Chapter 10 - I'll try my best

Ryan looked great in his white body con Tee and his slightly ripped denim with a white sneakers to match, he was exceptionally handsome. Chimamanda couldn't help but admire the handsome creature before her although she was still feeling nervous and shy but she brushed it off.

"Good evening mi lady" Ryan says as he took Chimamanda's hands into his and kissed it. "You look ravishing and Elegant Darling" Chimamanda blush Scarlett as he complimented her.

She muttered a thanks "you don't look bad yourself" she added, "you know he looks more than what you just told him"  her subconscious queried her. She wanted to say more to him but she didn't want to sound cheesy or awkward.

She quickly tells her sisters good bye and entered the Range Rover sport Car door that was opened for her to enter by Ryan.

"Um I was thinking if we could go to my house" Ryan said nervously, scratching the back of his head waiting anxiously for her to say something, he searched her eyes expecting an answer

Chimamanda was stound, too speechless, she wanted to say something but her voice was nowhere to be found.

Ryan sensed her hesitation, "it's okay if you don't want us to go to my house we could just go to any restaurant of your choice"  "No, it's okay, I mean I would love to go to your house" Chimamanda finally voiced out.

"Are you sure?" Ryan probed looking at her with concern. "Yeah"she replied with a smile. "Okay" he grinned and stepped on the acceleration

The drive to Ryan's house was silent except the music that was playing from the Car stereo, they nodded in rhythm to

He pulled over at a big building, Ryan opened the door for Chimamanda before she could reach for it. "Thank you" she appreciated. it's not every time, a guy gets to open the door for a lady her subconsciousnes reminded her. She could feel butterflies in her stomach, her heart was fluttering.

He held her hand as they walked into the house, he tossed his keys to a staff to park the car properly before they entered the house.

The house interiors were speaking wealth and ostentation. The floor was made with shiny white tiles with beautiful designs on it. The colour theme is that of a typical bachelor gray and white. "Welcome to my house" he announced with a hint of pride in his voice.

He led her to a massive dinning room. He pulled out a chair for her to sit, he took a sit at the head of the table close to Chimamanda's, a butler dressed in complimentary black and white attire made his way to the table carrying a bottle of wine.

Chimamanda was surprised when she saw her father's company trademark 'larvish'. She glanced at Ryan's direction with a small smile.

He chuckled "yeah I know you are surprised but I'm a fan of your father's company wine infact they are my favourites"

"Wow, thank you for choosing larvish we won't disappoint you" Chimamanda grinned

The conversation was put on hold  when the maids brought in the food setting it in front of them.

Chimamanda scanned the food, her mouth began to water, the aroma from the food made her stomach to growl. "Seems like someone is hungry and can't wait to eat this food" Ryan quipped. Chimamanda felt a little bit embarrassed "sorry forgive my manners I love good food and I don't seem to control myself if one is placed in front of me"  "let's eat then so your stomach won't get upset"

Chimamanda took in the first bite, it felt good she couldn't help but moan "this is delicious" she said out loud.

"Thanks, my chef always prepare the best" Ryan smirked smugly.

After the meal he led her to the living room and they started a conversation. She found out Ryan is a calm, shy, organized, intelligent and a cheerful person.

He told her he had not loved nor seriously dated anyone. He also told her that he liked her, when he said that Chimamanda blushed Scarlett but quickly hid her face so he won't see her. He said he has a male best friend who's name is Obadare, Dare for short. Chimamanda told him she didn't have a best friend but Chidinma is more like a bestie to her, she told him she had dated a lot of guys.

They both shared similarities like touring, trying out new things, Ph.D in business administration and Masters in political science, they talked about political happenings in the country. They talked about their first degrees Chimamanda told him her's is law while he told her he's is business administration.

They were both U.S citizens, Chimamanda told him about her maternal family who are natives of Atlanta Georgia in the U.S, she talked about her grand ma who gave her and her sisters their middle names and would always nag them to visit her in the U.S everytime. They kept on talking about so many things till Chimamanda got tired and wanted to go home. He asked her on another date which she agreed to. As they were about to head out he called a maid to carry out the drinks on the side table.

Chimamanda was standing up from the couch when she felt a cold sensation on her dress, she looked down and saw the clumsy maid that poured the drink on her dress.

The maid gasped noticing the gravity of what she did "I'm sorry ma'am" she apologized sincerely, she tried to clean off the damage off Chimamanda's dress but it pissed Chimamanda who rewarded her with a heavy slap across her face and another one, the impact of the slap made the maid to fall down and start crying holding her cheeks and soothing the stinging pain it caused her.

"Ryan where is your guest bathroom" Chimamanda barked. Ryan was shocked to say a word, he pointed a door. Chimamanda was too pissed to give a fuck about what Ryan thought of her at this moment. She walked to the directions of the door, she cleans the mess with water from the toilet sink.

"We can go now" she told Ryan immediately she came out of the guest bathroom. She heads to the door without waiting for Ryan.

"Wait" Ryan said but it came out like a plea. Chimamanda stops in her tracks "you fucked up he's definitely going to scold you for what you did" her mind chided her.

"I know you want to scold me for what I did but she pissed me and I couldn't take it" Chimamanda blurts out. She was taken aback by what Ryan said "I'm sorry that she spilled the drink on your pretty dress, I'll buy a new dress for you, but you wouldn't have stressed yourself by hitting her, a pretty lady like you shouldn't stress yourself on matters like this instead control your anger" 

His voice sent shivers to her soul and calms her down "I'm sorry I slapped her I'll try to control my anger next time, don't bother about my dress there is no need to get another one" Chimamanda replied, remorse and sincerity laced in her voice, the words flowed out before she could stop it, surprising both Ryan and herself.  Alright let's get you home Ryan beamed.

"Good night princess" Ryan said as Chimamanda stepped out of his car. "Good night prince charming, sweet dreams" she forced herself to say so it won't be awkward if she don't say anything, this was new to her.  He waited for her to enter the house before he drove off. "That's so sweet" Chimamanda muttered smiling

She got in to the dark living room and flickered the switch on, she gasped in fear when she saw her sister looking at her  "oh my God! You both scared me" she was clutching her throbbing chest. "Sorry" they chorused.

"How was the date?, Where did he take you to? What was he like? Did you both kiss?" They kept on bugging her with questions.

"Calm down, wanna take my bathe now when I'm done I'll tell you both everything" she answered and headed upstairs for her room.  They followed her like flies following dirt. They waited till she took her bathe and dressed up in her pajamas.

She told them all that happened, they blushed and cooed an awwn when necessary. "I knew you were bound to slap someone" Chidima quipped "but I'm dumbfounded that you actually apologized, you like him right? Don't lie to me and be sincere" Chidima probed maintaining a serious face the girls haven't seen before.

Chimamanda looked at her sister's face and just couldn't lie anymore besides she was her sister and only wanted the best for her. "Okay, yeah I do" she simply answered. "Oh my!" Chidima exclaimed I'm so happy for you she added happily and pulled Chimamanda for a hug. "Thank you" Chimamanda mouthed after she pulled out of the hug. "Sis you should learn to control your anger tho, so you won't be upsetting Mr. Admirer Everytime" Chisom advises. "Yeah I know I'll try my best" The girls gist about other random topic till they got sleepy and ended up sleeping in Chimamanda's room.