Adorable Phoenix
(Author’s POV)
Monday had come and gone and it was another working day. Phoenix couldn’t help but groan in bed as she didn’t want to wake up and Sterling had to deal with her drama. More than 30 minutes of dealing with Phoenix drama, Sterling finally got her to get out of bed and get ready for work.
“Would you get up already or do you want to sleep in today?” Sterling said, rising and an eyebrow at her while he stood by the side of the bed with his pajamas still on and with his folded arms.
“No, I don’t want to go to work today, my waist hurts and I don’t know why. I’d say it is probably because of the pregnancy but the pregnancy isn’t even showing that well yet,”
“When did this start?”
“Uhhmm, late last night,”
“And you didn’t tell me about it because?”
“I didn’t want you getting all worked up over nothing--- just like you’re doing now,”
“When something like this happens again, you had better tell me and stop getting me worried sick,”
Phoenix scooted for Sterling to sit while he gently massaged her waist and smoothened the hairs on her face that obstructed his view from seeing her early morning face. He couldn’t get enough of her and he moved closer to her while her eyes were shut and kissed her.
“Ewwww, morning breath,” Phoenix said, pushing his face away and covering her face with her palms and ducking under the duvet.
“You know that that doesn’t bother me,”
“Okay, I’m getting up now and hey, I never got to thank you for lunch yesterday but I couldn’t eat it,” Phoenix said, looking at him and she could see the slight change in his face.
“Why didn’t you eat it, didn’t it taste nice?”
“I guess it did but my stomach wouldn’t let me. I literally felt like throwing up immediately I opened the paper bag. I am so sorry,”
“No, it is my fault, I should have asked what you wanted for lunch before placing an order,” Sterling said, trying so hard to mask his sadness.
Phoenix moved closer to him and lifted up his face so he’d look at her. She studied his face as if memorizing every detail on his face. She stared at him for some seconds and kissed him for some seconds before letting go.
“Babe, don’t beat yourself up about it. I really appreciate the gesture from my heart but I guess the baby wanted something else. It’s just a phase that I’ll get through but during this phase, I’ll be pretty selective about some meals,” Phoenix said, while adjusting herself to hug him.
“Okay, sure. You know that I love you, right? And I wouldn’t intentionally hurt you,”
“I know, I know, baby. Okay, let’s get dressed for the office but today, I want to have my breakfast; I want us to have breakfast together,”
“I’d love that,”
(Phoenix POV)
While dealing with my mini waist pain, I went through my closet and looked through for what I was going to wear to the office that day. After much consideration, I picked out what I thought was going to fit me perfectly--- I mean, it fit me quite alright in my imaginary mind. I took all the outfits which was a beige colored jacket that stopped me mid-thighs, a white short-sleeve chiffon blouse, skinny black trousers, a beige colored stiletto heels, a beige colored bag that had some white patches on it, and a grey fedora hat and laid them all on the bed.
Getting into the shower, I had a very warm bath that was soothing to my body, easing my tensed muscles and damn did I feel relaxed! After a while of basking in the warmness of the water and Sterling’s body wash, I left the bathroom to go get dressed—regretfully.
I looked though my underwear drawer and out a pair of black matching underwear and wore them quickly before rushing to the room and hurriedly putting my clothes on. While doing that, my eyes immediately went to my stomach that was already showing the baby bump that had increased a bit. It’s been months so it is kind of expected.
Putting on my clothes, I let my hair fall in its wavy curls and I placed the hat on my head, completing the look. I refused to put make up. I went downstairs to catch up with Sterling. I walked down the stairs and straight to the kitchen just to see Sterling on his phone.
“You know, if you are in a hurry, we can just skip breakfast and head out now,” I said, looking at him as he sat on one of the kitchen stools.
“Oh no, I’m cool; I was just going through some stuffs---more like trying to lessen my work but I know it won’t even work because no matter how much I tried, there’s always plenty of work to do,” he said, shrugging his shoulders and placing the phone on the kitchen isle.
“Yeah, where’s the lie in that!” I concurred to that because it was the truth. No break whatsoever, no matter how much I worked.
“Okay, so what do you want to have for breakfast? We still have like an hour before we leave for the office,”
“I want noodles, ramen style,” I said, wiggling my eyebrows in a funny way that made him laugh.
“I’m sorry but I have no idea what that is,”
“What, you don’t know what ramen is? It’s the South Korean way of preparing noodles but this time it is watery; like soup,” I said, explaining it to him but I still had the look of disbelieve on my face. Tsk, this dude.
“Oh well, I can’t make that because I have no clue on what to do,”
“It’s easy, I’ll do it myself,” I dropped my bag on the kitchen isle, took of my jacket and wore an apron over my blouse. In less than 10 minutes, the ramen was ready and the aroma was so inviting. I placed my nose over the pot and inhaled the aroma even more.
I quickly poured some into a bowl for Sterling, placed a fork and a spoon in a try and gave the food to him while I settled for eating from the pot itself. In a way, I felt it was going to be tastier than eating from a bowl.
Right now, I don’t care about my environment; all I cared about was the tasty pot of ramen. I smirked evilly at how I was going to consume this food in minutes. I looked at the food for a minute and quickly started eating the food in a hurry.
(Sterling’s POV)
I looked at the bowl of noodles or ramen as she called it and looked back at her but what I saw was devastatingly cute and adorable. The sheer delight in her eyes as she looked at the food as though she was in love with it was everything for me. I took out my phone from my pocket and took two pictures of the moment and waited a bit more.
I almost ruined the moment with my laughter the second she smiled evilly at the food and licked her lips too in succession. All I could do was wonder what was going through her mind at that moment. She started devouring the food and I took another picture of her eating all the while eating my food in small bites.
I tried so hard to stifle in my laughter but I was caught off-guard when I heard her say “You stubborn child, you’ll make mommy grow fat and look like a cow and then Sterling won’t like me anymore’. When I heard that, I turned to look at her and she was sipping the soup of the ramen with her spoon. I shook my head at her craziness but the lord knows that I won’t stop loving her regardless.
As though a veil was lifted from her eyes, she looked up and saw me looking at her and without any shame, she said
“That was incredible. The meal was amazing,” she said, licking her lips and heaving a huge sigh.
“You are incredible, you know that? And also hilarious too; you should see yourself too,” I had to laugh because I couldn’t keep it in.
“What do you mean? Look, we need a vacation at South Korea too but we’ll have stop at Nigeria first before moving there,”
“I see, okay then, I’ll make plans soon,”
“Sure, the earlier the better; put the bowls in the sink and let’s go.
“Yes ma’am,”
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(Phoenix POV)
The ride to my office was okay. When I got to the entrance of the company, Liyah was already outside waiting for me with a cup of coffee in her hand. I took the cup of coffee from her hand and was about drinking it when the smell hit my nose differently but I held it in so as not to make Liyah feel bad although she would have understood my predicament.
I thanked her left for my office. When I got there, everything suddenly became nauseating; the stench of the office didn’t sit well with me and I had to immediately rush to the restroom attached to my office to puke because I couldn’t hold it in.
I didn’t know how long I was there for but I suddenly felt a hand patting my back and holding my hair back. When I was done, I turned back and saw Liyah smiling down at me.
“Thanks Liyah. I’ll be with you in a minute,” I told her and I went to the sink to rinse my mouth and get rid of the stench it had. After I was done, I went back to my office, got my bag and went to the conference center.
“Ma’am, are you okay?”
“Yeah, I am; the office just suddenly made me feel nauseated and I had to puke out my guts. Gosh, being pregnant is harder than I thought it was,” I couldn’t believe that I had gotten to the point of puking.
“Do you want anything?”
“Yeah, Orange Squash and some fruits,”
“Okay, I’ll get them for you,”
“Thanks Liyah,”
After Liyah left the conference room, I rested my head for some minutes and then delved right back into the work I had for the day. After working my ass off for hours, a notification popped up on my phone and I checked to see who it was only for me to get a message from Sterling.
A chuckle escaped my lips and I couldn’t help myself from laughing. I am a dumb human being for sure. I hadn’t even opened the message yet and here I was, laughing like a fool.
I opened the message and saw the unaware videos and pictures he took of me this morning. What the hell!! This dude took photos and videos of me while I was eating like a crazy ass glutton.
Watching the video made my day and I quickly sent him a “Thank you” message followed by series of love emoticons.
