“Your Excellency the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria and the Commander in Chief of the Armed Forces, Dr. Festus Ancient GCFR, GCON. Kindly permit me to stand on the existing protocol. Thanks so much for the opportunity to be part of this year's Independent Anniversary Celebration of Nigeria, organized by the Cherry Fields Oil and Gas Group. . I'm proud of you, my brother, Mr. Morris, for upholding the bilateral relationship between Canada and Nigeria. You have proved that the Canadians can be trusted because we are not here to exploit the citizens of Nigeria but to empower the citizens and share love with one another..... I encourage you to do more to keep our flag flying in Nigeria. I wish you a successful outing. Thank you for listening.”
Subsequently, he handed the microphone to Edwin before he walked back to his seat.
“Can we put our hands together for the Ambassador? Thank you so much, Mr. Liam Grayson, for your good will message. Next on our Program is the tea break. Kindly go to the stand closer to you, and have your meal. I wish we can do that within fifteen minutes.”
At that stage, everybody was expected to seize the opportunity to help himself or herself with the breakfast, while Edwin and Tom walked up to the General Manager for further instructions. Likewise, the General Manager was happy to have them closer.
“Thank you, Tom. You helped us out again. I will meet your General Manager specially to thank him.”
Now, Tom was in a fix with the General Manager's statement.
'I hope he is not trying to thank him with my brown envelope?' He thought to himself, but his reply redeemed him from the situation.
“You don't need to bother yourself, Sir. I will handle that on your behalf.”
“Oh! I will appreciate that.”
Then, the General Manager turned to Edwin and asked in astonishment, “When did we make arrangement for the Tea Break? You surprised me, Edwin.”
“It completely escaped our memory. It was Lady D, who took the initiative and supplied us with that.”
“That was very thoughtful of her. She must be paid for that because she had saved us some embarrassments.”
“I agree with you, boss.”
Now, Naomi, wanted to seize the opportunity of the break to run to her husband, who had been far away from her due to the sitting arrangements. As soon as she showed up, the audience, who was supposed to be busy with their meals, shouted, “Husband Protector.”
'Oh my God.' She muttered, and attempted to turn back. The General Manager, who was whispering to Edwin and Mr. Tom, looked around him on hearing his wife's 'new name'. He saw her walking briskly back to her seat because she was shocked to hear such from the audience.
“Come, dear,” Her husband called out, and his voice helped her to regain composure. Then, she walked up to him, and whispered,
“Congratulations, Gabriel. You're the best.”
Now, her husband placed his left hand on her shoulders and whispered to her.
“Your love made me the best. I'm proud of you.”
“Fool. He is showcasing his imported wife to the public,” Robinson murmured in bitterness after he glared at them.
However, she wanted to disengage herself from him immediately and run back to her seat, but he stopped her, held her hand and requested, “Let's go for tea.”
Edwin and Tom smiled as they watched the two lovebirds.
Meanwhile, Naomi had no choice but to follow suit. The Chairman, who was beside the President and the Canadian Ambassador, was appreciating them for their speech. Then, he saw the General Manager and his wife walking to the tea stand, and he shook his head in amazement.
Then, something he never expected happened. Jeff took him unawares as he appeared suddenly and gave him a hug.
That was the experience that he had never had from a youngster in his life. While he was recovering from the joyous moment, he got a compliment that he would not forget.
“Congratulations, dad, for the National Honor. I'm so proud of you.”
Meanwhile, Jeff had recognized that Mr. Morris had a special place in his heart for him, and he was happy to fill that vacuum. The height difference between him and Jeff was obvious, but he was able to cross his two hands around Mr. Morris' nape. He crossed his two hands across Jeff's neck to get the warmth he had longed for in a child for a long time. After a few seconds, he released him, looked at him and said, “Thank you, Jeffrey, for your concern. I'm proud of you, too. Let's go for tea.”
They walked to the tea stand holding hands. As far as the other staff members were concerned, Jeff was the Purple Tag Chairman, but to Mr. Morris and Jeff, they were father and son.
“I would like to take a photograph with your team members, especially the General Manager's children,” Mr. Morris requested.
“Okay, dad. I will arrange for that.”
Now, Ken was looking for his wife, who was already coming to meet him too after she had ensured that all was set for the breakfast. When she finally met him, she wanted to whisper 'congratulations' to him and walk away, but she was taken unawares.
To her amazement, her husband gave her a full-blown kiss as he cupped her two cheeks with his two palms and pushed her mouth closer and kissed her passionately.
'Oh! My God. Is he not aware that we are in the public?' She thought. Afterward, he released her lips and looked into her eyes and said, “You're a rare gem, Dora. Thank you for thinking of the breakfast. We would have been embarrassed.”
“Oh! It's nothing, Ken. All the same. I came to congratulate you on the National Honor. Congratulations dear.”
“Thank you so much. It is our honor.”
Now, there were camera men and women all over the field who were accredited before admission into the stadium. They were supposed to be busy with their work and not minding the Vice Chairman's private. But who would have made this kind of post?
“The Cherry Fields Oil and Gas Group staff members are good lovers to their spouses.”
“Is there any bachelor in the company? I'm in need of a husband.”
“The Cherry Fields Oil and Gas Group. — a love zone.”
“The Vice Chairman of the Cherry Fields Oil and Gas Group in a love mood.”
“Lover boy. Vice Chairman of the Cherry Fields Oil and Gas Group, keep it up.”
“The men of Cherry Fields are the best.”
“Kindly tutor my aromantic husband on how to love his wife.”
“Real Men are Faithful. Ride on, Ken.”
Now, the picture of the Vice Chairman kissing his wife in the public had flooded the internet. The fact remained that they were too busy to notice it. Not even the Chairman noticed, or he would have taken it off. Ahmed and his team were very busy too. He had specifically attached two secret security men to Richard and Robinson, as they agreed at the meeting on Saturday. They were trailing behind them incognito, and they saw the hateful look they gave to 'madam hotel room' when she tapped them.
“We will deal with her again. She wants us to stand up in a program organized by Gabriel. Arrant nonsense.”
“Yes. Tomorrow. I will come with enough condoms.”
“I still have some in the office.”
“That is good, but we will need sexual enhancement drugs this time. You know we have not fully recovered.”
“Okay, kindly come along with some.”
They also saw how they glared at the General Manager and his wife.
Now, Gabriel was through with Edwin and Tom, and he had instructed them to inform the Chief Justice of Nigeria that he would administer an oath of allegiance to the members of the National Council of Youths and Sports.
“Consider it done, boss.”
Subsequently, they quickly fished out the CJN, who was sipping his tea at the President's stand, to relay the message to him. Now, he was already dressed in his sports attires when they met him. He looked different and young in his new outfit.
“That won't be a problem. I will be glad to help out,” he promised.
“Thank you, your lordship. We are truly honored.”
“It's my pleasure.” Meanwhile, ten minutes was already gone into the break. They returned to the stage to let the audience understand that time is of the essence.