A tale of an arranged marriage

hroom door open and found that woman inside. How was she silently inside the whole time? At that moment I thought she was a demon. She was on a very short, lemon towel and somethi

did, she came out of the bathroom and stood just at the entrance. I looked up at the woman I noticed wouldn't move from one spot and she was looking angrily at me but then I uninte

wkward time to reply a greeting, it's not like I answered on a normal day. I just got my things together and entered the bathroom, a fresh new scent greeted me. I liked the scent of the bathroom, I realised it was her soap, the scent w

e with my key in my hand but then she appeared in

ne but just as I thought, I remembered I didn't have ripe plantains in my store so it was very possible the beans wasn't mine but

uggle to look at my tie in order to avoid her eyes. I couldn't believe I was avoi

e into a smile. "And you can't just admit

for a while to im

ng into each other's path?" I rather

u like it? Should I cook for you this evening?" She was smiling and watching my eyes like she was not the woman I had lived th

ut she did not give

hing different, do

ently. She watched me shortly and I felt very

she said and leaned on the wal

ed to go" I told her bu

didn't give you a br

ow if it was admiration in her eyes or

. "That's where you

shocked me how she returned my stare in confidence and a smile. I wondered what she wanted, why

work?" She asked and that was when it dawned on

ou're delaying me and now you're discouraging me

asked you a quest

I said in a warning and she

solve. I went to work that morning again with an empty stomach and I requested coffee like I did the previous day but I didn't request coffee because I felt sleepy, I requested it to put

ld me. "There are many restaurants that

food to get here?" I asked

teen minutes and I hated to eat during work hours because I didn't want my employees to use me as an excuse for

s for our advert and we nee

sked. "I mean I could think

what their children like" Mr Evans, my client stated. I nodded in agreement b

t a higher percent of pay when their product sells. I know my work was to just make the perfect graphics for adverts and printings and billboards and so on but a perfect work without a meaningful message was nothing. " what do you thi

like?" He ask

ld attach a towel to every carton and inform the public in a mature advert. It will encourage them to try your pro

r and I cleared my throat. "We'd help you print your brand n

with his assistant

t's perfect, I like it" he was excited a

n no time. We'd make the design of yo

t" my client said a

ackaging and few with billboards. For the billboard I advised my client based on the light I had seen in my other half's eyes the previous night and my client liked it. I made

e background of the soap" Nathaniel

th my lemon idea and use

and pink

ey

nly pink" Nathaniel a

nd I watched him leave my office. It was not the first tim

She stood at the entrance this time and watched me until I walked to her. I

when I was close e

tor. She didn't move an inch until I was back or maybe she did and stood back where she had been. We went inside together and I lo

me of avoiding her when I was having a good time at work. I had no answer for her. My response was with narrow

"I mean at night" she emphasized. I wondered how that was m

se before now and you had everything you

My father's house was not my house, it was an annoying p

cking her, since she wouldn't give me space, I had to tak

ng at my bare body. I surprisingly didn't care, I had taken my shirt off severally when I went to gym, I started doing it because Desmond did it but with time I

d was about dumping them in my dirty clothes basket when I notice

in temptation since I was practically walking on an empty stomach but I had to man up and not fal

d as I turned to her. She look

your w

ardrobe!" I asked in s

didn't do it for you though, they disfigured the room and they gave

did whatever she felt like even with my things and ended up making me feel like i lost. I couldn't even tell her not to do it again because she said the smell disgusted her. I was offended. I silently had my bath and was grateful she was no longer in the r

her rubbed my father's shoulder. I had always wondered if the food was what I thought it was or if it was she herself because they had quite a

that my mother used to bow her head on the table but the lady had joined her ten fingers together and placed her chin on them, she was staring at the food and I knew it was beyond a stare, she was thinking. When I rounded up the loaf of bread, she stood up and took the things to the kitchen then she came out of the kitchen and passed to the room. When I was sure she won't come back, I went to the kitchen to dump the bread nylon but then I thought I should search for the food and I found it in the

the light" I said to her then I cl