30 Minutes later …..“Let’s go,” Jenna said firmly as she walked out of her office, not sparing Nimi a glance.Her facial expression was composed, depicting neither anger nor joy.“This early?! Is there something wrong?!” He asked as he followed swiftly behind her, the urgency in her voice had caught him off guard, ignoring both him and the greetings of other staff, Jenna made her way towards the parking lot.As they approached their car, Nimi quickly reached the car door ahead of her and held it open. She stepped into the car without a word, and he closed the door firmly behind her. Settling into the front seat they began their journey home.“What’s going on Jenna?! You seem angry, is there something wrong?!” Nimi’s words broke the thick silence in the car, his eyes fixed on her through the rear mirror.“There nothing wrong!” She replied curtly, her voice expressing no emotion.She wasn’t angry at the moment, but she also wasn’t in the mood to talk or joke around, she wanted to be an
Next day ……“Take care sweetheart,” Elizabeth said as she pulled Jenna into a tight hug, she rubbed her back slowly and Jenna smiled as they disengaged.“Thank you for doing this dear,” Franco said patting her back gently.Nimi quietly walked in, took her suitcase from her and carried it out.“Jeremy will meet you at the airport,” Franco informed and she nodded slowly, totally not interested, as a matter of fact she prayed he would come up with an excuse and not meet her there.As soon as she stepped out, Nimi swiftly moved forward and held the door open for her.“Make sure she gets to the airport safely, and return home on time!” Franco instructed, his voice firm.“Yes sir!” Nimi answered with a respectful bow, Jenna’s brows furrowed immediately, the meaning of her father’s last instruction dawned on her.“Wait, he’s not going with me?!” She questioned.“No he’s not,” Franco answered firmly, leaving no rooms for disapproval or disagreement.Nimi stepped forward, got into the front se
“He has the location, watch him!” Franco replied shortly, Tom nodded and walked out it of the office.He just realized he was so obsessed with getting Jenna a bodyguard that he didn’t bother to look into the person he hired, recently he decided to look into Nimi’s background, Aside the obvious fact that he relocated to Canada at age sixteen, he found nothing else.His profile was too discreet and clean for comfort, and from his own part of the world, someone who seemingly intentionally makes his life so private and profile very difficult to find, definitely was hiding something.The first person his mind went to was Aiden, he needed to be sure Nimi wasn’t affiliated with Aiden in anyway, hence the reason he decided to not let him go with Jenna, to have him stay back and run this wild goose chase.Immediately Nimi stepped out of the corporation, he dismissed the driver and took his position, Franco had specifically ordered that he pick and drop off the bag alone, so he had to drive him
Canada …..The Thatcher’s Mansion ……4:00pm ….“Ma’am, someone is here to see you!” An house assistant said to Elizabeth peeping into the room.“I’ll be down soon.” She replied not sparing her a glance, shortly after, she was done styling her hair, she got up from the vanity chair and made her way downstairs.“What the hell are you doing here!” She gritted immediately she saw Aiden seated in their living room, his legs crossed and a small almost permanent smirk on his face.“It’s been such a long time, this place hasn’t changed so much!” He replied instead, looking around the house.“I asked a question Aiden! What do you want here!” She repeated as she moved closer to him.“After so many years of living with Franco you’re starting to behave like him!” He commented as he stood up to his feet and walked towards her.“You’re now very feisty I like it!” He added with a deep smirk at the corner of his lips.“Get out of my house now while I’m still being nice!” She gritted, getting frustrat
That same night …..Canada ….“Aiden came here today,” Franco’s movement stilled immediately he heard Elizabeth voice say that, he dropped his wristwatch on the table and turned to her immediately.“What for?!” He questioned, deep lines of frown forming on his forehead.Elizabeth could see the veins on his neck popping out as he clenched and unclenched his jaw, impatience shimmered in his eyes as he waited for her reply.“Relax Franco,” Elizabeth stood up from the bed, walked towards him and wrapped her hands around him from behind.“How can you tell me to relax, Aiden came here when it was just you at home!”“I don’t trust that skunk!” He gritted staring at her through the mirror, a small smile formed on her face, she inhaled deeply and rested her face on his back.“I choose you Franco!” She murmured.“I’m here with you now, isn’t that what should matter!”“I love you Franco, and I’m standing with that till my last breath!” She said,“Hmm,” Franco murmured, he held onto her hands and
Next day, Wednesday Morning …Canada ….Franco groaned deeply as he turned in bed, it hasn’t even being a week yet, but it has been a long week. Without Jenna even realizing, she has successfully being able to put him in a tight spot, planning, scheming and devising, just for everything to go in his way, and in the way that would largely benefit their family and ofcourse himself.He stretched out his hands to pull Elizabeth closer to him, Atleast to feel her warmth before he got up and repeat the almost frustrating loop he had come to be living these past few days. But, his hands just ran through the bed. Her space was empty.His eyes fluttered open immediately, he turned slowly to look at the small alarm clock on the bedside lamp, it read 5:30am….She wasn’t supposed to go to her store today, why was she up so early!He gently stood up from his bed, put on his flip flops and made his way out of the room, just as he got to the entrance, he heard light sobs coming from the walk in clo
“And you say you’re not in love with your problematic boss?!” Nimi heard a lady’s voice ask softly as she took her seat in front of him.Since Jenna left, he had been kind of free with no one to protect and all, except ofcourse for the few jobs Aiden asked him to take on occasionally, after his little squabble with his sister earlier he suddenly began to crave Nigerian delicacy, he had the money and most importantly the time, so here he was!.“It’s me the lady at the park, remember?!” She added as soon as she saw the shock in his eyes as he stared at her.“Ofcourse, I remember you!” He whispered, still trying to wrap his head around why she was here, this was obviously more than a coincidence.It couldn’t just be a coincidence that he would bump into her two days in a row.“I’m just surprised to see you, again, here!” He added, his voice heavily laced with suspicion.“I’ve bumped into you two days in a row now, are you stalking me?!” He asked as he leaned into the table.“What?!” “I
Canada ….Nimi sighed deeply as soon as he was done eating, he looked around the small cafeteria in search of Annabeth but she wasn’t anywhere around. He actually wanted to apologize, even if she was actually a spy, that wasn’t the correct way to go about it, now if she was actually a spy it would now be more complicated and difficult to find her out.Well that was besides the point actually, he just wanted to apologize for his attitude earlier, something he was supposed to have done immediately she had an outburst. He pushed his chair backwards and stepped out, he inhaled deeply and exhaled as the fresh air hit him, he felt full and seemingly closer to his family.As he looked up, and he saw Annabeth walking out of the gate, he instinctively made to rush after her but the intrusive loud ringtone of his phone in his pocket stopped him, he paused with an exasperated sigh as he watched her walk out of the gate, get into her car and drive off.He slowly brought out his phone from his
Two weeks later ….“I don’t trust you, where are you taking me to,” Jenna said turning to Quinn.“I don’t understand, can’t me and my friend just dress up and go out?!” She asked and Jenna nodded with a small smile.“Okay then, whatever you say,” Jenna replied as she relaxed in her seat and took out her phone.It’s been two weeks since Franco and Elizabeth were arrested, although they tried to be smart on the court day but they weren’t so lucky, Franco was sentenced to life in prison and Elizabeth Ten years in prison.Franco committed suicide two days later but Elizabeth decided to do her terms in the realization that she deserved whatever was coming to her.She had a conversation with Annabeth, Fiona and Jenna already and she apologized to them, she admitted her wrongs and they forgave her, especially Jenna, Elizabeth was more than a mother to her than the rest of them and she loved her also.Annabeth left Canada about three days ago to go back and see her adopted family, and their l
Jenna huffed silently as she slowly looked down at her hand that Nimi had suddenly dropped and slowly tucked it in her back pocket, she had totally forgotten that Nimi mentioned he had something to do with her in the past.“You have no idea how happy I am to see you,” Nimi whispered as he disengaged from the hug and pulled her into another hug.Fiona chuckled lightly as she wrapped her hands tightly around him also, and others just sat back and watched in confusion.“It’s good to see you survived everything that happened back then, I tried to find you I promise,” he whispered and she nodded gently with a small smile.“It’s fine, you couldn’t have found me anyways, I’m happy you’re still alive also,” she said and he nodded slowly.“Well I am,” he replied , she gently held his hands and led him towards the table, Jenna exhaled deeply as she walked in behind them, just as she was about to take her seat, Fiona pulled out the chair and sat beside Nimi.Wordlessly Jenna rounded the table an
“Oh my God,” Jenna exhaled deeply as she walked towards her room and pulled the door open, Nimi quickly reached forward and pulled her back,“What are you doing?!” He asked pulling her close to himself and closed the door behind her.“Going to my room, what’s going on,” she whispered looking at him so lost.“What happened to staying with me in my room,” he whispered and her lips slowly curved into a smile realization dawning on her.“You’re a bad boy,” she whispered and he laughed as he slowly took her lips in a kiss and they made their way towards his room in a zigzag unsteady motion.“I could kiss you all day,” he whispered to her as soon as they got into his room, and she chuckled as they disengaged from the kiss.“It’s so nice to finally be in your family’s good book,” she said and he smiled, “Oh, you’re not very difficult to like, you eventually charmed them, I saw that coming,” he replied and she released a small laugh.“It didn’t quite seem like that two days ago though,” she
“What gave you the right Tolu, who exactly do you think you are to pull that rubbish stunt on me!” Nimi growled, Becky stood up at once and walked towards her children.“What’s going on Nimi, tell me what happened!” She said, Nimi slowly took his eyes off Tolu and it landed on their mother.“Can you believe she actually paid Debbie to go out with me!” He yelled his veins nearly popping out.“Haba! Tolu!” Becky exclaimed as she turned to look at her.“Was that how horrible I looked to you! I told you to trust me that I had everything under control,” he spat angrily.“And then you went ahead to pay someone to go out with me?! For what?! As what!”“You paid someone to go out with me?! The more I think about it the more annoyed I get! To think that I was even worried and felt guilty for Debbie and then I find out she wasn’t really into me!”“What if I had fallen in love with her?!”“I was just trying to help,” Tolu retorted.“You look like you needed company, I just wanted to help you!”
He slowly broke off the kiss and he looked up at her, Jenna didn’t waste time in slamming her lips back on his, he moved her closer to himself as he deepened the kiss and took charge.He stood up from the chair and carried her in his arms as they continued kissing all the way to his room.Immediately they got to the room he placed her on the bed and knelt in front of her, “Never you consider leaving me again!” He muttered as he slowly unbuttoned her pyjamas.“I can’t think straight when you’re close,” he muttered as he gently took her top off and her body came bare before him, he resumed kissing her as he gently laid her on the bed not breaking off the kiss, Jenna moaned as his arms roamed her body and her hands slowly made its way to unbuttoning his shirt also.*****The sun rays filtered in through the window, Jenna squinted her eyes in her sleep before they finally fluttered open.She looked beside her and the other side of the bed was empty, her face reddened as she pushed the du
“I don’t like her for you!”“And when have I said I want to be with her again?! I’m willing to listen to you and Tolu, you’re right Loving her had cost me a lot,” he said.“At the risk of your own happiness?! You don’t have to say anything to me Nimi, it’s written all over your face, you’re still inlove with her,” she said to him and his shoulders slowly slumped and his head curved downwards.“Why Nimi?! Why did you chose such a painful love,” she whispered.“What then do you want from me !” He muttered resignately.“I want to see you happy, I want you to look at your wife the way you look at Jenna, and you have never looked at Debbie this way,”“As much as I don’t like her for you, I don’t want you unhappy,” she said, just as he was about to reply, her phone began to ring and it was a video call from Tolu.“Mom have you heard what your son has been up to recently, can you believe that white girl is in the country and he picked her over me!” Tolu ranted as soon as the call got connect
Minutes Later …Nimi and Jenna sat side by side on the bench outside the restaurant, their hands were folded across their chest and their legs folded on each other as they stared into space quietly.“I’m guessing, somehow you read my letter,” Nimi said finally breaking the icy silence.“ I’m sorry Nimi,” she finally said as she uncrossed her legs and turned to face him.“Sorry for what exactly?!” He muttered in reply his gaze still not meeting hers.“Sorry for not trusting me?! Or sorry for not listening to me, sorry for getting rid of me and getting married to Jeremy right after?!” He added as his eyes slowly made his way towards her face.“You have all right to be angry Nimi, I don’t want to say I understand how you must have felt because I don’t ,”“I regretted my decision with every fiber of being in me Nimi, I shouldn’t have behaved so irrationally !” She said and he nodded slowly.“I hurt you Nimi and I’m sorry, I hope you find a place in your heart to forgive me,” she said and
Next day ….Canada …..“Jeremy what’s going on with Jenna?! It’s been four days nobody has heard from her ! Are you sure you haven’t either?!” Quinn asked in a small growl rolling her eyes at him, she still hated his guts and hated him more for the mere fact that he enabled Jenna to go to Canada alone with informing anyone or without their joint efforts.They were actually on a group video call, Darrell slowly placed his hands on her thighs and rubbed it slowly, trying to tell her to calm down.“I promise it was only the day she arrived I spoke to her, I haven’t been able to get through to her since then,”“Well you caused this nonsense,” she snapped and Annabeth finally cleared her throat.“Don’t get too bothered,” she said to her.“How can I not get too bothered, she’s there all alone in a strange land with no help! And worse we can’t get across to her!”“What were you thinking letting her do this huh!” “What did you guys think would be the result!” She yelled.“Relax Quinn, I’m s
Meanwhile ….Nimi packed in front of Debbie’s house, he stepped out of the car, rounded it quickly and opened the door for her.Debbie was Tolu’s friend that she had set him up with, they just had dinner and he was dropping her off and so far so good, her company had been nice.“Thank you,” she said with a wide smile as she took his hand and stepped out of the car.“I enjoyed myself today, thank you for going out with me,” she said with a small smile, and she nodded slowly.“I had fun also,” he replied, she was beautiful also, she had a fair and flawless caramel skin, she was nice and she spoke eloquently too, but the only thing was that she wasn’t Jenna.He gently stepped forward deciding to take the bull by the horn, Tolu was right he need to move forward, he gently placed tucked her hair behind her ear and pulled her close to him, slowly he bent to her height and slammed his lips on hers.He tried to muster feeling but none came, it was just bland, she definitely wasn’t Jenna but