#WHEN_LOVE_JUST_HAPPENS_2
EPISODE 39
The next morning Jeffery woke up before Jane, who still had her head on his che-st, as she sle-pt.
They had both sle-pt late last night, and he was still thinking of a way to stand up, without having to wake her, when his phone rang, ma-king Jane stir as he picked his call.
“Hello, Vivian good morning”
“Good morning Jeffery, hope you sle-pt well?”
“Yes I did” Jeffery answered politely, when in actual fact, he wanted to tell her, how her foolish idea of keeping something away from Jane, almost caused a problem between him and his wife.
“Thank God for that, plea-se I nee-d to see you and Jane this morning” Vivian’s voice was panicky.
Jeffery looked at Jane, who wasn’t fully awake yet, he stood up and stepped out of the room to continue the phone call.
“Vivian what’s up? You sound troubled”
“It’s not something that can be discussed over the phone, I nee-d to see you in person”
“Alright, meet me up at T&M restaurant, in an hour’s time, it will be better we met there, instead of my house”
“Alright I’ll see there”
Jeffery ended the call, and decided to go back into the room to meet Jane. He didn’t want Vivian coming over to the house, and then end up upsetting Jane again.
When he entered the room, Jane was alre-ady awake, and was seated on the be-d with her back against the headboard.
“Hey babes, good morning”
“Good morning” Jane greeted him with a frown.
Jeffery sat on the opposite end of the be-d facing her, and took her hands in his.
“Babes, I know you are still angry with me, and I truly un-derstand. I fv¢ked up big time. plea-se I’m sorry, I promise not to keep anything from you again. Except it’s a surprise of course”
He flashed her his breath taking smile, which always made Jane weak in her knees. But she wasn’t going to allow him, s£dûç£her into forgiving him so easily. So she got up from the be-d, and left the room, without saying a word to him.
Jeffery watched her, as she walked out of the room, he knew she was still angry with him, and he doesn’t blame her. For if he were to be in her shoes, he would have been angry with her too.
Jane went back into their be-droom, brushed her teeth, and went downstairs to the kitchen, to prepare breakfast for Jeffery, before he leaves for work.
She knew she should forgive him, but she couldn’t get herself to st©p thinking about the fact that he could keep a secret from her, for that long. She felt hurt by his action, and wants him to feel same too.
She was whisking some eggs wanted to fry, when Jeffery strolled into the kitchen. She pretended not to see him, and continued with what she was doing.
“You know you would have to talk to me at some point right?” He sat on one of the stools in the kitchen.
Jane ignored him, and continued with her task.
“I thought we both agreed, we weren’t going to go to be-d angry at each other?” Jeffery asked.
“And we also agreed to not keep secrets from each other, and you kept a secret from me, for two whole weeks, only God knows what other secret you are hiding from me” she continued whisking the egg, even when she knew it was time to st©p.
Jeffery watched as she whisked the egg in anger, he stood up and gently took the whisk from her, and placed it in the sink. Then he turned her to face him. He framed her face with his hands.
“I’m truly sorry babe, plea-se forgive me”
Jane looked at his face as he spoke, his beautiful eyes, one of her weak points, he always has a way of looking at her like he was trying to see de-ep into her soul.
“If you want me to go to the mountain t©p, and scream out how sorry I am, I would do it babe, but plea-se forgive me, and st©p this silent treatment, because it’s killing me”
“You should have thought about that, when you were busy keeping secrets from your wife”
“Ahhh.” Jeffery looked up to the ceiling in frustration, it was as if the more he tried to apologize, the more Jane reminded him the magnitude of what he did wrong.
“I’m sorry, I’m sorry, I’m sorry, I’m sorry” He sang it like a song in her ears, until she started to giggle.
“plea-se forgive me babes, I beg you” He made a baby face as he spoke.
“Baby you hurt me, you made me feel like a fool”
“I’m sorry, that wasn’t my intention babe, you have been very happy these past weeks, and I didn’t want to bring up something that would make you unhappy. That’s why I didn’t tell you”
“Even at that, I would have preferred if I had heard it from you, before she c@m£ here”
“Me too, and I’m sorry for that babes” he placed his forehead on hers.
“plea-se don’t keep something like that away from me again”
“I promise, I would never keep secrets from you again” he k!$$£d her gently on thel-ips. “I love you”
“I love you too” she linked her arms around his n£¢k, and k!$$£d him.
“What do you say, we take this upstairs?” He asked with a lopsided smile.
In response, Jane hauled herself against him, and he carried her upstairs, as they continued to k!ss.
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Amaka woke up to the sound of her alarm from her phone, she had sle-pt late last night, because after Dele had dropped her off, she face timed with Pius into the wee hours of the morning. Now she feels like her eyes were burning, due to lack of sleep.
As she about to shower, when her phone rang, she didn’t nee-d to check who it was, she knew it was Dele, as it was his usual routine to call her in the morning before he left for work.
“Hey baby” c@m£ his usual baritone voice.
“Hello, good morning, you sound like you are still in be-d?”
“Yeah I am, are you preparing to go to work alre-ady?”
“Yeah, I was about to take my bath when you called, aren’t you going to work yourself?”
“No, I am not feeling myself this morning, so I will just take the day off”
“Oh sorry, have you taken any medication?”
“No, I haven’t”
“Why, or don’t you want to get better?”
“You are my medicine babe, seeing you is all I nee-d to get better”
“And you know you can’t see me this morning, because I have to be at work, so go get a medication”
“But I could see you in the evening after work?”
“Dele you nee-d to take a medication, so you can get better”
“I will wait for you until evening”
“Are you sure, you are even sick at all?”
“Yes, sick for your love and t©uçh”
“You are not serious” Amaka smiled
“I will see you in the evening then?”
“Yeah, I will come over to your place after work”
“How about, I take you out for dinner instead?”
“Hmm that won’t be bad, okay let’s do dinner then”
“Alright see you in the evening, I will come pick you up from the office”
“Okay bye”
“Have a nice day”
When Amaka was done with the call, she quic-kly showered and got dressed for work.
When she arrived work, Pius was alre-ady in his office, so she went into his office to say hello to him.
“Good morning Pius” she greeted him with a smile on her face.
“Good morning pretty” he had a wi-de smile on his face as he responded to her greeting. “Don’t you look so beautiful today?”
Amaka blu-shed at his compliment, she had taken her time to pick out what she wore this morning, because of Pius, as he always pays compliments to her dressing.
“Thank you” she responded.
“You are welcome, how about I take you out for dinner after work? Just you and I, having some candle light dinner, what do you say?”
“Umm… I don’t know if that will be possible”
“Why not? It’s Friday so you wouldn’t have to worry about going to work tomorrow, and if you are up for it, after the dinner we can head over to the club”
“I actually do have plans Pius”
“Then cancel it, what plan could you have that is more important than going out with me?” Pius was clearly gloating over himself as he spoke.
“Can I think about this, and maybe give you my answer after lunch?”
“Alright, that’s okay”
Amaka hurriedly went back to her office, what was she going to do? She alre-ady promised to go out for dinner with Dele, and she can’t disappoint him because of Pius, she would definitely have to find a way to decline Pius’s offer politely.
It was alre-ady 5pm, and Amaka was getting re-ady to leave the office, she alre-ady called Dele, and told him she was done with work, and he would be coming to pick her.
She alre-ady told Pius she couldn’t go with him to dinner, tonight and if his ego was hurt, he didn’t show it, because he only smiled and told her it was okay.
As she arranged her things to leave, Pius walked into her office, and held her w@!st from behind.
“You have such a perfect as-s Amaka” he whispered.
“Pius, this is an office environment” Amaka turned to face him, and tried to get away from him but he held, pinning her to the table.
“Pius what are you doing?”
“Something I have been meaning to do, since the first time I s£nt my eyes on you”
Pius slammed hisl-ips against Amaka’s, and k!$$£d her.
That same moment, Dele walked into Amaka’s office.
Dele st©pped in his tracks, was he seeing clearly, or was that not Amaka in the arms of another man, holding, and k!ss!ngher?.
He had alre-ady booked a reservation in one of the most exotic restaurant in Victoria island, and he was coming to pick her up, so they could go have dinner, only to meet her in another man’s arms. Probably he was hallucinating, so he cleaned his eyes, to make sure he was seeing properly. But the more he cleaned his eyes, the clearer the scene bec@m£.
They were yet to notice his pres£nce, for they continued to k!ss, unaware that someone else was in the office with them. Until he cleared his throat, ma-king them to pu-ll ap@rt immediately.
Amaka was shocked to find Dele standing there, for a minute, she had totally forgotten that he was coming to pick her up. When did he come in? For how long has he been watching? These were the questions that raced throu-gh her mind, as she saw Dele staring at them.
The hurtful look on his face says it all, he had seen Pius k!ss!ngher, there was no way she was going to explain this, he had seen everything. Amaka was confused, not knowing what to say to Dele, the hurt in his eyes almost r!pp£dher heart ap@rt. She only mouthed ‘I’m sorry’ to him as he dropped the rose flower he was holding, and then turned to leave, without saying a word to either of them.
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