Jessica Point of view
Minus the carnal desire I have towards him, I know I have feelings for the fool but I wouldn’t tell him, he may not be feeling the same and I don’t want to bare my heart out only to have it broken like a paper.
“Like what you see”
I looked up at him blushing furiously that I was caught staring, his eyes has always been mesmerising but tonight under the light’s hue it draw me in, I can feel the familiar heat pooling at my below, I continue looking at him and he approaches me slowly making me wanna to close my legs together to feel some relief.
“You make me feel strange things when you look at me with those eyes ”
“What eyes?”
“You look at me like you want to gobble me up”
“You mean the same way you look at me?”
We held eyes for a while making me squirm a little, I turned my head, my cheeks a burning red and I went under the blankets and pretended to doze off but his annoying chuckle soon turn to a full blown laughter and oh boy what It does to my body.
The following day when I went to the dinning, I was told grandfather has gone for his hospital check-up with the butler, I sat down on the chair and my mind wondered to many places, then something clocked in my head, I remembered that when I and Collins got engaged, we rented his present apartment together and I used all my money to furnished it, and it wasn’t a small amount, I want that money back because I can’t do such thing and forget it when he was the one that betrayed my trust, I texted him to come to the company later during the day.
“Good morning Jessica ”
“Good morning Xavier ”
“How was your night?”
“It was good and yours?”
“Great, where is my grandfather?”
“Father went for his weekly hospital check-up with the butler, they will be back soon but I doubt we will be here then”
“I noticed something, that Collins guy is still hovering around you”
“Oh, he comes to my workplace now and then, nothing special though and didn’t we agree that we will use him?”
“Yes we did but he has been hovering around yo too much ”
“Why are you jealous? ….. No way, don’t tell me you are jealous of Collins?”
“Well not that am jealous but you are my wife, can’t I care about who my wife meets”
“Yeah right”
I smiled inwardly, it feels nice to have him jealous of Collins but now isn’t the time to be blushing like a high school girl in front of their crush.
We drove to work together and after dropping me off work, he drove away only for me to receive a message from him, (we are going out for dinner today, so find a way to dress up well, it’s a dinner party), I snorted, he didn’t tell me these at home or yesterday, now what am I going to wear, I don’t have any dress made for dinner parties, well I have to go shopping later, maybe during lunch hour,
The day went by as usual with me trying to met up with my work and once it was lunch time, I paused and decided to go shopping, imagine my surprise and recollection when I saw Collins at the entrance of the company,
“Hey Jess”
“Hello Collins ”
“Going somewhere?”
“Well… actually yes, I have totally forgotten that I asked you to come today, I was on my way to the mall”
“The mall? Okay, let me join you, I was thinking of getting something for my father too, it’s his birthday tonight and he is hosting a small dinner party ”
“Oh, gosh, I would love to come but Xavier and I have another party to go to and I think it’s important ”
“No problem, I know he will understand ”
“Thank you, I will meet him later and give me gifts then”
“No problem, let’s go”
We decided to go to the mall together and I made up my mind to bring the matter up when we are in the car,
“Collins, I called you to come to the company today for a reason ”
“Okay, what is it then?”
“My money, the one I used to furnish the apartment we rented together for our marriage, since we didn’t get married due to unforeseen circumstances, I need my money back”
“….”
“It’s my work savings, I want it back”
“Okay, how much is it? I will refund you back all without missing a penny ”
“Good, it’s 3 million dollars, all my savings and other stuffs, that’s the amount ”
“Wow, it’s really expensive, you really put your whole mind to it, am really sorry for my behaviour back then ”
“No need to apologise, am fine okay”
“Okay, I have been such a jerk but I will change and am trying to change”
“It’s good Collins, am sure your father will be proud of you”
We arrived at the mall and he went to search for gift for his father while I went to get my dress, I picked a store that has a lot of good reviews online and the cloths I saw on their dummy was really good, simple and classic.
The bell chimed when I came in and a worker went up to me, I smiled at her in return to her greeting, she was polite, that’s good, even though I am dressed in my office attire she didn’t react like most rude workers,
“Welcome to our boutique, how many I be of service ma’am ?”
“Nothing much, I want a dress, gown for a dinner party, I will be going with my husband and am sure he will be wearing black so I want something that will fit us together without colour mismatch ”
“Okay ma”