BURNING SOUL: Forget about the CEO.

The ceilings were about twenty feet high. Designs of fruit and flowers were carved into the moulding. There are mixture of endearingly vibrant colours of purple around the walls and white from the top. All these made the modern, multi functional event hall come to amazing to those seeing it for the first time. Different sets round-tables surrounded by seven chairs are fashioned with pricey and flowered-designed clothings. Almost everyone in the hall is concerned with the exceptional and majestic hall.

Amazing look struck everyone in the hall, way from the guest, to the families of the birthday man. But getting to Stefen, he cared not about the hall. Not even a microminiacture bit did Stefen care about the building. His soul took his mind alongside, from his actual position but long away to the imagination of the elegant beauty he never had seen in his life before until this moment.

He wondered the greatness of God in creation as he saw this woman. She was one of a kind he will be seeing for the first time. His long way got him unnoticed that everyone on the round vips table where he was seated stood up a little bit towards the center of the table. They all set their left ears to the whispering of one among them. In a moment, they burst into laughter and returned to their seats.

"Have I been always blind from seeing the greatness of God in creation or I've never seen this one before?" Stefen said to himself, barely above whisper.

The feeling is completely different; he was having the kind for the first time. He never has a feeling to a woman since he was small. He used to have dozens of girlfriends when he was in school. His handsome looking face did not account for this, and neither did he was that brainy. It was all because he is from a rich home. His father is the richest billionaire in the town and one if the richest ones in the nation. It was more than enough reason for women to run after him.

But he felt quite different in this condition. He fixated his gaze on this woman, with his mind in deep thought of him and her together in a closure.

A beautiful petite figure from the woman's hand pushed and tossed on the ground. Stefen's face follows her head as it moved towards the group while she picks the bangles that fell. His sight followed her head's motion up again while she rose from scouting, just like he's being programmed to follow her reaction.

Stefen's view on her got overlapped by one of her friends after she got to her feet. He adjusted his sitting more than a couple of times just to smuggle his way back to the lane that leads to her face.

"Smiles of not a scarce commodity on her face." He muttered and proceeded in a low voice. "I wonder what made up her endless grins. Her glowing skin sparked the surving list in me. Her glittering skin concided with my taste for woman." He continued saying to himself.

"Attention everyone please!!!" Stefan's Uncle, Mr Anderson, the birthday man calls out for everyone's attention. He was sitting third seat away from Stefen, but they could all see themselves because it's in a round-table. He's on his feet now as his call for attention made the murmurings of the people around come to halt.

"Thank you, thank you...Yeah yeah". He said to the dj as the music continued getting lower in volume till it stopped.

Stefen buried his face unto his palms, got worried about how his Uncle's speech disrupted his amusing minutes. He got in his feet, pulled his chair to the back and set to leave the table.

"Where are you going to at the moment of this event?" His father asked. He always cared about him more than almost every other thing. Even though, his mother was the cleaner of his office years ago before he cheated on his wife. He felt the best way to run away from the shame was to get married to her. His opinion turned to be of advantage as the only child he had before his first wife's death was a complete psychopath.

"I need to visit the restroom dad." He replied.

"Okay".

Stefen left the table went straight to the exit of the hall and on his way there, he tapped his favorite pal, Mark.

He waited for Mark outside the luxurious hall where two security men are staying.

"Hey, what's up dude?" mark said to him as he strolled out of the hall with a cup of wine on his right hand.

Stefen stayed right at his front, layed his left hand on the right shoulder or his suit."Guy, I don't...I don't understand what's wrong but...I think...Whoop". He stammered and made a short-term progressive outlet of air from his mouth in exhaustion.

"What's wrong Bro, talk to me".

"I feel like I'm falling in love or something". He said with his right hand second and middle finger scratching his face in shyness".

"Ooh my God! You never told me such a thing since we've been together for year Stefen. Thank God you finally fall in love with someone. Whoa!!!" He shouted aloud and raised his arms up that Stefen covered his mouth and put down his arms. Stefen looked around to check in anyone wasn't aware of their conversation. He could only see the security men standing still.

"Let's go in, let's go in, let's go in Brooo." Mark said to him as he tickled his left abdominal part with his finger.

"It's okay, that's tickling". Stefen replied with smile on his face.

The two entered the hall, where everything was back to partying again.

"There she is." Stefen pointed at the lady.

"Whoa, you've got great eyes Bro. Are you an AI 670 mega pixel haa? But honestly she is very beautiful. And you never asked me of this help throughout our days in high school, even in college. But as I always tell you, woman is one of the smallest things you can attain at any cost.

Mark bluffed with Stefen's wealthy pride. He did not think otherwise about the lady as he moved towards her. He thought she's the same as those he's always seen who easily fall for wealthy guys with luxurious cars, expensive gifts. He skidded flamboyantly along the way till he got to the back of the ladies.

"Hello!! Good morning. Trust you're all doing well." He said after greeting with a wide smile showing his first set of incisors.

"Hello, Hi, hello... They replied him in chorus.

"I would like to see you." He said without pointing at anyone. They three of them looked at themselves in confusion of what he meant.

"I mean you." He said again pointing at the one at the middle.

"Me." She asked softly.

"Yeah you."

Stefen looked from one side of the corner, seeing the two of them working out of the group. He wondered what his friend would say to her.

"Would he not mess the whole thing up? He plays and flirts with women a lot. What if she falls for him?" Different thoughts ran through his mind.

"No no no". He shaked his head quickly, cutting him off the train of unbearable thought.

Stefen had a seat on a chair with no one around the table. In a moment, a loud voice scared him from his left ear.

"Boooom!!."

"What's.. who's that?. Oh, it's you. You scared me man."

"Phase one in stealing her heart, done and dusted. The next phase is going to be your turn Stefen." Mark said to him.

"What do...how?" He asked in surprise. After a couple of minutes which a server stole form them by changing the cups wine on the table with another one, he proceeded.

"I was thinking you have done everything and..." He stammeringly spoke in surprise and shrugged.