When the sun comes

NINE

He went with her to school today in a bus, he apologized for not thinking she would need a public transport and for leaving her in the rain, she forgave him.

When she met her friends, there were a lot of questions and gists, she mostly lied to them and it, occasionally Richardson would look at her in the middle of her lie and look away,

They all started to disperse to their lecture rooms or wherever they were going,

"Richardson please wait" she ran after him,

He waited and watched her calm her breathing,

"I I just wanted to say thank you for the other day"

"No problem" he replied,

She looked up at him maybe it was now she was noticing that he was really tall and his face very good looking, she wondered if he had a girlfriend.

"I have to go now" he said, giving her a small smile, his lean figure slowly disappearing.

She made up her mind that Richardson was a good man, he seemed lonely even with their group, she would be friends with him.

She started engaging in small talks and conversations with Richardson, he was opening up little by little, he told her he had two sisters but one was late, he told her he moved from another state just to study here though he didn't give reason but something that always put her off was his staring.

Meanwhile, a year and some months had gone by since she got married, she was happy with her marriage but her husband was beginning to act strange sometimes, he would be happy today and tomorrow he will be all gloomy, he came home late often and blamed it on work, she took to the fact that he was a very busy man no wonder his mood but she still loved him, she was missing her parents and siblings so badly, she wondered why no one called or tried to visit, her grandmother always came to stay with her mother for some days so why not her own mother, when she told him he brushed the topic aside as if he didn't care about her family.

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" My sister has been trying for a baby for fifteen years, Tiwa said, they had been talking about baking, she didn't know when the talk led to having babies.

"Me I want to enjoy my youthful life before I think of a baby" Ronke added.

"So at what age will you want a baby"Tiwa asked smiling,

"If I get married at thirty one then a child. Can come at thirty six" she said,

Tiwa and Mmasi burst out laughing.

"Do when your youthfulness is over that is when you want a child" Tiwa laughed

"Do you really want to get married in your thirties" Mmasi asked.

"Eehn I don't want an early marriage like you" Ronke snapped.

"Ronke why did you say that, you know she did not have a choice then, Tiwa shouted at Ronke

"I'm sorry" she apologized

"It's fine, a lot of people tell me that, so it did not hurt" Mmasi said,

When she told people that she was married, they didn't believe her, and even if they did they would cuss on her husband for marrying such a small girl but she was always quick to stop them.

"So Mmasi are you also trying for a baby" Tiwa asked.

"I don't know if God gives me a baby, I'll happily accept.

"So you are telling me that if you get pregnant right now that you'll be happy" Ronke asked

"Eehn now, why won't I be happy" Mmasi replied,

"Me and my boyfriend's we always use protection, I am not ready to have a baby at least not yet" Ronke said.

Tiwa and Ronke kept talking back and front mostly Tiwa countering what Ronke said, Mmasi was in deep thoughts.

she thought about the baby issue, they were not using protection of any kind and she hadn't felt any symptoms of pregnancy, she had thought about having a baby but brushed it aside.

"What are you thinking about" her husband asked, looking at her,

"A baby" she mumbled

"What?"

"Nothing"

"Okay, switch off the light before you go to sleep" he said, then turned away.

Why wasn't a baby coming? Am I even ready to have a baby? What if I get pregnant now? Those thoughts swarmed in her head begging for answers.

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"You don't talk much"

"Yes I do, you don't talk much" he fired,

"Maybe bit I am not afraid or shy to admit it" she said looking at him, he was trying to dodge her by pretending to read a book.

"I am not afraid or shy" he spoke,

"Then why aren't you looking at me" she asked,

His head shot up, his eyes bored into hers, his face rigid and hard, she shivered under his gaze and she couldn't tell why, his eyes bored the her as if questioning her, as if searching for her as if searching for her very soul.

Her feminine core became wet, no one made her feel that way except her husband, she found herself leaning in, towards him, her breathing became slow, it was as if something was controlling her.

She was folding the washed clothes but her mind had drifted far away,

Why had she felt that way about Richardson, it was only the thought of Ikem, when his face appeared to her when she was about to cheat, she would never cheat, she was not taught to do that,

She felt hot breath on her neck, hands wrapped around her stomach, a body pressed on her, she sniffed his scent, the lovely one she was used to, she felt his erection on her behind,

" Hmm baby, what are you thinking about now", his masculine voice whispered in her ears,

"Nothing"

"Are you sure, cos it can't be nothing"

"Yes" she assured, she turned to face him and wrapped her hands around his head while he her waist,

"What are you up to" she frowned a bit looking into his eyes,

"You know"

"Aren't you going to work? She asked

"No not today, this is a new weekend and I want to spend time with you"

"We are always spending time together"

"I mean more intimate time" he pouted,

"Hmm intimate you say"

"Yes and now I'm going to lift you up and we going to the bed"

"And what if I don't want to"

"I know you want to", he picked her up in bridal style and gently laid her down.

Bae❤️