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CHAPTER FIVE Letting in Kasie hurriedly unlocked the door when she heard her mother’s car drive into the compound. The car had barely stopped before Uju jumped out and ran to hug her. Nnanna, the CEO alighted from the driver’s side and went behind the house to look around. Uju was talking with the gateman when he came back to the front. “There’s no one at the back, he must have run when he heard the car drive in” he said. Uju turned to him, “The gateman didn’t see him too. It’s really creepy at this point.”  “Have you filed a report yet?” Nnanna asked “I planned to do that this week.” “I could help you put a call through to the police. I have people there.” He had offered to drive her home after Uju told him what the call was about at the restaurant. She was visibly shaken and he knew she was not stable enough to drive. He had instructed his driver to follow them in his own car. Uju declined his request but agreed when he offered to go to the police station with her. She invited hi...

CHAPTER FOUR  Lunch At the parking lot, Uju heard someone call her name as she was about entering her car. She knew the voice and seriously didn’t want to face the owner. She heard the voice call again this time, closer. She exhaled slowly and turned to face the caller. Standing there was the CEO, he was pretending to catch his breath. “Damn, you’re such a fast walker. I had to jog to catch up with you Miss Chukwu.” Uju rolled her eyes, “What now? I already know we are not winning the contract Sir, you don’t have to taunt me.” “What are you talking about?”  He asked with obvious concern on his face. “You did absolutely well today, my team liked it but we haven’t made a decision yet. That would be after I must have had a meeting with them. But trust me, your presentation was good. I personally like it.” Uju was relaxed now. She was relieved by what he said but didn’t still trust him. He might be making fun of her you know. She knew she overreacted at the mall but wasn’t really ...

Chapter Three Wahala Uju felt like a million years had been added to her life the moment the ‘manly figure’ got closer to her car with security  boldly written on his T-shirt. Kasie heaved a heavy sigh of relief and sank into the car seat. “Hello Ma’am, sorry there has been a general power outage in the estate. We are trying to fix this. I am just here to see how the electrician is going about it,” the security man said. Uju still catching her breath from her initial panic replied, “that’s...that's all right, take your time.”  THE NEXT DAY It was a cool Sunday afternoon with Jon Bellion's simple and sweet playing in Uju's room. She was doing a final check on the presentation she had prepared for her company. Her company or rather her passive aggressive boss desperately needed to be awarded a contract from a multi-national and internationally recognized Motor oil producing firm in the country.   “This would be the biggest gig of the company so far, if we can grab...