CHAPTER 24

MacNeith Hotel, South Husan.

Cara and Henry were sitting side by side in her hotel room. She had on blue jean bum shorts and a black top. Henry had a grey top on with black shorts. They were sitting at the edge of the bed, close to each other, but appeared to be in a serious mood. A laptop was on a stool in front of them through which Cara displayed some figures to Henry.

"So, I don't get the reason you had to go through all those streets and buy some of the tools without going into the company." Henry said to her in continuation of an ongoing discussion.

"I needed to come here and have an overview of the facilities and products before commencement of the deal," Cara answered. "The firm in question has no idea that I am here or that a deal is on its way. I agree there are a lot of good reports about them online, but it's necessary to hear and see what people around them think about them and the products."

"So, are you satisfied with what you've seen?"

"Yes, I've discovered the changes we need to make it conform to our taste. The firm has expertise in BUS signal codes, and they need our expertise in the high unit TRA encryption, we would strike a good deal with them and also help them."

"The benefit of this deal is the BUS signal codes we're getting?"

"We are not just going to be getting the codes. We'd be learning how to write them, and they would also learn TRA encryption from us. It benefits both of us, and they even need us more right now."

"Oh!"

"Apart from that, it's also going to grant us entry into these regions where the firm has expanded to," she explained, using a map being displayed on the screen. She scrolled down and stopped at a list of countries. "These countries are also in need of products encrypted with TRA and written with BUS signal codes. If we get these codes, they would be attracted to us, and we would jointly make a lot of money."

"Wow! Sounds like a great plan," Henry exclaimed, looking at her face. "Did you come up with this or your team?"

"Well, I found out about the BUS signal codes on one of my trips to the UN. I introduced it to the company and showed them the prospects. Since then, we've been searching for a firm that writes strong BUS codes, and I identified this firm. They have some challenges and are in debt, so they have put up part of their company for sale, which no one has shown interest to buy. In three days' time, they would run bankrupt if they can't make the sale. So we are not just buying their property. We are offering them a merger."

Henry smiled and leaned back a bit. "I'm amazed at your intelligence, Cara," he said, looking at her face.

"Really?" She turned her face to look at him.

"Yeah, truly. You're a young person with a lot of achievements already, and you are not stopping or slowing down your efforts. I really want to be like you."

"Hahaha," she laughed loudly and hit him playfully on the shoulder. "You flatter me too much."

"No, I'm telling the truth." He said in a serious tone and grabbed her fist to stop her from hitting him.

"Well," she stopped and shrugged. She let out a broad smile before talking. "Thank you, I think I got my business intelligence from my Dad."

"I quite agree with you. There's no doubt you would become one of the richest women in Africa and in the world."

"Here you go again!" She said, stressing her words deeply as she rolled her eyes.

"No flattering, it's the truth." He quickly added

With a smile on her face, she stared into his eyes silently for a while and then hugged him closely, placing her head on his shoulders again.

There was such warmth she felt around Henry always, which made her always feel comfortable. Also, the way he showed interest always in her business and deals got her more endeared to him. It was something she never felt when she was with Tom. Tom was not usually interested in what she did or supported her unless he was consciously asked to.

"Are you through with your work for tonight?" Henry asked, nudging her as he stared at the laptop screen.

"Ermm… Nothing more to do until my legal team and technical advisers arrive." She replied as she disengaged herself from him. She leaned forward to shut down the laptop.

"That's till afternoon tomorrow, so what will we be doing until then?" Henry asked.

"Maybe we can do some exercises tomorrow. You'd teach me some fight moves," she replied, staring at his face before she wrapped her hands around his body like she did before.

Henry chuckled at her mention of the fight moving again. "So why do you need to learn fight moves? Do you want to go into wrestling?"

She laughed and then tilted her face up to look at him. He was also staring at her.

"Would you like for me to go into wrestling if I wanted to?"

"Never," Henry's lips trembled as he replied. Their faces were so close again, just like it happened in the car two days ago. He wondered why she always put him in such a situation where he would hold his breath unconsciously and long to touch her lips with his. It happened somehow that there was no kiss in the car two days ago. At the moment their lips were supposed to meet, the driver had decided to make a surprising sharp turn that caused them a jerking reaction in the car and made them pull away from each other after the car continued in its stable motion, both feeling embarrassed but Henry with the more intense feeling.

It was a similar situation here, but they were in no car, which would cause a jerking reaction. They were in Cara's hotel room, far from distractions in the world. They both felt tense, breaths held and eyes looking into each other. Their faces moved closer, and they were less than a centimetre apart.

A phone rang.