Keeping Each Other

SIX

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JULIET'S POV

Hey babe, I'm at the company yard
I'm preparing the engineers for
Mobilization.
I'll come home a Lil bit late.
Kisses.

After six and Damien is still not home. I just got that text from him saying he'll be a Lil bit late. It's always like that when they are working on mobilization. They have to make sure that they prepare everything the engineers need to take to site.

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"Welcome" I greeted him the moment he walked inside the house. I looked at the time and it was almost twenty minutes after nine.

A Lil bit late.

Inner me rolls eyes.

He normally comes home by five in the evening. He sent me a text saying a Lil bit late. And Now it's after nine.

Why worry?? Mobilization!

I worry because he normally comes home by seven pm during mobilization time but today, he came back by nine.

I just seem to notice every little thing that happens since I started to suspect that he's cheating on me.

"Thanks. How are the kids?" he asked the moment the slouched on the couch.

"They are fine. They've been asking of you. They are asleep now though."

"Oh, I'll kiss them goodnight before I sleep."

"Why did you stay out so late??." I asked him

"Babe... I told you, I was on mobilization."

"You don't stay out this late before even when you're mobilizing the engineering team. It's after nine Daddy J"

"Hmm" he sighed. "We didn't finish with the paper work on time. We really have to finish this contract soon so we started mobilizing today. No time to wait for tomorrow."

"Oh.. Okay. Are you going to eat? Or you're fine." I asked him. Probably he got food from a fast food.

"Common, I'm damn hungry."

"I'll microwave your food."

"Wait." he quickly got up and held my hand, looking straight into my eyes.

"What?" I asked feeling uncomfortable.

Damien is always trying to be romantic, we're a little too old for this.

"You'll eat with me right?" he said smiling. I could see hope in his eyes. He really wanted me to eat with him. Then I remembered he's cheating on me.

This is all a charade. He doesn't mean it.

"I'm so sorry, I already ate while feeding the kids and I'm over full."

"You always eat with the kids. Can't you just feed them and eat with me?." he asked.

"Maybe some other time."

"Fine."

Damien just left the bathroom and he's currently putting on his pyjamas and whistling, I decided that this is the perfect time to bring up this cheating issue.

"Daddy J oo.. " I called.

"Yes.. " he answered and continued to whistle.

His phone started to ring.

"Help me pass my phone, it's in the bed side stool."

I turned to the stool to take the phone. Before handling it to him, I glanced at the screen to see who the caller was.

"Take, it's Mercy."

"Okay." he took the phone and answered it.

What kind of boss and secretary relationship are they having that will warrant Mercy to call my husband by this time of the day.

"Hello" he said as he answered the call.

He listened for what the caller have to say before he continued.

"I'm not sure Mercy. Just give me a minute."

Just then he rushed out of the room.

He wants to talk to her in private abi. There's nothing to ask him about again. My suspicions have been confirmed. He's indeed cheating on me. Because I don't see any reason why he would rush outside to answer her call.

"Babes." Damien came back and climbed the bed in front of me.

"Why did she call?" I asked.

"She had forgotten her glasses in my car after I dropped her home this evening"

"You dropped her home? I thought you said you were at the company yard."

"Yes, she had to go with me to sort out some issues."

"Really?" I asked. He's thinking I'm buying his story.

"Yes! Now, Can I get some sugar??" he winked at me.

"Abeg go self. Sex is the only thing in your mind" I said to him, trying to cover my frown with a smile. You want to come and have sex with me after sleeping with that secretary of yours.

I'm not doing this.

"I'm not surprised, you always reject me." he rolled over to his part of the bed and covered himself.

I felt bad, but he deserves it.

I turned, covered my self and slept.

DAMIEN'S POV.

lying on the bed, waiting for sleep to come, I began to reminisce everything that had happened during the day.

It took us a lot to convince the government company to offer us this contract because we had a lot of competitors. I was glad that Mercy went with me. She had gone through some of the files and read them. She assisted me and the other managers to even convince them to award us the contract. I'm so glad I have her as a secretary.

They wanted the job to be done as soon as possible so we had to start mobilization. Mercy had to go with me to make calls to companies who we'll hire tug boat, house boat and other site materials from, she also had to take some pictures and take note of all we're going to do so we could inform the board of directors of our progress.

Mercy even forgot her eye glasses in my car and she's really dependent on it. She had to call me to confirm if it was in the car and I had to go and check for her.

It was a very stressful day, I decided to come home to my wife and spend the rest of the day with her but she thinks every time i try to joke with her or say something naughty, it's sex I want.

Sometimes I just want to joke, I just want to make jest of her and laugh away my stress.
But she's obviously not seeing it from my point of view.

Yawns.

Sleep calls.

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