We spent the next 5 days together doing the things we both love. We went out with Nneoma, at first we wanted to go to a restaurant but then Cheta suggested we went to a lounge where they had a live band.
"This is very beautiful", Nneoma said when we walked into the lounge.
"Yes, it is. I don't know how Cheta finds these places", I said
"You can call me the adventurer"
We laughed.
We sat down and the waiter came and took our order. We came in early, so the band was still setting up when we sat down. About 20 minutes later, the band started, and the vibe was beautiful. They played a lot of Nigerian songs. Some people danced while others just nodded their heads to the songs while drinking their cocktails. We stayed there for 3 hours and it was time to leave. We walked to where we parked our cars, Nneoma had come with a driver from the house.
"It was a nice evening", I said
"And it was nice to have Cheta pay the bills", Nneoma said
"Well, I didn't have a problem doing that," Cheta said, smiling, then he added, "So you get home safe and tell mum, I'll be by the house tomorrow after work to see her", Cheta said, hugging his sister.
Nneoma hugged me.
"I'll do that. Now, Dinma please take my brother home and I'll see you both later", she said,
Nneoma got into the car and they drove off.
Cheta then pulled me close to him and kissed me, "I can't wait to marry you, my baby"
"I can't wait to marry you too, Cheta", I said, smiling.
Cheta took my hand and we walked to the car together. We drove back to the house, took our bath, and got in bed.
"Baby, you remember we are traveling to the east in 2 days?", he asked me
"Yes, I remember. I'll be going home to pack some things for the trip"
"Yeah, You should pack for an extra week. I have a wedding in Abuja and I want you to go with me"
"And you are just telling me now babe?", I asked him
"About the trip to the east?"
"Are you joking? I'm talking about the wedding. You are always doing this, coming up with things and not telling me about them, you didn't even ask me if I want to go to a wedding or if I had other plans"
"Are you angry with me? I thought you liked spending time with me. I thought..."
"I'm not angry with you and yes I love spending time with you but I just need to be put in the loop, I want you to ask me, let's talk about it and decide if I want to do it or not", I said
"Okay, baby. I'm sorry. Can we talk about the trip to Abuja?", he asked me.
"Yes, let's talk about it and then I'll tell you if I want to go or not"
We talked about the wedding, then Cheta asked if I wanted to go to the wedding with him and I told him I'll give him an answer in a few days and that was it. We held each other and slept off.
I went back to my apartment to pack my things for the trip. I packed a dress my sister had made for me a few months before, I was going to wear it to the wedding. I had already told my sisters about the trip so they knew we were traveling the next day. Cheta picked me up from the house and when I got in the car, I told him I was going to the wedding with him
"Are you serious? Thank you baby", he said, excited "Now, let's go and have fun"
"Yes", I said, smiling.
We drove out of my estate and headed over to Cheta's house, but that was after we stopped over to get dinner.
The next morning, after we had breakfast, I helped Cheta pack his things for the trip. We had time because our flight was in the evening, so we took our time. We left the house at about 2.00 pm, the driver had come to the house to pick us up, there was a little traffic but we got to the airport an hour before our flight. We checked in and moved over to the lobby to wait for our flight. Then Cheta suggested we got pastries since we didn't have time to eat lunch, so he went over to get the pastries, while I tried to do a little writing on my laptop. A few minutes later, he was back with our pastries and we ate them while I wrote and we talked, well most of the time, Cheta was taking work calls and I was writing. After an hour of waiting, they made an announcement for our flight, so we packed up our things and we walked over to board the plane. We got to Sam Mbakwe Airport an hour later and when we were done picking up our luggage, we walked out of the airport. And just when I was about to get a taxi to take us to our hotel, Cheta nudged me and told me it was already taken care of. Cheta had gotten a car with a driver and security or should I say they already had that available in the East. They picked up our bags and we got in the car, the drive to our hotel took about an hour. We checked into our hotel suite and I called my mum to tell her we had gotten to Aba, that's the city where I was born and raised. She asked if Cheta and I were coming over for dinner, but I told her we were exhausted and would be over for breakfast in the morning instead. I had finished talking to my mum when Cheta came into the suite. He had stayed back downstairs to get rooms for the driver and the security officer, he came in and laid on the bed, looking exhausted.
"Have you called your mum?"
"Yes, I just spoke to her, she invited us to dinner but I told her we would be over breakfast instead",
"Okay, I'm hungry. Please can you order some food?", he asked
I got on top of him, smiling. Then I tried to kiss him but he pulled away.
"Baby, can you just order the food?"
"Okay... someone is in a bad mood", I said to him
"I'm not... I'm just hungry and tired"
"Okay..."
I got up from him and picked up the phone to call the kitchen. I called them and ordered food for Cheta and me. The food was brought up to the suite a few minutes later, but Cheta had slept off while we were waiting for the food, he was tired after all. I woke him up when the food was brought up to the suite, and he just ate the food and went back to sleep. I had to do a little work since I wasn't sleepy and there wasn't anything to do. Cheta woke up an hour later and turned to pull me close to him.
"Come here, baby"
"I'm working Cheta, go back to sleep please", I told him
"I'm done sleeping, so I want to spend time with my girlfriend"
"Okay...okay. Let me save this first"
He let me save the work and then I turned back to him, "Now what do you want to do boyfriend?"
"Come here first... I just want to hold my girlfriend for a little while"
I smiled and moved to him and he just held me.
"I love you, baby. I'm sorry baby. I shouldn't have spoken or snapped at you like that", he said to me
"I know baby. You were tired and so I get it. Now can we go down to the pool?"
"Oh! Yes, that's a good idea but can I hold you for a little bit?", he asked me
"Yes please.", I answered him.
We lay in bed for another 20 minutes, just listening to each other's heartbeat, it was beautiful to watch, I mean if it was in a movie. We got dressed and went down to the pool to get a few drinks, there was music playing in the background, so it was fun. We stayed down there till midnight before going back to our room to sleep. We got back upstairs and after we had our bath, we got into bed and Cheta asked me a question I wasn't expecting.
"Do you want to have a destination wedding?"
The question threw me off, I wasn't expecting it at all.
"What?", I asked him
"What kind of wedding do you want? A destination wedding or...", he asked me again
"Are we talking about weddings already?"
"I mean, it won't hurt to talk about it"
"Well, I want a small wedding...mostly family and a few friends", I said
"Why? A big wedding maybe. I don't know how possible it will be to have a small wedding. You know Mum has a lot of friends to invite"
"Can we see my Mum first, when we get to the wedding time, we can sit and talk and decide what kind of wedding we want"
"Okay, baby... Okay, come here, I want to go to sleep holding you that helps me sleep well"
"Mhhmm... Okay", I said, smiling.
I rolled over to him, giggling and he held and kissed my neck. I shut my eyes, smiling. I didn't even know when I slept off. I was starting to have my dream relationship. I was putting in a lot of work and being patient and understanding and everything was going perfectly.