The Halo Effect: A Two Faced Lover
Written by Sonia Okehie
Episode 8
It’s such a sweet and beautiful feeling to love and be loved back in return. A relationship can’t be established unless the feeling is mutual between both parties because two cannot work together except they agree. It wasn’t just enough for Saint to realise his mistakes and want Rose back into his life, but also up to her to decide if she wanted him back into her life too. It’s a thing of joy indeed to know that both of them still had feelings for each other and was willing to make things work between themselves. At this point, it’s safe to acknowledge the popular saying that “what is meant for you will never pass you by”.
The k!ss Saint planted on Rose’s lips was unexpected because she was so engrossed in her emotions that she didn’t see it coming. She reciprocated and they k!ssed passionately for a while before finally parting their lips.
After the k!ss, the whole atmosphere became a bit calm and the burning sensations ceased. Saint didn’t want to make any more advances so as not to come off as having an ulterior motive. He figured it was best to take things slow between them, so as not to jeopardise things.
On the other hand, Rose also didn’t want things to go beyond that kiss because she still needed some time to process everything and think things through. After the k!ss, he pecked her on the forehead and raised her up from where they both knelt. They located the nearest couch and sat down there.
“Thank you so much for giving me another chance, you wouldn’t regret this I promise. I have to go home now because it’s already getting late, take as much time to process and think about everything. I want you back into my life and this time around, you are coming back as my one and only. I’m ready to commit to you and give my all to this relationship. Things have changed for the better and now I’m sure of what I want. I love you Rose, Happy Birthday once more” Saint said. He pecked Rose again on her forehead and walked away.
When Saint left, Rose laid down on the couch she was sitting on and folded her body like a little baby. She kept staring at the cake as she thought of Saint. Deep down, she knew that she was still very much in love with him. “Oh Lord, what should I do? Should I take him back or not? I really don’t want to make any mistake” she soberly said to herself as she laid down in thoughts.
It was such an emotional day for both parties. Saint thought of Rose all through the remaining hours of that day, same with her too. He kept praying that God touches her heart to accept him back, even though he knew that her hard shell had cracked. The future looked promising and assuring that Rose would come back to him, but he didn’t want to take any chances at all by slacking or slowing down.
As days passed by, things gradually began to fall into place for the two lovebirds. Saint made deliberate attempts everyday to solidify their relationship. He usually sent Rose money for upkeep without her asking, he sent lunch to her office whenever he had the time to order, he texted and called her daily. It was just a matter of time before Rose fell deeply in love with him again. Gradually, she started opening her heart again and Saint didn’t take any chances at all.
With each passing day, their relationship grew stronger and they started trusting each other again. With time, they started going on dates and chilling out together. They deliberately took things slow when it came to their intimate life. Matter of fact, Rose made up her mind not to let Saint touch her till he puts a ring on it. She didn’t want to loose her guards nor bring it down again, so as not to be too heartbroken if anything unexpected ever happened. She communicated with Saint that she was going to abstain and not give her body to him in the course of their relationship and he understood perfectly fine and accepted.
The fact that Saint didn’t make a fuss about Rose’s decision to abstain, made her believe he had truly changed and his feelings were certainly genuine. With ‘Love Making’ out of the way, they had enough time to focus and concentrate on other major things that guaranteed a healthy and strong relationship. They got to know each other better and invested their time and energy on things that uplifted the other. Life seemed as though it had finally smiled on them till something unfortunate happened along the line.
It happened that Saint began to make his relationship with Rose a little public. He uploaded photos of them together on his new social media handles once in a while and never hesitated to let people know that he was now ‘Taken’. Deep down, Rose was happy that he was proud of what they had and wasn’t keeping it a secret.
However, as time went on, some ladies from Saint’s past that still loved him weren’t too happy with the new development. One particular lady took things to the extreme as she wasn’t willing to fold her arms and watch another woman take her dream place in Saint’s life.
Turns out that Rose wasn’t the only one that was aware of the changed Saint; as a lot of people could see that he was now a different man. The ‘New Saint’ was more attractive than the ‘Old Saint’ and this made him more sought after by the ladies from his past. A lot of them tried to contact him as time went on but he usually told them he had someone else and wasn’t interested.
Saint didn’t bother to confide in Rose about the constant harassment he was getting from the ladies from his past because he felt it might make her insecure; of which he didn’t want that sort of negative energy in their relationship. Well, too bad because if he knew it would lead to a big problem in the future, he would have told her straight up.
One fateful day, a certain lady named Patricia called Saint and pleaded with him that she wanted them to talk about something business related. The lady was someone from his past that wanted him to be hers by all means. The thought of Saint being with someone else with all the admirable package he had, drove Patricia crazy and made her even more determined to get him no matter what.
Initially, when Patricia called Saint, he didn’t want to honour her appointment but had to do so because she mentioned that it was strictly business related. She was the one that suggested her house and he didn’t think there was an ulterior motive to that suggestion because he had been to her house many times in the past.
The appointment was scheduled for evening but Saint moved it to afternoon to avoid stories. That fateful afternoon, he arrived at Patricia’s apartment to listen to the business proposal she had been disturbing him for almost a week to hear. When he entered inside her living room, the first thing she did was try to peck him, of which he swiftly shifted his face.
“If this is why you called me here, then I might as well take my leave. Let’s get to the business proposal you called me here to look at” Saint bluntly said, “I am sorry, let me get you something to drink so we can get to business” Patricia said. She went inside the kitchen and came back with a drink.
Unknown to Saint, the drink was drugged but he had no single clue. He took a sip and they got talking. Few minutes after taking several sips, he suddenly became dizzy and knocked off on Patricia’s couch.
With Saint deeply asleep, Patricia hurriedly undressed him and undressed herself too. With the help of camera timer, she took intimate pictures with him in such a way that one would think they made love. After taking the pictures, she kissed him passionately. “No one can have you if I can’t, I miss those lips” she gently muttered. When she was satisfied with her evil motives, she dressed him back and pretended as though noting happened.
It was getting dark but Saint was still fast asleep. Rose called him thrice but Patricia let the phone ring without picking up. She was able to get Rose’s number from Saint’s phone and stored it on her phone because she had something up her sleeves.
Finally, after over six hours of sleeping, Saint woke up. Immediately he opened his eyes, he was shocked to find out that he just woke up from sleep and also was still at Patricia’s house. Immediately she saw that he was now awake, she walked towards him and pretended to be surprise.
“Oh, thank God you are now awake! I was scared” Patricia said, “Did I sleep here? What happened?” Saint curiously asked, “I am surprised myself, while we were discussing, you suddenly became dizzy and slept off. I guess you were just stressed out and tired” she lied.
Without wasting any more time, Saint told Patricia that he had to leave and zoomed out. It was when he got into his car that he realised that Rose had been calling him. He saw her missed calls and immediately called her back. “Hello babe, I am so sorry; I was asleep when you called” he said. Rose tried to inquire where he was but he told her he had a business meeting with a friend and unknowingly dozed off there. She understood and told him to drive home safe.
Unknown to Saint, a big disaster was up ahead. It turns out that Patricia forwarded the pictures she took to Rose’s WhatsApp that same evening with a message that read; “You can’t keep what isn’t yours, stay clear!”. Patricia knew she had the right person because Rose’s display picture gave her away.
Few minutes after Rose was done talking to Saint, her phone beeped and she reluctantly checked her notification and saw that it was a WhatsApp message. On seeing that the message was from an unknown number, she opened it to see it’s content and almost collapsed when she saw the pictures and message.
At that moment, Rose died a thousand times and couldn’t breathe properly. She placed her hand on her chest and gently muttered “It can’t be true”.
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