Rose

I put on a black dress, I was told to dress up and be beautiful and that is what I am doing, we are now back home in Senzo’s house.

I put on the diamond necklace that he gifted me on new years eve, when I am done and satisfied with how I look I walk out and head to the lounge, I already find Senzo waiting looking so out of place in his navy blue suit.

He smiles as he looks at me approaching “You look beautiful.” He kisses my cheek and leads me to a convertible BMW, thank God I have no braids or a weave, I have styled my hair in simple cornrows.

I have been asking him where are we headed but he has not once answered me so I gave up trying to fish answers from him.

I give him a confused look when he parks right outside the Cafe, it is 8 p.m, I thought we were going have dinner what I didn’t expect is to be here.

“I forgot something in the office.” He says opening the door, I let out a sigh of relief.

The place is pitch black so he switches on the lights and my breath catch on my throat, the whole place is decorated with fairy lights, making the place look beautiful “What is this?” I ask with big smile on my face.

“Your surprise.” He says leading me to the only table in the café, It is placed in the centre I laugh when I see that it is his usual order of English breakfast and for me it is a sandwich with all the works.

“This is different.” I point out as he takes the chair out for me, he never does such of opening the door for me, taking the chair out and so forth unless once in a blue moon I guess now it is once in a blue moon.

“This is where I first saw you.” He says holding my hand “I was mesmerised by your beauty, I never tell you enough but you are really beautiful. I was scared that a girl like you would never want to be caught dead with a guy like me.”

My eyes now start getting wet, to think that I had such a low self-confidence when it came to my looks then came Senzo and he saw the beauty I never saw when I looked at the mirror each morning but he slowly made me to love myself.

“You are mine, I will kill any man that approaches you.”

That I have no doubt “I love you Rosalia.”

He is the only one that calls me with my full name and each time he does my stomach gets filled with butterflies instantly.

Just as we are eating, almost half way done, he looks at me and clears his throat. He slightly looks nervous, I have never seen him nervous but he was trying so hard to hide.

He kneels down with his one leg, I stop eating with my fork half way to my mouth.

“Rosalia,” He starts I place the fork down and look at him with teary eyes yet again, “You have made me weak, you make me weak. Whenever I am around you I get all soft, I never had that before the feeling is still strange but I welcome it. You are the first person I want to see each morning when I wake up, I want you wrapped in my arms each night. I love looking at you sleep, or listening to your soft snores, I’ll tolerate your cold feet as you put them between my thighs. Everything I hate I now love just because you are here with me, now will you make me the happiest man and marry me?”

Now I am full blown crying and sniffing at the same time, I nod like crazy and hand him my hand he takes out a diamond ring and place it on my finger, I threw my arms around his shoulder, I think with that speech he just made he made me to fall for him even more.