My fiance boss wants me.
Jidenna whispered as we walked towards my uncle's compound, holding my hand tight so I don't fall on red sand.
I wore a red wrapper, red blouse, heavy coral beads my mother borrowed from her own mother. My hair packed in low cut, no more long wig. Real Igbo girl. Genius wife, but today, village wife. but today, just bride.
"Ready since that rainy night," I whispered back. "When Emeka, my husband-to-be who was working for you as your staff, slept with my cousin, on my wedding night inside my bridal room, and I ran outside crying in the rain, and you, his boss, came to look for Emeka, saw me once, stopped your car and said 'Are you okay?' and offered me 3 months contract to be your wife to mak