Eric walked in the direction of his house and just as he was about to take the turn that led to his house, his phone buzzed and he stopped immediately. He reached for his phone in his pocket and brought it out, checking to see who was calling. The sun was up and shiny, making him unable to see clearly, so he sourced a shady place to stay and check who was calling. Before he got there, the call had already ended, and he checked to see who it was. He smirked softly as he saw that it was Sonia that was calling. Why was she calling? Eric asked in his mind as he dialed the contact. Sonia was the best friend of Samantha, and they have been friends since they were kids. They went through high school and college together and have remained friends ever since. She was not really in support of Samantha getting married to Eric, but after much back and forth between her and her best friend, she had no choice but to respect her decision. Eric knew that she had called him to tease him, and he was r
“To have a nice time with the husband of my best friend. At least if I am going to like you as her husband, there are baby steps.” Sonia said in a low tone as she leaned forward to look at Eric clearly.“Samantha and I do not need your approval. I don't need you to like me. Samantha loves me and that is all that matters.” Eric replied to her sharply and waited for her to talk, but she kept mute for a moment. Sonia thought that trading words with him would only jeopardize her plan, and she was not ready for it. She heaved a sigh as she already knew what to do to him.“You are suddenly quiet. Did I make you realize something?” Eric asked and Sonia tilted her head to glance at him, resisting all urge to talk back at him, but finally gave in to the urge. “You know what? Let's just have a nice time, and we will talk about all these when are done eating.” Sonia said in a low tone, and Eric nodded his head slowly, adjusting on his seat as they waited for the waiter to bring their orders. No
“You can't just leave, Eric. Do something.” Sonia said lowly in a shaky voice as fear was evident in her tone. Her heart beat faster as she was scared of what will become of her if she did not have a means of settling the bills. Eric stopped walking abruptly and turned around to give her a pale look as if he had a pity for her before bursting into laughter, pointing at her. “Who said I can't leave? This was your idea in the first place. Isn't it?” Eric asked with his eyebrow furrowed briefly before taking his gaze away from her. Sonia kept mute as she was not thinking straight. All that ran through her mind was how she was going to escape all these embarrassments. “Watch me leave you here to pay all your bill. After all, you ate all the food.” Eric said, tilting his head to look at the waiter, who stood there and watched the whole drama that ensued between them. He cleared his throat, grabbing both their attention, and they both tilted their heads at the same time to look at him.“M
Eric rushed home quickly, as he did not want to delay his wife any longer. He walked into his house swiftly, but he could not find his wife in the sitting room. “Honey!” He yelled as he walked towards the kitchen to check on her but was disappointed as he could not find her there. “Where could she be?” He wondered as he slowly walked out of the kitchen to the room, hoping to find her.“Samantha!” He called out as he walked into the room but stood there with a look of confusion as he could not find his wife. He took a deep breath as his heart began to pound faster. Worried about his wife, he slowly walked to the bed and sat on the edge, using his palm to support his chin as he leaned forward. He heaved a heavy sigh as he tried to think of where his wife might be at the moment but he could not think of any.“Rachael!” He suddenly whispered as his mind wandered off to Samantha's mom and brother. He stood up rapidly from the bed and made an attempt to walk out of the room, but he decided
“How about this?” Samantha asked Eric as she placed her dress over her body and turned to look at him.“This is perfect. It looks beautiful on you.” Eric said in a low tone as he tilted his head away briefly to scout for his clothes. After much deliberation, they finally picked a cloth, and they got ready for dinner. “Taking a cab?” Samantha asked as they walked out of the house to the roadside.“I already booked us a ride.” He replied, tilting his head away from her slowly as he heaved a sigh, thinking about what had happened between him and Sonia earlier in the day. Sonia had wanted to embarrass him, but she ended up being embarrassed instead. He chuckled as he remembered that she was asked to clean the whole restaurant to pay for the bills. “She would still be there cleaning.” Eric thought to himself and chuckled again.“What is going on?” Samantha suddenly asked, grabbing his attention as he suddenly tilted his head to look at her, making a puzzled face as if he wanted her to say
“Says someone who is about to join me in cleaning,” Sonia said and Samantha wanted to respond to her, but Eric signaled her with his eyes not to respond, and she kept quiet.“Hope you are enjoying your meal, sweetheart?” He asked, trying to tease Sonia as she turned slowly to look at them.“Yes, baby. I am.” Samantha responded and they continued their meal. Shortly after, Sonia was done cleaning the floor and waited for them to eat their food, hoping that they were going to be asked to clean the restaurant as well.“You never really learn, do you?” Eric asked as he slowly tilted his head to look at Sonia and she smirked.“Learn what?” She asked sharply.“You don't get it yet? You can't embarrass me. You tried it earlier, and it did not work out for you, and now you think that I will be disgraced here?” Eric said, and she smirked again, looking at him directly into the eyes.“I just hope you have got your cleaning shoes on. Your wife is the one I pity the most. How could you bring her
Everyone gasped as they heard the sound of the slap that landed on Sonia's face. She held her face tightly as she slowly tilted her head to give Eric a stern look.“Keep the name of my wife out of your dirty mouth,” Eric said in a low but sharp tone as he stared deeply into her eyes. Samantha only watched in shock, as she had never seen him in such an angry mood before. The whole place went silent as everyone was trying to make sense of what was happening. Eric tilted his head to look at the whole people whose attention was already on him, but he did not fret a bit about his action.“What did you do that for?” The waiter asked suddenly as he moved closer to Eric with a fist, but Eric only chuckled.“You slapped me?” Sonia said in a thunderous tone and by this time, the whole attention was turned towards them as everyone suspended their meal and watched them display like they were acting a drama. “Yes and I will do it again if you don't keep her name out of your god-damned mouth. If y
Rachael sat down on the sofa, looking in a particular direction, as she could not get her mind off the fact that Darius had canceled the plan for the wedding. She adjusted slowly as she went deep in thought, heaving a heavy sigh.“What have I gotten myself into?” She asked herself in a low tone as she slowly leaned backward to rest her back. She recalled the day that she received the call from Darius about the cancellation of the marriage plan. Her mind suddenly wandered off to Eric, and she hissed outrightly, trying not to think of him as the cause of her predicament.“Someone that can't even fend for himself. How could he…" She whispered and hissed inaudibly, forcing out a breath as she continued to think of a way out of the whole mess. A thought suddenly crossed her mind to call her daughter, Samantha, and ask her to come over. She quickly reached for her phone and dialed the contact. “Hello.” She said immediately as she picked up the call, waiting for Samantha to respond.“Hello,