Get Me Married

Chapter 7: wife to be

at her, while she stared at me confused. “She doesn’t…I bet you, you are going to have a handful” he said and I chuckled. “Me…what about you?” I asked and relaxed on the chair. “Well…I have handled her since I was a kid, you are the newbie in the family. You have to have your share of her completeness” he said and I chuckled again. “I can always run away..” I teased and the line suddenly went mute. He didn’t give me a reply and I became tensed. “Hello” I called to the other line wishing in my heart of hearts that I had not said something wrong to upset him.. “Did I say something wrong” I asked and again there was no reply. Mom Leona tapped my legs and opened her hands in a way of asking me what was wrong. But I ignored her, it was weird how I suddenly cared about what I said and how it affected him, a stranger I was supposed to get married to. “Look..I am sorry, I didn’t mean to say anything wrong” I said and waited, I prayed for a reply, I liked the sound of his voice. “I like the sound of your voice” his deep voice came from the other line. My cheeks heated up fully, turning a dark pink. “You sound different and I kinda like it a lot” he said and I arched my brows, wondering what he was talking about. “You haven’t not heard from me before now…it’s weird you…” “That’s must be the reason. I thought talking to you would be hard, I have wanted to call you four days ago” he said and my cheeks heated up again. I mean my husband to be sounded so dreamy, I wasn’t regretting my decision at that point. “You have my number?” I asked. “Yes ..” he answered and my cheeks didn’t stop heating up. “It’s just three days away. Are you sure you are ready for this?” I asked instead and again silence took over. I was beginning to wonder if he was always like that, always going quiet when he had such lovely voice. “I know and I am as ready as I will ever be” he replied and my heart fluttered at the way he said it. The idea of having a rich husband didn’t feel so bad after all. “What about you, are you ready?” he asked me. “No….” I replied “Mom Leona has been taking me from place to place and I am so exhausted, I haven’t even picked a gown yet, she wants a perfect gown and it would arrive tomorrow. Not to add the fact that I am so nervous, I am so not ready, I fear I will collapse with exhaustion and panic on that day” I confessed. A loud hearty laugh erupted from the other end of the line and my hands voluntarily held my chest at the sound. If I thought his voice and chuckle were amazing and heart warming then I was lying. His laughter was exquisite and overwhelming, my heart skipped at the sound of it, making me wonder what it would be like seeing him one on one. It took a while but he stopped laughing and I pouted. “Can’t believe you are laughing at my dilemma” I added. “Ohhh my bad…I am so sorry but collapsing on our wedding day would be simply amazing” he said and laughed again. “What….” “Don’t what me…if I am to stand at the alter and wait for you, it would take a longer time and I might die of waiting, but if you collapse. We just have to apologise to invitees and I take you home, it would save me the chance of having a heart attack while waiting for my bride….” He said and I giggled. He called me his bride, now it was a marriage I was looking forward to. I was going to say some thing, but I heard him talking to someone at the other end of the line so I remained mute till he was done. “Hey…I have to go” he said with a note of sadness in his voice and my heart dropped. “Ohh…” were the only thing I