Lerisa met her mother as soon as she walked into the living room. "Good evening Mom," Lerisa greeted."Welcome, Lerisa. How was work today, and your friend, Remy?" Mrs. Antonia asked, as she was already familiar with Lerisa working with Remy and Remy also showing interest in Lerisa."It was fine, Mom. Remy invited me to attend his parents' wedding anniversary tomorrow," Lerisa said."Oh, that's nice. He's such a kind man, so when will he be coming here officially to marry you?" Mrs. Antonia questioned Lerisa as she was sitting on the living room couch alone, and already through with preparing their dinner."Mom...." Lerisa frowned. "I don't know yet," she added."You should. That's fine. I have already finished preparing dinner, I was just waiting for you and James to return home.""Okay, Mother. Let me go inside and freshen up. I will be back to join you," Lerisa said, and she quickly walked into the corridor and went to her room."Marriage? I don't think I can accept Remy. What's wro
Lerisa got out of her bed after James left her room, and she did not make any attempt to go and see Anthony.Walking into her bathroom, Lerisa decided to have her bath as she pulled off all her clothes and started taking her bath under the shower.James left Lerisa's room and went outside to inform Anthony that Lerisa was coming. Meanwhile, Mr. Fred was speaking to Anthony and invited him to join them inside the house for breakfast.Anthony had just finished exercising like he usually does on Saturday morning, so he was passing along Lerisa's family house and decided to say hi to her.Although Anthony was hesitant, knowing that Lerisa was avoiding him and had blocked him on all social platforms, he remembered her confession to him that she couldn't withstand seeing him with other ladies.Well, Anthony still missed his friendship. Though he could have decided to accept Mr. Fred's offer for breakfast with them, he accepted.Anthony finished having breakfast with Lerisa's parents and Jame
Mrs. Antonia walked out of the house gate with Lerisa, and there they both spotted Anthony and Remy.Remy stood beside his car door, while Anthony looked back at the gate as Lerisa's mother inquired, "What's going on here, Anthony?""Ma, Lerisa doesn't look properly dressed and I just informed her about it."Mrs. Antonia smiled as she looked from Lerisa to Anthony. "But Lerisa is only going out with Remy and it's not like she's going somewhere else.""I know, Mother. But for Lerisa's safety. Let her go back inside and change her clothes.""No, Mother. I am not going back to change my clothes. It's almost noon and I have to leave now with Remy," Lerisa insisted, looking away from Anthony.Lerisa was standing beside her mother, while Remy sighed and walked up to meet Lerisa. Remy remarked, "Anthony, go back to your house or call your girlfriend on the phone. Why can't you stay away from Lerisa? What do you want from her? Do you want to court her? Why show care when she's not your sister?
Lerisa smiled and looked at Remy's face. "That will be nice," she told him. But deep in her heart, she knew that she longed to be with Anthony and not Remy."Yes, I know. So what are you saying about my marriage proposal? I gave you an engagement ring, and you rejected it. Can I come over to see your family now?" Remy took some sips from his wine glass and saw Lerisa frown."No, not yet," she said, hoping not to give away her emotions again."Why are you still delaying us from getting married? Don't you trust me?" Remy asked. He was seated on the long blue couch beside Lerisa.Looking at her cute face, Remy felt the urge to pull Lerisa close and kiss her. He had forgotten to request non-alcoholic wine, and the wine he got had a little alcohol.Lerisa was already feeling drunk. She smiled and replied, "It's not that I don't like you. I do, but..." Her words trailed off, and Remy eagerly asked her, "But what? Tell me what you need me to adjust, and I am ready to become the man that you d
Anthony stood beside his black car, looking at Lerisa as she finally approached him. He caught a whiff of the alcohol scent on her."Hi, are you going home?" Lerisa asked Anthony, pretending like she didn't know she had been avoiding him."Yes. What do you want?" Anthony asked her. Lerisa looked up at Anthony's face, bit her lower lip, and responded, "You.""Lerisa, I have told you that we cannot date. Don't you get it?" Anthony asked. However, before Lerisa could reply, Remy walked out of the house without seeing Lerisa inside the event hall.He decided to check outside for Lerisa and saw her standing before Anthony and near his car."Babe!" Remy called out to Lerisa and walked up to meet her. He spun her around to face him, not minding Anthony's presence with them. "Why didn't you inform me that you were already going home?" Remy inquired of Lerisa."I thought Anthony was leaving so I decided for him to drop me home," Lerisa said, trying to free herself from Remy's hold."Anthony can
After Lerisa finished dressing up in her light nightgown, she went out of her room to have dinner with her parents. Her father arrived home with a smile and informed her that he saw her at the wedding anniversary."Dad, I was with a friend," Lerisa smiled as she assisted her mother in arranging the dining table."I know. The Creed family are not bad people but industrious. You can invite the young man over to come with his family," Mr. Fred said, and Lerisa agreed, "Okay, dad.""Okay, let us have our dinner. Where is James?" Mr. Fred asked, and Lerisa said, "I think I saw him leaving the house when I arrived with Anthony.""Okay," Mr. Fred turned silent, not wanting to inquire what Lerisa was doing with Anthony.Lerisa sat at the dining table. She thought it wasn't a bad idea to finally accept Remy. Besides, she wants to settle down and she likes Remy too.After her dinner with her parents ended, Lerisa helped her mother wash the dishes. Later, she got into her bedroom and fell asleep.
The same afternoon, Benita phoned Anthony to ask him where he was.Anthony had spent hours in the bathtub. So when he got out and saw the missed calls from Benita - 05, Anthony frowned. He rejected calling her back and did not want to hang out with Benita again.She was no different from Clara and Anthony was done with them.He walked into his closet and got the clothes that he wanted to wear. Anthony wore a cream shirt and black pants. Then he went downstairs to the living room to inform his mother that he was leaving the house and going to his new house to adjust some things there as the house was still under construction and most of the home appliances weren't complete."Okay, Anthony. But will you come home today?" Mrs. Beatrice asked with a worried expression on her face. She knew that all was not well with her son. But she couldn't ask him about it. The last time that she had tried to ask Anthony what was wrong, her husband had advised her to leave Anthony alone to deal with his
Anthony finally walked into the house shortly after locking up the gate. He was sad, but there was nothing that he could do. He entered the living room of his well-furnished apartment and got a bottle of wine to get drunk.Anthony remembered seeing Lerisa and Remy at the church. How they looked so happy together. His phone rang and staring at the caller, he saw the car dealer calling him."Sell off the car. I don't need it anymore," Anthony said, as he had budgeted to purchase the car. But now that Benita had broken his heart. He thought it was best to sell off the car.He sat on the stool closer to his in the living room. He grabbed a full bottle of wine and stood up from the stool then he walked up to the couch to get wasted.Meanwhile, Lerisa got home to her father's house. She drove into the garage and parked her small red car. Switching off the car engine, she stared at her ring finger and saw the sparkling diamond ring that Remy had worn on her finger.Leirsa was feeling tempted