CHAPTER FOUR

Zoya left the office at 9:00pm after finishing her work, even her boss left her at 8:00pm with an excuse that he's got to meet someone before heading home even if she felt that he was running away to meet his ferocious wife. She's still powerless and can't only rush to finish her work.

The Haolaq ventures contract which she estimated would be finished by 2:00pm ended up becoming a mere imagination and it really drained all her energy as she left the contract to work on the marketing file her boss handed her which ended up messing her time.

She really didn't think the marketing department has that huge work on them too as she started by passing the finished file to the directors of the department, also explaining the clauses which took her almost 4 hours to finish.

She then went back to Haolaq enterprise which turned out to be Zayan's company where she never thought she'd met a major design part in the file that was so complicated to the point she consulted her boss who didn't even give as much an explanation.

So she ended up enforcing a good means to design the part on her own after drafting the ones from the design department, which ate up the most of her time, she also thought of the CEO of that company as a bigger version of her boss who is merely tolerable as she feared and prayed she got everything right in the contract.

She really was tired today that she decided to order a takeout after getting home, which she rarely ate but had no choice because she can't cook anymore since she only had some snacks and tea for lunch. She also wasn't sure she would be able to eat tomorrow before heading to work as she already made a mental note that the day would be more hectic.

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After finishing some work and also reviewing the Haolaq' contract with her boss, they were ready for the meeting and stood together in the elevator waiting for it to descend to the lowest floor.

As they walk to the sedan, her boss broke the silence as he asked.

"Zoya, hope you know the reason I asked you to prepare a soft copy of the contract." He asked

"This is the first time they are moving their branch to an Asian market and you also know how precarious those Asia buildings could be. I added some designs and structure to the contract this morning. I also made hard copy of them too." He continued

Zoya was left speechless as she looked up at her boss in the rear view mirror of the car, where she was sitting with the chauffeur while the boss sat at the back.

"I didn't know about that boss, I mean you didn't tell me those beforehand." She reasoned as she opened her tab to start going through the so called designs he added.

"Zayan is hard to please and I'm sure we were only able to bypass him a bit because of his late father's interference in the last contract we had."

"I know you worked hard for this contract but I just thought of some things yesterday which I ought to add as last minute point this morning. Just familiarize yourself with it a bit. I'll talk more on them when you're presenting them."

He let out his concerns as he also took the files to go through them again.

Zoya wasn't really surprised as she's gone used to her boss's weird way of working. There was also a time when he gave her some files to work on and told her they would be meeting with the client that night to sign the contract. She was barely able to review the file before the meeting but as usual her boss did his deed of talking and stating a point once in a while which helps her brief the clause.

They got to the Haolaq's main branch and Zoya looked up to the familiar building which was as high as a tower. It was said to be one of the highest skyscraper in country M.

They walked to the reception which has a long corridor before getting to the huge desk which sat a lady behind it.

She smiled at them and asked what they came for giving them a floor number as she motioned the way for them.

When they got to the designated floor, they met Sean outside the elevator waiting for them as he exchanged some formalities and walked them to the small conference room they'd be having their meeting.

Zayan walked in shortly after they've settled in as they stood up to welcome him and exchanged some formalities.

"Good day CEO Ka'mil." CEO James greeted as he extend his hands for a handshake.

"Good day sir." Zoya nodded as an attempt to greet the CEO too.

He looked her way as he quietly assessed her. She was wearing a long powdered pink office pant with a white turtle neck and a powdered pink blazer to match which accentuated her figure with a 2" formal boots. Her head covered in a black turban cap leaving no hair out, which defined her modest nature and also bringing out her confidence at first glance.

He nodded back as he took his seat and motioned for them to start the presentation.

Zoya stood up as she projected her work on the projector and started demonstrating the flow of the designs.

All this while, Zayan wasn't even sure he was listening to what she was presenting as only her sound filled his head with her looks and the way she moves, her sharp eyes and her hands each time she tried demonstrating the placement for a design.

Zayan's mind was filled with different images of the beautiful lady in front of the creek as he pictured many image at the back of his mind and looked alternately between her and the screen pretending to be engrossed in the presentation. He only snapped out when Sean lean towards him and whispered.

"Boss the reception desk should take a smaller place there, don't you think."

Zayan looked at the projector and only said two words.

"It's fine."

After two hours of explaining and demonstrating, with her boss adding additional explanation and attending to Sean's questions while Zayan only spoke few words of affirmation or nods. She stepped down and asked what they think about it.

"What do you think about our placements and designs, CEO Ka'mil." Mr. James asked

"They're good." He said

Zoya breath a sign of relief and thinks seems it's not that hard to please him after all.

Even Sean was short of words as he looked at his boss who didn't even talk much on the project since the beginning of the presentation. If not for him saying a few word, he's sure they'd have signed the contract already with his boss's behavior today.

Though he also commend this project and even sees it as extraordinary but there is not a perfect work which his boss won't pick on or point out some mistakes on them. This just took him by surprise and at that moment he looked at his boss again.

Zayan doesn't even know what was wrong with him as he finds it hard to focus on anything else but her.

He looked at her arranging the files for him to sign and also saving some files on a flash to hand to them.

Sean felt like he was seeing things and quietly adjusted his glass for a clearer view. 'Is boss really interested in this lady. Don't tell me he wasn't able to focus on the presentation was why he was kinda slow in replying some comments.' He thought.

"These are the files and soft copy of the project." Zoya said handing the files and flash drive to Sean.

"You can also contact us if you feel something is missing or you want to remove some clauses or designs, I'll immediately send Zoya to check it out with you." Mr James said

"Alright, I'll review this again and Sean would get back to you." Zayan said as he stood up.

"Thank you." James said as he shook him again and walked with him to the door while bringing up some other work related topics.

Zoya finished explaining some clause to Sean as they also exit the conference room.

Feeling relieved, she walked to the car to wait for her boss as she brought out her tab to check on the remaining schedules for the day.