Wife in training

Emma didn't know when she drifted off to sleep while chatting in Leo's arms, and he was not in bed with her when she woke up. She sat up in bed and stretched leisurely, smiling with satisfaction when she remembered all that they did together.

'Where could he have gone to?' She wondered after waiting in bed for some minutes. Calling his name softly, she walked towards the bathroom

"Leo..." She called again, knocked softly before peeking inside. The bathroom was also empty but the smell that welcomed her when she opened the door drew her further inside. It smelt exactly like Leo... Woody, spicy and citrusy.

"Oh, he left a note..." She exclaimed softly with a smile and eagerly moved towards the mirror where the note was taped.

'Hey love

Sorry I couldn't watch you wake up. There was an emergency at the empire that I had to quickly attend to. I'll be right back before you know it.

I called the lady, 'Lami' to come make you something to eat. And uhm, don't try looking for your clothes I'll explain when I come back. Just check the closet for something to wear in the meantime.

Love you

Emma smiled and awww when she saw he took his time to draw a cupid thought the heart emoji with a red-colored pen. She read the note again and wondered what happened to her clothes that he wants to explain to her.

'I better shower before searching for something to wear... Can't be working around naked.' She thought before getting under the shower. When she was done, she wrapped a towel around herself and went to look for something to wear in his closet.

For someone who doesn't stay in the place often, his walk-in closet was big and filled to the brim with different types of men's wear. After searching for a while, she settled for a royal blue mid-length hoodie that wouldn't show she didn't have anything under if she bends to retrieve something from the floor or wherever.

When she was done, she walked towards the kitchen and hoped Lami has arrived because she was famished. She has not arrived when Emma entered the kitchen so she decided to make herself some toast. She was bringing out the things she would need to make the toast when the kitchen door suddenly opened.

Lami saw Emma getting ready to make herself some toast and felt bad so she immediately began to apologize

"I'm so sorry I'm late ma'am!.. I had to rush to the local market to get the things we don't have since I don't know what you would love to eat... The weather has changed, it's about to rain, I guess that was what caused the traffic to be so heavy with people rushing to beat the rain..."

"It's okay Lami I understand. You don't have to explain" Emma said with a smile to assure the woman that everything was fine.

"Thank you ma!... Lami smiled gratefully. "Oh, you don't have to bother with that..." She indicated towards the toast Emma was about making. "Food will be ready in no time, just tell me what you want to eat and I'll have it ready."

Lami was an attractive woman, that's probably in her late thirties or early forties. 'Thank God, she had on a set of wedding and engagement ring.' Emma noted with a sigh of relief without losing the smile she had plastered on her face.

"Okay firstly my name is Emma, so please stop calling me ma'am, call me by my name"

Lami looked appalled like Emma just suggested she indulge in something illegal

"No, I can't do that. You are my boss's wife, which automatically makes you my boss also. So tell me what you would love to eat so I can go prepare it"

"Just remove the ma'am. The sound of it sets my teeth on edge."

"Alright then, Miss Emma," Lami said and smiled. "So your food?"

"Don't bother about me, just prepare dinner, anything Leo loves to eat would be fine by me. I'll make a quick toast and have that for now until dinner"

"Let me just quickly make the toast for you..."

"Mrs. Lami!..." Emma called softly but firmly. "Let's please not go back and forth over this... I know you have your orders from your boss but please, division of labor is faster... You know what, I think I'll just have a salad instead." Emma put back the items she brought out before for the toast and grabbed a bowl of salad from the fridge.

She breathe a sigh of relief when she finally left the kitchen. Lami's insistence was beginning to annoy her and she didn't want to be annoyed since the woman was only doing her job.

She took her salad to the balcony and settle in one of the cane chairs to eat her food. When she was done, she brought out the note Leo left her from inside the hoodie pocket, spread it on the table, and took its picture with her phone.

Emma laughed when her phone started ringing almost immediately after she sent the picture to Abby

[Hello... How are you doing?] Emma asked immediately she picked the call

[Great!... I...]

[Are you still throwing up....]

[No, but I...]

[Isn't Tunde there with you?] Emma deliberately kept interrupting Abby, not giving her the opportunity to ask the question she knew Abby was practically dying to ask her.

[I swear Emma if you interrupt me again, I'll kick your ass through this phone!]

[Why? What did I do?] Emma asked innocently

[I see you can now joke. You couldn't before...] Abby said and laughed. [Just be a good girl and tell me about the note okay]

[What note?] Emma laughingly asked, making Abby groaned in frustration

[Ughhh!...]

[Okay, okay...] Emma couldn't help but laugh placatingly. [What a curious cat you are... You don't need to bite my head off... What about the note?] She asked sweetly staring at the said note in her hand like it was a lottery ticket for millions of dollars

[Crazy bitch!...] Abby said and laughed before she continued [Who is the note from? Is it Leo? Did he just say he loves you or I can't read properly... Did you guys made love already?] Abby enunciated each word like she was talking to an invalid.

[Yes to all questions.]

[Yes to all questions what's that supposed to mean?]

[Yes, Leo wrote the note...] Emma finally said excitedly. [We just wanted a private place to talk so we went to his house and... You know the rest is history... Oh my God Abby, I'm so happy I might burst with it... He loves me can you believe that!?... He loves me!"

[Emma I'm so happy!] Abby was also very excited for her friend [Where are you I'm coming over]

[No way babes. As much as I love you, I don't want you with me right now because I'm still at Leo's...]

The girls talked for some minutes more before agreeing to see each other in school the following day.

Lami has finished cooking and came to inform Emma when she was about to leave. After she left, Emma washed the salad bowl and was looking inside the pot of vegetable soup when she felt a hand wrapped around her, hugging her tightly from behind.

"God I've missed you" Leo whispered into her ears... Emma's face broke into a huge smile before she swiftly turned in his arms to kiss him fully on his mouth.

"I missed you more baby..."

"What are you doing here? Are you the one cooking? Where's Lami?"

"She already cooked and left not quite long ago... I like her, she's a nice woman.

"Hmnn, okay. She deserves a bonus then."

"Yeah she did, so are you hungry yet? Do you want to eat now?"

"Yes I'm famished but I'd like to shower first..."

He took her arm as they both walked to the stairs, chatting till they arrived at the bedroom. She watched while he removed every stitch of his clothes, standing naked before her.

She followed him inside the bathroom and watched him shower. They never ran out of topics to discuss like...

How he tried to impress her by washing her clothes but got her white shirt stained when he washed it together with the jeans. Her delicate underwear that was supposed to be hand washed was also badly wrung out to the point they couldn't be worn again

Emma laughed so hard while listening to him talk about it. The way they talked and laughed together felt natural like they were already married and they've been together for years.