When the pilot announced that we were about to land, Walter finally woke up and gently unwrapped his arms from my arm, I could feel his hands gently caress my shoulder as he was letting go. There was so much gratitude in his eyes that I forgot the mysteriousness behind his face. All I saw was this gentle, handsome figure who was just leaning on my shoulder and now giving the brightest look he had ever given me. 'How much brighter can that smile get?', I wondered, and who could leave such a man? His mood seemed to have improved as well.
We went out of the private jet and into the hired car to check-in. Jesse was already there waiting for us, the plan was that we check in, put our bags then head to the resort to join the rest of the team. The first thing I did when I got to the room was check my phone to see if Sipho had contacted me, I kept hoping he would atleast text me since we had not spoken since the argument we had last night. I carefully unpacked my things and then went downstairs to meet up with everyone so we could drive to the resort. Once again, I was the first one to finish but Walter followed shortly.
"Ms. Thandie Lohan", he waved while approaching me. There was something about the way he walked, he walked with so much authority that it complemented his well-built body. You can see by the way his clothes hugged his arms and chest that he never missed a day in the gym,
"Hi Mr. Sekulu", I returned the wave trying to remain unaffected by his charm and his gaze at me as he got closer to me,
"Can you please give me your numbers?", his voice immediately went from bubbly and friendly, to manly and seductive, it sent a wave of emotion all over my body and I could feel the hair on my back going frenzy. Still trying to keep my composure and making sure that I did not misread the situation, I was skeptical about giving him my numbers because I was not sure if he needed them for work or personal use. It was like he could read my mind and he immediately went back to being friendly and bubbly and said, "I need them for work, imagine if we left you behind and Cuz's phone is not working".
I knew there was more to the story, somehow, all his actions from that night until this moment felt strange and more like a test to see my reaction, but again, I did not want to look like I was jumping to conclusions so I just went with the flow. Besides, a part of me wanted to give him my number, that lame excuse was good enough to convince me.
Finally, everyone came downstairs and we left for the resort, the meeting and the negotiation went on for almost the whole day and we finally finished for the day, but we did not reach an agreement, but no fear because we had 3 more days left to reach a mutually-beneficial agreement. We had supper at the resort with the rest of the team and Walter was seated opposite me but next to another female employee, it was my first time seeing her, I wondered if she had just recently joined us and Walter seemed quite cozy and comfortable around her. They were laughing like old friends, not that it was any of business, I quickly drew my attention back to my plate.
When we were walking out of the restaurant heading to the parking lot, Walter rushed to us, I did not even see that we left him at the table, with a determined look he said, "Hey cuz, I am going to have drinks with a friend, you guys can leave without me, I will see you guys tomorrow", he waved and walked back before anyone can respond, however, my manager didn't seem fazed out, it looked like it was normal behavior for Walter. She just gave him a node and unlocked the car and we drove off. When we reached the hotel, I headed straight for my room, I had so many questions, 'who is the friend he wanted to see? Was he going to spend the night at her place? how often does he do this? is this why his girlfriend dumped him or he is doing this because he is heartbroken?'