They both got into the car and the rode the first few minutes in silence before she tried sparking a conversation between them.
“Wow! Did something change in your car? Something looks unfamiliar” she said but he only kept his face on the road in silence.
“Is it the scent? The seat’s leather or the color of the belts? Something is weird. Has it been that long I got into your car?” she blabbered on but as much as he wanted to give a response, he held himself back.
She knew her tricks to make him talk was not working on him, it was then she realized the extent of the damages she had caused with her hard headedness. She didn’t even give him any room for explanation, kept on assuming and believing things on her own accord. He also didn’t even make the effort to explain things which he didn’t blame him for because that moment, he had requested for her trust which she failed in giving unto him.
The rest of the drive was in silence and he finally pulled in front of her house after a twenty minutes’ drive. She sat there for few seconds, contemplating about whether to just voice out or invite him inside so they could talk.
“Are you planning to stay in the car till tomorrow?” he finally said and that brought her out of her thoughts.
“Ah! I am sorry” she muttered and packed her bag before opening the door to get off.
Immediately she shifted back from the car, he ignited the engine and wanted to reverse when she rushed at the door again making him press on the brake sharply in an attempt not to wound her. “Do you want to get yourself wounded? Why would you jump in front of a moving car like that?” he yelled at her with his forehead laced with concerns.
Her chest was thumping hard in fear at what she had done, she couldn’t even explain what led her to that kind of action but she was desperate. Her desperation was what made her act carelessly without thinking.
Ignoring his yelling, she leaned on the door with a shaky smile and said “How about you come in for some dinner?”. He wanted to scoff at her words but that would be rude so he cautioned himself.
He also understood the fact that she was trying her best to talk to him and stop the fight between them but her trying to go through corners what was he couldn’t understand. A simple “I am sorry” would save her all these unnecessary stress she was making herself pass through.
“Sure, why not?” was his reply and a surprised look emerged from her but she was fast enough to get rid of it and led the way inside the house.
She was happy he took her offer but then it was also suspicious how he was letting her have all her requests easily. Maybe he is a simpler man than she had thought, she must have been worried for nothing, he was no longer annoyed with her were the narratives she kept giving herself as she quickly processed some food for them to feast on.
Her mother had called her earlier that she would be heading to the hospital for her checkup and she would not be coming back till the next day so she was confident no one would interrupt their reconciliation session.
She kept the TV on to keep his company before the food preparation was done and she set the table for them to eat which he did without saying a word.
Finally, she was able to summon the courage and spoke up “I am sorry for not trusting you. I shouldn’t have treated you that way” she apologized with a low tone and he paused to look at her.
“It took you this long to finally apologize, what are you expecting to hear from me now? That I am no longer annoyed or that I was never crossed with you? Well I wasn’t annoyed with you at first because I understood how you felt but your behavior at the wedding and after was too much for me to bear. You treated me like a disease, avoided me at every chances and didn’t even give me a listening ear. You went on to behave as if our relationship never had any meaning to you and didn’t even know my side of the story before concluding I ruined someone else’s wedding” he lashed at her, she wasn’t even expecting so much at that.
All the words coming out his mouth were surely carrying heavy weights of betrayal, unintentionally she had wounded him more than she had thought. She was guilty of everything he had listed and she wouldn’t deny that. She didn’t give him the benefit of doubt which shouldn’t have been so, if Joy didn’t explain things to her then she would still be ignoring him by now even though that doesn’t change the fact that she missed him a lot.
No one told her before she left her seat to come closer to him, his anger was visible alongside his pain and that she knew, she had hurt him badly. “How could you even think of ignoring my calls and messages? How could you arrive at a silent treatment conclusion? I blamed myself every day that I was the one at fault, it would have been better if I didn’t do anything. I thought it would make you happy to see how he got paid in his own coin and that you would be able to let go of any bitterness but I only earned such a brutal treatment reward from you” he continued.
He went on to rant about how he never concentrated well at the office, how he missed her so much that he wanted to run and embrace her but kept restraining herself. He had worked himself to the bones in the past few weeks of their fight because he felt a part of him missing, nothing was filling that space and it was the first time he would feel that way. She didn’t even know that he had driven to the front of her house several nights in order to reach out to her but failed to because she wouldn’t pick up.
At that point, there was no excuse for her. The man in front of her even tried and pushed but she didn’t do anything. She did miss him but didn’t push for it, all that was flowing through her brain was how to show him that she wasn’t a pushover. She didn’t need anyone to tell her that she acted terribly and now she could understand why her mother scolded her.
He had barely finish talking when she shut him up with a peck on his lips. She stared into his eyes and held his face in her hands softly.
“Baby, I am sorry without any excuse. I admit all wrong” she said to him sweetly and sincerely.
Immediately, the weight was lifted from his heart and he smiled a bit. “You didn’t have to look this cute when apologizing and whatever might have happened doesn’t change the fact that you are my woman” he remarked before dragging her closer to him and claimed her lips.
They kissed for a bit but passionately before finishing dinner. He even offered to wash the dishes with her before she invited him to her room for a tour. Her room was well arranged and cleaned thanks to her mom who didn’t even know that she would be bringing someone home.
He went around checking out her childhood pictures that were hung around a corner while teasing her. She also explained the scenarios surrounding every pictures before mistakenly got her leg tangled with a cable under her dressing table.
A yelp from her made him rush to her but they were both not balanced enough to help each other stand so they fell back to the bed where she fell on top of him. Their hearts raced against each other as their eyes locked together, temperatures were rising rapidly as their hormones pumped at a very high rate.
“I think this is very unhealthy, my body feels strange” he whispered to her, breaking the stare and looking away.
Her trembling hands found their ways to his face and he pulled it up to face her again. She was also not sure about what she was doing or what would be the aftermath but she just wanted to follow her instinct.
“If being with you this way is called unhealthy then I am willing to be unhealthy” she muttered and kissed him.
He didn’t waste any time before placing his hands at the back of her neck for support and drew her nearer as they kissed the night away. Their hands kept roaming everywhere and each hand pull made them lose a clothing.
His suit’s blazer was on the floor and her shirt lying beside it, their connected stare not breaking away for a bit even though their position changed with him being on top now. Everything about her looked so beautiful to him and vice versa, it felt like their love had taken a new turn.
Just as they locked lips again, the sound of the doorbell rang through making them spring apart suddenly. His look was bearing the question of who could that be and immediately she answered “I am not expecting any guest” before the sound of her mother coming inside the house while complaining about how tired she was boomed through.
Her mother was back!