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She: Please, I am not in the mood for a fight

He kept quiet but he was seething

How come she cannot see beyond her nose?

This married so called boss of hers has an ulterior motive

He calls her "Baby'', "Dear'', "Darling" "Honey", "Love"

What sort of nonsense familiarity is that?

He was not comfortable with it

She refused totally to see things from his point of view

She seems very comfortable with it

Of course he knows there was nothing between them

But he had a sixth sense and it was picking strange signals

The man had an ulterior motive

It was obvious!

She wondered what he expected her to do

To tell her boss "Sir, stop calling me baby"

Apart from being extremely awkward

It would seem she was accusing him of something

The man might have an agenda

She was not a child

She can handle herself

It takes two to tango

She was not tangoing

That night he had a dream

He saw the devil beguiling Eve

Just a taste dear, just a touch baby

And Eve, his own Eve was fluttering her eye lashes

Smiling at the serpent's little teases

Just as the devil was about to enter the place

He woke up sweating

He had to do something

He woke her up

She stirred reluctantly

He walked to her side of the bed

Held her hand and knelt down

'My love, my baby, my sweetheart

My joy, my Music, my heartbeat

My number one, queen of my heart

My spring of joy, my Own, my delight

He kissed her hand, then her shoulder

She looked deep into his eyes

What do you want?

'You' He said

That was all she wanted to hear

Her heart melted

He took her butter, she took his bread

It was a spectacular sight

The eclipse of the moon

As the dawn broke, he prayed

'This is the only escape I can think of Lord'

It worked like a charm

Two months later, she was confirmed pregnant

He knew their marriage dodged a bullet

He held his peace

Then the news broke

One of her colleagues

Also recently married

Was caught red handed

With her randy boss

By her husband

She couldn't believe it

He did