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Two years later
Yvonne who had just entered the bathroom heard Sandra, her roommate and friend call out and told her, her phone was ringing.
"Let it ring, I will be out in a couple of minutes"
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"I don't think the person calling will give up, he's very persistent !" Sandra exclaimed few seconds after Yvonne spoke
"It's okay, let it ring"
"... but who said I was going to answer it ?! My free times are reserved only for my boyfriend !"
"..." 'Did I ask her to waste her time on me?'
Yvonne smiled as she shook her head in puzzlement. She didn't say anything after and concentrated on her bath.
Minutes later, she emerged from the bathroom in her cute pajamas. She eyed Sandra who was busy typing on her phone as she walk to her bed and reached out for her phone which was lying on her pillow.
She unlocked and what met her eyes caused her heart to skip a beat. She had receive eight missed calls from MY PUPPY !
'Why today ? Don't he usually call me on weekends ?!' Yvonne furrowed her brows in thought
Before she could call back, the phone which was still in her hand rang alerting her of an incoming video call from MY PUPPY
With a swift move, she laid on the bed, on her stomach and answered the call. She placed the phone standing to the bed head. It was easy and convenient that way for her.
"Hel..."
" What took you so long to answer the call? Do you know how much I long to hear and see your face?"
Emil spoke sounding and looking offended.
'Didn't she know he will be worriedly scared ?!'
" So...sorry, I was taking my bath" Yvonne said softly in an apologetic voice
"You sure? ,What shows?" Emil questioned with an eyebrow seeming doubtful
' What shows?! Should something show?!'
Yvonne slightly twitched her lips " You doubt my words?"
"Heh, is there a reason for me to?"
" No, but your words said so" Yvonne looked suspicious at him
"..." Emil pretended to be annoyed while he gazed quietly at her face
" It's not like you can smell me from the phone to know whether I am telling the truth or lie. And besides, I didn't wash my hair, that could have been the prove you want to see" Yvonne blinked her eyes innocently.
What she didn't know was that, her little action was causing a big storm to blow in a certain guy's heart.
Emil avoided eye contact for couple of seconds before he looked at her eyes again,
" That look should be exclusive only to me" he said
" What look?" Yvonne asked in confusion
She sincerely didn't understand what he said !
Emil chuckled while smiling, ' he liked her every look!'
"..." Yvonne became more confuse with his smile
" Why are ..."
"No, why are you wearing so little?" Emil asked with a frown evidently on his face
"What?" Yvonne asked back looking at herself
" Isn't it cold where you are?"
" I don't feel the cold, it maybe because of the warm bath I just had"
" Okay, but make sure to wear a jacket before you sleep" Emil advised with clear worry and caring in his voice
"Okay" Yvonne nodded like a hen pecking on grains
The two minutes that followed was spent in silence, no one spoke, they just gazed at each other seeming lost in their thought.
Silence they say is golden,and that's what happens sometimes in a person's life.
Sometimes, one don't need words to express oneself.
Our silence most at times do the speaking, it conveys our innermost feelings to the other person.
Emil and Yvonne didn't speak for two minutes, but their hearts spoke the same three words,
Emil, " I miss you"
Yvonne, "I miss you"
Yvonne laughed while Emil chuckled with a smile.
" So why did you call today instead of the usual weekend call?"
" Why?.. Can't I call when I feel like it?" Emil asked back with knitted brows
'Why's Puppy acting all childish today?!'
" That's not what am trying to say. I was just a little surprise when I saw your missed call earlier." Yvonne explained in a low pacifying voice.
She felt her Puppy was being particularly sensitive !
"I had a nightmare this afternoon in the office while I was taking a short nap. It was quiet scary, I had wanted to call you much earlier but I presumed you may be in class." Emil spoke looking sideways, he didn't want Yvonne to see through his lies !
In truth, he had called Daniel right after his meeting with the board ended and had told him to prepare so they could eat super outside. But that stupid brother of his had emotionlessly rejected him !
" I have plans with Lina" he had said, and that not being enough, he added "Go home, am sure nanny has prepared a sumptuous meal waiting for you"
"Get lost!" Emil had shouted and ended the call in annoyance.
That was how and why he ended up calling Yvonne. But that, he will never tell her !
'What should he say? that he was jealous ? NO!'
" A nightmare? In the afternoon?"
"mmm"
Yvonne slightly frowned "So if not for the nightmare, you wouldn't have called me?"
'When did nightmares become more important than her ?!'
"mmm"
" No, that isn't what I meant, I would still have called you if not for the nightmare" Emil hurriedly explained
"Okay. So what was it about?"
" What?"
" The nightmare, what else"
Yvonne looked suspiciously at him, she didn't buy what he said. But decided to play along with his story.
'There won't be any fun if she reveal his lies !'
"Yeah, the nightma.." Emil looked sharply at Yvonne, he really wanted to hit his head to something tough so he could think straight !
It was only then that it dawned on him,
' Who has a nightmare in the afternoon ?!'
"So what was it about?" Yvonne repeated her earlier question. She had seen everything but still pretended to not have realised anything.
' Play like a cat if you want to catch a mouse'
Think more, act less !
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