The handome piece of meat standing in front of me was boiling. And i dare say that it was even hot.

But i was here for a meeting and as much as i would like to keep him engaged, i needed to go. I am after all very professional in work.

I might be the craziest person you've met but i am a smart crazy. An intelligent crazy. And call me a sapiosexual but intelligence is way hotter than looks. Cause no bitch got time to lose brain cells over dumb conversations.

"Well excuse me Mr. I-can't-see-where-i-am-going, but i have an important meeting to attend to." I tell him and my luck!  The elevator dings and the doors open at the same time.

Mentally fist pumping myself i make my way to the lift. I press my floors button and a few seconds later i make my way to the conference room where the meeting is supposed to be held.

"Lei!!!  I'm glad you made it in time. The client hasn't reached yet. Apparently he  had eome urgent matter to attend to and his secretary informed that he will be running a few minutes late. But he should be  here soon. You are prepared right? Come here I'll catch you up to whatever we have been told this morning."

Clarise rushes me over to sit besides her on the table and updates me regarding the client.

5 minutes later the door to the conference room opens and who would have guessed, the man i crashed into earlier entered the room.

My jaw dropped open like it wanted to give competition to the damn mariana trench. Very proud of myself i must say. Insulting the man i had to charm. In the meeting, of course.

"Hello Mr. Jackson. We have been waiting for you." Our boss,  not the department head, but the boss welcomes him. He must be pretty important i guess.

"Morning Mr. Pearl." Mr. Jackson replies curtly. His eyes wanders around the room drinking everything in until ofcourse till it lands on me and his jaw hardens. But he is quick to remove his eyes form me and goes to sit in the seat allocated to him.

I also notice 2 other people whom i hadn't noticed before following him into the room. A guy dressed similarly to Mr. Jackson in a tailored suit and a lady dressed equally as professionally in a pencil skirt and rimmed glasses.

They all had a very frostly glow to them. Yes you heard that right. A frosty glow. Like they portrayed very serious expressions yet they had a look that showed as if they were coming from a very successful endeavor.

"Let me introduce our team to you. They will be responsible for getting all the preparations up to the mark and do not worry they are one of the best here. " Mr. Pearl continued.

Upon recieving a curt nod from Mr. Jackson he went introducing everyone one by one.

"Mrs. Kenn here is from the Cuisine department. She is no doubt one of the best in setting up any cuisine at any event as per required."

Mrs. Kenn a.k.a Anna stood up and gave them a sweet smile. Anna is no doubt great at what she does as our boss said. I have witnessed it first hand. Once at an event, the client told us that they had a change of heart and wanted to change the menu from Chinese to British in less than 48 hours left till the event. I dont know how she did it but on the day of the event, the guests dined english food like it was fresh from Britain. But i guess having a degree in almost 7 different types of cuisines helps a lot.  She is definitely the only person who could pull that off.

"Mr. Durian is the head of the external staff as well as decorations department. He will be responsible for arranging the best of the waiters and will also overlook the lighting and decoration of the place. "

Jack Durian also stood up and gave a welcoming nod to our client. He is very creative in the decorations and i am sure he will do it perfectly.

"Miss Posh here is from the finance department. She will overlook the transactions and payments. "

Agatha Posh is indeed a very intelligent lady. She can do balance sheets and transaction reports like iys a childs play. Also the reason why she is pursuing her Masters in Accounting  at the same time handling this job.

"Miss Koshy is from the entertainment department and will take care of any and all types of things  required to make the night a success. "

Clarise!!  My girl! Of course we are from the same department and she is also very interested in music and performing arts. Part of the reason why we clicked instantly and became friends.

"And last but not the least we have Miss. Castele. She is also from the entertainment department. She will look over any extra requirements and changes from your behalf. She will also be the prime source of contact between you and us overlooking the whole duration of the project. "

Ofcourse. I am the contact lady. I don't really have a degree in accounts or cuisine like others so usually either i am the singer in the events until obviously the clients have specific demands for other artists and the prime contact between the both parties. Any changes the client wants will go through me first. I am like the PA for the firm.

I stood up and keeping my head high i looked directly in his eyes. Confidence is my middle name obviously. And As soon as Mr. Jacksons gaze fell on me our eyes locked and i gave him a small nod. As i said i am a very professional person. And right now we were at work.

If he was irked by my attitude he didn't show it. I sat down and then proceeded with the meeting.

The lady that came with Mr. Jackson opened her files and started talking.

"Nice meeting you everyone. I am Keira Somell and i am Mr. Jackson's PA. Firstly i would like to indroduce you with the occasion for the event and then i will break down everything we will be needing from you all. "

I opened my journal to note down everything she says.

"On the 28th of February this year, we are planning to host a celebration involving all the business associates from all over the state who are involved with the Jacksons and Co. Lmt."

So he is an important person. As far as i know Jacksons and Co. Lmt is one of the fastest growing companies in the state. They had a huge name even before but now they have been expanding like crazy. From breathtaking houses to acres wide gardens and complexes: they have been divulging into every opportunity to creat divine looking structures.

"This event will be full of important personalities so first and foremost we expect you to provide us with at least 20 very capable bodyguards. We will have our own security on ground but we want to be extra careful and cover everything. " Jack immediately writes this down and without a doubt has already thought of 10 or so people in his head.

"Moving on the guests that will be coming to attend the event will prefer different cuisines as they will be coming from different backgrounds and cities. So we expect there to be all sorts of different varieties of food,  i will leave the selection to you Mrs. Kenn. " Anna nods understandingly and Miss Somell continues.

"As far as the location is concerned,  we would like to host the event at one of our newest property just outside of Selma bay. I will mail you the exact location and we can fix a time for your decorations incharge to come and have a look. We want to have a very light and exotic lighting that will complement the beauty of the gardens surrounding it. The event will begin at 5:30 pm sharp and may lead upto 2-3 am at night. "

"For the entertainment part. Since the event is a gathering of business partners and managing directors, i believe singers or orchestra will do. If you have any other plan we can discuss it later. "

Yes!!  I was hoping that they will say that because i have no doubt the garden will be heavenly and i would love to sing in that atmosphere.

I quickly write everything down and make points for any ideas i might have. After that she started talking about the budget and stuff and me having no interest it, i zoned out.

Today is the 7th of january,  that means we have almost 50 days to organise this event. One might think its a lot of days but a lot of planning goes into it and we wont even notice these 50 days going by.

Just as i was thinking about all this,  i feel someone looking at me. Lifting my head up my eyes lock with those of none other than of Mr. Jacksons. I didn't notice this before but he has the most beautiful set of eyes. It is not any colour i have ever seen before. A pale green with touches of brown in them. It didn't look like the dark green eyes that resembled rainforests, no, his eyes looked like misty mornings. I would have kept looking in those irises if Robert a.k.a Mr. Pearl hadn't addressed me.

"Miss Castele since we have come to an agreement regarding the budget and everything, do you have anything to say? "

This didn't surprise me. You might wonder why me, a no professional degree girl gets so much say in this discussion?  And no i am not having an afair with Robert unlike what some of y'all would like to conclude.

It is simply a transition as the meeting has come to an end and at this point Robert wants me to hand over my contact information. Since they will have to contact me and without a number they cant do that.

Robert likes to point this out at the end of the meeting because in the beginning a lot of times, i would give my contact info after the meeting and clients would either not pay attention to it or lose my card resulting in Robert getting calls from them all the day. And then he finally decided that it was enough and started including this seperate statement for me. Yay. Lucky me. Now i get all the bitchy calls from the clients.

"I would simply like to conclude that it was pleasure doing business with you Mr. Jackson, Miss. Somell. I hope you find everything up to the mark. We will give you nothing but our best. Also please take my card as you would require to contact me for any change of plans. I would also keep on updating you on everything. "

I take my card out of my pocket and give it to Miss. Somell. She takes it and gives me her own. I give her a small smile which she returns.

"Well now since thats over why don't you accompany them till the entrance. " Robert asks me.

"Of course sir. Mr. Jackson, Miss somell, sir, after you. " I tell all the e of them as we all leave our seats and move towards the lift.

Being in the conference room with everyone else kept me serious because i had no doubt that the professional man in front of me would do nothing to embarrass me in front of anyone. Well at least i hoped he won't and thankfully he didn't. But out here without anyone present he has no reason to hold back. Afterall aren't rich business men like him supposed to show authority and dominance? Get to say the last word before leaving?

But before anyone could say anything we had approached the lift and i reached forward to press the button of the lift. And like in any romance movie, of course Mr. Jackson stretched out his hand to do the same.  As our fingers brushed againt each other ever so slightly, i felt sparks fly. Electricity sparked through my entire arm. And with wide eyes i turned to look at the man himself. But i didn't find any element of surprise there. In fact he looked more pissed off now. His jaw tensed even more if that was even possible at this moment after all the jaw tensing he had already done before. My body froze. It wasn't fear that trapped me inside my mind and disabled my body to move. It was the amount of hatred in his eyes towards me. Surely telling him off when we crashed couldn't have made him this stone cold towards me.

In that exact moment the elevator door dinged and i pulled my arm back. As the three business colleagues from the Jacksons and Co. Lmt entered the lift, i hesitated in entering. But Miss. Somell saved me this time.

"We will find our way back from here onwards. Thank you so much. I'm looking forward to seing you soon. " she said with a smile.

"Ofcourse. Have a great day ahead. " i replied back. And as the lift doors closed and the lift went down the only thing i could think about was the fire burning in those mist coloured irises. After a few moments i shook myself out of it and went over to the conference room to gather by bag and move to my cubicle.

It was a strange day today was all i thought.

Later i would find just exactly how strange my life was going to get after this day.