Ch. 21..25: The Wife I Never Met chapter 21-25
Chapter 21
Stacey was the one to break Ciara’s thoughts .
“oooh cheer up now, won’t you, since Liam is enjoying himself at the party, why not have a party of our own here?”
With Lisa being one who loved living it up, she readily agreed and even offered to go out and get some drinks for the bunch.
Left with no choice Ciara” volunteered to make a few dishes, as they would at some point need to eat. Although she had said she would make a few dishes Ciara ended up cooking up a feast.
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Seeing Liam walking out with a woman beside him, Finnick and Matthew were so shocked that their mouths were agape, and did not know to react for a while. Realizing that their actions were somehow rude and seemed unwelcoming , the boys were a little embarrassed and apologized.
Liam on the other hand was not bothered by this, and continued to introduce the lady with him to his friends.
“This is… Uhm.. right!”
That’s exactly when he realized he never really got the name of this woman. But still was not bothered by that, as he felt that she wasn’t at all important to him, for him to remember her name. So when he said ‘Right!’ he was actually looking at the woman indicating that she should introduce herself instead.
Fortunately the lady understood, and without the least bit of embarrassment or awkwardness she introduced herself. It was a good thing that she was an easy going bubbly person.
“Hello my name is Annie Wilson, I am a friend of Liam here” she then winked at him revealing a sly smile.
“huh, friends I see. So tell us how close are you as friends.
” cough cough….. Uuuh well enough to introduce me to yarll I guess”
Everyone broke out in laughter, even the eavesdropping Maggie smiled even though she didn’t get much of what the conversation was about.
To her it was just a great scene, especially witnessing her son interacting with someone from the opposite s*x so freely something she has never seen.
This brought her so much joy that she would occasionally come to their table and brought them snacks. Making sure that Annie felt comfortable. Even though Liam and Annie were not in any way intimate with each other, but Maggie still felt that it was something. It was something that they could build on.
So Maggie’s action brought jealousy from the other singles, they all envied Annie as they thought that she had captured Liam’s heart. They also vowed to use the next available chance to sway Liam’s heart.
Little did they know that Annie was not even interested in Liam in fact, there was one lady within the crowd who had caught her eye.
That woman was actually her girlfriend and they would from time to time steal glances and smiled sweetly at each other. But of course the other women weren’t aware of that, to them Annie had seduced Liam.
While everyone was still depressed over the fact that Liam had been claim, his table though, was livelier than the rest. They were not at all bothered by the the stares of others in fact at that moment Annie was telling them about her girlfriend, and how lucky she was to have her. They chatted for a while then Liam remembered that there was someone still waiting for him at home. He took out his phone and scrolled to the one picture he wanted to see the most,, it was a picture of Ciara sleeping peacefully.
He looked at it for a while not noticing the quiet Finnick also looking at the picture.
He stood up while smiling and bade farewell to his friends.
“yah I’ll have to get going, there are things I need to do at home, see you later”.
Figuring that Liam might be going to see this woman on the picture, Finnick also wanted to go.
“Hey can I come as well, there are things I left at your house that I need to get.”
“No!”
Finnick shot Matthew the sweet talker a glare, and he immediately got the hint, he then started persuading Liam….
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When Lisa finally came back with the drinks, she noticed that the table had already been set and Stacey was helping Ciara bring out the food from the kitchen to the dining table. It was indeed a feast.
” Hey so much food, are you trying to feed the whole of South Africa or what? We are never gonna finish this food.”
“it’s a party Lisa, let’s live it up, besides if there are any left overs we will both take a box home. Simple.”
With that Stacey took the remote and played soft music to go with the mood. They started to dance slowly moving their heads to the rhythm of the music, while still waiting for Ciara to finish making the last dish.
They would occasionally shout out, trying to speak to her while she was in the kitchen with them being in the sitting area.
“Hey Cici how do you think Liam would react when he finds out that we had a party at his place?”
That was Lisa asking, it’s only now that she thought of how the party will end. she thought maybe if Liam got there while they were still enjoying themselves, he’ll probably get angry and chase them out, even worse punish their friend. Everyone heard about Liam’s ruthlessness.
“As long as we behave ourselves like proper adults, I don’t think there would be a problem I guess.”
She too wasn’t sure how Liam would react, although he’s been very gentle and caring toward her she felt it was still early to tell.
Chapter 22
“If it is with Ciara’s friends of course I will not mind”
A very deep, crisp, and manly voice coming from the house’ entrance was heard. It was so deep and clear that everything froze right at that instant. Ciara was the first to come back to her senses and welcomed the man with a smile.
“Hey you are back.”
Liam walked toward the kitchen entrance and gave Ciara a warm hug. But with a serious voice he reprimanded.
“what are you doing, have you forgotten that you are injured. You must be relaxing and not working.”
Noticing the frown on Liam’s face, Ciara felt warmth rising up her chest, ‘so he does really care about me huh’. She then smiled and assured him.
“you don’t have to worry, I feel a lot better now besides I’m already done with cooking.”
She helped take of his jacket and hung it on the coat hanger, but when she looked up she noticed there were two other people who came with Liam.
She felt embarrassed that she didn’t welcome them in time, so she shyly greeted them.
” Hello, sorry about that, please do come in.” she gestured with her hand so that they can come in.
Matthew on the other hand was all smiles, happy to see his friend with a woman in his house. She had to be special for him not to be angry when she even brought friends home. He really wanted to ask more but Liam’s warning glare told him otherwise. He just didn’t have the courage to do so.
Liam did a very short introduction with a serious face.
” This is my wife Ciara,” then looked at his wife gently. “these are my friends Finnick and Matthew.”.
I trust you guys can keep this a secret for now.
They nodded in understanding, Finnick was the first one to address Ciara respectfully.
“sister in-law, very nice to meet you.”
She nodded politely and said, “thanks, nice to meet you too.”
Just when Lisa and Stacey thought the party was over, and were about to leave without even eating the food Ciara called out to them.
” these are my friends, Lisa and Stacey. They are the people I hang out with most of the time… Guys these are Liam’s friends Finnck and Matthew. And this is my husband Liam.” by the time she was done with her introductions her face was as red as an apple, apparently she hasn’t gotten used to the name ‘Husband ‘.
Witnessing her embarrassment everyone tried hard to hold in their giggles. At the end of it all everyone’s face was red from holding it in.
“OK that’s enough.. Food will get cold if we don’t Start eating.” luckily she had cooked more than enough food, so with the extra guests everyone can still eat a full meal.
“shuuu, it’s a good thing we came here, I am famished.” that was Matthew, as they were in a match making banquet not much food was served. Well there was food but wasn’t enough to fill a man like Matthew up. It was more like nibbling.
And now that they were home, the aromas of a home cooked meal that was filling the house, reminded them of how hungry they were.
“Hey weren’t you coming from a party, shouldn’t you be full instead.” Lisa mocked.
“Hey as a man, I too, need to watch my image in font of potential future wives, OK.”
They all laughed together, and then started digging in, enjoying the scrumptious meal Ciara had made. They had been to all kinds of high end hotels and restaurants and tasted a lot of gourmet food but still felt that all those meals were nothing compared to the Food made by Liam’s wife.
They had initially thought that the food was too much and enough to feed the whole of South African, but looking at the table now, all plates cleaned and not a single dish was left. Some even wished they could come over every day for a meal, so that they can also enjoy Ciara’s cooking but of course they knew Liam would never agree. Everyone saw how gentle and caring Liam was when they walked, so he’d never allow his wife to suffer in the kitchen.
“Liam my friend, you have found yourself a gem, this was really good”.
“yeah sister in-law should consider being a chef, hehehe and we will support.”
These comments made Liam feel like someone was trying to steal his favorite toy from him. He did not like this feeling at all.
“No, that’s not happening.” with that he stood up and walked toward the sitting room. As the meal was over there’s no need fo them to continue sitting in the dining table with a pile of dirty dishes in front of them. Soon the two men also followed Liam, leaving the ladies to their private chat while they clear up the table.
They took all the plates and bowls that were used and started washing them in the kitchen, while Ciara was serving the men with some drinks.
Chapter 23
Soon it was time for the guests to leave and the boys offered to send the girls home, so with that settled the couple walked the guests to the car.
When they came back, Ciara opted for a shower first then went on with her night routine. When she was done her face was glowing, it looked so smooth like a baby’s skin.
By the time she walked out of the bathroom Liam was also done with his shower, with his hair still wet and droplets of water running down his musculine body, from his neck passing his rock hard chest down to his ebbs. Ciara decided to help him with drying his hair, but just couldn’t stop her eyes from following the water trail on his body. She unconsciously ran her small slender fingers on Liam’s ebbs, which triggered a reaction from Liam. She had officially dug her own grave.
In no time Liam pulled her closer to a tight embrace, and smashed his lips on to hers. By the time she realized what was happening, it was too late for her to react as Liam had started untying her robe. It was indeed a very long passionate night for the two love birds.
The next morning Ciara woke up early with an intent to make breakfast for her husband, only to find out that he had already left. She then dialed his number to check up on him. She found out that today is a busy day for Liam as he was catching up on his work and also working on a crisis on one of his companies, he didn’t even get a chance to eat his breakfast.
Ciara insisted on bringing him lunch, at least by then, he would have done a lot of his work. Although work was hectic the man just couldn’t bring himself to say no to his wife.
In the mean time Ciara decided to do some writing of her own, maybe she could work until it’s almost noon so that she can cook for Liam . She then set a reminder for herself and sat down on the window bench in the lounge , with a lot of light coming in. She took her laptop and busied herself. She was so engrossed in the story she was creating that she didn’t feel the time go by, in a blink of an eye it was now time to cook lunch.
She made a few dished, just enough to fill the both of them up. Once she was done, she packed up the food in lunch boxes. And took two bottles of fruit juice. After that she ran upstairs took a quick shower, dressed herself in simple comfortable wear. Sweatpants, a body suit and sneakers. Yeap she was indeed comfortable.
She then sprinted to the garage, took the keys of the most low key car Liam had and drove straight to the company.
She then parked the car in the visitor’s parking near the entrance of the building. She took the bag with lunch boxes , and went straight to the receptionist.
Everyone was in business attires except for her, so when she entered the building all eyes were on her. People thought she was probably lost. Even the receptionist herself wasn’t willing to welcome a simpleton like her.
“Sorry Ms are you lost?.” the welcoming smile wasn’t present at all on the receptionist’s face, as she felt that this young lady in front of her with a big bag of food didn’t belong there.
Ciara on the other hand maintained her politeness and with a genuine smile, she replied the receptionist.
“hello, I’m here to see Liam…. Uhm Mr Jones”.
The woman in front of her scrutinized her, she looked at her with judgy eyes. And thought ‘she must be here to try her luck with the boss.’ Ahg she didn’t even put effort in dressing up’
“do you have an appointment with Mr Jones.”
“No but he’s expecting me”.
Although she was somewhat doubting her she still made that call to Liam’s assistant. She wouldn’t want to lose her job incase Ciara was telling the truth.
The call was soon connected.
“Hey there’s a woman here who claims to have an appointment with the president.. Uhm uhuh.. Your name miss?”
“Ciara Williams “
“Ciara Williams,… Uhuh… Send her in, are you sure?. .. OK.” as the conversation was coming to an end with the assistant, the receptionist’s facial expression changed little by little. She was so shocked that someone as simple as Ciara would get access to the president so easily, while no woman is allowed there not even his own mother.
Soon Ciara was led to the president’s office, the assistant told her that Liam was still in a meeting and would be done in ten minutes, then asked Liam’s secretary to take care of Ciara before going back to the meeting room.
The secretary then offered her water while she waited. 10 minutes later she got bored from waiting so she took out her phone and started scrolling down her social media and checked the current entertainment news.
While she was still entertained by the gossip she was reading, she found herself being wrapped in two long arms and then being pulled in to an embrace. Soon Liam’s cologne filled her nostrils, she smiled then turned around to return the embrace.
Chapter 24
“Missed me?” the man’s voice rang softly in Ciara’s ears.
Hearing his voice, she blushed a little, well she did kind of missed him but she wasn’t about to tell him that, now would she. Hence she smiled at him and whispered.
“Hey, the food Will go cold, let’s eat.”
She took out the food which was now slightly warm and set the food boxes as well as the utensils on the coffee table And they started eating.
It was Liam’s first meal of the day which means that he was definitely starving but he still ate gracefully with his table manners still intact. They ate in silence until they were both full. Liam isn’t that much of a foodie but when it comes to Ciara’s cooking, he would surely wipe his plate clean.
When they were done with their meal Liam called his junior assistant for someone to come and clean up the dishes. And in no time, someone came in and cleaned up. Once they were gone, Liam and Ciara chilled on the sofa for a while. Snuggling next to Liam, Ciara spoke.
“Hey you never told me how the party went, did you enjoy yourself?”
“well it was alright, but I Met a woman.” right at that moment, he felt Ciara’s body stiffen so he intensely looked at her face he wanted to capture all of her expressions.
“Is she pretty?” right after that question was dropped her lips twitched, she wanted to slap her face so hard. She just didn’t understand why her body would betray her this bad. She didn’t want to hear the answer. But still, as if she didn’t have control of her body, her eyes looked at Liam while expecting an answer from him.
“well yeah,…. But not as beautiful as my lovely Ciara.” he smiled trying to reassure her, but alas the seed of doubt was already planted in Ciara’s heart.
Although she was flattered by Liam’s complement, she still just couldn’t remove the fear that lingered in her heart. She was just scared that Liam would go for that woman instead.
“do you like her?” Liam didn’t hate Annie for sure so he answered honestly.
“well, I don’t hate her.” his response rendered Ciara speechless. Fed up with everything, she picked up her bag ready to get the hell out of that office. But before she could take the first step, with a serious voice she asked.
“what’s her name?” seeing that she was really pissed off and was about to leave, Liam started to panic, he shot straight to where she was.
“Hey hey, don’t go. I Was just pulling your leg. I’m sorry.”
“OK, but tell me what’s her name.”
“Annie Winston”
“You mean Annie the Mayor’s daughter?”.
Now all the anger and disappointment in Ciara’s eyes were all gone, only amusement left, if Liam looked at her carefully he would have noticed that but now he was panicking, so he missed it all.
“yes, but I swear, I don’t love her at all.”
“hahaha hahaha” Ciara’s barely contained laughter was heard. She laughed so hard, even Liam just stood there not knowing what to do.
“Hey you do know that she’s not in to guys right? So I’m more of her type than you are. Hahaha.”
Now it was Liam’s turn to get jealous, and also felt threatened by her laugh. With one brow raised, he looked at her and tried to crush her hopes.
“you do know that she has a girlfriend right, so even if you are her type, there’s nothing you could do about that. How do you know her anyway “
” how would you feel if I tell you she is my ex, huh” but instead of answering Liam’s face displayed a bit of anger, so she quickly told him.
“I’m joking, she’s a distant relative. My grann liked her a lot and used to take the both of us for Martial arts training since we were young. So amongst everyone at home, she’s been the nicest towards me. Now don’t you ever play that trick on me”
after seeing how she had reacted, he too vowed within himself never to scare her like that again. So he meaningfully nodded his head, asserting to what she said.
With the misunderstanding being cleared out of the way they both chilled for a while, but because Liam had a lot to do so he left her to rest a little on the couch and he proceeded with his work. He would from time to time raise his head and look at the beautiful woman who had fallen asleep on the couch.
One of the senior managers came to his office to report some work related stuff while submitting the documents needed. As soon as he walked in, he noticed a beautiful woman sleeping in the big boss’ office. When Liam noticed that the man kept stealing glances at the sleeping woman he stood up and carried her to the break room.
This action of his made the manager even more curious he was wondering about the identity of the woman who can steal his boss’ heart. He had never been seen with a woman before, and had turned down all those who threw themselves at him. Those who persisted where punished accordingly.
So who is this woman.
Chapter 25
Unfortunately for him the answer to that question was yet to be revealed .
Ciara finally woke up and realized she had actually slept for three whole hours, when she was only intending to have a quick nap. She found herself in a different room, it was smaller than Liam’s office and actually had a bed. Just when she was about to panic, she heard Liam’s voice on the other side of the door.
It seemed like he was having a heated discussion with his subordinates, something about a security breach in one of his smaller companies so they were discussing ways to solve that issue.
Not wanting to interrupt, Ciara decided to just silently wait for them till they were done. So once the room had gone silent for a while, she then came out but to her dismay there were still people in the office room. She then awkwardly smiled and turned away back to the break room.
When Liam saw that she was awake, he wrapped up the meeting and dismissed all those curious employees in the office. They were reluctant to go without knowing the identity of the woman but since no one had the courage to ask, they had no choice but to take their leave.
Once the office was cleared out Liam went to break room and knocked.
“Hey you can come out now, they are all gone.”
Soon the door was slowly opened from the inside and a small head peaked out. She then turned her head making sure that Liam’s subordinates had really left. It was only after she was certain of it, that she left the break room.
Seeing her actions, Liam could not help but chuckled. He found her actions quite funny plus she looked adorable, like an embarrassed little girl.
“Hey why didn’t you wake me up, look how late it is.”
“I couldn’t bring myself to do it you were just sleeping peacefully.” with that Ciara was rendered speechless and could only respond by fluttering her eyelashes.
Since it was already time to clock out of work, they packed up their things and headed out. They got themselves some take out food, before heading back home.
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Days had passed after the incident with Laura and Boity. As things were now peaceful, Ciara had figured it would be best to just let it go since she would not be encountering them that often. Little did she know….
It was now festive season and holidays were nearing. This morning Ciara woke up very happy, as she was about to relax and take some time off work since the company was going to close for holidays.
When she checked her phone, she noticed that she had received a message from Lisa inviting her to a lunch date. She informed her husband during breakfast as she would not be bringing him any lunch today . Once they were done they took the same ride to work, the driver dropped Ciara at her office first. The car had parked across the street so that no one would notice her.
Unfortunately as it was already almost time for work to start, a lot of people were coming in at that time. Someone did see her coming out of a black Mercedes S-class. By the time she reached her work station, everyone was already gossiping about her. And some didn’t even try to lower their voices.
“She’s not a Saint after all, I hear she tried to climb the social class by sleeping around with wealthy men.”
” Yeah, I too heard, apparently that’s how her novel got adapted to a movie, they she slept with the investors.”
“tsk tsk, she is indeed dirty don’t you think?”
They all looked at her with disgust, like she was as dirty as they claimed her to be. Instead of getting angry, Ciara knew that everything they said was false so decided to pay no mind to the gossip.
But some really wanted to get a reaction from her, so one of the ladies then asked her but it was as if she already knew the answer.
“Hey Ciara who’s car was that, and what relationship do you have with the owner…. Owh wait is he one of your sugar daddies?”
When everyone heard the last part of this co-worker’s question, they burst out loud laughing. They figured, if that man was really Ciara’s sugar daddy he must indeed be an old man with a big beer belly and probably married with kids so Ciara was only there for money. They all thought ‘ even though Ciara’s life may look like she’s succeeding, but shame she’s actually suffering in side as someone’s mistress .’
With a calm expression, still not showing her emotions Ciara coldly responded.
“that person in that Car is not my sugar daddy, and what I do with my life has got nothing to do with you so please stay in your lane. We are not friends.”
The room immediately went dead silent, no one could refute what she had just said. So she took the opportunity to wrap up her work, and submit what was needed from her before she could go to her date with her two friends. When she was done she grabbed her bag and did not even bid farewell to her colleagues or even wish them a happy festive as they had always been mean towards her.