Chapter Eleven
605 Words
Esmeralda and Paige came over to my place. It"s Saturday and my husband has traveled. He did thismorning. I was hoping he stays after we made up yesterday but no, this man always chooses work first."I can see you smiling and grinning since we arrived.""Which never happened ever since you married my big bro.""I"m perfectly fine...""Oh yeah we can see that. We just want to know what caused it."I eye them and as brilliant as Paige has always been in teasing, she catches up quickly."Oh my God!!! These two made up already. I have never imagined this to be that quick."Paige said with a big smile. Guess she"ll feel less guilty now. Esmeralda smiles as she gets the cake fromthe oven. Unfortunately, I can"t cook except bake. And I"m planning on baking for him when he returns."I"m signing up for cooking lessons next week. What do you guys think?""What, you can"t cook?""Nope. And Paige too, so stop looking at me that way.""Oh goodness!!!""I...I...I...just didn"t think it was important.""Don"t worry, I"m not judging you. Just that, I was a bit shocked. And you Paige, you also don"t knowhow to cook? Our mum will definitely roast you two when she finds out.""I"m better than Eunice.""What makes you better than me? We both can bake. Oh not that we can"t cook. We can, just that itwouldn"t be that...nice.""Spare me the details. Does Zach know you can"t cook? Because that guy is picky. He"ll never eatoutside. Apparently it seems Acel changed when he married you, because he"s not complaining.""It"s not that bad. We both cook together. He mostly does that. He"s patient with me. So I want tosurprise him. I wouldn"t tell him I"m taking lessons. Then I"ll cook...while he"s around. Or else he"ll think Ibrought in a chef or I bought it else where."Both Paige and Esmeralda laugh while i smirk."I wish you well. How will you combine your work and this thing? I hope you don"t leave everything onme. Because if you do, I"ll just spoil your surprise so please don"t try to think I"ll do everything from now.""Urgh!!! Lazy bone. You barely work in a day. You think I"d leave everything to you.""Not that I"m hoping for that to happen so it"s good to hear that."See who"s talking? This lazy girl."So Esmeralda what do you do? As in...""I know what you mean dear. I"m a doctor."What the...?!!!"I used to hate doctors. I now have a reason to like them.""Why?" She asked."Her ex is a doctor," Paige said."He"s not kinna my ex. He"s a childhood friend. Everybody thought we were going out. But honestly...Yeah I did have a crush on him. It faded when I got to college.""When you got to college?"Yes anything wrong with that? Paige please don"t utter a word."Of course he"s over him. I was also crushing on him. Can you even imagine we fought over him?"Oh yeah we did."What?"Paige and I both nod and burst into a hilarious laughter which Esmeralda joins."We were so much fighting we forgot his interest. He was my friend and Paige wanted to take him awayso I got furious and we fought. Nothing serious though.""I see and you both are with brothers. Your faiths are tied together.""That"s Paige"s stupid idea. She"s been praying since we were nine about marrying from the same family. She was hoping we marry the same man.""I can"t believe you two.""And you? Your love life?""I"m still single."No way!!!"Really?!!!" Paige asked."Yeah. I"m still single. In fact, I have never dated before.""What?!!!"We both exclaimed.Then Esmeralda leans over and asks the one question I have been avoiding."Why do you hate him? Your ex...I mean your childhood crush?"
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