The spark
Brandon’s car screeched to a halt in front of the hospital. He alighted the car and walked straight into Hannah’s ward, there he met Hannah pressing her phone, with the maid he had hired sitting beside her while they spoke.
Immediately, he entered, he dismissed the maid and told her the chauffeur was waiting outside and would take her home.
The maid stood up and bowed his head at once before walking out of the ward.
“You came back?” Hannah who hasn’t spoken since Brandon arrived finally spoke.
“I just wanted to ask you some questions, that’s why I came back. We are trying to find who shot you, you can tell me what you saw, it might go a long way in helping us identify the killer” Brandon said Hannah sighed and dropped her phone beside her, and turned to Brandon.
“I had a flat tyre in the middle of nowhere and suddenly two men came offering help, I noticed they had guns. I tried running but they shot me” she paused and swallowed hard. Everything replayed in her head.
“What happened next?” Brandon asked
“They had wanted to take me away but some set of guys came to my aid and saved me. They brought me to the hospital” Hannah said and paused.
“Okay?” Brandon said, waiting for her to continue.
“That’s all,” she said and Brandon hummed.
“Do you have any idea who the guy was that saved you?” Brandon asked and Hannah stared at him for some seconds without saying a word. She cannot afford to say who had saved her, she can’t tell Brandon it was her mom that hired someone to protect her and save her.
He might want to do some digging and find out everything about her family. She couldn’t afford that. She wasn’t gonna let him find out anything about her family, their marriage is a contract marriage and would be over sooner or later once Brandon finds his mom.
“No, I do not know the people who saved me. They were probably some random set of people” Hannah said and Brandon hummed.
“You are lying,” Brandon said and Hannah stared at him surprised.
“I know you are lying, you didn’t blink while talking, you are lying,” Brandon said and Hannah scoffed.
“You do not know what you are saying, why would I lie, I do not know the people who saved me,” Hannah said and looked away from Brandon
“You know, you just don’t want to tell me it was your boyfriend who hired the men to save you,” Brandon said as a bit of anger flashed in his eyes.
“What the hell are you talking about? What boyfriend?” Hannah asked with a confused expression on her face.
“Stop giving me that innocent look, we both know you are having an affair outside our marriage. You should tell me about your boyfriend too, who knows he might have something to do with this” Brandon said.
Hannah was confused, she didn’t know what he was talking about and why was he so angry all of a sudden.
“I’m not having an affair and I don’t have a boyfriend, ” Hannah said and Brandon gritted his teeth as he clenched his fist. How dare this woman lie to my face even after I found out she has a boyfriend. Damn, he thought.
“I overheard you telling your boyfriend you love him when I came earlier today and when I walked inside the ward, you ended the call,” Brandon said, and then Hannah remembered it was her mom she had been talking to on the phone before Brandon walked in.
“What? That was my mom” Hannah said and Brandon stared at her confused.
“Your mom? And you sounded so intimate with her on the phone? I would like to meet your mom, besides she’s my mother-in-law and I would like to meet her in person” Brandon said and Hannah sighed softly. She knows Brandon still didn’t believe her.
“She’s out of the country, when she comes back, I’ll introduce you to her,” Hannah said and Brandon scoffed.
How dare she lie it was her mom on the phone, doesn’t she have any shame at all? Is that how she lies about her mom all the time? Brandon thought angrily as he gave Hannah a weird look.
“Can you stop giving me that look, I told you I do not have a boyfriend, and whoever I was speaking with on the phone was my mom. You think everyone is a cheat and a man whore like you?” Hannah said and looked away from him.
Brandon frowned at her. How dare she call her a man whore.
“Shouldn’t you be with your mistress, why stay here with me, you should go and be with your mistress” Hannah said as she stood up from the bed and was about to walk inside the bathroom when Brandon spoke.
“I do not have a mistress, ” Brandon said
“Then, who is Rhoda to you?” Hannah asked the thought of Rhoda and Brandon hugging each other the other day at the office, came scurrying into her head. She felt a bit of anger rush through her veins.
“Whoever she is to me is none of your business, ” Brandon said and Hannah scoffed.
“Of course, it is not my business, same way whoever my boyfriend is, is none of your business. Besides, this marriage is a contract marriage and is going to end sooner or later” Hannah said and was about to walk inside the bathroom when suddenly Brandon stood up, pulled her hands, and pushed her roughly to the wall.
He made sure he didn’t touch the hand she was shot, even though he was rough with her, he was also gentle so he wouldn’t hurt her.
“Even though it’s a contract marriage, while we are still in it, you would not have any affair outside it. Now, you’re gonna break up with that boyfriend of yours, else I’m gonna find him and kill him” Brandon said in a whisper, his face was so close to that of Hannah.
“And do you think I’m scared of your empty threats? Or are you jealous” Hannah spoke back and Brandon stared at the petite woman who he had pinned to the wall.
What? This little woman, she said he wasn’t his type this morning and now she thinks he’s jealous of his boyfriend, how dare she? He was going to punish her, he thought.
He swallowed hard as he stared into Hannah’s eyes like he was searching for something and suddenly his eyes moved to her lips which were looking all red and alluring.
It was like the lips were calling on to him. He had wanted to kiss those tiny lips of hers and punish her for talking back at him.
Suddenly, when he couldn’t control himself anymore, he placed his lips on hers and kissed her.
Hannah became numb immediately as she felt Brandon’s lips on hers. She didn’t kiss him back, she didn’t resist him, and she didn’t even try pushing him away. She gave him full access to her mouth.
Brandon kissed Hannah like he’s been waiting to do it for a long time. Her lips were warm and soft. They parted slightly, allowing his tongue to slip insidePublished by Nôv'elD/rama.Org.
Brandon noticed he was becoming lost in the kiss, he didn’t want to lose control of himself, he quickly pulled away.
He stared at Hannah’s wet lips and looked away from her.
Hannah quietly walked towards the bed and sat down, the moment when Brandon had touched her, she didn’t know why, she felt a spark that she couldn’t explain.
TBC