The aura feels different today than usual Mondays; Nek doesn’t glare at me, no rude comments, instead once in a while he smiles at me; and I’m obliged to return it, so as not to be rude. I’m a bit weirded out to be honest; but I would take this any day over his fury at work.The thought of Nek kissing me comes to mind which makes me blush; he kisses me at the most unexpected times, and I let him do so out of shock. I glance over at Nek and he’s vigorously typing on his computer; a moment ago he was busy shouting at one of the staff who had made a mistake in the company finance document draft; I felt bad for him, but I dare not interfere, lest Nek’s anger shifts to me and I’m caught in the loop.The business event is to be held today at 7pm; it is to be held at the magnificence, N'a prestigious hotel, one of Yila's most high class hotels. I’m usually responsible for such events that Nek holds thereby keeping me very busy throughout the day; but this year the job was delegated to Amelia

At exactly 5:30pm, my phone rings; it’s an unknown number. I have no aversion to answering unknown numbers so I pick the call; while I simultaneously send out an email.“Hello”“Hi; this is Nicole your stylist. I’m waiting for you downstairs, so that we can begin”. I didn’t actually expect her to be exactly on time; I guess that’s why Nek pays good money.“Alright, I would be down in a minute”. Not wanting to keep her waiting; I finalize the email, grab my things and head downstairs.I see a red headed lady waving at me, I approach her; that might be Nicole. “Hi, im Nicole” she says, clearing my doubts about her identity.“Hello, nice to meet you” Nicole is very pretty; she has a slender figure and she’s quite tall and very stylish, offering credibility to her work as a stylist.“We’ll start with your hair”, she pulls me towards the vehicle and we head towards the salon. I can tell she’s excited cause she keeps tapping her foot; I keep wondering if this is her first time working with

“Heyy Nicole” I softly say as I tap her lightly on the shoulder; that makes her jump a little, she turns around to see who had just interrupted her alone time with her sumptous dinner. At the sight of me her face lightens up and she looks relieved to see a familiar face, “hi” she responds with a glowing smile.“You didn’t tell me you were going to here, how did you have time to get ready, since you were busy styling me?” I question her wearing a playful smile.Nicole drops the plate of food in her hands on the table, she gestures for me to take a seat. I would have never noticed those seats if she never pointed them out, “you’re feet must be killing you, right!” she says reading my mind; “I actually arrived a little late to the party”, that answers the question to how she’s able to look so stunning this evening.“Have I told you look stunning this evening” I enthuse with a smile; “Thank you and you look absolutely wonderful yourself; if I compliment you any further, I’d be complimenti

She’s smiles back at me; humbly accepting the compliment, “so how far due are you?" she says with a forced smile; cutting to the chase.“Excuse me”; I’m stunned at this woman's audacity, how dare she imply that Nek only married me because I was pregnant. My previous image of her suddenly dissolves; she looked so nice and friendly when she introduced herself. It's really true what they say- never judge a book by it’s cover.I smile back at her, but make it obvious I’m not pleased by the way this conversation is going; she doesn’t take a hint cause the next thing she says makes me want to order her to be thrown out of the room, not that I can though.“You must have skimmed your way through, to have gotten married to him; what little tricks did you use” she carefully whispers, not wanting to be caught as she haughtily eyes me up and down.I have the urge to get Nek’s attention to this matter; but I remember that I am still fuming at what he did, I glance at Nicole but she’s too busy tryi

A lot of times has gone by; as time flies I realize that I genuinely enjoy spending time with Der. Nek would soon start searching for me or if he’s too busy; he’ll send one of his bodyguards to seek me out.“Let’s head back in” I smile at Der, “I think I’ve gotten enough fresh air, my husband would soon start looking for me”. Der looks up at me at the sound of the word husband; he doesn’t look sad at the thought of me having a husband, he just looks suprised.“Wowww, you look so young; no one would think you were married” he jokingly says; confirming to me that he didn’t like me. “Let’s head back in”, Der offers me his arm to support me as we walk back in; this heels were not made to be walked in.The doorman opens the door for us, Der slightly bows his head signifying his gratefulness to the doorman: so humble he is, if it were others, they’d have carried their haughty little noses in the air and walked past. A silly idea comes to mind, it’s also an intelligent one and it might just