A two faced lover episode 7

A Two Faced Lover

(episode 7)

To err is human but to forgive is divine; forgiveness will never be old

fashion or outd@t£d because it benefits both the offender and victim. Being

angry is p@rt of life and not a bad thing either, but the problem starts

when you let the pain and grudge linger for too long because it might

develop into something more drastic than the initial reason you ever got

angry in the first place. As long as we still breathe the air we have never

for once been charged for, then you should never hold back forgiveness to

people that wronged you; talk more of when they realise their mistakes and

ask for your forgiveness. Most times, we have to go throu-gh a rou-gh path in

life just so we can appreciate life more. Saint had to hit rock bottom

before realising how messed up and selfish he had been in the past. It took

the world to be against him before he could retrace his steps and make

amends with his past. In that sober moment of Saint’s life, it dawned on

him how empty and void his life had been and also how much he wanted to

commit to someone for the first time ever. The fact that Rose occu-pied a

significant space in his heart, made her very special from the rest. He

knew de-ep down that he was willing to try with her if she gave him a

chance. Well, too bad because Rose wasn’t even willing to render

forgiveness to him, talk more of being in any form of relationsh!pwith

him.

The reply Rose gave to Saint s£nt chilled reactions all over his b©dy. To

be fair, he knew the forgiveness process wasn’t going to be an easy one, as

he wasn’t expecting her to forgive him so easily; not after all the

horrible things he did to her in the past. The fact that Rose was tearing

up as she spoke to Saint made his heart melt like candle wax. He wanted to

wipe the tears off her eyes but she shifted her face and moved it towards

another direction to avoid any physical contact with him.

 

 

“Rose plea-se I’m so sorry, I’m saying this from the depths of my heart.

Tell me anything you want me to do to make you forgive me and I promise to

do it in a twi-nkle of an eye. It’s been a rou-gh couple of months but I

as-sure you that I’m a changed man now, I am deliberately working on myself

each day just to see to it that I have nothing to do with my past again. To

be honest, I think I owe you a big ‘thank you’ because you are the one that

brou-ght out the best in me. You deserve everything good and I promise to

make it up to you. plea-se give me one last chance to make things right with

you” Saint soberly said. By the time he was done talking, Rose’s face was

covered with tears. She couldn’t hold back her emotions for some strange

reasons. It was ha-rd for her to forgive a man that was responsible for so

many sad incidents in her life.

To make matters worst, Rose didn’t trust Saint anymore and even felt he was

lying all throu-gh. The fact that he lied about so many things in the past

had succeeded in killing any chances he had for her to ever trust him

again. Despite the fact that Rose could tell that Saint was truly sorry for

all the bad deeds he had done in the past, a p@rt of her still felt like he

had an ulterior motive behind everything. Forgiving him was far from the

content in her bucket list, so it wasn’t going to be an easy task at all.

 

 

After being mute for a while, Rose finally spoke. “To be honest, I don’t

have anything else to say to you other than what I said before. I’ll leave

now, bye!” she managed to say and sadly walked away. As she went inside the

building, Saint still stood there looking at her. His heart was crushed and

his eyes were teary. It felt as though a hvge p@rt of him was taken away

and thrown into the river.

Feeling devastated, Saint sadly walked back to his car. For over an hour,

he sat inside his car thinking and couldn’t move. Rose was aware that he

still hadn’t left because she could see his car from her balcony. “Why is

he still here? Oh Lord, what exactly does this man want from me? I still

have a soft sp©t for him but will never make the mistake I made the other

time by falling for him. What does he want? I feel bad” she soberly said to

herself.

In as much as a big p@rt of Rose wanted to go back downstairs and talk to

Saint, she just had to control herself by putting her emotions on check.

When a person goes throu-gh a rou-gh path in life, it makes them stronger and

tougher than they used to. Rose had learnt not to be controlled by her

emotions so easily; so due to that, she wasn’t too moved.

 

 

After about an hour later, Saint finally drove off and headed home. On his

way home, he kept thinking of nothing else than Rose. He thought of how to

get her to genuinely forgive him and he began to look for ways to back his

words with actions. “How can I get her to see that I have truly changed and

that my intentions are genuine?” he wondered as he drove home. Saint knew

it wasn’t going to be easy to find his way back into Rose’s heart and win

her trust again, but he also wasn’t willing to back down either.

On the other hand, Rose was sober all night and couldn’t st©p thinking

about all that happened earlier. Everything just felt weird because she

wasn’t expecting such at all. To be truly honest, Rose still felt something

for Saint in her heart. She hadn’t succeeded to completely erasing him from

her mind and also, the day they made love was still very fresh in her

memory. No man had ever handled her the way Saint did, so it was a bit

difficult for her to move on completely. Also, the fact that he c@m£

apologising made matters a little worse because he had somehow found his

way back into her mind and thoughts.

Most people have a ha-rd time moving on completely from a relationsh!pthey

were once in, because they still haven’t met anyone that rock their world

more than their Ex’s did. Pray never to find yourself in that

unsatisfactory and comparism bottomless pit because it usually leads to

incompleteness and unhappiness in any new relationsh!pyou enter.

Apparently, Rose was still not over Saint but held back her feelings

because he really hurt her in the past and that was quite a lot to forget

and move on from. She was afraid of being vulnerable again so as not to

regret it afterwards.

Days and weeks pas-sed by but Saint never st©pped apologising and trying to

make things right with Rose. He s£nt her a text message everyday,

expressing how much he was sorry and wanted to make things up to her. She

never replied any of his messages but that didn’t st©p him from trying over

and over again.

Everyday at work, Rose received flowers from a flower company with a note

that re-ad; “I’m sorry!”. The flowers never st©pped coming and it made her

low-key happy even though she pretended otherwise. Her whole office was

filled with flowers that she even started giving some away to her

colleagues.

 

 

Due to Saint consistency in seeking for Rose’s forgiveness, her ha-rd shell

began to crack gently and her heart suddenly melted. Whenever the flowers

c@m£ each day, she would smile till her cheeks hurt and it usually made her

day bright. She wanted to call him so bad but held herself not to do so. It

was ha-rd for Rose to keep concealing her feelings but who could blame her

for holding back? not after all the terrible things Saint did in the past.

Asides trying to get Rose’s forgiveness, Saint had his new business to

nurture and take care of. It wasn’t too long before it started generating

good profits and his life started taking great shape again.

In as much as Saint’s business was now generating money, he knew that there

was still something missing in his life. Whenever he was alone, he realised

that he nee-ded a companion; someone that would be his own and one that he

could love totally. At that point, he began to realise that he was re-ady

for commitment and no one was befitting enough to take that sp©t in his

life than the very woman that made him the changed man he now was; which

was Rose. Saint figured that if there was anyone that deserved the new

version of him, then it might as well be Rose because she really did love

him in the past.

All this contributed to the more reason why Saint wanted to win Rose back

by first seeking her forgiveness no matter what it took. Despite the fact

that she wasn’t even giving him any signal that the forgiveness was forth

coming, he still wasn’t discouraged. Everything remained the same till one

fateful day.

It happened that it was Rose’s birthday and Saint got to find out throu-gh

her social media account. He didn’t want to call or text because he knew

she wouldn’t respond the text nor pick up the call. After work that day, he

hurried down to a cake sto-re and bought a nice cake with the inscription

“Happy Birthday, I am sorry”.

While at work, Rose had an awesome time with her colleagues and celebr@ted

her birthday with them. She retired home at close of work and wasn’t aware

that Saint had something up his sleeves.

Few hours after Rose returned home, she heard a knock on the door and

reluctantly went to see who was knocking. Immediately she opened the door,

her heart raced when she set her eyes on Saint standing there with a box of

cake.

 

 

At that moment, Rose’s heart was on a marathon race and Saint could hear

her breathe in and out. “Happy Birthday” he calmly said and handed the cake

over the her, “Thank you” she replied as she collected the cake.

After handing the cake over, Saint didn’t know what else to do so he

figured it was best he left. “I just c@m£ to give you that, happy birthday

once more” he said and was about to walk away when Rose st©pped him. “Do

you want to stay so we can eat the cake together and maybe celebr@te well?”

she asked in a low tone. Saint looked into her shiny eyes and nodded ‘Yes’

afterwards.

They entered inside and Rose placed the cake on the centre table and opened

the carton. When she saw the “I am sorry” inscription, her heart melted the

more and she didn’t know when tears fell off her eyes.

Immediately Saint saw the tears on her eyes, he gently got up from where he

sat and walked closer to her. “plea-se st©p right there, don’t come too

close because you’ll just use and dump me again. Saint why are you doing

all this? plea-se st©p if you know you are going to pl@ywith my heart

again. I beg you st©p, plea-se! I don’t have the strength for lies and

heartbreak” Rose said as she bur-st into uncontrollable tears. Saint bec@m£

sober and knelt down before her. He held her legs and sobbe-d bitterly too.

“I promise this time is different, I swear! It took me a long time to

realise that you were made for me. plea-se give me one more sh0t, I promise

you wouldn’t regret it. I nee-d your forgiveness but also want you back.

plea-se Rose, I beg you!” he soberly said.

The atmosphere bec@m£ filled with emotions and Rose didn’t know when she

cried and knelt down with Saint too. She held his head and looked into his

eyes and uttered those golden words “I forgive you”.

Immediately Rose said those words, Saint’s heart dropped and it felt like

his life began all over again. They looked into each other’s eyes as they

cried like little babies.

Unable to hold back the burning s-en-sation that filled the air, Saint said

“Oh Gosh, I love you so much” and planted a h0t k!sson Rose’sl-ips