?Married To
Mr Popular?
(Couple’s R0mance)
Season_2
Episode 5
By: Faith Lucky.
Bethel’s Pov:
I opened the box and my eyes met with a dazzling necklace flashing sparkles into my eyes.
Oh, God!
It was silver!
I sighed heavily and plonked myself on the bed.
My eye drooped.
I stared keenly at it to be sure, but it wasn’t changing into any other color. It was real.
He got me a silver colored necklace, instead of a gold.
Oh, geez!
I kept the necklace on my laps and buried my face in my palm.
This was meant to be the last test. It was so close. What then happened?
Oh, God!
Does that mean we’re not meant for each other? But he passed the first two. Why did he have to fail the last one?
Why a silver necklace instead of a gold?
????
I woke up the next morning, feeling kinda weak.
Ryan left home very early even before I finished taking my bath. He said he had an important schedule.
I had breakfast and left for school and on my way to class, I bumped into the school jerk – Mawthie. Geez! I had almost forgotten someone like him existed in that school.
“Hey, blondie” he called and I scoffed.
“Hey jerk”,I rolled my eyes and tried walking away, but as expected, he held me back by the wrist.
“Hey, chill okay? I just wanted to congratulate you on your brand new Bugatti” he said, still holding my hand.
“Well, you can take back your congratulations cause I don’t need to be congratulated by people who haven’t achieved anything’ I snapped and he laughed.
“You really are so bad mouthed, aren’t you? Anyways, very soon, I’ll make sure you beg me with that same mouth”.
“Yeah – I’ll be begging you to die”.
He laughed again and I tried freeing my hands from his, but couldn’t.
“Now, will you let me go? I might develop skin rashes if you keep holding me this way, because I’m pretty sure your skin must be contaminated.” I barked and he tightened his grip around me, making it hurt a little.
“Let me go!”
“Let her go!” I heard a voice say the same time with me and I turned to see it was Kyle.
Geez! Thank goodness.
“Are you deaf? Let her go”, he said again and moved closer to us.
“Hey man, chill okay? It’s not like she’s your girlfriend or something” Mawthie said as he already let go of my wrist.
“The next time I get you harassing her again, you’ll be expelled from this school”, Kyle stated.
“Yeah, I forgot you’re daddy’s little boy. Hope you don’t go home crying into his arms later on” Mawthie snorted and walked away.
Thank goodness.
“Are alright?” Kyle asked as he stood very close to me.
“Yes, thanks” I replied while looking at my wrist.
“You’re headed for class,right?” He asked.
“Yeah”,I replied and we walked to class together.
“So, you mean Ryan failed the last test?” Nicole asked as we sat in the cafe together.
The Shirley girl didn’t show up in school and I wondered if she was tryna run away from detention.
“Yeah – he got me a silver color instead” I replied despondently, staring down at my food.
We didn’t say anything for a while.
“So, does it mean we’re not meant for each other?” I asked in a low tune.
“Come on, Bethel; you can’t possibly be serious. You can’t let a lame superstitious love test determine your relationship with your husband. Besides, I never trusted that sh*t from the onset and I have no idea why you decided to go ahead with something that Crazy. You need to embrace your marriage, Bethel. Embrace it and stop acting like a kid” she spoke angrily, making my eyes dim.
Woah! That was the first time Nicole was speaking that way to me.
Well…maybe she was right.
“Fine!” I sighed and took in a slice of plantain.
“Maybe…it doesn’t work after all”
“Better. I think its best if you start putting some sense into that empty skull of yours” she said and I gasped.
“How dare you??? Do you want me to pluck out your eyes?” I asked as I hit her with my spoon and she laughed.
“Chill girlfriend, I’m just trying to make you a good wife” she said.
“Hm – coming from someone who doesn’t even have a boyfriend” I said and she hit me with her own spoon.
What?
I gasped and hit her with mine again and we ended up laughing.
I couldn’t study with Kyle after school hours because I needed to get ready for marriage classes.
But when I got home, I learnt Ryan was yet to return.
I went upstairs to my room to shower and change and when I was done, I went back to the sitting room and found just his mum sitting there.
“Oh, Bethel! You’re all ready” she said when she saw me climbing down the stairs.
“Yes, mum. Isn’t Ryan home yet?” I asked and she clicked her tongue.
“Not yet, dear. But I believe he’ll be home shortly.” She replied in a sweet tone.
“Okay, then. I’ll just get something to eat from the kitchen while I wait for him” I said and turned around to leave.
Just when I was about leaving, I heard her phone ring and she received the call.
“Hello?
“Yes.
“Whaaat?” She screamed and sprang on her feet and I quickly turned to look at her.
“Ryan???” She called in fear, her eyes bulging out.
I flinched.
“What happened to him???”
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