"I don't like Mrs. Randolph..." She started softly looking at him before continuing, " She seems to like you a lot and God help me... I don't want to be jealous but I feel angry when you give her the attention I think I should get." She finished with her hands on his. This caught him off balance because he lacked what to say to her.
" I love you and I don't think it's a crime but I want what belongs to me to be for me. My responsibility is to be with you. I do not care whatever you call it but it is the way I love." Adah said forcing her tears back.
" My love...please I beg you to... Munah found his voice but was still confused at her outburst. He stopped talking, rested the armrest between them, and completely took her in his arms. She clasped herself to him and they remained in silence for some time.
" I am sorry... my actions are never intended, my love. She is nothing to me as compared to you. You are my love while she is a colleague and a friend." Munah said trying to explain as they refrained from each other but were close.
"I love you with every fiber of my being and my jealousy can be extremely dangerous. I protect what I love. You have vowed to me and that makes you mine and me all yours so it hurts when I behold you with her, especially in her car. Your responsibility is to be with me for I can't imagine it otherwise." Adah said.
"Adah please for the sake of our love I am sorry. She gives me a ride but that is that. You know that I don't have any car for now." Munah said imploringly.
"I have forgiven you but understand this feeling I have for you entails all of me. I am sorry too if I overreacted." Adah said looking at him as if nothing else matters anymore to her. He held her hands and squeezed them tenderly.
" Adah, I love you beyond your imagination and thoughts. I have promised you this and it will be for life. I promise you that I will get a car soonest. The money paid to me by Palm springs will be used to acquire a good home. I wanted it to be a surprise." Munah said with emotion in his voice. She said nothing and as he started the car, she relaxed fully on the seat and played with her phone.
Munah drove the car with a kind of confused state of mind. He never knew or had any inclination about Adah and her extreme possessiveness and jealousy. Though she made mention of it the day they made their vow to each other but he never envisaged that it will be in this form or manner. With all she said, he did observe that it was all out of her love for him. He promised himself to be careful with his dealings, especially with the opposite sex. He must also in his way try and help her to grow out of this type of emotional display.
"I want to go home... I am already exhausted." She said in her usual soft voice.
" There is a place I want to take you to if you want to follow me," Munah said turning towards the bend that leads to a bridge.
"You can take me next time but now I am tired. Please I am sorry," she said not looking at him. He discovered that she wants to be left alone and focused on the road. He reasoned that he will take her home and be with her for a couple of minutes before going home.
"I received a mail that the doctor will be leaving with Mrs. Rowlings tomorrow morning at six in the morning." She said while Munah said nothing. He owes her a lot, he knows that she has a heart of gold and it is divine for people like Adah to accept being with his class. As he approached Bourdilon gate, he wondered what to do especially with Adah who is somewhat upset. Firstly, he will confide in Mrs. Randolph because he will not want their friendship to develop any form of cold feet. Mrs. Randolph has been quite nice to him and her help to him has been quite tremendous. Adah demanded that the car be parked under the port alongside the Pontiac V8 close to the entrance of the mansion. He came down and opened the door for her and together they went in. Adah spoke briefly with the housekeeper who has come to welcome her. The lady greeted Munah who was also glad to exchange further pleasantries. As the door to her wing closed, Adah burst into tears. Munah was taken aback but he went towards her and held her, she resisted his embrace but he still held her making her cry the more, and with her hands, she hit him on the chest. He allowed her and after a while, she rested her head on his chest and cried softly. She clasped her whole frame on him and remained like that after the tears stopped flowing. He gently carried her into the room and laid her down on the bed before removing her shoes. He rubbed her legs and looked into her eyes. She closed her eyes and opened them in a moment to still find his eyes on hers.
"I just want you to be with me. Hold me and help me, my love. Do not see me as being desperate and childish. I love you and that is the only thing that matters to me in this world." Adah said getting up from the bed slightly.
"I love you Adah and I will take all my time in this life and beyond to keep telling you this fact. Please forgive me..." He said and heard a knock on the door. He knew it will be the housekeeper. He stood up and opened the door for her. She entered and asked after Adah. He asked her to wait and went in to tell Adah who asked the housekeeper to come into her bedroom. The housekeeper quickly told her that she has delivered her orders and that the table is set for two and departed. Munah looked at her as she stood up from the bed and they went to have a meal together. After the meal, she looked at him and smiled as her face brightened.
"I am sorry for my various outbursts but I am indeed like that. I also want to appreciate you for being with me, I can be stupid at times. please this may look stupid of me but I want you to spend this night with me. I am afraid that you may leave me..." She said confusedly looking at him. He did not say anything, he just stood up, went to her, and took her in his arms and together they walked to the couch. She relaxed fully on him as he inhaled her sweet body fragrance. He played with her hair while she closed her eyes. She felt like he should be with her forever, she never wants him an inch away from her. He is telling the truth and each day her love seems to soar. She fully knows that the day and time that love will locate her will be heavenly and this is exactly what she wants and had prayed for. There will be no more tears, rejection, and pain. She now seems lifted out of darkness into light. He felt his hands as they caress her hair and her body shook with passion. She opened her eyes and looked at him intently for a long while and held him, allowing her body and mind to be carried away into the sea of oblivion. Her mind all of a sudden is peaceful. As she clasped herself to him, she remembered when she seem to look like one that is not worth being loved. She is rightly buxoned and gifted with a figure and beauty that any man cannot resist yet she seemed lost and forgotten. Her family is super wealthy not even knowing what to do with their great amount of wealth but still, she could not buy affection with such wealth. She remembered her third year in college, that night that she went with Lily to a classmate's pool party. She has been disallowed into the venue because she came with Lily. Lily herself was with Kyanda whom everyone knows was her lover then. The embarrassment that day was a thing of stigma and after that day she never attempted going to parties or social events till graduation. Her first kiss was with Bami but she felt nothing not even a spark after that kiss which confirmed her fears that they were not made for each other. It was a mistake but it all now is in the past, dusted away and forgotten for good. Now she feels blissful, heavenly, and ecstatic. Her first kiss with him was more than a spark, it was electric. She never knew what came over her but it happened as if he was waiting for that kiss before discovering himself and destiny. Now that she has found it, she sure must keep it this is finders keepers! She knows that Mrs. Randolph means no harm but she never wants to share any iota of her man with any woman except his mother. This is one thing that even Lily knows.
Work for her should be kept aside, nothing matters anymore. She knows that the wealth alone in her custody can keep both of them for life if she decides not to tamper with her parent's wealth and properties. All she wants now is to keep him no matter what Lady Denson will come up with. The battle will be with her mother but who cares? Her joy comes first and that is only what matters. She turned and saw the door open and the housekeeper walked in to clear the table. She kissed him in her presence and excused herself to go and freshen up while Munah turned on the huge wall television. The housekeeper quickly exchanged numbers with him because she wants to discuss certain issues that have to do with Adah with him. According to her, she promised that it will be of help to both of them. She finished her chores and waved him goodbye while he focused on the digital screen with his head quite busy. He regrets that he will not be with his mother throughout this ordeal. He appreciates Adah's help and intervention if not for this rich kind-hearted lady, his mother could have painfully walked to her grave. He cannot believe that his mother will be receiving her treatment overseas with all medical bills paid. This Indeed is a testimony and he ultimately owes it to Adah. She came back all looking fresh and clean, she sat close to him and took his hand into hers saying nothing as she looked at the screen without interest. He observed her disinterest and took her to the room.