Page 45 of Choosing the Chief

Adom is now so close to me I can feel his breath on my lips as he talks. “I have not heard from you in six months either. Why am I the bad guy?”

“Because you are the one who ordered me to leave your home and your life after I shared with you that tangled mess regarding your family. You don’t get to just change your mind because you heard I am dating someone.”

“I told you to leave because it was clear you did not want to marry me, and the rejection hurt my heart. I did not know how to deal with you. That was childish and immature. The omission of information about Senya did not help, but if I thought you really wanted to marry me, I would have overlooked it. Instead you lied to me about your feelings. You played games that day and I snapped.”

I shake my head and place my hand on his cheek. “I never lied to you about my feelings. I loved you Adom, I’m just always in fear you will leave.”

Adom’s brow furrows. “You said loved, in the past tense. Does that mean you no longer love me?”

“Adom, what do you really want? What are you really here to say?”

He grabs me by my waist and pulls my body into him. His dick is hard.He is still hot for me.

“Maya, I failed you in every sense of the word. I do not deserve you, and honestly, I would advise you to tell me to go fuck myself. However, if you do that, I will just crash every lecture you ever have. I will buy you every diamond on Earth and I will sing you every love song I know if that’s what it takes to make you mine. I do not want to do life without you—I want you to be my life.”

I arch my eyebrow at him, trying desperately to conceal that he is taking my breath away.

“How will you find time to do all of that and be chief? You have so much ground to cover before I can even think of entertaining your apology; you will be here for years.”

Adom smiles and starts to place small kisses on my exposed shoulder.Thank God I wore a silk tank top today.“Me do wo…Wo ho ye fe…Wo do me?” He starts to sing in my ear between strokes of his tongue and I melt.

“Adom, you hurt me.”

He looks up at me and takes both of my hands in his. “I know I did. Maya, my life is not full unless you are in it. My life is not complete unless you are in it. My world is dark without your light to fill it. I mean that. I’m not telling you to give me another chance because you should, I’m begging you to because I can’t live without you any longer.”

I snatch my hands away. “Well, you seemed to be doing just fine for the past six months.”

He places his hands on my shoulder and bends down to get to eye level. “I was a mess. Maya, I worked just so I wouldn’t think about you. I was so relieved when Ella told me to get my shit together and come get you. I don’t know, I guess I was too embarrassed with how I treated you…I needed to find a way to get over myself and just beg your complete pardon.” He takes my chin in his hand. “I promise you, Maya, I will never intentionally cause you another second of pain. You are my whole life.”

Damn, I love this man.“Will I have to move to Ghana?”

Adom takes a deep breath. “Yes, I’m afraid so. But we can wait until your semester is over.”

I place my hand around his neck. “Will I get to live in the palace?”

He smiles. “It is already arranged. My compound will only serve as ceremonial and office space.”

“Will you tell me what ‘Me do wo…Wo ho ye fe…Wo do me’ finally means?”

He chuckles. “It means, ‘I love you, you are so beautiful, do you love me?’”

I suck in a breath, recalling how many times Adom sang those words to me over the years. After every breakup and disappointment for the past 16 years, those are the words he used to soothe me. “All these years you have been telling me you love me?”

Adom nods. “I’ve known for a very long time how deep my feelings run for you, Maya.”

I press my mouth to his in a kiss. We set each other’s skin on fire with every rub and touch. Every secret of the universe opens up for me with this kiss. With this kiss he promises my body an unparalleled session of pleasure when he gets me truly alone, and I’m ready. When we break apart, I land a final kiss on the corner of his mouth. “Adom, I have one final question for you. I want to be certain that you are certain.”

He is breathless, ready for whatever I present him with. “Whatever you want is yours, Maya. What is it, princess?”

I rub my cheek against his and realize that I want to take control of my life. I no longer want to depend on any man to define the direction of my life or my happiness. I don’t want to be rescued; I want to be revered. To strengthen Adom and I’s dynamic, it becomes very clear to me what I must do. I lick and murmur against his ear, “Will you marry me?”

He pulls back for a second and searches my face for sincerity. Once he is satisfied with what he sees, he responds by picking me up off the ground and spinning me around.

“Yes, Maya. Oh, God yes. It’s the only thing that would make me truly happy.”

With that last yes, I am carried to my desk and laid upon it. He looks over my body and into my eyes with boundless admiration. From this moment forward, I know that my chief will never let me go. With Adom, I will never go through life another day alone or unloved.

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