WIFE MATERIAL
Episode 5
As the day went by, the newly wedded were indoors getting used to their bodies and getting some rest. Ikenna had decided to stay off work for some days as Amara was given a few days off too.
People were coming to congratulate them and as well see Ikenna’s new wife.
Later on, in the evening, Ikenna was in the lavatory while his wife sat on the bed and was going through her phone.
Suddenly, the doorbell rang. Ikenna’s wife got up from the bed and went to check who was at the door.
She opened it and it was Paul her husband’s friend. She was shocked as Paul entered.
“Our wife, are you surprised to see me?” Paul said.
“Yes, what are you doing here?”
“I came to see you people. Your husband is my bosom friend. Where is he?”
“At the lavatory.”
“You left me for my friend.”
“But you were never serious. You never told me anything about marriage.”
“You weren’t patient with me. You should have given me more time.”
“More time, you say when you never showed any form of seriousness.”
“Spare me that. I saw how you were dancing on your wedding day, all joyful. Anyways congratulations.”
As he was talking, Ikenna came out.
“Paulo my guy!” Ikenna hailed.
“Married man! You just dey enjoy alone.”
“Yes oo, na only me get am.”
“Ok, oo.”
“Meet my jewel,” Ikenna said resting his arm around Amara’s shoulder.
“I had already met her when she opened the door for me.”
They all laughed.
“No mind me, Congratulations to you both. You are welcome our wife.”
“Thank you, sir,” Amara said and later left for the bedroom.
Ikenna then went to his bar and brought out their favourite wine and two glass cups. He sat close to his friend and brought a side stool before them. He kept the wine and the glass cups on it.
He then opened the wine and poured some quantity into the two cups.
Ikenna carried one while his friend carried the second one and they toasted to good life by clinking the bells of their wine glasses and started sipping afterwards.
“How is work?” Ikenna asked.
“Great, I came directly from my office.”
“Ok.”
“When are you going back to work?”
“Next week probably, or better still whenever I wish.”
They both laughed.
“I can’t wait to get married so that I can start enjoying what you are enjoying now.”
“You are the one keeping yourself bro.”
He sighed deeply and later switched topics and they continued discussing.
About thirty minutes later, Ikenna called Amara and she quickly came to the living room.
“My friend is about to leave.”
Paul stood up to leave.
“Thanks so much for coming, sir. Sorry, I was doing something in the bedroom,” Amara said.
“Don’t worry.”
“Goodbye sir,” Amara said and stayed back while Ikenna saw Paul off to his car.
Later on, When Ikenna came back to the house, Amara was seated in the living room waiting for him.
He went and sat close to her, cuddling her.
“Baby, I know that your friend,” Amara said.
“You mean Paul?”
“Yes, we met at my colleague’s wedding. We exchanged contacts and usually talked over the phone but as soon as I met you, I stopped talking to him. Besides the relationship doesn’t have direction and we never had any inti.mate affair.”
“He never mentioned these to me.
Anyways, he’s not lucky when it comes to relationships, reason why he doesn’t take any girl seriously. If you had stayed with him, he still wouldn’t have married you.”
“Hmmm, so my decision was good.”
“Yes, coming to being inti.mate with him, I believe you with my whole heart because you are still intact.”
Amara shyly hit him with the throw pillow on the couch.
“Oo Okay, you are hitting your husband, right? I’ll deal with you.”
He grabbed her and quickly carried her to the bedroom.
TO BE CONTINUED
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