As she glanced at her reflection in the mirror, she was pleased with what she saw. "Indeed! I'm endowed with beauty." She said complimenting her looks, turning round to check her outfit. She was putting on a short, black, tight-fitted gown and the heavy makeup did enough work to embellish her face. She walked over to her shoe rack and picked a black high-heeled stiletto that matched her outfits. "Hey, Maria I'm off to work." She shouted as she walked out of the house hurriedly. "Hey." she waved trying to stop a cab. The man parked and wound down the windshield. "Golden Ville." "500 Naira " "Okay," she replied as she opened the passenger sit and hop in * * * * "Hey Good morning to y'all," she said lackadaisically as she walked inside the office. Only few people responded to her greetings because she hardly associate with them. Some of them tagged her as the "Proud peacock." The Accounting department office is a big and wide space that conveyed all their employee
Chapter 10 As Bella walked over to the reception counter, she met a familiar figure standing opposite Shade. "Look who we have here," she mumbled to herself. "Hi, Good evening." Stella greeted Immediately she got to where he was standing. As he glanced back, his eyes Interlocked with those pair of lovely eyes for a while before she broke the eye contact. His face lit up with excitement as he almost pulled her in a tight hug before he restrained himself, else he had need one hell of an explanation to give, and he can't afford to get on her dark side at this early stage. He has to shoot his shot accurately. "Hi, pretty." He said flirtatiously. "Hi." She simply waved at him making sure her diamond ring flashed brightly across his face. He got the message immediately and his heart sank. "Shit! She's married." He cussed silently. "It's been a while, I have not be seeing you here even though I come here everyday. Do you work here?" He asked after regaining his composure. "Yeah
Chapter 11 A few minutes after placing their orders, the waiter brought their food. They ate quietly, Bola was expecting her to bring up a conversation but she never did and they just ate in silence. The silence between them was odd and weird; at least, It is normal to chat while eating and then talk about whatever they have after eating but Bella never utter a word. "Hope you enjoyed your meal?" Bella asked as she picked up the wipes to clean her mouth after they were done with their food. "Sure, I did. We all know Vinnie's chefs are pros, they prepare delicious food." "Well, they're in the leading position for their outstanding characteristics and I believe their meal is also a constituent," Bella added with a smile plastered on her face. The conversation they were having was not what Bola was expecting. "Probably she's still trying to be friendly before hitting her with her main motive. "I wonder why she's going through corners before she strikes. Whatever she's preparin
Chapter 12 As Mr. Ekpeyong stepped out of the car, he walked towards the entrance of the supermarket tucking his car key in his pocket. He has made it a point of duty to come there every day even though he doesn't need what he was buying and he made sure he goes there towards the evening time so that he'd be able to see Stella. "It's just sad that she's married." At the pulse of the moment, Stella walked out making him almost bump into her. "I'm sorry about that," he apologized. "Oh! It's nothing," Stella replied with a brief smile. "Can you just stop flashing this lovely smile of yours because it seems to be driving me nuts," he muttered under his breath. "Oh, M.r Ekpeyong. Thanks for your patronage, we hope to see more of you here in our supermart." Maybe this was where Stella made it wrong because Mr. Ekpeyong construed the statement into another thing entirely."Wow! She hopes to see me?" He thought as a smile slowly crept onto his face. Stella arched her eyebrows wi
Gathering every little strength within her, she continued running as fast as her legs could carry her. She dare not stop, or else she was gonna die; not just normal death but an excruciating one at that.The strange old woman was also determined to get to her, the look on her face alone screamed DEATH. Though the woman looks feeble and frail, but her legs were strangely fast as she pursued her swiftly, holding the hem of her wrapper. She was carrying a shiny cutlass in her hands breathing heavily as she continued running. "I will chop off your head! It's just a matter of time before I get to you." She threatened, breathing heavily with her legs making a resounding sound.Stella glanced back at her as she made the statement. "Oh! Somebody help me," she cried as she was gradually running out of strength, sweating profusely with her heart beating with great ounce.There's no doubt, if this woman should get to me then I'll be dead meat." She thought as she continued running with ever
The knock on the door made Stella drift out of her deep slumber; she has been sleeping all day. After bathing the kids, prepare their breakfast, she went back to the bedroom to take a nap. Her body was oddly weak, she didn't bother to go to the mall since it was Saturday and the kids are not going to school.The strange dream she had that morning was mind-boggling and scary. Her husband was not even around, else she would have narrated the strange dream to him and then pray together."Come in," she said yawning lightly."Mummy, someone is at the door," Felix said as he walked inside."Oh! I will go get it now." She replied as she got down from the bed and headed to the bathroom to go wash her face. She carried her legs forcefully as the throbbing pain In her head persisted. Immediately Stella inserted the key in the door keyhole and turned the doorknob, she was taken aback by who she saw at the door. "Mr. Ekpeyong?" She questioned with an utterly confused look. He flashed a
Chapter 15 After forcing herself to get out of bed that morning, Stella went to the kid's room to get them dressed for church and prepare for Sunday service. Her body was still not feeling okay or normal, she was just forcing herself to do the chores that morning and there was no way she's gonna miss church service. "Mommy, are you not feeling well?" Felix questioned after noticing his Mom's demeanor that morning. "Huh! I'm fine." "But your face looks pale, Mom." He uttered with concern. "Looks like mommy is about to fall sick," Janice added. "No, not at all. I'm fine, I'm just having a minor headache." She replied with a wave of hands just to allay their worries.The beeping of her phone caught her attention, she glanced at the screen to check the caller; it was an unknown number. "Excuse me." She uttered as she picked up the call. "Morning, pretty Angel." The voice said from the other end. Stella let out a scoff. "Excuse me, who is on the line?" "This is Tochuckwu. I m
Bella stood outside waiting for Maria to come open the door. While waiting for Maria to come open the door, she brought out her phone from her handbag and dialed Stella's number. She has promised to call once she gets home."Hello, Bella. Are you at home already?" Stella's question came in immediately after she picked up the call."Yes, I got home just now. Thanks for the kind gesture you showered upon me today, I appreciate everything you do.""It's my pleasure.""Yeah, thank you. See you some other time.""Okay, bye. Take care." She said and hung up."Maria, come and open the door for me!" Bella yelled as she placed another heavy knock on the door."Gosh! Where is this lady?" She grumbled impatiently."A moment, please. I'm coming." She heard Maria's indistinct voice. "What kept you so long? I have been standing here close to an hour." She complained as Maria opened the door. "I was in the bathroom." "Whatever!" "So, are you just coming back from Stella's place or you went s