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, as Tina was shivering due to the cold weather and her cloth had already soaked wet and clung to her body while bringing out her shape in his view.

Patrick knew that Tina was stubborn, but still, he had to ask her what she was still waiting for. as he was shocked to see that Prisca actually left her behind, and he actually 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 and told him that they weren't arriving home.

Patrick hesitated to speak to Tina at first, as he knew that Tina was stubborn, and so he walked past Tina to inform his security gateman to lock back his house gate since Sharon had already called him on the phone and told him that she was sleeping over at the hotel that they went too, but just as Patrick walked past Tina, Tina shivered in fret, and she immediately shifted backwards, as she wasn't expecting anyone to walk past her, but seeing that Patrick was the one and he was also leaving the house, Tina immediately called him back, "Hello, excuse me, sir!."

Patrick paused, and he stared back to Tina as he heard her sweet voice, and Tina immediately stared downward, not able to meet Patrick's intense gaze on her, as she remembered that she had been rude to him before, and she didn't even know how she would ask Patrick for his help again, as she needed money to transport herself back home, but she was hopeful that she would see a bike to take her home by that time of the night, and so she stammered to ask him, "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, and 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 back to her, and he said to her, "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, as you will be feeling too cold by now, and I don't think Prisca will still be returning here this night 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, "Ain'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 this night?"

"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? As tomorrow, first thing in the morning, I will personally drop you off before leaving for my work office in the morning."

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 ushered Tina into his house, as her clothes were already completely wet and clinging to her body, while bringing out her sexy shape to his view and making him a little uncomfortable too, 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 he 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 pants too, as they were already wet, and she rinsed them out and hung them beside her wet clothes on the restroom window. As she was through dressing up in one of Sharon's gowns that Patrick gave her without wearing any pants underneath her waist or any bra to support her big boobs, Tina finally stepped out of the restroom, and feeling dread ran through her spine as she walked out back to the living room and to the parlor to meet Patrick.

Patrick had already served his dinner set before him. On a stool in front of his blue couch, as he was eating the delicious jollof rice and fried fish, Patrick saw Tina step out, and he asked her, "Will you like to join me for dinner?."

Tina hesitated at first, but feeling her stomach grumble out loudly in hunger, Tina nodded, as she hadn't eaten since noon that she arrived, due to the silly gist that Prisca was telling her at her home and also dragging her to accompany her to visit Sharon.

Patrick already knew that he was dealing with a stubborn lady, as he noticed that since the afternoon that Tina arrived, she hadn't drank nor taken anything, and so he stood up from his blue couch, abandoning his food, as he went to his kitchen to serve Tina's own meal, and he brought it out to her and set it on another stool and blue couch in his parlor.

Patrick was the one that cooked the meal before the rain started to fall, as he knew that Sharon was lazy and she wouldn't agree to cook it, and so he cooked his food by himself to prevent any silly argument between him and Sharon, and he served the tray of food on a stool, and he walked back to his parlor fridge and also took out a bottle of water from his fridge for her, and he returned and set it on the stool before he went back to his previous seat, and he stared back to Tina, who was still standing and staring at him too, and he said to her, "That's your meal, and I hope that you will like it?."

Patrick walked back to sit on his former seat, and he continued eating his dinner while Tina nervously sat down, and she replied to him, "Thank you, sir."

Tina hadn't touched the food given to her yet, as even though she was hungry and the food really smelled delicious, she was still unhappy, and she wondered how her mother and siblings would be worried about her as she hadn't returned home again.

Patrick continued eating his meal, and as he finished up his meal, he stood up and cleared his plate to the kitchen, and he returned to the parlor and saw that Tina hadn't even touched her food given to her yet. He walked up to meet her, and he sat down opposite heras he stared directly at her face, and he asked her, "Ain't you going to eat, or do you want to starve, or should I feed you?."

Tina shook her head as she stared up at Patrick's face, and meeting his dark, handsome gaze on her, she replied to him, "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 she 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 fell, and you won't be able to return home again until tomorrow."

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

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

Patrick sighed, and he stared away from Tina and his displayed television, while Tina managed to eat half of the food given to her, and as she got tired, while Patrick got engrossed watching his television, since the light came on, he stared at Tina, as he admired her, and he saw 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 her previous sobbing too much, and he interrupted her from dozing off again on the couch as Tina nearly fell off, and he asked her, "You're already feeling sleepy, miss. Do you want to sleep here, as you won't be comfortable? Why not come sleep in my bedroom?."