Chapter 38✍️ I drove into my compound and waited for few minutes in what felt like hours. I came out and walked hastily into the house.As I walked into the house, Seven’s smug face flashing in my mind. I could feel anger simmering inside of me. I met Lizzy and Tania in the kitchen as soon as they saw me. Lizzy shouted, “Babe, where were you? You left the guys’ early.” She said and Tania added, “yeah, we thought we’d all leave together.” But I just nodded and ran upstairs.I didn’t want them to see my face or notice anything. I didn’t want Lizzy to start questioning me or judge me when I tell her I had sex with the man I’d always told her I hated.But who was I kidding? She came in some moments later. I could hear her voice calling out to me from the bathroom.“Babe? Open the door.” She shouted again.I didn’t want her to figure out anything but when I eventually replied, my voice sounded hoarse, sob clearly at the depth of it. She knew something was wrong. “Star
Chapter 39✍️️“No, Gab doesn’t know anything about it.” He responded and I was glad his answer was negative. I couldn’t begin to imagine what would happen next if he had said yes.“Well then, she doesn’t want to talk to you. So goodbye.” She said and banged the door in his face. She turned to come in face with me and she give me an apologetic look but I shrugged it off and gave her a small smile. I went to the kitchen, opened the fridge, took a bottle of water and went back to my room.Immediately I got in, my phone rang again and I wondered why he was calling so much. Didn’t he get the memo? I clearly didn’t want to speak to him, so can’t he just leave me the hell alone? I said out loud to myself as I approached the cabinet to pick my phone.I glanced at the caller and I saw it wasn’t him, it was Kay. Just perfect, the second annoying man in my life. I let it ring for the third time before I swiped up the pick part of it. “Hello.” I heard his deep voice at th
CHAPTER 40✍️He looked at me intensely after that rolled out of my mouth. And guess what? I wasn’t regretful. I felt good that I had said something that would pick him, something he saw as a challenge.“Really? You’re gonna mock me with what I confided in you with? Just because of a woman?” He said.“Exactly, all of these started because of a woman too, right? You mock me with my past because of a woman.” I told him and continued.“Yes, I made that bet a long time ago. People change. So yes, Christian I did. She changed me and I’m so happy that she did. But what about you? Can you say the same about yourself?” I threw at him and Gab hurriedly came to stand in between, telling us to stop.He stayed quiet for more seconds before he chuckled and replied, “What about me? Come on, spill it out.”“I made a bet, yes, and that’s the most despicable thing I’ve done to her, but can Tania change you? You have confessed so much fake love to her just to have sex with her and
My birthday was in a few days. Lizzy and Tania wouldn’t stop gushing about it. While Ella she was hardly home, but for some unknown reason, for the past one week. She had been, and she has started becoming close to me again after a long time.She apologized and said she was fine with Seven and me being together, but I told her it was okay. Because Seven and I are never going to be together, at least that’s what I thought.We haven’t seen in these past weeks. It was almost over a month we last saw. He came to the house almost every day, and Lizzy would always tell him I wasn’t home. But not until last week.She let him in, and thank goodness I was fast enough to see him, so I hid well till he got tired of waiting and left.I was thinking he’d eventually get completely exhausted from trying so hard to see me, but I guess he was a stubborn man that doesn’t take no for an answer. So he promoted from frequently visiting the house to my boutique.He visited my boutique and my P. A informed
The dress code was elegant. Kay literally stated that the company asked them to dress in a black or red stylish outfit. So I decided to go with the red. I wore a knee length gown, who has an opened space at the shoulders, leaving it a shoulder down dress and has a shape V in the middle, exposing a wider part of my cleavage.I changed my hair to a brown bouncy one and wore my accessories before wearing my gold heels to go with it.When I reach downstairs, Kay was already waiting for me with a smile on his face. I couldn’t help but smile back at him. Kay’s black trousers and T-shirt accentuated his broad shoulders, while the red suit added a pop of color that made his eyes sparkle.“Hey,” I say to him to avoid an awkward, silent situation. And he stretched out his hands just as I was about reaching the last part of the step.“You look so ravishingly beautiful, Starr.” He complimented me and I smiled widely again and muttered a low thank you.“Ready to go?” He asked and I just nod,“Yeah
I proceeded to meet Kay as we opened the dance floor for every other person to join. Whenever I glanced at Seven, I catch him staring at Kay and me, his gaze lingering on Kelvin’s hands on my waist. But it is the only way to dance.After the song ended, everyone clapped and went back to their seats as we all dived to meet our friends and engaged in different conversations.So I approached Gab and the guys to at least thank them for coming to celebrate with me. When I get there, Gab quickly gives me a side hug. “Happy Birthday Starr. This Is a beautiful arrangement.”“Thanks, Gab. But it was the girls that arranged all of this and that includes your woman.” I said to him and I see his face lit up in amusement before he nods.I turn to Chris and Jude, trying so hard to let go of what he did and I look at Seven who seemed ultimately silent and kept on gazing between Chris and I. I think they had a fight cause they’re mostly at each other’s neck, but seeing them like this, I know that som
Chapter 44✍️“Starr, wake up!” Elizabeth's voiced pierced through my sleep, and I felt a sudden jolt on my shoulders. I snuggled deeper into the duvet and pillow, trying to escape the noise. But she wasn’t having it. She shook me again, and I felt the bed creak as she climbed onto it. “Starr!”I burrowed deeper into the pillow, trying to shut out her annoying voice. But it persisted, piercing through my sleep. Just as I was starting to drift off again, the mattress shifted, and I felt a weight being lifted off. For a moment, I relaxed, thinking I’d been left alone to sleep until I feel drops of water on my face. And I snapped my eyes open as a groan leaves me. “Jesus Christ, Elizabeth!”I’m still trying to get my senses back, but now all of it seems to be focused in one place, driving me absolutely mad. “What did you do that for?” I whine at her, now wide awake, as I brush my hair through my fingers.She doesn’t respond, rather she sticks out her tongue childishl
CHAPTER 45✍️Still in my thoughts as I wore my flat shiny slippers, I heard the doorbell ring. “Oh shit! He’s here already.” I exclaimed as I quickly packed my makeup into the kitbag, pulled down my gown a little to straighten it, and I reached for the doorknob.I rushed down the stairs to the dining room to check if I’d successfully had everything set. Satisfied, I moved to the door to open it while my fingers trembled.I took a pause and took in a deep breath to calm my roaring nerves before I placed my hands on the doorknob to open it.And I came face to face with that familiar face I looked forward to seeing. He looked like a real man dressed in his fitted jeans and a relaxed fit shirt that skimmed his physique. His undone top two shirt buttons revealed a hint of chest, adding a touch of casual charm to his look.I had never seen him dressed in a Jean before, so it looked strange seeing him dressed like this, but it suits him so much. He looked breathtaking.
Immediately the door shut, Lizzy spoke up.“Where have you been since morning? We’ve been calling you.”I stared at her briefly before speaking, swaying the topic off and introducing another. “Why aren’t you at work? You’re supposed to be out.”She rolled her eyes and slumped on the couch with her legs crossed. “Well, I called in sick.”My mouth hung open as I nodded my head and took a step forward to approach the stairs. “Starr, I asked you, where did you go?”Halting on my steps, I turned back to look at her before responding. “I went to the hospital.” And resumed my steps.She bulged out her eyes and she shoot up, moving to the stairs to reach me. “Are you okay? It’s not yet your time for your checkup, so why did you go to the hospital?”We had already gotten to my room, and I was pulling up my top to take it out.Still silent, I didn’t know how to put it, but as I opened my mouth to speak, tears spilled from my eyes and I swiped it out immediately.She saw how it was playing out,
When he took his eyes away from the sheet and looked at me, I hastily heaved out my sigh and focused at him.“Starr, you’re stressing yourself out.” He began, “it’s a lot of stress. Your hormones shows that you’re gagged with stress.”I impatiently waited for him to continue. “They put you on monthly pills to manage your illness and you, so that you can have space to live freely like a young woman without constantly looking over your shoulders and considering your genetic predisposition it’s bad. But you’re not helping. I sighed out as he rubbed his chin and continued.“I had always emphasized that adequate rest is compulsory. Not for you to debate but to be seen as an order cause you sure have a hormonal imbalance in case you’ve forgotten.” He stopped briefly and continued.“But you don’t take breaks and it isn’t good for you right now.” I swallowed the lump that I’d formed immediately.“Hence, the nose bleeding.” He leaned back and clasp his hands together, “I last told you that you
Sharply, I swiped it off before moving my eyes down to check out the stain on my hand. It was really blood. I was bleeding from my nose.Minutes later, we arrived at my gate and I pulled out the cash in my purse in placed it on his outstretched palm before walking inside.Slowly tapping my feet on the floor, to not wake anyone up, I finally arrived at my room door and pulled it open.Swiftly, I entered and dumped my slippers on the floor in a thud and walked straight to my wide mirror to check out my face.Fleetly, I pulled out a tissue and began wiped it thoroughly, then I heard a knock on my door and I quickly hid it behind my back and twisted to look at the person.It was Tania.She looked at me as she arched her eyes and pulled away her hair that was blocking her eyes. “Are you okay?”Was my fear evident? Were my hands shaking? Did she see me with my half bleeding nose?My voice cracked. “Yeah, I’m good.”She nodded. “We’ve been waiting for you. When I heard the front door, I thou
Seemed like I spent a lot of minutes here that he had to come check on me. My hands were sweaty and my eyes were filled with tears. I staggered back as I dropped the phone back on the bed. She’s pregnant, that’s why he didn’t call. That’s why he has probably not said anything about her.He was looking for the perfect time to tell me. I palmed my face as I let the tears fall. I tried to take a deep breath, but it just seemed like it was difficult.The door was pushed opened as he stepped in, and I spin my back on him, trying to wipe the tears away. It was difficult, so I bit my lips multiple times trying to force it back in.“Baby?” He called out, but I just stood there, bent with my hands relaxing on his desks.He got close as he tried placing his hands on me. I turned and stopped him with my hands.“Don’t.”His eyes flickered as he raised an eyebrow trying to figure it out. “What’s wrong?”“Why don’t you tell me?” I threw back at him that instant.He seemed confused as he shrugged hi
My ear twitched, hoping to hear what I wanted to hear. I heard him take a deep breath before he opened his mouth to speak. “I didn’t Starr, we just met again. I wasn’t lying when I said we haven’t seen in years.”I didn’t know that I’ve been holding up my breath for the long minute until he spoke out.“Okay.” I gave a curt response. The tension in the room suddenly felt better as it fired down.I stood up from the bed and I walked to the window, before I heard him speak again. “How’s your health? How’re you feeling now? Better?”“Yes. I feel better now.”His voice smooth, and guarded. “Okay.” I heard him speaking to someone, so I just kept quiet and waited till he was done. “Are you busy?”“Yes, please can I call you back?” He requested, and I just gave a sharp positive response and ended the call.••••••Days later, Friday.As I step out of the shower and took my gaze to the wall clock, I realized that I’d spent a long time washing my hair and taking a bath. Seven called that he was
I was currently in my room. After that outburst from Jude, I wasn’t feeling comfortable anymore, so I told them that I was going back to my room.Firstly, I went to the kitchen, took my food and a glass of milk before going back to my room.After I finished eating, I dropped the tray on my nightstand, and I snuggled u see the warm blankets, feeling the softness of my bed envelop me. I tried taking a nap, but each time, I bounced back to thinking.Hours later, Lizzy came into my room, so I quickly shut my eyes to pretend like I was sleeping and she snuggled close to me as she placed her hands on my face, caressing it till she spoke.“You know you can’t deceive me, right?” I still kept shut cause I wasn’t ready for her scolding. But she chuckled when I still didn’t make a move, then she went for my nose. She held it and I quickly slapped her hands off and we bursted out in laughter.I gasped out as I spoke, “Do you wanna kill me?” I asked with a smile plastered on my face.She laughed b
I placed my hand on Seven, making him turn his gaze back at me. The room fell awkwardly silent as Kay came closer and asked if I was alright.I responded with a smile as I glanced back at Seven and I saw he was fuming. Clearly, he didn’t like the idea of Kay been this close to me, so he leaned closer and whispered to me that he’d be back. He has to receive a call.He stood up and left, making the atmosphere in the room change. We all started conversing, although Lizzy was a little distant. I knew she wasn’t happy that Seven had to leave because Kay was around.She liked Seven for me. He rounded up our conversation, and it was time for him to leave. So he placed a peck on my cheek the moment Seven walked in.My eyes snapped to the doorway as I saw Seven halt in his step before moving away for Kay to walk out.He didn’t say anything as the nurses came in to inject me with a sleeping dose, so I dozed off, obviously tired from the whole talk.I woke up the next day to see that it was jus
I flickered my eyes away from her back to Lizzy, and I signaled that she should come closer.Immediately she pulled her chair close to me, she rose, and sank onto the bed, as she arched her brows and rubbed my chin.I took my gaze from her back to the Tania, and then back to Lizzy again. But before I’d speak. Tania spoke up and insisted that she wanted to speak to me first.Ella stood up, strolled closer to the window as she no longer felt comfortable, so she spoke up through gritted teeth “You can see that she’s sick, tell her whatever you want to tell her later.”So I quickly took my gaze back to Tania. She drew closer as she fumbled with her fingers. “No, I want to tell her now.” She persisted.I nodded with my eyes squinting around waiting to hear her talk, “What’s it?”Hesitantly, she started off, “I’m sorry Starr. I doubted you so I misunderstood you. But it wasn’t my intention. Please understand me.”Confusion was etched on my face as I furrowed my brows trying to understand he
CHAPTER 60✍️Clamping my mouth tightly as I tried to take in the whole scenario that was displaying. I didn’t know what to do, so quickly, I moved my hands to reach for my handbag. I pulled it onto my lap as I tried to pull out my phone.I got the road that had a U turn, so I swiftly turned my hands towards it as I pulled up into the next lane.My fingers grasped my seat belt as I buckled up, before I dialed Seven’s line as my hands continued shaking in fear and my face soaked in premium tears.God! I was going to die today. Tears continued to roll down my face as I tried to breathe out but my chest tightened.When he picked at the second ring, I shout as I tried to explain to him briefly. “Seven, please help me. My car wouldn’t stop, it just doesn’t want to stop.”Hurriedly, I felt his tensed voice. “I don’t understand, what do you mean?” He asked sharply, and I responded immediately, not giving him a chance to speak again.“Please help me, it wouldn’t stop. My