"Are you sure about this Mrs Hills? I mean, I really want to do my best in giving him the biggest surprise of his life. The last time I saw him was on our wedding night. This is very exciting news to me. Let me go prepare myself. Please don't make dinner tonight, I will make for my husband. I would also like for y'all to leave early so that we can have the whole house to ourselves." Said Faith in a very exciting tone.
Mrs Hills could see the excitement in her eyes and she also felt like crying. She only wishes that the old woman was still alive to see for herself that the woman she chose for her grandson is the best.
The lady he used to date would never think of making dinner for him. Infact that woman did not even recognise who Mrs Hills was.
She treated every worker in this house like a slave. She also could not even fake loving the old lady.
Everyone could see how irritated she was when she saw the old lady. She must have been very happy when she heard that the old lady was gone.
Unfortunately, for her no matter how happy she may be. She will never be the first lady of this house becaus the old lady made sure that her grandson marries the woman of her choice before she died.
She feels sorry for this woman though because he has never spent a night with her.
How is she going to produce an heir if the man does not even spend a night with her. She may try to be strong but she could see that she was dying inside.
She saw her standing up and rushing to the fridge and she said, "time is not on my side so I will not have time to go to the store. I will make the best meal out of what we have. My mom has always taught me to always make the best out of what I have. Mrs Hills, you guys can leave. I will be fine on my own."
Mrs Hills did not object to what she had planned to do. She used to spend time with the old lady. If there is one thing she knows more than anyone. Is the fact that the old lady died while pestering his grandson to marry this woman.
The old lady also used to call her to come make her some food. She would always say, "my grand daughter I miss your food, come and cook for me when you find time."
She remembers that everyone in the house would be happy when she comes. Because the truth is, they all enjoyed the food she cooked.
It has been three years since they got married but in actual fact, she has not even spent a night with her husband.
The day they got married, he boarded a plane and left her in the chapel. He only told his assistant to take her to their new home.
This is the man she has had a crush on ever since she was a teenager. Her mother was very close to his grandmother and they would sometimes come and see the old lady.
She used to see him from afar and she fell in love with him. They have never spoken to each other except when greeting each other.
The day they got married, he was very angry and she had no idea why he was angry. She was made to sign a contract.
She did not even read whatever she was made to sign. She was just too excited to marry the man of her dreams.
Infact even if she was not excited about the marriage. She was not given the chance to be read what she was made to sign.
Little did she know that she was only marrying the walls. The first few months were the hardest but after realising that she might live alone in this house. She decided that it will be best she get enrolled at the university and further her studies.
She had talked to Mrs Hills who contacted the one of the most trusted people of the old lady. They agreed to pay her fees and they were also happy that she wanted to be a jewellery designer.
They were happy that she will help in the family business and bring it to greater heights.
So time has past and it has been three years. She has been too busy with school work such that she has not even felt the need of having Elic around.
She remembers that two months back Elic called her and shouted at her. He kept on saying things that she did not understand.
But she did not put it to heart because she had an exam that she needed to write. She had told herself that nothing will stop her from getting her master's degree.
She did not attend the graduation because she did not want to find herself crying. She knows that graduates will be having their loved ones there to support them.
She has no one who will be there to support her. Her grandfather is too old to be attending such ceremonies.
So she opted in paying to receive only her certificate and not attend the graduation ceremony.
She was very happy yesterday when she received her certificate. She will be using this to apply for a job.
However, when she talked to Mrs Hills about finding a job. Mrs Hills talked about the fact that she will need to ask for Elic's approval.
How can she get Elic's approval. The man has never come to see her. Sometimes she could see him on the news and they will be saying that he is around the city.
However, he will not even think of coming to see her. She would always ask herself who was the woman that was always next to him.
They seem as if they were a couple and sometimes when she tries to call him. A woman would answer the phone.
She has spent nights crying and wishing to reverse marrying this man. She has tried her best to research about how to keep a man.
However, everything she has read about online was useless to her if the man will not even spend one night with her.
Tonight she will do her best to do just that. She started preparing her meal while singing. Once the food was ready, she went to take a bath.
She put on a sexy lingerie that she had bought and told herself that she will wear it the day Elic comes back home.
Indeed today is the day she will be wearing it. There has been times when she would think of getting a pair of scissors and cutting it off.
But she would tell herself that he will come one day. Look at it now, he is coming and she is wearing it.
She put on a coat on top on the lingerie them went down stairs to set the table.
After she had finished doing that, she sat on the table and waited for him. She was very nervous about this.
A part of her thought of the possibility of him not coming and thought of what the maids will be saying the following day.
She shook her head and reprimanded herself from having negative thoughts. Then she heard the sound of a car outside.
She smiled, she knew that Mrs Hills was not lying to her. Today he has decided to come see her.
He got into the house and he was very shocked to find the house empty. Then he saw romantic candles.
The house was full of candles and roses which led him to the dinner table. On that table was the woman he hated the most.
For a moment though, he was taken by her beauty. She was wearing a coat but she had not fastened the buttons. The lingerie was visible.
He salivated at the beauty before him then he remembered who she was. He got irritated and said, "is this what you have been doing these past years behind my back."
Faith did not want to argue with him or ruin the mood. She opted not to reply him and she said instead, "before we can ask ourselves how we have been these past three years. It will be best we first fill our empty stomachs. Come sit and let us eat."
Even though he was reluctant to do this but he kept on remembering the days on which Mrs Hills would come to the office to give him food.
When he talked to her one day, she told him that Faith had been the one preparing that food for him.
So seeing the food before him which looked appetizing and well garnished. He couldn't wait to have a taste of it.
He decided to sit and eat the food. Whatever he has come to do tonight will have to wait till they finish eating.
They had their dinner in silence. Faith was scared of having a conversation with him.
Elic was not afraid of her but there was just nothing he could say with this stupid woman.
After they had their meal, he stood up and went to his brief case. He took out papers in the brief case.
He went to her and fear engulfed her when she saw him coming closer to her. Then he said to her, "three years is over, sign the divorce papers and let us go our separate ways. My accountant will deposit three million into your account first thing in the morning. As for this house, the owner is moving into the house tomorrow. I want you out of the house before she arrives here."
Faith said, "Elic!"
Elic said, "woman, I want no drama. We both know that it was never meant to last. I have always had my own taste in women and you certainly do not fit to be my woman. You are not my taste. Not only are you not my taste but you are also not fit to stand next to me in public as my woman. It would be a disgrace and I wouldn't even be able to face people because of that."
Tears streamed down her cheeks, she couldn't control herself. She didn't want to cry in front of him but the words he spoke were hurtful.
She said to him, "I will only sign these papers on one condition."
He looked at her and said, "who are you to think of bargaining with me? Did I say you should put down your conditions of signing the papers?"
She ignored his question and said, "if you want to live your life with your woman. I will sign these papers but like I said there is a condition. It's up to you whether you do that or not. As for how much you yearn to have her as your wife will depend on if you will do my condition or not. Without accepting it then I will also not give you my signature."
Elic was very irritated at her but then he decided to hear out this condition. After all, his woman has been pestering him about when he will divorce the woman his grandmother chose for him. He said, "I am listening."
She said, "you will fulfill your husband duties tonight in bed after that we will go our separate ways. I will never bother you ever again. In fact, I will live in a place far away from you."
He laughed and said, "you expect me to sleep with a slut? You want me to sleep with you? Your men outside are now failing to satisfy you?"
She said, "then there are no papers that I will sign."
She stood up and she was prepared to leave him, he grabbed her arm and said, "where do you think you are going?"
She said, "it's late, I am going to rest."
When he held her arm, the coat opened and a larged part of her body was seen which made his manhood harden.
He was enticed and finally decided to give in to her condition. However, because he was angry and he was also being forced to do this. He was very rough.
He noticed that she was tight but he refused to accept the reality. He wanted to believe the rumours about her being a slut.
He believed that she must have done something to her vagina to make it this tight. He has heard that she sleeps with different men.
She was crying when he was doing it but she cried silently. He had sex with her countless times and he even forgot to use protection.
To tell the truth, at first he wanted to use it but after inserting it and realising that she was tight. He felt like he will deprive himself of enjoying her if he can put a condom.
After he finished enjoying himself, he slept, he doesn't want to lie. He was tired, he hasn't had much sleep lately because it was the busiest time of the year in the company.
She got up and went to take a bath. Then she came back and pack her things. She looked at her husband one last time.
This is the last time she will get to have a chance to see him this closely and to see him naked for that matter.
He has taken away her most precious thing which is her virginity. But losing it to the man she has always loved was not a problem to her.
She has after all been saving it to please him and indeed at first he did it just because she forced him.
But as he continued, he seemed to even enjoy it such that for the first time in her marriage. She heard him calling her "baby."
Infact to be exact, he said, "damn baby, I love it, you are so tight."
Those are the only words she will remember. She took the papers and signed them. Then she took her luggage and left.
She did not have much clothes on because she rarely came out of the house ever since she got married.
She took her mother's car and left. When she came to this house, she only had her mother's car and luggage.
She drove to her grandfather's house and when she parked the car. The old man was already on the front door waiting for her.
He said to her, "when I saw lights coming towards the house. I could only think of one person that could come here at four o'clock in the morning. I must say, I am very happy to see you here my dear grand daughter. I have been wondering, how long will you stay in that house? Your life is at stand still in that house. You are still young and need to enjoy life while you still can. Come, get in! we don't want you to be catching cold."
She got in and found that her grandfather has already put the kettle on. She was grateful, she really needed to take herbal tea that can soothe her pain and make her sleep.
Even though there was no herbal tea that could soothe a heart break but at least it can still make her feel relaxed and she will eventually fall asleep.
Her grandfather has been telling her over and over to leave that man but she always says, "I love him grandpa."
His grandfather was from another country but because he loved his wife so much. He decided to be the one to come to this country.
However, this did not stop him from building his retirement home back in his home country and it also did not stop him from burying his wife and daughter there.
He has been asking his granddaughter that they should move out but she has refused.
He felt that he was now too old and needed to be closer to his wife's grave. He also wanted to be in his farm. He was tired of living in the city.
Seeing her with a luggage has brought joy in his heart because this might mean that she is ready to move out of the country now.
He is not happy because his grand daughter has been heart broken but he is happy to remove her from this place.
He understands perfectly well that the man she married is not from her social status. If it wasn't because of the will. She also wouldn't have married him.
He saw her going to the kitchen to make tea after she had placed her luggage in her room. He shook his head.
She did not want to talk about this and he will not force her to say anything. He simply said, "remember to switch off the lights when you go to sleep. I will see you later."
He went to his bedroom and he got on his bed. Took the photos next to him and shook his head. His grand daughter was as stubborn as his wife and daughter.
He took his phone and bought plane tickets online. They needed to leave this place before his grand daughter decides otherwise.
He brushed the pictures and shook his head then said, "your graves are probably full of grass. You must be wondering where I am. You two asked me to take good care of her and I am in this country only because of her. However, it seems as if we will be leaving soon."
He then fell asleep while still talking and holding the pictures. He has not been feeling well lately and his body was tired.
Faith had a cup of tea then she went to her bedroom. When she got into bed, she wanted to cry but she had no tears.
She has been too stubborn and had also hoped that Elic will eventually fall in love with her. However, he did not do that. He still loved his ex girlfriend.
She has been lying to herself all this time and she has been trying her best in taking good care of herself in the name of pleasing Elic.
However, Elic did not even notice her. He did not even realise that she was a virgin when he entered her.
She wondered where he took the idea that she was a slut. He is the only man she can say was her boyfriend.
She has never had any man in her life except him and today he took away her innocence. All in the name of a divorce.
She decided that when she wakes up, she will convince her grandfather to leave this country. Little did she know that the old man has already planned to do that.
The moment he got into his room, he bought plane tickets. He did not have to be told about anything.
Defeat was written all over his grand daughter's face. He could see that she was heartbroken and he knew that she still needed space.
She will open up to him when the time is right. Right now he should let her sleep.
When Elic woke up, the woman who was his wife was not next to him. He frowned, could he have slept that much such that he did not even hear her get out of bed.
He stood up and saw the papers on top of the dressing table. He got closer to them because he was anxious to see if she has signed them or not.
He wondered if it was he was seeing what he was thinking of or his eyes were deceiving him.
He smiled when he saw the signature then he turned and prepared to go take a bath so that he can go to work.
This is one moment he has been waiting for ever since he married this woman. He has been thinking about the day she signs for the divorce.
He was already late for work. He stopped on his tracks the moment he saw blood on the bed sheet.
He got closer and checked it out. He was very shocked, this was indeed blood. How was that possible? Wasn't he told that this woman sleeps with different men.
The sign of blood is proof that they have been feeding him with wrong information. Could this be the reason why she was so tight.
He shook his head and went to take a bath. He can not think of this right now. He can not allow himself to be stressed over this.
He is supposed to be happy that she has signed the divorce papers and not feel pity for her or anything for that matter. When he came back, there was a knock on the door.
He frowned, who could be knocking on the door? He went to open it and found Mrs Hills. She seemed anxious and wondered what was wrong with her.
He opened the door and let her in then said, "it's an honour to have you come see me first thing in the morning. What is wrong?"
She looked on the bed and said, "sir, Faith is gone. Someone says that they saw her putting her luggage in her mother's car. She left, could that mean that she is not coming back?"
Elic frowned, he wondered if that was true. He went to the wardrobe and indeed there was no sign of her clothes in there.
The dressing table was also empty, he did not even notice that. He was so focused on the divorce papers such that he did not even notice that her things were not here.
The way she took her things, there was no sign of her ever living in this room before.
Elic gave her the divorce papers and said, "take this to the home affairs department and tell them to finalise it as soon as possible."
Mrs Hills shook her head and said, "she sacrificed her virginity for these papers. I don't mean to disrespect you sir but you will never find a woman as good as this woman. If I can tell you the things that were done in this house by the woman who is always by your side whenever the media is with you. You would say that I am bluffing. This was a well mannered woman and only loved you. She preserved herself for you unlike the woman by your side. I will do as you have asked after all, you are my boss whether I am happy with decisions you make or not. It doesn't change the fact that you are my superior but it will not be for long."
She stormed out of the bedroom. She did not even want to hear him say a single word. She was fuming and felt that her blood pressure will go up today.
She thanked the Heavens that they took the old lady before she could see her grandson messing things up.
She felt sorry for this woman, she was also angry at the fact that she was willing to sacrifice her virginity for such a fool.
She should have preserved herself for a man that will love and honour her. Not someone that sees her as a business deal.
This just shows that he married her because his grandmother had said that she will not give him everything she owned if she does not marry the woman she has chosen for him.
She remembers that she also emphasized that she has her own reasons why she insist that he marries her.
She emphasized that he should spend more time with her and he will see why she chose her for him.
Unfortunately, this boy did not do any of the things that his grandmother asked of. The only thing he managed to do was marry her.
He only married her in paper but in real life he was busy with that slut. Does this boy even see who that girl is or he is blinded by love.
She was so angry such that she saw that she will not be able to work today so she went back to her house.
Infact if this woman was gone then there was no reason for her to continue working for the Elton family.
She has only remained in this family because of the woman the old lady brought. If she was gone then there was nothing here for her.
She vowed that she will write a letter of resignation and go back to her home town. She was better off at her home than to see this boy doing the opposite of everything the old lady taught him.
Elic was very shocked to see the old woman very angry. She kind of reminds him of his grandmother.
She also said things about Lisa, what does she know about Lisa? What right does she have to speak bad words about my woman?
It might be time for her to put this woman into her place. He still wondered where this lady has gone to.
He remembers that she promised to leave this city if he sleeps with her. He only hopes that she has done that.
He also does not want Lisa to know that he has finally slept with this woman. He remembers that she asked him to promise that he will never touch her.
Indeed, all these three years he has avoided coming back to this house. Because he did not want to find himself breaking the promise.
How will he be able to face her now that he has broken the promise? He was worried that she might throw her tantrums once she discovered this.
He vowed that he will do his best to hide this from her. He actually felt guilty that he slept with his wife. Because legally this was his wife and he had no reason of feeling guilty to sleep with her.
But he did not see it this way. He actually felt like he was cheating on his mistress by sleeping with his wife.
He got ready and went downstairs. When he got to the breakfast table. All the dishes were not appetising for him.
There were lots of things on his mind. A part of him wanted Mrs Hills to elaborate why she thinks Faith is the innocent one and not Lisa.
Another thing that was stressing him was for Lisa not to find out what he has done last night with Faith.
He asked, "where is Mrs Hills?"
One maid said, "she went back to her room."
He said, "go call her and tell her to clean my room. I do not want anyone else to clean it but her."
They all nodded and one of them ran to give Mrs hills the message. When she received the message, she laughed and said, "typical of him. I can't believe that I promised the old woman that I will look after her grandson. If he was my grandson, I would have spanked him even though he is at this age."
The maid said, "we were also told to prepare the whole house because the new owner is coming. Mrs Hills, who is the new owner?"
Mrs Hills said, "please get out of the house. I don't want to hear anymore of the rubbish you are speaking."
She went into the kitchen and got herself a herbal tea. She drank it slowly and thought things through.
She then stood up and went to Elic's bedroom and did as he had commanded. But she vowed that if Lisa was coming to live in this house then there was really nothing left for her here.
After she finished cleaning up, she was told that Elic has called and asked her to do the cooking for tonight's dinner.
She roared in anger and said, "what does this boy take me for?"
She then took the phone and called Elic's office. Daniel answered the phone and Mrs Hills did not even greet him.
She simply said, "tell that fool that I will not cook dinner for him and that slut. I would rather die than to do that. Also when you find time, do help your boss out. Research about that fool and give him the correct information about the woman that sleeps on his arms."