Besotted (18+) ✔️ [A Nigerian Romance]

Thirty Eight

"You're pissed!" Ada said, following after him. She got on the bed and snatched the laptop as he reached for it.

"What would I be pissed about?"

"Why can't you talk to me? I don't know if you are serious or joking with me."

"I already said it's a joke." He gave her one of those disarming smile that usually had her melting but Ada was having none of it. "Do you want to just order in if going out is a problem?"

"Stop changing the topic."

"What do you want from me Ada?"

"Chike! Ninety percent of the time, I don't know what is going on in your head. Can you just talk to me for once, this is frustrating."

"So now I'm frustrating you. I guess that's how you've always seen me."

"Oh God!" She wringed her fingers. Ada wanted nothing more than to grab the man by his throat and shake information out of him. "I didn't say you're frustrating me. Stop turning this into a fight. I'm frustrated with your not talking about stuff with me."

Chike was silent for a few seconds before he sighed. "Fine, what do you want to talk about?"

She shifted so she was now seated in front of him, with her legs crossed. "Let's start with why you came all the way to Anambra."

"I thought we've already talked about this."

"No, we haven't. You just glossed it over and then distracted me with sex."

"So now I'm a bad guy for having sex with you? If I remember correctly, you were the one who wanted to change the course of our relationship."

"Jesus Christ, Chike you're sensitive. How are you picking apart my words and picking out things to fight about?"

"What do you want from me? Is the sex not good enough?" He tried to stand up but Ada was immediately atop him.

"I want to hit you so bad. Why are you behaving like a woman?"

Chike eyed her but remained put. "First I was frustrating you, then I was the bad guy for wanting sex, now I'm behaving like a woman."

Ada screamed out in frustration, rolling away from him. "Get out. If you're going to be picking apart everything I say, get out. You can find somewhere to stay that's not here."

"Are you kicking me out?"

"Yes Chike. I'm not having any of your bullshit. First it was how you treated Aria and now me. You're acting too defensive, like I'm attacking you or something."

"I didn't say you were attacking me."

"How did we even get here? We were talking about going out to have fun, how did the conversation do a complete one-eighty?" She began pacing.

"I don't know why but I feel like you're not happy with me," Chike said.

"Chike what are you even talking about?"

"There's no way that you are that blind. Everyone around us knows it. How can you say you don't know it?"

"Know what?" Ada was a few seconds away from pulling her hair in frustration. She wish she could break his head open to figure out what he was thinking about.

"It doesn't even matter, it's not like anything is going to change." He stood up, carried his laptop from the bed and headed to the door.

"If you leave like this, I'm not going to talk to you ever again," she yelled.

"You asked me to leave, now you're threatening me. What do you want from me?"

"Say everything on your mind. What is this thing I'm apparently blind about?"