WHEN LOVE JUST HAPPENS : EPISODE 21 – 30
EPISODE 22
THE PRESENT
It’s been over a week since Jane’s accident, and her wounds have almost completely healed. She was still staying at Jeffery’s, he insisted she stayed till the doctor clears her to resume work. He still doesn’t allow her to climb the stairs herself; he always insists on carrying her anytime she is to take the stairs. Jane is beginning to think he just derives pleasure in carrying her.
It was on a Friday morning and it was Jeffrey’s 30th birthday; Jane always marvels at the height he has attained at his age, it’s a wonder he isn’t rude and haughty like most people his age who have such amount of achievements would be.
He was still lying in bed when Jane got up. She snook out of bed early enough to prepare him breakfast.
Even after his housekeeper cleaned up the guest room; a day after Jane returned from the hospital, Jeffery still found a way to cajole her into sleeping in his room, with the promise of not making any sexual advances towards her and so far he has been true to his words. She noticed she slept better when on same bed with him and she hasn’t had any episode of her nightmares like she feared she would if she started talking about her past. There is this feeling of peace she has when she is with him; she always feels secured.
“Oh God what is happening to me? I’m not beginning to fall him or am I?”
She got no response, but the whizzing sound of the kettle on the gas cooker, letting her know the water in it has boiled.
She prepared omelette along with some bread toasts and a cup of tea. She was going to surprise him with a breakfast in bed though there was a bigger surprise awaiting him later in the evening at his house, his friends Michael and Dele has a surprise party planned for him and Jane is going to assist them in tricking him out of the house so the event planner can come in and set up the place for the surprise birthday party.
Jane came into Jeffrey’s room with the tray containing the meal she just prepared.
He was still sleeping, she placed the tray on a table by the side of the bed. She climbed on the bed to wake him up; he looked so adorable sleeping on his tummy with his right hand placed underneath his tummy and his left hand underneath the pillow. Jane couldn’t but smile at the childish look on his face as he slept. With each passing day her likeness for him keeps growing stronger, she keeps trying to push the feelings away and they always come back doubled.
She bent over to have a closer look at him, just then he grabbed her waist and she fell on him, she tried protesting but then he gave her a soft kss on her lips, she raised her head to look at him; he was smiling.
“Good morning, I didn’t know you were awake?”
“Good morning to you too pumpkin, I woke up a few minutes ago but was too lazy to stand up”
His voice was hoarse from just waking up from sleep, it make made Jane want to kss him again.
“How was your night?”
“It was awesome, I feel so tired I don’t want to get up”
“Oh sorry but you will have to get up because I prepared you breakfast”
Jane got the tray containing the food and placed it on the bed.
“Wow breakfast in bed, that’s nice what are we celebrating?”
“Happy birthday”
“You remembered?”
“Of I remembered, I couldn’t forget even if I wanted to”
“This smells nice, no one has ever served me breakfast in bed before
“Are you serious?”
“Yes”
“Like ever ever?”
“Nope, why do you seem suprised?”
Jane was surprised to hear him say he has never been served breakfast in bed before, because she thought it to be something he would be used to, probably from his ex girlfriends or even maids.
“Nothing, just eat your food”
He opened the plate and when he saw it’s contents he smiled.
“Come here”
He pulled her in for a kss, this time it was a slow and passionate kss which teased Jane’s senses. When they pulled apart, Jane tried speaking but couldn’t find her voice so she had to clear her throat, this made Jeffery smile obviously aware of what he was doing to her.
“Do you have anything planned for today?”
“Emmmm not really, just a few office work I need to tidy up, I had my secretary clear up my schedule for today, I just want to do nothing but rest”
“On your birthday? You would to keep that rest for later because we are going out once you are done with work”
“Really, where are we going?”
“That’s a suprise so eat up and get to work for we are going out”
“Yes your highness, someone is learning to be bossy”
“I am learning from the best”
Jane watched him as he ate his food.
“Aren’t you going to join me?”
“No I’m good”
He took a forkful of omelette and fed her.
“Here have some”
“No I’m….”
“Don’t even think of objecting just open up”
They ended up eating the food together. When they were done, Jeffery insisted on doing the dishes even with Jane’s protects.
“Why won’t just you allow me to do the dishes?”
“You prepared the meal so I have to assist with the dishes”
“It ruins the whole purpose of the birthday treat you know?”
“I still insist on doing the dishes”
When Jeffery was done with the dishes, Jane insisted he starts working immediately so he can finish on time for them to go out.
By 12noon, Jane went into one of the rooms Jeffery converted into his home office, she opened the door a fraction and peeped, Jeffery was busy typing away on his laptop, he was looking all serious. Jane walked in and stood in front of his table, he still didn’t notice her, so she went and sat on his laps.
“Baby I am almost done I will be with you shortly”
“It’s 12noon already, you said same thing an hour ago”
“I know, I’m sorry I promise I will be with you soon”
Jane placed her head on his chest while he tried to still type on his laptop with her on his laps.
“Baby you know I can’t concentrate with you on my laps”
“Do you want me to stand up then?”
“No no no don’t, I want you here, I …”
Jane shut him up with a kss, it was a tease at first then it progresed into a slow and delicate kss and then she teased his lower lip and nibbled on it, just when he was about to take possession of the kss, she pulled back.
Jane smiled at him and asked; “are you still busy?”
“No I am done for the day”
“I thought as much, I have everything we will be needing already packed so please go get ready so we can leave”
“You are yet to tell where exactly we are going?”
“It’s a surprise remember? Telling you is going to ruin the whole point of the surprise”
“You amaze me you know?”
“How do you mean?”
“You acting all nice and all”
“Am I not supposed to be nice?”
“You know what I mean, the way you have been acting this past week does that mean we are dating now?”
Jane tried standing up from his laps but he held her down with his hands.
“Jane you don’t have to run away anytime I bring up this topic, it’s okay if you don’t want to talk about it”
“I’m not running away, it’s just I think you wouldn’t want to date me with my vicous past”
“I really don’t care about it, you are all I care about”
“You just wait until you hear the end of my story”.
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“I can’t remember the last time I came to the beach, thanks for this Jane”
Jane had taken him to the beach for his birthday, they were sitting in one of the gazebo made of thatch while they watched the water waves.
“Are you serious but I thought your family owns a beach house?”
“It’s actually mine but it’s been a while I went there last”
“Why then did you get it in the first place if you aren’t going to use it?”
“I don’t know, it felt like a reasonable thing to do back then I guess”
Jane served him one of the sandwiches she had packed, she noticed he always tends to overwork himself; it was as if he was trying to prove a point to someone.
“I guess being rich gives you the leverage of being able to buy things at the spur of the moment”
“You sound like you have something against being rich?”
“Of course I have nothing against being rich”
”Okay so what is the but?”
”I noticed you tend to overwork yourself, it’s as if you are trying to prove a point to someone”
”Yeah I’m trying to prove a point to my father”
”Why do you need to do that?”
”While I was growing up, we never got along he always said I would amount to nothing”
”That’s why you keep overworking yourself just to prove a point to him?”
”Yeah, I know I shouldn’t but I just can’t help it”
”I’m sure he said those things out of anger, you shouldn’t allow that to be your driving force”
”Yeah I know”
”Promise me you will stop overworking yourself and try to rest more?”
“I promise, now enough about me tell me what do you do for fun?”
“I read books”
“Jane I said for fun, who reads for fun?”
“I do, reading is actually fun”
“Woah, okay what else?”
“I love to try out new recipes”
“Wait what are you, miss boring?”
“Cooking is fun, it helps to relieve stress, you should try it sometimes”
“Have you ever heard of partying or clubbing?”
“I don’t like clubbing in-fact I think it’s actually overrated where is the fun in screaming and shouting at the top of one’s lungs”
“You make it sound really h®rrible when you put it like that”
“That’s how I see it”
“What else you do for fun, please don’t tell me writing”
Jane started scratching her ear because he was actually right, she always enjoys writing, it helps her to get things off her mind as she tends to put her feelings into writing.
“Emmm…..you are actually correct”
“When was the last time you went to a club?”
“I have never been to a club”
“Are you for real, why?”
“Nothing, I’m just scared I might get hurt if I go”
“Has this got anything to do with your experience at the Okafors?”
Jane nodded, Jeffery felt a new surge of anger for that family, they seem to have managed to ruin almost everything for his Jane, he is definitely going to make them pay. Even though he promised Jane he wasn’t going to look for them, he definitely was going to look for them and when he finds them they are going to pay dearly.
“Will you go if I take you? I promise to be by your side the whole time”
“I guess I can try”
“Thank you”
“For?”
“Trusting me”
“I trust you Jeffery if I didn’t I wouldn’t be staying at your place”
“Yeah, but sometimes the vibe you give off is quite different, when I try to touch you, you act like I repulse you”
“On the contrary, you don’t repulse me, I find you very attractive but ever since my ordeal with the Okafors I have never had any sxual involvement with anyone, I can’t get myself to do so without remembering it”
“Oh baby I’m so sorry”
Jeffery reached out and took her hands his, he gave it a soft squeeze.
“I promise to wait till whenever you are ready I’m not going anywhere, have you tried seeing a therapist?”
“Yeah”
“Did it help?”
“No, I didn’t go through with it”
“Why is that?”
“During one of the sessions, my therapist hypnotized and rapped me”
“What did you just say?”
“Yeah he rapped me, so I stopped going”
“Tell me you had him arrested?”
“No I didn’t, of what use would it be? Reporting him was only going to lead the police into digging into my past and then leading the Okafors to me”
“Babe your reporting him to the police stops him from doing it to other patients”
“Yeah I thought so too but thankfully another patient of his whom he did same thing to, reported him to the police and had him arrested”
“Good, tell me he got a life sentence?”
“Not really but he did get a jail term and his license ceased”
“Good, very good, I’m so sorry for what you had to go through”
”It’s fine none of it was your fault”
”So tell me how did you leave the Okafors and who did you kill?”
“I will tell you that but not today, it’s your birthday I don’t want to ruin it with sad tales”
“If you say so”
They spent the next two hours at the beach, Jeffery cracked Jane up with his childhood stories and how he almost gave his mother a heart attack when he said he was going to become a monk. Later they joined other couples at the beach to play volleyball and other games. When it was evening, Jeffery suggested they go back home but Jane was yet to get any signal from Micheal and Dele for her to bring him home, so she suggested they go window shopping instead.
“Jane this dress soothes you, it actually brings out the color of your eyes”
It was a short green dress which Jane feared was going to be too short on her and expensive too. They were in one of the most expensive boutiques in Lagos, right from the moment they walked in, Jane knew coming here was a mistake as everything about the boutique spoke money and class.
“I know but it’s just too expensive besides this was supposed to be a window shopping”
“Come on, how about you just try it on?”
“Okay.. fine”
The salesgirl who has been trying to persuade Jane into trying out almost every dress on the hangers, gladly followed her into the changing room.
When Jane stepped out of the dressing room and walked up to the couch where Jeffery was sitting; she heard a man who was shopping with his wife whistle she turned to see that everyone in the room including Jeffery were staring at her. At first she thought something was amiss so she turned to the salesgirl who was walking behind her and asked why everyone was staring at them.
“It’s because you look gorgeous in dress”
It was a knee length body hugging dress which made Jane’s b®®bs and hips more prominent.
“Really, are you sure?”
“Yes, your boyfriend can confirm it”
“He is not my.. you know what never mind”
Jane was about to correct her about her relationship with Jeffery, but then who would she be deceiving, herself or the salesgirl? She practically sleeps on the guy’s bed, they kiss each other good morning and good night every day. Most people who are dating aren’t even this close. She would have to define this relationship no matter how long she runs from it.
When she walked up to where Jeffery was sitting; he stood grinning from ear to ear like a teenager on his first date.
“You are so taking this dress babe”
“But it…”
“No buts”
“I think it’s revealing too much cleavage and it’s short too”
Jeffery got closer and wrapped his hands around her waist then bent and whispered in her ears.
“Those are the things I love most about the dress, that’s why you are taking it”
Jane stood shocked looking at him while he walks away to go pay for the dress, he turned and winked her. This made Jane blush.
While Jeffery was paying for the dress; Jane got a text from Dele letting her know she can bring Jeffery home as the place was set for his surprise birthday party.
When he was done paying for the dress; they drove back to his house.
“Why are there so many cars parked out here, what’s going on?”
“I’m surprised myself let’s go in and find out”
When they walked in, the living room was dark so Jeffrey turned on the light.
“Surprise!”
WHEN LOVE JUST HAPPENS : EPISODE 21 – 30
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