Her heart thumps as she watches the scene that is unfolding before her eyes. She stared deeply at the family of four who were at the opposite side from where she was seated, a few meters away from them.
Is she dreaming? It can't be? Is he a twin? So many thoughts are running through her mind.
Hearing his sweet laughter soaring in the air made her heart palpitate and she wiped her sweaty palms on the napkin in front of her.
She knew she needed some confirmation before concluding, so she picked up her phone and dialed his phone. She watched as it rang and he brought it out of his coat. Upon seeing the caller, he was tense and he allowed it to ring till it ended.
Then he quickly typed something into the phone. In no time, she received a text.
“I'm sorry Sweetheart,currently at a meeting, can't talk now. Will hit you up when I’m done”.
She watched the love sign emoji he added at the end of the message and her heart broke and he almost threw her phone away in anger.
“This man is married? And he also has two children?”, she thought aloud, still reeling from the shock of what she was seeing.
Pain surged through her as she thought of her next course of action. “Should I go and confront him in front of his family? Or should I give him the chance to explain?”. After a long battle with her emotions, she decided to go with the latter.
She manages to leave without him seeing her. It's a good thing she didn't bring her car, because there is no way she could drive herself without something terrible happening to her.
“You are my everything….. You complete me”, his words ring in her ears as she thinks of how he always whispers sweet words into her. Tears welled in her eyes, threatening to fall. She tried to hold herself but she felt weak. Still, she held on because she didn't want to completely break down at the back of the taxi.
“I can't believe I end up becoming what I despised the most…… I became the “Other Woman”.
“Hello Beautiful”, CeeCee heard a deep husky voice beside her. She turned, and came face to face with the man whom she had never seen before, smiling at her.
She sized him up, looking at him from head to toe. He wore a black denim, with a dove gray shirt. She could smell his Cologne even though he wasn't very close to her.
She could deduce from his appearance that he is well-to-do, not that she cared anyways.
The man, sensing that CeeCee was staring at him, made him smile the more which irritated her.
“Hi, I'm Abraham”, The man said, stretching his hands forward. CeeCee rolled her eyes, ignoring him and kept on filling and moving her cart with some groceries. She moved it to the next section not minding that someone who was talking to her.
“Has anyone told you just how beautiful you look?”Abraham persisted, trying not to give up even when it's clear his advances weren't well received.
“I’ve heard that before, more times than I can count”, She said, trying to dismiss him but Abraham wasn't giving up any time soon.
Abraham chuckled and the sound of his laughter stirred up some feelings deep down in CeeCee.
“Why is my heart beating fast at the sound of his voice?”, CeeCe wondered. “I mean, he is easy on the eyes but I am really not interested in any form of relationship”. She said to herself,wondering why her body was betraying her like that.
CeeCee decided she will continue to ignore him till he decides to leave her alone. It seemed to work because when she looked back some minutes later, she didn't see him following her anymore.
When she was done shopping, she pushed the content in her cart towards the counter. The cashier totaled all what CeeCee bought and told her the price. She took her card from her purse and proceeded to make the payments when a hand stopped her.
“I got it”. His voice rang beside her again. She looked up and saw him holding out his card to the cashier.
“Thank you but I can pay my own bills”, CeeCee countered and gave the cashier her card.
Abraham felt a bit embarrassed but he composed himself and smiled instead. Her continued refusal got him more intrigued.
When he first saw her by the groceries section of the supermarket contemplating what brand of cereal to get with her lip curled up. He was taken immediately by her beauty. He watched her read some things at the back of the two different brands of cereals she was holding. After thinking for a while, she dropped one of the cereal and dropped the other in her cart. After moving about two paces, she came back and took the other brand and dropped it also in her cart.
Her actions got Abraham smiling, he knew he had to get to know her. He was already in la-la land, fantasizing about a whole lot before his thoughts were interrupted by the cashier, who had been calling on him.
He came out of his fantasy state and muttered a quick apology. His eyes darted quickly to the space beside him and he was surprised to see the young woman beside him earlier was nowhere to be found. He looked outside and saw her putting the things she bought at the back of her car.
“Sorry, I”ll just be a minute “, he told the Cashier as he rushed outside.
He caught up to CeeCee before she got into her car.
“Can I at least get your contact?”, he asked, trying his luck one last time. He was half expecting her to turn him down but to his surprise, she asked for his phone and put in her number.
He collected his phone and thanked her. He was glad to at least have a way to contact her.
As if the day couldn't get any better, she rolled down her windshield and told him what he has been wanting to know since he saw her.
“And I am CeeCee by the way”, she revealed, shocking him but he quickly got over it.
“Nice to meet you CeeCee”, he smiled as he watched her drive away.
The next couple of days were crazy as Abraham wasted no time in contacting her and they immediately hit it off.
You would think that for one, who played hard to get in the beginning, she would try keeping it up a bit? No, that's not the case for CeeCee as they both talked nonstop. Cupid need not waste his arrow as the duo are getting the job done themselves. It was like a match made in heaven.
They found out that they had almost everything in common. It was shocking to CeeCee especially who had sworn off men for a very long time, due to the fact that she had been heartbroken, one time too many.
Her decision to let Abraham come out of the fact that she had decided to give love a chance again and because she is the only one left amongst her circle of friends who is yet to get hitched.
“When will I see you again?”Abraham asked her during one of their phone conversations.
“I mean, from our discussions, It's obvious we like each other, and you should know by now that I don't bite”, He said further making her swoon all over.
“Why don't we fix a date for next week?”, CeeCee asked, totally catching him by surprise.
“Wow! That's a good idea. How about I make you dinner at my place?”, Abraham said, causing CeeCee to fall deeper than she already has.
They both agreed to the date and they immediately began making plans.
CeeCee arrived at Abraham's for their date, showing up looking like a model from a Vogue magazine. Abraham, upon seeing her standing in his doorway, cleared his throat, fighting desperately to grab her and ravish her right there in his doorway.
He welcomed her into his home and she immediately felt relaxed at the comfort the house provides and the man looking at her like a hungry lion.
They had their dinner and sat down sipping wine and staring at each other. They were both talking but not listening to each other as other activities occupied their thoughts.
It didn't take long before they gave in to their desires and they both lasted long on the throes of passion. They spent all night exploring each other's bodies, wanting more, giving more, taking more. Oh, It was that good.
They met severally after that day as they couldn't get enough of each other. CeeCee knew already in her heart that Abraham is the man of her dreams. She has fallen head over heels in love with him.
CeeCee collapsed on her chair immediately she got back home, shaking from anger. She didn't hold back the tears this time as it poured from her eyes, leaving a pool on her sofa.
Her phone rang, revealing the caller to be none other than the devil himself. She was too weak to pick up her phone even after it rang for a third time.
She heard a pop sound, indicating a message had been sent to her phone.
She managed to open the message after some minutes and it reads;
“Hi sweetheart, I'm sorry I couldn't pick up earlier. Something came up and I would have to be out of town for a while. It was an impromptu task given to me at work, you might not be able to reach me for a while. I will try my best to make time for you, any chance I get. Remember that I Love You with every fiber of my being”.
She read the message with so much disgust. The endearment he always used to call her disgusted her more.
She knew he was trying to play smart by moving his family out of town, probably for a vacation, so she wouldn't have to find out.
She knew she had to put an end to their discussions, rip the bandaid off for her sanity.
“There's no point moving your family away from me. I already know they exist and before you try to deny it, I saw you all at the restaurant this afternoon.”, She pressed send and dropped the phone on her sofa.
After what seemed like hours, she heard another pop sound on her phone. She picked it up revealing three words.
“I can explain, love”, she read the message as another wave of anger washed through her.
“ Don't try to contact me again. Else I will be forced to find your wife and expose our affair to her”, she sent the message, shaking so much with anger.
That seemed to shut him up. As he went silent after that. She had no hope of him responding after the threat she just gave him.
Then to her surprise, she got another message.
“ I'm Sorry. I didn't mean to hurt you. For what it's worth, I did fall for you as much as you did me but I don't want to hurt you more than I already have”.
She read the message, this time noticing there were no heart emojis. It's really over. Just like that. She never envisioned her day which started with so much joy will end with her feeling so shattered. She wept all over again. She had never felt this heartbroken in all her years.
She took her phone and deleted all their pictures, messages and all traces of them together as she couldn't help seeing his name pop up on her phone or his pictures where they were both smiling sheepishly.
She knew she had to end it that way as she couldn't bear the thought of him seeing how much he broke her. Most importantly, she feared, if she saw him again, then she would end up becoming what she despised. She would become the “Other Woman”.
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