The Wedding Contract

Episode 10

“oh my God…wow..this is amazing…what is the name of this soup..” mr clifford asked
“(smiling)…its called afang soup…its an akwa ibom delicacy..” ify replied
“akwa ibom…but i thought you’re an igbo girl.?”
“yea…my mom worked at a restaurant in akwa ibom during her days…she taught me how to
prepare their food..”she explained
“wooow…this is amazing…honestly i miss home made food ”
“well i’m here now…you won’t miss them anymore…at least for the next six months..”
mr clifford felt a bit sad…he was already liking this girl and she is gonna be out of their life
after six months…..just then Anthony walked in…he saw his father cleaning the plate with
his tongue and ify laughing…he wanted to walk past them but his father called him back “son…you didn’t greet me or your future
wife..” he said smilng
“oh..i’m sorry father…i’m just so tired…good evening..” he greeted ignoring ifaechi
“mtcheeeeewwww….let me go and watch t.v…atleast i’ll see sonething better than some
arrogant people” ifaechi said standing up…
“what is that suppose to mean…who are you referring to?…” tony asked dropping his
bag
“heeeeehhh…see me see trouble
ooh….did i mention your name.??…excuse me jhoor..” she said and went to her room…mr clifford who still held the plate in his hands stared at them
confused
“what is going on son..?” “nothing..” he said and left for his room as well….his father only shrugged
“after all they are adults…let them sort out their problems themselves…my business now is this food” he said and went into the kitchen…

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ifaechi looked at the time..it was almost 10:30pm and she still hadn’t heard tony leave his room….

“won’t this guy eat..?…why am i even concerned” she thought adjusting herself on
the bed…. “oooooooihhh” she lamented as she stood up from the bed and went to the kitchen to
get his food….she carried the food to his room…she knocked on his door “please dad…i told you its nothing..”

“who is your dad..??…its ifaechi…open this door jare..”

“ifaechi…what do you want..?” he asked…
“open this door ooh…ah ah..” tony relunctantly went to open the
door…ifaechi walked in and dropped the tray on the stool beside his bed then turned to
leave but tony stopped her”what is that..??” he asked
“chooi…are you blind…its food..”

“food..??…food from where..??…i don’t remember ordering anything..”
“i cooked…hence forth ordering food has stopped in this house..” “stopped…by who…you..??…who are you to stop anything in this house..??” tony asked
almost yelling
“your wife to be apparently and that gives me the right…anymore question..??”
anthony could only stare at her…what did this girl do to him that makes him…maybe i should call off this wedding…no…no..no..it’ll be
too scandalous…

“i said…anymore question..” she
repeated…

“(clears throat)…what if you poisoned it..” he asked then regretted it…how silly can he
be
“(laughing)…don’t eat now…if you die of hunger na you sabi..” she said and was going out
“tomorrow you’ll be going for your gown fitting”
“i hear you sir..anything else..??”
anthony couldn’t take it anymore
“wait a minute…who do you think you are bossing everyone…i’m my own boss and i don’t need you to tell me what i should and
should.not do…the only reason you’re here is because i need you for something else you wouldn’t have dreamt of being in this kind
of place ” he poured out
“and who do you think you are trying to intimidate and bend people to do what you want…because you’re rich and can afford all these doesn’t not make you different from other people…why don’t you use your money and get yourself a girl to marry you and leave my mother and i to suffer…i didn’t beg
you…you came to me..look…i don’t have time for this…eat your food and sleep…good
night”
she yelled and left the room….