Chapter 5

Tom' Pov

The last few weeks I have been busy to an extent where I could not leave the office early, but I made it a point that I went home every night and leave for work early, that way I will not go crazy not knowing how Mercy was holding up, I knew it was not enough but that is the least I could do.

The office was in chaos now things have gone back to normal, it is time I focus on my relation, this little woman has been eating her life away, she did not even bother to cook herself a decent meal, this is how troublesome can be.

I watched her in my arms, she fell asleep in the middle of our second movie, I was do into the movie my entire concentrating eas on the movie I did not see her fall asleep but her soft snores notified me, she is so beautiful even in her sleep, her lips are slightly opened.

She is the one for me, she was specially designed for me, I do not doubt that, I kissed her parted lips a part of me wanted to deepen the kiss but I could not bring myself to disturb her peaceful sleep.

She shifted her body a couple of times I guess she was trying to find a comfortable position, she suddenly grabbed the hem of my shirt, begging and sobbing "  why won't you believe me, I was set up I did not do it, I did not please" I felt like someone stabbed my heart with a sharp knife and twisted the knife to go deeper than it has already has to cause so much damage.

I whispered " I believe you, I know you did not calm down okay for me for us " in her ears I could not stand how much she is suffering, I wish I could carry her burdens for her, I wish I could take away all the suffering from her, unfortunately, I can't, it hurts to watch her being swallowed by her past and fears.

I tried to get her professional help but she made it clear that she wants nothing to do with Doctors especially a psychologist.

After a few seconds her body was calm I carried her to our room.

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Mercy's Pov

I woke up in our bedroom, I do not remember coming back here last night all I could remember is that we were watching movies I must have fallen asleep, Tom had carried me to our bedroom, I'm such a bother, I felt guilty that he has been working hard for the past two weeks and when he came back exhausted last night,  he did not hesitate to cook my favorite meal for dinner and watching movies with me, as if that was not enough my sorry ass fell asleep he had to use the little strength he had to carry me.

I touched the spot next to me it was cold, I felt sad for a moment the thought of him going to work on Saturday made me upset, I just wanted to spend time with him, the thought of wanting or cravinghis presence so much  is a bit odd. I dragged my corpse out of bed, yes you heard me right corpse, I do not feel alive at all I feel empty and numb I opens the window curtains the sun was out shining all bright, I should be enjoying the view however I felt Cold inside, only my skin warmed up to the sunlight rays that we're peeking through the window, I sighed how can one person break me this way.

I heard someone banging the door, who could it be this early morning, I went to open the door to be greeted by a jovial Barbie doll, she did not even wait for me to let her in she pushed me aside and walked in her actions left me dumbfounded, I internally cursed her a million times.

" what do you want Barbie?" She smiled brightly, her smile made me wonder, am I the only one who is broken, every day I meet smiley faces bright smiles, pink cheeks, sparkling eyes, and here's me all broken, numb, unhappy, and angry at the world.

"Shopping we are going chop-chop go change" the front door cracked open, Tom came in wearing his jogging clothes, drenched in sweat, my heart flipped, my eyes glued at him, he looked a bit surprised as his eyes went to Grace and back at me.

" ugh"  heard Grace clearing her throat, I swallowed air and averted my gaze

" Hi I am Grace, Mercy's friend" she extended her hand for a handshake, he stretched his too " nice to meet you Grace I wish to say I have heard a lot about you, but I did not know she had a friend" he pointed at me with a questioning gaze.

I shrugged my shoulders " she is not my friend, she is just a persistent pest" Grace exaggeratedly faked hurt " I am hurt, you are denying me just like that, I also heard that there's Tom but I did not hear much about him" I rolled my eyes and mumbled "Drama Queen".

Tom glared at me, I averted his gaze, I turned to Grace " how did you find this place?",

"Simple, I followed you after classes," she said as if it's common or normal to people around " don't you think it's creepy to follow people around?" I glanced at Tom through my long eyelashes,   he was glaring at me, I mutter profanities, this girl has thrown me straight to boiling water. 

"What do you want Grace?" My tone was indifferent, my gaze was burning with hatred,  her petite body stiffened a bit, but somehow she managed to be confident again " shopping, we are going shopping I am here to drive us".

"I di not remember making shopping plans with you, i6am not going anywhere with you, I want to spend time with my man over there" I pointed at Tom, he looked at me like he was not expecting me to call him my man.

She looked at Tom for some time, it's like they were talking with their eyes, her eyes sparkled and his eyes darkened " I'm sure he does not mind, or do you?" She turned to Tom.

He shook his head" not at all, I am happy for her, you are the only friend she has" I looked at him grudgingly. "  you two do realize that I am here? Stop talking about me like I am not here" 

"Sorry" they both chorus,  I took my time looking at them, they had the same eyes, same features" are you sure you two are not related in any kind of way?" 

They acted weird but I did not take it to head, " if we knew each other we would not have needed introductions " Grace dismissed the idea of knowing each other.

" Now go change we will have breakfast on our way" I looked at Tom, " go babe we will catch up when you come back"

" my mom is waiting for us outside, hurry." I opened my eyes wide, what is her mom doing here? " why is your mother here?" 

" she is the one who came up with the shopping Idea, now you do not want to keep her majesty waiting right?  Wear something presentable and comfortable ".

I dashed to the shower then came out wrapping a towel, I dried my hair, Tom appeared in our bedroom while I was wearing my underwear, I jumped trying to hide my body on second thought, I relaxed my body and continued with my business.

" she said you will meet outside" he walked closer, " I turned to face him " okay"

" you did not shy away today nor run to the bathroom, why?"

" because you are mine and I am yours, there is no need to hide my body from you, sooner or later you will see me naked so I think it is better I start getting used to that now"  I was trying to hook the back of my bra but I failed dismally.

" would you lend me a hand?" He closee the gap between us, he was too close I could feel his hot breath in my face which sent chills to my spine. " here let me turn around" I did as I was told, I felt his warm finger touch my skin, I felt shivers running down my spin my heart flipped all of a sudden I felt heated, his hand trailed my spine, caressing my back slowly, I don't know what and how all I know is that I have been dead for too long with no feelings but at that moment I felt a part of me comes alive, his hands roamed around my back it felt like a scorching fire. A moan escaped my lips.

I felt disappointed when he removed his hands, I wanted them to roam all over my body,  I wanted to feel the fire that his hands carry all over my body, I wanted him to set my entire being into flames, I liked the feeling it's bizarre that I like the heat I'm feeling right now, the Ice inside me melted only the desire to be held was left.

" you should dress up fast, they are still waiting for you outside" he stepped away from where we were standing, I closed my eyes to gain courage " why did you stop?" The question came out as a whisper.

He was taken back by my question, "  because I did not want to bridge your boundaries and breaking my promise" his answer hurt a little, I guess I was still intoxicated by his touch " I did not want you to stop, I wanted more of your touch"  I regretted after talking I looked at my feet as if it's my first time seeing them. 

He walked closer, I could feel his warm breath in my face " say what you said again" his voice was low and raspy 

I did not dare to answer or repeat my statement, he cupped my face up to face him he opened his mouth but was interrupted by a loud bang at the door " Mercy dressing up does not take that long"

Grace's voice brought me out of Tom's bewitching gaze,  I even forgot that I was naked " thank you for helping me with the bra" I turned to our closet I randomly picked shorts and a T-shirt with a bold print written ' she believed she could and she did' and paired it with no name sneakers, I grabbed my purse.

I kissed Tom on the cheek " see you later" I scurried out of the room and throw myself into an angry Barbie " you took 40 minutes to dress up, and this is what you came up with?  You really do need shopping, Were you changing clothes or sucking Tom's dig?" If looks could kill Grace would be dead by now I dragged her out of the apartment to her mom.

If I knew that this woman was going to torture me with clothes I would have stayed at home with Tom than being turned into a shopping slave, Mrs. Robertson made me try so many clothes let me say every clothing I term that was my size and bought the one's she thought were suitable for me and her daughter was busy bombarding me with accessories which I do not even care about, they wanted to turn me into a barbie too unfortunately for them I was not like Grace  nor Mrs. Robertson that was fortunate for me. We shopped  from morning till late, all my whinings  were futile to them, they treated them as air. I felt sorry for the poor guy who was pushing our shopping cart, I swear the clothes she bought will take me years to wear them all.