One of her words shocked me.
"I miss you so much, love" she said again and I remembered how we so much played together back then when people took her for my wife.
Why she called me her love surprised me because, I didn't fit in to her actually and according to her. She was wealthier, healthier, fatter, more educated, more responsible, luckier, more intelligent and more beautiful. In almost everything, she was more than I was.
"Yeah, I missed you too, jerk!" I replied loudly.
"Oh, a jerk I was?" She asked smiling.
"Yes, in fact, more than a jerk...."
"Someone is knocking, go for that door, babe" she requested.
"Who's at the door?"
I went close to the door to see the knocker, so I got there only to find out that there was nobody there, she was playing a prank with me and I got that quickly. In three seconds, she was at my back and embraced me from there with her two rather soft and sexy hands. I felt romantic soon.
"Hey!" I feigned an unwilling retort.
"Yes, love?"
"I know you love me from the depth of your heart but, let me ask you some questions. Can you stay with me in the dark? Can you stand with me on the mountains? Can you be with me in the water splashes? Can you dress me a sweet food in a cold weather? And, can you...."
"All for you, Zally."
"Really? If someone already purchased a company and another buyer comes for his own purchase, what would the owner of the company do?"
"He would get another company of his, for the latter or...."
"Same here, dear" I said.
"What do you mean by that?"
"Somebody already bought me but, here you are hugging me and wooing me for love. I hope I don't later trade you to one of my male friends there, uh?"
"Gosh, Zally?"
"Yes, babe?"
"Are you willing to trade me?"
"Yes but...."
"But what?"
"I first loved you those times you accepted me as a best friend but now...."
"So, is it Marina?"
"I don't know, please."
"What about The Gillgrowers and Ferrycash?"
"Oh!" I screamed in amazement.
"The two companies, the contracts, the Brendon Stores and all that.... Don't you remember you'll lose all after losing me?"
"Oh my goodness!"
"No worries, just give in to me and be my love, baby!" She exclaimed and kissed me.
"Stell...."
"Yes, I need you."
"As a lover or a partner?"
"Both, baby."
"Stella, this girl's has already won my heart...."
"Then go for her and get lost!" She shouted and left.
I never knew she could walk out on me. Stella was a woman of great and wonderful reputation. She was never angry with me since we met like, to the extent of showing it excessively. No, she wasn't!
Sincerely, I need Stella because of those things I will gain in and from her and at the same time, I need Marina because I truly love her. What I would decide on this time was troubling me a lot that I had to stay alone for long and think things through and out.
No reasonable thought was coming; I was only feeling romanced by that Stella of a lady. But soon, a thought flashed through my mind which was to date both ladies but marry none, later. After all, I never really had flair for love or dating.
"Marina, I love you as much as I love Stella" I said to myself