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MAYA

I opened my eyes and the person I didn’t expect to be tapping me was standing right in front of me. It wasn’t Liam like I expected it would be. It was someone else.

I opened my eyes and in front of me stood the Air hostess with a frown on her face. I groaned and lazily unstrapped my seat belt. I turned and saw that Liam wasn't on the plane anymore.

“ So that asshole left me here without waking me up, “ I mumbled and scoffed. 

“ Excuse me? I didn’t quite get what you said. “ The Air hostess asked me with a mean look on her face.

“ That’s why it’s called mumbling, “ I retorted because I was in a bad mood for being woken up when I was just beginning to enjoy my sleep.

“ Mr Taylor is waiting for you in his car outside, “ The Air hostess said and scoffed before walking away from me.

When I looked at my phone to check the time, it was 8:25 p.m. But another thing caught my attention. It was a notification from my bank.

I had to open the message to be able to see the main contents of it and my jaw dropped in surprise when I saw the content of the message.

It was a credit alert from Silver’s company. A hundred thousand dollars was transferred to my account. I rubbed my eyes and looked again thinking it was my sleepiness that was making me see things.

But it was real. I suppressed the urge I had to scream and jump with joy in my heart. I had never seen this or had this kind of amount in my entire life of existence. I decided to leave the celebration for later when I got home.

I ordered an Uber to come pick me up and kept my phone in my bag before I stood up and alighted from the plane. I saw the crew members trying to put the travel bags containing the outfits that Silver gifted me into the boot of Liam’s car.

I ran to them and stopped them and of course, they looked at me with surprise. The last thing I wanted right now was to be in space with Liam, he was a mood spoiler and I didn’t want him to spoil my happy mood right now. That’s why I ordered an Uber that would take me home.

I knocked on the window of his car which wined down immediately I did so. He had an unreadable expression on his face as he looked at me.

“ Why are you knocking, aren't you supposed to get in so I'll drop you at home? “ He asked me.

“ I’ll just take a taxi. I have already booked a ride. Good night Sir, “ I said to him with a straight face. He wanted to open his mouth to speak but I beat him because the Uber I ordered drove in.

“ Oh here’s my ride, Goodnight everyone. We’ll see at work tomorrow, “ I said to the crew members and ignored Liam.

The crew member and the Uber driver helped me pack all the travel bags into the boot of the car. I nearly forgot about the clothes Liam bought for me earlier today but one of the crew members gave them to me.

I thanked them all and got into the car but when I looked at Liam's car I saw that his window glass was back up.

I scoffed but that didn’t change the fact I was grateful to him for employing me even though my qualifications weren’t up to standard.

Never in my wildest imagination did I expect my first day at work to turn out this way. My world had begun to turn around for good and most of all, my life was about to drastically change. The driver drove off when I gave him my location.


The driver parked at the front of my house thirty minutes late and helped me carry my luggage out of his boot. I paid him and took my luggage into my small apartment. 

Only when I finished bringing all my luggage inside my apartment and finally within the confines of my room did I begin jubilating at my success. I pumped my fist in the air in triumph.

I decided to go house hunting tomorrow after work and also to get a new phone. I looked around my apartment knowing I would be moving out of the apartment soon.

Don’t get me wrong it’s not like I was moving out to a very classy or lavish house. I wanted to look for a good fully furnished house with an affordable price that was within my budget.

Weekends were the only days that would be work-free for me so if I succeeded in getting a house, I’d definitely pack in during the weekends.

Of which Saturday was just a day after tomorrow. That’s why I decided to look for a good fully furnished house to buy by tomorrow and then pack the day after tomorrow which was Saturday.

That was a good plan, right? LOL, I thought so too.

My stomach began to grumble and I had to pause my jubilating dance for a while as I walked to my kitchen stand and began to cut veggies that I wanted to use to prepare noodles.

I happily ate the noodles I prepared and went to take my bath. I wore my nightwear and crashed on my small bed tiredly. I dozed off to sleep, planning my activities for the next day in my mind.



The sound of my alarm blaring instantly made me jerk into a sitting position on my bed with my disheveled hair covering my face. I quickly pulled my hair backward and turned off the alarm clock on my little bedside table.

I ran into the bathroom after microwaving the leftover noodles from last night. I quickly showered because I was almost late for work.

I got out of the bathroom and blow-dried my hair while deciding what to wear to work. I ransacked the clothes Liam bought for me and also the ones Silver gifted me but decided to wear one among the ones Liam bought for me.

I settled on dressing in a sky blue women's double-breasted suit which I found in one of the designer shopping bags Eve packed for me on the Liam took me shopping for clothes.

I hurriedly wore it and was satisfied with the way the trousers of the suit accentuated my curves. The suit jacket was double-breasted and one side of the suit was designed with a red rose flower. I loved the color combo.

Eve sure had classy and good taste in clothes. I hurriedly packed my hair in a tight center patting low bun and applied edge control on my hair.

My face neither had blemish nor acne, so I just applied a transparent colored lip gloss which made my pink lip pronounced.

I checked another bag and found out that they were packed with designer bags, I gasped because I didn’t even have Eve packed them up for me that day Liam took me to her. I settled on a black Fendi bag and matching heels.

I rushed out of my apartment and locked my door after ordering an Uber online. The Uber was already packed at the front of my apartment so I just walked into the car.

I told him my location and he drove off. During the ride, I ate the noodles because I knew I couldn’t stay hungry till lunchtime and I wasn’t sure Liam would let me go out to have breakfast when it was already time for work to commence.



Twenty minutes later the Uber driver packed in front of Liam’s company’s building. I paid him and begged him to dispose of the take-out plate on which I ate my noodles and he agreed with enthusiasm which I found strange.

But I shrugged the feeling off, thanked the Uber driver, and got out of the car. When I began to walk to the entrance door of the company with a straight face, I noticed that everyone was looking at me including our customers and passers-by.

This made my step slow down as I looked around with furrowed brows. I was confused as to why they were all staring at me. I increased my pace feeling odd at the kind of attention I was getting from everyone.

When I got into the company, most of the people who looked at me began to whisper. I didn’t want to give them the satisfaction of seeing a worried look on my face, so I chinned up with confidence and walked into the elevator.

Luckily I was the only one in it. Immediately the elevator door closed and it began to move up to our office floor. I let out a huge breath of relief I didn’t know I was holding.

“ What was all that about? “ I asked myself and tilted my head to the side a bit with my brows furrowed. I shrugged and decided to let the whole thought slide.

The elevator dinged and the door opened revealing the floor of my office. When I stepped out of the elevator the first person I saw was Henry sitting in his office and when he saw me walking towards my office door, he rushed to me with a wide grin on his face.

“ Maya, what did you do!!!! Social media is going crazy with your pictures and videos from the photoshoot, there have been over hundreds of million likes on the post of your official pictures and Video for Greg Textile and Clothing company, “ Henry said with awe and joy.

“ Really? “ I asked Henry with a surprised look on my face. Or was he trying to pull a stunt on me? 

“ Wait, you haven’t checked your phone today? “ Henry asked with a frown making its way to his face. I was dumbfounded.

“ No!! I.. I mean yes, but I went online to order an Uber, “ I answered him and facepalmed when I remembered.

“ Oh, I put my phone on Do Not Disturb, last night before I went to sleep, that must be why I didn’t see the notifications pop up when I turned on my mobile data to order an Uber, “ I added and carried my phone to check what Henry was talking about but when I did my phone refused to turn on.

“ Here you can use my phone to check, “ Henry said as he handed over his phone to me. I felt slightly embarrassed.

When I went through the pictures and videos posted by Grey Textile and Clothing company's official page on social media, my jaws dropped in shock at the number of likes they had.

Henry chuckled and used his hands to raise my jaw which made my mouth close again. I can't express how surprised I was.

“ This is me!! “ I squealed with excitement and covered my mouth as I jumped up happily.

“ Yes, that’s you, Mrs Allen, “ A voice came from behind me and I turned to see that it was Liam. I immediately comported myself and greeted him.

“ Good Morning Sir, “ I greeted him with a straight face because I didn’t want him to scold me. But he didn’t seem happy when I greeted him.

He just answered me with a nod and went into our office. I looked at Henry and he shrugged his shoulders. We then smiled and hugged each other at the same time as though we planned it.

“ Okay!! Okay!! That’s enough, We’ll celebrate later. I’ll take you for lunch. For now, you need to go, “ Henry said and shooed me away.

I exhaled and kept a straight face before entering the office. I walked to my desk and had barely sat down when Henry knocked and came into our office with a bouquet of roses in his hands which he said were sent to me.

When Liamed asked him who sent it the name of the sender which Henry called made me tense up.