HIRED WIFE

” I can understand.. so what will you two do now?”

” I don’t know honestly but I believe we will figure out a way before then!” I said scratching my head in confusion

” Okay no problem then, God help you both!” Tessy said nonchalantly and began taking the food to the dinning room

I assisted in taking the rest of the food out and together we arranged the table.

We were almost done arranging the table, when Angie came into the dinning room fully dressed for her new kindergarten school.

She sat on one of the dinning chairs and we followed suit

” I see someone is fully ready for school today without waiting for me to drag her out of bed” Tessy teased smiling

” Yes mummy, I decided not to stress you today… because I came to your room yesterday night to listen to my bedtime stories but I didn’t find you.. I later checked daddy’s room and found you asleep there” Angie said innocently

” Yes Angie, your mummy decided to sleep in my bedroom yesterday.. please hasten up with your food, you know you are late and your bus would be here soon”

” No problem daddy” Angie responded and at that exact moment, we heard a loud horn outside the gate

” I think your bus is here Angel.. so you should get going now” Tessy said as she got up ready to walk Angie to the gate where her bus usually waits for her

” bye daddy” Angie said to me as she kissed me on the cheek before holding Tessy’s outstretched hands

” Bye Angie.. take care of yourself and remember to stay out of trouble” I said waving at her as she waved back whilst walking out hand in hand with Tessy.

I sat alone on the table enjoying my breakfast when Tessy’s phone rang and the phone screen displayed ‘ My treasure’ calling.

I wondered who it was but although I was curious, I knew it was wrong to pick her calls so I ignored the call and continued eating my food.

It rang for the second time before Tessy finally came in.

Immediately she saw the name on the phone screen, her face lit up in delight and as usual she excused herself to pick that particular call in private.

Curiosity was slowly eating me up as I wondered who this her private ‘treasure’ is, and so to cure my curiosity I tiptoed to the door of her bedroom to eavesdrop on her phone conversation with whomever.

The phone conversation;

” Baby I miss you so much too… hope you’ve taken your breakfast? and what did you eat?”

” Really? you miss my cooking? I equally miss cooking for you too”

” Don’t worry okay.. I will come and see you tomorrow”

” I love you more baby.. take good care of yourself for me okay” Tessy concluded and slowly ended the call with a blown kiss to the caller.

I was dumbfounded after the phone conversation I heard and for some unknown reasons I felt sad knowing Tessy actually lied to me about not being in a relationship with anyone.

But why do I care?

Could it be that I have fallen in love with Tessy? No! it can’t be

But who could this her treasure be, and why does she usually pick the call specially and in private away from Angie and I?

I stood there lost in thoughts and didn’t realize when Tessy opened the door to come out, only to meet me standing there.

” Ton.. what are you doing at my bedroom door? were you eavesdropping on me?” Tessy asked staring at me suspiciously

” Me? why would I? Moreso what’s so hard in telling me that you are in relationship with ‘your treasure’?” I asked feeling jealous

Tessy looked at me and bursted out laughing which annoyed me even more

” See the way you are acting like a jealous lover whereas you aren’t jealous at all, just being childish.. anyways please leave me alone, whether or not I am in a relationship, it’s my personal affair!” Tessy said and attempted walking out on me but I stopped her by standing in front of her

” So what if I tell you that I am indeed jealous as a jealous lover would be?” I said sincerely, as I stared intensely at her and watched as she began acting shyly like last time

” Jealous? but why would you be jealous because of me Ton?” Tessy asked now looking directly at my face

” Do you want the truth?” I asked and she slowly nodded

” Yes I do!” Tessy answered shyly unable to meet my eyes

” Okay.. let me show you why I am jealous then” I said as I slowly moved closer to her and clamped my lips on hers for a passionate kiss.

Surprisingly, Tessy responded and together we kissed with so much passion like our lives depended on it.

Tessy first broke the kiss and there was clearly this look of confusion on her face, also that of mixed emotions.

” why did you kiss me?” Tessy asked and out of curiosity, I had to reply her question back with a question

” And why did you respond to my kiss?” I asked as we both stared at each other eye to eye

” It’s because you kissed me first and I couldn’t resist it no matter how much I tried to” Tessy said now unable to meet my eyes, I have observed that she does this a lot when she is confused or feeling shy.

” And why couldn’t you resist it?” I persisted because unlike her, I was no longer confused of my emotions and feelings towards her

” Maybe it’s because it has been a while I kissed… that’s why” Tessy answered and I looked at her as I shook my head