#WHEN_LOVE_JUST_HAPPENS_2
EPISODE 36
“Amaka are you falling for this guy?” Jane asked in disbelief. They were having a celebr@tory dinner, for Jane’s new car. And all Amaka has talked about, is her new boss.
“What do you mean by that? Of course not, how can I be falling for Pius?”
“I should be the one asking you that, because I don’t un-derstand how you have been talking about him all evening. And he is the singular reason, we are celebr@ting my new car, a month after I told you about it. And don’t even come up with the excuse of you being very busy at the office, because we both know better.”
“Have I?” Amaka has been trying her best not to think, or talk about Pius, but she has been doing quite the opposite. It’s alre-ady been a month, since Pius bec@m£ her new boss, and she also agreed to d@t£ Dele. But this past month, all she has thought about, was Pius and not about her b©yfri£ndDele.
Everyday, she looks forward to going to work, because she was going to see him, and they were going to be spending time working together.
“Just in case you have forgotten, you are now Dele’s girlfriend” Jane reminded her.
“Oh my God Dele” Amaka quic-kly took out her phone from her purse, and started dialing Dele’s number. He had called her severally during the day, and even s£nt her several text messages, wanting to know if she was okay. But she didn’t take his call, neither did she return any of his messages. She had the intention of calling him back after work, but she had forgotten to do so.
“Were you supposed to call him or something?” Jane asked, as if she knew what had happened.
“Yes, and I forgot” she called severally, but he didn’t pick up, so she decided she was going to st©p by at his place, when she was done having dinner with Jane.
“Amaka, do you want to tell me what is going on? It’s obvious something is up, so I ask; what is it?”
“Jane I don’t un-derstand, what is going on myself, ever since the day my new boss resumed, all I have ever thought, and fantasized about, is him. I have tried severally to get him off my mind. That was one of the reasons I finally agreed to d@t£ Dele, but then it’s him I keep yearning for, and not Dele. What do I do Jane? I’m confused”
“This your new boss, is he flir-ty to you in any way?”
“Sort of, I can see it in his eyes, that he likes me too”
“You are pla-ying with fire Amaka, and it would be better for your own good, that you st©pped now, before that fire burns you”
After dinner with Jane, Amaka took an Uber ride, and went to Dele’s place. When she got there, she had to knock severally on the door before he finally opened the door.
“Hi Dele” she stood smiling at him, as he stared at her, his face expressionless.
“Can I come in?” She asked, after what seemed like a whole minute of Dele staring at her, and saying nothing.
Dele finally stepped out of the door for her to come in.
“I’m sorry I missed your calls, and didn’t reply any of your texts. I was actually very busy with work” Amaka said to Dele as he walked into the sitting room.
“And you are just closing from work?” He sat down, and turned down the volume of the television, using the remote.
“After work, I went out to have Dinner with Jane, we were celebr@ting her new car” Amaka was still standing.
“Okay” His facial expression was still unre-adable to Amaka.
“Is that all you are going to say? You are just going to say Okay?”
“What do you want me to say Amaka” he surfed the TV channels, searching for something to watch.
“Are you seriously, going to give me attitude because of this?”
Silence.
“Dele I said I was sorry, what else do you want me to say?”
More silence.
“You know, what you are doing is not fair right? How would you feel if I gave you a silent treatment?”
“But that’s exactly what you have been doing” Dele spoke in a very calm voice.
“I have not been giving you a silent treatment and you know it, I just got too busy to reply or take any of your calls, I alre-ady said I was sorry. What else do you want from me?”
“It’s not just about today Amaka, it’s about how you have been acting for the past one month. You agreed to be my girlfriend, but it’s as if we even talked, and related more when we weren’t d@t!ng” Dele got up from the chair, and walked into the kitchen to get water, Amaka followed behind.
“Dele, work has been crazy and you know it. I expect you to un-derstand”
“Is it just work? Or is something else going on?” He opened the fridge, and decided to go for a beer instead, he offered one to Amaka, but she declined.
“You haven’t answered my question Amaka, have you just been too busy? Or there is something else going on, that I nee-d to know about?” He took a sip of his beer, and walked back to the sitting room.
Amaka couldn’t get herself to tell Dele she was having feelings for her boss, and not him. How was she supposed to tell him, her boss is all she thinks, and dreams about, instead him her b©yfri£nd?
“Dele there is nothing else, going on. It’s just work, and nothing more. Baby I’m sorry we haven’t been talking much like we ought to. I promise things will change”
“Amaka you remember what I told you the first time, you agreed to be my girlfriend? I told you, you should do this because it’s what you want, and not because you want to plea-se me, or someone else. And I ask again, Amaka are you sure you want to do this? I would totally un-derstand if you have eyes for someone else, so I nee-d you to be honest with me”
Amaka stood fixated to the sp©t. This was her opportunity to tell Dele, about her new boss and the feelings she was beginning to have for him. But that would mean, Dele leaving her, and even if she wasn’t so sure of her feelings for Dele, she wasn’t willing to break things off with him yet.
Dele could tell she had something she wanted to say, but was contemplating on if to say it, or not. And he would really wish she tells him the truth.
“Dele, I want to do this, but if you are no longer interested, then that’s not a problem”
He stood up from his chair, and c@m£ to stand in front of her. He knew she was trying to pl@ya smart move on him, by pushing the question back to him.
“I really do like you Amaka, more than you can think of. So let’s not fight again. I’m sorry I got angry over your being too busy, when I should have been more un-derstanding”
“And I’m sorry too, I shouldn’t keep you in the dark about whatever is going with me”
“It’s okay babe” He pu-ll-ed her in for a hvg. “I missed you so much”
“Me too”
“Then you will spend the night then?” He pu-ll-ed out from the hvg to look at her face.
“Emm, no. I have to go to work tomorrow, and I don’t have what to change into” She couldn’t spend the night at Dele’s, because she was going to be face timing with Pius, later at night.
“That’s not a problem, we can get you something from one of the nearby boutiques”
“No, no, that won’t be necessary because I have a do¢v-ment I nee-d to take to work tomorrow, and it’s at my place. So you see, I still have to get back to my place after all” she gave a nervous laugh.
“Oh, it’s okay. I will just go drop you off then”
“Alright thanks”
When Jane got back home, she was surprised to find a strange car she didn’t know parked in the garage.
It was alre-ady past 8pm, and Jeffery alre-ady told her he wanted to rest after the long day’s work.
“Adamu, we have a visitor?” She asked the gateman as she walked to the entrance of the house.
“Yes madam”
“Who is it?”
“I nor know the person madam”
“Alright, just go back to your duty post, I will find out myself when I get inside”
As Jane was about to go inside, Jeffery c@m£ out and met her at the door.
“Hey babe” he k!$$£d her “hmmmm have I told you, you smell so nice?”
“You said that, when I was leaving. We have a visitor?” Jane tried to open the door but Jeffery st©pped her.
“Hold on babe, I nee-d to tell you something before you go in”
“What is it?”
“plea-se promise me, you won’t freak out?”
“What are you talking about?”
“So, I have been doing some sort digging into your past for a while now” Jeffery itched his ear, as he spoke. Something he only does, if he is tensed.
“Digging into my past? I don’t un-derstand. What could you possibly want to know, that I haven’t alre-ady told you?”
“It’s about your mother”
“My mother? I still don’t un-derstand, what about my mother? I alre-ady told you she died when I was in secondary school” Jane was alre-ady getting irritated.
“Baby calm down, I actually meant your biological mother”
“My biological mother? What about her? I thought, I also told you I never got to meet, or know her?”
“Yes I know all that. The thing is she here”
“She is here? Are you joking or what? How can she be here, we don’t even know who she is”
“Well.. we do now, and she is here”
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