The Wife I Never Met
Chapter 108

“Hey what are you doing here? , I thought you will be coming in later with your sister. “

Ciara was surprised to see Melissa helping out in her house, she did not expect to see her there, not at that hour.

” Dee asked me to come help out. Enough now with the questions and go have a sit, relax and watch us do magic. “

She acknowledged that, and then Liam led her to the bedroom to rest for a while. As much as she wished to take a nap, her conscious did not allow her to sleep while there were people working her house.

Soon the catering company also arrived with plenty of delicious food that they had ordered, they set up the food station and the left.

Now that everything was set, all the rest of the workers also left and only the five friends remained behind. When Ciara joined them again, she introduced Melissa to the guys.

” Hey what about me, they don’t know me as well so why don’t you introduce me? .”

Donna tried to crack a joke as she entered the apartment, but what she didn’t know is that from the time her voice was heard in the room till when she finished speaking, someone’s heart was tickled by what felt like a feather and from then on his eyes never left her as they followed her inside toward where they were all sitting. She was still dressed in her scrubs, it could be that she came straight from the hospital and not her practice as it was usually the case.

” Hey Dee, you are finally here! Come, come let me introduce you to my family.”

She went on to introduce her to both Finnick and Matthew. She introduced them as Liam’s brother as they also considered themselves brothers.

” Lovely to meet you Ms Smith, the uniform looks good on you.”

Finnick held on to her hand firmly without causing her any harm, his eyes still locked on to hers. It showed by the type of complement that he was indeed nervous, but of course Donna didn’t notice that at all as she herself felt like she was being electrocuted by Finnick’s handshake. They remained in that position for a few seconds, locking eyes, deeply immersed in the moment until someone disturbed them.

” uheem.”

Only then did they realize the awkward position they were in. Finnick moved aside to make space for Donna to pass next to him. His movement were so natural as if he didn’t care about what had just happened second ago, which was the total opposite with Donna who behaved like a little girl who had just been caught by her parents being with a boy for the first time.

Immediately when she saw space, she ran to sit near Ciara as if she was using her as a shield or hiding place.

When she saw this, Ciara tried to lighten up the mood in the room and called them in to the dinning area for them to enjoy all the mouthwatering food they had.

“yarll we need to finish everything up, there will not be any one to eat the leftovers tomorrow.”

While others thought Ciara would be torturing them if she did end up forcing them to finish everything, Matthew was thinking they will certainly finish it and if it happens that one of them slacks behind, he would be more than happy to help them out.

They sat comfortably at the table with Donna sitting next to Finnick, Ciara next to Liam and Matthew and Melissa seated at the opposite further ends.

” Mel, you are unusually quiet today are you OK?

Donna asked her sister in attempt to avoid the person next to her, she knew very well why was she this quiet. It could be because there was another bubbly person with a strong personality aside from her so she was forced to back down or it could be that she had found herself another man to crush on within that room. The second reason was most likely to be true.

Melissa shot her sister a glare, indicating that she was still going to deal with her for exposing her in front of so many people like that. Donna giggled lightly when she saw Melissa’s reaction, but still looked at her expecting her to answer.

” I’m great, just a little sad that my little bunny will be leaving without me being able to meet her.”

” You know Ciara will still be in this country right? You can go see your bunny whenever you miss her.”

” not the same.”

She felt that once Ciara returned to her home she will be a completely different person and might not care about people like her. She did not voice that out though since it wasn’t just them girls in the room but they had a few other people in the room as well.

They all kept on eating while engaging in some light conversation, one that will include everyone in the table and not just the girls. At some point the topic go so heated that Donna didn’t realize that her plate was never empty as someone kept on adding dishes for her to eat, and so she did.

After the meal was done they shared their goodbyes and Ciara along with Liam walked them out to their car.

“Miss Smith, may I have your number so that we can know when you get home safely.”

Finnick couldn’t bring himself to part with the girl he liked without a guaranteed form of contact, so he used their safety to avoid any suspicions from Donna. His method did work as Donna started calling out her phone number to him.

” Thank you, I will call you in an hour to confirm.”

He then turned around and walk to where they had parked the car they were using while Donna also rolled up her windows and took off.

It was a bitter sweet moment for all of them, but they believed that they will see each other again and will maintain their friendship no matter the distance.

Ciara wiped her tears as she watched he friends go, it was especially sad for her as she knew that it would be a while since they can meet again.

She didn’t have much friends and whenever she does form any friendships with people, she makes sure it’s with genuine people and people that she can keep for a lifetime.

After some time had passed, Liam pulled her inside her apartment complex.

” come on you are going to catch a fever if you continue like this. You will see them in no time plus they can always visit us when they get a chance.”

” really?”

” yeah, you know I don’t lie.”

Knowing that her friends were welcomed to come and stay with them when they visit in the future cheered her up a little.

It was getting late, they needed to rest for the trip ahead of them but still had a lot to pack.