I Want a Child Not a Wife

Chapter 63- Lets Be Friends

This Arabian man had not stopped blabbing since I got here, didn't he know I had to rest after my flight?

" Mr Ali, can we talk later? I'd like to rest, I've had a really long flight,"

" Oh I'm sorry Mr Arthur, you should indeed rest," He said as he excused me while I made my way back to my hotel room.

I couldn't stop thinking about all I said to Jane, she had been on my mind since I got here, it just suddenly came to me and before I could think, I just said everything and I was just hoping things go well.

I was tempted to call her but I stopped myself, I didn't expect her to just come running to me just because I confessed caring about her, the feelings I had a ninety-nine percent certainty that she didn't truly believe, but I would do my best to earn her trust.

Another thumb in the flesh I couldn't just wait to do away with was Sofia, the reason I even asked her out was to keep her closer to me because of her father, that dirty move he did with Jane pissed me off and I was sure he got the message.

If I wanted to break up with her on the spot I would do that but for now I'll have to wait till after this conference in Dubai is over then I can tell her to get the hell out of my life and I could focus on Jane.

She had another boyfriend and she wanted me too, it is funny how women sometimes think they're smart.

And worse she wouldn't stop calling me.

I sighed as I picked up her call.

" Hi baby," I couldn't help but cringe, she was always so loud.

" Hey," I said without emotion.

" Did you land safely? I would have loved to come with you but you didn't let me," Not like you wanted to, you can go around with your other boyfriend. I thought to myself.

" Yeah, I wanna go take a shower and rest,"

" Wish I was there baby, I want to be in that shower with you," if she was trying to flirt, that was so lame.

" I have to go now, let's talk some other time," Or never.

I ended the call and threw my phone somewhere on the bed as I went into the bathroom to take a shower.

We were all seated in a big hall as the conference began, I didn't see what was so important to call for an emergency, they just kept talking but my mind was occupied with something else, I could hear other members arguing about what. I didn't know but I was brought out of my thoughts when I heard my name.

" Mr Arthur, what is your input on this?" I looked at them with a raised brow, this particular man from Germany did not like me, he wanted to embarrass me in front of everyone but he didn't know I was smart.

" We all know that private business and government business are two different things and it is important for an architect to be given credit for his work whether they're higher authorities or not, if the government go around taking credit for a design that wasn't done by one of their own they should be punished accordingly, he might not be a well-known architect but we all were once there and that is what our organization is for right?" The look on the German's face was priceless, he wasn't expecting that, he thought I wasn't paying attention.

" Right," he said as he turned away from me and continued with other matters.

After the meeting, we all exchanged pleasantries since some of us last saw each other at the last conference. After that, I returned to my room and I had just one thing in mind to do and that was to call Jane.

*******

I was going through the picture that Lola sent me when a call came through.

It was from Markus and I contemplated picking it up. I just kept looking at the screen and it rang till the call stopped, but he started calling again. I took a deep breath and then I picked.

" Hey," I said.

" How are you doing?" He asked sounding tired.

" I'm good, how are you doing over there?"

" I'm beginning to think I shouldn't have come, these people wouldn't stop arguing," without meaning to, I chuckled, if only he knew I had never seen someone who argues like him.

The phone suddenly went silent and for a moment I thought he had ended the call. Do men have a thing for going silent whenever they are on a call?

" I really want us to be okay," he suddenly said and my heart skipped, I just didn't know what to believe, this is what I wanted right? For Markus to care about me beyond just the child because he always made me feel like the only thing he cared about was the baby I was carrying.

" I really want to believe you Markus, but you just have told me several times how I'm nothing but a baby carrier to you, how did things suddenly change?" I asked him and I heard him sigh before he answered.

" I've been hurt by women that's all I can tell you, that feeling made me a different person, so when I feel like I'm starting to care for a woman I either push her away or become a total jerk to her as I've been with you, I want to be different with you but I won't pressure you, you're carrying our child,...." Did Markus just address this child as our for the first time? He had never said our, it was always my child, not even by mistake had he ever said our. I really don't know how to feel about this.

" You deserve nothing but the best, please let me make up for the bad times," he said sounding so sincere and for a moment I just couldn't help but picture the perfect picture of a complete family, not a broken family or the fact where I'll never get to see my child.

" Let's start by being friends," Markus wanted to be friends with me? It sounded funny, I was pregnant for him but we weren't even as near being friends, well if that was what he wanted, I could do that.

" Friends."