Peter drove me to the Begum restaurant. He walked ahead of me, but kept turning to see if I was still with him as we went into the restaurant. This was one of the most popular restaurants in the states, but still, I was uncomfortable. I still felt so off. I had no idea if I was doing the right thing by joining Peter on this lunch. I didn’t want any more drama. All he had done earlier was still fresh on my mind, and I couldn’t just ignore it. “Let’s get a table,” he was saying as he led me into the restaurant. The ambience spoke of money. Though, I didn’t understand how Peter would have so much to squander on lunch. Though, I realised it was part of it. He had to impress the mafia’s daughter, but all I felt for him was utter disgust. He wanted to bring out the chair, so I could sit down, but I cornered him by siting on another seat. He sighed as he sat down. After perusing the menu, I decided to order chicken sandwich and cold coffee. While waiting for the waiter to get ou
The car was filled with smoke and there was an hissing sound from the air bag covering both our faces. We pushed it away and got out of the car before the unforseen could happen as we couldn't tell if the gas was leaking somewhere . Zayn didn't speak for a moment ,I guess he was still shocked as much as I was from the whole near death experience. I could see a small cut in his forehead as I tasted blood myself , I must have gotten a cut on the lips thought to myself. "Are you fine ?" Zayn asked finally. I couldn't break my voice to reply him so I just nodded that I was as I stared at the sorry state of the now condemned vehicle. " I can't believe I almost went to hell" he continued smiling. I guess he saw the dismayed look on my face that I wasn't buying any of the jokes he was trying to sell cause the smile disappeared faster than it came when I shot him a glance in disapproval. "Or was he scared of me ?" I thought to myself smiling. Zayn stared at the c
I briefed my father on everything that had happened and the little accident we had ,he spoke to me softly and asked that I handed the phone over to Zayn for further instructions. He spoke for a few minutes before the phone went off again with a flat battery . "He promised to send someone " Zayn mummered. "I told him where we were heading before the accident " Zayn continued before dropping the phone . He checked the power bank we had been using and saw it was also long drained . "I guess we have to wait and hope ,they guess our direction right " I commented. "So where did we stop " Zayn asked as he crawled back to where I was at the back of the car. " You were telling me about yourself" I replied hoping he would continue. "Oh, that !" Zayn exclaimed. "Well " he sighs . "That is the story of my life " "A story ..." He paused "A story I don't share to just anyone." "Well you shared it with me " I whispered in
Over the next few days I felt very much angry at myself, angry about the fact I had acted like a whore in the car to his every touch and though most times I pretended to hate everything that happened the night of the accident I didn't regret it at all. I knew Zayn was so much aware of how I felt , I knew men of his type thought of woman as an object and I wasn't going to give him the benefit of that doubt. I wouldn't let him use me as he might had used others only to dump them later. Zayn was almost everywhere in the house this days making avoiding him so much difficult , I knew I staying in my room wouldn't stop the son of a bitch as he had proved severally he had no respect for privacy . He walked around my house as if he owned it and trespassing my door step wouldn't be any issue for him at all not with my father smiling stupidly at whatever he said like Zayn's little puppy. I hated Zayn so much and that was a lie I told myself not with the way he
Zayn stood right there on the spot I had left him still confused about everything , he asked himself if he had done anything wrong that day to sprout the anger I was sprouting out at him . "Damn that cursed woman " he cussed as punched the walls with his fists. Zayn took out a pack of cigar from his pockets and after lighting one ,he ran his hands through his air as he puffed out the smoke into the air. He stood there watching the birds feed on the leftover seeds on the floor and when he looked around he saw I had the bucket behind when I stormed out of his sight in anger. Some birds were already gathering on top of it and pecking away at the seed . Zayn waves his hands heretically "shoo..." the birds all flew away in the different directions. At first Zayn thought about bringing the bucket to my room as he passed my door , he was about knocking but he thought against it again and dropped it by my door as he walked away to meet My father. I could
One of the maids almost bumped into me as I made way into my mother's room behind me was another carrying a not so heavy carton of papers in her hands. "Mother" I said as I walked in . Mother looked up from where she was at her table knitting , she did that once in awhile whenever she was bored , worried or something else. " The wedding card just came in " I waved one in midair. "Bring that let me have a good look at " she waves me over while reaching for her glasses at a corner on the table. " Wow ! They look so pretty " she commented. " Your husband to be sure has good taste for colours" "Yeah he does" i mumbled . "Am I missing out from something? " Mother asked casting me a questionable gaze. "What do you mean ma'am" I looked at her pretending I was confused . "Your reply! " She added. "The way you look " "You don't seem happy doing this right?" Mother asked again casting me that questionable gaze I had known over the yea
The next two weeks before the wedding went by fast ,very fast and the wedding I looked forward to at least out of curiosity was few hours away. Zayn had picked a nice orchestra band from somewhere the city and everything looked like it was perfect except the two young soon to be married couples that still wouldn't speak to each other. When father told me Zayn had picked an orchestra band I was both angry and disappointed ,this was the sort of things he was supposed to do with me and though a part of me didn't mind him going to and fro making everything possible for the wedding to be a success I did appreciated it but was a bit jealous. Ever since the last time I and Zayn bumped into each other we've hardly said a word to each other apart from mumbled greetings the dance practises were long and boring and the rehearsal dinner was worse. Zayn kept missing his lines for the toast and I kept missing steps and what to do next . For others around us we were just two young
Sunlight creeped through the curtain of the bridal suite, I sat in front of the mirror as the stylist worked on my hair , my face was red and flushed as I stared at myself in the mirror not believing how beautiful I looked . My cousin walked in with two glasses filled with Champagne. "Wow , Jean you ...you look so beautiful " she commented. "Yeah , I know " I replied her as I checked myself again in the mirror, that bit of happiness burying the shadow of darkness I was feeling at that moment. " Are you fine Jean? " she queried as she got closer. "Yeah ,why asking ?" i replied trying to hide the discomfort I was feeling. "I know you too well Jean you are not happy about all this " "Are you sure you want to go through with this? " Kathy added as she moved closer to whisper into my ears. "Or do you want to elope?" "Good gracious!" I exclaimed. "Why would you say something of sort?" I poked Kathy . "