I couldn't figure out if I was the one eating the meal or the meal was the one eating me up as I just kept shoving spoonful of the food inside my mouth but my stomach felt vain.
The food tasted bland,maybe if it was tasty,I would have been slapped back to consciousness fully.
The dining table was quiet in a creepy manner after the erstwhile drama.
When we were done eating,a heavy downpour of rain started outside.
Joe approached me.
"Racheal,I have to drop Nelly off at her apartment as it would be hard to find a taxi in the rain.
Why don't you spend some time with mom pending the time I drive her home?"
"Alright."I answered as I watched him closely.
He wanted to say some other things but he dismissed it,and gave my hand a little squeeze before walking off with Nelly.
I picked my mobile phone,and booked a ride,brushing off Joe's mom insistence that i remain in her house.
In the room,the patters of the rain on the roof,the coldness it brings with it left me bare and disgraced.
Not long after,a warm temperature surrounded me.
It was Joe. His clothes were wet and his hair dampened.
He wrapped his hand around me.
"It's my fault, Racheal. I shouldn't have left you alone but Prolly is helpless,more she has a young son and I just wanted to help a bit.
It was me who brought her to the dinner,so it was also my responsibility to make sure she get home safe and sound."
"You could have stayed with my mother tho."he added with a hint of a scold.
I turned to look at him,my eyes staying glued in his eyes.
"Was you driving her home the only option available?"I questioned.
"Huh?"he was befuddled with my sudden question.
I sighed,balling my hands beside me.
"Garry and others drove there, didn't they? They could have dropped her off or better still,she could have called a cabman."
I watched as Joe's face got clouded wuth shame and guiltiness.
"I..just wanted to.."
"You just wanted to be of help."I cut him off,rolling my eyes to the side, finding everything preposterous.
Joe inspected me before speaking up.
"You aren't jealous,are you,Racheal?"he asked as if it would be a crime if I was.
When I didn't respond,he picked up his words,"Nelly is just a sister to me. She's a divorcee,single mom,and not balance financially, that's a lot worry for her to bear alone."
But what about me?
I'm physically and mentally drained. I am supposed to feel married,but I am always sleeping alone on our matrimonial bed every night.
Although I am the Luna,the pack members rarely gives me full respect.
Concerning finance, I'm a mess!
But he hasn't for once worried about me!
My stomach tightened and i gnashed my teeth,feeling my body heating up in wrath.
I looked at Joe sharply.
If my eyes are nails,that brown eyes of his would have been dug out by now.
"Good. Now you'd even quit your job to help someone? To start a new business with them?"i tried to keep my voice low. I yanked his hand off my waist, drifting away from him.
He blinked rapidly and pulled hus necktie back to order.
"You don't know,Racheal,that this business is a joint one. We are all snatching such great opportunity to build something…huge, reliable and more better."He looked at me with affection-stricken eyes which I found so disgusting now!
"You'll be a mother very soon,Racheal, stop overthinking things. You wouldn't want to give birth to a jealous child, would you?"
My heart sank.
'But the child is no more.' I wanted to reply but his phone's ringtone didn't gave me the chance.
He accepted the call,and a small vibrant voice rang out.
"Daddy,why don't you come meet me? I badly want to see you!"
Joe's eyes twitched a little and he rolled over to the end of the bed,covering the speaker of the phone with his hands.
He jumped off the bed and left the bedroom.
Moments later,he returned and waltzed into his closet. He came out,dressed in dried clothes,ready to head out.
"Nelly's little boy is a bit under the weather and he wishes to see me.
I'll go and come back soon. This is the last time I would be meeting with her like this.
After this, I'll have more time for you and our baby."he came to peck me on my cheeks.
"You should start going."I nodded like the understanding wife I've always been.
Immediately he left,I picked up my phone to follow up with ny supervisor how the relocation plans were going.
My phoine vubeated and Garry's, alongside Joe's other acquaintances, messages flooded inside.
"Sister in-law,Nelly's son is sick,can you tell Joe to go over?"
I ignored their messages, focusing on the chat with my supervisor.
After that,I logged into my social media account and after checking out two posts,I stumbled on the one on Nelky's wall.
"Two important men in my life." A picture of Joe sleeping,with her son also far into the night in his arms was paired with her texts.
I chuckled,too tired to get angry or jealous.
