Zara
I 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
ZaraIt had been two weeks since I had contact with anyone other than my cousin Louis and my best friend Tanna. Aminu had tried getting in contact with me and so did Lanre and Tayo but I resolved to blocking them all for the moment. I hated what I was doing but I wasn't ready to face anyone yet.Today was the first day in two weeks that I was going in to work. I had been working from home so as to not piss the board and my aunt, but I just didn't want any human contact. Up until this moment I still felt very horrible about what happened at the launch.Aminu had come to my house multiple times each day to see if I would talk to him, even Tanna begged me to see him but I refused. I wasn't ready to listen to him without screaming at him. I sat at my table in the office looking affectionately at the ring on my finger. I still hadn't taken it off. I couldn't bring myself to do
AminuI was devastated. I could barely sleep or eat knowing that my fiancée wasn't speaking to me. I hadn't seen or spoken to her in two weeks and Louis was not helping matters at all. He never allowed me close to her, talking about 'you weren't loyal to her'.I knew very well that it looked bad, what I did. But I had an explanation that apparently nobody wanted to hear. I took a large gulp of the whiskey in my glass and poured myself another one, taking a large drag off the cigar in between my fingers. This was what I had resorted to in order to ease the pain of my love being far away from me.I looked fondly at the bracelet on my wrist which had her name on it. I bled in my heart about this scenario we were in at the moment. I had lost count of the many bouquets I had sent to her house and office everyday for the past two weeks with no response back.
Aminu"Here, got this for you" I said giving my lover the gift I bought for her. She reluctantly took it, looking at me skeptically."I hope you didn't go spending millions on this, I'll just cry." She said and I laughed."No no. Just open it baby" I said smiling at her.She opened the long and slim box to reveal a silver necklace with a sapphire pendant. Her jaw dropped."Aww this is so pretty" she said gushing over it. I knew she would think it was expensive. It actually wasn't, well not by my own standards anyway."Babe. These look like diamonds" she said giving me a look while inspecting the chain."Yeah.. um they are actually. The blue sapphire in the middle is your birthstone." I said trying to spare myself the lecture that was coming. She had told me before to tone down the expensive gifts for now when she foun
ZaraIt was the weekend and Aminu and I decided to spend it together in his house. Especially since I would soon be living with him as his wife, it would be good to get to know the house and get acquainted with it.I was currently in the kitchen whipping up an Igbo delicacy for him. I was making Ugba (shredded oil bean) with goat meat and Palm wine for him. I had gotten the palm wine from a vendor here in Lagos who had so many good reviews. This was the very first time I was cooking for him so I wanted it to be sumptuous.I was already in the final stages of preparing the meal when i felt a set of powerful arms wrap around my waist."Mmm. That smells lovely baby." He said and kissed my neck."Thank you. Wait until you taste it." I said, trying to ignore the things that Aminu's touch and kisses were doing to my body.He bit my ear and whispered "what if I want
Zara"Mm this is delicious. You know, I've never had this dish even though my mother is Igbo. She's more gourmet than anything else. But this is spectacular. I've been missing a lot..." Aminu complimented, but all I could think about was the anxiety associated with the fact that Aminu's mother was coming to town soon and I would soon meet her.Contrary to what people thought, I wasn't not very excited to meet her as the scenes with me and the rest of Aminu's family members weren't very delightful or pleasant. Meeting her might very well solidify the fact that none of them would accept me. Well I still was not sure where I stood with his father. That was also a problem."Baby.. Zara" Aminu tapped and called before my mind came back from wonderland."Oh, sorry what were you saying" I said blinking rapidly. I didn't know what he said beyond missing a lot."I was saying how I love th
ZaraWhat was she doing here? I was already very relieved that my prospective mother in law was being super nice to me and now my nightmare on legs walks in? Was this a curse or what?Aminu's mother also looked disturbed. Lakisha was probably a known problematic figure."Well, what an awesome surprise" Aminu's mother said."Hi mom" Lakisha said walking towards us. I looked at Aminu who looked very pissed. He seemed like he was giving his sister a warning through his eyes.Lakisha walked up to us and gave her mother a hug. "Hi bro," she said, not bothering to hug him or acknowledge me. It was expected though since she had made it abundantly clear that she didn't like me."What are you doing here Kiki you didn't tell me you were coming," Aminu's mother said looking very worried. Something wasn't right."Well, am I not allowed to come see my
AminuI immediately pulled over because I was literally seeing red. Zara had just told me that she saw a resemblance with my son and Patrick? Patrick?? I was livid, why would she ever think that."Aminu why'd you pull over" she said with surprise."What the fucking hell are you talking about?" I yelled. I was glad I didn't use my driver today. This was a very private conversation.She closed her eyes and sighed "I.. I haven't been able to look at that boy closely but today, I saw his face very well. I had a good two minutes to look and him properly and thank God that your family compound is bright at night. Try picturing Nasir's face beside Patrick's" she explained.I almost got angry at her but then again, she may have a point. I didn't need anyone to tell me that Zara is literally the most observant person I'd ever seen and very smart as well. Most of her words were accurate. An