CHAPTER SEVENTEEN

"Ewa, you sleep here tonight" he said with a commanding tone

"why are you forcing me to stay?"

"hey, if you want to get killed, go to your room and sleep"

"what is it with getting killed, you are scaring me"

"Shewa is very dangerous, am sure she is fuming with anger that I stopped her from hitting you, who knows, she might send her maids to you or even come to your room herself and do something funny, then she would claim that I stopped her from punishing you, you are only save here and stay till things die down and if you don't want to sleep on the same bed with me, you are free to sleep on the floor"

"on the floor, what is that"

"suit yourself"

"is she that wicked"

"you can say that, eat your food" he said and nudge his head at a covered bowl that laid on the floor, in a corner."

"Alright" she said and try to sit up, more carefully this time but she still felt that sharp pain and she cried out in pain again.

"should I help you" he said and she slowly nodded her head

"where is the magic word?" he asked

"please" she whispered and he went around to where she was laying on the bed. He wrapped one his arm around her back and held her arm with the other and he slowly helped her to sit and she whispered a thank you. He handed her the bowl of food and gave her a bowl full of water to wash her hands and she started on her food. Araromi watched as she ate her food with the corner of his eyes and a satisfactory smile appeared on his face,he was glad to see she was fine. He knows how heartless Shewa is, she was the type that could kill without any remorse, so he knows it is dangerous for her to stay alone , the only place she wouldn't dare attack her was his room, she would have to stay with him till the matter is relayed before the king and settled.

She finished her meal and belched with satisfaction. She rinsed her hand and kept the bowl in a corner in the room and seconds later, she laid back on the bed, it was more comfortable than sitting down, because of the pain. Araromi stood from the bed and went over to where is night wear was neatly folded and kept and when he attempted to pull of his shirt, "What are you doing?" Eliza shouted and he turned around to face her, amused at her reaction

"I want to change, if you can't watch, then close your eyes"

"why would I close my eyes", "it's not like it's her first time seeing a man's bare body, am a doctor, she said to herself

"what exactly were you thinking?" he teased

"nothing"

"nothing, I do not agree, you have a bad mind"

"what do you mean by bad, I don't"

"I think you do" he continued to tease her, enjoying her reaction and the look of embarrassed that was on her face.

"out of the first queen three children, Shewa is the black sheep and out of the second queen children, you are the black sheep" she said and a slight chuckle escaped his lips.

"you think am a black sheep?" he asked and pulled his shirt and Ewa gulped down her spit, she saw how broad and masculine his shoulders were, his trousers dangled on his waist and she admired his back, it looked strong and manly. Her eyes were too busy looking at his back and had failed to notice that he had turned his head to the side and that he was looking at her, then he asked, "what are you looking at?"and she jolted out of her dreamland"

"nothing"

"are you feeling it?" he asked and her face turned red with embarrassment

"fe-e-ling wh-at" she stuttered

"are you fine down there" he teased and she gulp down her spit, this guy is nothing but a pervert, a total jerk, she thought and looked away from him

"what do you mean by down there, see it's you who has a bad mind not me"

"I agree, lots of women had lost there mind by just looking at me, have you fallen too?"

"Fallen my foot"

"I think you just did"

"think whatever you want and you must have lots of girlfriends, since you are soooo charming"

"I can't say that I have lots of girlfriends, because am currently single, but have bedded a lot of women" he said and she swallowed her own spit.

"can you not be straightforward"

"on that bed,you are laying on now" he added

"you bring women to the palace?"

"I have my ways"

"I thought virginity held a lot of value and importance in this era but you've bedded a lot of woman" she said, exaggerating the last part

"you are right, virginity does hold a lot of importance, it's the pride of a woman, I have never disvirgined a lady before, since I know within myself that am not going to get married to them"

"so you've never come across a virgin before?"

"I have, but I don't touch them"

"that's generous of you, but it's funny isn't it, if a woman doesn't keep herself she will be scorned at, but a man can do whatever she wants"

"that's life" he said and reached to pull his trousers and Eliza shut her eyes, she would have turned to the other side of the bed if her back and buttocks wasn't paining her, then she heard him laugh and she opened her eyes

"you find it funny?" she asked and he laughed again.

"don't worry I wore something underneath"

"I know"

"see, I wasn't wrong when I said you have a bad mind"

"I wasn't thinking anything"

"I can see, close your eyes, am about to pull off my trousers" he said and she shut her eyes.