Chapter 27

Seating on the couch was Abdulmalik who held a hot cup of coffee in his hand which he sipped slowly from. "Charles we are getting late for the meeting" Abdulmalik said for the tenth time today to Charles who was dressing very slowly for the meeting.

"I'm here" Charlie walked down the stairs wearing a black suit which fitted him perfectly. He was dressed the same way as Abdulmalik who didn't take up to a minute to get dress.

"So all this while you were putting on this cloth" Abdulmalik face palmed himself which earned him a loud chuckle from Charles.

"Well my hair needs to also look good, I took three minutes to shave my beard" Charles said and Abdulmalik inhaled loudly before hissing.

"Please let's go, before the think we are not serious in getting the deal" Abdulmalik said.

"Yeah right, let's use your Mercedes-Benz, I've been servicing it for you" Charles said and Abdulmalik nodded with a smile while walking towards the door along with Charles who immediately picked up his briefcase which contained their filles.

"I must say, we look dashing. This should be enough to get the ladies dancing towards our feet in no time" Charles said and Abdulmalik rolled his eyes as they both made their way into the elevator.

In not less than two minutes, they were out and already making their way towards the parking lot. They immediately opened Abdulmalik's car and made their way in and ignited the car and drove out in full speed.

"Damn Abdul, I love the way you drive" Charlie said, Abdulmalik's driving moves were quite fascinating.
He drove like a pro, due to his professional driving the immediately reached the big office building where the great meeting that will determine their future would be held.

They immediately parked in the parking lot and came out in a jiffy, the knew they were late and it was all thanks to Mr I must look good for the ladies, Charles, as Abdulmalik had always refereed to him as.

They walked into the building immediately and headed for the elevator which took the to the last top floor of the building where the big board room was situated.
"Hello, excuse me. Has the meeting begun?" Abdulmalik asked a lady who sat at a counter.

"No but it'll begin in five minutes, you guys are early" The lady said with her eyes on Charles, his brown hair and eyes were captivating her. She had never seen a beauty as his before.

"Thanks" Charles said and both him and Abdulmalik made their way into the meeting room. Stealing all the attention of the ladies who couldn't help but ogle at the two handsome men that just walked in, especially Abdulmalik who's hair was jelled neatly. They both found their sit and sat, they both muttered silent prayers hoping the meeting goes in their favor Tonight.

"Buddy, do you perhaps know the lady seating over there. She has been staring at you non stop" Charles said to Abdulmalik who has been so busy and lost on his phone.

"Which lady?" He raised his head slowly towards the direction in which Charles was pointing and there sat the lady from the airport, neatly dressed in a white power suit that suited her perfectly. She looked so Amazing.

"That's her dude, the rude girl from the airport who stepped on me with her luggage" Abdulmalik said which earned him a loud laughter from Charles that earned him stares, including that of the beautiful lady.

"She is pretty" Charles said.

"Pretty rude" Abdulmalik completed Charles statement which made him Chuckle.

"Give her some break, who stands at the walk through at the airport" Charles said while flipping through his files.

"Whatever" Abdulmalik muttered.

"The big guy is here" Charles said Immediately he saw the head of the whole meeting walking in majestically, it was an Indian man who was dressed in cooperate wears, he wore a black suit. His presence held so much power, everyone in the room went shut.

"Shall we begin" The man said Immediately his buttocks made contact with the chair behind him.

"Yes" They whole said in unison and the meeting immediately began. With each of the representative company presenting their plans for the great filed.

Their plans were all nice, it all made both Charles and Abdulmalik shudder. What if their plans aren't good enough, they were from different companies so their plans were different and were also kept a secret from each other.

"Nice" the people in the room all muttered as a black South African man finished his presentation and now it was the turn of the lady from the airport, who sat nervously in the Middle of all the meeting. Despite her big fear and nervousness, she got up slowly and began taking steps towards the big projector infront of the people.

"Good day everyone, My name is a Miss Rahmat Hamza and I am a Representative of the Hamza contractors Abuja Nigeria,  it is with great honor that I am before this great Meeting today to display our companies plan for the big filed" And with that she began. She showcased all their set plans for the big filed which was rather shocking to Abdulmalik, her plans were good. It even made him doubt his.

"Thank Miss Rahmat Hamza, I must say, your plans are eye catching and I like them very much" The Indian man said and a smile Immediately graced the face of Rahmat.

"Thank you sir" she said before walking back to her position where she sat, so professionally.

It was the turn of Abdulmalik and he immediately took a very deep sigh before deciding to stand on his feet. He walked towards the projector and stood there, Rahmat Watched him carefully, enjoying every gesture he made. Abdulmalik looked very alluring, he was handsome.

"Good day, My name is Abdulmalik Uzairu and I am the CEO and Representative of The Abdulmalik Group of constructions Abuja Nigeria" He said boldly, something the others who had spoken including Rahmat did not have while speaking.

He gave his Presentation neatly, even the Indian man had to comment on his work before he had taken his seat in other to let the rest present their.

After about two hours, they were all done and seated and waiting for the final Judgment.

"We have come to a hard conclusion after critical evaluation of the presentations. As we All know, two people Will be awarded this contract and from what we have all seen I'm very our judgement is extremely fair enough" The Indian man said.

"The filed has been Contracted to Mr Abdulmalik Uzairu and Rahmat Hamza" They both couldn't believe their ears, they won the contract.

"Congrats bro" Charles immediately congratulated his best friend with a handshake.

"Thanks Charles, I can't believe I got it" Abdulmalik hugged Charles who couldn't help but Chuckle.

"Yeah you did, I knew I was waiting my time the minute I found out you got the spot too" Charles said.

"No, We both tired. You do know I've been designing since I was a child" Abdulmalik said while standing up on his feet.

"yeah, I know. But Seriously you are good" Charles said and Abdulmalik chuckled.

"Good Afternoon Mr Abdulmalik" He heard a feminine voice from behind him so he turned arround to find Rahmat staring at him.

"Good day" They both said in unison.

"Congratulations on our Victory, you are my project partner" She said.

"oh, I did tell you we would meet some day" Abdulmalik said and she simply Chuckled.

"I know we would meet" she said.

"How?" He asked.

"I don't know" she replied.

"So are you ready to say sorry now?" He asked while crossing his hand.

"Not at all, like I said. It wasn't my fault, you were standing on the passway" she said.

"Hmm... Alright then, so when should we begin discussing merging our Designs?" Abdulmalik asked.

"How about tomorrow, I want us to be done talking about it in two days. We need to begin construction" She said and he nodded.

"Okay but at where should we meet?" He asked.

"Soap cafe at 12PM tomorrow sharp, please I hate Tardiness" She said and he rolled his eyes.

"And I am sure you will be Tardy" he said and she Chuckled.

"We'll see then, your face looks very familiar though. I've seen you some where I am sure of it" she said and he chuckled.

"At the Airport duh" He said.

"Before the Airport, I'm sure I've seen you somewhere" She said.

"Well try and remember because I do not have a retentive memory" He said. Charles on the other hand got bored of their conversation and went to await his friend in the car.

"I don't have time for that today, some other day. As for now, bye" She said with a small wave before walking majestically away. Even the way she walked fascinated him and not to talk of the way she spoke. Everything about her was Wonderful.

He snapped himself out of watching her and decided to head out knowing he would definitely find Charles outside.

As soon as he arrived at the parking lot, he took off his suit and threw it into the backseat of the car before hopping In.

"Seemed you were enjoying the company of Miss Rahmat" Charles said and he chuckled as he ignited the car.

"Yeah I sure was, she is amazing. I like her, though she is very rude. But i think working with her will be Good" He said.

"That's nice, I also like her. And guess who got the secretaries number, This guy" he said which made Abdulmalik laugh loudly.

"I knew you would ask for it" Abdulmalik said while halting the car infront of a Chinese restaurant.

"Nahhh, she asked for my number. She said she likes me" Charles said and Abdulmalik chuckled while hopping out of the car along with Charles who had long gotten rid of his jacket, leaving him on his white shirt alone.

"Wow, I pray she turns out good" Abdulmalik said and he muttered an Amen as they both walked in.

They walked over to the window seat where they both sat, "Mr Abdulmalik so good to see you again, what would you be having today?" A waiter who is no stranger to Abdulmalik's face said as soon as he walked over to them.

"So good to see you too John, I'll have my usual" He said.

"Me too" Charles said which made John Immediately gasp.

"Oh My God, Charles, you've added to much muscles.  Don't you think it's a bit to much" John said.

"Nah, I just joined the boxing team, so i need my muscles" Charles said and john nodded.

"That's nice, I guess I should also begin working out" John said and both Abdulmalik and Charles agreed.

John finally left the two boys alone giving them room to chat on things they've both missed out on in each other's life.

"Oh Wow my cousin is calling" Abdulmalik said Immediately he saw the caller ID with the name Ruma on it as soon as his phone had rang.

"Ruma how are you?" He asked immediately.

"Congratulations, I saw it on the Business News" Ruma said happily.

"Seriously it's on the news, wow I never knew" he said.

"Yeah it is, and I see that you are and Rahmat are patterns. You see how God works, and you thought you would never get to see or talk to her again" Ruma said happily.

"Hold on, Do you know her?" He asked.

"Yeah, That's Rahmat. Amir's rude cousin from five years ago, on my wedding. The one that you were dance partners with" Ruma said and he immediately face palmed himself.

"Oh My God, I'm so stupid. No wonder she said she recognized, she's my Crush" Abdulmalik said and Ruma chuckled.

"You know what, tomorrow will make a video call, I wanna show you to Rahmat. And guess what?" Abdulmalik asked.

"What?" Ruma asked,

"She hasn't changed her Rude ways" he said before narrating his encounter with her at the airport and Ruma bursted out laughing.

"That's Rahmat for you, Alright I'll talk to you later. Amir just returned home" Ruma said.

"Alright bye" he said before hanging up. So he had found the Rude girl that stole his heart five years ago, indeed God could do anything. He could remember how their danced turned to an epic fail because she wouldn't stop quarreling with him, indeed Rahmat was a big Rude lady.