Lahat ng Kabanata ng Groom For The Day: Kabanata 41 - Kabanata 50

Ayo thought the night was over but soon realised it was just beginning.After the producer left with his thin-rail wife, he had the best dinner ever with Tanya, where she gave him the juicy details of how she had beaten Melinda in two contests and how Melinda’s poor acting skills made her lose a role.The director gave the role to Tanya, and she only found out later that it was taken from Melinda.Soon enough, Melinda became engaged to the widowed producer and announced that she was leaving her career to focus on her home.Many gossiped behind Melinda that she was just a trophy wife, who passed up her flopping career for a ring, but Tanya had never joined them.She and Melinda had always been polite to each other though Meg had always told her that the lady did not mean well for her.With her snide comments that night, Ayo could see what Meg meant.Gradually, their conversation moved from the woman to other things.Ayo couldn’t remember the last time he had had such an enjoyable time

The closer they got, the more tense he got.Tanya felt the need to tell him that she had not been living in a bubble over the years.She wanted to let him know that she had been in the rundown part of the city before.Though she had never been to any of them without her entourage, nor had she actually come to the Bariga part of the city before, she knew it couldn’t be worse than some of the areas she had been to visit orphanages and give relief to those in need.They rode in silence since he gave the cab man his address. She had kept her eyes closed as she felt he wasn’t in the mood for conversation.She wondered why a man who had been so confident even under the scrutiny of the media would seem nervous just because she wanted to see where he stayed.Was he ashamed?“What is there to be ashamed of?” she wondered as she opened her eyes and turned to look at him.His head was turned to the other side and the hard features of his face made her rethink what she was about to say.Words mig

She received the news with more calmness than he had expected.While he was fuming that her damn ex had struck again, she simply collected the newspaper from her assistant, collected her coffee and calmly sat down to read it.Then she went through the posts online before switching on the TV set to watch the morning news.The segment that followed the news programme was Glamour Gaze.She stayed glued to the TV as the two journalists on what was apparently a gossip show showed the graphic image of Martinez’s bruised face.Ayo couldn’t believe that a single punch had caused such a bruise, but the picture was enlarged so much that it was hard to miss.The presenters talked gleefully about Martinez’s new claim that Tanya was the one who had actually cheated on him while he had been enduring it because of his love for her. Even though they kept their faces professionally respectful, the disdain was clear in their tone when discussing how Tanya asked Ayo to beat Martinez up because he promi

“So, you are a coward?”The simple, accepting way she asked was the last straw for him.“What did you just call me?” he asked in a dangerously soft tone as he narrowed his gaze on her.Still with her legs crossed, she shrugged and said, “It is a question. Are you a coward?”When he did not answer, she added “I would have thought you are not. I guess I was wrong.”She stood up and turned to her vanity to remove her earrings. “Chicken” she added casually.She was trying to rile him up. She was doing it on purpose.Ayo knew that, but still, he couldn’t stop himself from walking over to grab and turn her around.“When you insult me, you look at me. Say that to my face,” he said harshly with racing breath.She looked at him innocently like she was going to back down, then suddenly she raised her arms like a flapping bird and let out a cackling, “Bawk bawk bawk,"Ayo growled in frustration, wrapped his hand around her neck and pulled her closer while his harsh breathing filled the room.In

“I already told you you could go home. It’s past your work hour, isn’t it?” Tanya said to Christianah.“Ms. Meg would have my head if she knew I let you go out alone, ma.”“Let me? And who is going to tell her? You?” Tanya answered in exasperation. “I…”“If she learns about this, you don’t need to worry about her having your head. You will be sacked already,” she turned to give the confused Christiana a straight look, “By me,”Flustered, Christiana clutched her backpack. “Ma, please, don’t sack me. I can’t afford to be sacked right now. I still have to pay my school fees,”“Learn to keep your mouth shut then,” Tanya said tonelessly.Christianah moved to zip her mouth as she said, “Lips sealed, ma. I won’t tell even if she puts a gun to my head.”Tanya rolled her eyes at her assistant’s drama. She remembered Ayo’s words about how the people around her are like babysitters.As she looked out of the darkened car, she tried to remember when she had ever gone anywhere without someone moni