Note from author: Do be gentle with the reviews and ratings, it is my first time haha. I may have taken inspiration from the countless stories i have read on this platform before becoming a member, so i'm sorry if there are any similarities to other stories.
Working in an advertising agency is gruelling. Long working hours, competitive colleagues and strict superiors will ruin your spirit if you are not strong enough. I consider myself lucky as my wife and daughter are the two angels in my life that keep me intact in this fast-paced and stressful environment. To me, coming home after work is like embracing that ray of sunshine after being too long in the dark. My heart melts every time I return to a home full of joy and laughter. Being rewarded with my sweet baby girl's kisses after reading her a bedtime story is something I shall cherish before she grows up. I am not looking forward to that day.
Today, I shall recount a memory that I highly believe was the day our child was conceived. It was when I first started working as a junior executive. Of course I would be bullied since I was a junior. It was straining on my wife and I for several months. I was almost afraid that I was going to lose her due to me neglecting her. We would rarely eat dinner together, and our schedules would clash with one another. My wife is a school teacher, so her timetable was not as hectic as mine. She had removed her IUD as we were planning to start a family but alas, my schedule didn't help with our plans.
I recalled that fateful day, I came home earlier than usual and I spotted my wife making dinner. She was clad in an old tee of mine, the length stopping a few inches above her sweet thighs, and her hair was done up in a chignon. She looked so graceful and nubile, softly humming to herself whilst slowly swaying her hips to the soft, classical music playing in the background. At that moment in time, she was at her most beautiful to me. I realised then that I was chasing the wrong goals. I was so busy trying to kiss ass and please my superiors that I have accidentally neglected the most precious being known to me, the light of my life. How was I so dumb to not realise it sooner. It doesn't matter, what matters is how am I going to let her know that my love for her has not faded, but sadly just forgotten due to my blindness and stupidity.
I slowly walked up behind her like a predator stalking its prey. She stiffened when I first hugged her from behind but relaxed as I applied gentle kisses to her neck and shoulders.
"What are you doing?"she asked me.
"I am so sorry for having neglected you this past few months my love. I promise you that it will never happen again"
She switched off the stove and turned to face me. Tears welled up in her eyes as she looked directly into my eyes. Oh how I hated myself for hurting her. It didn't matter that it wasn't on purpose. She was hurt and I was responsible for it. As I looked into her deep green eyes, the same pair of eyes that captured my heart when we were in University, I could sense her feelings. Pain, sadness but most importantly, love but it's state was pathetic. What once was a blazing flame that was bright and hot is now fading into ambers. I had to do something to reignite the fire.
I placed one hand on her waist, the other on the back of her head, and slowly drew her in for a kiss as I undid her knotted hair. She didn't respond to it so i kissed her again, this time giving her a passionate kiss. I poured my heart and soul into that as i was afraid i was too late and had lost her. I felt my heart jumpstart when she responded with the same amount of passion I had delivered. Our tongues duelled like it was an actual game of life and death. We both knew what we were doing, that was to stake a claim on what is rightfully ours. I am hers as she is mine. I could taste the saltiness of her tears that had somehow joined our kiss. In my heart I knew, it was tears of joy and I was ecstatic.