The Reconciliation

Tina was back to her Madam's shop but couldn't fully concentrated on her work, as she thought of how she had overreacted seeing Amanda touching Patrick's beards.

Tina wondered if she got jealous seeing them together besides she wasn't Patrick's girlfriend and she stood up and parked her things into her handbag and that of Godsent as she wanted to leave for home and told her madam when her madam arrived back, that she wasn't feeling to well and wants to go home.

Tina's madam didn't said anything much nor asked Tina what was wrong with her as she just waved to Tina and allowed Tina to went home and rather concentrated on her other apprentices.

When Tina came out with Godsent behind her back, she saw Patrick was still there sitting and waiting for her and she frowned as Patrick saw her and stood up, And she walked up to where Patrick later stood up waiting beside the road and Patrick asked her, "Are you going home now?," As Tina backed Godsent and seemed liked one whom was going home and Tina replied him, "yes, I want to go home now, till tomorrow."

Patrick told her, "Wait.." while he went over to where he had previously parked his Jeep and he drove it over to Ama's mother restaurant where he had asked Tina to wait and Amanda gasped as she saw Patrick G-class Jeep and she rushed out to greeted Patrick "Goodbye," Not minding if Tina was there or not.

Ama called out to Patrick, "Hi Patrick! Are you going now, you didn't even said goodbye to us?."

Patrick stopped in his track and turned to face Ama as he remotely controlled his Jeep door to opened and he apologized to Amanda, "Am so sorry, but am leaving now. You know I was waiting for her to close, that's why."

Patrick pointed to Tina whom he signal to went into his Jeep so he could drove her home and Amanda frowned seeing that truly Patrick was waiting for her rival (Tina) to close.

Ama wondered what a rich handsome guy like Patrick would be doing with a village girl like Tina as Tina already has a child out wedlock.

Well Amanda wasn't relenting easily so she quickly told Patrick, "Okay that's fine by me, but can I please have your contact, I mean your phone number so we can still be communicating with you some other time?, please.."

Patrick didn't say no, so he brought out his business card and handed it over to Amanda, and he went into his Jeep and drove off with Tina.

Tina frowned seeing that Patrick truly gave Amanda his contact info card and she wanted to refused him from given Ama his card but she couldn't as she just sat quietly at the back seat while Patrick came in and drove them home.

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When they got to Tina's father compound, no one was at home as Tina returned early, while her father had gone to work and wouldn't be back until weekend and her mother was still at her shade, her two brothers weren't yet back from school so the compound was silent.

Tina stepped out from Patrick's Jeep and she wanted to just went into their house straight, but she felt it would be rude for her not to thanked Patrick for bringing them home, so she waited for Patrick to switched off his engine and stepped down too.

"Thanks for dropping us home" Tina later said to Patrick, not wanting to stared at Patrick's dark handsome face and Patrick replied her, "It okay by me."

"So when will you be going back to your village?" Tina asked him wanting to knew if Patrick still wanted to went back to Ama's shop and Patrick replied her, "I will soon be going, but that's when you give me a goodbye kiss."

Patrick smiled sweetly at Tina whom frowned and Tina told him, "You ain't ready to go home yet then."

Tina turned and wanted to went in, and Patrick came over and sat down on the bench in front of Tina's family house making Tina to spoked, "You can't be serious, Shouldn't you be going home now?."

Tina stopped and stared at Patrick but Patrick looked up at her and smiled, "Off course am serious. Am not yet going home unless you give me a goodbye kiss" Patrick insisted.

"Okay then, seat comfortably as am not going to do that" Tina replied him and opened the frontage door and went in.

Tina peeped from their parlour window to saw if Patrick has gone, but Patrick still sat down on the bench looking around while pressing his phone and Tina shook her head and thought, "what does he take me for, his girlfriend?."

Tina put Godsent down and went to the backyard to prepared what they would ate as Godsent was awake so he started playing with his Toys then next he started crying seriously, while Tina came in and carried him up and as she was still cooking, Tina backed Godsent behind her back and went back to finished with what she was cooking.

When Tina was thru she put her food and Godsent while she came out back to their parlour to peep if Patrick has gone, but Patrick was still there talking to someone on phone and Tina shook her head and went to ate her food alone while feeding Godsent, when she was thru, she came out and asked Patrick, "Are you not going yet?."

Patrick stared at Tina, not saying anything and he continued pressing his phone sending some messages to his special supervisor at his company.

Tina frowned seeing that Patrick didn't even said a word to her and she came out fully from the door and sat down beside Patrick on the bench staring at Patrick..

Patrick was still busy typing some important things he wanted his special supervisor to supervised for him and gave him feedback but when he felt Tina closeness to him, he raised his face up to looked at her face and their eyes meet, while Patrick didn't said anything nor reacted as he just went back continuing typing what he wanted, but he felt uncomfortable though with Tina's closeness to him as he couldn't fully concentrated and knowing Tina was staring at him and he gulped still pressing his phone not until Godsent dragged his phone from his hands thinking it was a toy, then Patrick stopped typing and stared at them.(Both Tina and Godsent standing in front of Tina.)

"Stop it!" Patrick cautioned little Godsent whom started crying thinking Patrick was going to beat him and Tina spoked, "Don't scare my baby," pampering little Godsent to stopped crying and Patrick replied her, "He's my baby too."

Patrick finally stood up from the bench and he started walking up to his car and Tina asked him, "Are you leaving now?."

Patrick turned and stared at Tina, not saying anything and he walked to where he had previously parked to entered.

Tina felt a little embarrassed as Patrick didn't responded to her, so she asked him, "Will you like to still eat something, I made a little food, don't know if you will like it?."

Patrick stopped and stared at her and he replied "Am not really hungry, I should be on my way now."

"You don't want to taste my food?" Tina asked him and Patrick smiled and said, "Some other time, or you can come to my house and cook for me instead.. besides"

Patrick stopped and walked back closer to Tina whom came out to asked him to come eat before leaving and he approached her and said to her, "Besides you have tasted my food before but .. I haven't tasted yours,

so whenever you want me to taste your food, you can come over to my place and cook for me, I will love It" Patrick drew closer to Tina and he raised her chin up and kissed her softly on her lips and Tina didn't pushed him away from kissing her, instead she subconsciously lifted her both hands upwards and wrapped them around Patrick's neck, pulling him closer to deepened the kiss in returned and Patrick lost his sanity as he wasn't expecting Tina to kissed him in returned.

Patrick had thought Tina would probably pushed him away or slapped him for kissing her, but to his surprised Tina kissed him too I'm returned, melting in his arm until Patrick finally stopped kissing her, almost loosing his last string of self controlled left in him and pulled away from the hot kiss passionate kiss, removing her hands from around his neck and he meet Tina's gazed as Tina felt embarrassed.

Tina couldn't believed she just kissed Patrick hungrily, she couldn't stared at him again when she realized what she just did.

Tina turned away wanting to went in, but Patrick caught her hands to wait and luckily for the both of them none was around nor home, so Patrick came closer to her and apologized to her to ease her embarrassed look.

"Am sorry" Patrick said and continued, "I should be going home now. Do take care of yourself. I will come and see you before going back to the city, and hopefully, bring you home to come see my parents especially my mother as she really want to meet with you and our son too. Do take care, bye." Patrick kissed her forehead, waved to her goodbye as he entered into his car and drove off.