Day in day out, Ishtar's major wish was; not to generate her own wealth, no! Nor seeing her old mother dismissed from the care centre alive and kicking, that wasn't it. When Ishtar turned into an adult female, her major wish was to have Bob Lee for herself as a darling husband.
From when she was a little girl, Ishtar wished to play with Bob Lee and have his undivided attention as a friend, but the economic status created a huge boundary in between the two. Not even a chance to watch television with him was granted.
Besides that, as they grew older, Bob Lee, as an alpha male, himself never had any taste of attraction in Ishtar. They barely talked to each other even though they shared the home compound.
Occasionally, Bob Lee caught Ishtar stalking him, but neither did he bother, nor paid any attention towards her intentions.
During his free time at home, whenever he relaxed, sunbathing on a floater tube at the swimming pool half naked, around the corner, Ishtar could sneak her eyes on him.
Ishtar begins to fantasize herself with him together, experiencing orgasm. Matter-of-fact, her imagination grows deeper where by she wets her panty in the midst, biting on a tip of her finger with eyes closed; only to come back to her senses, "Goddammit!" And quickly rushes to her quarters to clean up the mess.
Sleepless horny nights and head scratching days accompanied by regular hardening of the critoris whenever she thought of Bob Lee, "How I wish....", Ishtar desired, passionately at the back of her mind.
Bob Lee was like a spell casted on her.
Finally, the exact type of food Ishtar had always desired to taste and feed her appetite with, was placed right infront of her on table and the choice to begin enjoying it was now hers to make.
However, for all the years she had starved with a burning desire to eat, the person responsible watched but never bothered to serve her the way she desired, even though he had nothing at all to loose.
Why now? Is the food poisoned?
In otherwise, Ishtar had always wanted to kiss with Bob Lee, cuddle with him, unbutton clothes off her innocent body for him to enjoy and have her sweat dripping on his body, on a result of the energy from his well-toned physique. And she had continuously showed visible signs of burning desire, but Bob Lee was simply not interested in her.
'Marry me!' As these words rung a bell in her head, "I can give you time to think about it in case you need", Bob Lee stood up quickly from his office couch and began to sweet talk her, "you know, I couldn't be where I am today if it wasn't for your skills," he walked around nailing words in her ears, "just mention how, when and where you want our wedding to be, then it's done perfectly well at your personal preference," all to make her feel so special and safe, and accept to marry him.
Facing aside, away from him, nervously afraid with her hand touching the forehead, she turned suddenly and stared at him in utter disbelief. For quite a while, a minute full of silence in the office, Ishtar was granted time to figure out what to say to him in response to his request.
Amidst total silence, she recalled way back when she had just joined Bob Lee's school.
"Hey, look at your modest sister right there Bob Lee," Akira, one of Bob Lee's classmates teased when Ishtar walked past everyone with her breakfast meal and sat quietly alone, in a corner to enjoy, "hope you don't mind if she mothers my children in the near future; I hear loners don't cheat in their marriages."
Just like everyone else in the dinning room, Ishtar was clearly hearing every single word that came out of Akira's mouth.
"You mean Ishtar!" Bob Lee uttered in pretence.
"Of course! Who else does your mother drop at school in the morning with you? Everyone knows how you can't leave on your journey back home after classes without Ishtar!" Aloud, Akira stubbornly continued to create a situation, catching every student's attention.
"Hahaha", suddenly Bob Lee made a loud ignorant laughter and responded carelessly, "Unless you're a looser too, but I wouldn't advise any of my male friends to start anything serious with her _ she's just a regular maid's daughter at our house that's all," then he forked his omelette with a filling of cheese and resorted to eating.
"Oops, Bob! Are you kidding us?" A female student said with a suprised gaze at Ishtar.
"Dammit!" Akira ran short of words to say.
Another male classmate on Bob Lee's dining table sealed the tease off, "that's a huge turn off buddy... You won't dare open your house door gently for a looser to come in and introduce her to you reputable parents as a wife to be!" Making every other student in the dinning room to laugh out loud, with their eyes on Ishtar.
Since all of the students were known to come from rich backgrounds, it was very easy for them to talk anyhow and laugh when Bob Lee disclosed details about Ishtar in her first days at their school.
This initiated bullying which made the school environment so uncomfortable for her, hence a miserable life at school.
However, even after Bob Lee's hypocrisy, Ishtar never hated him. Infact, she made a gut decision to go an extra mile in taking care of him at the mansion; cleaning his room more often, laying his bed more smart with beautiful designs and keeping everything in his closet well organised, for him to look at and wonder, "wow...!"
"knock! Knock!" The sound resonated, startling Bob Lee from his laptop, and when he got the door, "I thought you may be hungry, that why I've prepare this fruit salad for you _ it's healthy and delicious." Often times Ishtar checked on him with a smile.
Being bullied every day in a society where she had no friends to share her pains with, weakened her to the deepest at first. But later on her spirit began to grow strong when she became used to it. Time came when bullying was not anywhere at a point to steal her off her peace of mind.
"I've never been attractive to you Bob Lee," emotionally confused with grudge feelings after remembering their school days, Ishtar even failed to call him boss as usual and called him by his name, "you don't love me!"
Since Bob Lee knew so well that Ishtar had an unwavering commitment to loving him, "I've not said I love you," he replied proudly and arrogantly calm, "I've only requested you to marry me because I know you love me and you're a cool lady."
"Wow!" Ishtar laughed so indifferently, "wow...", wondering how unfair life can be, to the extent of people talking arrogantly to others because of standards! "You never changed the arrogance in the way you talk, uh! I don't know if it's only me you treat carelessly, or that's who you're..."
"Truth is, I like you Ishtar _ I truly appreciate how you break your back to make both mine and my mother's smooth... you're a blessing in disguise to my family", he spoke with emotions.
Ishtar sighed in disbelief as she listened.
"Now that I want to marry, satisfy my mother with a gift of a grandchild... You've been wondering why I was all covered deep down in a heap of thoughts for the past two days, reason being, I've been asking myself why I need to look elsewhere for a marriage partner when I have a loving and caring secretary, Ishtar," manupilatively, he boldly told a convincing lie.
"I believe your mother would be happy to carry her cute grandchild when she gets well too."
Analysing his words, Ishtar felt a reasonable point within. She began to put down her already weak guards.
At the back of her mind, "Maybe if I accept to marry him he will start loving me right along our marriage journey... or maybe he will never care. But I love him and that's too deep _ and, I've always wished to have him as my man for so long... and I've never seen him with any woman for all the years I've known him... No no no... control your thoughts Ishtar!"
As Ishtar thought through, on relaxed steps Bob Lee walked and stood right infront of her. He lifted his hand and slowly tucked a stray hair behind her ear. Lingering his fingers on her cheek, "What are you thinking?" He whispered a question, making sure she feels his breath catch.
Ishtar couldn't hide the vulnerability in her feelings towards him as it wrote all over her face, communicating nothing but a desire to be laid. As a virgin, her hands couldn't stop trembling. But because she respected boundaries, she could not look at him straight in the eyes. She kept her face down.
As a master who knew himself so well as a ladies' magnet, Bob Lee, with a finger, softly lifted Ishtar's chin up, instructing her to look at him. Her eyes met his. Bob Lee could read the vulnerability written on Ishtar's face while she panted.
He gazed unsteadily at her pink lips, then back in her eyes, a technical communication which sparked the gap to be closed. He captured her mouth in a tender kiss that took her by storm, which deepened from soft to urgent.
Will Ishtar accept Bob Lee's marriage request or refuse and disappoint him as Nadia Browne did? She hadn't given him a response yet.