Arranged To Marry The Enemy (a Mafia story) by Zainab Ajike (snow like ashes txt) 📖

She put her legs on the floor as she created a spot for me to sit down.

She patted the spot signaling me to have my seat.

I did as she wanted. I sat down on the spot beside her.

"I was expecting him to come here instead of anyone. I can't believe he just left like that." She pouted with disappointment.

"I am sorry about that but you told him to leave and Roman was just adding more problems to the matter so he had to leave." I explained to her.

"But he should have at least strived more to see me. Anyway, whatever." She said.

"I guess I am passing the night here." She yawned.

"I think so too." I agreed with her.

"You took my room, I went there but it was taken by you. It showed how much you and my brother dislike one another" she smiled.

Oh! My current room was her room.

"Oh!"

"I always sleep there whenever I come visiting, but I have no choice but to use the guest room." she explained.

"I am sorry." I apologized.

"No, there's nothing to be sorry about, it is just a room that I fancy, and this house is already yours, you can take any room you want. It's nothing. I am sorry for bringing it up." She said.

"Oh!" I managed to say.

I have two things that I want to ask her. 

The first one is her first with Ruslan while the second one is the condom thing. My curiosity is eating me alive. I will go with the first one.

"Can I ask you a question?" I asked her.

"Yes, please go on." She encouraged me.

"What happened between Ruslan and you? Like why does his age matter to you." I asked her to make sure I didn't provoke her.

"We knew each other before this marriage of a staff. We met three years ago on this famous social media known as facebook. We didn't know we were each other's enemies back then. 

He was the first to chat me up, I could still remember what he said clearly that day. He said 'Hello, this is my first time chatting with a person but I couldn't help it. I am intrigued with your beauty' Then we started chatting. Then I told him my taste in my and I made one thing clear to him, I told him I don't date guys that are younger than me at least, I go for guys that are two years older than me and he told me he was twenty three back then. I think what I said made him lie. 

So later, when I knew he was an Alexei, I ended things between us." She explained.

That was tough. They must have been in love then.

"You know, when you love a person, you forget about all the qualities you want in people. I know he hurts you, but age is just a number. You love him and he loves you. I know he has wronged you but you have to put it behind you. He regrets what he did but he just wanted you to be his so he had no choice but to lie to you. So please forgive him and don't let anything come between the two of you. 

You know I envy you guys a lot. I also want my relationship to be like yours but I don't think it can, you guys are my role model. So if you love him, you love him with his buts and vice versa. I think that is what love is all about. And you have to let him know he made you break your trust in him and  I am sure he will do something to fix his mistake. He will try to make up for wronging you. So please don't let this spoil your happy home." I said.

"No way." She said in disbelief.

"What's wrong?" I asked her, puzzled.

"I can't believe you can talk this much... Like damn, seriously?"she winked at me.

I blushed.

"Thank you for the advice. It's very reasoning and it's something I could heed to. Thank you so much sister-in-law." She said emphasizing on the sister in law which resulted me to giggling

"You welcome, sister in law." I replied to her in the same tone.

"I am happy that we can advise each other." She said,

"He hurts me because I have strict rules regarding dating younger guys but I will have to forgive him but not that easily. I will try to play hard to get something and see how far he can go." She said dreamily.

"Okay" I said since she only understands what she is saying.

"Can I ask you another question?"

"Go on and ask me. What is it?" She asked me.

"What's a condom? I saw it with Ruslan and I asked him what it but he told me to go and ask my husband. But my husband will never answer me." I explained to her.

"Wait?" She looked puzzled at first but later, she suddenly burst into laughter.

"You don't know what a condom is?" She said between her laughter.

"No, is it something I should know?" I asked her back with the face of 'Why the fuck are you laughing?'

"I am so sorry. Seriously, that lightens my mood tonight." she held her laughter back.

"You don't know what a condom is? Okay, Hasn't Roman used it with you before?" She asked.

"I haven't seen it with him before and why would he use it with me?" I asked her. 

"He hasn't?" She shouted. She almost popped out her eyeballs.

"Yes. What's wrong?"

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Sorry for the late update. I was sick, I am sure you guys read the blog I recently posted about me being sick.

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