I AM SPEECHLESS

“How did you picture your wedding?Kunle asked me and I steal a glance at him and I look away.

“I always want this outdoor wedding a beach reception, although, I would wish not to be a destination wedding, I have big taste when it comes to wedding, I know the whole wedding thing is fake but if only I can feel how real it is for once, I watch people shopping for wedding dress in movies , on weddings Tv , I love it when they go shopping sometimes with their friends and sometimes with their husband to be and I really loved it, the fun of the bridal shower with friends , the big cake and I just want to be around my man throughout the wedding that is how I picture my wedding” I said.

“And you, what is your dream wedding? I asked.

“ I don’t have a way I picture wedding in my head whatever my woman wants when it comes to the wedding is what I want” he says looking at me and I stare at him, he also didn’t blink his eyes , I had to look away and sip the juice in my hand because starring at in alone is beginning to make me imagine some things with him in my head.

“ Maybe if you ask me my agenda for the nation I would say more” he said softly.

“ O….Kay, what’s your plan if you become the governor of the state? I asked.

“Free education because education is very important and if we want everyone to go to school in the state , we should offer free education, creating jobs by supporting those with skills and extra talent with money because if they get support for their creativity, they can train others and the more they train others the more we get people off the street and more health care center would be built , we will as , well let them offer the treatment for free going from house to house, Emergency buses always ready , good roads , increment in Salaries and so many more that I want to do” he says, I stare at him.

“ You know if you become the governor of this state you with all of this your dreams , the state would be a greater place to live, I know it’s a great place to leave , somewhere everyone wants to be but with you it would be a greater place to live” I said.

“ Thank you” He says.

“ If I have the opportunity to be the first lady of the state, I will fight against rape, gender equality, free good health for the children and free monthly checkup for women and encouraging education amongst women even the married ones and I will encourage a vocational  center for women so that they can be independent, I love when women are independent, they do not end up to be a burden to their husbands you know, if my mom wasn’t working she would have been a liability to my dad and she wouldn’t have been able to push me through secondary school and I know if my mom didn’t encounter an accident at work , she wouldn’t have been depending right, she would have been able to send my siblings to school but since her hand has cut , she couldn’t work again and she

“ You will make a very good first lady” he says looking into my eyes.

“ Really? you think I will make a good First Lady? I ask.

“ Yeah, you will make a good first lady of the state and people would love you” he says.

“ I don't even see myself becoming one, after all, all of this is fake, after the election we would be divorced” I said.

“I don't know if we would ever get divorced “ he says.

“What?! I asked.

“ Uhm, let’s talk about our plan for this coming week” he says and unlock his cellphone and he shows me the schedules.

“ We would be stepping out as a couple through out this week and also Lara sent a mail that she would be coming for interview here “ he said.

My mood changed and I  became so angry.

“ Why she want to have an interview with you here in your house, why not in the studio or somewhere else? I said fuming and I  stood up. “ I think I am feeling sleepy and I need to relax” I said and I steal a glance at him and he smiles and he comes behind me and raises my chin.

“ Are you jealous that my Ex is coming home to interview me? He asks.

“Jealous?! Why would I be jealous, jealous of what? I  am not you fiancee or girlfriend , we are not real couple we are just doing this to win you more votes and likes from the people “ I said and walk away from him.

“ Are you sure that is what we are? He asks.

“ I don't get your questions? I said.

“ Really anyways It's nice having conversation with you” he says and picks up his two glasses and he steps out of my room.

KUNLE.

I strode into my room and I remember what she says her agenda would be if she  becomes a first lady and I  feel like just kissing her because she made me fall in love with her more, now I  know I have that kind of partner that I  want beside me when I become the governor of this state, she is so intelligent and Beauty with the brains but she easilly get jealous.

The moment I said Lara would be coming here for some interview , Shade began to ask serious questions like my wife, though I feel like we are even married , I like her vibe, she can be shy sometimes but she is a beauty with the brain.

The following day, my Etiquette teacher came we have the training ,still yet to perfect , I try to even give my all into how I should use a cutlery, how I should walk like a lady and how to sit but it’s not just easy.

“ For example , when I sit and cross my leg or bend it to a side , I easily forget and just sit without bending my legs or crossing my legs, another one is the cutlery, I have a problem in that aspect, I can’t hold a fork in my left hand and have knife in my right hand , I can’t even stand wasting much time on food , the fork doesn’t pick enough food into the spoon.

We finish the Ettiquette training late and I thought he should have eaten but he didn’t eat instead he was waiting for me, I was rushing back to my room when I heard him said.

“ Your fake husband is waiting for you, he can’t eat without you, fake husband has you use to say” he said , I look back and smile and I ran up the stairs to take a shower and change into a new dress and I go downstairs and I walk to the dinning, Immediately he saw me coming towards him , he quickly stood up and he pull out the chair for me and he me dish my food.

“Wow, fake husband is such a romantic husband” I said.

“ Well let’s say fake wife deserves it” he says and we both laugh it off and we both began to eat and I didn’t know I had a particular of the food sticking to my face and he gently moves his hand closer to my  face and I slowly push back my head and he smiles.

“ You have something sticking to your face and I quickly drop my spoon trying to remove it but I didn’t get it and he pull down my hand and he help me remove the particles from the food sticking to my face and We made eye contact and he smiles and he uses the back of his palm to help me dry my the place her remove the particles, he did help me clean my face with the back of his palm with our eyes in contact and I wouldn’t lie that I want his lips on mine at that moment , I want his hand caressing my body. The way he looked at me was a look full of passion that we both cannot deny this feelings.

We finish eating and the waiters comes to  clear the table and we both retire to our rooms, when we enter into the room and I kept smiling to myself and I began to picture what tomorrows party will be like in my head.

THE FOLLOWING DAY.

I woke up and I sit up on my bed and I remember that we are going for a dinner party , I can’t wait, my Etiquette teacher came so early and after that I ate, I and Kunle didn’t spend much time together today, I missed him, I could see Bassey and the Pr team going up and down and some other staff at first I was scared maybe another scandal has happened and I stopped Bassey and ask him.

“ Is everything okay? Because I haven’t seen Kunle today and I have been seeing both you and the PR team going up and down? Is every thing alright? I asked .

“ Everything is fine , you don’t have to panic, boss is having a conference meeting with the party” he says, I sighs because my mind is just at rest now.

KUNLE.

I was having conference with the party we discussed a lot and when they want our wedding to take place and some other agenda and that I will be giving a speech at the party but the thing is I miss Shade, I haven’t seen her this morning.

The meeting has already taken three hours of my time and it is yet to be over.

I excuse myself from my laptop and I whisper to Bassey and ask him of Shade and he told me she has already asked of me.

And at that moment, I knew how much I had missed her face today.

EVENING.

At about Four in the evening my costumer and my make up artist came and dress me up and the stylist also gave me a matching style.

I was giving a black long slit armless gown and a

I wore a Zara 4inches slingback shoe on the dress even though it is kind of high but my costumier says it is the perfect for the dress., I also wore a 24 carat jewelry and my earrings were diamond in match with my engagement ring, I had a diamond stoned clutch to match my dressing.

I stood up and I look so confident in my dressing, I feel so happy seeing how beautiful I am and also I will be in the gathering of the people I never thought I would be , I feel overwhelmed by the opportunity and the thought of his mom being at the party changed my mood and I just wish I wouldn’t be at that party but I want to feel the experience of being in the midst of those influential people if I will have only this one chance is fine by me.

My make up artist and costumier left me alone while I step out behind them and I place my feet on the stairs and the sound of my heel made him look back and he couldn’t take his face off me even I knows he won’t take his face off me when he sees me, I smile and him and he look down and raises his head back and he smiles and I stepped Down slowly from the stairs and he didn’t let me step down finish from the stairs and he climbed the stairs towards me and he held my hand , I stood and stare at him and I smile and I asked him.

“ How do I look? And he just smiled and he held my palm and turn it over and her kissed the back of my palm.

“ I am speechless “ he says.

He held my hand and we walk towards the convoy and he looked into my eyes as he helped me open the car door and I entered and he goes to the other side of the car and his bodyguard opens the car door for him and he entered and sits beside me and  he whispers to my ear and he says did anyone ever told you that you an Ebony beauty with a sexy body” he says.

I laughed “ are you trying to flirt with the fake wife” I said.

“And why won’t fake husband flirt with his fake wife” he says.

I smiles and  he cupped my face and and smiled and I thought I will get a kiss and he says.

“You are the most beautiful girl I have ever met, I always love light skinned girl but your beauty is one in a million” he said staring at me.

“ Thank you and you are one the most handsome most eligible bachelor thatI have ever set my eyes on” she says.

“ Really? He asks playfully.

“Yeah” I said.

“ So fake wife is flirting around her fake husband? Right? He says.

“ Who else would I flirt around if not for my fake husband” I said leaning forward to him.

The car stopped and my heart skipped, I thought it was going to be easy before we got here because I had so much confidence when I was leaving home but trust me , it’s not easy,  my heart skipped and I swallow my saliva, fears visible on my face and I guess Kunle could sense my nervousness and he held my hand tight and he looks into my face and said.

“I have always known you to be that strong woman even when you were broken  when what brought us together happen, even though you were timid and Naive , you were still that strong woman that didn’t let her condition stop her from eating and sleeeping and even watching T.V” he says smiling while frown my face and I just couldn’t help but laugh at how studios I was then.

“ It is not my fault, who imprisoned someone inside a fully air conditioned room and feed her with her best food and not just the feeding her, a king size bed was also inside the bedroom , how do you expect me not to eat and sleep” I said.

“ Because I am not cruel or brutal” he replies.

“ Yes , I agree to that” I said.

“ Let’s go darling, I don’t want that look, I want to see the beautiful Ebony and gorgeous queen that has always been that strong woman and you have to pull how strong you are at the party today” he says and I nod my head.

“ Thank you” I said.

“ Sit” He said, his bodyguard opens the car door for him another one opens the door for me and Kunle smiles at me and he held my hand and I slowly got out of the car and all the camera came to us asking us questions but Kunle guide me with his hand into the gathering and as we entered I saw Kunle ‘s mom standing with the chairman and a girl much older than I dressed in a one arm long gown, she is really looking gorgeous, I must admit, I was still admiring her then I saw Lara and I got pissed.