Imani was at the cafe during her lunch for the first time since her first year there. She normally would pack food from home or eat at the restaurant down the street but she decided she was too lazy to do all that.
She was dressed in a blue button up and white skirt. When looking at herself in the mirror today she felt like she looked like the presidents wife or Olivia pope. You pick.
Imani sits near a window watching people pass and live there life as she eats he club sandwich and fries.
She hears movement and turns around and sees a girl standing there getting seated.
"Imani right." A girl says. She had shiny brunette hair and some glasses.
"I'm Amanda." She says
"Nice to meet you Amanda." Imani says turning her focus to the girl.
"How long have you been working here I haven't seen you around." Amanda says even though that was a lie.
"I've been here 4 years I just normally eat in my office or at the restaurant down there." Imani's says pointing outside with her long nails.
They continue to talk laughing and conversing before they eventually separate and go their separate ways. Imani smiles to herself happy that she made herself a friend.
She struggled with making and keeping friends. In highschool she was bullied badly but she gave Andrew a very light run down on that info. When she got to college she befriended some people and they seemed nice but they just didn't follow the same values. Imani felt like she was outgrowing them and she only befriended them cause they never made fun of her to her face.
She walks into her office and sits in her chair getting ready to work.
She gets a notification from her phone that and she answers it. Amanda had asked her to go out for drinks. Even though it was Wednesday she agreed to go and have fun. She never went to the club cause she had no one to go with and Callie retired her club days since having her child which was before they became friends
Andrew was on his laptop looking at he security camera in Imani's office. He had informed all his employees about the cameras being in every room minus the bathrooms.
He watched her do her little dance on the chair and admired her instead of working. He was getting impatient and wanted to ask Imani to be his already but he was nervous. Actually scared she might say no.
He had been dreaming of her for four years but now that they grew closer it became more real and he didn't want her to say no. It's not like he'd force her to date him but he doesn't think he'd ever get over her if they broke up or she rejected him.
The door opens and she struts I. With her 6inch heels.
"Your meeting is soon." She says looking at the iPad.
Imani expects a response and looks up and Andrew was infront of her. He pulls her close.
"Sir this is highly inappropriate." She says teasingly.
"I'd say the things I want to do are more inappropriate." He gives her ass a quick squeeze and leaves the room leaving her hot and bothered.
Imani follows after him and they enter the meeting room. Soon after a tall man walks in with a younger guy and some others. They sit around the table and the meeting commences.
Imani had pulled her glasses out cause she realized that t she likes to be able to see and starts typing away on the iPad. She feels multiple a stares on her but it wasn't a comfortable one. She looks up and sees one of the other CEOs employees staring at her once they make eye contact but the lady doesn't look away.
"Thank you Mr Romano." Andrew says snapping Imani out of it and she gets giving the other members handshakes.
The days had come to an end and Imani was heading back to Andrew's house. After being dropped off she goes to her room to catch some sleep.
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Imani had changed into a black mini skirt and top pared with some black heels.
She was at the bar talking to Amanda.
"You want a drink." Amanda asks .
"Sure nothing strong though we still have work tomorrow." Imani adds she starting to second guess agreeing to Amanda taking her out to the club. Not because she was bad or anything but because they still had work the next day and she didn't want to have a hangover during work.
The club they were at was also a strip club so there were dancers everywhere on the poles.
Imani was a hobby collector and when she turned 18 during the summer she took pole dancing lessons. Not for any reason cause she sure as hell didn't want to be a stripper but it looked too fun to pass. Right now she imagined herself doing that just not with all these other people around.
She turns her attention back to Amanda who has some martini in her hand and some shots on the table.
Imani sips on drinking it faster that she should cause it tasted so good. Little did she know that Amanda had put something in it.
Andrew on the other hand had just entered his penthouse and called out for Imani but no response but sees a note on the fridge.
I went to the club even though it's a Wednesday but yh don't worry about if you come home and I'm not there:)
He smiled to himself but his face drops when he realizes he'll be home alone. Breathing out an exasperated sigh he goes to his room.
At around 12:00am Andrew was basically sleeping but gets a phone call and he answers it without checking the id.
"Heyyyy Andrew." He hears recognizing the voice.
"Imani are you ok?" He ask.
"You know your voice sounds really good when it's raspy you should sleep more often so I can hear it more."
She was drunk.
"Imani do you need me to pick you up." He asks getting up from his bed and putting on a hoodie.
"Nooooo." Then a few seconds of silence passes.
"Yes. Do you know you're like a superhero. Always there to rescue me." She says giggling into the phone.
"Andrewwwwwww. I think something happened to my drink." She says. Imani only had two of the drinks Amanda gave her and was wasted. And she felt very light headed and sleepy.
"Imani what do you mean." He was already in the car driving to her location.
"I feurl really striedc." She says mumbling into the phone.
"No you don't continue talking to me sweetheart." He responds somehow understanding what she said.
"You know the girl in the meeting earlier today. She looked so familiar have you seen her before."
His mind drifts back to the lady and she did look familiar. Cause she looked like Imani.
Andrew pulls up to the club and enters in looking around for Imani.
"Imani where are you."
"I'm at the back- oh hey Amanda where have you been?"
He hears a voice tell her to get off the phone
"No I'm talking to my boyfriend get away." Imani says. And the call ends.
Andrew's heart would've melted if not cause of the fact there's a chance of her getting trafficked or kidnapped.
He finally makes it out through the back and sees Imani sitting in the corner eating some hersheys chocolate.
She looks up and sees Andrew and gets up.
"See I told you my boyfriend was here." She says looking behind him. Andrew turns around but looks down when he sees a girl on the floor passed out.
"Imani what happened to her" Andrew asks as they walk back to the car well he carries her bride style to the car.
"Well she told me to go outside and I saw a van and she tried injecting something in me but I turned around in time. Then I accidentally but purposely took out the shoe lace in my hair. I'm not broke okay it just easier to get it slick. I wrapped it around her neck and she stopped breathing ." Imani said and shows him her hand which had some rings on.
"Do you like my rings." She say's unbothered.
Andrew shakes his head at her. He was happy she was good but now he knew that the break in wasn't random but on purpose. Some one was looking for her.
He hated to think about it but he knew he had to get back into business.
As Imani lay asleep in her room in his t shirt and clean face he gets his phone and calls someone.
"Are you coming back?" Giovanni says into the phone after the first ring.
"I thought I could leave but I know better."
"I guess we're officially back in business."
Giovanni's says and ends the call. Giovanni walks up the stairs of his house seeing his Bodyguard standing there. With his son.
"Adriano." He says and his son turns around and jumps into his arms. The bodyguard turns around and looks at him. Giovanni scans her seeing some number tattooed or her wrist
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Authors note
Things are getting interesting. We get into a glimpse into Giovanni and Lanea. But their time will come.