Olaedo's eyes widened at his directness. She swallowed her embarrassment and nodded. "I'm sorry. I'll try to do better next time."
"Good," Chibuzor replied, his tone clipped. "Because if you don't, this contract, and all the benefits you're getting, will end."
Without waiting for a response, he walked toward the adjoining bathroom, leaving Olaedo standing motionless.
Her earlier embarrassment morphed into self loathing. I almost jeopardized my only chance to save my company. I need to get this right. No more mistakes!
Her resolve hardened.
She couldn't afford to let her emotions, or her growing feelings of discomfort, compromise their arrangement.
As night fell, the atmosphere in the room grew heavy with awkwardness. The couple were about to share a room for the first time, a development neither had fully prepared for.
