LAURA

CHAPTER TWENTY FIVE

“Babe have I told you how beautiful you look today”

“Babe are you still angry with me”

“babe talk to me” Abdul whined.

We had a fight after he dragged me out earlier from the wedding hall.

He claimed to be protecting me because that guy was a play boy.
And I told him I did not need him been my protector.

“Abdul can you please stop calling me that” I told him.

He does not know what he does to me anytime he calls me that and he has been calling me that since we got into the car.

“You mean babe, I love it” he shrugged and continue driving.

“Abdul be serious please”

We are already outside my house so he parked the car before saying.

“I am serious I love calling you that because you are my babe”

This man don’t know what he does to me when he says things like this

“Please stop teasing me I am not yours” I pleaded.

“You are mine Laura. You are mine,
I don’t know how it happened but I fell for you my love.
I love you Laura I do.
I cannot let another guy take you from me. that is why I lost my cool earlier when I saw you with that guy.

Do you know how many of my friends I had to warn to stay away from you during this wedding.
You can call me selfish I don’t care I just want you to myself.

I want you to be mine alone.
I love you and please marry me”
he concluded.

I was too stunned to say anything.

Did I hear him say he love me. he said he is in love with me.

Wait he asked me to marry him. Is he serious.

“Abdul I…..”

He cut me off “Please don’t say no please. Maybe you should go think over it. I cannot imagine a life without you, I need you Laura. I love you. Please sa…..”

“Yes” I cut him off.

Before he could react I quickly got out of the car after taking my bag he took from me earlier from the back seat.

I did not know why I had to just do that. I mean leaving him after telling him yes. I did not wait for him to react.

I waited until I had his car leave when I closed the gate before going into the house.

I met Ya babangida and Inna waiting for me in the sitting room.

They claimed it was late and they had to wait for me to be back.

The dinner ended at 10pm and before we could get here it was almost eleven.

I waited for Abdulrahim’s call that night but he never called.

I kept me wondering if he was serious about what he said.

And I made a fool of myself by telling him Yes.
I should have told him to give me time.

Abdulrahim POV:
When I saw her coming down the stairs with Rafia I knew I love her.
I knew I had to spend the rest of life with her.

Anty Walida gave me a knowing look when I introduced Laura to them and Bilkisu with her big mouth had to ask if she was the Laura I told them about.

I told my dad about Laura and how she have changed me positively.

And that man cannot hide anything from his wife.
Ummi immediately called my sisters and told them to start preparing for a wedding.

She was never excited like this when she knew about Farida but with Laura its different.

I may have told her one or two times how wonderful Laura was and she loved her without even meeting her.

I kept an eye on them through the night. I saw how Laura chatted with my sisters as if she knew them and how she looked at my mother with a longing look.

And how my mother gave her a motherly hug before leaving.

Speaking about mother, I have never had her mention her parents. I wonder if they are still alive.

I became angry when I saw with that guy that I had to drag her to the car which led to us having a fight and me confessing my love to her.

I know it was too fast asking her to marry me since I have only known her for almost a year.

But it felt like the right thing to do at that moment because I cannot think of losing her to another man out there.

My phone had to choose to ring the moment Laura said yes and left the car quickly.

I had to wait for her to open the gate with her key and get in before picking the call.

It was an emergency with one of the grooms men. He was an asthmatic and had an attack.

His inhaler was no where to be found so I had to call a doctor to his hotel room.

Thank god someone was with him when it happened.

I am so tired and cannot wait for those that do not live in Abuja to leave by tomorrow.

I got home an hour past midnight.

I wanted to call Laura so bad but I know she must be sleeping now so I had to wait till tomorrow.

I pray she doesn’t change her mind before tomorrow.

As much as I wanted to go see Laura immediately I woke up I had to go drop Yusuf and Rafia at the airport they are going for their honeymoon in Paris.

Yusuf forced me to take them to the airport instead of his driver so he can rub it to my face he is now a married man according to him.

I called Laura and she did not pick my calls. After several calls I decided to go to her place.

I got there and Inna told me she just she went out. I waited for her but after some time I decided to leave.

I tried calling her again at night and she was not picking my calls.

I know maybe she is angry at me.