Where is your partner?

"You keep saying we, we, where is your partner?

She asked trying to lighten up his mood.

Goodluck heard her quite alright and was surprised she hadn't asked sooner.

Goodluck didn't want to tell her that her brother was in no mood to see her at the moment because he was going through a rough breakup, but funny enough someone else was willingly keeping him company and he seem to be enjoying the company so much.

The girl he had hoped to spend the rest of his life with, the girl who had taught him how to be calm, respectful, and lively, had broken up with him because she felt her plans to acquire all the degrees of the world would be disturbed if she agrees to marry him.

Maxwell had proposed to her, but she rejected him, and as if that was not enough, she also broke up with him.

Joy had called him almost at that time to know where Amanda is, since they exchanged contact at the hospital, she had never called because there was really no need to call, but she had called him on the worst day of his life, but after listening to him, she knew she couldn't just stay away, she wanted to be there for him just like she had always been for his sister, she felt the siblings were going through a rough patch at the moment but when she heard what the girl did, she cursed her in her heart, she wondered why good men who were willing to take relationship to the next level wouldn't knock on her door, she had always met the worst guys, she was not lucky with guys so she just felt she was in the same shoe with Maxwell who was unfortunately unlucky with girls, so she wanted to just keep him company, but that one time company she planned to keep him had become an everyday thing.

Maxwell didn't want his sister to notice his mood so he had said he was away for a business trip when he was actually just hiding.

Though he was working form home, he was also hiding from the world.

Maxwell couldn't believe the one woman he had given his all to, would turn her back on him, he had always heard of heartbreaks, but he thought it was for people who always break hearts, just like his friend Goodluck.

"Why isn't he here yet, it's been a long while? what sort of business was he into now that is taking him away from his family so much. I thought he was his own boss"

Amanda didn't seem to be giving up, and Goodluck sure didn't know how to keep up a lie, he has become a really bad lier, especially when it comes to Amanda.

He thought hard and practised what he was going to say in his heart, before he finally said it.

"He isn't well, but he would come as soon as possible"

He said and quickly tried changing the topic by calling his assistant who was just at the door, he packed their things and went to the doctors office to get more valid advise before they started off for his apartment.

"She is fine, you need not worry, just make sure she is relaxed, and does not stress so much.

You know most times, pregnant women can be very stubborn, but you know what you want for your wife, so give her that attention, so that your baby will be born safely". Hearing the doctor refer to her, as his wife and even the unborn child as his, only makes him smile.

Indeed he is going to be a father soon.

Maxwell was happy to see that Joy could make it, she wasn't taking his calls earlier and he had become worried.

"I am so sorry I missed your calls, I was with Amanda"

Maxwell smiled because it sounded like Amanda was his older sister and would scold him for coming close to her friend.

"She fainted so Goodluck and I had to take her to the nearest hospital, I left them there to come meet up with you"

Maxwell allowed her to bare her mind, she was talking and talking without stop because she was not comfortable under his gaze.

He thought that for her to think she should keep her visit to him from Amanda, she was probably thinking too much.

He really didn't want her to get the wrong message, he was enjoying her company didn't mean they were an item.

"Why didn't you tell Amanda that you were coming here?

He asked, and she looked up at him surprised, how could he even ask such a question, how was she going to explain to her friend that she was going to visit her brother at his house when even she hadn't been to her brother's house.

"I didn't think she would understand it right"

Maxwell took a look at her, and he could tell he had led her on, he wanted to tell her not to dream too much about it, but he didn't want to sound rude and end up missing the chance to have her make him laugh.

She was the only one that could lift his spirit and he had also been stunned by it and daily he was having the urge to call her out to come stay with him, even when he was sure he wasn't interested in her.

He would be the one at fault, if his heart breaks again.

Joy could hear how he spoke and she felt him distant from her, she had hoped his call and their everyday meeting was only a way to make him realize just how happy they could be together if only a chance was given, but the way he sounded and looked at her, he was not interested in giving it a try, she was disappointed, she dropped the fruits she had brought for him and left.

"I will be leaving now, make sure you take these fruits, and relax, I have a place to be". She told him, he was shocked at that, he could see that she is hurt already.

"But you just got here? He asked, but she raised her voice just a little, but it was enough to tell him that she is angry.

"I need to go!

Maybe it was best to say Goodbye