A LITTLE LONG✔️ ( EDITING)

45: SAMPLING EVENT

PRISS

The thunderous clap filled the air immediately Zina ended her speech.

“Hi”, a voice greeted as I looked up from the perfume, Zina, she was the one that greeted me.

“Um…Hi”, I responded as my eyes roamed around to search for Tenola but she was nowhere in sight.

“So what do you think of the speech?”, her voice brought me back to her, she was beaming with smiles.

“It was nice”, I answered as Frank approached us.

“My charmer, you did a good job, did I tell you you're as beautiful as a moon beam?”, he grinned while Zina smiled widely.

I cooed in my mind.

“You've told me that countless times”.

“Oh! Hi Priss”, Frank greeted, he finally noticed my prescence.

“Hi”

“So I'll like to steal my wife for some minutes, is that okay with you?”, he ended it with a smile.

I nodded in response as he walked away hand in hand with Zina. They looked sweet and perfect together.

Immediately I averted my gaze from them my eyes met his, the last person I'd ever thought would approach me. Cliff. He smiled at me but I didn't return the smile.

“Hi”, he greeted still with that stupid smile that was making me grin inwardly.

”Hi”, I replied curtly.

“Priss, you're still being mean to me afterall you know the truth now”.

“Oh! now I'm the mean one abi and what truth are you talking about?”, I still couldn't put the pieces together so I guess I didn't know any truth.

He took my hand in his and looked into my eyes but I looked away though I didn't withdraw my hand from his, I liked it.

“Please, look at me”, he demanded and I hesitated for some seconds before looking into his pleading eyes.

“Ini, I'm sorry, I didn't mean to cause you pain, I should have told you from the start and I know I deserve your cold treatment towards me and I feel rotten inside, I should have explained everything to you and let you know Zina and I aren't married”.

I raised an eyebrow.

“What do you mean by that? Zina also said that to me and the next thing Frank is calling her his wife, everything is just so confusing”

“That's the truth, Zina is married to Frank and not me, everything was planned because of my mother”

“So…”, I inquired curiously.

He continued with the explanation and I finally understood what was going on but I was still mad at him for not telling me from the start.

Heaving a sigh of relief, I asked, “Why didn't you tell me?”

He drew in a long breath.

“I'm sorry, I was a fool, I know this apology does little to heal the pain and I'm disgusted with myself, I just hope you'll find a place in your heart to forgive me, Please, don't let this ruin what we have,I don't want to miss a moment with you”, he begged  with pleading looks.

“Um…Um…I don't know what to say”

“Just say you forgive me”, he held my hand tightly and pleaded with his eyes and I drowned in it.

“Promise you won't keep anything from me or hurt me again”

“I promise”, he crossed his heart.