Chapter 4 - His Kindness

Tina started crying again, and she wondered what she had gotten herself into. Where would she sleep? How would she get back home to face her mother? And where would she even get the transport money to go back home to her village by that risky hour of the night, since it was already dark due to the heavy rainfall that made the night fall quickly?

While still in her thoughts, Patrick finally stepped out of his house, and he was shocked to see Tina still standing outside and crying. Tina was shivering due to the cold weather, her clothes had already soaked wet and clung to her body, bringing out her shape in his view.

Patrick knew that Tina was stubborn, but he had to ask her what she was still waiting for. He was shocked to see that Prisca had actually left her behind. He stepped out to ask the security man to lock back his main entrance gate, since it was already past 9 p.m. in the evening and Sharon had already called him on the phone to inform him that they weren't arriving home.

Patrick hesitated to speak to Tina at first, knowing that she was stubborn. He walked past Tina to inform his security gate man to lock back his house gate since Sharon had already called him and told him that she was sleeping over at the hotel they went to. But just as Patrick walked past Tina, she shivered in fret and immediately shifted backwards. She wasn't expecting anyone to walk past her, but seeing that it was Patrick, she immediately called him back, "Hello, excuse me, sir!"

Patrick paused and stared back at Tina as he heard her sweet voice. Tina immediately stared downward, not able to meet Patrick's intense gaze on her. She remembered that she had been rude to him before and didn't know how to ask him for help again. She needed money to transport herself back home, but she was hopeful that she would find a bike to take her home by that time of the night. She stammered, "Please, sir, can you?"

"Wait, I am coming first. Let me tell the security gate man to lock back the house gate, since Sharon and Prisca aren't returning and for security purposes," Patrick said to her as he met Tina's gaze.

"Okay," Tina gulped as Patrick left her. She watched him walk up to the gate house to instruct his security guard while she stood and continued staring at him until he returned to her. He said, "Honestly, I thought that you'd already gone home with Prisca and Sharon. I'm quite surprised to still see you here, meaning that Prisca actually left you behind. Why not come inside and wait? You must be feeling too cold by now, and I don't think Prisca will be returning tonight since she already left with Sharon."

Patrick offered Tina his kindness, as he knew that Tina might still reject his kindness and prefer to sleep outside, but Tina didn't have any other option as she stood silently, remembering that she had been rude to Patrick before. Patrick drew closer to her again as it began to rain again, and he asked her, "Aren't you going to say something, miss?"

"I... I..." Tina shuttered as she met Patrick's dark, handsome gaze. Tina said, "I wanted to ask you before if you could help me with the transport fare to go back home to my village, but I don't even know my way back home either. Or can you help me with the transport fare and also the directions, because I have never been to this area before, and my mom will be worried about me and looking for me too if I don't return home tonight?"

"Hmph," Patrick sighed, listening to Tina's sweet voice, and he replied, "I can help you with directions, but it's already late now, and before you get to the junction that leads down to your village and start trekking home, it will be very risky and already midnight. So why not stay in for tonight? Tomorrow, first thing in the morning, I will personally drop you off before leaving for my work office."

Tina remained silent, and Patrick hoped that Tina would understand. He calmed down, as he was not happy, on seeing her sobbing, and he shook his head and walked to open the parlor door to usher Tina into his house, as her clothes were already completely wet and clinging to her body, bringing out her sexy shape to his view and making him a little uncomfortable, as he actually liked Tina too.

Tina was shivering due to her wet cloth, and as she finally stepped into Patrick's living room, she watched him lock up the parlor door. As he turned to face her, Patrick said to her, "Wait here; let me go inside and search in Sharon's room for any of her clothes to give to you. Wait."

Patrick went inside and brought out some of Sharon's clothes for Tina to change into. After seeing that the cloth that Tina wore was already wet and dripping down the tiled floor in his parlor, Tina said to him, "Thank you, sir."

Tina finally collected the clothes from Patrick's hand, and not comfortable changing her wet clothes in his presence, Tina asked him, "Can I use the restroom?"

"Sure," Patrick replied to her, and Tina immediately went into the restroom, as she was scared, and anxiety ran through her as she knew that Patrick and her were the only two people in the house. 

Tina had no other option than to change into Sharon's gown, and after drying up her wet body, she rinsed her wet cloth and squeezed it tightly to dry it as she hung it in the restroom window. She hoped it would dry before morning, so she could wear it back and go home to her family house in her village the following morning.

Tina also took off her bra and panties, as they were already wet. She rinsed them out and hung them beside her wet clothes on the restroom window. After dressing in one of Sharon's gowns that Patrick had given her, without wearing any underwear or a bra to support her big chest, Tina finally stepped out of the restroom. Feeling dread run through her spine, she walked back to the living room to meet Patrick.

Patrick had already served his dinner and was eating jollof rice and fried fish when he saw Tina step out. He asked her, "Would you like to join me for dinner?"

Tina hesitated at first, but her hungry stomach grumbled loudly. She nodded, as she hadn't eaten since noon when she arrived. This was due to the silly gossip that Prisca was telling her at her home and dragging her to accompany her to visit Sharon.

Patrick knew he was dealing with a stubborn lady. He noticed that Tina hadn't eaten or drank anything since arriving that afternoon. He stood up, abandoned his food, and went to the kitchen to serve Tina's meal. Patrick brought it out and set it on another stool in the parlor.

Patrick had cooked the meal before the rain started, knowing Sharon was lazy and wouldn't agree to cook it. He served the tray of food and brought out a bottle of water for Tina. He returned to his seat, looked at Tina, and said, "That's your meal, and I hope you like it."

Patrick sat back down to finish his meal while Tina nervously sat down and thanked him. Though hungry and the food smelled delicious, she was still unhappy and worried about her mother and siblings.

As Patrick finished his meal and cleared his plate, he saw that Tina hadn't touched her food. He walked up to her, sat down opposite her, and asked, "Aren't you going to eat, or do you want to starve? Should I feed you?"

Tina shook her head, looked into Patrick's face, and replied, "No, sir, thank you. I will eat it, but I am just worried about my mom and siblings."

Tina finally picked up her spoon and started eating the jollof rice little by little, while Patrick asked her, "Don't you have a phone to at least contact your mom and tell her that you're at a friend's place? The heavy rain is falling, and you won't be able to return home until tomorrow."

"No," Tina replied as she shook her head. She stared at her plate of food and said, "I don't have a phone."

"How about your mom's phone number? Do you know it by heart? Let me help you contact her on the phone," Patrick asked, but Tina still shook her head and replied, "No, I don't know my mom's phone number either."

Patrick sighed and looked away from Tina to his displayed television. While Tina managed to eat half of the food given to her and grew tired, Patrick became engrossed in watching his television. When the light came on, he glanced at Tina and admired her, noticing that she was dozing off and had fallen asleep on his couch.

Patrick saw that Tina was already feeling sleepy due to the cold weather and from previously sobbing too much. He interrupted her from dozing off again on the couch as Tina nearly fell off, asking her, "You're already feeling sleepy, miss. Do you want to sleep here, even though you won't be comfortable? Why not come sleep in my bedroom?"