Chapter 6

••Joseph's POV••

Seeing Amaka again after four years of ending my relationship with her makes my blood boil hot.

I try so hard to forget her, but it is the hardest thing I do. My family cannot know that I have an affair with a poor girl. Although I take her innocence, that does not mean I must marry her. Nevertheless, she is the prettiest girl I have ever seen.

When she walks into my office, my heart skips several beats, and I gasp for air.

My jaw drops in surprise, but I swiftly compose myself when I see the shock on her face too.

Amaka is more than shocked to see me, but I switch to my stoic side, maintaining my professionalism. I pretend like I never know her, but my manhood keeps twitching in my boxers, longing for her wonderful touch.

"Um, have a seat," I gesture to her.

Amaka tries to ask me if I know her, but no way am I going back. I move on, and my father wants me to court a senator's daughter. Her father owns several businesses too and is a great philanthropist.

Her name is Nina Stanley. She is tall, pretty, and twenty-four years old. You guess right—I lie to Amaka Roland about my age.

I am twenty-five years old when I meet Amaka. I am coming from the gym that day when I see her going home with her younger sister.

Amaka wears an armless dress, and seeing how beautiful she is in that body-hugging red dress, I cannot get her out of my mind.

She comes from an average family and is easily gullible. When I approach her then, I am scared she will reject me if I tell her my real age, so I lie to her just to get her to date me.

I shower Amaka with gifts, but she only thinks about marriage.

She wants me to marry her—an eighteen-year-old girl. I only want sex so that my body can calm down from the level of effect she has on me.

I have no idea that my father plans to relocate after his last successful business deal that makes him more famous.

Dad discloses to my mother and the three of us that we will not live in Palazzo Town anymore, and we have to move to the island of the city, where he can afford more luxury and a comfortable lifestyle.

This cuts my relationship with Amaka short, as I would love to sleep with her over again before I relocate with my family.

Amaka is heartbroken after I finally sleep with her. She delays us having sex because she says she wants to keep her virginity until marriage.

She does not want to lose herself to just any man, and I lie to her that I will marry her just to taste her juicy cake.

I am a twenty-nine-year-old man now and will be thirty in a month's time. My father hands over this company branch to me after I prove my worth. While he continues with his new establishment on the island.

As for my younger brother, Aaron, he is twenty-five and has recently graduated. Although he has no interest in business and is into filming and skit-making, my father will not have that and wants to force Aaron into managing the company branch. But Aaron does not care.

Well, now I am confused about what to do.

Seeing that questioning look on Amaka's face, I know that I wrong her. I recall she later calls me with a different number after I block her line and try to forget about her.

I recall that night Amaka calls me and tells me she is three months pregnant.

I am shocked, as I am at home with my mother. Mom notices the change in my demeanor, and she tries to ask me what the problem is. She tells me, "What is wrong, Joseph? You look so tense, like you hear bad news. What happened?"

"Nothing, Mom. Excuse me," I quickly retreat to my room on the top floor and make it clear to Amaka that we are over.

That is the worst day of my life, as I feel so bad to cut her off.

I warn Amaka never to call me again, saying, "Do not ever call me again, Amaka. We have sex only once. You refuse me from touching you, so how can you conceive from that encounter?"

"But..." she begins.

"No buts. I use protection, and I remember withdrawing from you when we make love again!" I state firmly to her. "Go on and look for who else you sleep with and pin your child on him, and do not call me again."

Gosh! The memory comes flooding back now, and I am confused about what to do.

Should I own up that I know Amaka Roland?

Should I tell Amaka that I am sorry and that I have not forgotten about her? I am so confused, but seeing her smile with Simon makes me jealous.

Amaka is very beautiful, and she has a cute dimple on her chubby cheeks.

I cannot look away from her face, and I recall how heavenly it tastes to kiss her lovely pink lips.

"Sir, it is already 7 p.m., and most of the staff have left. Are you not going home today?" My head security, Tyler Ivan, comes into my office and speaks to me.

"You're right. I will be going back home now," I say, rising from my office chair. I shut down my laptop and pack it up to leave the company. I set it into my briefcase, as I have some unfinished business to do.

My phone rings, startling me out of my trance. I pick up my phone from my office desk where I keep it. I glance at the caller's ID and see that it is Nina calling me.

I get engaged to Nina last month because my father is on my neck, insisting that I marry Nina, and there is nothing else that I am waiting for. We are rich, and likewise Nina's family.

Under my father's pressure, I get engaged to Nina even though it is not what I want.

Nina is a business student. She is very professional and manages one of her father's private businesses. She is classy and not the type of lady to mess with.

I love sex, and even after I fall out with Amaka and move over to the city, I sleep with a few young women that I pay to do it with.

Nina will not let me touch her, as she says no sex until we are married.

I respect Nina's choice, and since my father wants us to marry, I respect my father a lot. He comes from a humble background and works hard to achieve the height that he is at today.

I cannot say no to my father's request, so I comply and engage Nina Stanley.

I do not engage Nina because I love her. I do not feel anything for her, but I do respect her and her professionalism. It gives me a sense that she will educate my children well, and she is not a loose woman.

But now that I see Amaka Richard again, memories that I bury long ago resurface. Feelings of the past that I try so hard to forget come rushing back into my mind.

Even thinking about Amaka now—her smile, her looks, and the way her big brown eyes hold mine—makes my dîck twitch, longing for her touch.

"You can leave, Tyler. I will soon leave. Let me answer this call," I tell Tyler, and he replies, "Alright, boss."

Tyler exits my office, and I answer my incoming call. "Hello, babe."