Pretend Husband

004

Oh my gawd, this place is heaven on Earth, the decoration, the neatness and shininess of all furnitures, everything looks so expensive and beautiful, Linda cooed in her mind

Miss, would you care for anything? A young lady asked

No dear, I,m perfectly alright .

Nonsense, abstract nonsense, Madam Clarissa said walking into the house, my dear if you come to my house then you must have something

Genevieve, bring us wine deary

Yes ma'am, the girl answered and walked away

Good afternoon ma, Linda said standing up

How are you Miss Linda? Madam Clarissa asked checking her out with her eyes

Uhmm, very fine ma, but I prefer you call me Linda, Linda said already feeling nervous because of the woman's prying eyes.

Ohh thank goodness, madam Clarissa said in relief, cause since you're gonna be my daughter in law, i guess we start getting formal with each other

You're daughter in law? Linda asked confused

Yeah, madam Clarissa said sitting down, you see girl, I told you I won't take much of your time, so am gonna go straight to the point, as you must already know, I am the mother of Christian, my son told me about you and how you both met, he seemed really interested in you, my dear, this is the very first time my son Chris is telling me about a girl, even though you guys just met, so I decided to butt in into the situation and help

Linda who was totally quiet all the while said, I don't understand what you mean by 'butt in and help' ma

Ok, well my son told me he gave you his card, so I was wondering why you haven't called him

Linda blinked, well, I have been busy, it ran out of my mind

You did saw that he's the CEO of a multi billion company right? Madam Clarissa asked

Yes maam, Linda replied wondering where this question is leading to

Yet it ran out of your mind, tell me girl are you playing hard to get?

Excuse me maaa, Linda exclaimed looking upset

No dear, I didn't mean to insult or upset you but I just wanted to let you know that men are like leaves, they can get blown away easily by the wind, because my son seemed really interested in you doesn't mean that he won't go out tomorrow see another girl that will grab his attention, do you know how to prevent a leave from been blown away from the wind?

Noo, Linda answered unsure

You place a stone on top of it, or anything strong, for you to keep my son's attention to you then you need to make him fall deeply in love with you

But ma, am not even in love with your son, I don't even know him yet

Baby girl dearr, it's not only the Africans that thinks a woman as a flower, we Americans also do, you're no longer that young I can see, make haste while the sun shines, madam Clarissa said looking serious, then brightened up almost immediately and added happily, I actually want my son to get married soon, so I can start having grand children, I am not getting any younger.

Madam Clarissa stood up walked over to where Linda was sitting, patted her shoulders and said, ' my dear am not trying to confuse you, all am saying is give my son a chance, Linda looked up to her about to say something but she quickly added, pls am begging you, Linda took a deep breath and said, Ok ma'am, I will think about it, madam Clarissa nodded, smiled and said, do you care for some more drinks or perhaps you want to walk around the house? I could show you around if you want

Ok ma, I would actually love to look around

That's good, madam Clarissa exclaimed clapping her hands together in a childlike manner.

They both had a great time walking around the house, the place has what Linda called 'Magical touch' cause everything looked out of the ordinary and expensive too.

It was designed by my favorite artist, madam Clarissa said holding out a glass pot that has a golden fish spewing out water from it's mouth

Woww, it's so beautiful, Linda said admiring the work

Yeah, Christian's dad got it for me on my 20th birthday, madam Clarissa said smiling, that was when he was still wooing me , I said yes to him after he gave me this

Awwnn,that's quite romantic

Yeah, he was a very romantic man, now all he does is support his son and laugh at me as if I don't know how to speak their language,

Linda smiled and said, don't worry ma, you will surely learn the language and be perfect in it too.

Of course I will, Madam Clarissa said