SOFT

Although the academic term was rounding up, Special still worked harder as she would in the beginning of a new term. Her responsibility entails ensuring that appropriate reviews of all the terms activities with possible progress outline are carried out by non academic staffs and teachers.

The past few days has been so beautiful and she wondered how she could explain it to anyone. Her friendship with Derek seems to melt her heart and it frightens her a whole lot. She was yet to have any sexual relationship with any man how much more the man called Derek yet her heart would not let her a moment of sanity as all her thoughts were of him.

He wakes her up daily with a romantic text message which usually ends with "your husband." Mrs Grace had noticed her smile all through the week and had teased her on her latest wardrobe collections. She lacked the right words to tell Mrs Grace that Derek bought her new expensive dresses. At first, she rejected the boxes of clothes but he insisted, adding that this is how his wife should dress if he was going to keep up with the charade.

Special would always blush at the mention of the title "husband or wife". It was like she held a beautiful secret in her heart and would not want to share it with the world. Two days before travelling home, She closed up her official term report just as a knock came on her office door.

"Who is it"

"Its me Mary"

"Mary come in."

Mary was her office secretary and she had her own office just outside Special's office.

"ma'am you have a parcel, should I sign for you.?"

"Of course Mary, you should not ask me about that. Just receive it on my behalf."

"okay ma'am." Mary responded retreating out of the office.

Few minutes, later Special stood up gathering her belongings as she was set to go home for the day. Mary entered with a box and a flower smiling at Special. She dropped the items on the table and winked at her. Special blushed as she drove the young lady out of her office. She knew the items were from her " husband" and that thought alone tickled her fantasy.

Staring at the items, she opened them carefully, slowing dying of curiosity. the box contained a set of diamond rings and a red beaded hand chain. A note attached to the items reads.

"Those are your wedding rings my beautiful Queen and I have always wanted my wife to wear a red coral bed on her left wrist. it makes me know she is a part of me. Tears Immediately pooled at Special's eyes.

This was the first time in her life, she felt honored. A part of her reprimanded her that this was not love. Derek just wanted to sleep with her. However a prominent probing in her heart insists that Derek had strong feelings for her beyond the sexual gratification.

When she got home that evening, as usual, Derek visited. They were supposed to finalize their movement together to her father's house. Derek's countenance was not so cheerful when she saw him at the entrance of her house.