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Episode 5

Some days before the commencement of my exam.

After my normal daily activities, Wïll decided to walk me home, as we got to the path where we usually part ways, wïll held my hand and told me to close my eyes, I closed them but was surprised when I felt soft lips on mine, I opened my eyes and looked into Wïll's blue eyes and be I felt like I was floating in the ninth cloud of a fairy tale world, I began to respond closing my eyes trying to concentrate and enjoy the moment, although I was a novice at kissing I just moved my lips in sync

to match up with his pace trying to savor the incredibly sexy, sweet, hot and soft lips that were placed on mine. I placed my hands on his neck and soon felt a pair of hands around me, dragging me into his warmth and safe abode. Soon enough we broke from the kiss panting, but we didn't break from our position, I was still thinking it was a sweet dream which I didn't want to wake from.

“Hailey ever since I lay my eyes on you my life had few changes, I found happiness, my joy, and peace knew no bounds, whenever I'm not with you, it's like an important piece of my life and soul has been stolen or snatched from me, I'm always so crazy about you that I can't help having the motive to destroy whosoever lays his or her filthy fingers on you, I have fallen so deeply in love with you that I can't stay a minute without seeing you and even when you aren't with me, I'm always thinking about you, I can't even stay for a second without thinking about you and when I'm unable to see your gorgeous face I'm always out of my mind I feel so incomplete, frustrated, and miserable without you so please” he knees down and held my left hand

“Hailey Richard will you do me the honors of being my life partner, the mother of my unborn kids, and the Eve that completes this unworthy Adam?”

As he said, this, he brings out and opens a jewelry box that contained the most stunning ring I've ever seen, it was made of pure real shiny gold that must have cost a fortune.

I was dumbfounded for some secs soon tears rolled down my eyes I wanted to say yes, but I couldn't, I remembered what happened to all my suitors how they were all deceived by my stepmom would Wïll's turn be different or would he leave me the same way they all left, I cried as I thought of Wïll leaving me cos of what my stepmom might say about any the feeling was so painful I couldn't think of what will become of me if he leaves me, I might go insane, or I might commit suicide, I would be so heartbroken and that is because I also love him, I love him so deeply that I couldn't think of having a life without him, and I was so scared of losing him.

when wïll saw me crying he cupped my face, cleaned up my tears, and asked me what was making me cry? “Haile if you don't want me or if you don't love me in that way just say it rather than crying I hate it when you cry”

he said caressing my cheeks I looked into his eyes and saw them full of hurt and concern I couldn't hold back anymore I opened my mouth and said “Wïll honestly speaking I love you so much even more than my life, but I'm so scared of losing you. All my suitors abandoned and rejected me after having an encounter with my stepmom, and so now I don't know if love was ever meant for me and I think that maybe God doesn't want me to ever find true love. So please wïll perhaps we aren't meant to be, … I'm sorry I can't.....” He cuts me short.

“No Hailey” he uses his index finger to raise my head.

“Don't ever say that you are not a rejected being, please think over this because I want you and you alone to be my wife, I love you so much, and I trust you so much that I won't listen to your stepmom's trash” he kisses me on my forehead

“okay??” He asked

" ok," I said somehow still unsure and uncertain

“So now Hailey Richard are you willing to make this unworthy Adam your partner for Life.

“yes,” I said with tears gathering in my eyes William slipped the ring on my finger kissed me and rolled me I smiled and soon began to laugh.

That night when I got home I prayed to God to touch the heart of my stepmom, so she would agree for wïll to marry me after praying I slept off after some hours of sleeping I had a dream and in my dream I saw myself putting on royal regalia, standing in a large elevated platform with guard and attendants by my side. Trillions of people watching and staring at me as if I were a goddess or a rare piece of art. I woke up and started wondering what the dream could mean, but I had no answer I prayed and went back to bed.

Unknown to me that Nora had a crush on William some days after the proposal I went to announce the good news to her, and she pretended to be happy, but after we part our ways, she went to William and laid accusations against me, she told him that I was pregnant for another boy and because he (William) proposed to me, I went to abort the child, so he wouldn't be able to find out about my pregnancy, when wïll heard this he tried not to believe Nora but as if prepared she gave him a receipt from a well-known hospital (which does abortion) the receipt had my name, and it stated I came for an abortion, to prove that she wasn't lying she even gave him the phone number of a doctor who confirmed that someone with exactly my name and details came for an abortion. On hearing this wïll was furious, and he decided to confront me, when he confronted me, he began to call me a s**t, a cheap w***e, and an. harlot, when I heard all the names he was calling me, I was surprised and asked him what he meant by calling me names he told me everything that Nora said and asked me if any of them were true.

When I heard what Nora told Wïll I was shocked to my core, I couldn't believe the extent my best friend could go just to pull me down and take away my only source of joy and happiness. I was hurt so badly soon I began tears started rolling from my eyes and I opened my mouth and asked

"William before I accepted your proposal you promised me that you will never give up on me and will always be there for me, no matter what anyone says about me, you said you will always believe in me, but why do you have a doubt now just because of a flimsy paper result, when I was admitted twice at the hospital was a pregnancy test not carried out on me and didn't all the test result came out negative, so how did I become pregnant all of a sudden, how could you have believed such report ever since we became friends and now lovers have you seen me with any friends least any other boy have you????" I raised my voice a little with tears gushing down from my eyes like a pool, I cleaned up my tears, removed the ring he gave me, threw it on him, and ran away. Wïll wanted to run after me, but he stopped feeling too emotional and embarrassed to face me he knew he hurt me so bad and that I needed some space.