DUPLICATE FATE

Chapter 6

"You really have a loving and caring mother. I can see why she is so successful in the business world." He complimented my mom.

" Thank you ,Nana Kwame. " I said, smiling at him.

"What is wrong?" Nana Kwame asked me when he saw me resting on my seat and looking out of the car window.

We are on our way from the hospital to visit mom.

Yeah. I am so excited right now because my dream of marrying the first man I ever fell in love with is really going to come true after a week.

" Emmm, it's nothing Nana Kwame. " I said and suddenly I started to crave ' Akple' and okro soup , (it's a delicacy of the Ewe people of Ghana , Africa.) with crabs, shrimps, and a lot of caw meat.

"Emmmm, Nana Kwame, can you stop the car?" I asked when a local food joint came into view.

"Why? And what do you want to do?" He asked.

" I suddenly feel hungry and I am craving 'ample and fertridetsi' with crabs , shrimps and a lot of caw meat.

. So, please can you stop the car, and let me eat at that joint? " I bit my lower lip when I felt myself salivating.

Damn. Ever since I got pregnant, I have been craving different types of food on a daily basis, and even the ones I don't like . Earlier today, at the hospital, I even ate mom's lunch because I started craving her food. Instantly I smelled the aroma of the food.

"Of course, I can stop the car and get you what you want to eat." He said ." Stay in the car, I will go get your food for you."

"Okay, hurry." I said, more like a command.

He smiled at me and left towards the entrance of the local food joint.

After waiting for some minutes, he walked back with the food in his hand . I couldn't help my smile when he got into the car and handed me my food and instead of saying thank you, I said, "Why did you take so long to get just this small task done."

"You are really hungry, huh?" Nana Kwame asked with an amusing smile playing on his lips at how I started stuffing the food into my mouth as if I had just woke up from comma or got out of prison. But I didn't mind him until I was done eating.

I pushed my lips. " Blame it on the baby, Nana. To tell you the truth, I was not a fan of ' akple' and okro soup before but, now look, here I am craving it."

" That is pregnancy for you, baby girl." He said and handed me a piece of tissue paper to wipe my mouth.

I looked at him. He seemed at ease." Are you sure you are okay? " I asked him. " I mean, I forced you to marry me, something you don't want to do now. Take your time. "

"Ever since you told me that you are pregnant, I know I have to take responsibility for you and the baby because you didn't get yourself pregnant, I did." He answered. " Besides, we should spend more time with each other and get to give it an honest try for the success of this relationship. I want my child to have a healthy family.

Just that speech of his got me to fall for him even more. Yeah , he has the same thoughts as I do for our child.

" Yeah, you are right." I nodded at him.

Nana Kwame let out a little chuckle.

"What?" My brows furrowed with his expression.

" Nothing. " He shook his head." Earlier, I just found you cute. You know , you looked like a child who was excited to be given permission to eat what they had forbidden her from eating."

"Whatever." I rolled my eyes at him and felt my cheeks heat up.

The drive to Nana's apartment was a long one . No one said anything after that until we reached our destination.

" Adoma." Nana Kwame called from behind me as we walked to the door.

"What?" I answered, as if we had a fight.

"You have something on your neck." He said and before I could react , he already touched the right side of my neck and wiped whatever was on my neck off with his thumb. My mind suddenly went to the night we spent together in my apartment some months ago. Damn.

I cleared my throat. "Thank you Nana."

His eyes remained on my lips for a moment before he managed a smile." You are welcome, baby."

He started kissing me as soon as he opened his apartment door and we entered.

"You know, Adoma....... I was dying to kiss you." I heard him say in the middle before dipping the kiss.

I don't even know how we ended up in his bedroom, because I woke up the next morning in an unfamiliar room, I ran my fingers through my hair and sat up on the bed. I pulled up the white sheet on my body when I realized that I was naked in Nana's bedroom. I bit my lower lip as I remembered what happened the other night. We had s*x again last night, here in his apartment.

Just then, the door opened, revealing Nana Kwame. He was fresh from the shower with only boxers covering his body. ' Damn, he looks so hot with no top on.' I noted.

My face reddened as I remembered how I greedily licked that torso hours ago.

"Hey." Nana Kwame smiled as he sat on the bed. Beads of water were trickling down his chest.

"Good morning baby girl." He smells so good. I could inhale soap and mint from him.

" Good morning. " Damn. My voice was hoarse from intense screaming last night.

I pushed my lips when I saw how he looked at me, I tried to pull up the sheet more to cover myself.