“Of falling in love with you.”
The words hung in the air like smoke.
“I know exactly how this will end,” she continued. “I have seen it before. I will open my heart, and you will close yours. I will give you everything, and you will give me nothing but memories. And in the end, I will be alone. Like I have always been alone.”
I sent her a “shush 
” emoji.
“I would think the same thing if I were you,” I typed. “But you don’t know how this will end. Because you have never been with someone like me before.”
“Goodnight, Emmanuel,” she wrote.
“Goodnight, Inemesit.”
She was about to go. I could feel it. The conversation was slipping away, dissolving into the darkness like morning mist.
And then something took over me.
Something bold. Something reckless. Something that could ruin everything — or change everything.
I typed.
Then deleted.
Typed again.
Deleted again.
The third time, I closed my eyes, pressed send, and opened my eyes slowly.
“Will you be my girlfriend?”
I stared at the screen.
Read. 9:03 PM.
The reply came.
An emoji.
“
“
Nothing else.
But she stayed online.
The little “typing…” indicator appeared. Disappeared. Appeared again. Disappeared.
She was thinking. She was fighting. She was scared.
I could not bear to watch.
“Don’t stress your head, okay,” I typed. “If you are not comfortable with the idea, then let us pretend I never asked you. But if you need more time to think about it, you can take as much time as you wish.”
I took a deep breath.
“I will be waiting.”
“Sweet dreams, dearie.”
I closed the app. Locked the phone. Placed it face-down on my desk.
Behind me, my wife snored softly, oblivious to the earthquake happening just a few feet away.
I stared at the wall and listened to the silence.
The night was long.
Tonight, I have deadlines to deliver.
But tomorrow, let’s see what it holds…
TO BE CONTINUED…
🔥💖OGA I WAN KNACK💖 – EPISODE TEN – A DIFFERENT KIND OF FIRE 💖🔥
