...LOST IN THOUGHT

I remember the first day we met.  I was at my cousin’s house party dancing and having fun when I spotted her sitting quietly in a corner all by herself.  She was a beauty to behold with exquisite features. She didn’t need to strut for anyone to know that she had a body to die for.  Her smile as she declined dancing with the guys at the party added more sparkle to her radiant beauty.  She watched everyone as they danced and didn’t seem interested in joining in. I kept looking in her direction strategizing how to approach her. Suddenly, my feet began walking towards her as if it had a mind of its own, I didn’t even know how to start, “Mind if I join you?” I screamed above the loud music.

She shifted on the sofa leaving me a little space to sit beside her without saying a word in reply. “Do you enjoy having no fun or are you just a peculiar snob?” she stared at me menacingly and I realized I’d gotten her attention so I continued, “I wish I knew who invited you to this party; he or she deserves some real spanking”

“Do you have a problem with me not dancing? Am I disturbing you? What’s your problem?”

“She speaks!!!” I replied mockingly. ”Since you won’t dance, can I sit by you and enjoy your quiet company?” she smiled at me for the first time, I was obviously the first guy who wanted her company and not just a dance.

“I’m Gbemi Orenuga”, I said stretching forth my right hand, “Titi Oresanya”, she replied as she placed her hand in mine. In one swift motion, I moved her hands up to my lips and gave it a slight kiss, “Nice meeting you Titi”

She smiled and before long, we were chatting away like we’d known each other for ages. I remember her laughter the day I asked her out many months later; we’d grown to be best of friends

“What took you so long? Thought you’ll never ask”

Our relationship blossomed and things couldn’t be better. We were in love, without a care and the future looked so bright for us. We had loads of fun together, blooming friendship. It wasn’t rosy all the way though, but in all we still smiled and were happy with each other.

 The way she moaned with delight when we made love, the clothing she wore to seduce me when she came around visiting. We just couldn’t get enough of each other’s company and bodies. We were in love and we couldn’t be happier. We wanted so much to get married in the nearest future and we worked hard to make it happen.

I’ll never forget the day I proposed to her. I was at work that morning when I called her up, “Hey, how is you? How was your night? Can I see you tonight? We’ll meet at Knoxxy Lounge for 7pm, got something really important I need to tell you. Have a nice day”, I didn’t wait for her to utter a word before I cut the call.

She called back and was furious, “What was that about? Is everything okay with you? Why the brash attitude this early in the morning? Not even a simple good morning from you”. I ignored her questions, “Titi, I don’t have time for all this your questions, its too early to pick a fight with you, let’s meet at the Lounge tonight”. She didn’t say a word as she ended the call in annoyance.

That evening, she came ready to rain fire and brimstone on my head but was willing to listen to whatever it was I had to say first. I could see the anger written all over her face. I’d bought a two thousand dollar engagement ring a week before and it was in the inner pocket of my suit.

As soon as she came in, I motioned for her to sit and ordered for two plates of chicken and chips.

“So how was your day?” I began “You look so stressed…”

“… Are you going to tell me what all this sudden meeting is all about? We could have had this meeting or this talk in either your house or mine” she said angrily cutting me short in mid-sentence.

“I’ll cut to the chase; I was at a prayer conference yesterday where we were told to bring the names of those we wanted to marry for prayers. I wrote down your name and after series of prayers, the pastor picked out your name from the lot and told me that we couldn’t work”, I looked at her face, and there was disbelief, horror, hatred all rolled into one written on it. Whether it was directed at me or the purported pastor, I didn’t know. I sat back, taking my face from impending harm. She shifted in her sit and kept staring at me without saying a word. I was enjoying myself so I continued

“”So, I went to meet him after the service and he particularly told me, that I should end our relationship if I wanted to be happy in life. Titi, that was a man of God speaking and I have decided to obey”

Tears streamed down her cheeks, she was speechless. After a few minutes she found her voice, “You’re breaking up with me? Did this Pastor tell you why we couldn’t work? Does this Pastor know how long we’ve dated? Does he know that I gave you four years of my life?”

I was really having fun, “He doesn’t know that. You are not saying I should disobey the voice of God, are you?”

The tears came down in full force as I spoke; I couldn’t take it anymore as my heart felt for her.

 “Titi, with you as my girlfriend, my joy can only be short-lived, but with you as my wife, as the mother of our kids, waking up to see your beautiful face beside me every single day, my happiness will know no bounds. I love you and I want to spend the rest of my life with you”, I got on one knee and brought out the ring, “Titilayo Oresanya, will you be my wife? One whom I’ll love and cherish for the rest of my life, will you be the mother of my kids, bringing me happiness every single day? Will you..?”

“YES! YES!”She replied with excitement as she wore the ring on her fourth finger. “I will marry you”. We kissed intensely as tears of joy flowed down her cheeks. I kissed the tears and whispered "I'll never stop loving you into her ears", she smiled and replied "i Love you too".

We ate our dinner laughing and chatting away, we were both delighted. After the meal, i paid the bill and motioned that we leave, she looked at me sternly and said, “Gbemi, for what you did tonight; that crazy stunt that almost ran me mad some minutes ago, you are so dead”, I ran out of the bar and headed for my car with my fiancée in hot pursuit.

Our wedding ceremony a  year later was exciting and our joy knew no bounds. Our dream of starting a family together had finally come true.

We had our first child a year later; a lovely boy who looked so much like his handsome father.

We’ve been married for two years now and things are getting out of hand. Our sex life is crap. She joined the prayer warrior s of the church six months ago and since then; our sex life has gone downhill. Each time I make to touch her, she would either begin speaking in tongues or give me one excuse or the other. Then to make matters worse, she got a promotion at work a month later that takes much of her time and every night rather than perform her wifely duties,

“Baby, I’m really tired. I have a lot of work I have to do tomorrow. Let’s do it during the weekend”. That weekend hasn’t come yet.

The sexy outfits she wore to seduce me back then are nowhere to be found. I know she’s too busy to cheat on me despite all that my friends are saying to the negative. I love my wife so much but I’m beginning to feel the urge to cheat on her. She says she’s now a prayer warrior in the church and thus can’t go to work in the morning, be a mother, pray in the night and still have sex that same night. My patience is running thin and I’m on the edge, I wish I knew who to turn to. I’ll hurt her badly if I cheat on her, but it seems I have no choice but…

Wait a minute… could she be punishing me for my proposal night stunt?

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