love him before. I guess I
was just attracted to him
and I definitely did not
hug him,
I bumped into him" I said then proceeded to
explain how it had all
happened.
He nodded. "now, you want
me to believe all that and
you won't believe me?" he
said quietly. He inched
closer to me, his anger
obviously fading. "Oyinade
is just an over-ambitious
girl. You've known me for
a
long time now, who do
you believe? You do know that you are free to believe
what you want"
I looked at him silently. I
trust him and always have but the evidence I had got
was too much to put
away.
I looked down but he used
his finger to raise my chin,
causing me to look into his eyes again.
"I want you to discern the
truth from my eyes, look
at
me. I have not told you
about all these because I did not want to hurt your
feelings; and also due to
your condition. You told
me
you didn't like her and I
did not listen and it hurt me to
have her confess her guilt.
Prisca found out the truth
and was wise enough to
play the detective role"
Richard smiled, causing me
to smile also.
I scoffed and said in a
quiet
voice. "And do you also
believe that there is nothing
between Kelvin and I? I
don't even love him, at
least
not even up to a quarter of
how much I love you" He smiled. "I knew that
and
that is why I made peace
with Kelvin today". I
raised
my eyebrow in surprise. He
laughed.
"yes, I was
surprised I did that too. He
finally gained
consciousness and I just felt
pity instead of the usual
anger I feel. He challenged
me for helping him
despite
our dispute, saying that all I
wanted was to shove my
victory in his face" he
shook
his head. "all I saw then
was a man who is deeply
embittered about the
prospect of losing you. It is
definitely too much to
handle and if I were to be in his shoes, I would have
done likewise. I offered
him
my friendship after a long
time arguing my
intentions, he accepted. I guess he
was
just touched that I could
help him after all he did to
me."
I laughed happily and hugged him tight. I have
already forgiven Kelvin
immediately I heard of his
accident. "I love you
Richard, very very much"
He pulled me and held my
waist, looking into my
eyes
with a thoughtful look. "Do
I love you? Hmmm… I love
you like kilode"
We roared in laughter,
laughed and laughed. The
Yoruba language sounded so awkward from his
accentuated mouth that
the
mere thought of the word
made me laughed the
more. "I love you" he kissed me
deeply. "so we are settled
now right?" he stretched
lazily. "Do I now get a
proper welcome kiss?"
I scoffed.
"What of the one
you stole now?"
"As you've said, it was stolen" he stood, waiting.
I
inched closer slowly and
when his eyes were
dropping shut, I kissed
him on the cheek, leaving him
spell bound. I jumped on
the bed and covered
myself
with the blanket. Trust
him, he ranted and ranted
about
how unfair that was,
coming over to disturb the
living daylight out of me.
*** Richard held my waist
from
behind, startling me. The
aroma in the kitchen was
so heavenly that even my
mouth watered. After the usual kisses and greetings,
I
turned to him, holding his
neck with my hands and
gazing up at him. He
looked round and round, trying to
determine what I was
preparing but I refused to
tell him. After an
extensive
try, he gave up and took my
advice of sitting in the
sitting room and watching
TV. I smiled. He has no
idea
what I had in store for him
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