Zara
My phone rang from its position on the nightstand beside our bed, waking me up from my slumber. It was not morning yet so I wondered who would be calling me at that hour. I obviously knew that the call was from Nigeria because I didn't know anybody in Greece.
I stretched my hand in annoyance and grabbed the phone from the stand.
It was Lotanna. The fact that it was five am here and Nigeria was two hours behind was making me perplexed at why she was calling me at three am. I answered reluctantly.
"Tanna, don't you sleep?" I slurred.
"I saw a blog post about you" she said rapidly. I rolled my eyes and said "yeah, haven't we all?"
"No no another one. This one actually cleared your name in fact. There was a lot of new information about you and your relationship with Aminu. People were really apologetic. You can check it out" she rapidly said and hung up.
Zara.My heart wanted to explode when I saw all my friends and family in front of me. Louis, Tanna, Tayo, Lanre, Tiara, Anita, even my aunt and surprisingly Nonso. There was also a lady I had never met before, I guessed I would get to know her tonight.I screamed out my lungs, jumping frantically as I started hugging each and every one of them. I was so happy to see them and in that moment, I realized how much I missed them. I also realized why Aminu was being so sketchy the whole day. He was pulling all this together. I had tears in my eyes as I greeted my friends.The strange lady who was really beautiful came up to me and hugged me "Hi, I'm Hadiza. A friend of Aminu's""Hi Hadiza" I said smiling her.Louis came up last and hugged me so tightly "I missed you" he whispered and pulled away."I missed you too" I
Aminu. We both knelt there as I stared at her, nervously waiting for her answer. I was hyperventilating and dreading the fact that she was taking a little bit to long to answer. Did she not want to marry me? Did she not love me enough to want forever with me. I was anxious and my forehead was sweaty. I had never been in this kind of position. I knew it was not going to come easily because Zara wasn't an easy nut to crack and I also never spoke to her about marriage or anything of the sort all in a bid to surprise her, I now realized that I should have spoken to her about it at least to know where she stood. I just hoped she wouldn't turn me down. It would absolutely crush my soul. "Zara" I whispered. She drew in a sharp breath at the mention of her name and I almost panicked until she slowly brought Her finger up to the opening of the ring. "Yes... Yes I'll marry you" she said as more tears d
ZaraNigeria..We were finally back to the country after a really long trip and rounds and rounds of love making. I went to Greece a girlfriend, and now I was engaged. My happiness knew no bounds. I was more than ecstatic about this. I was still on cloud nine and I wasn't going to come down for a very long long time. Maybe even until the wedding.The way I was being treated by Aminu, I only prayed for my friends and every other woman to find love like this because it was beautiful. I really really missed him like no man's business. He was with me earlier but had to go and meet a week's worth of work that he couldn't delegate to his psycho brother claiming it was too confidential for him to do that.I reminisced on the events that happened in Greece when my room door creaked open and brought in Tanna my best friend who I hadn't seen since Aminu had to put them on another of his jets so they could come
ZaraToday was the launch of Amira group. Aminu's chain of companies that included an airline, a shipping arm, a tank farm and oil distribution wing and a security firm. Aminu surprisingly also opened a beach resort last minute. The company was already making waves and getting clients even before it was launched. I knew we hit a jackpot with this one.I was currently doing my hair and makeup in my very big walk in closet. Aminu has a glam team set up for me for some reason. He ordered hair, makeup and the best stylist in Lagos who's name was Jerry, to dress me up. It was all a little overwhelming for me because I never had this kind of treatment before even for our engagement, but this was a big day so I really wanted to soak it all in. This was probably going to be how my life would work from now on.I looked heavenly when they were done with me, like something from a Hollywood movie. Jerry dressed me in a sheer green l
ZaraLouis gave a hearty introduction of Aminu to which Aminu came up on stage and gave him a hand shake per formalities. I knew he wanted to hug Louis for that very mushy introduction.Aminu stood at the podium and I knew he was already searching for me by the way his eyes were moving around. When his eyes finally landed on me, his chest visibly came down and he started."Ladies and Gentlemen, thank you for being here today to witness the unveiling of Amira Group of Companies." He said and got an applause in response. I wanted to scream for him but I read my environment quite well and saw that it wasn't necessary.He continued after the applause died down "This is a company that is very dear to my heart, I spent the last few years working on putting it together and I'm just glad that it's finally here." Another applause. The speech went on for another three to four minutes and I couldn't help but no
ZaraI felt horrible as I exited the door to the chalet and almost didn't notice Patrick leaning on the wall with his back like the creepy person that he was. I stopped abruptly because he was partially blocking my way."Wow Zara, you look beautiful." He said when I opened my mouth to tell him to excuse me.I rolled my eyes. I wasn't in the mood for his mind games. "Would you just let me pass?" I said."Oh I will dear I will. How are you enjoying your evening though?" He said smirking devilishly."Don't fucking patronize me Patrick. I know what you did and soon, everyone will know it too" I said. This was the first time I was threatening someone, but if I was right about Patrick then he deserved it because he was a horrible person."Wow, she swears" he said feigning surprise. I glared so hard a him and I was doing everything in my power not to swipe my hand a
ZaraI was in utter pain as my heart pounded painfully in my chest at the sight in front of me. So this was the reason why Aminu sent me away. It hurt so much to even look at his head on Jasmine's shoulder and Jasmine caressing his head. Only God knew what had gone on before I walked in here.They still hadn't noticed my presence until I sniffed as tears rolled down my cheeks. Aminu's head whipped up and when he saw me, he pushed Jasmine away. Jasmine who was wearing a smug look on her face.Aminu betrayed me. This was what Lanre didn't want me to see."Zara.." Aminu said standing up.I closed my eyes, trying not to scream.I immediately walked out of the room to avoid doing anything that would involve throwing a fit or tantrum. I promised myself that I would never fight over a man. And even as much as I loved Aminu, if he chose to be disloyal to me then there was no point.I could hear Aminu chase after me, eventually blocking
This was a day that I looked forward to. Taking a big step with my partner and love and launching this amazing venture only for it to end in disaster and tears. Sad was an understatement."Are you going to talk about it now or you're not up to it?" Louis said while he drove us home as he didn't like having a driver. I kept mute not because I was ignoring him but because I couldn't talk at all. I couldn't bring myself to without bawling my eyes out again so I just sat in that passenger's seat trying to think about anything but Aminu until I fell into a deep slumber.**I woke up in bed in my night wear with Tanna laying by my side. I noticed that my hair was out and my makeup also cleaned. Tanna probably did all that for me. She was such a wonderful friend. I looked at the time. It was just a little after 7am on Saturday. Immediately I moved, Tanna woke up as well."Hey, Zara are you okay" she asked a