Mr lecturer

Episode 10
“i’m sorry for barging into your
office this early but seriously i do
have a heavy load in my chest i
need to offload” she said with a
very light tone. I stared at her
curiously, a bit eager to know
what she wanted to offload.
“the way you treated me the last
time we met was so totally
uncalled for. You slept with me,
used my body to satisfy yourself
and spit at me afterwards. I have
been unable to sleep after that
incident. I felt so insulted and
hurt. I do like you for who you
are but i just don’t know anymore.
I now feel like an abused girl” she
poured out solemnly.
“you know we shouldn’t be having
such discussion here at my office.
I have lots of things to do” i said
carefully, trying my best to act
cool. She stood up and breathed
deeply.
“so that’s all you are going to tell
me right?” she asked with a drawn
face, forcing me to look up at her
with worry.
“fine we can head to a quiet place
far away from the school vicinity
to talk about your problem. Come
back to my office by 12pm” i said
to her. She shrugged, forced out a
smile and left.
I breathed deeply and fell back on
my chair.
“God what do i do with this girl.
How do i settle with her. Thank
God she’s a final year student. In
a couple of months she will be
out of this school and out of my
conscience for good” i reasoned.
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12 noon came faster than i
expected. Comfort showed up at
my office at exactly 12:05pm. I
quickly closed my office for the
day and took her to a small fast
food joint at the other end of the
town, which was far away from
the school.
“seriously i really do regret and
apologize the way i treated you
two days ago, but you should
have expected such behaviour
from me. I’m a married man and
you can’t understand how badly
my conscience hurt after that
dastardly act. I really should have
helped you and your friend
without asking for sexual
gratification” i tried explaining to
her.
“i do understand but since it has
happened, you shouldn’t kill
yourself over it, moreover i think
i’m in Love with you. I have to
tell you the true situation of my
heart even though it’s very
unusual for an African woman to
express her feelings to a man” she
poured out seriously. I instantly
recoiled with shock.
I couldn’t believe my ears, but as
her words buried in me. I slowly
smiled.
“of course the easiest way for a
woman to get into a man’s head is
by professing her love to him. No
she doesn’t love me. Perhaps she’s
after my money or something else.
How can she genuinely fall in love
with a married man like me” i
reasoned softly.
“you know we shouldn’t be having
this discussion. You are trying to
get into my head. Hahahaha i
know women” i laughed
nervously. She calmly placed her
hand on mine.
“yea i know what i said sounded
quite silly and unrealistic. But
seriously after the fun we had
some days back. You left with a
part of me” she murmured softly.
“ah Mr Ezubuike! Long time, no
see. What are you doing here?. It’s
been a while you know?” I heard
a familiar voice greet me from
behind. I instantly looked up to
see my wife’s friend smiling at us.
I was shocked and speechless.
I really was so engrossed in the
discussion i was having with
comfort that i failed to notice the
woman approach. Of course only a
fool won’t notice the suspicious
air between Comfort and I.
Comfort however quickly took her
hand off me, but it made no sense
at all because she did it very
late….
WHEN TROUBLE SLEEP,AND YANGA WAKE AM,WETIN E DEY FIND?PALAVER E DEY FIND,WETIN E GO GET? PALAVER E GO GET.........FELA
To be continued.