The class was noisy as usual,everyone seemed to be speaking at the top of their voice,a female lecturer had just left the
class.Hannah sat with her friends talking,
'This woman self,her own too much' Bukola hissed.
'I don't blame her,that Phd thing is shacking her body' Molz said,the girls burst out laughing
They were laughing at their Public Administration studies Lecturer who just left the class,
'Let her go and find a man to marry jare,she's almost 40,yet no man in sight.'Molz said looking around the hall.
'She's married to her Phd Cert o' Bukky joined in.
'But seriously,whats delaying her,she's got a car,a house,and degrees to be proud of,her shape self na baba' Hannah said.
'Truth be told,with the way she shouts and scream at us,do you pray for such a lady for your brother.'Molz laughed.
'Tufiakwa,thank God i don't even have a brother.'Bukky said smiling.
'Me too,i have only got a beautiful sister,' just then a message came on her phone,she opened it to see an alert from Jacob,he'd sent her a whooping sum of 200,000.
Bukola who had seen the wide smile on her face guessed it was an alert. 'Hanny na alert be that o' she said.
Hannah looked at her making a puppet face,'I always knew you were a witch'she said putting her phone into her purse.
'Before nko,money don come o,make we spend am jare.'Molz laughed.
'That must be from handsome uncle Jacob'Bukky added.
'You don dey fall abi' Hannah laughed.
'You go carry us comot o' Molz said.
'Did i tell you guys that Akin took us out on Saturday'Hannah said looking at her friends.
'Yeh,lovey dovey o,and you were forming Jackchan here on friday,see your life'Bukky said eyeing her.
'Actually,i was bored on saturday and he offered to take i and my roommates to the pool,i didn't know he was that loaded sha,he took us in his ride'Hannah gisted her friends.
'Ha ha,we don miss big time o,Rotimi nko?' Bukola asked
'E dey o,he even called this morning,he wanted to see me this evening,but i lied that i was going to the library after class'
'Don't you think its time you get serious with him,this shakara is getting too much now'Molz said seriously.
'I agree with Molade o,give this guy a chance now,see the way girls are frolicking around him,and even a blind man can perceive that he's got eyes for you alone'Bukola said.
'I have heard you girls,this was the same thing Cynthia told me,i kind of like the guy,i just want him to fall hard,i want to be sure he's really into me.'Hannah explained to her friends.
The class suddenly became quiet as a lecturer came in,Hannah and her friends adjusted their sitting position,as the lecturer turned to face the class,Hannah froze,when she saw Prof. Boyle.
She'd forgotten about the text she received,she relaxed in her seat,bending a bit low,so that he would not see her,she had to go and see him immediately after his class.
He'd only spent an hour lecturing them before he packed his books and left,Hannah followed him out of the class.
'Excuse me sir' Prof Boyle turned to see her.
'Good afternoon sir' she said breathlessly.
'Yes,young lady what can i do for you?' he said without looking at her.
'You asked to see me sir' Prof Boyle looked at her now.
'Oh,its you,i have a class now check me later in my office' With this he turned and entered his car.
Hannah walked dejectedly back to meet her friends,who had been waiting for her,
'Hmm hmmm,what were you discussing with read or fail'Molz asked Hannah as she walked up to them.
Prof Boyle was popularly known for his read or fail slang.while some called him Prof Ewo{boil}.
'He asked to see me this morning,i'd forgotten to check on him' Hannah said bringing out her purse from the bag.
'When were you planning to tell us,or is it strictly yellow pawpaw and Boil?'Bukky said laughing.
'See you o,dirty mind,i don't know what you're talking about o'
'But what does he want from you?'Molz asked looking at Hannah.
'He hasn't said anything to be afraid of anyway and he's a decent man.'
'Decent kini, he's as guilty as guilty,his hands are not clean o.he's just being discreet about it,maybe he wants to taste your pudding' bukky answered.
'You're a bad girl Bukky,lets wait till we hear from him first.'
'Na una sabi o'
'Enough of this gossip'Hannah shouted at her friends'Am famished jare'
'Me too,you promised to take us out now'Molz said
'Its okay,i have my ATM here,lets go girls' Hannah said,they waved two bike men and off they went.
It was late evening,she had on a tube and a leggings,she was reading but she found it hard to concentrate,what troubled her mind was Prof Boyle,she'd checked him three times,but he wasn't in the office,was Bukola right?was he interested in having a taste of her pudding?if not what else did he want from her.
Maybe she was just overhyping the whole stuff self.
She put a call through to Jacob to thank him.
Just as she dropped the call,another call came through,she froze when she saw Prof Boyle's name on screen.
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She sat on the chair by the dressing table,combing her hair,although her hair was short,she looked beautiful,her hair was well trimmed,she enjoyed the sweet sensation that nimbled in her stomach each time she drove a comb through her hair.
Adetoun just had her bath,it was a monday morning and she had no where to go,she started laughing all of a sudden,each time she remembered Uncle Titus face,while telling her parents his rehearsed rooster and bull story about how he got a swollen lips,she laughed again.
Titus lied to the family during dinner that he fell on the stairs hitting his lips on the wall,everyone had laughed at him,only Adetoun knew the real story behind those swollen lips.
Luck had been on her side this past two days,she'd been careful not to provoke Biyisi,although she had received two dirty slaps on Sunday morning for boiling too much water for tea,actually it was Adeola who boiled the water,she had gone to the kitchen to check the water when Biyisi flopped in like a toad,thank God she hadn't asked the silly girl to mix the tea,or else she would have received the beating of her life.
After service on sunday Biyisi went out,that afforded her the opportunity to visit Priye at home,he'd been so happy to see her,he prepared a nice dish of spaghetti and sardine stew for her with a cold pack of juice to step down with it,they wouldn't be seeing much during the week,Priye was so caring,he asked if she needed anything,which she declined,she lacked nothing even the money he gave her was still breathing where she kept it.
They had sex as usual,Priye was indeed a good lover,he knew how to satisfy her,each time they had sex she was always floating in heaven,making her forget her sorrow at the moment,he would explore inside of her,taking her to heights unattainable.He loved her so much.
She'd return home before Biyisi to prepare supper for the family,Adekunle was there to help her,he was so excited about his date with Daniella and he shared every single detail of it with her.
There had been no shouting or flogging,and this morning everyone had gone about their business,her father to his place of work,that man she thought was as useless as the P in Psychology.
Biyisi had gone to work too,Adeola and Yemi to school,and Adekunle to his lesson center.
Even randy Titus had gone out,leaving her as the alpha and omega of the house at the moment,she'd just had breakfast,she sat on the bed thinking about the dormant lifestyle she lived,she was not moving forward nor backward,she was just stagnant.
She loved reading novels of any kind that appealed to her,she was about to open the one she bought of recent,when she heard tapping on the door,maybe it was their neighbor's door,she heard someone knock again,this time she stood up to answer it.
To her surprise it was that silly uncle Titus,she let him in without a word,and headed to her room,the sight of that man this days was nauseating,she locked her door firmly and sank on the bed.
'Adetounnnnnn' he called her five times,she answered after the fifth time.
'Sir?' she saw him in the sitting room,watching a programme n TV.
'Why didn't you answer when i called you?' he asked facing her.
'Sorry,i......i...... had an earpiece....... to my ears.' she stammered,what was it about this man that made her gittery?
'Can i get something to eat'
'Yes,there's rice and stew.'
'Get me a plate.' he ordered.
Adetoun left for the kitchen,she could tell his eyes were on her,she tried to stiffen her body making sure her buttocks were not wriggling.
She got a plate and dished some rice adding the fish stew,she put it in a tray with a spoon and a glass of water,she met an empty sitting room.'Uncle Titus your food is here o' she dropped it on the dinning.
'Please bring it to my room'
Adetoun sensed trouble,this man was surely going to have a broken head this time,should he try anything silly.
She carried the tray to his room,he collected it from her and dropped it on the small table in the room.Adetoun was glad that he behaved himself this time,she quickly walked out of his room.
But randy Titus was faster,he kicked her legs hard,she fell down and hurriedly locked the door,he stood behind the door glaring at her as she struggled to her feet.
She stood still looking at him,she screamed out loud.
'Bravo' Titus said clapping,maybe you should scream louder,your knight in shining armour might appear to save you.
Adetoun shuddered,as she stood,her legs were shaking,screaming was not going to help,and crying was not an option either.it was Monday and everyone was out.she had to be brave to fight this .
'What are you thinking about my little princess' he mocked her.
Adetoun merely shook her head,she was more than confused,as Titus picked his steps towards her,
'This morning,we're going to finish our little business which you disrupted on Saturday,Now pull your clothes before i tear it off you'
He glared at her with a wicked smile on his lips.
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One companion she had come to love was the mirror,it never failed to tell the truth,she'd always enjoyed the beautiful moment they shared together every morning.
Excitement surged through her as she rolled out of bed,she headed to the bathroom,she brushed her teeth,and rinsed her mouth,looking at the smiling face in the mirror,she'd woken up with a new excitement today,allowing the thought of Jacob slip to the back of her mind,at least her mirror was faithful unlike Jacob Smith.
She had a tete a tete with her bathroom mirror before going to her bedroom to dress up,finally she would be leaving for camp,she was going to have enough fun and not wither away thinking about Jacob.
The more she tried to ease him away from her mind,the harder it bacame,she could perceive the aroma of something delicious that Rose was preparing,she creamed her body,with caro white,rubbing her beautiful skin gently,it glowed like that of a baby.
Her phone vibrated on the bed,that must be a text message,those network provider could be funny at times,sending numerous Jacob yawned lazily on the bed,the alarm rang again. Gosh! he wanted to break that alarm,it was ringing with the intention of waking a dead man,and he wasn't a dead man or so he thought,his soul had been paralysed since sunday morning when he discovered Jane's disappearance.
This alarm must be crazy he sighed,as its sound penetrated his thoughts again,since he arrived at his 'Den' as he tagged it,he'd not enjoyed a moment,without Jane's beautiful face intruding his thoughts,Bash must think he was crazy at the rate at which he downed every bottle of alcohol in the house,the stereo played at its loudest drowning his thoughts.The sight of Jane's sexy body clouded his thought as he visualised all that happened on Saturday evening.His third member rose up as if it just sighted a prey,but there was none in sight,he'd been sleeping for fifteen straight hours.
His business strategies had deserted him,he thought about what to do to make Jane speak with him,nothing sensible came to his empty head.
He'd spoken with Jackie last night,letting her know,he was safe,he was not prepared to disclose his hideout.Katherine had called five times yesterday and twice this morning.
He stood up slowly from the bed,stretching lazily as he did,letting himself into the bathroom,he was out in ten minutes,he wore a black suit with a cream green shirt with matching black tie,he wore a Giambattista black shoe and belt.
The fresh looking handsome man he saw in the mirror was definitely not Jacob Smith,looking good on the outside but rotten on the inside.He had a nice frame and an athletic body,he'd seen beautiful ladies ogling at his sight.Even ladies in his office tried their best to get his attention,but they were not his type of woman.He brushed an unseen element off his broad shoulders smearing powder on his spotless face,he combed his hair and eyebrow,Jackie taught him all that,he laughed,his first laughter within the space of 32hours.
Bash drove him to work as usual,he walked briskly to his private elevetor,as he got off,some workers greeted him as he only answered with a nod.
Sharon was at her desk as usual typing,the lady was so serious with her work,Sharon stood up to greet her boss and opened his office,he walked to his seat removing his suit,he sat looking around his office like a new worker exploring his working environment.Sharon knocked twice and came in,
'Good morning sir' Jacob looked up at her without a reply,Sharon went on,she knew her boss was probably in a bad mood.
'The meeting with Bluebird firm is coming up in two hours time sir,and the manager of PCcG will be coming over in the afternoon,the other...' Jacob's hand cut her short.
'Call off the meeting with PCcG,i'll see our clients from Bluebirds,hold off all other appointments,within the two hours before this meeting,do not receive any visitor for me.' Sharon stood still listening to her boss.
'Should anyone,i repeat,should anyone ask to see me,i am not in,i hope you understand,if you would still like to work here,pay attention to all i just said.
Sharon wanted to speak but he waved her off,'Meanwhile get me a cup of decaf coffee.'
Jacob sat on the couch in a corner of the office,switching on the TV,he removed his tie,putting on the AC,he unbuttoned his shirt,Sharon brought in the coffee,she'd never seen him without his tie all her life in the office,the man was so handsome,and sexy she thought,dropping the coffee tray on his table.message about on going promos and packages,she retrieved her phone under the pillow,she wasn't prepared for the shock that greeted her sight.
A beautiful lady stood by her table when she got out.she knew her very well.'Hi Sharon.' she greeted.
'Good morning ma'
'Is Jacob in?'
'Yes...no,you can't go in ma.'
'Have your sights failed you.'
Before Sharon could say Jack,the lady pushed her slightly barging into the Jacobs office.....
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Men! She swallowed,huh! What sort of humilation was this,was he bribing her? That was such a wack way to go about it,she read the message five times,dropping her phone on the bed,oceans of salt water found their way down her face,she let the water pour.
She was still finding it hard to forgive herself and here he was adding pepper to her fresh sore,she wanted to call him and lash at him,but she decided against that,it would sound like she was a coward,she was going to face him,let him know how grave his sins were before her,and how he was doing a great job of multiplying her pain.
It was just a quarter past eight by the wall clock,she dressed up within the space of ten minutes,something she couldn't have done even if she had an interview in twenty minutes time.
She told her mother she was going to see a friend and would be back soon,she drove her car out of the compound,something within her told her she was being silly about her decision,another told her to hurry up and finish the whole thing on time.
She was having a second thought about this whole thing of going to confront him in his office,she hardened her mind and increased her speed,no turning back about it.
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The lady opened the door and walked in,Sharon followed her in,
Jacob had not even heard the door open,he stood by the window staring at the world deep in thought.
'Excuse me sir' Sharon repeated twice,Jacob did not utter a word.
'I told her not come in but she barged in here.' she explained.
'I don't want to see anyone' Jacob spoke calmly without turning back.
'Even me?' The lady spoke out loud.Jacob would recognise that voice anywhere,he knew who the intruder was without turning.
'You can go Sharon'
Sharon walked out closing the door behind her.The lady walked elegantly towards Jacob placing a hand on his shoulders,'Are you okay?' she asked,Jacob turned slowly facing her,she looked beautiful with her well made up face,she was like the lily of a valley.
'I am.' She led him to seat on the couch.
'You don't look like you're fine' she said,worry written all over her face.'Do you want to see a doc?'
'Katherine,i am fine.' his voice betrayed him
'Whats bothering you?you haven't been picking my calls.' she placed his hands on hers.
'Just a bit worked up,i'll be okay'
Katherine pulled him close,enjoying the warmth radiating all over him,Jacob made no effort to pull away,he was emotionally drained,he was enjoying this as much as she was.
'Do you want anything right now?'
'No,you sound like am sick?'
'You look sick,.........your eyes,.......your look,your.....lips...sexy' she whispered.She kissed his lips and he held her tight,she kissed him again confidently this time,Jacob kissed her back,his hands moving all over her body,releasing the tension in his body.
In the twinkling of an eye,her Jacket was gone,his shirt had vanished too,Jacob pulled down the zip holding her beautiful tube gown,she was kissing him hungrily like a starved child,their hands found each the others body,Jacob kissed those volumptous bosom,while Katherine removed his belt.
To be continued tomorrow at 11am
