Running Away From Romeo Chapter 5
Emmanuel invited me to his office and said “I’ve seen you somewhere but I can’t remember where. Your face looks so familiar. Did we meet at a workshop or what?” I laughed so hard and said “which workshop? I’m the lady who was beaten at levy junction and you came to my rescue.” Emmanuel finally remembered me, he told me there was no job vacancy in his company but he was willing to talk to a few friends to ask them to employ me. We exchanged numbers again and we said our goodbyes.
In the evening I received a call from Emmanuel, he asked me to meet him by TIMES café with my documents. I bathed and rushed there only to find him drinking with his friends. When he saw me he said “hey Chipo please sit, meet my friends Elvis and Thuto. I’ve talked to Elvis on your behalf and he says you can give him your documents and start work next week.” I couldn’t believe it, I was finally a working class. After having a few drinks with the guys, Emmanuel drove me home. When we got there, he looked at me and said “I must admit, you are a very beautiful girl but the problem is I’m married. If I was single I was going to ask you out. Anyway let’s just be friends.” Afterwards he asked for some water and later on we decided to watch a movie and since we were both tipsy, we slept. At 21hrs Emmanuel’s wife started calling him and that’s when we realized that he had to go home. He promised to call me as soon as he was home. I didn’t want any problems with someone’s husband so I said “Emma do me a favour, please save my number as Charles on your phone. I don’t want any problems from your wife even though we are not dating.” Emmanuel hugged me and left.
The next day Charity paid me a visit and we had a few drinks then I told her about Emmanuel but she said “hmmm Chipo don’t go down that road again. Now that you are done with school you don’t need a buyer, find a younger guy and a single guy for that matter.” I blushed and said “Emmanuel isn’t old. He is just 30 and I’m 24 so we are technically in the same age range. Besides he has just been married for a year and his wife is my age mate. The only problem about dating him is that he is married otherwise he would have been mine. Even though he is married he said his wife nags a lot, she isn’t too clean, she wastes his money, she is too lazy and they always fight.” Charity was quiet for a minute, I thought she was going to shout at me but she said “kanshi he has only been married for a year and he is just 30. You can still date him. Besides he is already complaining about his wife so what you need to do is find out more information about his wife then do the opposite of what she does. He will be yours my dear.” I was happy because I knew I liked Emmanuel but his marriage was a destruction to us.
In the evening I received a call from Emmanuel, he asked me to meet him by TIMES café with my documents. I bathed and rushed there only to find him drinking with his friends. When he saw me he said “hey Chipo please sit, meet my friends Elvis and Thuto. I’ve talked to Elvis on your behalf and he says you can give him your documents and start work next week.” I couldn’t believe it, I was finally a working class. After having a few drinks with the guys, Emmanuel drove me home. When we got there, he looked at me and said “I must admit, you are a very beautiful girl but the problem is I’m married. If I was single I was going to ask you out. Anyway let’s just be friends.” Afterwards he asked for some water and later on we decided to watch a movie and since we were both tipsy, we slept. At 21hrs Emmanuel’s wife started calling him and that’s when we realized that he had to go home. He promised to call me as soon as he was home. I didn’t want any problems with someone’s husband so I said “Emma do me a favour, please save my number as Charles on your phone. I don’t want any problems from your wife even though we are not dating.” Emmanuel hugged me and left.
The next day Charity paid me a visit and we had a few drinks then I told her about Emmanuel but she said “hmmm Chipo don’t go down that road again. Now that you are done with school you don’t need a buyer, find a younger guy and a single guy for that matter.” I blushed and said “Emmanuel isn’t old. He is just 30 and I’m 24 so we are technically in the same age range. Besides he has just been married for a year and his wife is my age mate. The only problem about dating him is that he is married otherwise he would have been mine. Even though he is married he said his wife nags a lot, she isn’t too clean, she wastes his money, she is too lazy and they always fight.” Charity was quiet for a minute, I thought she was going to shout at me but she said “kanshi he has only been married for a year and he is just 30. You can still date him. Besides he is already complaining about his wife so what you need to do is find out more information about his wife then do the opposite of what she does. He will be yours my dear.” I was happy because I knew I liked Emmanuel but his marriage was a destruction to us.
The following week, I reported for work, I dressed to impress. I was so hardworking because I wanted my boss (Emmanuel’s friend) to tell Emmanuel how hardworking I was. On Friday evening, Emmanuel called me and said “eish I’m craving for some lumanda and dry fish with some chibwabwa pa side. My wife only cooks rice or English foods but I’m an African man who needs traditional foods.” I knew if I cooked for him he was going to like me more so the next day I sent him a text inviting him for lunch then I went to the market to buy all the traditional vegetables I needed. I boiled my dry fish then I cooked the lumanda with groundnuts and some chibwabwa. When I was done I called him and he said he was coming with two friends. Emmanuel and his friends enjoyed their meal and complimented me. When they were done I served them some ice cold beer and some grilled pork chops. Emmanuel kept looking at me and all I could do was skit, blush and smile like a fool.
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