THE UNPOLISHED GEM

The plan

Lia Pov

I was in bed nursing my little heart break nd listening to Whitney Houston ( I have nothing I) song, i hate that my feelings keep growing each day for micheal , I look forward to seeing you his handsome face daily but pretend not to notice him each time he's around . He's been sick for days now nd I stayed out of his room cus the day I tried to take food to him, he was practically rude nd I'm fed up with his rude ass.

I heard granny reach out to me nd said Mandy had an emergency to attend to nd you know my knees're killing me so I can't take breakfast to micheal upstairs please help me out , sorry granny but I can't , I'm not in the mood to deal with him right now . Come on child you re his wife nd a good Christian forgives , in as much as both of you claim to hate each other but I see lots of hidden love in your hearts , I rolled my eyes at her assumptions nd she responded watch it girl, you don't roll your eyes at me , I end up laughing .

I took the tray nd sigh when I got to his door , I knock gently nd entered , I heard him in the shower so I placed the tray nd on the night stand . As I retrieve my steps back I heard his deep voice , don't you know how to knock n wait for response before you enter someone's room? What's your problem with me huh? I retorted,... Why does my mere presence irritates you each time? The fact that you nd your mum think I'm from the slums of Ghana doesn't mean I'm not courteous , I brought your breakfast nd if that's the " thank you " I get then bye to your arrogant self . I turn on my heels but he grab my arm "I'm sorry" he said , I scoff at his words , can I leave now? He didn't answer but kept staring at me , I could get lost in those beautiful eyes but I hate his guts so I took my arm out of his grip nd left without looking

few hours later Mandy came back, girl what's with the emergency granny was talking about? I had to take my mum inlaw to the hospital she ain't well , omg is she stable now? she replied not really, she will be on admission for few days , I'm so so sorry, will it be ok if I accompany you when next you visit? Sure, anytime she smiled . What's wrong lia you look moody, gosh she can just read me like a book , Mandy I think I wanna go through with your jealousy plan , she squealed yes I knew you will come around , I hope it works cus he kissed me days ago , I know i shouldn't keep my hopes up but I can't help it. Why should I feel this way for a man whose been nothing but a scumbag since day one? I hate myself right now , I mumbled . Lia our heart cannot determine who we fall inlove with , I know Mandy but you don't get it, this has always been my situation I fall for the wrong guys nd I fall too hard , I end up with a broken heart . oh girl I know micheal feels same for you but he's too stubborn to admit it, granny also think same cus we know him better than you do darling, so girlfriend your first date is on next week Friday . You've got to be your best nd the right time is now cus he's on sick leave , I nodded but nervous as hell ... what if everything blow up in my face i thought . Everythinng is fair in love nd war lia, you can do this I encourage myself

And so it was on a Friday evening , i was sitting with my back facing the mirror getting dressed with the help of Mandy, I'm a pencil nd a lipstick kinda girl but no Mandy went all out with her makeup skills . At 7pm all is set , I turn around to look in the mirror , wow Mandy I feel beautiful I whisper . I had this black knee length lace dress, it's simple but edgy, we heard a car drive in nd Mandy peep through the window nd jump happily he's here Lia ... ready to meet your Prince charming? Yes I am I smiled , I saw his pictures through w******p and we do video calls just to know each other abit but I'm still nervous. Did I tell you guys he's he looked better in person, damn he's so handsome , I silently wished he was single, my bad luck

Good evening Lia, you look gorgeous in that dress , you don't look bad yourself. thank you he said while kissing the back of my palm . You ready? Yes I am I winked, it hurts nobody to flirt alil . We drove to this simple but fancy restaurant, we spend hours talking nd eating as well. Ben is quite a funny guy nd I must confess I feel comfortable around him , don't worry your little heads guys he's fiancee is in this whole plan 100%, she even gave me more tips to woo Mr arrogant . I gave myself a month to carry this plan through nd if it doesn't work I will give up

Back to earth lia, you ve been in your own world for minutes now, we were on our way home, you good? Yeah I just pray it works , trust me it will. I'm a man nd I know what triggers our fancy . Ok I nodded .... We finally got home nd I got down with Ben's help , gosh he's a real gentleman trust me . So I will see you next week Friday, goodnight then start to walk away. wait up lia , he came close to me nd hugged me nd whispered to my ears .... That's not how to end a beautiful night, he might be some where watching so pretend to go with the flow . He kissed my cheeks gaining a smile from me , see you next week, same time nd promise to look beautiful like this, we both laughed. Yes sir I will , I watched him enter his car nd waved at each other before he drove off. I went inside nd the lights at the sitting room were off, I managed to find the switch through the darkness , I turned around to see micheal sitting in the chair , where're you coming from?