~Sunday Afternoon~ Stella was in her room studying the scripture when she heard a knock on the door."Come in.""Mommy, I think someone is at the door," Felix announced as he walked inside."Okay, I will go check who is there," Stella replied as she closed the Bible and got up on her feet. "Reduce the volume of the TV it's too loud" She instructed the kids as she passed through the living room. As she got to the door, turned the doorknob, and opened the door revealing Mr. Tochuckwu smiling face."Oh! It's you Mr. Tochukwu.""Yeah, Good evening.""Please, come in." She ushered as she opened the door widely for him to enter."Good afternoon, sir." The kids greeted."Afternoon, lovelies.""I'm sorry I didn't inform you I will be coming over.""Oh! it's nothing. I mean, you're here already. What should I offer you? Food? drinks? juice? water?""I think water should be fine.""You think so?""Yeah," he nodded in reply. "Let me go get it then," she said as she walked to the
"Hello, Mr. Tochuckwu. Good morning." Stella said over the phone as she walked into her office."Mrs. Jacob, good morning. Trust you had a goodnight rest?""Yeah, I did. I don't know if you will be free this evening, we need to talk.""Oh! Hope it is nothing serious.""Not really, it's just a random discussion about what we're working on.""Oh okay! I will be free then.""Where should we meet?" She inquired."I guess we should meet in a restaurant then. I think McDonald's is okay," he suggested."No problem, it's okay. What time did you close at work?"6 O'clock.""Okay, let's meet by 6:30 then.""Yeah, see you later.""Okay, bye." She said and hung up the call. ~ a few hours later~ Stella drove into the premises of McDonald's as she head to the parking lot and parked her car alongside the other cars there. She stepped out of the car, picked up her bag, and locked the car."Whoa! I said we should meet by 6:30 and here I am, fifteen minutes late. I just hope he's still waitin
A few days later, Richard and his staff arrived from the business trip. The staff organized a small welcome-back party in Golden Ville just to lighten up the atmosphere. It was indeed a joyful moment as everyone was laughing and gisting. Apparently, it was a rare free day for them. "Cheers to more wins, successful contracts, and more joyous celebrations like this," Richard said with a wide smile as everyone made a toast. "Cheers! Welcome back to Golden Ville." Bella was super excited that she was going to start seeing Richard often, he won't have to ignore my phone calls or messages again because I will be here to do whatever it takes for him to notice me. "Welcome back, sir. We missed your presence here," she said beaming with delight as she walked up to him. "Thank you, I missed almost everything about Golden Ville here in Nigeria; the weather is not friendly over there. It's good to be back, there is no place like home." He replied as he sipped from his wine. "Yeah, that
Richard pulled his necktie in other to loosen its grip on his neck as it seems to make him uncomfortable. He was beginning to lose interest in the project he was working on; he was exhausted, bored, and famished. Yet, he has to finish up with his work before he head to the cafeteria to get something inside his stomach. A Knock on the door drifted his attention. "Come in," he ushered. "Good afternoon, sir." Bella greeted immediately she stepped into his office with her heels making a sharp sound as they hit the tiled floor. "Hey, Bella. What's up?" "Hmm! I knew you will be busy, so I brought this for you," she said lifting the portable food flask in her hand."Oh! Thank you. Just drop it on the table." "What! Are you not planning to eat it? I cooked this food with my hands, I'm sure you won't waste my effort by not eating it. By the way, I prepared your best food, check it out. Boiled yam and egg sauce." She said smiling widely. "I appreciate your kind gesture but I'm pretty
"Hey, babe." Richard's voice came through as she picked up the call."Hi, boo. How is your day going?""It's going smoothly. Yours? Hope it's not stressful?""Huh! It's tiring, my eyes are glued to the laptop all day." She chaffed."huh, sorry about that.""Yeah, thank you. I signed up for it anyway, I don't need to complain." "Thank God you know, stay at home and chop my money, you said No. I want to work, I don't want to stay at home all day, see what you're now facing," he jibed at her. Stella laughed "huh! It's way better than staying at home.""Whatever! It's your choice."" I don't know if you'd be free this evening.""Free?" You want me to run an errand for you?""No! not at all. I was thinking of going on a date with you this evening.""Huh! This is unexpected. You did not make mention of it this morning," she furrowed."Yeah, yeah, that's because I haven't come up with the idea in the morning. You know, it's been a while since we go out to catch fun and have time for our
As Richard got to the office that morning, he requested Bella's presence with immediate alacrity. He tried his best to keep calm over the night, he couldn't wait for the day to break so that he can finally let out what has been boggling his mind. He wasn't gonna tolerate that nonsense from her. No, never! The knock on the door disrupted the flow of his thoughts. "Come in," he ordered as he leaned back in the swivel chair with his eyes fixed at the entrance as he watched Bella plod inside. It was obvious that she sensed something was off because she was not in her normal blithesome mood. "Good morning, sir," she greeted with a slight bow."Yeah, it's indeed a good morning. I guess you know the reason why I sent for your presence this morning.""Oh my...! Sir is it about what happened last night?" She questioned with a surprised look on her face."If not that, then what?" he asked in a trenchant manner. "I am very sorry about it, sir, it was a terrible and stupid mistake." S
Bella hesitated at the doorstep for a while, doubting if she should proceed with what she was about to do. She breathed in a mouth full of air before hitting her knuckles against the door. "Come in." Richard's voice emanated from the other side. "Good morning, sir." She greeted him immediately as she stepped inside. "Bella. What's up?" He asked as he shifted his gaze away from the files in his hand staring at her directly in the face. "Hmm! it's nothing really and it seems you're kinda busy for now, maybe I should come back later," she said with nervousness entwined In her voice. "Yeah, I'm busy but you can go ahead with whatever reason brought you here." "Oh, okay... I don't even know how to put it," she mumbled playing with her fingers nervously. "Spill," he compelled. "Well, it is about my recent behavior. I admit that I have allowed my silly emotions to get the best of me. I have no excuse to make, I am sorry sir, and about the recent incident too, I'm deeply sorry ab
~Sunday morning~ "Babe, the kids are in the car already, we are waiting for you," Richard uttered as he walked Inside. "Ehiy! I'm ready too. Please, help me with the zipper." She said as she turned her back. "Done." "Thank you. We can go ahead now," Stella said as she picked up her bag and glanced through it to be sure that her writing materials were still intact. . . . . . As they got to church, Stella accompanied the kids to their class before she head to the main auditorium. She was surprised when she saw Bella among the congregation sitting at the front. It was easy to identify her because the church was not filled up yet, people were just trooping in. Stella resisted the urge to go seat beside her. "I will do that once the service is over." She assured as she head to where she would be sitting, but she made sure it was at a close range to where Bella was sitting. As the service was going on, Stella glanced in Bella's direction occasionally but their eyes never meet