Chapter 73 Seventy-two

“ I love every shade of you. ”
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“ We've got eggs, baking powder, salt, flour, milk and butter.  ” Joseph mentioned as he shew her the ingredients they were to use to make pancakes. 
It was the twelfth day of their marriage and he'd figured this was the best time to slowly start teaching her how to cook. Not like it mattered that much if she doesn't know how to. But to him, it was essential. He knew about weaknesses and understood that it was better to kill them once and for all than let it thrive.
“ Okay. Why don't we get yeast instead? ” Miranda inquired smoothing her chef outfit. She'd wondered where he'd gotten a couple chef outfits too. 
“ Because, I feel this is better. ”
She nodded. 
“ Now, we'll start by breaking the eggs. ” He took out a transparent bowl and broke three eggs into it before whisking it.  “ Then we'll add the melted butter, milk and vanilla . ” 
She nodded. “ Make sure it's completely mixed… ”
“ Then we'll add the other mixture of flour, baking powder and salt into it before leaving it in the oven. ” She nodded, watching him place it all in the oven.  “ It'll be there for thirty minutes, no hurry. ” 
“ Okay. ” She nodded again, though minute. Joseph noticed the difference in her attitude.  “ What's up, Wifey? ” He pulled her into his arms as sat on the chair, so she was sitting on it laps.  “ Um? ” He tapped her face gently, earning no reply from her. 
   “ Mira? ” He cupped her face, sensing her silence.  “ I’m your other half, you can talk to me. ”
She finally nodded.  “ So? ”
“ I wish… ” She reached out and touched his face.  “ I'd been more serious with cooking when Nanny was here and I wish I'd learned more from Evelyn rather than allow her to do all the cooking, while I was away in the name of writing. ” He stared at her questionly.  “ That way, you wouldn't have to take the trouble teaching me now. It's kind of weird, you know. ”
“ How? ” He asked carefully, not wanting to scare her. 
“ I'm meant to be the one teaching you and not the other way around, it's weird. I feel incom — ” He silenced her with a kiss, he definitely wouldn't want her to complete her statement as his wife. Never would allow her to think like that about herself. 
The simple peck turned into a long kiss which lasted for over three minutes before they pulled away when out of breath.  “ Don't ever say that about yourself, Babe. You are more than enough. ” Miranda blushed at his gaze. 
“ Besides, I'm your husband and I get to decide what's weird and not, okay? Who dares to tell me what I can teach my wife and what I can't? ” 
“ So Bossy. ” She rolled her eyes at him.  
  “ Do that once again and you'll have to stay in bed all day tomorrow. ” Her eyes went round in shock at his words, she searched his eyes and found no trace of unseriousness. 
   “ So cute. ” He grinned at her fear.  “ But we both know I won't do that, right? ”
“ Probably. ” She nestled herself in his embrace like a child. 
“ You always smell nice, Jose. What's your secret? ” Her sudden question surprised him indeed. 
“ Same as yours. ” 
“ Whatever. Stop sounding so humble. ” 
“ Well then, I take a long shower three times daily, I don't wear my clothes twice and I use deodorants. Must I say, I'm a clean freak. ”
“ Umm… not bad. ”
“ But not so clean that I won't carry you in my arms if you are stained. ”
“ Duh… I don't get stained easily, okay? ” 
“ Maybe. ” He sent her a mischievous smirk and she could already guess what he was thinking, that day in class when she had to urgently send him and Evelyn a message cos she was stained and needed help. 
“ But that was a one time thing, okay? ” 
“ I don't think so. ” The oven’s alarm went off interrupting their banter and they immediately went ahead to check it. 
   Miranda slipped out of excitement and would have fallen if He hadn't caught her just in time.  “ You should be more careful, Little Princess. I won't always be there to catch you. ” 
“ You should, cos you are now a part of me and shouldn't leave me to myself. ” She replied shamelessly and he could only sigh. 
  
  “ This tastes great. ” Miranda said with a moan taking a bite of the pancakes they've both made. 
  “ Yup. ” He nodded. “ It's your turn to impress me next time. ”
“ Well, well. You should get ready to be impressed. ”  She replied smugly.
“ I will be waiting. ”

“ Ever thought of what would have happened if Nanny hadn't taught you how to cook? ”
“ We'll be eating gravel by now. ” He said unsmilingly and Miranda couldn't help chuckling at how serious he looked. 
“ Hm… imagine how many junks we would have consumed. ”
“ I can only imagine… ”
“ Yeah… ”
“ Thanks for being in my story, Jose. ” She pinched his cheeks happily.  “ Jose? ”
“ Hubby. ” She grinned, clapping her hands like a child. 
“ You are welcome. Thanks for being in mine too. ” He replied, hugging her.  “ And you are not wearing a Bra. ” 
“ Well, I don't want to, Hehe. ”
“ You are playing with fire, Babe. ”
“ Burn. ” She took off before he could react and soon he was off with her as they ran around the house with laughter. 
It didn't take too long for Jose to catch her and this time he wasn't so gentle as he placed her on his shoulders like a bag of potatoes into their room.

Later, 
   “ I'm starving, Hubby. ” She complained after their session and freshened up. 
He looked up from the book he was reading and stared at her. “ But you just ate. ”
“ No, no. I'm starving. ” 
“ Okay. ” He reached out into his locker and got her a pack of biscuits.  “ Here. ” She took it with a big smile on her face.
“ It tastes yummy.  ” He shook his head helplessly at her childishness. 
“ What are you reading? ” She advanced towards him and he instantly knew what was coming.  “ Pilgrim's progress by CS Lewis. ”
“ Oh… ” 
“ Want me to tell you a story? ”
“ Yup. ” She nodded, enthusiastically.
“ Okay. Move closer. ” She did almost immediately and he began talking as they cuddled.  “ She was a girl who got her dream snatched out of her arms at a young age. Her Dad, her favorite person in the world, was out of her reach. No one to braid her hair every morning, no one to read her bedtime stories. No one to say, I love you, Princess. ” He looked down and saw her wiped out her tears.  “ But God had another plan for her. He gave her a Dad in a best friend, a soulmate in a husband and a lover in a life partner. And now? Though her biological Dad was no more. She'd gotten a recompense which is ten times better.  That's why it's said that all things work together for good for those who love God and are called according to his purpose. ”
“ Babe. ” He tapped her face, earning no reply from her. “ Are you okay? ”
“ Hm. ” The next thing he knew, she was kissing him.  “ I love you, Jose. ”
“ I love you more. ” He smiled at her, holding her close and patting her back as she finally closed her eyes to sleep.
“ Thank you father for not calling the qualified but qualifying the called. ”
“ Rely on me. ”
“ I will, Lord. Thank you. ”

A/N : Shoot. That was an amazing chapter. What do you think, guys?

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