ETTIQUETTE 2

"This is Miss Sade"Mariam said and they all stood up and they greeted me while the woman who I felt must have led them to the house stretches her hand and said.

“Good afternoon ma,I am Miss Lita from the ettiguette training agency and I have been assigned to you by your fiancée Mr Kunle to take you on an etiquette training” she says.

I looked around and looks at her again. “I am sorry , maybe you are mistaken “ I said

“Are you not Miss Shade Folarin? I nods my head and answered “ Yes”.

And I was still staring at the clothes, the kits on the ground and so many things that I don't even know that are packed in a carton 

I was lost in everything that was going on, from everyone respecting me because, few hours ago I was a prisoner in this house and now Ma.

"Your fiancée hired me and I will be your Ettiquette teacher as from today" Lita said and I stare at her for a while and I said "Fiancee?and Mr Bassey came to us 

"Yes Mr Kunle employed Mrs Lita to take you on ettiquette lessons because of the upcoming outings in a week time" he says .

I look around and I look up and kunle was standing on the balcony looking down at us inside the living room and I quickly lower my gaze and I look up again and our eyes met and he just walks away and I began to think.

I was just a common maid yesterday and today a prisoner, still a prisoner few minutes ago and now I am a fiancee and if I was his fiancee he didn't tell me , he just choose me to be his fiance just like that, A fiancee to kunle Martins.

“Please ma’am, Let me lead you to where they will take you on the etiquette lessons” Mr.Bassey says.

I followed him but was still lost, although from his our eyes met from the balcony I could tell everything going on was his order.

Why did he made me his fiancee? He even made me his fiancee, he didn't even tell me and I remembered he told me I won, I got what I wanted, is this why he said that? Is this why he welcomed me to Hell meaning this is how he wants to punish me, he wants to trap me marriage and punish me .

We were taken to a longe in the house and tat was when I notice how beautiful the house was and the lounge was one of those lounge I watch in those soap opera and I stood because I don't know what to do then she told me to sit

The etiquette trainer ask me to sit and she began to her lesson with me, to be honest none of her lesson was entering into my head because no one has told me what is going on, I only got to hear from Mr Bassey about Kunle being my fiancée.

“As a lady, Ma’am in gathering, you are not expected to sit this way or when you have your visitors, you are expected to sit either with your  leg bended on the side or you cross your legs, the reason is it make you look classic and…….bla bla, I wasn’t listening she had to tap me and show me how to sit and after an hour of the lesson, they brought me some juice which I quickly drink and the etiquette trainer quickly correct me that I shouldn’t just drink all my juice at once that it doesn’t make me look like a lady, the truth is I am really tired of all of this and my mind is really else well and I look up and I saw him standing with my hand folded staring at me and I quickly look down and I try to steal a glance at him and I look down and I try looking up at him again and I see him shake his head shake his head and goes into the house and I look down and I began to sob and I quickly dry my tears.

“ Excuse me, when are we going to be done with the classes? I asked. 

“Very soon ma” she said after a while we were done with the classes, I felt happy and I quickly walk into back to the house and I thought again that I need to have a talk with Kunle himself  and I thought to myself “Will he ever answer me? I stood pacing around while he walked down the stairs dressed and going out of the house , his secretary followed him.

“Mr. Bassey?! He calls out and I looked down and I gently walked to him and I stood behind him while he was so busy talking to Mr. Bassey who came inside.

“Sir! I said softly! He was busy talking and I said “sir” and I tap him and he look back and I quickly look down and he stood expecting me to talk and I look at everyone standing and I look down again and he sighs.

“ can you all excuse us” he says and he pockets and stare at me .

“Sir , is……is it ….true that I am your fi…..fian..ce,” I asked stammering.

“Isn’t that what you wanted? He asked.

I looked down and shake my head to say no. 

“I didn’t do it I swear “ and I went down on my knees and I began to beg him and he looked around and he held me up and drag me to the guest room .

“Listen, stop begging me, you refuse to tell me the truth and I am giving you what you want stop begging me” he says.

“Who sent you?! Who paid you to sell me to the internet?! he asked I kept sobbing.

“I swear, I didn’t know who did it, it was one of the ushers that ask me to bring food into that room that night, I didn’t know you were the one in the room” I said.

“Usher?! He repeat.

“Yes “ I said and he looked at me and he says. “And I don’t want you to keep disgracing me by kneeling down and begging me everywhere that is why I got you an etiquette trainer , behave like the trophy first lady of the state you are supposed to be because as from next week we would  be going out together don’t disgrace me so put heart to whatever you are learning and don’t mistake all of this for love because I do not love you and I cannot love you” he says and walks out of the room and I sat down and tears rolled down my face.

“he didn’t believe me, he think I did it” I said.

I sit on the edge of the bed still crying and there was a knock on my door and I quickly dry my tears and I open the door and it was Mariam and I return to sit on the Bed and Mariam said to me.

"Mr Kunle's mom is here and she would like to see you" she says.

Hearing that it was kunle's mom, I became scared because I never like this woman and she also dosen't like me, she always find fault in everything the maidens do especially me, she always complain that I am slow.

I was still thinking of what she would say to me when I heard her voice behind Mariam and Mariam left and she stood looking georgeous as ever in her dressing and she stares at me from head to toe, I was still in my yellow dress and she says "Don't get too comfortable because your marriage is just a formality, once the elections are over my son will divorce you"