CHAPTER 2- The Hijabi CEO

KAYAN

I was in Canada and currently standing inside the building of Rain. Advertising.

I admit, this place was nicely kept. It had the theme of black and royal blue with some grey and green at some places but black seemed the dominant color. There were posters of different brands hanging in frames but one caught me by surprise.

It was no high class elite brand, it was a simple design of some cartoon. I think i have seen it before. Somewhere.

"Have we seen this cartoon before somewhere?" i asked Yaz who was beside me

"which one?" he asked me and i nodded towards the framed cartoon advertisment

His eyes scanned the cartoon before a smile made its way on his face

"Thats Disney's Recess! Bro- we practically grew up with that!" he said and i chuckled, rubbing my forehead

"Right" i stated and then the receptionist called us back

Yaz and i were here to finalize the deal with Rain. Advertising for our new hotel here. We had our marketing manager with us though

"Follow me, sir" she said, smiling and we nodded

We followed her to the elevator and then headed to the first floor

I stuffed my hands in my pockets as i waited for the floor to arrive

Once it did, we walked out and into the hallway

We walked straight, past the paintings and posters towards the glass doors

"This place reminds me of home" muttered Yaz and i nodded

She opened the doors and let us in

I stood there, watching the scene below us

The whole city of Vancouver could be seen from here

"Masha Allah" whispered Yaz beside me and i nodded in response

"Good Morning Gentlemen"

We turned to the source of the voice and the girl infront of me left me speechless

her ember eyes widened and her mouth went slightly ajar

but her eyes were trained on my brother

Yaz stared at her in disbelief

"Ahem, um good morning" said my Marketing Chief, Mr. Tyan

"Oh hello, please take your seats" said the other girl beside her

We nodded and took our seats

"Your CEO?" asked Tyan and the girls exchanged a known smirk

"Good Morning, Gentlemen, I am Miss. Amyrah Saleh. CEO, Rain Advertising" said the ember eyed girl smiling brightly

Tyan's jaw hung open and i smirked at my brother who returned the gesture

"Shall we begin?" she asked and we nodded

We began the meeting

it was simple really- we give them money and they do our designs for us

"The main aspect of any business advertisement is to gain customers. We design the best to give the best and to get the best. Palm hotels is a hotel that may be 5-star but- its budget is for middle class people too. We want a billboard that speaks for itself" stated Tyan and the girls nodded again, taking notes

Tyan explained a few more about the business while i took my time to study the movements and poise of Miss. Amyrah Saleh.

The hijabi was good, i concluded. She paid attention to every little thing around her. I guess my money will not go to waste here

"Alright gentlemen, i guess we have ourselves a deal?" she said, standing up as we did too

"Deal it is" said Yaz and i merely nodded

"So who should i report to directly about anything?" she asked us

"That would be-" said Yaz and pointed to me "-Him"

"I thought i was doing a deal with you Mr. Yazdan?" she asked raising one of her perfect eyebrow

Yaz chuckled

When did they exchange names?

"Not really- I am part of the architecture firm. I just accompanied my brother here" he stated looking over to me and i shot her a smile which she returned with a small one

"Alright then, no problem" she stated before giving us a final salutation and walking us out of the hall to the elevators from where the other girl whose name was Esha, escorted us out of the building

I stood infront of my black mercedes as i stared up at the window of the conference hall that we were just in

something, just something about that CEO irks me

in a good way

don't know if thats possible but meh

"Ready to go bro?" asked Yaz and i nodded

We got in my car and drove through the city

"Do we need to do this?" asked Yaz and i smiled at him

My younger brother had a thing for not loving outdoors. And why he chose a profession like architecture is beyond my understanding

Hes totally unfathomable

We drove around abit before heading back to the penthouse of mine

The whole building was mine as i had brought it years ago under my fathers name and then it got transfered to me

"Lets go eat pizza, netflix and chill" stated Yaz and i shrugged

Either way, i was going to be working on the opening of Palm hotels here

two hours and two large pizza's later, we both were sprawled on the rugged floor of the living room with Big Bang Theory on

"You like sheldon?" asked Yaz lazily from beside me

I grunted in reply as i continued to type in my laptop

"Dude, give that thing a chill! You have been on it for ages!" he snapped at me and i grunted in response

Not really

I typed away and soon, i felt my eyelids drooping

I have no idea when i closed my eyes and a much needed sleep took me over

I woke up with the blast from my house and a yell from outside

what the hell?

I jolted up from my position, tumbling down the laptop in the process

"What the wack?" i muttered standing up

I walked towards the kitchen from where all the fumes were coming

"Yazdan?" I called out to my younger brother

"Yazdan?" i called out once again, entering the smokey area

"B-Bhai!" coughed Yaz and i immediately went to him

"You alright?" i asked him, pulling him out of the kitchen with me

"Yeah" he muttered as i opened the doors of the living room and balcony (BTW-

i can't open the windows coz of the cold

I opened the main door and found Miss. Ember Eyed Amyrah standing there, concern written all over her face

what was she doing here again?

"Uhh I heard a blast" was all she said

"Was salaam to you too" i stated and color rose to her cheeks causing me to smirk

"You look good with pink cheeks" i complimented and she immediately scrowled

"Mr. Kayan, i am simply here to see what the blast and black smoke was for" she stated calmly and i smiled widely at her

"That was my brother's attempt to put together a decent dinner" i said and her beautiful eyes widened

"Umm is he.... alright?" she asked me, peering into the room

"Yes, Yes he is" i stated and moved infront of her so that keeping the distance, i covered the door

"Can i uh....... be of any help..... to him?" she asked me

say what lady?

"Nope, i don't think so"

"Well then... i shall be going........ give my regards to Mr. Yazdan" she said and silently walked away leaving me confused

Huh?

"who was that?" asked Yazdan and i turned to him

"Miss. Amyrah" I replied

"Oh yeah, she lives next to us" he said fussing with the ice pack

"How do you know?" i asked him, walking towards the kitchen to sort out the mess

"Because she told me when we met outside in the morning" he replied

I shrugged

whatever or wherever she stays, she does have something in her that is beguiling