“Babe” Her voice rang out, high pitched. “Did you have to go to this extent?” Her fingers caressed the pendant that hung from the necklace. It was a single letter “R” “Your name?” she said softly. “I’ve always wondered what it would feel like to have your initials as a part of my jewelry. How did you ever come up with this?” She asked. Tears glimmered in her eyes as she pressed the necklace to her chest Richard was quiet. A satisfied smile tugged at his lips as he stood up and walked over to where she was. He cleared his throat. “May I?” He asked softly, eying the necklace in her hands. Elise nodded calmly. She carefully slipped it into his hands, watching as the pendant shine under the florescent bulb. She couldn’t conceal how excited she was and a shudder ran through her as Richard’s hands grazed her neck as he attempted to hook the necklace behind her. She could almost feel his breath, light at the back of her neck. A sensation that she was unable to explain ran through her
He slipped his phone into the pocket of his dark blue jeans and he turned slowly to meet her. His fists balled as she approached him and his breath quickened. Elise had threw on a light makeup right after dressing and she was prettier. He stretched out his hand for her to place hers in his. The duo left home at exactly 7:30pm. There was an already waiting Uber that Richard had booked for both of them. During his preparations towards their anniversary celebrations, he deviated between stating at home and having a late night dinner date with Elise, right there in their apartment but he felt that taking her out to a more exposed environment will cause her to lighten up and add more spice to the evening. A minute before Elise came into the living room, He dialed Nikofor the last time to find out if everything was prepared. It was Niko who had chosen the location that the would use for the date. His bestfriend assured him to set his mind at rest as everything was planned out exactl
They soon got to the single table. There were just too decorated seats by the table and each was placed on opposite sides. Elise’s gaze fell on the array of food that had been kept on the table. There were dishes of all sizes, filled with both familiar and unfamiliar food Richard pulled out one of the seats and gestured for her to sit on it. She did, still clutching her small hand bag. Then, Richard went round the table to the other side and he sat. “Are we having a party or what?” Elise asked. Richard chuckled, taking another look at the different delicacies on the table. “No.” “Babe, don’t Tell me that all these food is for just the two of us. But, why?” “It’s a celebration of our love” He said and snapped his fingers. Then, one of the waitress stepped forward briskly and joined them at the table. “Pour out the wine” Richard ordered, still looking at Elise. The waiterress nodded and immediately set to do her job. Elise looked around the table where they sat “You know this pl
Ruben watched her movements in silence. “Thank you for everything, Mr. Ruben” Elise told the seated man. Her hand bag swung from her right hand. “Like I said, put your investigations on hold, for the moment. I’ll handle things myself” The man bobbed his head. Then, he wiped his sweaty brows. His hands were shaky as he started to unzip how small bag. Elise was about to walk away when she stopped in her tracks and turned back to look at the man. He was now gathering the papers on the table. He peered up at Elise and cocked an eyebrow. “Did you leave anything behind, Ma’am Elise?” “Yes” Elise hissed, “I left my final instructions unsaid. Now, I don’t want you to breath a word of any of these to anyone. I have left way too much sensitive information with you. Do you understand?” The man held back a chuckle and he bobbed his head. Elise swung around and took long strides out of the café without looking back at the dazzled man. The clouds hung, dark and gloomy outside the café an
Elise tore her eyes away from him and looked out of the window at the evening traffic. She did not expect him to react to the question this way and now she felt like he had deliberately put her on the spot by requesting that she asked him the question in smaller chunks instead of throwing the big question at him. She felt tears well up in her eyes and she blinked it off rapidly. Then, she swirled around and turned to face him. “What ties do you have with Niko, the billionaire CEO?” Richard chuckled a bit and when he saw the cold glare on Elise’s face, he quickly wiped the smile off his face and he cleared his throat noisily. “I had no idea that Niko had caught your interest so fast” He said. “Answer the question!” She barked in a slightly raised voice. Richard was dumbfounded. He was new to everything that was happening. He had never imagined a situation where Elise would yell at him. She was always the calm headed one in the relationship. Now, she was more than provoked t
Richard didn’t look back as he chopped through the eggs, “You’re acting like an old man.” Heaving a sigh, Elise tossed the paper towel at the trash can but missed, “I feel like an old man, that is exactly why I have you in my life. You are my bodyguard, remember?.” She winked at him “Can I have another paper towel?” Richard smiled, nodded and tore off another for her, then picked up the dirty one and threw it in the trash can. Within a short while, Richard dumped the eggs evenly on two plates and he brought them over to the dining table. Elise joined him with some plates of toast bread. Halfway through their meal, Richard’s phone rang beside him. He peered at the screen of the phone and looked up at Elise. She was folding her bread with some pieces of egg in between and she raised her face to meet his eyes on her, she smiled. It was brief and fleeting. “What’s up?” She asked Richard before she munched on the bread in her hands. “Who called you?” She nudged her chin at his phone
“Ugh” he slapped a palm to his face. “You need to do it, Babe!” she whined. “We are losing a lot of water” Richard took a step back and leaned against the open bedroom door, “I will ring up a professional plumber to come over here and fix it” Elise lifted her shoulder in a half shrug and sighed. “Either ways, it ends up getting fixed. Do you want to go somewhere; you just grabbed your jacket” Richard nodded. “I need to see someone” He said cooly. Elise nodded, not wanting to ask him any other questions. In some minutes, Richard was already out of the house. ….. …… ….. As Sly drove through the snow, early one morning, he chided himself for not having the foresight to get a warm jacket before setting out of the house. He was now cold and he could feel his teeth clash against themselves. His fingers were numb as they danced on the surface of the steering wheels. The drive was almost unbearable as much as it was slow, but the thought of spending the week in with his family kep
After almost four hours of groveling and pushing through the snow, Sly finally got to the private neighborhood where his family house was situated. He decided to park a distance away from the house because of the huge pile of snow that was ahead. Cold seared through him. His light long sleeved shirt was almost useless as it was as though he was not wearing any clothing. His trousers was made of thin fabric and he kept running his palms together, right after he switched off the engine of the car. The cold was numbing. Sly picked up the old scarf that laid on the passenger seat beside him. He could not remember who owned the scarf but that was the only clothing available that he could use in fighting off the cold as he prepared to leave the car . Sky drew in a sharp breath and Stepped out of the car. As soon as he did, biting cold stung his cheeks so he pulled thescarf up closer to my face. As he looked around, he noticed a white blanket of snow covering the trees, ground, and hous