Chapter 151

There we were, walking up the stairs together in silence. I soon stopped and took off my heels, oblivious of his presence for a while till I noticed he was watching me.

"My heels were starting to hurt," I said while massaging the reddened heels of my left foot.

"Do you want me to carry you?"

"Carry me?" I pointed at myself and laughed, but then stopped when I saw that he wasn't laughing either. He didn't mean that as a joke. He was really asking. "Oh, no, no, I'm fine, it was just my high heels hurting my feet," I answered and he nodded.

We finally got to my floor, and I sighed in relief, but then I remembered Uche would have to go back down those flights of stairs. I felt bad.

He followed me to my door before saying anything. "I guess I can say good night again."

I bit my lips, "Thanks. For dinner again, and for that day I was drunk." I remembered I hadn't thanked him for that, either.

He smiled and turned around to go, but I called him bac