chapter 7

I woke up to the sunlight peeking through the curtains. Checking the alarm clock on the bedside table, it read 7:00am. Fighting sleep, I got up from the bed lazily. Straightening the sheets, after which I went to the bathroom to brush my teeth and wash my face.

I changed from my sleeping gown into a plain blue sundress. After which I checked my reflection in the big mirror and, satisfied with how I look, I went to the dining area for breakfast. Surprised to see it empty, I called Joanna to ask about breakfast and the whereabouts of alexandria.

“Joanna, joanna”, I called out and she came from the kitchen while using her apron to dry her wet hands.

“Where’s breakfast?, I thought breakfast was always by 7am, is anything the problem”.

“And where’s Alex, aren’t we supposed to have breakfast together”, I asked with boredom displayed on my face.

“Don’t call me that, only those close to me have the permission to call me by that name”, Alexandria said. His deep voice shivers down my spine.

“Sorry didn’t mean for it to slip out like that, won’t happen next time”, I said while taking a seat.

“Hope you haven’t forgotten about the gala we were invited to”, he reminded me.

“I haven’t forgotten”, I replied as i placed a napkin over my lap.

While waiting for the food to be ready, I brought out my phone to text Zoe to lament about the situation at hand.

“Can you guess what just happened?”, I texted.

“You know I am bad at this guessing game, so spill, what happened?”.

“Well I just called Alexandria, Alex by mistake just now and he reprimanded me for doing so, I just don’t know what his vibe is. Like, is he okay at all”, I typed back.

She sent a laughing emoji, laughing as I prepared to text her back, a loud throat clearing sound was made at my back, I turned to see who it was and it was Alexandria.

I immediately turned the phone off and placed it face down to the table.

“I happen to only like that name from the mouth of my close friends or family, thank you very much”, he said as he went to sit back down.

“You shouldn’t be reading people’s text messages”, I retorted in an attempt to defend myself.

“Um mm, absolutely not when it's about or concerning me, and moreover you are my wife I have every right to look at your phone, or you're not doing anything suspicious or illegal, are you?”, he asked as he raised one eyebrow up.

Laughing while shaking my head, I replied no to his question.

No, I haven't done anything like that.

“Not even a lover”, he asked, turning his head to the side, taking the matter further as if to see whether I could tell the truth.

I just replied by smiling, and in that moment Joanna brought out the food steaming hot. It was a plate of hot sweet rice porridge.

Digging in, I made sure to eat a lot because I knew that this would be my only food for the day, as I usually eat only twice a day and we would be busy at the gala tonight.

After breakfast I made sure to leave the dining table before he did to avoid any further questions.

Upon reaching my room, I opened the door to the room. I saw a white designer bag on my bed. I opened it to check its content, and lo and behold, It was a red silhouette gown and placed beside it was a black high heels with many straps that were exactly my size.

How in the world did he know my shoe size? Maybe my mother told him, but it’s been ages since I and my mom went shopping together,

I went to the closest to sort out some jewelry that would go well with my dress, after that I picked a black beaded purse, and placed them side by side together with the shoe and dress on the bed.

Satisfied with what I’d done. I picked up my phone to call Zoe, while it was ringing I texted Asher to ask him if he was free, while waiting for his reply, Zoe picked up the call.

“Hey girl hey, how’s married life treating you”, Zoe asked.

“Hmmm it's going okay, so far so good, we’ve just been avoiding each other except when it's important”.

Have you heard from Asher and Calvin? I've not heard from them for days now and it's unlike them, especially Asher, I asked with concern in my voice.

“Girl you know that Calvin is obviously healing from the heart break, you’ve got to give him some time and space to heal”, Zoe said. And about asher I think he and his band members are preparing for their tour, so I guess he’s been busy”.

“Ahh yes, sometimes I forget how popular the guy is, just cause we grew up together, but I am reminded of how popular he is when I see him on TV or when I hear his songs play on my car radio or even in the mall”, I said.

“Okay, okay, enough about them, now I heard about the gala happening in town today, are you going to attend Alexandria?. Oh I do hope you go so I get to see you, it's been a few days now since we last saw each other”, Zoe said enthusiastically.

“Yes we are attending the gala, an invite was sent to us and are you going alone or are you going with a plus one?”, I replied.

“No, I am going alone, but my aunt is one of the main planners of the event and I guess she wants to use this as an opportunity to introduce potential husband’s to be”.

“You know she’s been disturbing and pestering me about bringing someone home, and now that you’ve gotten married, it has gotten worse”.

“I know about that, anytime she saw us together in the past, she was always pestering us about our boyfriend’s”, I replied.

“My manager is calling my name now,so, let me let you go, we will talk later, or maybe when we see each other at the event this evening, " Zoe said as I heard her manager in the background telling her to hurry up.

“Mkay, bye I love you”, Zoe said.

“Love you more”, I said before the line ended.

I decided to take a nap after the phone call, not before setting an alarm for 5pm.