Sherman's agaisnt Lucas

While Lucas got ready for the business of the day, he was asked by Renee to make the bed and to arrange the bedroom.

"I'm almost late to work,"he told Renee, "be ready for work.

Renee eyed him, she stared at him from his head down to his toe. "You have no right to turn down my request. All you need is to follow my instructions, otherwise you will pay for it with more denials of salary."She told him, warning Lucas so bitterly.

Lucas replied to her. "What else have you and your family not done to me? You have deprived me of my salary, what else do you want me to take care of myself with? Or how do you want to be scared of your next move with your parents.? It is obvious dear that you don't love me "he said to her boldly.

"You have grown wings to speak back at me."Renee complained.

"I don't have my love, rather speaking from the bitterness in my heart, I haven't been treated right after the wedding, I have been a slave right under the roof that is supposed to be mine also. Am I not your husband again.?"Lucas asked her.

Yet Renee didn't care about what he was saying, instead being stuck to her words that he had to make the bed before Leaving.

"You have the housekeeper to do that. Moreover, you have denied me the same room, why not do it yourself as you get along cheating on me."He added.

"Are you worried? The reason why you think you can make the bed.?"She asked.

"You expect me to be happy watching uu act such on me.?"Lucas asked so bitterly, with his face demonstrating the annoyance in him.

"It is my life, and at the same time my house. Remember I picked you from the gutter."She replied to him.

"I might not have a home when your present picked me. But I remember having a guide who had so much care about me, until death took him away from me."He replied.

"I don't care about your past.,"She replied.

"Go and do as I have told you, because you are running out of time."Renee added.

Lucas, not able to resist the instructions, hurried in mkingthe bed and arranging the room. While he got in at first, Lucas realized how Renee had deliberately scared the room, her cream split on the floor, her bra and path being kept on the bed unwashed, so also the bedsheets scattered.

"What is the meaning of this? Did she lose the sense of not knowing the bathroom?"He picked Renee pants and bra from the bedroom, and had it dropped in the bathroom. "Am doing this for the love I have for her, yet she doesn't care about it. She hates me."He complained.

"Make sure you don't miss the business of the day."Renee told Lucas pointing hands at him.

"If I missed today's business, I have a lot to complain about, and besides, I don't have income after labor, '' he replied, still dressing the bed.

"You have grown wings to talk to me in that manner."Renee told him.

"I haven't Renee, not even a day will I talk back to you in such a manner."He replied to her.

Renee ignored his words that she was in hence to catch up with the business of the day.

However, Lucas got ready for work.

"She has finally made me a housekeeper, is this what I signed for.?"He asked himself, feeling so bitter as he got ready for work.

As usual, Lucas resumed working with Sherman offering him a merry letter.

"You didn't ask for a reason why I am late, all you could do was to issue me a query letter."Lucas complained.

"I don't care about Lucas. Whatever that has kept you, he should have told you that we have lost a lot of customers this morning, simply because you weren't here to prepare breakfast."Sherman yelled at him.

"Meanwhile, get in there and do the needful, again, remember that you will be delivering the Norah launch today, so be fast."Sherman commanded him. Lucas stood and sighted Sherman who was just entering his office.

"If the table she turned, I will make sure you all pay for this."Lucas said to himself while leaving to get into the kitchen.

"His days are numbered, "Sherman said alone, sitting on the chair in his office, and biting the biro in his hands.

Lucas in the kitchen hurried with the meal, which was distributed around the restaurant.

He also got ready for the Norah meal.

"Work as usual."Lucas said with his cap on his head, he walked down the street, this time in a taxi since there was no car at the restaurant to be used.

Sherman from his office also watches Lucas leaving.

"I bet him, his days are numbered."Sherman repeated the same words as he got the window wide looking at Lucas leaving.

Sherman dial Norah numbers, Meanwhile Norah working on some file in her laptop, saw her phone rang, she quickly picked it from the table beside her and replied.

"Hello Sherman, is the meal ready.?"She asked him.

"Yes!""The delivery man will soon be there with you."He replied to her.

"Hope it's Lucas.?"She asked him.

Sherman was shocked hearing this from her.

"Hello, are you there? And I asked hope Lucas was the one delivering my food.? Here should one else the meal will be returned to you."She added.

"We are professional and have served a lot professionally. Lucas is with the meal."He answered her.

"That served it better."Norah said and cut the call awaiting Lucas' arrival, even though she wasn't feeling hungry, she had fallen in love with Lucas' meal.

Lucas, still on his way to Norah's office, wasn't told by Sherman about Norah not being at the office.

"I will make sure Lucas arrives there late, with that, Norah will have to demand for a change of a deliveryman. Since I don't understand what is going on between the both of them."Sherman spoke surprisely.

Chapter Eleven

Norah interest in Lucas

Lucas got to Norah office, on reaching to the reception, he stood before the receptionist.

"Good afternoon,"Lucas greeted the receptionist. "The.."He was cut by the receptionist.

"I know you even before your described yourself. Meanwhile, Norah have left the office, you can put a call to her, that's if she is still in need of the food."The receptionist told him. Lucas breathed down, as he almost sweet.

"I must have be late then."He said to the receptionist, panicking.

"She had waited so long for you, without hearing from you non from Sherman. But I will advised you to take back the food to your restaurant, she won't be in need of it anymore."Added the receptionist.

"Can I have her contact number.?"Lucas asked with the fear if not returning back to he restaurant with the meal.

"Am sorry Mr Lucas, am not permitted to do so especially with people like you."She answered Lucas with caustion and had her fingers on the laptop.

"What does that mean.?"Lucas asked as he was almost upset with the receptionist. He was still trying to argue when his ohone rang.

"This us sherman."Lucas checked his phone and all he could do was to cut the call.

"Norah must have called him, she must have complained to him."

"I will advised you to take the meal back to your restaurant, but if you decide to play you luck, I will then have to describe to you where she lives."The receptionist spoke.

"Thanks for that, but first what's your name.?"Lucas asked smiling.

"That's has nothing to do with your service. Rather pray that she accept the meal andthat your work still preserve."

Lucas hearing this, concluded on Norah as a rough be.

However, Norah resident was described to Lucas, which he hurried, got a taxi and made his way to Norah house.

"He have delayed in delivery my meal."Norah complain, to Sherman on the phone.

"Am sorry, it won't repeat itself again."Sherman promised her.

"Is he aware that I have left the office earlier before now.?"Norah asks Sherman of which Sherman, tried muttering, he stared around his office with his eye around.

"Speak to me Sherman."Norah requested from him.

"I don't think so."Sherman answered slowly.

"That should be the reason why he had delayed. He might have gone to the office."Norah while speaking looked from her window, seeing a taxi dropped Lucas's she replied to Sherman. "He is here."She said and cut the call.

Sherman was shocked on hearing this, and how nice Norah had replied him.

"She seem to act nice with her voice. She have blamed me for everything, though that's just few sentences."He concluded and dropped the phone.

Lucas got in to Norah house. He scared, and have expected Norah to have rejecr the meal.

"Come in."Norah said to him after she had heard a knock at the door.

"How is it that you had come late today.?"Norah asked him. Lucas almost stammered.

"I. I…"he concluded. "I want aware that you are not in the office."

"Sherman should have told you."She replied him. Norah after saying pointed at Evelyn. "You can hand it over to her."Lucas did as she had said. And was about to leave.

"Can you please have a seat."She said to him, smiling before Lucas.

"Is this a trap or what, what do she mean by asking me to seat."Lucas conterpulating in his heart. "I can't remember the last time such a voice soubd nice to me."He said.

Norah rounded up with her activities with the laptop,she tunedd off the laptop and had to talk with him.

"Lynn."She called on her chef.

"Miss Norah you sent for me.?"Lynn asked her, kindly.

"Yes I.! "Can you get us two glass of wine.?"She requested from Lynn.

"Alright miss Norah."Lynn answered and had to get the glass of wine.

"Here is it miss Norah."She handed a glass of it to Norah and abut doing that to Lucas. "Am fine, i dint need it, beside I have over stayed my welcome, can I leave.?"He asked, sounding so scaring.

"Are you not comfortable staying with me.?"She asked him, with the glass of wine in her hands.

"This must be a trap."Lucas said again within himself.

"Young man, can you tell me a little about yourself.?"Norah without minding Lucas mood at the moment asked him.

"This was how it started with Renee, nit until I agreed be her husband."Lucas said aloud to Norah hearing.

"You are married!?"Shee asked him.

"Did I said so.?"He asked about denying his words.

"You made mention of accepting her."She remin him.

"The little I know is that I am a chef."He answered her.

"Hahahhahaha,"she laughed, trying to be friendly. "Calm done young man, and let gist."Speaking to Lucas as his heart get more closer with the believe that this must have be a trap.

"Can we have this discussion next time.?"Lucas asked.

"Us that what you want.?"She asked him with trace of Curiosity.

"Yes Miss Norah."He answered, standing even when he hasn't be asked to do so.

"Alright, I see you are not comfortable with me. Meanwhile, when do you think should be convinced for this.?"She asked him.

Lucas stood shocked, with his eye focus on Norah.

"Can you speak to me please, I don't like the mood."Norah be kind, enough to know his intention.

"There is nothing more than knowing me as a chef and the food deliveryman. Am Lucas and that's all."He answered her, with his hands cross around his chest.

He had an amazing standing position like her guard. "I have to take my leave now."He said and was permitted to do so.

"This must be a trap."Lucas sad as he got into the taxi, while Norah called in Lynn for more information about Lucas.

"I like him."She said to herself.