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
Precious POVUnlike most Yoruba parents who were very strict with their kids, my parents were lively, funny, and disciplined, yes but they interacted with us as though we were friends.Growing up, they instilled in us discipline but more maturely, we were allowed to go anywhere we wanted and have what they called, street sense, so that way we wouldn't want to disappoint them."What about your boyfriend, Ethan?" my smile vanished. It was my dad that asked. My parents believed in freedom, so when I was never scared to tell them I had a boyfriend."We are taking a break. We had an argument that I don't want to talk about" they nodded in understanding.I loved my parents when it came to the point where we don't want to talk, they gave us space and privacy because they trusted us. I remembered the time I did something wrong; I had told them I wasn't going out that day and I did. Let's just say, they gave me an earful but the worst was when they said they were disappointed in me. I felt li
Love is like the sun,It lightens the heart...©OluwatoyosiPrecious POV"Of course, I would be delighted to write for you," I said my voice thick with excitement."That's great, I will email you the details for the project" Miss Dana replied with equal excitement and hung up.I stood from my seat and jumped up and down like a child. I was super excited to be writing for one of the most renowned publishing companies in Nigeria. My novel wasn't only read in New York but extended to Nigeria as well. Ever since I came back home two months ago, I had been getting offers from writing firms and even Agro-allied industries as a food processor and project manager.I had chosen to take the food processing job as my day job and the writing work as a side job since I only wrote from home. It was better that way but I was tired and in need of a break.Don't get me wrong, I loved my job because I loved what I do but it was tiring sometimes when it came to listening to ideas for write-ups and consu
Precious POV Wait, he was here? That thought snapped me out completely like a bucket of water and I pulled away quickly but still enough to see the hurt that flashed through his eyes. "How are you here? How did you know where I live?" I fired the questions at him. My body was excited and nervous that he was there. Why was I nervous? Granted he hurt me, but I have never gotten the image of him out of my head. "What no hello? How are you?" he playfully smiled and I just glared at him making him gulp. He had a playful side to him that I had missed so much. His ability to either lighten or darken the mood always made me intrigued by him. "You know what I mean Ethan, what are you doing here?" I asked in an indifferent tone. As much as I knew that I was the one hurt, I was happy he was here, and that pissed me off. "Can we go somewhere to talk?" he asked quietly looking around and I noticed that we had managed to pull a crowd. I chuckled at people’s reactions. It was not every da
Precious POV"What are you doing here, Ethan? How did you get my address? Did Funke tell you, oh I'm going to strangle her for not telling me" I fired at him suddenly seriously? He tensed but sighed."I bought a company here in Lagos and came to see how it was going. Someone told me your address and no, it's not Funke, it was your dad." I went rigid.Did he just say my dad told him? That couldn’t be right. Why would daddy do that? does he know about my kidnapping? I started to panic."Does my dad know about what happened to me?" I asked frantically and Ethan's eyes widened shaking his head, I relaxed a little.It still didn't explain how my dad could have told him."I called him a few weeks after you returned home to check on you since you never replied to my messages and after some time he got fed up and yelled at me to come and make things right myself" he explained and I was slightly annoyed my dad didn't tell me, but I understood.I was practically useless for a few weeks after I
I see the moon in your eyes...I see the stars in your heart.©OluwatoyosiPrecious POVI woke up to my alarm blaring. Stretching my limbs, I moved to switch the alarm off.It was 7 am on Sunday, so I had to go to church. I attended the King's heritage parish of the Redeemed Christian Church of God. Quickly getting up from my bed, I moved to the bathroom to brush my teeth and wash my face.Then I proceeded to the living room to start my chores and since my siblings weren't home, I had to do the work and the housekeeper doesn't come in on Sundays.I finished cleaning the house and cooking rice and stew for us, then I went to wake up my parents only to see my mum doing her daily quiet time and my dad snoring away.Shaking my head, I softly tell them food is done. I went into my room to have my bath. Stepping out of the bathroom, I took out my clothes which consisted of a long-sleeved, short flowing sky-blue gown that reached my knee and my pair of silver heels. I put on my lotion and un
Where did that come from? Get it together, Ife. "Ife will you come for my sister's wedding on Saturday," Mercy asked, snapping me out of my daze. I shook my head to get rid of those thoughts before returning to our conversation. "Babe, I can't. My convocation is on Friday and I leave on Thursday to be back on Saturday afternoon." I explained and her face fell but she quickly brightened, flashing her eyes at Ethan, and I wanted to slap her face away from him. "Yeah, come for the reception. Omolola wants to see you" I sighed, I knew she was lying, she just wanted me to bring Ethan. "I'll get her there," Ethan, who had been sitting there listening to the conversation, suddenly slipped in. He suddenly stood up to hold my waist and I gave him a curious glare. What was he playing at? "Thank you, járé brother," she said in her Yoruba accent as she touched Ethan's hands. C’mon, girl we were in church and you were flirting. "No problem," Ethan said firmly, pulling me away from her. We