MY WIFE, MY MEMESIS
CHAPTER 19
After parking the car, he inhaled and exhaled deeply, then looked at me straight in the eyes. His captivating eyes burnt fiercely with questions and I felt as if they were searching through my soul for answers. He looked so hurt.
“How could you do that to me? You wanted to cheat but couldn’t find any one to cheat on me with, other than the bast.ar.d I called my friend. How could you disappoint me that much?” He expressed his disappointment distastefully. I shook my head.
“I didn’t cheat on you. I’m not cheating on you. Fine, he has been nursing romantic feelings for me since we were at that compound, which you know about. And you know he knows about how you treat women and your behavior. He tried to stop me from marrying you. And then, when he met me again with bruises and cuts all over, I guess, he thinks I need rescuing and he is ready to win over my heart, but I clearly made him understand that I’m married to you. I told him I can’t do anything disloyal with your ring on my finger.” I explained to him calmly.
“Yet, you keep going to him? I understand you said he happens to be the doctor who has been treating you, but why did you keep going back to him? He brought you home last time, then took you out today…” He added with a slightly raised voice. I didn’t like how he kept accusing me falsely despite my detailed explanation so I snapped at him.
“Haven’t you been pushing me away? You’re actually the one who has been sending me to him… He’s giving me the peace and happiness I need. Whenever we were together, we’d gist about nothing and everything, laughed, laughed again, and laughed all over again. I’m not getting any of that from you. I crave that happiness and peace because no matter how strong I am, I’m still a woman. I want to be loved, appreciated, understood and pampered.” I paused for a second to breathe well and then continued my speech.
“You’d assault me like I’m a goat, you tried to poi.so.n me, you tried different methods just to get rid of me, yet you don’t want to see me with another man? Don’t you think you’re being selfish? Okay, I understand I was the first person to tie you down, but now that I’m done playing this game with you, why can’t you just let me go?” I rushed out the words breathlessly. I was annoyed that he was accusing me falsely even when he hadn’t been treating me like his wife.
“Selfishness? How can I let you go when my heart yearns for you?” He blurted out and my eyes widened. My heart went haywire, it was as if it was jumping up and down in my chest, ecstatically.
“Your heart yearns for me?” I repeated his statement as a question to him, so as to be sure I heard him right and not just my heart making up stuff. He nodded.
“Should I let you go even when I think about you all the time, every second… Babygirl, I don’t know what you’ve done to me, my heart, brain and mind won’t stop calling out for you. If you’re not around me, I feel like I’m missing something very important in my system. I know I’m supposed to hate you considering the history we have, but after I assaulted you that night, I started feeling guilty. Then, you changed towards me, you no longer bicker with me, you become comfortable with everything I say, you stopped arguing with me, and you only smile at everything… That smile touched my heart and rendered me brainless. That fascinating smile of yours made me lose my mind. I can’t think straight, all I think of now, is how to be seeing that sweet smile everyday. My soul wants to be caressed by that sweet smile every moment. Morning, afternoon and night…so, tell me, how can I let you go when I’m like this?” He revealed with absolute calmness.
The revelation was huge to digest quickly. I blinked repeatedly to be sure I was actually not dreaming. I ransacked my brain for a brilliant response for two seconds before I could speak up yet it was gibberish.
“Erm…I..oh!” I was utterly speechless.
“It’s a lot to take in, I know.” He stated flatly. I breathed in and out deeply.
“You mean you’re falling in love with me?” I asked him lowly but he heard me.
“If how I’ve been feeling, means love, then I think it’s accurate to maintain that I’m starting to fall in love with you. I put it that way because I’ve never really loved any woman apart from my mother before. I’ve only been seeing women as one of the means of enjoying life. I’ve never felt like this towards a woman before. You’re the first woman that’d make my heart race faster as if it is participating in a marathon.” He confessed and my heart danced around in my chest. I wanted to just throw myself at him and hold him till eternity but I remembered his shortcomings.
“Erm…” I began but when he sensed my hesitation, he butt in.
“Is the feeling not mutual? Well, that’s understandable. You’d definitely despise me because of what has happened so far. You definitely want to go to Lanre, the sweet guy that gives you the happiness you crave for, right? You prefer him to me? You are ditching me for that thieving bas.ta.rd, right?” He rambled on and on. I knew that was jealousy at work, so I didn’t say anything and he continued.
“Do you want me to take you back to him? You think I will just let you go like that? You think. ..” I butt in before he could land.
“I don’t want you to take me back to him. I’m not really sure of my feelings for you but I know I’m pleased that you’re jealous over me. I’m cool with your jealousy. It was as if my heart would jump out of my chest, from excitement, when you stepped out of that car earlier. I had a mental shutdown. I couldn’t think of anything other than your gorgeousness.” I blurted out without filtering my words. He breathed out sharply as if he’d been holding his breath while waiting for my response.
Instead of replying me with words, he wrapped his palm around my neck and drew me closer to his face, then took my lower lip in his lips, and sucked on it like his life depended on the act. I returned the same energy and we were at it for many seconds. It was as if we had never kissed each other before. It was obvious he poured his feelings into the kiss without holding back at all. I enjoyed every bit of it.
“So, what’s going to happen now?” I asked him gently after we broke the kiss. I wanted to be sure he was serious about his feelings.
“We should get to know each other better. I want to know everything about you, while I ensure you know everything about me as well. Give me the chance to show you how much you mean to me. Allow me to give you the happiness you deserve, allow me to understand and pamper you. I’m ready to change for better.” He informed me in a husky tone and I smiled brightly. I realized we never really knew much about each other.
“That sounds so romantic.” I concurred and we smiled sweetly at each other.
“Let me go and show you what romance and being romantic is truly about, at home, Babygirl.” He announced and I blushed endlessly.
“I can’t wait to get home, my darling Darlington.” I replied him in my best ladylike manner as he started the engine.
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