The Way To A Man’s Heart – Episode 7

The Way To A Man’s Heart

By Hossana Isaac O.
(Hossy Short Story Series)

Chapter 7

Two months later

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Jesse
“dude you’ve lost focus. How can you mix up the files from two different contracts?” Sanjay said and I palmed my face and felt my temperature. My head was hot

“are you feeling feverish?” he asked
I removed my palms from my face

“no” I replied and rested my back on my chair

“thank God I quickly realized your mistakes and I corrected them for you”

“thank you” I appreciated

“so who are you gonna bring to the anniversary next week?”

“my friend… Louisa” I replied
“from what agency cause we don’t have a Louisa here”
“she’s not a model” I stated and stood up to get water. Images of the hug wouldn’t release me of their grip. She had hugged me after I gave her a bracelet.

Thoughts of Louisa is getting me into so much trouble already. I didn’t bargain for this. I never expected this to happen. What in the world is making me fall for her? I’ve been hiding my feelings for months now and it’s killing me slowly

“an actress?” Sanjay asked

“no. She’s a university student”

“whoa whoa whoa. You want something fresher and original that night then” he cooed and I chuckled

“I wish” I mumbled and sat down then gulped down the whole bottle of water.

“well, it’s time for closure. Do you wanna grab a bite before heading home?” he asked and stood up adjusting his watch

“no. I’ll be going home straight. I really need a long warm bath. I need to think” I said and began to pack my things

“Jesse, is it me or you’re beginning to behave like a poor secondary school boy who has a crush on the hottest and richest girl in school”

“the only difference with what’s wrong with me now is that I am not in secondary school, and she’s not the richest but definitely the hottest”

“whoa…. So you’ve got a crush? Who is it? I know it’s definitely not Alyson”

“Alyson’s just a bed mate bruh and I never renewed my contract since two months ago”

“yeah but she’s pretty good though”

“what? You’ve…?”
“who hasn’t Jesse? You’re not the only one okay”

I chuckled and stood up with my suitcase.

“we’ll see tomorrow okay?” I said and shook his hand

“yeah” he replied and we walked out of the office together
As I passed, my secretary gave me that ‘flirty look’. I shook my head and continued walking

“hey Jesse!” she called out and I groaned.

“what is it?” I asked as I turned
“did I do anything wrong to you?” she asked
“no” I gently replied

“then why do you keep avoiding me?”
“I’ve been quite busy lately” I said
“but you’ve always been busy, yet you create time for me. Why the change?”

“nothing” I simply said though I wanted to tell her Louisa happened. Because I just can’t stare at another lady and not think of her. I see her face everywhere.

“I really have to go OK? I’m tired” I said and turned to walk away but she pulled me back and began to kiss me. She ran her hands all over me and before I could decide to say no, I was already in her house, in her bed and having her lying naked in my arms.
I was too tired to say no and I couldn’t help but drive her to her house and have sex with her. I’m even glad the drive was successful without an accident because she was all over me in the car.

“why don’t you spend the night here Jesse? Spend the night with me” she said and I shook my head

“I need to go home” I replied
“but it’s late already. It’s almost midnight” she stated and kissed my chest

“what? Midnight?” I asked and looked at the clock

“oh my God!” I exclaimed. How did the time run so fast? From 4pm to 11:45pm? What in the world have I been doing with this lady?

“we can have more rounds. Come on I’m all yours tonight baby” she said and sat on me.

“hell no. I gotta go home now!” I said and shoved her off from me. I rushed down from the bed and quickly wore my underwear.

“where are my clothes?” I asked

“I don’t know. We both ripped our clothes off before we even got to the room” she replied and sat up

“oh jeez!” I said and quickly left the room. I began to pick anything I see that’s mine on the way. I got to the living room and saw my trousers and suit. I looked at the time again, it’s already ten minutes to midnight and I haven’t even seen my phone.

I began to look for it everywhere. My secretary came out and met me turning her things upside down

“what are you doing?” she asked
“looking for my phone” I replied and removed a cushion pillow from a cushion chair. I threw it on the floor when I didn’t see my phone under it

“you didn’t bring it in here. It’s in the car!” she yelled out and I stood still

“oh God” I said and palmed my forehead

“well, I’m off. See you tomorrow at the office” I yelled as I ran off with my trousers and suit in my hand. I got outside and it was raining. I entered without even thinking and I ran to my car. I removed my keys from my trousers’ pocket and opened my car. I got in and quickly drove to my house.
It was still raining and I didn’t care. I got into the rain leaving my suitcase in the car. I quickly rung my door bell and hoped Louisa was gonna hear because I didn’t have my spare key with me

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Louisa
I was so worried when it was already 7pm and Jesse didn’t arrive from work yet. I had prepared Tisimuru in large amounts for dinner since he loved it and he didn’t come during dinner. I’m so worried. I dialed his number numerous times after it was past 9pm and he didn’t pick up.

Finally, the doorbell rang. I was lying down on the couch sleeping. I stood up and checked the time, it was few minutes past 12am.
My heart began to race. What if it was some sort of monster? What if it’s a police man who’s come to inform me that something terrible happened to Jesse.

It was the monster part that scared me most. I slowly walked to the door and looked through the pinhole. I heaved a relief sigh and quickly opened the door

💌Jesse💌
I rung the bell about three times before she finally opened.

“Jesse!” she exclaimed and tried to hug me but she stopped

“you’re in your underwear.” she said

“I… Uhm”
“oh my God! What happened to you? Were you abducted? Are you hurt?” she said all these while either touching my face, or my chest or my arms.

“sweetheart I’m okay. I’m fine. Nothing happened to me” I said and held her arms

She sighed in relief and hugged me tight. I hugged her back and closed my eyes, this is pure heaven baby.

“I was so worried. I thought you had an accident. Or something worse and you weren’t even picking your calls Jesse” she said
“I’m sorry about that. Some things came up”

“I’m still wondering why you’re in your underwear only” she said and disengaged from me but I still held her waist

“long story. But I’m home now, aren’t I?”

She chuckled and freed herself. She took my suit and trousers and led me inside.

“I made dinner but you can’t eat now. It’s too late for food. But you can take Hot Coco. I’ll make it for you” she said

“I’ll just go upstairs. Let me have those” I said and she handed me the suit and trousers. She went into the kitchen and I went to my room. I took a warm shower and came back downstairs.

“hey, have this” she handed me the red cup.
“thank you” I replied and sat on a dinning chair

“you should go to sleep now. It’s pretty late” I said after I took the first sip.

“okay. Good night Jesse”
“good night”

I watched her as she walked away. When she went upstairs, I smirked and ruffled my hair.

Damn I love this girl!

💌Louisa💌
During breakfast Jesse wouldn’t stop stealing glances at me. I felt uncomfortable. Maybe something bad happened to him last night and he didn’t want me to know about it. Or he wants to try and tell me about it.

“Louisa” he finally called out
“finally you want to tell me what’s on your mind now” I said and he chuckled

“you can’t take in what’s on my mind Louisa. However, I’ll still tell you what I want to tell you” he stated

“I’m listening”

“our company’s 20th anniversary is coming next week Thursday” he said and took a munch of the cake in his hand

“okay…”
“would you be my date?”

“your date? Like, accompany you to your company for…”
“the party”

“party? Oh I’m not the party type”

He held my hand
“Louisa, please. I don’t wanna go with a model everybody knows”

“what if I don’t fit in?”
“with this killer beauty of yours? Trust me, you’d still the show”

“steal the show huh?”
“still… S-T-I-L-L.” he spelled out

“oh you mean still the show? Like pause the show?”

“yeah. You’d make everyone pause” he cooed and I laughed

“I still don’t want to go”
“I’m begging you”
“I’ll get nervous”
“I’ll be with you”

“okay. I’ll be your date but… I don’t have any party outfit. The dresses I have are in Italy. I didn’t bring them since I didn’t think I’d use any. I usually wear them to weddings”

“how about we go shopping tonight? We’d get your shoes, dress and a matching purse”

“uhmm… Okay” I said with a smile. He smiled and soothed my hand then let go of it

“I’ll come back home early. We can have dinner out too”

“okay then”

💌Jesse💌
I opened the door for her and she sat in. We just bought a pretty flowing gown. Purple in colour.
Her heels were white and so was her purse

I also bought a few makeup and cosmetics for her. I wanted to buy a pretty and big earrings but she just decided on studs.

She would look really beautiful and I’ll try all I can to keep her from the sight of my boss
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To Be Continued
Written By Hossy