my head to get those out now because everything in its the right time at the moment. I make my way out but I stop on my track when I see a familiar figure leaning on a familiar jeep.
I smile when she whistles at me.
"Aiyo, handsome." She says making me chuckle.
She is leaning on her car with her left leg over her right one, and her right arm is bent in the passenger door's window. She has her hoodie cap on.
She looks so beautiful in her manly style.
I walk to her with a grin on my face. I reach her and sneak my arm at her waist and the feeling of my palm on her skin erects a feeling of desire deep in me.
"What is the meaning of this?" I ask her and she smiles at me bringing her arms over at my shoulders and smiles beautifully at me.
"What does it look like?" She asks back and I can't help spreading the grin all over my face. "I am confused darling, enlighten me?" I ask her but she looks away for a moment from side to side before saying to me. "Kiss me and I will tell you." She says and I smile leaning in to capture her lips. I smile as I move my lips over hers teasingly.
"Why look around like you are about to steal something?" I say and she smiles.
"Because I am stealing." She says making me chuckle but she leans in and presses her lips with mine.
I feel surprised when she kisses me using her tongue in my mouth making me grip her waist tightly.
She teases her tongue with mine in my mouth as she sucks lightly and then roughly but I can tell she is having fun with it because I can feel her smile.
She bites on my lower lip and I grip her waist again. She pecks mine again before she pushes me away with her hands on my chest slowly.
"I have some plans for you and me, we should be going." I frown my lips confusedly but she just smiles knowingly at me.
She opens the passenger door for me and I get in shaking my head at her but she closes the door rounds the car and gets in the driver's seat.
"Buckle up baby because am taking you for a ride of your life." I smile bringing the seatbelt on me.
I smile before I say. "Am all yours for the take."
"Be careful about what you wish for." I shake my head wondering what all of this is about but am in with whatever my darling is up to.
She drives swaying to the songs being played in the radio background but minutes later she pulls up at an Italian restaurant.
She parks at the entrance and smiles at me. "Let's have a blast baby." I do not know what is making her so cheerful but bring it on, this is the girl I want, I want her to have this same energy from Monday to another Monday, to every day I live and breathe earthly breaths.
We get out and it's funny how outdressed she is in her sweet pants but really she is so uncaring over it and this is again one of the things that I love about her so much.
She walks to the receptionist. "Reservation for Mr & Mrs Royal." I grin when she says that.
What is happening?
The receptionist smiles at her politely. "This way ma'am, sir." I nod my head and follow them.
I realize she booked for us the table with the view of the ocean on the side.
It is so beautiful.
I rush to get the seat for her and she smiles at me. "Thank you, baby." She says touching her hand on my cheeks and I lean in and kiss her on the lips.
I pull back and go sit in front of her.
"I love this, who told you about this place?" I say to her and smile proudly.
"A friend of mine?" I quirk my eyebrows at her in question.
She catches it. "Angel."
"The house cleaner?" I ask and she nods.
"She is great. I liked her, we bonded so well today, and oh." She says but before she carries on the waiter comes over to take our orders.
"Good evening to you all. What can I get for you?" He asks and I turn to him.
"Get for us an expensive bottle of wine in your cellar, darling what are you having?" She smiles.
"Feed me." I shake my head, I missed this Samantha so much but I am glad she is resurfacing with a new era with her.
I make both our orders before I turn to her. "What happened to you today?" I ask when I can not help myself from asking no more.
She smiles. "Today was great but also this happened." She pulls the hoodie off her head and it's when I see what she did to her hair. "This happened. Do you like it?"
She looks so different but good different, she looked beautiful before but this new haircut adds up and makes her look much older, sexier, and gorgeous.
She is so grown, so womanly, so beautiful.
This new look of hers is starting to take me places that I respect her enough to want to wonder but I can't seem to help myself because she looks so good and different, am loving it so much.
"I love it." I finally expressly look at her but I suddenly shift my gaze clenching my jaw hard. Get a grip Trenton, shit, she is doing to me things she doesn't even know yet with this new hair. But I need to get a grip of myself before I embarrass myself and scare her off too, but damn,
She beams from left to right too looking happy. " I loved it too." I smile that she is having a lot of fun here but I realize I can not fool myself with thinking she is fine, I have to hear it from her.
I can not think for her and again deprive her of the right to choose.
I look at her. "Darling," I call slowly and she nods smiling at me.
They bring our drinks and pour each one of us a glass of wine.
"I have something to talk to you." I think she can sense the seriousness of it. Slowly by slowly I watch as the smile drops off her face and I feel like kicking myself for it, she was finally happy but whatever comes out of this, I will take it and respect her for it.
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