Coated love

Chapter 3: Invited

It was time to go home, Celia came to where Harmony was to wait for her as she gets herself ready to go home. "It was quite an interesting day." Harmony said as she quickly got herself ready. Celia and Harmony walked out of the supermarket together and started their chat about the brothers they met that day.

"It's like Vincent has a twin brother." Celia spoke as soon as they crossed the threshold of the supermarket. 

Harmony replied: "No, they are not twins. Vincent is younger than Philip, though I don't know who the third man is, but I think he is a butler to one of them."

Celia said surprisingly: "Oh really! That explains my curiosity. They both look alike, though it is easy to identify them individually."

"Philip was the man that gave me a ride two weekends ago I told you. I didn't recognise him at first when he came in with the other men. He was the one to remind me of whom he is, because I didn't recognise him at first due to the fact that our first encounter was at evening time. It was dark, but the street lights helped me to observe his face a little." Harmony said. "He even called me last night with an unknown number when I was about to go to bed to see if I would pick his call or not, which I did. He also told me about the text messages he sent that I didn't return due to my ignorance of the sender."

"Do you think it is a coincidence for us to meet with his brother today and eventually they both came to our place of work?" Celia asked with a sign of doubt on her countenance. 

Harmony shrugged and said: "I would not want to dwell on the circumstances, if it was a coincidence or not. The most important thing is to be careful." Harmony paused a little and asked: "What do you think, have you ever seen any of them before

"As you said, being careful is important. Well, I can't really tell if I have ever seen any of them before, because so many people come to do shopping." She replied cooly.

They both continued their chat until they got to the junction that seperates their directions, they said their farewells and departed 

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At Philip's mansion, there were a lot of servants and guards who bowed down to Philip and Vincent as they walked through the hallway to the living room. 

"How was your trip to outside of the country?" Philip asked Vincent as he walked to the bar to get a bottle of champagne and two wine glasses.

"It was nice. The meeting I had with Oliver went well." Vincent replied as he sat on the sofa.

Philip opened the cork of the wine and filled their glasses. He gave Vincent a glass and he took the other glass. 

"To our progress!" They toasted and started drinking. 

"Now tell about your trip and the meeting you had with Pablo." Philip requested. 

"I had a nice trip as I said earlier. Oliver has signed the transfer of ownership documents. You know, he is selling off the company, because he wants to travel abroad and start a new line of business that would be simpler for him to handle. He introduced me to the staff which according to my observations they are professionals in their field of work." Vincent replied. "I also appointed Pablo his personal assistant to be the manager. I think it is best to invest in other countries."

"That is a job well done." Philip replied with a smile. "We promised dad to make him proud. We will have to do our possible best to get Smith Enterprises to the top."

"Why don't we throw a party this Friday to celebrate our progress and expansion?" Vincent suggested as he sipped his wine.

"Of course you are right." Philip said cooly. "I will use the opportunity to invite Harmony. I want to know her better, but she seems to be avoiding me at all cost. Do you think it is right for her to come to the party?

"It is right. I would like to invite Celia her friend over for the party." Vincent replied with a smile on his cute face.

"Then let's invite them. I will send them the invitation tomorrow." Philip said as he finished his wine. 

Philip and Vincent went to the dinning room to have dinner. Once they were through, they went to their seperate rooms. Vincent decided to spend the night at Philip's place since it's dark already. 

                                      ***

It was quite a busy day for Harmony and her colleagues at the supermarket. When it was time to go home, she and Celia got ready and walked out together. They spotted a man walking up toward their direction, but continued their chat as walk.

"Good evening, ladies. My boss wants to see you." The man said as he caught up with them.

"And, who is your boss?" Harmony asked him casually. "If you don't mind me asking."

"My boss is Mr. Philip Smith." The man replied. 

Harmony and Celia gasped and glanced at each other. They followed him to the Maybach car parked adjacent to the supermarket. On reaching the car, the window from the front passenger seat rolled down and they greeted him before the man opened the back seat for them to enter, afterwards he went to the driver's seat and drove off. 

"It's nice to see you again, Mr. Smith." Celia spoke out loud. 

"Yeah, it's nice to see you too." Philip replied calmly. "So, tell me, how was your day? He asked.

"My day was fine, but a bit stressful." Celia responded. 

"And you Harmony, how was your day?" He asked. 

"Well, my day was fine. Thanks for asking. And yours, how was it?" Harmony asked shyly. 

"I had a nice day." He replied and continued. "We are having a party this coming Friday evening and we would love you to come."

"What do you mean by 'WE'?" Asked Harmony curiously. 

"Vincent and I." He replied. 

"Where is the venue and at what time?" Celia asked being furious. 

He replied: "We will inform you before then."

Celia told him that she was going to drop at the junction and Harmony immediately said the same thing. They were dropped at the junction and exchanged their farewells with Mr. Smith. They looked at the car till it was no longer in sight.

"Will you go to the party?" Celia asked. 

"I will go, if the time is convenient for me." Harmony said. "Are you going?"

"Of course, since you will be there." Celia responded excitedly. 

They hugged each other and parted ways.