The Man I Love

Episode 1

Emeka and Hani were in a serious
relationship, they were everything any
single would dream of, their compatibility was on point.
They've been together for five years now,
right from their undergraduate days.
It was very early in the morning,
Emeka called Hani and told her at the end of their conversation that he would call at her house on his way back from work.
"Okay dear, I will be at home"
she responded.
He is well known to her family,
although Emeka has no relatives in Benin save his younger brother that now leaves with him,
who is presently learning interior
decoration after his first degree as he was
unable to secure a job.
Hani's mother is a domestic engineer, her
father is a retired civil servant living on his pension,
while her two younger brothers are still in
secondary school and her eldest sister got married few years back.
As Emeka arrived at her house, he greeted
everyone.
It was a Sunday evening and the weather
was perfect.
Hani's father was sitting on the couch
sniffing his tobacco,
while her mother, siblings including her
were busy watching TV.
He knelt down bringing out a ring from his
side pocket, and stretched it towards Hani,
"Will you marry me?"
"O my God!...are you for real!" She shrieked
His proposal brought the sting of tears to
her eyes.
"Emeka!
you are the best, yes yes yes!!!"
She replied jumping on him in excitement.
everyone was filled with so much joy, it's no longer news that these love birds are
inseparable.
Hani had just finished submitting her final
year project and would be traveling to
Isolo, Lagos where she intends to spend some time with her eldest sister pending when NYSC calls.
Few days later her bag was set for the
journey.
"Hani! I don't want you to go, please" Emeka said with a gloomy look on his face.
"Don't worry dear, I just want to assist my
sister since she has been having issues
looking after her baby and attending to her office duties as the workload is much on
her,
it's not like I'm going forever" she added.
"I will come around during clearance for
result"...she replied persuasively.
Emeka has just finished his masters program in the University of Benin and he made a PhD grade, he actually wants to get married that same year.
"There's no need to rush dear, when i return from NYSC we can settle down" she said.
Their heart grew fonder as they communicated frequently through calls and social
media.
Hence, distance was a walkover even
though they missed each other greatly.
Five Months later...
Hani was posted to Delta state for her NYSC, her Place of Primary Assignment was a lab,
and she was to take record of photographers that come to wash pictures on daily basis.
She kept on doing her job with so much
enthusiasm as though she was an
employee.
She was oblivious of the fact that one of the
joint owners of the lab worth millions of
naira has been observing her,
he was amazed by her resilience and
commitment.
Few months to her passing out, Hani started experiencing depression.
She wasn't as vibrant as she used to be, her sadness made her despise Emeka, she felt
irritate by his calls and she soon started
acting up.
On a particular day she was so upset with Emeka that shetried so hard to fake her usual smiles at her place of primary assignment, yet Vil was able to see through her.
He looked at her and said:
"You seem happy but there's so much pain on your inside..
take this"...giving her his face towel.
"You can cry if you want," he continued, "just let it out,
by the way I brought this gift for you" he handed a parcel to
her ..
She burst into a fresh bout of tears.
Bowing her head, she quickly dashed the
tears from her eyes using the face towel.
She raised her head a litle higher and
stretched out her hand to receive the
parcel.
Vil collects the face towel from her and
wiped her face thoroughly.
Hani was mesmerized by his actions.
"How can he be so concerned about me?"
She asks rhetorically in her mind.
"You can go home dear since you aren't
doing too well" He permitted.
"Thank you sir"
The next day was CDS which was Friday, it was work free day for corp members hence she won't be able to see him again till
Monday.
Feeling bored on her return from CDS, she
decides to open the parcel. It was a hand
painting of her,
"wow!" blushing to tears
Vil is good in works of art even though he
manages to hide it from people.
Still caught up in admiration of the
painting, she found a note and It reads:
"You've captivated my heart, I could give up my entire life just to protect you..."
She blushed.
From that moment She couldn't stop
thinking about Vil...

Part 2 coming soon!!!