The Wife I Never Met
Chapter 22

“If it is with Ciara’s friends of course I will not mind”

A very deep, crisp, and manly voice coming from the house’ entrance was heard. It was so deep and clear that everything froze right at that instant. Ciara was the first to come back to her senses and welcomed the man with a smile.

“Hey you are back.”

Liam walked toward the kitchen entrance and gave Ciara a warm hug. But with a serious voice he reprimanded.

“what are you doing, have you forgotten that you are injured. You must be relaxing and not working.”

Noticing the frown on Liam’s face, Ciara felt warmth rising up her chest, ‘so he does really care about me huh’. She then smiled and assured him.

“you don’t have to worry, I feel a lot better now besides I’m already done with cooking.”

She helped take of his jacket and hung it on the coat hanger, but when she looked up she noticed there were two other people who came with Liam.

She felt embarrassed that she didn’t welcome them in time, so she shyly greeted them.

” Hello, sorry about that, please do come in.” she gestured with her hand so that they can come in.

Matthew on the other hand was all smiles, happy to see his friend with a woman in his house. She had to be special for him not to be angry when she even brought friends home. He really wanted to ask more but Liam’s warning glare told him otherwise. He just didn’t have the courage to do so.

Liam did a very short introduction with a serious face.

” This is my wife Ciara,” then looked at his wife gently. “these are my friends Finnick and Matthew.”.

I trust you guys can keep this a secret for now.

They nodded in understanding, Finnick was the first one to address Ciara respectfully.

“sister in-law, very nice to meet you.”

She nodded politely and said, “thanks, nice to meet you too.”

Just when Lisa and Stacey thought the party was over, and were about to leave without even eating the food Ciara called out to them.

” these are my friends, Lisa and Stacey. They are the people I hang out with most of the time… Guys these are Liam’s friends Finnck and Matthew. And this is my husband Liam.” by the time she was done with her introductions her face was as red as an apple, apparently she hasn’t gotten used to the name ‘Husband ‘.

Witnessing her embarrassment everyone tried hard to hold in their giggles. At the end of it all everyone’s face was red from holding it in.

“OK that’s enough.. Food will get cold if we don’t Start eating.” luckily she had cooked more than enough food, so with the extra guests everyone can still eat a full meal.

“shuuu, it’s a good thing we came here, I am famished.” that was Matthew, as they were in a match making banquet not much food was served. Well there was food but wasn’t enough to fill a man like Matthew up. It was more like nibbling.

And now that they were home, the aromas of a home cooked meal that was filling the house, reminded them of how hungry they were.

“Hey weren’t you coming from a party, shouldn’t you be full instead.” Lisa mocked.

“Hey as a man, I too, need to watch my image in font of potential future wives, OK.”

They all laughed together, and then started digging in, enjoying the scrumptious meal Ciara had made. They had been to all kinds of high end hotels and restaurants and tasted a lot of gourmet food but still felt that all those meals were nothing compared to the Food made by Liam’s wife.

They had initially thought that the food was too much and enough to feed the whole of South African, but looking at the table now, all plates cleaned and not a single dish was left. Some even wished they could come over every day for a meal, so that they can also enjoy Ciara’s cooking but of course they knew Liam would never agree. Everyone saw how gentle and caring Liam was when they walked, so he’d never allow his wife to suffer in the kitchen.

“Liam my friend, you have found yourself a gem, this was really good”.

“yeah sister in-law should consider being a chef, hehehe and we will support.”

These comments made Liam feel like someone was trying to steal his favorite toy from him. He did not like this feeling at all.

“No, that’s not happening.” with that he stood up and walked toward the sitting room. As the meal was over there’s no need fo them to continue sitting in the dining table with a pile of dirty dishes in front of them. Soon the two men also followed Liam, leaving the ladies to their private chat while they clear up the table.

They took all the plates and bowls that were used and started washing them in the kitchen, while Ciara was serving the men with some drinks.