Broken and bruised - Season 1 - Episode 34

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Broken and bruised - Season 1 - Episode 34

Melanie finally took a very long shower and changes into one of the dresses, it’s a simple round green dress that was neither too short nor long, she spent
like a full hour in there and comes out and could smell the aroma of the food coming from the kitchen, she wanted to go there but decide to first go back
to the living room, she can see the table well set with what she suspects to be tea, she’s truly hungry and her stomach has started striking…. she leaves
the table and heads to the kitchen where this gentleman is fully dressed in chef uniform, he sees her right away

” You’re done” she nods
“I made for you some milk, do you take milk or you don’t”
“Don’t worry I do”
“Then it’s better you have it now that it’s still hot”

“Why don’t you join me” he smiles
“We shall have dinner together but for now, I need to fix this”…….. Melanie heads back into the living room and gets started, at first she was eating
with a lot of fear but after a few minutes, the fear was gone and she almost finished the full flask, Tobi continued to spy and steal glances at her when
she was eating and he feels Happy she’s eating normally…… she settles for TV and Tobi told her it would be better if she watches some movie or even
telemundo, or Eva he knew why because all the local channels must be broadcasting what was to be a lavish wedding….. after a long hour, the food was
ready and table set, he excuses himself to go take a quick shower leaving his phone behind by mistake…….

Mel sits watching and her attention is truly on the movie yet suddenly the phone starts to vibrate, she ignores the first one but the person calls again,
and again but on the third call, she tries to take the phone and see who is calling but accidentally her finger touches the yes button, she could not say
Hello but what the person on the other end said made her stiff….she remained frozen
” Are you there Tobias…… make sure to watch your back because we are coming back to unmasks your evilness, the ones you hide behind your fake Angelic
face” the line went dead and Mel can tell she’s gotten herself into more shit………she put back the phone contemplating what she should do….after
a few minutes Tobi came back, he asks her to join him at the dinning but She’s beginning to act strangely, she reluctantly follows him and they start with
food right away
“When I saw you fidgeting with cleaning I thought you were horrible in almost every chore in the house but I must say you’re an excellent cook” Mel breaks
the silence
“Wow!… that’s a huge complement and also a mockery somehow” he says with a smile
“The food is nice”
“Thank you…..I was once in a catering school, I enrolled in there basically to learn cake baking”
“Did you”
“Sure….I can bake cake and also Cook”
“That’s surprising you know….” he says nothing but she feels she has to ask and find out more about this Tobias of a man
“Won’t you go home tonight”
“No….I can’t leave you here all by yourself”

“But you have a family”
“Only my mother….I already called home to tell her I’m not coming”
“Your mother…. how about your wife” he smiles at her even more
“I’m yet to find one” she looks shocked
“By the way I have not even thanked you for all that you have done for me today…if it was not for you, I would probably be dead by now”

“Melanie….. I don’t want to talk about this, not tonight….. let’s talk about something else because I don’t want to see your tears again…you have
cried enough for one day” she forces a smile
“I don’t even know anything about you apart from your name I accidentally saw”
“Where did you see it” she points to the wall
“There…..that name looked so familiar, it’s like I know you somewhere”
“You probably must have heard the name truly…. I’m the managing director of safi insurance company limited” she drops her fork in shock, she has truly
heard so much about him many good good things, he was her inspiration though she had no idea who he was….. in fact she had wanted to do internship training
with them in her second year, Tobi sees her surprise and assures her before the MD position he’s human
“I just can’t believe it’s you….I once applied to do my internship training with your company but I couldn’t”

“Why, were you not considered?”
“I was….in fact you gave your PA the acceptance letter which she gave to me but my Mum had some school dues and the school could not give me a clearance
letter to start”

“Ooh!….. that’s too bad, you would have learnt a lot with us…..we do investment, I also have other businesses aside that one….do you’re a business
student”

“Yes…..why other businesses…. is one not enough”
“Those are my personal one’s, where you applied is not really mine but my mother’s…. I’m her only child” she now feels safer at least this man is not
dangerous but then what was with that call, was it business related?, she quietly processes this as he stares at her
“Melanie…. I’m so sorry to ask you this but is it OK if I see you as one of my friends” she’s so surprised a very rich man like this would even think of
her as a friend

“Can I….”
“Sure you can”
“I hope that one day you can trust me and tell me your story and I also tell you mine”
“Not someday sir…”
“We are friends aren’t we?…so no need to be so formal with me simply call me Tobi, I prefer it like that and everyone calls me that”
“OK …..I Promise tomorrow, I will tell you everything as you also tell me your story” ……