FAMILY DUTY

chapter two the solution for a while

CHAPTER TWO:

THE SOLUTION FOR A WHILE

Imani, arrived at the gathering meant for the celebration of the contract signed looking sober. She did not think that she was carrying the picture of her situation on her face up untill the most elegible bachelor approached heri .

Ms okafor, you are not puting on the popular attire

Mr Sterling, Roman please, he interrupted

Oh! Then you should call me Imani, instead

She put out her hand to shake him

He took her hand and kissed it

Well Ms Imani, why the long face

Excuse me!

You might not know but apart from my family business i also studied physchology

therefore i can tell when one is truelly unhappy

If thats so , then you shoen think of it, but you surprised me

I did, how?

I was not expecting Roman Sterling to be a simple guy, I expected something more-----more,

Tough!, he finished for her

Mhm

Well, i am tough and a lot of people do see me as that but i am glad that you dont

What!! She demanded

I mean whats the essence of playing tough when you are not really it, do you have answers

Why should i?

Because you are tough

Wow! Hold your horses young man , you are Roman Sterling and if any ones personality were to define tough it would be you.

Oh yeah, why do you say so

Decades after decade, the Roman enterprises never turned into an empire umtil you were the last Roman standing being a ceo myself i cant but wonder how you manage to handle everything, from the the small busineses to the oversea types i just but wonder and one more thing that i still wonder is why you chose okafor technologies.

Well, he who wants something knows what he wants, so Ms okafor would you tell me why you came here today wearing an unpleasant face

Life happens

Thats it

Yeap

So then lets talk business

Before that i have a question

Shot

I know that gender difference plays a good role for you, but still i will like to ask

Yeah, so go on

How do you really handle everything, like the pressure of not being married you thoes kind of stuffs

You know i am liking this informal tune of yours Ms okafor can you just remain like this.

I am sorrybif the question is too personal

No no, I was going to ask you for an advise on that but i guess you beat me to it.

Noway, dont tell me you are facing the same thing

Well, it seem like it Ms okafor, but we have been talking for a while now the whole board most be suspecting that its nolonger business so why dont we go have a seat.

That would be nice.

No we are not done , we still have busines to discuse

Okay.

SOME MOMENTS LATER , ROMAN RETURNED TO IMANI WITH GLASSES OF DRINK.

He handed her one and sat besides her

So cheers to being partners

Cheers, Imani replied

So Ms okafor, what kind of problems are you having.

No i have said a lot today so you go first

Okay, if that makes you feel safe

Well, granny thinks that my life is useless without a wife

Wait, not without a wife, its without an heir, she corrected

How did you know that

How wont i know, and do you know the good news

No, what?

Thank your God that you are not the a woman

Why so

Well if you were you will at some point think, maybe without marriage i am absolutely bullshit, but i dont so

Why do you think that i would do that

Because you are a guy, you have nothing to loose.

Are you sure?

Yeap

So what about my freedom, i have to be committed to a woman for the rest of my life.

Well do you

What do you mean

Men cheat all the time, infact it is known that they are poligamous in nature.

Well am not.

She sent him a cold blooded gaze, that said you cant fool me.

Okay Ms okafor, why dont you tell me whats actually going on

Well my mum thinks as your granny and it just got worst because every single thing i do is worthless because i have refused to find a man and get married .

At that moment the idea of asking her to marry him for his grannys sake crossed his mind, but he undetstood that she was only being so opened with him because she knew that that could never happen so he drew back. Instead he asked.

So why have you refused to find a man and get married.

Beacuse, men are just men

Poligamous in nature?

Right!

What if i told you that men are not all the same

No, it wont help

So how do you plan to keep your mum off your tail

I dont know , but i will find a way

You could consider contract marriage.

She froze for a while then exhaled and then said. Thats a good idea how come i never thought of it before.

Does that mean that you are in or what?

In for what, Imani, asked

The contract marriage, offcourse, what else.

I am just making sure, that we are on the same page here.

Roman, shifted his brows, took a sip of his drink while staring at her.

You know what? i am going to celebrate this idea.

Wait, alone? Roman , asked expecting her invite him.

Stop staring at me like that.

He kept staring

Alright, so where do we go.

Whats celebration for you?

On a normal day, on my normal self i will say serenity, but this is not normal so i need a crazy place.

I've got you okafor

My name is Imani

What ever

Wait you too are not normal today because this is not the

Sterling heir that i know

Right now we forget about work and every normal thing and have fun

Wait i still have a speech to give and we have spoken all through my arrival to this place

It does not matter, so i will wait for you after your speech we go to the crazy world.

Yeap.

The end