CHAPTER THIRTY-NINE

"What are you doing here?" shock driven, Shola gawked at the man in her presence.

"The same reason you are here."

"And what is that?" Her shaky demeanor couldn't be any clearer.

"I have been thinking." He replied.

"Thinking?" She stopped herself from moving closer, "About what?"

"About you"

Shola felt a little warmth in her belly, "And?"

Fully coming out, the man walked closer to Shola and gently took her by one hand, "About us, Shola. No matter how much I want to get upset at you for what happened, for not trusting me, I can't. I tried hard to move in and kill whatever thoughts I had but I was always able to go so far, in the end I find myself still wanting."

"Samuel-"

He cut her short, "What did you do to me?" Samuel's gawk at her was met midway with a stare of equal intensity, "Every moment you were not around, it felt like I was going crazy but I knew I wasn't. I knew I was just lacking something, no... someone."