Christopher was taken aback by the so-called secret tunnel. After gaping in silence for a few seconds, he asked, “Is this the escape route you have been employing over the past decade?”
I leaned against his chest with my cheeks flushing when I recalled I had embarrassed myself more than once in front of him. He was always there when I was the most vulnerable in life.
In an attempt to defend myself, I rebuked while pursing my lips, “That’s very rude of you when this is my only way to a temporary carefree life away from the vicious ones.”
Christopher refused to make his way through the so-called tunnel. In the end, we climbed over the fence as though we were burglars breaking into someone else’s place. Nonetheless, he couldn’t be bothered and announced with his eyes gleaming, “Care to join me for an adventure?”
I felt a strong urge to cry as I couldn’t believe he had given in to my absurd request. No woman could possibly turn him down when he had gone to great lengths to fulfill his better half’s demand.
When I thought things would get worse, he showed up to my rescue and brought me away from the ones causing my pain. I felt a sense of serenity for the first time ever in my life.
He rushed me to a nearby clinic to get my sprained ankle treated once we fled. When the doctor tried to fix my leg, I started wailing due to the excruciating sensation. Unable to resist the urge to tease me, the doctor said, “What’s wrong with the ladies nowadays? Can they stop whining over everything?”
The doctor’s statement took me by surprise as he just teased a woman in her mid-twenties in front of another man.
“Who are you to speak when it isn’t your ankle that’s sprained?” Christopher deadpanned his reply, intimidating the doctor with a menacing aura.
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