Chapter 84 84
Richard's Pov
"Thank you for coming to help me set my place up" Paula said, chugging down a glass of water down her throat.
"It's no big deal. I just need to freaked up before I leave." I said
Thank God I brought extra shirt.
"How's your girl?" Paula asked handing me a glass of juice.
"She's fine, I guess. I haven't heard from her for a week now." I said, suddenly feeling sad after remembering Vanessa.
I really don't know how to right this writing anymore. She doesn't ignore my calls or anything but she just asked for space and I'm beginning to feel like she's slipping away.
"Does she know your here? Hope she's fine with it?" Paula asked, sitting close to me
"She doesn't but I don't think I'm doing anything wrong and I think she will understand. I hope she does." I sighed.
"Oh! She'll come around, Rich" Paula said, patting my legs. I looked at her hand and then her face then smiled at her appreciatively.
"I am really tired of fighting with her and I hope she comes around soon enough" I sipped from my juice glass.
"If she's giving you a lot of trouble, why dont you find someone else" Paula began to rub her hands slowly on my thigh.
What's all these touchiness today?
"Uhh... I don't know, Paula. I think her anger is understandable but it's been a week now and I expect her to get over it but she has refused to. I am tired of giving her space already" I groaned.
"You look stressed. Have you been sleeping at all?" Paula touched my face, titling it to the left and then to the right.
"I've had a lot of work to do but I've been trying to sleep at least" I said, shrugging it off. "You don't have to bother about me" i said, holding her hands in mine.
"You should rest before you go" Paula said, biting her lips, seductively while looking at me.
Or maybe I'm seeing things.
"No, I need to get home. I am done here yeah?" I said, standing up to leave because I was no longer liking the feeling I was getting.
"Come on! You look so sweaty. Take a shower at least" She pleaded, standing up immediately.
"Okay fine" I said, following her lead.
"Call me if you need anything okay?" Paula said, handing me a clean towel
"Thank you" I said before locking the bathroom door.
I quickly wash off the sweat from my skin. I couldn't stop thinking about the questions Vanessa asked that I couldn't answer.
Would I choose her?
Why wouldn't I choose her.
Do I have competing with her at all?
I wiped the water off my body before putting on the pants without any shirt on. I forgot to get the clean shirt from my car.
Imagine wearing this shirt on again. It'll defeat the aim of taking my bath.
"Richard?" Paula smirked at me
"Uhh.."
"Sorry I came to get my duvet" Paula said, picking up her duvet.
"I'm sorry about this. I left my shirt in the car." I rubbed the back of my neck.
"Oh!" She said before she suddenly started screaming and trying to reach for her back, letting go of the duvet she was holding.
"What is it?" I panicked, running to meet her.
"Something... Something is crawling up my back" she yelled, removing her top frantically. In nanosecond, she was flashing me her bare breasts.
Oh goodness! Forgive me babe.
I inspected her back carefully, laughing. "There's nothing. Maybe it's the cloth fabric" I looked at her back one more time to be sure.
"Really?" She asked, turning to face me.
No, no, no.
"Yeah" I said, looking at the door
"Are you ashamed of me?" Paula asked softly. "Because I was touched by those disgusting men who wanted to take advantage of me?"
"Jesus, no" I shook my head
"Then why are you not looking at me?" She asked, turning my face to meet hers.
"You.. you should put on a shirt" I stuttered.
"You really don't find me attractive. No guy finds me attractive anymore" She said with a shaky voice
"No, no, no. You are still beautiful, Paula" I whispered, leaning close to her. I had totally forgotten about her exposed breast
"Then why are you not touching me?" She whispered, bring my hands down to her breast, making me palm then
"Paula...."
"Shhh" She said, pushing me to sit on the bed before straddling me. She massages my shoulder with one hand while she uses her other hand to guide the my hand movement on her breast.
This is bad. I should stop her. Was there alcohol in what she drank?
"I really miss when you touch me. I cried so bad on the night I was abducted" She said again, snapping me out of my mental battle. She began kissing my neck lightly.
"I'm sorry you had to go through that" I held her waist to stop her from grinding into me. It wasn't because it was turning me on but because it was crushing my balls.
"Richard, can you wash away their hands from my body?" She asked, pressing herself into me.
"Paula..I...I.."
"Shhh" She said, pushing me to lay flat on the bed before trying to unbuckle my pant.
"I can't!" I said firmly, stopping her. "I can't do this with you."
My girlfriend will have my head for lunch. Heck she'll have my whole body for lunch. That's if she'll not prefer to feed my body to street dogs.
"I'm so sorry! I got carried away" she jumped up and began to search for her top. "I'm sorry"
"It's fine." I threw on the dirty shirt. I didn't care anymore. I just want to be out of here.
"I'm so sorry" Paula kept on apologizing
"I just hope this doesn't get to my girl because this would really tear us. Promise me that" I said to her.
Well, it's not like we did anything though.
"It was my fault anyway so I promise" Paula said.
"My child calling" The bot sang out before the phone began to ring.
"That's your phone" I said to Paula.
"Uh! That's my.. my little friend. My sister's child" She tried to explain, picking up her phone.
"Your sister? You are the only child" I looked at her suspiciously.
Only guilty persons explain. Vanessa once said.
"You didn't know this one. Half sister" Paula hurriedly put her phone on DND
"It's fine. You shouldn't keep a child waiting though" I smiled halfly at her.
"Sure" she laughed, nervously.
A child? My child?
"Did our baby really die?" I turned abruptly to ask her.
"What baby?" She answered immediately.
"Huh?"
"Oh! Our babyyy. No.. I mean, Y- Yes. Sorry Yes." She scratched her hair
"What answer do I take?"
"She died" She said confidently now.
I quietly observed her demeanor for a while. "I hope you are not keeping my child away from me" I said
"Not at all" She said opening the door for me. "Bye and thanks" She said hurriedly.
"Bye" I nodded at her
Immediately I got into my car, I picked up my phone and scrolled, ins search of one number. "Please can you get me details about Paula Mackrel."
Something is not right. Meanwhile I have to avoid her before I put myself in deep shit