"That,s what you deserve for annoying me, Mr Adrian", she said, as she looked at the dish she had prepared.
It was supposed to be something tasty for her husband. But she had added two whole spoons of chilli powder ( just for a bit of flavour, you know) , two red chillies ( for garnishing ), a garlic ( for making it even more tasty) and radish ( for decoration). On the top of that, she had burnt 🔥 the dish, so that Adrian would never ever think about irritating her again.
She brought it to dining table, and placed it before Adrian who eyed her suspiciously before ladling some in his plate.
"Come on, I will introduce you to the family", said Lia, making her sit.
Lucy turned towards Adrian. He had just taken his first bite and had turned a nasty shade of green 💚.
"Don't you like it...er, hubby?", she asked, smirking.
A sudden warmth spread all over his body as soon as she called him hubby. It sounded so good, so tempting, and so refreshing that he forgot to criticise the mess which she had made.
Lucy forced another spoon in his mouth, and his mouth started burning because of the amount of chillies, she had used.
"What did you do to the dish?", he asked, furiously.
"Nothing, whatsoever", she said, still smiling.
"Er mom", he said turning towards his mother, "How about I feed the dish to Lucy as well, after all she has made it with such hard work".
"Of course, Adrian", she said, smiling, "Look Lucy, it has already started spreading the magic".
Lucy looked horrified as Adrian forced a spoon of the mess which she had made into her mouth. Her mouth started burning and she regretted making that dish, at once.
"What happened, wifey?", he asked, smirking.
"Now, enough you both", said Adrian's mother, smiling," Lucy it's time I introduce you to the family".
"This is Lia, Adrian's cousin", said she , pointing.
"We are going to have a lot of fun, sis-in-law", she said, smiling.
"This is Adrian's aunt, Tessy", said she, pointing to an old woman, sitting opposite to her.
"This is George's best friend , Hailey. She is doing graduation 🎓 and she lives here", said she.
Hailey said nothing to Lucy, and looked away.
"This is Adrian's cousin, George ", said she, pointing to a young man, sitting right beside her.
"We'll have a good time, sis-in-law", said he.
"And this is the youngest member of the family, Felix", said she, pointing to a young boy who looked quite serious and calm for his age.
"Hello Felix", said Lucy, kindly but he turned away without saying anything.
"This is Adrian's father and my husband", said she, pointing to a man, sitting to Adrian 's right. He looked quite young and did not resemble Adrian at all.
"Good to see you, young lady. Make yourself welcome", he said, nicely.
"Very good", said she, "You are now a member of this family and you can take help from anyone in case of any trouble. Right, you can leave for work, now....I suppose you are getting late".
"Thank you", said she, getting up. She had just turned to leave when her foot slipped over something and she closed her eyes for a painful impact that never came . She seemed to have fallen right in someone's arms. She open her eyes to see Adrian holding her. She quickly removed her gaze from his attractive face and straightened up.
"Wow brother, that was smooth ", complimented Lia.
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"Yes, I don't know what was happening to me when I was holding her..I felt as if I could hold her, forever", said Adrian.
"I am really sorry, Adrian but I am as clueless in this problem as you...I don't know much about girls as I have never dated anyone in my life", said a man's voice on the phone.
"But I want to know what is happening to me, because I can't go being like this", said Adrian.
"I know, Adrian...I know. I think I will have to research upon it, a bit but till then you can do only one thing...Ignore", said the man, and disconnected the phone.
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"Well?", she said.
"This is the first time I have heard of such a problem, Lucy. I really don't know much about men. I don't think I will be able to help, this time", said the woman, on the phone.
"I really felt like kissing him, last night, Athena, and I have to do something to stop it, I can't go feeling like this when I told him straightforward that I don't like him", said Lucy, desperately.
"I will try to do something... I will try to find, ok . So don't worry and just do one thing ", said the woman.
"What?", she asked, curiously.
"Ignore", she said, firmly and disconnected the phone.