Chapter 26

Back in the house in the city of Abuja, Abdulmalik squealed happily as he held his invitation to New York in his hand, An invitation to work with one of the greatest business Tycoons over there"I can't believe it Abba, I'll be going to New York, This is a dream come true" Abdulmalik said to his dad over the phone.

"You are lucky my son, May God bless all your dreams, how is the city?" Uzairu asked.

"The city is good, I won a deal worth Twenty million last week" He said and the joy in Uzairu's voice knew no boundary. He felt so happy and proud of his son's achievement.

"Congratulations my boy, I'm so proud of you. Have you seen how life has turned out since you decided to change, now you are doing so well. All you need is a wife now" Uncle Uzairu said which made a scowl appear on his face. He wasn't ready for anything marriage at the moment, All he wanted was to become a billionaire.

"Father I've heard you, insha Allah A wife I shall get soon" He said and a smile appeared on the face of Uzairu.

"Thank you son" Uzairu said.

"You're welcome dad, please do extend my regards to mum. I'll be arriving at the airport soon. So tell her I'll call her as soon as I arrive at New York" He said while taking a turn. He was riding with a generation BMW that suited him perfectly, indeed Abdulmalik had changed over the years.

"Alright my son, Thank you for the money, I appreciate allot" He said and Abdulmalik chuckled.

"You're welcome father. Alright I'll speak to you later, I am at the airport now, bye dad" He said before hanging up. He hopped out of the car and clutched his bag over his shoulder property, indeed Abdulmalik has changed over the years, He was now more handsome than before. His shoulder were now broad and his complexion was fairer that before, his accent had changed over the years because he had flown to Turkey where he Attained an MBA in one of the greatest university and now he was making money in millions.

"Hhh" he Sighed in deeply as he hanged his Backpack properly on his shoulder. A call immediately popped in and it was from one of his very best friends,

"Hello Charles!" He said happily as soon as he picked the call.

"Are you in New York yet?" Charles was quick to ask. He couldn't wait to see Abdulmalik who he missed allot.

"No buddy, I'm at the airport. I'll be there tomorrow" He said, he paused and stared at the people who were happily seated with their family, they looked like they were going on a family vacation. That made him smile.

"Abdul as soon as you arrive, don't fail to give me a call please" Charles said and Abdulmalik nodded with a slight chuckle. Charles could act like a girl at times.

"Alright I'll give you...." his statement was cut short when a girl, rather a lady dressed in a power suit mistakenly stepped on his foot with her heavy luggage.

"Ouch" he yelped before immediately cutting the call and running after the lady who had refused to apologise despite knowing she had caused pain to his foot.

"Excuse me lady" He tapped her lightly on the shoulder with the paper magazine in his hand.

"Yes" She turned arround slowly, A lady dressed in a suit and a beautiful white hijab placed on her head said.

"You stepped on my foot with your luggage and refused to apologise" he said while folding his hand across his chest.

"I know" she simply said.

"Huh?" He was confused, she knew, he thought with furrowed brows.

"I said I know" she said while flapping her lashes gently, a greet aura of arrogance was Certain from the way she spoke.

"Wow, you knew?. Well I guess you have no manners of what's over. You had caused me pain knowingly, Haram!" He said while earned him rolled eye.

"You were standing on the road and I wanted to pass, you can't blame me" She crossed her arms across her chest again.

"You are very Rude for a lady, that's really bad" Abdulmalik said with a pitiful expression on his face.

"Well, you are very dumb for a man" she said.

"Wow!, You know what?, I can't even begin with you. You clearly lack home training so bye. But just remember that one day we might meet, and you'll have to apologise to me" He said with certainty before turning arround and swiftly walking away slowly.

"Stupid girl" He muttered beneath his breath "How can a beautiful girl be so rude" He said again while scrolling through his phone. He immediately called Charles,

"Yo buddy, you won't believe what just happened" he began to tell Charles all that happened.

After a while of a whole lot of procedures, he boarded the plain. He was flying first class so everything was provided within his reach.

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As soon as his plain landed, he immediately took a Cab to the swizz apartment where Charles Penthouse was located. The ride was slow, the busy city of New York was still as beautiful as ever, he was glad he was back.

"Thank you" He said to the cab driver whom he passed a hundred dollar note to. Charles could not come and pick him up because he had allot of preparation to do.

"Thank you" The cab driver said before driving away. Abdulmalik took deep breaths as he stared at the building before him, which he had visited A year ago on Christmas Eve.

He decided to proceed into the building where he greeted the Door man who recognized him immediately "Abdul, welcome back" Door man Larry said Immediately he saw Abdulmalik walk in.

"Hey Larry, how has it been?" Abdulmalik said while passing Larry a fist bump which he bumped.

"Its all been good, how is Nigeria?" Door man Larry asked.

"Nigeria is all good" Abdulmalik said with a smile gracing his face. "We'll chat later Larry, right now I gotta go rest. See you later Larry!" Abdulmalik said before walking away. He made his way towards the elevator which a blonde lady had entered along with him.

"From the smell of the perfume I knew it was you. Abdul!" Samantha squealed the moment she smelled the signature scent of Abdulmalik.

"OMG!, Samantha!" Abdulmalik gave her a quick hug.

"You're back, so good to see you again" Samantha said.

"So good to see you too, how is work?" Abdulmalik asked.

"Work has been going smoothly and so has your skin. Wow, your complexion and mine are almost the same" Samantha said which earned her a loud chuckle from Abdulmalik.

"You never seem to make me laugh Samantha, thanks for the compliment though" he said, they both stepped out of the elevator which had already stopped on their floor.

"You're welcome, well see you arround Abdul. Charles will be so happy to see you" Samantha said before waving him goodbye.

He took a deep breath and made a silent prayer not to see anybody else on his way to Charles Apartment. He was extremely tired, he immediately hastened his steps but to his dismay, Mrs Sarah was standing at the front porch of her house and had already sighted him.

"Oh My Goodness, Abdul is this you" she immediately pulled Abdulmalik's hand and gave him a very quick hug.

"You just arrived right?" She asked.

"Yeah Mrs Sarah, how is Mr Marcos?" Abdulmalik asked with a smile.

"He is doing fine, but he isn't in New York Right now though. He is in Morocco" Mrs Sarah said.

"Oh really, that's great" Abdulmalik said.

"I can see you are so tired, go get some rest but before that I made your favorite cooky, I didn't even know you were going to be arriving today. Let me get some for you" Mrs Sarah said but Abdulmalik immediately stopped her.

"Not right now Mrs Sarah, I'll come see you later and collect my cookies" Abdulmalik said but she immediately refused and went into her house where she returned with a big jar of cooky.

"Here they are, I didn't take that long. Did I?" She said.

"Yeah you didn't, Thank you. I'll make milk to go with this, now bye" He said.

"Bye dear" she said before walking away. This time, he walked in a very fast pace towards Charles porch which was just two feet away. As soon as he wanted to knock, he saw Mr Ben walking out of his house, and Mr Ben had immediately seen him.

"Abdul" Mr Ben said happily.

"Hey Mr Ben, gotta pee" he immediately began knocking on the door which was instantly opened by Charles, a huge man with big hefty muscles.

"Abdul" Charles immediately gave him bone crushing hug before pulling out.

"I see Mrs Sarah saw you on the way huh?" He said and Abdulmalik nodded while walking in.

"It's great to be in New York again" he said, indeed it was great to be finally back with his best friend.