Chapter 2
I kept looking at my phone from time to time not sure the best reply to give him. Was he flirting with me or he just wanted to know the kind of person I am. ‘There’s no harm in flirting,’ I thought to myself. Making up my mind to flirt back, I didn’t know how to respond to his “you looked hot and sexy.”
I opened his message for the hundredth time that evening and simply typed “it’s what I was born for, haha.”
That was how he ended up stealing my attention all night I had forgotten to wash my hand after my kenkey marathon. The whole conversation ended with us planning a date for Saturday night.
When saturday finally came, I envisioned it to go by really really fast but this particular one looked like I had all my family members ganging up against my decision to meet him. I didn’t even care about that if they actually decided to tell me a piece of their mind. After cleaning my little self contain and getting things in the right place, I marched straight into my wardrobe to find the best fit. I didn’t have the best of the best but with the ones I had, I’m certain it could turn the gaze of men to my direction. I settled on an effortless blue dress which was descent by covering my bosom and showed all the good amount of skin at my back. It had little sparkles which got people mesmerized though I didn’t even buy it from one expensive Chanel shop.
As much as time failed to move normally, it was finally 6 o’clock and I had to start dressing in order to be punctual a little if not appearing late as that is my hallmark. After going through my usual makeover process and being ready, it was 7:30 pm. Fortunately, my Uber had arrived right after I was done which made it easy for me to step out a bit punctual.
The drive to Ridge Condos was a smooth one characterized with a little traffic here and there but finally I made it there. Walking majestically inside, I saw a few head turns and knew I have created quite an impression. Austin was seated at the far end of the road glued to his phone. As expected, he didn’t spot me from afar neither did he notice the gasps of people as I made my way towards his seat. He finally lifted his head and couldn’t speak for what seemed like a second.
“My bad” he mumbled as he pulled the chair backwards for me to sit.
“You look stunning Liz”
“Thank you, you aren’t looking bad yourself.”
“Oh this flatter won’t get you anywhere. How many men fell from staring at you.”
“Oh let’s be serious for once.”
He chuckled softly and motioned for me to go through the menu. Just then, my date rule number 1 popped in my head, ‘eat what you can afford.’
I glanced through and ordered prawn sauce with Jollof rice which I can very much pay if hell was to break loose. I wasn’t surprised when Austin went for chicken sauce with jollof rice. Most men and chicken, you’d think it was made for them. In no time, we were both served our foods topping it with pina colada cocktail. As we ate, Austin seized the opportunity to tell me about himself. Not so fancy for a man as handsome as he is. A primary schoolteacher, lives with his parents and the car he drove yesterday which almost killed me belongs to his girlfriend who has a chain of boutiques and stores.
That part made me uncomfortable; what was he thinking inviting me to a date and flirting with me when he has a girlfriend? I endured the night and as courtesy demands, I told him about myself too.
“I work as personal assistant in an advertising company where my boss is a pain in the neck. I have my own single room self contain where I’ve been living for a year now.”
He looked quite impressed and asked a lot of questions after we had our meal. I’d say this is one of my best dates apart from the fact that he already belongs to someone else.
For a man to ask you out, it’s either he’s simply being friendly or he wants more than friendship, maybe he and his girlfriend have issues and I seem to be the next person he wants. Who knows?
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