So Not Love

Episode 24

As I sat down at an empty table, he ordered for some food and a bottle of champagne. I was determined to enjoy myself and I acted like I was already deeply interested in him. As we ate, he asked.

“So tell me about yourself, are you married?”

I asked huskily. “Do I look married?” I ran a long fingernail down my neck to the top of my breast and his eyes lustfully followed my movement and I saw him swallow hard. I could tell that he was already growing hard under the table.

“I like you.” He said. “I am glad I met you today.”

We chatted more as we ate and soon, after drowning a glass of champagne, he excused himself to use the restroom. As soon as he was gone, I pulled a small piece of red cloth, untied it and after glancing around to be sure that I wasn’t being watched, I shook some of the white substance into his half-finished drink then shook the drink so that the content mixed well with it. A few minutes later, he returned, sat down and that was the very first thing he reached for. He drank it and resumed eating while I watched him closely, looking out for any signs that would indicate that the effect of what I had laced his drink with had started taking place.

After lunch, he convinced me to go home with me. He kept caressing my thighs but I said nothing. When we got to his house, he got down from his car and when I got down too, he stared at me in a lovingly way then slowly went on a knee and said,
“Will you marry me?”

I smiled boldly. “Of course, that’s why I’m here… But first…” I glanced around the house and saw the gateman watching us in wonder with his arms folded under his chest and his shoulders hunched. “What’s the gateman’s name?” I asked.

“Musa.” He answered.
“Okay,” I said as I turned to Musa and called out to him. “Musa?”
“Yes aunty.” He came running to me. “Bring me a broom please.”
He obeyed, left and returned with a broom then I handed it to Daniel. “I want you to sweep the entire compound.”

He smiled and accepted the broom, hit the bottom of it several times with his palm, took off his shirt, placed it on the roof of the car and began to sweep. The gateman glanced from me to his boss, his mouth open with shock.

“Kai! Shege oga! Na wetin you dey do? You dey sweep for woman? (Boss, what are you doing? Are you sleeping for a woman?)”
“Musa, Am I complaining? I am doing it for love, don’t you understand love? Just go back to your post and let me be, I have enough energy today to sweep it and even sweep your room.” He bent down and continued to sweep.

I watched him for a moment. He was sweating profusely and his singlet was getting damp from the sweat. “Daniel?” I called.

“Yes love?” He straightened up to answer me.
“When you are done, you’ll drive me to my house to bring my things over. I have a lot of laundry to do.”

“No problem dear, I have a washing machine.” He answered.
“Washing machine is not good for my clothes. You’ll wash them with your bare hands.” I told her.
“With pleasure ma.” I nodded.
“Alright… Finish sweeping and meet me inside. My feet are tired, I want you to wash and massage them.”
“Okay ma.”

I started for the house but remembered something and stopped. “And once again, my boyfriend will be coming to see me. I will want you to go to the market later in the evening, buy some soup ingredients so that you can prepare pounded yam and Egusi soup for us.”

“As long as you are happy, I’m happy too.” He simply said and continued sweeping.

I dealt severely with him for a month before I finally laced his food with the charm antidote, releasing him from my clutches but not after I had corned him into sign a cheque of six million naira which I had cashed out before setting him free. He had learnt his lesson and I hoped that he would change for good. I left him soon enough to continue with my life. I went back to Chris to report but I never told him how I did it, I didn’t need to reveal the fetish part of myself to him, neither did I tell him that I had taken six million from Daniel. I had played my role and that was what mattered.

A week later, I moved out of Chris’ house because I learnt that he had finally proposed to Victoria and she had accepted to marry him. In order to give them their space, I had packed up my things and had left and moved in with a boyfriend of mine. Although, this was not how I had hoped things would be but since Chris didn’t want me and destiny had another course for me, I had no choice but to obliged. Chris kept to his promise of sponsoring my education and I was glad that I could finally finish my education. I set up a shop for myself with the six million naira that I had taken from Daniel and began to live my life just fine.