Public engagement
weeks passed since after that time, and Maxwell and Joy seem to be too inlove with each other.
He postponed their engagement, because he had to visit her home first.
Though he had already asked her to marry and she said yes, he still wants to make it loud, so he had a plan with his sister and Goodluck.
They would act like they are the one hosting the party and are inviting the both of them, but she will be shocked, when she sees that the party is about her.
They were in the house discussing, when he acted like he just remembered.
"Oh my gosh!
He almost screamed.
He got up immediately.
"I have been here since morning playing and having sex with you, that I forgot that Goodluck invited us to his new Hotel".
Joy also got up, and asked.
"Did he open a new hotel?
Or is it the one that Amanda is supposed to take over?
Maxwell didn't know how he was supposed to explain to her, so he says.
"I don't really know, but when we get there, I know we will understand".
"But why didn't you tell me earlier, I don't have anything to wear!
She almost closed her eyes in pain, but that seem to be one thing Maxwell and in control.
"I could order a dress for you, what color would you like?
Though he had that planned already, but he was hoping she would call the color he had already gotten, but she made it even easier for him, when she said.
"You know what is best for me, so you choose".
Maxwell was so happy, that he pretended to be making an order on his phone.
I need to go fix my hair down the road,I will be back in a minute".
She got up and left.
Maxwell rushed to his room, and opened the package.
The green dress would look perfect on her, he is so sure, coupled with the fact that it is her best color.
He started dramatising on how he would propose.
"Baby, I wanted to ask you infront of the world, so that they know you are mine and they can take their eyes off you, so I am asking.
Joy Davis Moore, Wil you be my bride?
He tried another method, till he ran out of ideas on how to propose.
Joy didn't waist so much time, she just needed to fix her hair into a pony, a tight one, so that her face would come out well.
She was shocked that when she got home, there was already a packaged dress waiting for her.
She was surprised, that the delivery came so early.
She didn't see Maxwell, but she knows he must be somewhere around the house.
He heard his voice in the room, but couldn't wait to interrupt him.
"am back!
Maxwell rushed out to hug her.
She glared at him in a weird way.
"Are you okay? She asked him, for he looked agitated.
"Sure I am fine, it's just that I haven't seen my mother and father I'm a long while, I am really happy to see them".
"Wow, so your father would be there too?
This must be a huge party and yet you had to forget it till now.
I am supposed to be there earlier so that I can help with a few things, but now, they would see me as a lazy girlfriend".
She complains.
"Oh don't worry, I will tell them it's my fault, they would understand".
He tries to make her feel better, but she would not take it, she grabs her phone and started calling Amanda.
"I need to hear from her, she should tell me what I should expecting".
Amanda was also getting ready for the party, with Goodluck when her phone rang.
She showed the caller to Goodluck, who signaled to her not to take the call, for fear that she might spill the bin.
After calling her twice without her taking the call, Joy faced Maxwell.
"You see, she must be angry with me, she refused to take my call".
"Stop thinking like that, she is probably busy".
He tried to make another excuse.
"Let's start going".
She got on her dress, with a gloomy face.
"You need to wear a makeup atleast".
He tells her, but she retorted.
"They would think I know nothing but make up".
"You are overthinking this, and I can assure you, if you don't look your best, you would be angry with yourself".
She grumpily went into her dressing room, to apply some makeup on her face.
When she was through, she walked out, and though she looks beautiful, she was very angry with him.
"If any one looks at me like a lazy girl, that would not come to help out when a family member is doing something, I will get angry with you".
He smiles, because he knows that it won't get to that point.
He got dressed with a matching tie to her dress.
"You look way too dressed, and the the party and this dress you got me, I think it is too much, it screams money, I should not be spending so much, I don't want people to think I am after your money".
Maxwell is laughed at what she said.
"And what money would that be, because the last time I checked, you are not a liability to me, you have your own money and you could always buy whatever it is you want to buy.
You really need to stop thinking about what people would say, because when it comes to people, and their mouth, they must use it.
Talk is free, allow people to freely express their freedom of speech".
She smiled for the first time since they started arguing.
"You sure knows how to make me happy".
She tells him and he pulls her close to himself.
"That is because you are my baby and I know you very well".
She kissed him and he kissed her deeply, thereby messing up her lipstick, which she had to go back to arrange again.
When she came back, she looks happy and finer with the smile she was wearing.
"Let's go!
She said, and they stepped out, holding hands.
He got to the car, and quickly opened the passengers seat for her, she stepped in, like a queen.
She feels blessed to have met a man like him.
She kept stealing glances at him, while he drives.
