BELINA (Tender Beauty) SEASON 1
*****EPISODE 26*****
“Leave now”, Richard said and without waiting for him to stand up, he pulled him up with a hand and pulled him until he was out of the door. He shot d door behind him and I was inside with my secretary. She wanted to say something but I waved her away and I was alone within seconds. I did not know why I cried but the tears just came flowing down unhindered. I did not love him again but the
memory of the humiliation of that day brought more tears to my eyes. I did not know when that guy came in but the next thing I knew was that he was there and I cleaned my eyes with my hand in a hurry.
“You don’t have to hide your tears from me”, he said very quietly. I don’t know if his words
made me cry the more or not but I just could not keep the tears from flowing.
“Please leave me alone sir, I said turning my back against him. I hate having people pity me or try to console me and I also don’t like people seeing my tears and having this guy see me
like that was the worst thing I could imagine. I heard his footsteps but instead of it going
farther, it was coming closer. I turned back to re-emphasize my words but was shocked to find him right in front of me. I found his closeness very disturbing and I moved some steps backwards.
He seemed to be made with magnet and I felt very tense.
“please leave sir, I… I need some privacy”,
I said quickly but not with as much force as I should.
He moved closer and my breath was stolen away but I refused to
step back again. I stood there and faced him squarely as I continuously robbed at my dripping eyes. He took out his hankie and dried my tears before
he silently said, “My name is Richard, Miss Belina, I would check on you in one hours time.
Take care”. Before I could
protest, he was gone leaving the hankie on my table which I picked.
I forced the tears back forcefully, went to the toilet to wash my face and I went back to my seat to calm down abit.
30mins after d incident, I was already my normal self I music related researches in order to remain calm. Just for the notice, try out music whenever you are angry or tense, believe me, you would practically see the
anger seeping out of you. I checked out the latest songs from CeCe Winans, J. Moss and Kim Burrell who were my inspiration musically and noted them down to be scored during my spare time. Just when everything became perfect like I hadn’t been crying minutes ago,my intercom rang out.
“Miss Belina, Mr Richard is here to see you”, my secretary said.
My heart skipped several beats,
“send him in please”, I said and unconsciously checked my eyes to be sure I was not showing
any sign of weakness. Within a flash, I heard a knock and I said ‘come in.
He entered and the atmosphere in the office immediately changed, I could almost swear that even the air I breathed changed instantly. He had a presence that could make you feel testy. I turned on my professional side and smiled confidently. Whether he was
surprised to see me stable and back to normal, I did not know cos, if there is someone that I knew I would find difficulty reading, it would be him.
He stood before me standing straight with male arrogance and said,
“You are ok”, he said as a statement but it still sounded as a question so I answered,
“Yes, I am. Thanks for everything sir,” I
am grateful, especially for taking that guy out of here”.
I remembered that he had given me his hankie and I started searching for it but I was so
surprised when I found myself holding it so tight with my left hand and I was alarmed when I noticed that I had not dropped it since I picked it up about an hour ago. I hid my embarrassment but he seemed to notice everything cos those blue piercing eyes could almost see into a man’s soul.
I offered him his hankie,
“Thank you for this sir and sorry for the
state you saw me then, it was just a moment of weakness”. I said.
He smiled but did not take the hankie, infact, he had been smiling all along.
“I told you before, my name is
Richard and I would like you to call me by my name, miss”, he said.
“If you would call me Belina”, I said
He smiled, “Yes, I definitely would. Now, can you tell me what that was all about?” he
asked referring to the past hour.
I had been hoping he would not refer to it but he did anyway,“
It is nothing, I prefer not to talk about it”, I said feigning a look of nonchalance.
He smiled widely this time and my beating heart started running beyond measure, “when you know me very well, you would know that it is not that easy to make me quit. I know you
present a strong woman on the outside with people present but I know that there is a tender and flower like woman on the inside that hurts deeply”.
I felt very uncomfortable but I presented a front that said, ‘I don’t know what you are talking
about’. I knew from his stance that he would pursue it so I changed the subject by attacking
him with my own curiosity, “You have foreign blood in you right?” I asked without warning.
To be continued…