PRISS

The thunderous clap filled the air immediately Zina ended her speech.

“Hi”, a voice greeted as I looked up from the perfume, Zina, she was the one that greeted me.

“Um…Hi”, I responded as my eyes roamed around to search for Tenola but she was nowhere in sight.

“So what do you think of the speech?”, her voice brought me back to her, she was beaming with smiles.

“It was nice”, I answered as Frank approached us.

“My charmer, you did a good job, did I tell you you're as beautiful as a moon beam?”, he grinned while Zina smiled widely.

I cooed in my mind.

“You've told me that countless times”.

“Oh! Hi Priss”, Frank greeted, he finally noticed my prescence.

“Hi”

“So I'll like to steal my wife for some minutes, is that okay with you?”, he ended it with a smile.

I nodded in response as he walked away hand in hand with Zina. They looked sweet and perfect together.

Immediately I averted my gaze from them my eyes met his, the last person I'd ever thought would approach me. Cliff. He smiled at me but I didn't return the smile.

“Hi”, he greeted still with that stupid smile that was making me grin inwardly.

”Hi”, I replied curtly.

“Priss, you're still being mean to me afterall you know the truth now”.

“Oh! now I'm the mean one abi and what truth are you talking about?”, I still couldn't put the pieces together so I guess I didn't know any truth.

He took my hand in his and looked into my eyes but I looked away though I didn't withdraw my hand from his, I liked it.

“Please, look at me”, he demanded and I hesitated for some seconds before looking into his pleading eyes.

“Ini, I'm sorry, I didn't mean to cause you pain, I should have told you from the start and I know I deserve your cold treatment towards me and I feel rotten inside, I should have explained everything to you and let you know Zina and I aren't married”.

I raised an eyebrow.

“What do you mean by that? Zina also said that to me and the next thing Frank is calling her his wife, everything is just so confusing”

“That's the truth, Zina is married to Frank and not me, everything was planned because of my mother”

“So…”, I inquired curiously.

He continued with the explanation and I finally understood what was going on but I was still mad at him for not telling me from the start.

Heaving a sigh of relief, I asked, “Why didn't you tell me?”

He drew in a long breath.

“I'm sorry, I was a fool, I know this apology does little to heal the pain and I'm disgusted with myself, I just hope you'll find a place in your heart to forgive me, Please, don't let this ruin what we have,I don't want to miss a moment with you”, he begged  with pleading looks.

“Um…Um…I don't know what to say”

“Just say you forgive me”, he held my hand tightly and pleaded with his eyes and I drowned in it.

“Promise you won't keep anything from me or hurt me again”

“I promise”, he crossed his heart.

“I've forgiven you but you're still on probation oooo”, I said with a smile, this time it wasn't fake or forced as it was in the past few days, it was a real smile and I felt relief in my heart.

He didn't respond but rather pulled me into hug and hugged me tightly.

“Hey, I can't breathe”

He withdrew from the hug but his hand still rested on my waist.

“Sorry, I'm just so excited”, he beamed with smiles as he leaned closer to me.

“Eh…that's enough”, Tenola shouted breaking the kiss that was yet to start, I just felt like strangling her.

“Thank God”, Frank and Zina said in unison as they approached us with smiles.

“This calls for celebration, sunshine, call one of the waiters”, Zina ordered and Frank frowned before obeying her order and we were served a glass of wine each.

“Cheers”, Zina shouted as the glasses clinked.

“Ehn, ehn, so what's your baby's gender”, Tenola queried.

A smile crept up Zina's face before replying,“ Isn't it obvious? Can't you see Frank is already my slave?”

“So it's a girl then”, it came out as a question from me.

“Yep”

Cliff leaned closer to my ear and whispered,“ You look stunning”

A flush crept up my face as I gave him a punch in the shoulder.

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“Thanks for forgiving Cliff”, Zina started, we were both in the kitchen preparing dinner. Immediately the sampling event ended, Tenola left with the car while I had no other choice than to drive with Cliff who took it as an opportunity to drive me to his place.

A smile slipped out of my face as Zina returned the smile.

“So is Cliff's mom still angry?”

“Seems like, the fact that she didn't show up at the event today shows she's still angry but she'll definetely come around”, she ended with a smile.

“I hope so”

Zina opened her mouth to talk but the roaring from the sky shut her up.

“Seems like the rain is coming, I've got to go home”, I untied the apron and ran out of the  kitchen to the living room.

“Priss”, Zina called after me as I picked up my red shoulder bag that was staying beside Cliff who gave me a questioning look.

“Stay for dinner, it's almost ready”, Zina offered with a warm smile.

“Why're you leaving?”, Cliff inquired with a somewhat confused look.

“It's going to rain soon and I might not be able to go home if it meets me here”.

“Then you can pass the night here”, Frank suggested and I eyed him, I opened my mouth to talk but the downpour of the rain beat me to it.

“My prayer has been answered”, Cliff flashed me a victorious grin while I threw the bag at him and walked to Zina as we both sauntered to the kitchen.

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CLIFF

“So do you love Priss?”, Frank asked. We were playing the question game while having the dessert of watermelon pucker and fortunately, the rain was still pouring heavily.

“Wholeheartedly, I love her so much”, I caressed her cheek as we exchanged smiles before I kissed her lightly, she nudged my shoulders before turning to Frank who was seated on the loveseat with Zina.

“Have you ever been jealous of Zina and Cliff's closeness?”, Priss questioned and before Frank could respond, the maid interrupted.

“I've prepared the guest room”.

I dashed Priss a questioning look and she smiled warmly before saying,“Thanks”, and the maid walked away.

“Don't tell me you're staying in the guest room?“

“Of course I am”, she shrugged.

“Why?”

She turned to me and pursed her lips,“It's simple as ABC, we aren't married”

“But…”, she cut me short,“ Back to the question Frank”

Frank smirked at me before replying,“ No, I haven't, we've all been good friends from heaven and I know the way they relate”

Priss nodded and I asked my question,“ So have you thought of the baby's name?”, the question being directed at Zina.

“Not really, maybe after the birth”

Silence fell and minutes passed with everyone concentrating on their watermelon pucker before Frank broke the ice.

“Should we watch a movie?”

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“Should we watch a movie?”, Frank asked and others agreed. I knew it wouldn't be my favorite so I sat silently as he slid in the CD.

The first thing that appeared was a ghost with a white-stained cloth, it was stained red with a bulging eyes as it glared at me.

Fear swarm through my veins as I slipped my hand into Cliff's and he squeezed it. I took a look at the others and they didn't look scared, apparently, they were enjoying the movie, even Zina who rested her head on Frank's laps was calm with her eyes fixed directly at the TV.

Resting my hand on Cliff's chest, the ghost disappeared and a dark and eerie environment appeared and just in a second…

“Aaargh”, I shouted as I hugged Cliff tightly and squeezed my eyes shut.

“You look cute when afraid”, Cliff whispered as he stroked my hair.

Opening my eyes slowly and finally, Zina and Frank chortled.

“I'm not watching again”, I jumped to my feet and slipped my legs into the slippers Zina had given me after I'd worn Cliff's T-shirt.

“I didn't know you were such a scaredy cat”, Zina teased as Cliff grabbed my hand but I jerked away and walked hurriedly to the guest room.

I pulled the blankets over me and tried to sleep but the scene from the movie kept appearing. God, I despised horror movies, just then I felt a hand on my body.

Without second thought, I screamed and shoved the blanket in the person's face, jumped out of the bed and headed towards the door but a hand stopped me and I tensed, the hand whirled me around while I closed my eyes tightly.

Seconds passed and my eyes was still closed but after noticing the person wasn't taking action, my eyelids flickered open only to see Cliff in front of me with a wicked grin.

“You fiend, you scared the life out of me”, I punched his stomach and headed towards the bed before switching off the light.

“Priss”, Cliff hollered while I smiled wickedly. Time for pay back.

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My heart thuddered in my chest as my hands shook, I felt my stomach churning with my feet tingling.

Beads of sweat formed on my forehead and chill ran down my spine as I shivered.

“Mofe”, I heard Priss call faintly before the light appeared, illumination set in.

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Gosh! What have I done? I slapped a hand on my forehead before pulling him into a hug.

“Mofe, please, I'm sorry”.

Silence.
He didn't say anything as he tried calming down.

“I'm so sorry”, I begged while escorting him to the bed before running out to get him water.

Seconds later, he gulped down the water before resting his back on the wall.

“I'm sorry”, I repeated remorsefully while holding his hand.

“It's okay”, a ghost of a smile appeared on his face before pulling me into a hug. We hugged for a minute before he withdrew and picked up a box that was on the bed, one I hadn't noticed its presence.

“Here”, he pointed it at me while I glanced at him before collecting it.

“I'd wanted to give you before we had that fight and I think now is the perfect time to give you, the main reason I came here”, he rambled while I admired the beautiful dress I was holding.

A knee-length blue empire waist gown ornamented with bugle beads.

“Thanks so much, you saved me the stress of waking early tomorrow to pick a dress, I love you so much”, I beamed as I leaned over to give him a quick kiss but he pulled me back.

“I”, he kissed my forehead,“ love”, and then my nose,“ You”, he captured my mouth in a kiss, his hand went around my waist and pulled me closer to him while I wrapped my arms around his neck, we kissed as if we wouldn't have the chance again.

God! I'd so much missed his lips on mine. A ring and another and another from my phone, we finally drew apart as I cursed under my breath, bringing out my phone, I realised it was Tenola and then it dawned on me that I hadn't told them I was passing the night at Cliff's.

Picking up , we talked for some minutes as I told her I was staying at Cliff and implored her to convey the message to mother, seconds later, she dropped the call.

“So where were we?”, Cliff asked with a smile.

“Time to go to bed”, I replied while shooing him out.

“Can't I spend the night here?”

“No”, I responded as I pushed him out forcefully and closed the door.

“Sweet dreams…with me in them”, Cliff's voice shouted from behind as I smiled and jumped on the bed.

So guys, Priss and Cliff are back together.
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