Devil a lier

Love from outside

Welcome ma, make yourself comfortable as we get things ready for the procedure," he said, smiling at me as though he was planning something more than surgery.

I sat down at the reception as I waited for the surgery.

My mind was not at rest as different kinds of thinking kept flowing into my heart, as though it was in a competition for who should come in first or not. My mind flashes to the fact that my mom lost her life when giving birth. What if I lost mine when taking out a child? I couldn't imagine my daughter going through the things I went through in the hands of a stepmother.

I kept praying to God to save me just this once.

Just then my phone rang, cutting through the different thinking I had in mind.

It was a call from my secretary, who is now my friend. What would I have done without her help both in business and my social life? She is indeed a blessing from my mom to me, because she acts just like another would do to her child.

“Girl, where are you? Just checked your office you are not on site, giving me the reason to know what is happening. She said with such curiosity in her tone.

“ I went in for the surgery, I said, with tears streaming out of my eyes.

“Wow, so you are really going for this girlfriend without telling me, she said with a little bit of disappointment in her tone.

I'm sorry, I wanted to call you before your call came in. He came back this morning and asked us to go for it, so we can avoid any form of complications arising the more the baby stays inutero. I said feeling a bit disappointed in myself and wanted I wanted for my life.

Well, I understand your pain. Everything will work out well. Please do take care of yourself and stop thinking okay, but hope he's there with you, she asked.

"What! he left. He said he had an appointment with some investors, so I had to attend to them to avoid missing that deal.

“What!

For a man whose wife is going in for surgery that wasn't the only one that impregnated herself, he has the gut to say something like that, so he can't ask the investor to reschedule whatever appointment he has, at least to stay by you, she said furiously.

Please, the point is that I say I'm here already. Let's hope everything goes well as planned, I said, without further delay.

It's alright, take care of yourself, presh drop off the call.

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Brent, who never had an appointment with any investors, went to the house, where he met his supposed cousin. She asked him not to stay with her during the procedure, so she could have him to herself. Since he got married, it has always been difficult for them to make out properly without being disturbed by his supposed wife.

“I love the way you generate ideas, Brent said to her as they both lay naked facing each other. You are indeed a genius at this game, he said as he smiled.

“And I love the way you play your part perfectly as a pro that you are, she said, laughing out sarcastically.

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Life at the time doesn't offer you what you plan, but something far from your plan. Who would believe that I would become submissive to someone not my age, someone I'm far better off than, someone who can't ever get to my stage in years to come, but here I'm submissive to him all in the name of love.

Love is indeed powerful and can make you go to some extent just to prove a point.

Just then, a nurse cut off my thinking.

Mrs Brent," we are ready for you, she said as she smiled at me.

I changed into a hospital gown as I was placed on a stretcher and rolled into the theater. Within some minutes after being injected, I couldn't feel myself, my lower extremity felt numb as a drape covered the part where the surgery was being carried out.

After some hours, I was rolled out of the theater into the post-operative Ward.

I was weak, but I could see some things happening around me.

I was expecting to see my husband around, but he was nowhere to be found. I felt betrayed by love.

My secretary was there waiting for me. If only she was to be a man, then I would divorce my husband and get married to her. She was indeed a lovely soul to have around.

“ Where is your husband, she asked curiously.

“ I haven't seen him yet, he's probably still at the meeting with the investors, I said with a sigh.

For someone whose wife is undergoing surgery, who needs support and care at this critical point in her life and his nowhere to be found, here you are standing for what he's doing.

You know, sometimes I wonder how you ended up with such a man, who is always giving excuses when it comes to serious matters. It's not as though you aren't beautiful or have a problem with finances, yet you get to end up in a marriage where your happiness is at stake.

Girl, we are married and that is what matters now. At least everyone can see me as a married woman, even if it is my thirties and my stepmother won't see reason to compare me to her children.

“Wait, is that the reason you are trading your happiness for what someone has to say?" Wow, babe, I thought you were bigger than such thinking, she said, staring hopelessly at me as though she was about to lose me at the hands of death.

I have feelings, I'm a human, and you don't expect me not to pay attention to what people have to say about me, I said with a lot of pain in my heart.

It Is okay, maybe I shouldn't be here either and try to get myself a husband I can tell people about and probably get to hang out with him, instead of spending half of my life with you, she said, laughing.

Come on, you know that's not what I meant. I'm just trying to say my marriage means a lot to me, and I'm ready to do anything and everything possible to keep it in check.

Let the single breath and stop oppressing me with what your husband is saying , she said softly.