Jason..
"Jason, if you don't come out of that room in the next twenty minutes, I'm going to barge in there whether you're naked or not." Mom shouted as she knocked on my door repeatedly.
"I'm tired." I groaned.
"Yes, you're tired when it comes to going out with your wife but when it comes to work, you're never tired." She yelled, still banging the door.
"Work is different." I mumbled.
"I can hear that you know."
"First, you make her sleep in the guest room and then you don't ever want to go out with her, you know I'm leaving with Grandma Nini today, are you planning to make her feel lonely." Mom shouted.
"Alright, I'll get dressed." I shouted just so she would get out of my hair.
I just have to give in to my mom or else, she'll never give up. I still wonder what Eve gave her that made her like her so much. Even grandma Nini is on her side.
I groaned as I got up from the bed and went to take a shower. I had taken my bath earlier today but I went to the gym to work out and then I saw my mom coming to remind me about the outing with Eve so I ran to my room so I'm still sweaty.
After taking a shower, I thought of what to wear because I didn't want to look like I made an effort or something like that you know.
I was going for an effortless yet perfect look so I wore black jeans and a white top and my navy blue coat to go with white sneakers too. I looked at myself in the mirror and I was impressed by my looks.
? Walking past the mirror, ugh.. damn I'm fine ?
I said in a singsong voice before walking out of my room and going downstairs.
"Took you long enough, one might think you're a woman judging from how long you took to dress up." Mom teased but I simply looked away hiding my blush.
"Eve, you look stunning." Grandma Nini said the moment she saw Eve and I turned to look at her and wow, did she look good.
But I wasn't going to tell her that so I scoffed.
"If you put makeup on a pig of course it would look good." I mumbled but it was loud enough for everybody to hear me.
Mom smacked my back and I frowned.
"Ouch! That hurts." I pouted.
"Maybe I should just go and change it." I heard Eve say and I frowned.
Why didn't I just say something nice to her?
"Let's go, it's getting late." I said going out of the house before she could go and change her clothes.
"Get in the car." I said when I saw her coming to my car.
"Okay." She said as she got into the passengers side and I got into the car. I ignited the engine and began to drive to the Mall.
I have never really gone on a date before so I didn't know where to go and my ego wasn't going to let me ask Eve for answers but I'm guessing she has no idea either. She didn't look like one who had the time to date anybody when I met her.
I glanced to her side and saw that she was looking outside the window.
When I first met Eve, she was dressed in shabby delivery clothes and sweating profusely, especially when she broke what my mother asked to be delivered to me. She looked like she was tired and stressed but looking at her now, she looked relaxed and happy.
The drive to the mall was silent as we had nothing to say to each other.
Soon, we arrived at the mall and I went to park the car in the parking lot.
"Get down." I said as soon I switched off the engine and Eve did as she was told.
I led the way as we entered the mall.
I was at the front while she was walking slowly at my back. I stopped and she bumped into me.
"Sorry." She mumbled.
"Walk beside me." I said gesturing to my right.
"Okay." She smiled and I felt butterflies in my stomach. She has a beautiful smile and I almost smiled back but I controlled myself.
"Get a hold of yourself Jason!" I said in my head.
We began to walk side by side until we got to a picture booth.
"Hi!"
"We're currently taking pictures of random couples and the best couple will get a prize and the picture is free too." An overly excited young man came up to us and said,
"No, we're not together." Eve said immediately and he raised his brows.
"Is he your older brother?, But you don't look alike." He said to Eve who smiled awkwardly.
"Anson, can't you see they're not holding hands, they're not a couple." A lady who seemed like she was the one in charge came to reprimand him.
"Oh my! Sorry for that.." the young man apologised feeling embarrassed.
"You were right, we're a couple, my wife is just shy." I said feeling bad for the young man and not because I wanted to take a picture with Eve.
"Oh, that's great news then." The young man chimed with happiness.
"Come, let me direct you to the person that would take your pictures." The young man said and I nodded, taking Eve's hands in mine as she stared at me with wide eyes.
We walked into the booth and a big paper frame was kept in front of us while we got ready to take the picture.
"Don't be shy.."
"Come closer and put your hands on your wife's shoulders." The photographer said and I nodded, going close to Eve as I was told.
The picture was taken and that chapter ended.
"Sir, can we upload the picture on our Twitter account? It's just that you guys look so good together, like a celebrity couple." The young man from earlier asked and I nodded and we left the booth hand in hand.
"You didn't have to do that." Eve said as soon as we got out of the booth.
"Do what?" I asked.
"Pretend that we're a couple." She said sadly.
"I'm not pretending, we're married." I said and left her hands and walked to the front while she tried to catch up with me.
"Let's go there." I said pointing at a jewellery shop that was on the other side.
We walked to the place and the shop attendant greeted us.
"Welcome to Bulgari." She said with a smile.
I acknowledged her and we entered the shop and went to the counter.
"Are you looking to buy rings?" Another attendant who was at the counter asked with a smile.
"I can recommend rings according to your zodiac signs or you could go to that section over there and pick a number, whatever ring you get will come to you like destiny." She said smiling and I couldn't help but think that she had a sweet mouth trying to sell something to me using destiny. Touché!
"I came to get a wristwatch." I smirked and I noticed her smile falter.
"Oh, this way please." She said, still smiling as she led us to the watch section. She kept glancing at Eve who wasn't even paying attention but was staring around the shop instead.
"I'll take that one." I said pointing at a gold wristwatch instead of what she recommended.
"Sir, that's a limited edition watch and it's premium." She said,
"So?" I asked.
"It cost thirty thousand dollars sir." She said and I laughed.
"And so?" I scoffed and she looked down, probably feeling embarrassed.
"Thirty thousand dollars." Eve mumbled behind me and I smirked.
"I'll package it for you." She said and began to do the packaging.
"Eve, don't you want to get anything?" I asked and she shook her head immediately. I knew she was probably scared of the price.
"Take anything you want, we won't do this anytime soon." I said to Eve.
"Don't worry, I don't want anything, I still have the bracelet you got me." She said and mumbled the last part but I heard her.
"Okay, whatever." I said and paid for the wristwatch I bought.
"Let's go." I said taking her hands in mine and dragging her out of the shop while the attendant bowed as we left.
"This is a promo sale, get a scarf for your wife from the recommendation of the nation's mom." A lady approached us since we were walking towards the scarf section.
"Okay." I said, following her and dragging Eve along.
In the end, we bought two scarfs for Grandma Nini and my mom.
There was nothing else that caught my fancy as we walked but as soon as we got to the food section, I heard a growl.
"Are you hungry?" I asked Eve but she shook her head.
Unfortunately, her stomach wasn't walking in her favour as I heard a growl again.
"Let's get food." I said dragging her to the restaurant.
"Sit down, I'll order." I said and she went to sit down while I went to order.
I ordered food and came to sit in front of her soon after.
The food soon came and she gobbled it down like she had been starving for years. I didn't even notice she was hungry as she wasn't saying anything.
"Won't you eat?" She asked pointing at my food that I had not eaten because I was staring at her while she ate hers.
"You want it?" I asked and she nodded. I pushed my plates to her front and she gobbled it down too. I wondered how she ate so much and she wasn't fat and yet she wasn't working out either.
We left the restaurant and passed by an ice cream shop and with the way she looked at it dreamily, I just had to buy some for her.
I got mint chocolate ice cream while she got vanilla flavour and we sat down to eat it.
"How can you eat that? It tastes like toothpaste." She said a mouthful of ice cream.
"It doesn't." I said taking a spoonful of ice cream in my mouth.
"Let me taste it." She said putting her spoon into my cup. She took a little scoop and put it into her mouth and made a bleh face.
"It tastes like toothpaste." She said laughing but I was still trying to register what she just did. She just dipped her spoon into my cup which was unusual and something that she would never do judging from the kind of person that she was. It wasn't until she noticed that I wasn't saying anything that it dawned on her what she just did.
"Sorry.. I'm so sorry." She apologised immediately but I shook my head.
"It's fine." I said trying to calm her down because she looked like she just committed a crime.
"I didn't mean to do that, it was out of reflex." She said, still apologising.
"To be fair, it does taste like toothpaste." I said, trying to make her feel better.
"I told you so." She laughed and I laughed too.
"Let's go." I said when we finished eating our ice cream.
"Sure." She said getting up but she felt a cramp as soon as she stood up.
"What's wrong?" I was concerned.
"Nothing, cramps." She said with her face showing discomfort.
"Okay." I said holding the bags that she had been carrying all these while.
"Ouch!" She crouched down.
"Are you okay?" I asked immediately, crouching down to her level.
"I need to go to the bathroom." She said and I nodded helping her up.
All that food that she ate was probably telling on her now. That's why it's not good to eat too much.
"You shouldn't have eaten all that food together." I scolded her as we walked towards the bathroom. I left her as soon as we got to the ladies and she entered inside the passage.
"Oh my gosh!!" I heard a shout and I could tell it was her voice. I quickly rushed into the ladies even though it was weird for a man to be in there.
"What's wrong?" I asked as I thanked God that other women were not in the stall.
"Jason." Eve said with a weak voice.
"Are you okay?" I was confused.
"Is she taking a dump?" I wondered for a moment but I couldn't ask such an embarrassing question.
"Jason, are you there?" She asked in a weak voice.
"Yes, I am." I said in concern.
"Can you do me a favour?" She asked.
"What's that?" I asked.
"Can you get me some pads?" She asked and I raised my brows in confusion.
"Why would you need a pad in the toilet?, Is your phone not with you?" I asked in confusion.
"Not that pad, the other pads, I mean tampons." She said and I stood there in shock.