Chapter 28 The Handsome Devil
Hera woke up quite early the next morning. It was a Sunday and she needed to finish her chores early so that she could get ready for Mass.
Picking herself up from bed, she made her way into the kitchen to make breakfast, afterwards she took her shower and dressed up nicely.
She glanced at the clock and realized that she was an hour early. She decided to fold up her laundry while she waited for time to move quickly.
Soon enough, she heard scratches and growling at her door. Instinctively, she knew that it was King so she went ahead to open up the door.
True to her words, it was the little fury animal.
“Hi King” she greeted smilingly but he responded by wagging its tail and walking past her into her apartment.
At the centre of her living room, he circled round it and sat down on his hunches. She chuckled when he watched her with his big round eyes.
“Where’s your owner King?” She inquired as she went ahead to fold up the remainder of her clothes that was seating on the couch.
He barked loudly.
“I’m sorry King but I won’t be able to play with you today, it’s Sunday and I have to prepare for mass” she explained to the dog as though he could hear and understand her.
He barked again but only this time, more loudly than the first.
“Please understand King.” She sighed sadly “I promise to play with you after mass.”
At that moment, she heard another knock on the door. Her heart did a flip and when she thought of the possibility of who could be knocking.
It had to be Bryce.
Mariam never comes to knock on her door so early in the morning. It’s him no doubt but why was he here?
She bit her fingernails nervously. After what she had seen yesterday, she doesn’t know if she wanted to be friends with him anymore. He was too immersed in the darkness that it terrified her. She wasn’t scared that he might lure her in but she was scared that she might one day be consumed by it. He was like the devil but only handsome and very well compelling.
She had caught him sharing an intimate moment with Nella. What If he one day does it to her? He had already kissed her more than once so what if he goes further?
And the fact that she might actually like it as well didn’t sit well with her as well.
Taking steady steps towards the door, she twisted the door knob and pulled it open. She was right. It was her boss alright.
“Good morning Sir” she greeted unconsciously.
He raised a brow at her and that’s when she realized what she had just said. He called him Sir instead of his first name.
“Good morning Bryce” she quickly corrected herself and he smiled at her.
“Good morning Hera. Can I come in?” He questioned, waiting for her response.
“Are you here to pick up King?”
Bryce looked past her to see King seated comfortably at the centre of her living room. The animal. He wasn’t surprised. The furry animal has the same taste as he did.
“I had no idea that he came here” He blurted out.
“He came here quite early. Please take him with you, I have to get ready for mass.” She announced suddenly and turned to go back to what she was doing. He stared at her ass as she walked over to the couch.
Bryce let himself in and shut the door behind him.
“You’re getting ready for mass?” He asked out of the blue.
She nodded once, not bothering to look at him. It killed him inside that she was doing something else other than paying him the attention that he needed.
“So what, you’re going to pray and sing those churchy songs?”
She threw her face at him “Yes Bryce. I’m going to pray and sing those churchy songs. We do that to serve him up high.” She pointed up but he rolled his eyes.
“Do you want to join me?”
“I’ll pass” He waved her off abruptly.This content © 2024 NôvelDrama.Org.
“Do you have a problem with him?” She asked softly and he shrugged at her question.
“He didn’t come to help when I needed him the most so I stopped acknowledging him up there.” It was supposed to sound funny but it didn’t.
Just what this this man go through? Hera pondered on what he just said. Did something maybe happen in the past that’s making him behave this way?
“He always listens Bryce and he does things his own way. You just have to believe that he’s there and he’ll show himself.”
“Right!” He drawled amusingly “I guess by the time he finally shows himself, I might be buried six feet under.”
She chuckled “I don’t know what you went through Bryce but for the fact that you’re still standing means that he has already shown himself to you. I know that you won’t believe me but I hope that you will someday.”
Standing up from the couch, she made her way towards him and took his hands in hers “And if you need someone to talk about it then I’m here. I promise not to judge you. We all have skeletons in our closets after all.”
Bryce didn’t understand what was happening but he would be lying if he said that this woman wasn’t getting to him in the worst way possible. The fact that she made everything seem simple and easy, intrigued him and he couldn’t help but get drawn to her.
“Oh and, thank you for the cell phone.” She said out of the blue “I wanted to come and thank you person yesterday but… I decided to do it today.”
She left out the part where she had caught him having sex with Nella. The fact that she saw it had been eating her up since last night so she won’t dare to say anything about it.
“You’re welcome Hera.”
She smiled at him and turned to go but he gripped her hands firmly.
“Is something wrong?”
“Will you be free to go out with me today?” He asked and she went silent for a while before muttering yes.
“Oh shoot!” She exclaimed loudly “I’m late for mass!”