Chapter Seventeen
Being in the car with Tomi was really strange, she was acting so snubbish when they left the hotel room. She was probably nice because of Elias was there. Nima was already in cloud nine while Tomi's driver drove.
Tomi was on her phone all through, she didn't give Nima attention at all and Nima also didn't pay attention to her that much but she felt really insecure sitting next to her.
"You don't have a phone?" that popped out of Tomi's mouth. Nima remembered Elias instruction that she shouldn't give too much information to her. "Yeah, I left it back at home" she stated and looked out the window.
"You probably get a new one at the mall" Tomi said to her not looking at her at all. Nima just nodded and smiled even though Tomi can't see her.
"What job do you do?" Tomi asked her. Nima sensed that Tomi was trying to pull a conversation but she doesn't want to lower her pride.
"Full house wife" Nima replied. Nima started thinking she needed to start acting like Elias' wife. "Are you also a full house wife?" Nima asked and this time Tomi gave her complete attention. "Oh sorry if I overstepped" Nima noticed the change in Tomi's mood.
"Well you didn't actually" She turned to face Nima. "I am not even a wife" Nima could sense a sad smile. "Oh I am so sorry" Nima looked into her eyes as she apologized. "Oh no you don't need to be sorry, okay?" Tomi smiled and looked away.
"I really thought i would be happy if i got everything i wanted" Tomi said as the rolled up the barrier between the back seat and the front. "I wanted the money and the lifestyle you know but now i want something more than all these" She wiped a tear from her face.
"I am sorry" Nima kept saying to her. "If you keep telling me sorry i will think you are feeling sorry for me" She giggled and look out the window. "You probably don't know what that means, your husband loves you" She turned to face Nima. Nima thought of how to make her feel better without saying anything to her.
"Don't you want to take it to the next step" Nima i asked. "I want another man not him" she stated with disgust. "I want someone who would look at me with love not lust" she held Nima's hand and smiled "Like Elias looks at you, I want that" Nima could hear the pain in her voice.
Before she could say anything to her, they had gotten to where they are going. "You know what i like you" Tomi said to her before she pulled on her glasses. Nima smiled and got down from the car.
The dress section was so nice. Nima stared in awe, they just walking around the store. "What is your taste?" Tomi asked while she dropped her bag off at the receptionist "You can't take anything in" Nima nodded and dropped everything and they went in.
"What kind of dresses do you like?" Tomi asked taking her to a section of the whole store. "I would probably just look through till I find the one i like." Tomi nodded and proceeded to pick dresses for herself.
"Nima i found one" Tomi called out to her "You are a size eight right?" Nima nodded as she walked towards her. Tomi was holding a peach colored sequin sleeveless dress. The dress looked really beautiful while she was holding it but Nima knew she couldn't wear the dress because of the scars on her thighs.
"Don't you like it?" Tomi asked and moved closer to her. "This dress would look so lovely on you" She moved her to the dressing room. "I really don't like it" Nima said but Tomi wasn't ready to take no for an answer.
"Don't you want to blow Elias out of his mind?" Tomi pushed in. Nima contemplated arguing but she also knew the dress as lovely. "Okay"
Nima came out about 5 minutes later. "Damn" Tomi wowed. The dress hugged her body so tight. It was below her butt just a little bit but the dress was screaming sexy. "Are you not comfortable?" Tomi moved her to the mirror and deep down she loved the look of the dress but the dress showed off her scars.
"Trust me, our scars are our story" Tomi said as if knowing what she was thinking. "Your scars shouldn't define you okay" Nima nodded, feeling a bit better that Tomi didn't ask how she got them. "Thanks"
"We need to hurry." Nima was confused. "What of your dress?" Tomi chuckled, "I am the organizer of this event, my dress has been ready since like two weeks ago" The moved to the receptionist to make payment.
"Where are we going to?" Nima asked after they left the store. "Your phone then we would order a stiletto from my store." Nima was shocked. "You own a store."
"Yes i do, i am based here so i just opened a store and people are there who run it for me" She smiled at her accomplishment. "Wow that is really nice" and Tomi giggled. Now Nima took account how beautiful she looked, she even had gap teeth. He whitish blond hair was flowing down her shoulder she was indeed beautiful, Nima thought and wondered why Mr Adams wouldn't want to make her a wife.
"Nima you should smile more often" Nima looked up at her and wondered why she said that. "You are really beautiful, do you know that?" Nima wanted to compliment her but ended up blushing.
"Thank you, i was about to say the same about you" Tomi nodded and smiled. They could even be friend Nima thought. She had never really had friends before. "You good?" Nima nodded in responding. She was enjoying their bond. "Yes i am" They kept walking.