Hmm.. I thought Precious would be angrier than this but she completely surprised me. I wonder what's going on in that pretty head of hers.
When the pain is too much,Take a break.© Oluwatoyosi Precious POV I was stirred awake by someone shaking me. Fluttering my eyes open, I saw that it was Funke grinning wildly at me. I turned over until I was laying on my side. "Leave me alone" my voice came out muffled because of the pillow as I threw the other pillow at her. I closed my eyes again awaiting my second round of sleep when I was hit hard with the pillow I threw. I jumped awake ready to hit her again. "What is it" I whined on the bed. I needed sleep. I just wanted to sleep all day. Funke hit me again with the pillow and I took it from her and attacked, hitting her with it furiously while she laughed. "Didé járé, já Jádé. Liya n duró dé wá" she voiced out still laughing and I stopped the attack. ( Stand up, let's go out. Liya is waiting for us). "Mí o fè jádé. Mo kàn fé sún" I sat back down on the bed and pouted looking at her. (I don't want to go out. I just want to sleep). "Jó nàw. Óyá má rá gbógbó óunjé tó m
I had thought my life would hold so many surprises but meeting a billionaire, falling in love with him when I came to New York to get away from my past, being heartbroken by this billionaire once, then being kidnapped and hurt by the man I have finally thought, I'd grow old with, was not a part of my plan. But we don't always get what we want. I remember telling Ethan that I didn't want to get broken again, and I was scared of falling in love with someone out of my league but I guess life had other plans. The pain I felt during the kidnap was bearable but whenever I thought of how Ethan couldn't believe me, someone he claimed to love just broke me. Yes, a relationship needs love but trust is required as a foundation as well. We might love someone and not trust them but the two needs to be balanced. "Liya, it's not that I don't want to give him a chance. It's just I can't forget all he said. He hurt me Liya. Granted he never laid a finger on me but his words were more than a sla
Whenever my mum asked me to follow her to the market in Nigeria, I would do everything I could to get out of it. Mostly because the sun in Nigeria was like heating someone under a rock. I never liked shopping and right now, I was trying my possible best to keep up with the enthusiastic girls before me. My legs were exhausted and my back was hurting but I didn't want to spoil the fun so I followed them. We went to Victoria's secret store. "Let's get some lingerie" I choked on my saliva at how loud she sang the words out. She turned and smiled innocently knowing full well what she did. We entered the store and picked out some according to Liya, sexy-as-hell undergarments. I knew I wasn't going to wear them anytime soon so I picked some cute ones as well. "How does this look?" we looked up to see Liya in a corset. I burst out laughing at how she displayed herself. Out of we three, she was surely the crazy one but I loved her that way. "It looks sexy" I squealed. It was true, she
Promises are meant to be broken,The ones that who keep theirs, are they Fools?...Promises are meant to be kept,The ones that break them, are they Wise?.© OluwatoyosiPrecious POVWriter's block!That was the only way I could explain my lack of concentration and loss of ideas. I've been rereading the same line of my book for a few minutes and I was getting frustrated. That was why I was sitting on the floor of my living room exasperated. I huffed and stood up to get a snack. The house was empty. Funke had to go out for God knows what and, since I was stuck here, I thought I'd write something but as things were going now, I couldn't even come up with ideas.I got to the kitchen and took four slices of bread and spread butter on them. I grabbed a can of coke from the fridge and went back to the parlor. This was my last day in New York and I thought I'd just stay home. Everyone had come and said their goodbyes but I hadn't seen him at all. Although I was not ready to face him, I th
"Hey Precious dear. How are you?" she hugged me and I hugged her back. "I'm very fine thank you. What about you? You still look so lovely" I gushed."Oh dear, I'm getting old and these kids just keep someone on their toes" she grinned and I smiled. We talked for a bit and she took the kids and left but not before I told her I won't be around for a while. The kids were upset but we managed to get them to smile again.I looked at them as they left. I've always wanted kids, and I still do but I need a man for that. I thought about having it with Ethan. Getting married, a beautiful honeymoon, lovers quarrel, and kids but now, I just don't know, I can't marry someone who doesn't trust me. "You think too much" Joel snapped me out of my reverie making me turn my gaze to him while giving him the best smile I could muster. "Yeah but that's all I do these past few days. I miss him, Jo, so much but I can't be with someone who doesn't trust me. Who doesn't look twice before reprimanding me, w
Leaving doesn't mean one is a coward,Sometimes, it's just good to take a break.© Oluwatoyosi Precious POVI woke up in my fairly cleared-out room. I had fallen asleep packing my things, or at least what I needed. I didn't have it in me to pack everything, as some part of me knew I was going to come back, I just didn't know when. I sighed and threw the covers off me, folding them neatly I kept them in my wardrobe, and now, my bed was bare. I didn't have a pillow because I didn't like using one. Sighing again, I got on my knees and did my morning prayer. Once I was done, I went into the bathroom and washed. I stepped out after my bath and picked out my clothes which consisted of fitted blue jeans with a plain white tee-shirt and wore it. I didn't apply any makeup just powder and lip gloss.I gasped when I looked at the time, it was past noon and our plane leaves at 3 pm. I rushed out of my room barefoot to see Funke steadying her three suitcases by the kitchen counter. I snickered
I was thinking too much I didn't notice Funke plopped on the chair beside me until she hugged me. "I know how you feel. I know you love him and don't want to leave him but I also know you want to think about him so he can teach himself to trust you. If you are strong, the strongest I've ever met. When David broke you, I thought you'd never be the same again, I decided to follow you here so I could keep an eye on you, and now look at who we are. We are the best graduating master's students in a new country. We have lots of opportunities presented to us, you are a fast-rising author, and we make a good team but you and Ethan are something I've never seen before. You both are like now and arrow, coordinated, never doing anything without the other. When I see the way you both look at each other I'm reminded that there is nothing love cannot conquer and knowing you made me want to strive hard to be the best for Joel. I don't know about the route you want to take but I know God will lead yo
There's no place like home,It's where the heart is,There's nothing like family,It's where the home is... Precious POV We finally landed at the Murtala Mohammed airport in Lagos after almost ten hours of flying and unlike Funke who slept almost through the flight, I was awake for most of the flight sleeping for only 3hrs. Since it was just us on the plane, I had enough time to catch up on novels that I had put off reading for a while. Anything to keep my mind off Ethan, for now, was what I planned on doing. It was past 6 pm when the nice pilot and stewardess helped us get our bags. We took our bags and walked to the arrival sign, all the while, Funke kept struggling with her three suitcases and I laughed at her misery. We got outside the airport and waited for the Ubers that we asked our friend Anjola to book for us. We looked around until we saw two men holding placards with our names on them. "See them, let's go," I told Funke and we walked towards them. When we got to their