FORBIDDEN LOVE: My Sister's Husband

CHAPTER SIX

CHAPTER SIX

Amari’s POV:

Mr. Sam calling my name out loud made me jolt awake from my daydreaming. I couldn’t stop thinking about Chris and what we had done. I’m sure Mia would kill me if she finds out, not that she would win me physically in a fight, but I guess I’d let her win this one because of guilt. Man, I can’t wait to get out of this class; this man teaches like he’s reading out of the textbook. Being in the library would be way better.

Kayla travelled home and wouldn’t be back until a week after, so I’m basically a lone wolf. I just couldn’t focus on one thing; my mind would race back to Chris every 30 seconds.

I hardly left my room since it happened. Naomi had noticed the tension between Chris and I and had asked me about it but I told her everything was fine. How did she even notice? She knew I hated him because I hated men but was it obvious something had happened between us? I wish I hadn’t agreed to drink the alcohol.

Mia will be back home tomorrow, how do I face her? Should I tell her what had happened?

I needed fresh air so I decided to sit under the shade of the pine tree in the garden behind the house. I was lost in thought and didn’t notice when Chris came and sat beside me. He must have said something and seeing that I didn’t reply, he gently tapped my shoulder. I screamed and immediately got up to run away but he held me back. “Amari, I just wanna talk”, he said. I don’t know why but I agreed to stay.

“ Amari, look, he started. I’m sorry I had u changed, I know I shouldn’t have but u threw up all over yourself and I couldn’t leave you that way. I shouldn’t even have allowed you drink that much, but u kept on saying you wanted more”. Is that why you kissed me? I retorted, because you thought I was drunk and vulnerable? How could you even do that to your wife’s little sister? Chris looked at me confused, “ I didn’t kiss you Amari ”, he said, with his face looking as if he was irritated with the thought of kissing me.

Chris said I had wanted to kiss him but he refused because he knew it was the effect of the alcohol. The look on his face made me believe him, I had never been so embarrassed in my entire life. I wanted to kiss him?!! Couldn’t this ground just open up and swallow me? I was mad at him for almost a week, and now it turns out that I’m the one who owes him an apology. So, alcohol makes a person create fake scenarios? There’s so much I do not know. I apologized and also thanked him for taking care of me. He also made me promise not to drink too much when I’m with strangers because that’s how a lot of girls get r***d. Man, that was scary.

We sat under the pine tree and talked about random things for hours. Chris asked me why I hated him so much and I felt so guilty.

“I don’t hate you Chris”, I said. “ I hate men”. I told him all about my dad and how he treated my mum, he apologized like he made my dad behave the way he did lol. Chris was such a gentleman.

Noami found us to tell us that she was done for the day and was heading home. She smiled as she saw us seated together and talking. She asked me to walk her to the gate. I knew she would say something about Chris and I talking.

I’m glad the whole guilt thing was over and I didn’t have to keep anything away from Mia, except that Chris had changed my clothes. The good thing was, I wasn’t naked, I was wearing a bra top and panties under the joggers and tee.

I slept more peacefully that night.

I could smell Chris’ special pancakes as I opened my eyes, I honestly couldn’t wait to get those babies down my throat. I quickly brushed my teeth and ran downstairs. Chris was looking all sweaty and cute in the watermelon-themed apron. “Good morning”, I said in a sing-song manner. “ Someone sounds jolly this morning”, Chris said. I smiled but didn’t let him know his pancakes were what put me in that mood.

Chris made me a plate, the food looked too good to devour. This man was rich, yet he could cook really nice meals, hmm, Mia bagged this one. I couldn’t decide on what to taste first, the scrambled egg or the pancake. Being a foodie, I put some egg in the middle of a pancake and rolled it up before putting it into my mouth, such goodness!

I helped Chris with the dishes and headed to the indoor gym after I finished, I hadn’t exercised in a while and I felt stiff. I sat on the bench press and made an attempt to lift the weight. I tried it for the first time and it wouldn’t budge, on the second attempt, it landed on my chest and I thought that was the end of my life. I screamed for help and Chris ran in, he lifted it off me like it was nothing. He helped me up and asked if I was ok. “ I’m fine” I said embarrassed. “Thank you”. I tried using a bench press for the first time and this happened. Well, that was the end of exercising for today.

I didn’t have any activities planned for today so I decided to take a stroll around the city. I entered a bookshop to check out the new release of Francine Rivers, it’s been so long I read a novel. Medical school doesn’t allow u time for extra activities. I’d always wondered why I enjoyed reading novels so much because they were always about love and romance, two of the things I hated the most. They just kept me busy I guess. To my disappointment, the book wasn’t available. I decided to have a milkshake to shake off my tiredness from walking lol. Seeing a girl sitting a few tables away from mine with really lovely hair, I got the idea to get my hair done.

The salonist pampered my hair so much I slept off. I should do this more often. By the time I was done, it was almost 6pm and I started heading home. Chris was working on his laptop in the sitting room when I entered. He paused to look at me and didn’t say anything for a few seconds before finally saying, “You look good Amari”. “ Thank you”, I replied and headed upstairs.

I took off my clothes and jumped into the jacuzzi, yea, my room had one, that was how wealthy Chris was.

Mia was on my bed when I came out of the bathroom. “ Welcome ”, I said. “Thank you, “ she replied. I asked how her trip was and she gave me a brief detail. Before leaving my room, she said we were going out to dinner with Chris. Yay!! food!