For once she thought it was a prank. Sadness filled her face as she took her phone and looked at the time. It was almost midnight and he had hardly showed up. She bowed for a while in deep thoughts. This wasn't the first time that he had skipped a romantic date despite her explaining to him that whenever she planned for a romantic date, she would make sure that the hotel was closed and pay all the workers to go home except for the ones who were supposed to attend to them.
Tiana immediately stood and took her coat which she had placed at the back of the seat. She had only met via Instagram and had never seen him face to face which was her ultimate dream. Tiana slowly walked out of the romantic dinner ground to the door but as she was about to open the door, the door suddenly fled open.
Tiana heaved a sigh of relief as soon as she saw the man who was looking at her. It was the same one as the one he had seen in the Instagram. She quickly instructed the man to pave way for her to pass but the man grabbed her by his arms and hugged her passionately.
'You are more beautiful than in the pictures' said the man as he smiled.
Tiana pushed him away. For a while she thought that she was dreaming. She widened her eyes and nodded her head in disbelief.
'Why are you not the same as the man I saw in your Instagram page? I thought you are a boss somewhere and own a vit and you are handsome. You look so pathetic. I can't believe that for six months I wasted my time planning a romantic date with you and you never showed up' said Tiana filled with lots of anger.
'You are not the same as the lady I have always seen in the pictures as well. I thought you were poor and lived in a wooden house' said Roman.
Tiana bowed her head out of shame. Indeed she had hidden her identity because she never wanted anybody to accept her because of her social status in the society.
'I thought you were that girl in a wooden house that's why I came dressed up like this but if you don't want, I'd rather leave' said Roman.
'No Roman' shouted Tiana who urged Roman to follow him.
She took him to the romantic dinner that she had prepared as her employees look at her in awe since it was her hotel. As soon as they arrived, Roma ushered Tiana a sit and therefore went and sat opposite her. Before he ordered for anything, the waiters had already brought everything at the table and put a romantic film as instructed before by her.
Tiana moved closer to the table and began to devour the food. She was really famished as she had spent the whole day planning for the whole romantic dinner. Roman watched her all throughout as he smiled. He didn't touch his food. He was mesmerized by Tiana who cleared the whole table except for his food. She then looked at Roman energetically as if claiming that the conversation should finally begin but realized that Roman had hardly touched his food.
'You like homemade' Tiana asked as she pointed at his food.
'No. I don't take proteins' he said smiling.
Tiana face suddenly turned to sadness. She remembered that the first time they had a conversation on Instagram six months ago he told her that he liked proteins and fatty foods since he was too slim and wanted to be fat so that any girl would accept to marry him.
'I mean for now. It's because I am on a diet and likely trying to train myself to be healthy' said Roman again.
Tiana looked at him and nodded her head sarcastically. She reimagined that every single thing she had thought about Roman was a lie and seemed not interested to know him anymore. She silently remained seated on her chair as she leaned her back on the chair and took off her phone.
She began searching for other hot men in the dating site as she took a sip of wine. She had already hated him and did not want to have anything to do with him anymore.
On seeing this, Roman took the wine glass and stood then went towards her. He tried to give her a sip but Tiana pushed the wine glass away till all the wine fell on Roman's clothes. Tiana immediately stood to help him out of guiltiness. She took him to the washroom and realized that she could not do anything since he was wearing a white top and trouser which were already drowned in wine.
'I am sorry Roman but it seems you will have to clean it once you go to your home' said Tiana in a pellucid voice.
'Should we say it was a bad date since you and I are the same, aren't we? We lie about ourselves on social media including likes and dislikes. To make up for this wrong date, how about we go to your home and you help me clean my shirt and trouser' said Roman smiling.
'I have a teenage daughter' said Tiana a bit angry.
'I think I will be glad to meet her' said Roman smiling.
Tiana angrily stared at him for a while before she nodded her head in agreement. Tiana left followed by Roman who couldn't hide his smile. They entered their different cars and drove off to Tiana's home with Tiana's car leading the way.
As soon as they arrived at her mansion, Tiana realized that the lights in her house were still switched on and there was music playing. She quickly got out of the car and rushed to the house opening the door filled with lots of anger. She was astonished to see her daughter and a teenage boy in a state of nature dancing as they kissed each other in such away that they hadn't realized Tiana has arrived. Tiana switched off the music and pushed her daughter towards her.
'What's the meaning of this Malia?' asked Tiana filled with lots of anger.
'I thought you were on a date mother. Why are you here so early? I am sorry mother' said Malia who felt ashamed of herself.
Tiana removed her coat and covered up Malia before Roman entered but her entered just in a nick of time.
'Dad! What are you doing here? I thought you were to spend the whole night with your new date' said Paul as all of them looked at each other astonished.