Nelly turned to find her sexy next door neighbor running after her. It looked like he had been waiting all day for her to return. Nelly was surprised a bit, she wondered what was so important that made him wait outside for her to return.
“How are you doing, Nelly?” Amon asked with a high profile smile the moment he stood beside Nelly.
“I’m doing great, Amon.”
Nelly intentionally refused to reciprocate the question. She feared that Amon had nothing to say. Or should I put it, she feared that Amon had nothing serious to say.
Amon reached for his back pocket –
“I was out at the grocery store today, I found this and I thought you would love it so I decided to get some for you.” Amon took out some chocolates and handed it to Nelly. He had heard that most pregnant women crave chocolate and other edibles which he wanted to find out.
“I’m sorry, Amon. I can’t accept your gift.” Nelly tried to move into her apartment but Amon still blocked her path.
“What’s wrong, Nelly? Don’t you like this kind of chocolate? If you don’t, I can still get another one right now.”
But that wasn’t what was keeping Nelly from accepting his gift. She was anxious and cautious of not starting anything with Amon.
Amon kept persuading her to accept the chocolate which he bought for her and the baby. He just wanted to be of help, it seemed like.
“The last time I was at your place, you offered me some nice tea and now that I want to show the same generosity, you refuse me? Why?”
If only he could understand why Nelly refused to accept that from him. She didn’t want it to seem like she was becoming a bother. Nelly had such a very weird way of thinking.
“Have this, Nelly, please, for my sake.” Amon was bent on giving the chocolate to Nelly. It looked appetizing and mouth – watering. Nelly could not help but salivate when she looked at it.
“You see, I finally caught you, Nelly. You really do want this chocolate. In fact, I’m going to keep it for myself. Your jaw can keep dancing for all I care.” Amon jokingly said to Nelly.
Nelly playfully requested for the chocolate as Amon was about leaving. He gave it to her.
As soon as Nelly got into the house, she found Amanda waiting at the door for her. Yeah, she saw everything and it was now time for her to tease Nelly.
“Ahem!” She started by clearing her throat with a very cheeky smile that she was trying hard to control but she couldn’t.
Nelly looked at her playfully – “I swear, if you try what I think you’re about to do, you won’t get the tiniest part of this chocolate.”
Amanda began to rock the apartment with laughter. She wondered how Nelly knew what she was about to do.
“Of course, I did know. After I saw you by the door, I knew you wouldn’t let this slide.”
They laughed, ate the chocolate together and afterward, Nelly informed Amanda that she had gotten a job for her at Sandra’s Studio. Amanda was so grateful especially after Nelly told her the pay was good and even better than the jobs she had been taking to sustain herself. Adrenaline rushed all over and Amanda gave Nelly a very tight hug. It was hard for Amanda to believe that someone could think about her in her absence. She felt even closer to Nelly.
Nelly too was all smiles, she was happy to be of help to Amanda. Nelly was happy that she could cause genuine happiness to Amanda. She had never seen Amanda that happy since the very day she moved in with her.
After Nelly was done with the shower, they had a special topic of discussion that very night, it was Amon. Amanda was the one bringing him up just so that she could tease Nelly.
“Do you think he’s trying to be friendly or he’s just too intrigued by your beauty,” Amanda said and got away. She knew Nelly would want to hit her.
“Intrigued by what beauty?” Nelly scoffed. “I’m three months pregnant and I’m fat. What is beautiful here? I think he just feels pity for me, that’s why he’s trying to help.”
There was no response from Amanda. Nelly turned to find her sleeping, and then, snoring. She needed it because, Nelly thought. After all, Amanda was accompanying her to Sandra’s Studio the next day.
Ash had taken Vivian out on a date. He wanted to make her forget what happened between them the previous day but Vivian could not just for a minute, keep her hands off her phone. She held on to it as she discussed intimately with Ash.
“Aren’t you going to put that aside?” Ash asked her. He was beginning to get irritated by what she was doing. Sometimes she would not hear anything he said to her just because her attention was all in whatever she was doing on her phone.
“I’m sorry, Ash. My friend has been loading my phone with this classy hair and nails. I just want to find the right one she’d get for me.” Vivian’s statement showed that she wasn’t going to drop the phone in any moment from then. Ash had to exercise some self control to afford falling out with her in that public place.
Vivian kept smiling as she swiped through her phone. Her food was still left untouched. Even more than ten minutes since Ash finished his. It was as if he was alone, more like he took himself out for some spoiling.
Ash became so angry but he had to conceal it. He asked for permission to use the restroom and Vivian agreed.
“Of course baby, you can use the restroom.” Vivian didn’t even glance at him. Her eyes were fixated on her phone screen.
Ash went to the restroom, he flashed some water on his face. The male and female restrooms were side by side. As he stepped out, he saw Daisy Landers.
Oh my God! Did they follow him there too? It smelt trouble immediately.