Coming Alive

ce made Serena feel like she ha

pet undignified," she thought hysterically as she waited with bat

I would never have expected such a talk from you

nsion as she narrowed her

ouldn't disrespect you," Mathew said a

You are talking like a wanton woman, like a loose woman. What

s ever accorded me recently, and, believe me, I am getting enough doses of it almost every

she couldn't hold back her anger at how he made he

s his mother threw the other day. She had bee

aded her kiss as he whispered harshly, "Peo

ioned herself th

onger attrac

ething she wa

er was her brain, she wondered if that brain was no longer attractive now that

man to love you. You have to cherish him and behave as a good wife should"

hat deserves a lot better. I swear to God, Bo wouldn't dare try such shit with me" was wh

o have her as a partner, but her friend's opinion didn't count when the man sh

t is not mother that's sitting in that flimsy nightgown and talking about..." He f

aterial knee-length gown. "You coul

he folded his arms like a be

rile him up "I just want us to have a normal conversation about this.

nt what you want as well, but we have to do our part for it to ha

ch you? Don't we... make love?"

she had to t

she did not say it now, not only could her nerves fail her later, but her

th is a feasible plan if we really want to start our

t sound like I am depriving you of something important?

calm down and look at th

up at this ungodly hour is the right thing for a good wife to do. I have a job to go to in the

again. G

loved and thought would make her a happy ho

day by day and she wondered if she was not good enou

are you

are you ta

erson for you?" Serena asked even as her subconsciousness whisp

ying?" Mathew changed his

hold her. "Don't be silly. That is not it at all. I am happy with you. I

ange for me and to accept me more for who I am. Stop bringing up all these ridiculous conversations

pered, even as she admitted defeat that she

bout the main issue. It has bee

t the end of the day, she wouldn't get him to agree with her

"Can we have sex more th

stilled. "I don't want to talk abou

ut

ithout another statement. The next moment,

t the bedside c

led up

quiet the u