OBLIVIOUS REDEMPTION

Chapter 100: Strangers In Love

"Love is a hidden treasure. You never know you have it until someone special reveals it"

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Yasmeen

As my gently awakening eyes nourish the morning sun, I feel like I need a spare heart to feel all the things I feel for anonymous

Maybe I was crazy about him. Or Maybe I was just crazy.

His love for me is like the scent of the evening sea drifting in through a quiet window, so I do not have to run or chase or fall to feel him, all I have to do is breathe

The more we talked, the more I fell for him and the harder it became to resist the urge to bring the day of our meeting closer

Waiting was the first lesson I had learned about love. The day drags along, you make thousands of plans, you imagine every possible conversation.

I even contemplated changing my behavior in certain ways to impress him. But then again I remembered, I do not have to do that with anonymous. The real me is what he craves for, no filter

When did this journey begin? When did this fire begin in my heart?" I asked myself as I got out of bed

I walked to the front door when I heard a knock, I couldn't help but smile when I saw a delivery guy and he told me that he has a special delivery for me.

When I opened it, I saw a banquet of roses, a pack of chocolates and a note that says "Can't wait to see you tonight dear" I figured it's from anonymous 

"Can't wait to see you too, though it brings back so many memories, memories I hate and wish I could erase" I texted him, as soon as I finished reading the note

"Turn your wounds into wisdom and let no man pull you so low as to hate him or your memories with him" he replied

"I'll try my best, thanks" I texted him back with a smiley face

"Do not look back at the past relationship that you didn't think you could live without. Had you stayed in it, You would be some comfortable loser, sitting on the couch with another comfortable loser, instead of being the dope motherf*cker you are today. You're indeed lucky" he texted back

By the time I finished reading his message, I had a wide smile plastered on my face. I don't know how he does it, but he manages to always put a smile on my face. He gives me courage and hope too. I just couldn't wait to see him, I counted the hours, minutes and seconds to our meeting

I walked to our meeting point with my heart pounding in my chest just thinking about what I am going to do when I see anonymous

With every step I took, I felt more and more anxious. But by the time I arrived, I stood there frozen. I didn't know what to say. The hours of waiting have been transformed into tension, the tension has become fear, and the fear made me embarrassed about showing affection.

And there he was, standing, anxiously waiting for his love. Then he turned to face me, and I had the shock of my life

He looked at me, and when our eyes met, he heated up like a lightbulb, red hot in the twinkling of an eye and cold again in a flash and in that moment, his fuse was lit

For a second, fire flared inside of him, not like mine, but the fire of a man about to lose control.

There is something in his heated eyes that I haven't seen before. Ownership, Possessiveness, insatiable want and longing. He is looking at me like he owns me

I knew today that my life was forever changed in that one moment and I was clueless as to why or how it will be. Never in my life had I ever felt that quick response to anyone. Breathless and unable to look away from him, like if I did he would disappear.