The chiseler (BlackBook 4)

The chiseler (BlackBook 4)

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By:  ZagzahzlauOngoing
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Eloïse Woods, who adheres to her mom's footsteps in becoming an Ankara fashion designer, Meets the elegant embodiment of a telenovela model. Like water to a dying plant is this mysterious man to a desiccating heart. Eloïse breaks the suffocating chains of her dad's guidance as she plunges into the arms of the first man she decides to donate her heart to. A building begins to crumble, Fingers are pointed, Someone is used, A heart is broken. Can every broken heart really be mended? Romance/Mystery

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Chapter 1

Prologue

Hey beautiful humans. Welcome to The Chiseler BB4 (Blackbook 4) of the Woods series. Have you checked out BB1, BB2, and BB3 yet? If yes, congratulations🙂 if no, pls do check it out.

Love you all much much. Your Author Zagzahzlau.

~••~

"The shade, tsk tsk, I don't like it," I said whilst punching my phone.

My friends--Marila and Bennie--had managed to pull me out of my cocoon from the comfort of my beddings tenderness on a Saturday afternoon to the Mall out of my very own wish. 

Traditional purchase was my weak bone, but lately, I hadn't been in the mood for it for reasons not worth mentioning. Not yet.

"Are you serious right now, Eloïse?" Marila scolded, resting both arms on her hourglass waist. "This is like...the twenty-third dress you are condemning without even sparing it a glance."

For the first time in an hour did I lift my orbs off of my phone to collide with a furious set of hooded amber eyes.

Marila was an exemplar of perfection; tall she was, with prominent curves and edges. I nicknamed her hourglass for a reason. Her skin was of ivory neutral undertone, soft and smooth as a baby's butt.

"Don't plug my brows bald," I said. "As I said, the shade is horrible. One might take you for a beetroot in that dress."

Bennie, the beige warm undertone lass with tiny sterling grey eyes, showered a burst of hysterical laughter. "Eloïse, Jesus, that was so mean." 

"I was just..." Marila narrowed her once wide eyes and stomped into the changing compartment with a viscious strawberry facial mask on. "...being truthful." I shrugged.

Honestly, she deserved it. Somehow. I understood she was trying to lighten my mood by squeezing me out of my 'partially comfort' zone to the Shopping Mall, but she of all people should've known I didn't get easily fascinated when on my 'transition period' as they named it because Ace had left.

Yes, that mentally, physically, and emotionally got me on the verge of total derangement. Ace was that sweetest-everybody's dream older brother concealed in unnerving jerk clothing. He was also that older brother who would compliment you in public and savagely disgrace you in private. 

Our love was incomprehensible, a love which just both of us could understand. 

Now, when my parents announced to us--Myself, Beth, and Nate--about Ace's departure to Cameroon, we all became a ball of crying mess in the living room, especially Beth and I, crying at time intervals, with one of us picking up from where the latter stopped. Since then, my mood had never been the same.

I had bombarded my mom with several discouraging questions like; What if he gets seriously ill, you know him mum, he wouldn't go to the hospital and he might die or something worst-don't really know what could be worst than death but, I just had to say anything just so my brother could stay with us.

I starved myself for as long as two days, to no avail.

'Won't you eat today too? Just let me know so I don't stain an extra plate.'

I even threatened to fall from the rooftop.

'If you jump from up there, there are two things involved baby; it's either you get seriously injured or die. If you get injured, let me make it clear to you that hospitals are in existence and if you die, we going to make sure to call the coffin dancing guys for the funeral.she had said. That's just to name a few.

My mum, Zaphrina Tatiana Woods, is...a good woman in her own special way, who knows just how to deal with my tantrums, unlike my dad.

I heaved a sigh at how frustrated my life would be without Ace. From my peripheral vision, I sighted a guy in a grey Blueberry imprinted hoodie on a pair of black ripped jeans. His hair must have been long because a little mop of platinum blonde hair kissed his shoulder blade despite the hood. The distance didn't benefit any further detailed examination of him.

He had a peculiar way of staring at his surroundings as he did the expensive wristwatches concealed in a glass frame. Then, followed the rack of pretty expensive button-up shirts.

I watch him meticulously graze his fingertips from one shirt to another.

"Hey, Are you even listening to me?" 

Marila chimed. I hadn't even noticed her return, talk less of whatever thing she blabbered about.

"Urghh. I'm never trying this shit again. Your transition period won't be the death of me." She rolled her eyes. "I can't believe I'm leaving the Mall with a virgin credit card." 

My eyes won't quit the hoody guy as Marila kept grumbling and whining like the drama queen she is. We walked past the cashier's to the exit door when Bennie requested we paused.

"Jesus, Bennie, This is something you shoulda done ere long," Marila complained in a duh tone. "Now you going to make me embarrass myself further by standing here like a potted plant without shopping bags."

"I didn't know I desired it until I saw it." She shrugged. "I hope tchoupi likes it." 

My vision, which had managed to divert from the mysterious lad to Bennie and Marila's little dispute made me lose track of my stalkee.

"Just hurry up, I've basked in enough embarrassment today...Hey, What have you been looking at this whole time?" Marila, who had finally noticed my absent-mindedness wriggled her lengthy neck to succession. "Ohhhh, he's...hot?" she hesitated, stating the obvious; she didn't mean it.

The lad walked away from the shirt rack to the exit, just then did I meet amber eyes and shook my head at her disdainfully. 

I knew just where she was driving at; pretentious compliments, peer pressure, and pleads had become her national anthem.

Oh say! Can you see by the dawns early light...

Oh Eloïse! Can't you see by the dawns early light...

"For real," She proceeded, waving her fingers to a presently imaginary figure of him. Conducting, was what I called that. Something she often did when talking. "I mean, look at those sexy, dirty, faded jeans clinging to his muscled legs so perfectly and that local store cheap hoodie clutching his William Levy torso-" 

"Jesus Christ, Marila just stop already ok?" 

It was irritating. She had a tendency of performing this way whenever I set eyes on the opposite sex which could either be when I admired his outfit or when I spotted a flaw dangling somewhere on his physique.

"Oh Eloïse, can't you see? You are sixteen and still single." she rested a hand on my shoulder. "You ain't getting younger deary, life's short and you need to live it to the fullest with five very important aspects; shopping, spar visiting, boys, boys, and boys. As I speak, you aren't even close to experiencing half of life's most important aspects. I won't lie to you, sometimes, you make question your sexuality. Please, for the sake of our friendship, get you a boyfriend." she corked her head with a pretentious worried look. "I could hook-"

"No thanks," I swatted, almost immediately rolling my eyes at her. Even though none of such could ever halt her from lecturing me with the whole dick issues.

"Done," Bennie alerted as she walked to us with a ball of yarn, for her kitten, in hand while struggling to keep her credit card with her free hand in her purse. Together, we exited the mall to the penetrating radiance of the sun above our heads.

"Hey, thief! Somebody call the cops." 

A chubby old man exited an antique store. In his hand was a lengthy piece of carved mahogany polished wood, it took me a moment to realize that it was an African sculpted elephant's tusk. 

His short legs wouldn't expand more than three feet as he set on pursuing the said 'Thief' who's body was already vanishing down the street.

Something. Something about him stroke recognition as the image of the retreating grey hoodie slashed with that of the mysterious lad from the shopping mall.

"Can't believe this," I heard Bennie utter from behind me. "I thought such happen only at dusk."

"Well, you gotta stop thoughting Bennie. The world is coming to an end. I think I will need more guards when next I'm going shopping. I can't have this happen to my shopping bags. Oh God, I can't even imagine my poor designer shoes in the hold of such a malevolent creature."

"Hey," I called to the man who wasn't far enough from earshot. "Sir, please wait up."

The chubby man stopped abruptly as if sighted a green light before him from nowhere. He dropped the wooden elephant's tusk to clutch his knees while exhaling and inhaling heavily like he just ran a marathon when he barely even made five steps into the journey.

"I...I hope you have a good reason for stopping me," He managed to cough in between breaths. 

I walked to Mr. Chubby trying my best not to let my eyes wander around me at the numerous eyes staring. I only hoped among them wasn't an alert machine to have called the cops already.

From behind me, I heard my friends call and questioning my action but I ignored them for I was at the brink of doing something I hope I never regret. 

"What did he take from you?"

"You mean, what did he steal," he corrected. "The most valuable item of my shop worth a lot of thousands," he knelt onto the roughly tarred pavement with undeciphered muffles of what sounded like curses?

"That was the second out of three rarest Africa's most precious articles and that bast--"

"How much?" I cut him off immediately.

"Huh?"

"I detest repeating myself, sir,"

"Young woman, I'm not ready for any childish prank if that's what you and your friends have conspired. Now, get out of my moaning side will you?"

This man was getting my nerves all cooked up already.

"Eloïse, come on let's get out of here," Bennie said, pulling me by my arm.

I abruptly swatted her hands away before reaching for my purse.

With my checkbook and pen in hand, I shot my focus back to Mr. Chubby for him to see how serious I was about it.

"For the last time sir, how much does that article cost?" I rose my voice at him more than it's normal calm tone and immediately felt a stinging sensation; It wasn't my habit scolding at or replying back to elderly people. My mum once told me doing so was going to make me susceptible to misfortunes in future as per 'traditional beliefs' but this man right here gave me no choice

"That single he stole was three thousand."

"Here," I forwarded the cheque to him, "that's six. I'm interested in the other."

Sorry I don't feel it when writing in first person.

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Zagzahzlau
Dear readers, if a book isn't complete do not embark on reading it. This book isn't and won't be completed anytime soon. Read at your own risk!
2022-01-04 23:08:03
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kate Agume
Can't wait for updates. so far so good.
2021-10-12 02:37:01
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Zagzahzlau
Have you read BB1, BB2, and BB3? Rush now and enjoy the best of the Woods series.
2021-01-20 17:53:13
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30 Chapters
Prologue
Hey beautiful humans. Welcome to The Chiseler BB4 (Blackbook 4) of the Woods series. Have you checked out BB1, BB2, and BB3 yet? If yes, congratulations🙂 if no, pls do check it out. Love you all much much. Your Author Zagzahzlau. ~••~ "The shade, tsk tsk, I don't like it," I said whilst punching my phone. My friends--Marila and Bennie--had managed to pull me out of my cocoon from the comfort of my beddings tenderness on a Saturday afternoon to the Mall out of my very own wish. Traditional purchase was my weak bone, but lately, I hadn't been in the mood for it for reasons not worth mentioning. Not yet. "Are you serious right now, Eloïse?" Marila scolded, resting both arms on her hourglass waist. "This is like...the twenty-third dress you are condemning without even sparing it a glance." For the first time in an hour did I lift my orbs off of my phone to collide with a furious set of hooded amber eyes. Marila was an exemplar of perfection; tall she was, with prominent curves an
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Chapter 1
2 years later. "What on planet Earth is this?" Eloise scolded no one in particular. "Because I said 'something colorful' doesn't necessarily mean I required a rainbow," she gripped a piece of fabric from a dress already fitted on a mannequin doll. "Look at this, where the hell is this cheap fabric from? I can't remember purchasing this. Jesus," She facepalmed. "Unstitch this. It makes no sense to the design and please be snappy about it girls." "You need to calm down Eloise." Her mum muttered from behind her in her usual soothing voice. Her dyed honey brown hair carefully knitted into a single French braid. She had on her warm smile-the smile which often interpreted her words-pasted on an ever-young-looking exquisite chocolate visage. Her mum was an independent and strong lady whom she had grown up to admire. She possessed a love which couldn't be extinguished. "Mum, you know I can't calm down," she scowled, making sure to pull the latter words. "The SS20 Fashion Show will be du
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Chapter 2
"Relax, Eloïse," Marila consoled, "don't be so rigid. Move around, get acquainted, drink more. It's my birthday and this is all I wish for," she suddenly feigned drastic sadness, "Unless...unless you don't want me happy tonight. I mean, I understand that--" Eloïse rolled her eyes, "ok, fine, fine. No need to be this dramatic. But I won't get that wasted. Dad wants me home in one piece." Marila squealed, swiftly kissed her friend, and snaked to a pool of boys seated at the far end of the dim room. Eloïse wanted to dot out. She didn't like the crowd, the ear-splitting music, the fact that she knew little to no one in the party besides her best friends, she hated the stench of alcohol as it only made her remember the puke she had seen and smelled earlier that evening. Now, she knew not if her absence of socialism was associated with the fact that her dad had begun depriving her of such two years before she hit puberty. Everyone knows how that period of one's life can take a pretty big
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Chapter 3
Eloïse sauntered into the kitchen, mesmerized by the sweet scent of vanilla-flavored pancakes, where she met her mum was serenely flipping through the pages of a magazine in front of a cup of coffee as always. "Good morning, mum," she kissed her mum and drove straight to the fridge, plucked out a bottle of fresh milk, and returned to the island. "Any updates on the show?" "Nothing worth the worry." She shut her magazine portraying a fishy grin that made Eloïse want to join her friends back in bed. The latter who had begun developing a nauseating feeling of paranoia focused her attention on anything else but her mum with a grimace yet a flush. Zaphrina hummed in one of her many subversive tunes, "What's his name? How's he? Did he ask you out?" She attacked. "Jesus, mum! I didn't even attempt to open my lips." "You didn't have to, your face said it all. Come on, sweetheart," Zaphrina nearly squealed. Again, Eloïse grimaced. Heaven knew how much she wanted to spend more time with
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Chapter 4
So far looked good. Backstage was as busy as a beehive with professional hairstylists and makeup artists scrambling from left to right. Eloïse whose curiosity peeked, sneaked out of the fuss for a little spy stroll. She leaped with joy when, during her scan, Leonard LeBeau an executive from one of the renowned department boutiques in New York came in sight. He had the front row together with his associates. Her eyes scanned again from behind the curtains and she could see some of her favorite stylists. She mentally noted to have their autographs immediately after the show. There too she spotted Lupita Nyong'o and Coco Jones. Eloïse began to hyperventilate again. One would think it was her first time but of course it was since the last year an exam came along the way, two years ago, the invited celebrities didn't show up. "Eloïse," her mother called from backstage, "we need you here, please. Winnie's skirt needs a little adjustment and Edward's trousers too." "Ahh, I'm so happy ever
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Chapter 5
"What are you doing here?" "Craig as in Craig from the birthday?" Her mum asked, appalled. "Uh...meet my mum," Eloïse casually introduced. "Zaphrina Woods," Zaphrina gleefully extended her hand which the young boy kissed its back instead of shaking it. "Oh." "It is an honor to finally meet you in person, Mrs. Woods," Zaphrina barely tilted her head with questioning brows. "I am Craig Donnelly, nothing but an ordinary devotee of yours." "A fan? How incredible." He singly nodded with gentleness then diverted a placid gaze to Jeremy. "What happened?" Zaphrina and Eloïse's eyes fluctuated from one man to the other, bewildered.Jeremy lowered his head remorsefully. "I'm sorry for the inconvenience, Mrs. Woods. My cousin here messed up a good fraction of the show and I'm immensely ashamed," he shot Jeremy a deadly stare, "My pleas of being extra careful and alerted, considering how important this show is to you, unfortunately, was water on a duck's back." "Your cousin," Zaphrina's b
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Chapter 6*
She looked quaint in all her glory,Modest, absolute yet peppy.Twice in sight and all I'm gone,Will I ever see her again when all this is done?An instant I wish,To see thy imperfections nearest,An instant I wish,I could heed thy voice, dearest. Confess my name once and down the hill I shall tumble.Confess my name once and down my heart shall stumble. "Hmm. Still fantasizing, eh?" The voice startled the young boy inducing him to shut his biro in his journal to offer his entire attention to his friend. "She's not your league, Greene, even in the dream world," The chunky man consoled in his usual way with a light tap on the blonde-haired boy's shoulders. "Here, I got something to eat." He dropped an opaque plastic bag of laminated loaf on the tattered three-legged mite-eaten study table. The young boy stared at the loaf as if it had offended him in his previous life. "Don't stare at it that way," he plopped on a mouse deformed sofa with a heavy huff. "If anything, give it than
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Chapter 7
Marila posed into a straight face statue on Eloïse's bed, her legs yoga folded and said nothing. They'd all returned home after a partially good stroke not so good show: at least she's had the opportunity to see Craig again and talked to him longer than their first, contrarily, she'd missed the exhibit of her second haute couture after improperly digesting the prior. And not to forget, she'd missed encountering Leo, Mary Mcbourne, and the celebrities. What a drastic loss. Hopefully they showed up in the days to come. "You're getting annoying with this, Marila." Eloïse, while on the vanity mirror, unclipped her leaf filigree earrings and carefully placed it in her jewelry box. "He's not that...straightfaced." She made a face before releasing the last word. After deserting her father, who had driven them home and thought she had wasted so much time than necessary for a lady in the restroom, her friends had their eyes bulging out like a scroll and Marila won't stop asking her repeated
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Chapter 8
It was the last day of the fashion week, Eloïse, fortunately, got to meet Coco again and had an autograph. Unfortunately, she didn't get to see Lupita but at least other celebrities showed up though she wasn't much into them like Bennie and Marila were. In the course of the event, Eloïse had been neck-stretching into the crowd hoping to see Craig, hoping he'd not left, hoping something held him back but all hopes shattered at his absence. Sometimes, she'd been tempted to go to the electrical district but ended up biting back from it. Her opinion or query wasn't going to change a thing. Nonetheless, Eloïse's heart was like parceled granulated sugar since her mum informed her a day ago that Leonard called to have a dialogue about her haute couture, and tomorrow she'll be meeting him. Her head screamed with joy. Her dream of becoming a renowned fashion designer was a step away. The sad thing about the day was her friends left at dusk. They'd planned on visiting
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Chapter 9
Eloïse froze. She scanned for an ounce of prank on her friends faces but there was none. They could be mistaken. The only person she knew Marila to have a problem with his facial expressions was Craig and she knew him not to be in town since the previous day. "Who is it?" She quizzed with uncertainty, flickering her gaze from sterling grey to bluish-green eyes. "Hello, Ladies." She heard a familiar yet shocking nectareous melody that led to a charming demeanor in a body-clinging tee on a pair of three-quarter leg Bermuda cargo shorts. It was her first time to see him in casuals, he looked wonderfully dashing. In his grip was an opaque white biodegradable plastic bag. His lips twitched to a barely noticeable side smile. Eloïse's breathe stuck midway through her trachea with her eyes, widened like saucers. "Hi, Craig," her friends responded in unison. "I...uh...thought you left." "Thought I would. Unfortunately, circumstances didn't let me." Marila pretentiously cleared her throa
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