chapter two

Tight Corner

"Mom" I will give you a grand child when the time is right,and with the right woman". 

Michael said to his mom

You have the right woman already,

Cherry the daughter of Mr. William your father's business associate,

she is beautiful,Educated,,smart and from a respectable family and from a high class just like us.

Why won't you marry her and give me grandchildren Lila asked.

Love mom love, love I don't love her, she is not my spec, marriage with Cherry will be a total disaster it won't last mom Michael Said, trying to convince his mom.

Lila moved to were Michael was sitted,she down Next to him, held his hands and locked her gaze with his " love grows son, you can learn to love Cherry she is a sweet girl and I'm sure you two will make a good couple, Lila said squeezing Michael's hand.

Mom please stop already !

Michae said you know nothing about Cherry you only know she is from a rich home and the daughter of Mr. Michael that's all you know about her, mom.

I've lived with her for a week and I'm sure marriage between us won't work Michael Said robbing his forehead in frustration, getting up and walking over to another seat.

Listen to your mom son, love grows like your mom and I for instance, I never met your mom in person until our wedding night.

Her father and my father were business associates, they arranged for us to get married in order to seal a business deal, I never saw nor meet her till our wedding day,  we only saw pictures  and when we finally got married i decided I would make things work and look at us now we've been married for 30 years now and we still going strong.

Everything depends on Decision son if you decide to make things work with Cherry things will definitely work out for you too. Steve said making Michael to roll his eyes

It was different for you and mom,

Dad,, you Said you fell in love with  mom,the moment you met her and the feeling was mutual  right?

Yes you are right but the feelings grew stronger with time. Steve said 

At least you you liked each other from the start dad.michael grimmed.

How would you know if you don't try? Have you even tried to know her? Lila asked

Mom Michael frowned, I have spent a week with Cherry, and I can tell she is definitely not the one for me, a girl who spends all Day on social media, when I tried to talk to her about children,she told me she would rather have kids through surrogacy, she said she is not ready to spoil her figure.

Mom Cherry is narcissistic and I can't cope with her .

Lila  grimmed,y ou only see her weaknesses because you don't like her, give her a chance and you will see cherry is a sweet girl.

Mom. Michael gave His mother a reassuring look," just give me time mom,i will get a girl,get married and give you all the grand children you want.

I just can't get married to Cherry.

"Son Bring a girl to us in three months or get married to Cherry that's is my final verdict,"

Steve said to Michael and walked out of the living room, 

Michael turned to his mother after his dad left held her hands and said

"Mom please,talk to dad he is putting me in a tight corner,three months is a very short time for me to do what he asked of me".

'"There is nothing I can do to change his mind son, you know you dad once he makes up his mind about something nothing or no one changes it,

Not even me his wife". Lila Said rolling her eyes dramatically and walked out of the room. 

Your parents are damn mean!

Sam said after Michael told him about his parents decision, how do they expect you to get married in Three months! Sam exclaimed

It's takes forever to find true love these days and they expect you to get a wife in three months!,

That's mission impossible bro, sam  said 

"I tried to talk them out of their decision but they wouldn't oblige, you know my mom has been on my neck for almost two years now to get a wife.

And I really don't understand why she is in such a hurry to get grand children, Michael said frowning

Maybe your mom has a terminal disease Sam said with a concerned voice

Maybe be the doctor's Told her should would die, as soon as she turn 50 that's why she is in such a hurry to get grand children sam Said.

I don't think mom has a terminal diseas,

she would have told me if she does,

the thing I did after dad  came up with the whole three months Saga was called, mom's doctor to confirm if everything was ok with my parents and he assured me they were 100 percent okay wealth wise.

Why then are they in a hurry to have grand children, Sam asked raising an eye brow.

"Mom said something about most of her friends having grand children" said sighing

so she wants to get as many grand children from Rachael and I before she turn fifty.

And Rachel, how did she take the whole thing ? Sam asked

Turns out Rachael is gay, Michael murmured

Gay! Sam whined 

Yeah she is attracted to girls, Michael whined 

And your mom? How did she take the news of Rachael being gay?

It broke her heart michael said softly,

I swear I saw your hands tremble after Rachael told everyone she is gay, Michael said

 I don't want to do anything to upset mom more than she is already, I'm willing to do what pleases her,i'm going to have to find a girl to Marry within three months no matter how hard it takes me, Michael said softly.

I feel your pain bro Sam Said and if there is anything I can do to help like hookups and stuff don't exhitate to call me  okay Michael said with so much concern in his voice for his friend.

"Thanks bro" . Michael said noding his head.

But why not consider Cherry,Sam asked

Cherry is out of my league Michael said dismissingly,

But why, Sam asked

Apart from the fact that she spends most of her time on social media, do you have anything else against her?

Apart from the fact that cherry is a social media freak,

She is Narcissistic and very selfish,she takes decisions without considering the effect it has on others

When mom first introduced her to me and tried to get me to like her,

I decided I would try to make things work between us, so I invited her over, she lived with me for a week and

I almost choked to death living with her for just a week Michael whined,

Choked to death! How do you mean? Sam asked curiously.

Apart from her excessive demands,i caught her taking to different men on different occasions, Michael said, 

Though she claimed most of them were just friends but from their conversations I know they were more than friends, 

I knew she was a flirt from the very first day I met her, Sam said

Really? Michael asked surprised

Yeah she gave me  the I want you look but I ignored her Sorry bro Sam Said

It's all good bro Michael said, I will rather Marry a stranger than marry Cherry, Michael whined.

You are such a lucky guy you know? Sam said,

Lucky how? Michael asked

You lots of women  to chose from,you have Cherry and your secretary I'm sure they will give a big yes to you if you ask any of them to Marry you,

My secretary! Michael asked surprised! Are you serious 

Yeah Your secretary, don't tell me you haven't noticed she likes you Sam asked .

No I didn't notice anything Michael said, I know she is nice to me tho but I had no idea she likes me 

Dude that babe likes you for real, remember the other day were a bit under the weather and couldn't go to work right Mike asked.

Yeah I remember Michael replied,

Tina your sexy secretary took the pain of going over to your house,just to check on you Sam said with broad smile on his face.

She even offered to pass the night with you,but you bluntly turned her Down

"I thought she did all that out of kindness,i thought she did that because I am her boss".

Sam laughed really hard and said,

Is it her job discretion to check up on her sick boss?

She only did that because she has feelings for you,only a woman who is in love with a man would do what she did sam Said.

That babe keeps giving you green lights but, you keep ignoring her ,Sam whined,

I never knew ,Michael murmured

I'm just being careful, man after getting two heart breaks from the women i loved so much I just had to be careful Michael said with sad eyes.

Sam saw through the pain in his friend's eyes

I know how you feel man, but you can't let your past stop you from loving again, Sam Said pating Michael's shoulders.

Michael had been with two women in the past,

First one was Bella, Michael met Bella at a supermarket,

Bella was having issues with her ATM card, she has bought alot of goods and wanted to pay for them

But her ATM card keep declined her payment severally

"I'm tried of trying ma'am you are going to have to move aside so I can attend to other customers" The cashier yelled at Bella when Bella's ATM declined for the third time

Could you please try it for the last time? Bella pleaded,

Madam please step aside I need to attend to other customers The cashier yelled at her, handling over her ATM card to her

What's the problem Michael asked, He had been standing behind Bella all along 

I think I'm having issues with my card Bella replied

Oh sorry about that Michael said,

Could you please try it one more time? Hes said to the cashier

I'm done trying the Damn thing,its obvious

she doesn't have a penny in her account the cashier whined,

How could you say that Bella asked the cashier felling,a bit embarrassed,

It's alright, Michael said,here take Michael handed over his ATM card  to the cashier,

I will pay for everything hers and mine Michael said and headed over his card to the cashier,

You don't have to Mr,Bella said feeling embarrassed

It's fine,let me help Michael said.

Bella noded and decided in her mind that she would pay him back,she would ask for his number and make a transfer to him later,when she resolves the issue with her card,so she let him pay for her

The cashier handed over Bella's goods to her after Michael payed for her,

Thank you very much Bella said,

I'm glad I could help Michael replied,

Bella left the shopping mall and waited outside for Michael to step out of the mall as well,she could repay him or at least know his name, she thought

She walked up to him the moment she saw him come out of the mall,

Hi Bella said waving at Michael stopped when he saw her wave,he has been attracted to her right from when he saw her at the supermarket and prayed secretly,meets her somewhere around so I was happy when he saw her waving at him and walking up to him,

She is beautiful he thought,she was just his kind of woman, petite  and beautiful,

Hi, I'm Bella, Bella said giving him,her hand for a hand shake,

I'm Michael, Michael said shaking her hand,

Hmmm I wanted to thank you for helping me out,you really saved me from being Embarrassed Bella said looking down, she couldn't look into his eyes,she was still a bit embarrassed

It's ok I'm glad I could help Michael said, 

"I will look for a way to pay you back,i'm sure the issue is from my bank, once the issue is resolved I will make I transfer i promise". ,Bella said 

You don't have to pay back I'm glad I could help someone in need Michael said,looking at his wrist watch, but you can pay back by going on a Dinner date with tho, Michael said smiling at her,

He brought out is complimentary card  from his wallet and handed it over to her,here my card he said,

Give me a call ok, i have to run, Michael said and handed over the card to her

Steve Michael! Bella yelled, when she saw Michael's Name in the commentary card,CEO Michael's group of companies, son of Steve Richards! Oh my I'm so honored to meet you Said and Gave a bow,

You are so dramatic Michael said laughing , I really have to go now i have a meeting to attend in 10 minutes,please give me a call he said and walked to his car and drove off.

He started seeing Bella often, and they went on several dates and Michael fell deeply in love with her,

He asked her to be his girlfriend, and she agreed, one year into their relationship a friend invited him to a wedding, Michael was shocked out of his life when he discovered the bride was Bella the love of his life, 

When he confronted her, she told him she had a finance all along but only accepted to be his girlfriend, because he is rich and handsome, Michael was broken and swore never to love again,but six months later he fell in love again with Cindy whom he caught having sex  his driver in his own car.

Since then Michael swore never to fall in love again maybe that was why he didn't notice his secretary giving him green light.

I think it's time you let go of the past and move on with your life, Sam Said

Not everyone is like Bella and Cindy I'm sure there are still good girls out there, Sam trying to console his friend.

I know but how the fuck I'm I going to find a genuine girl,

and convince her to Marry me in three months! Michael whined.

We have to go love hunting sam Said with a smile on his face

Love hunting! Michael exclaimed!

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