Chapter 6

• At work, I took my private elevator to my office. On entering the office, I met Rose seated in my office. She hugged me and tried to kiss me which I refused. I wasn't in the mood for that and this has to stop.
• "You have to stop coming to my house and work" I told her
• " Why? You don't like me anymore?" She said
• " I never liked you in the first place,it was just a one time thing and you know it has been over for a long time"
• " Wow, so you don't want me anymore? After what we've been through? After all the promises?"
• "I only said I was going to protect you and help you, I was straightforward about not wanting a relationship with you"
• " But we slept together, what would you say about that? Your plan was to take advantage of me all along?"
• " Yeah we slept together but nothing really happened. I didn't take advantage of you, you willingly gave in and I never had sex with you, we only smooched for a while and that was it. You even initiated everything despite Knowing I was intoxicated yet, I still apologized because I didn't want this to cause any issues between us"
• " But I want you Greg, she came closer and tried to kiss me again, I didn't push her away, when her lips met mine, I didn't respond, I just stood there and let her do as she pleases for her to realize I wasn't interested in any of this. When she realized I wasn't going to respond, she got angry and left.
• Rose and I have been friends since my college days. We became friends after a near death experience happened to both of us and we escaped together. She has had that idea in her head since then despite making my intentions known from the beginning. I only see her as a friend but she has been trying every means possible to get me in bed with her. She almost succeeded once, but I snapped right back to my senses before I'd do what I'd regret for the rest of my life.
• She comes to my house and office uninvited, asking my staff to call her "madam". I wasn't blind to everything, I let her do whatever she wanted because I didn't want our friendship to end like that. I really do owe her one, and if it weren't for her, I wouldn't be here..
• I tried to focus on work but I couldn't. What happened between Sophie and I kept coming to my mind. What gave her the right to look at me like that? I was trying to help but she asked for another person's coat instead of mine? I shouldn't touch her? She's my f**cking wife! I'm permitted to touch her!
• I returned back to what I was doing and worked all through the night.
• The next morning, I woke up on the sofa in my office. I took my bag and went home. On entering the house, I didn't see anyone around. I went to Sophie's door and knocked, but she didn't reply. I called Sheila to ask her where everyone was. She told me she was at the market and Sophie was in the garden reading.
• " Call her and inform her I'm around" I said
• I went into my room to bathe and changed into more comfortable clothes. After I was done, I went to the sitting room and there was still no sign of Sophie.
• I took out my phone and called Sheila to know whether she had passed my message to her. She said she was going to be there in the next two minutes when she called, it's more than 30 minutes already, she isn't here.
• I brought out my laptop to work, and I slept off on the sofa a few minutes later.
• When I woke up, it was 5pm already and there was no sign of Sophie around. I went to her room thinking she'd be there, I knocked and knocked, but nobody answered. I went outside to the spot in the garden she always was, I tried calling her number, the phone rang once and she ended the call. I kept on walking towards the spot and I could see her figure from a few distance away. I called her number to know what was happening, I saw her check her phone and it rang and then she ended the call and went back to reading. What? I noticed Sheila behind me witnessing what just happened. I didn't say anything and left. On the way back, I could hear Sheila calling her name to let her know about my presence.
• Walking back into the house, I was very angry about what just happened. I patiently waited till anytime she came back to explain herself.
• She didn't come back till 7pm when it was almost dark everywhere. She walked quietly into the room , she didn't know I was somewhere in the living room looking at her. Before she climbed the stairs, I suddenly said coldly, "come back here"
• She paused for two seconds and walked gently to where I was.
• "Why didn't you pick my call? I asked Sheila to ask you to come see me. You refused, why? I asked with anger
• She didn't reply but I could see a change in her facial expressions. I continued
• " When I'm talking, look at me! And I want an answer right at this moment! Even if you come from a poor family you should know how to be respectful. Didn't your mom teach you about respecting your husband or she doesn't respect your father? I said fuming with anger.
• I wasn't done talking, as I was about to continue, the next thing she did made me lose my cool.
• she hissed loudly and walked out on me………….
• I followed her and forcefully pushed her against the wall. She didn't bulge, she looked at me eyeball to eyeball and I didn't see any sign of fear on her face. She didn't take her angry eyes off me. I looked at her and said with all the rage boiling within me
• " Don't ever walk out on me when I'm talking to you. I warned her and didn't stop there
• " I didn't know poor country girls have attitude problems" I said mockingly.
• "Listen, I am the man of this house, and whatever I tell you is the final! And I own you, your body and everything about you, but be rest assured, you're not my type, you don't even fit into the class of women I carry" I said disgustingly.
• Her next reply made me do what I've never done in my life…………