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The week passed rapidly and Emilia felt very thankful for that. Not seeing Mathew all through the week did'nt stop him from invading her thoughts. The fundraiser was to hold on saturday evening and she realized that she did'nt have the right dress to wear. She did'nt pack any evening gown because she had no plans of going anywhere important. The only option left was for her to go shopping for a gown and shopping didnt go down well with Emilia.
As she entered the hall, she went striaght to the ladies section and began searching for the right one. When she came out of the dressing room she made a beeline for the cashier's table to pay for the one she had chosen. She then hurried out feeling like there were other useful things to do with her time. In her haste, she didnt see someone coming her way and bumped right into him.
"someone's in a hurry today" he teased as he steadied her
"Mathew...." she mumbled trying to reduce the excitement in her voice
"its good to see you again" he smiled at her
"what are you doing here" she asked
"shopping, you?"
"same as you....shopping"
Nodding his head, he released her and took a step back. That was when she noticed they had been standing together all this while. Too embarassed to look at him she focused on the ground. Mathew laughed much to her displeasure.
"can i have your phone?" he asked still laughing
Emilia looked at him a bit puzzled but still handed him the phone. He quickly entered his number and dialed it. When his phone rang in his pocket he handed it back to her.
"i will call you" he told her smiling
"okay...i will be waiting" she replied and hurried out of the hall before he could say anything else.
Why did i say that...now he would think i had been waiting for him to take my number all this while...why do i even care about what he thinks...
All these thoughts raced through her mind as she entered her car.
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Emilia was in the middle of her afternoon siester when her phone rang. Blindly searching for the phone, she picked it up without bothering to check the caller ID
"hello" she said still half asleep
"hello yourself" the person at the other end replied
All signs of sleep disapeared as Emilia sat up striaght immediately "Mathew" she asked to be sure
"yes mathew....did i wake you up?" he sounded concerned
Emilia smiled a little "yea but its okay. How are you?"
"am fine. I just wanted to know if you will be at the fundraiser today" he asked hopefully
"sure i will...its not like i have any other choice" she replied smiling at the fact that he wanted to see her
"good...will see you then"
"yea...see you then".
Emilia stared at the phone for some minutes before getting off the bed. She knew she would'nt be sleeping anytime soon especially with the way she was feeling. At about an hour to the dinner Emilia stood up to get ready. After a brief shower, she wore the gown she bought. It was a beautiful black handless gown with gold buttons at the back. It was'nt too tight but showed off her curves perfectly. She took extra care with her makeup knowing that Mathew will be there. She then brushed her hair and allowed it fall around her shoulders. Satisfied with her appearance, she strapped on her gold high heels and walked out of the room.
When she entered the hall...the first thing she did was look for Mathew. Not finding him she decided to mingle with other participants. Very busy chatting with a group of females, she did'nt see him enter. By the time she saw him he was already halfway across. Excitement pumped through her as she excused herself from the group and walked towards him.
"You look beautiful" he said staring intensely at her
"thanks. You look handsome too" she replied shyly
"you think so?" he teased
"yea.." she replied looking at the ground as Mathew laughed
"ladies and gentlemen...please take your seat. The event is about to begin" a voice sounded over the speakers.
"save me your first dance" Mathew told her as he hurried away
Smiling, she looked for somewhere comfortable to seat. What he didnt know was that she had no plans of dancing with anyone else tonight.
*******
Emilia froze as she looked up to the man addressing them from the stage. Mathew was sitting there along with other cordinators...
so Mathew was one of the cordinators and he had'nt bothered telling me... How could he betray me like that...was he just playing with my emotions or what....
Emilia didnt know how to feel. At first she was angry but then she suddenly became scared as she remembered her previous relationship. She was worried that Mathew seemed to be behaving like Kelvin..she was'nt ready to make the same mistake twice.
What other things had he hidden from her...she watched him warily.
She did'nt really feel like facing him right now. She felt it will be better if they ended things now so she did the thing she knew how to do best. As soon as she got the chance, she bolted from the hall and ran to her room...
Thank God he had'nt ever been to my room otherwise he would have been able to find me...she slumped on the bed.
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