Hidden Currents (Lagos Romance Series) by Somi Ekhasomhi

Author:Somi Ekhasomhi
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Publisher: Raven Books
Published: 2013-02-12T06:00:00+00:00

Chapter Eight

Ada started to miss him from the next morning, when he wasn’t waiting outside her gate to take her to the office, as he had done throughout the week before. She was also a little relieved, how could she face him after all the things she had said? After a sleepless night of thinking about their fight, she was no longer so sure that she had any right to say the things she had said.

She wondered fretfully if the fight would somehow affect her job. She knew he wasn’t the type to put pressure on Sophie to fire her, even as Sophie wasn’t the type who would surrender to such pressure, but she fretted anyway.

Nothing happened throughout that day. The adverts for the new positions were sent out, Oliver and Fadeke did a little dance around the office when they were told of their promotions, while Ada and Sophie watched and laughed.

She had become so used to Eddie calling her, that the absence of any kind of communication from him was almost bewildering. She went through the motions of doing her work, but her mind replayed every single moment of the day before. She was still angry about the fact that he has spoken to Dele Solanke about her, but now she had enough presence of mind to direct most of her anger toward Dele and not Eddie.

He had just wanted to help, and was curious about how to go about it. She could see that now. It was his nature after all. Probably he had even seen a profit in it, in which case he hadn’t even been doing her a favor for favor’s sake, but actually investing in her career. Was it so bad that he would want to invest in her? She asked herself now.

Well at least he would leave her alone now. There was no reason for him to keep being nice to her after she had insulted him in his home. She told herself that it was exactly what she wanted, for him to leave her alone, but it rang hollow even in her own head.

After the whole week passed in a blur of work, with no word at all from Eddie, Ada started to feel sick at heart. She hadn’t realized how much she had gotten used to him. Now every time her phone rang, every time there was a knock on her door, she expected, no wanted it to be him, and was always disappointed when it was not.

It was five days before he called, Ada had been counting. It was Friday, and after a long series of interviews, she had finally hired a new assistant. His name was Clive, he was twenty two and had exceptional graphic design skills. The new receptionist had also been selected. She was a professional looking woman in her mid-thirties, called Lola Balogun. Ada found herself wondering if they wouldn’t all seem like children to her.

She had been working late, not very eager to home to her empty flat, which lately seemed to remind her of Eddie all the time.

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