Twisted Fate

Ella turned in the direction of the familiar voice and saw Greg. He was dressed in a plain blue shirt and grey pants.

Smiles are contagious and she smiled back at him. She started walking towards him while the latter had his arms open already, waiting for her to Walk into them.

Ella and Greg soon hugged each other and the latter crossed his hands around her shoulders as he walked her into the resort.

It wasn’t quite ten minutes after Ella left that Festus and Jane decided to pay her a visit.

Alex Foster was impressed when they arrived. He welcomed them and soon the servants came to serve them drinks.

“You didn’t go anywhere today Alex, can’t believe you can forfeit all your business contacts because of your lovely wife” Festus teased.

He had told Jane that Alex was falling in love with Ella already but he refused to admit it. Their Marriage was based on an agreement and not on love.

And from what he had observed, he was developing an interest in his wife and the latter was already having a positive influence on him.

“She’s my wife and I had to look after her,” Alex replied, causing them all to smile.

Since they had come to visit Ella, he needed to call her out. He excused himself to go check on her if she’s sleeping or was already awake.

If she’s sleeping, he wasn’t going to wake her up. But if otherwise, he would tell her she has some guests there to see her.

As soon as Alex left, Jane said “if you can, make them love and appreciate each other” she asked.

“It’s something we both should do. We are their friends right?” Festus tactically shared the responsibility between them both.

Alex soon came back and said Ella was not in her room. Had she gone to the garden?

“Did you check her room well?” Jane asked. Was Ella strong enough to go to the garden yet, she should be taking her rest still.

“Yeah, I even checked the restroom, she’s not there” Alex Foster was showing concern already.

He called Ms Cooker and asked “Did you by any chance know where Ella is?”

Ella and Greg had glasses of wine before them. They ordered snacks and Greg told the waiter to prepare a barbeque chicken for them.

They soon got their chicken and were busy with their fork and knife.

Midway through the chicken, Greg said “Do you know I’ve had a crush on you for years?”

Ella placed her cutleries down and took a sip from her wine. She smiled. She knew it since college.

Back then, she also found him attractive and wouldn’t have minded being his girlfriend. But he never asked her out before they parted ways.

She pushed her chicken aside and said “I’ve always known Greg. But why didn’t you ever say your feelings to me back then?” Ella asked, smiling and at the same time, wished he said it while she was still unmarried.

“Hahahaha, I didn’t say it back then, but I want to say it now that I haven’t stopped crushing on you still” Greg was excited.

Ella’s forehead became stiff.

Greg came when it was late. He was still crushing on a woman who was already Married?

He pushed his plate of chicken aside and held Ella’s both hands in his. He looked into her eyes but the latter was already looking away.

“Ella I love you. I have waited all these years to say these words to you. Please give me a chance to prove myself to you..” Greg said, his eyes filled with determination and emotions.

Just then, a certain fellow was parked and was looking at them from his tinted glass. His eyes had grown dark for fury.

He saw the man holding his wife’s hands in a romantic manner as if making a commitment to her.

But what infuriated him the most was that Ella allowed him to hold her hands without flinging those hands off.

Is she in love with him? Had she been dating him despite breaking up with Bill to accept his Marriage proposal?

This was the fellow she wanted to have a date with. Does she really have something for him?

Ella felt her words choke in her throat. She was married. Her marriage to Alex might be based on a contract , but she was expected to remain faithful in it.

They were some months gone in the marriage already. Only a few months and everything will be fine. She would be divorced and then she can get into a relationship with anyone else.

But until then, she can’t accept anyone else’s proposal or date anyone else. She didn’t detest Alex at all. On the contrary, she appreciates his previous kindness towards her.

“I can’t say yes Greg. I am..” Ella paused, her eyes were moist. She doesn’t want Greg to feel bad and yet, she can’t cheat on Alex.

“You are seeing someone already?” Greg asked. Not waiting for Ella to answer, he said “If you can assure me, I will wait for you Ella”

This time, Ella had to say the truth “can you wait for a Married woman?” Ella asked, staring at him now.

Greg gently loosen his hold on Ella’s hands as he glared at her with a surprising look. What did she say?

Alex Foster was staring at them still. He seemed to be a little relaxed about the sudden action from the man holding Ella’s hands.

Quickly, he had investigated and knew him to be Greg Wilson. A lawyer working with Mark Stone.Copyright Nôv/el/Dra/ma.Org.

Was he the one Ella had been seeing each time she visits Mark’s Chambers? Has she been seeing someone else already?

Can’t she at least wait for their marriage to end before jumping into the arms of another man?

Are they dating?

“Are you married, Ella?” Greg asked.

His heart was beating fast. Can she really be married and he didn’t know it? Had he been holding someone else’s wife in his heart, crushing on her and envisaging a future together with her.

Ella nodded. She saw the sudden change in Greg’s expression. His eyes suddenly went red and he seemed to have troubled emotions.

The two stared at each other, one wishing they could be together, while the other wondered why she could be married and he doesn’t know about it.

“Who are you married to, tell me who your husband is?” Greg asked. He looked perplexed. Who is that worthy man who could have the privilege of being Ella’s husband?

“I” a deep musculin voice said.

Ella and Greg glanced at the direction of the voice and saw Alex standing with his hands in his pants pocket.

He wore a polo on jeans with blue sneakers on. He had a shade on. Despite the shade he had on, his aura was chilling, it was obvious his eyes were cold.

Greg squinted when he saw Alex. He can’t see his eyes but he had seen Alex Foster too often not to be able to recognise him with his shade on.

He glanced back at Ella and then Alex again. The latter had looked away and was ready to pick her handbag.

She knew Alex trailing her down to that resort implies he had come to pick her home. She can’t make him appear embarrassed by saying she’s not going to accompany him.

“Alex Foster!” Greg asked beneath his breath. But then his words were loud beyond a whisper. Everyone heard him exclaim.

“I’ll call you Greg,” Ella declared and stood up. She was going to leave when Greg held her hand.

“You are married to Alex Foster, of all the men in this city, you chose Alex Foster?” Greg couldn’t hide his disapproval.