Dedicated to autumnqueenxo_

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Twisted insides
~Unknown
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~𝚃𝚑𝚒𝚛𝚍 𝙿𝚎𝚛𝚜𝚘𝚗~

Zara felt someone stroke her face gently and she slowly opened her eyes, blinking them continuously as Ken came into view.

"Good morning, beautiful." Ken greeted, placing a gentle peck on her forehead. Zara nodded in reply, yawning and stretching on the bed.

"Madam, small small abeg. Don't come and swallow me."

"Idiot!" Zara laughed

"So you really don't want to be my girlfriend, ehh Zara?" Ken spoke up after sometime

Zara rolled her eyes, "Omogei not now please."

Ken laughed, "You won't stop calling me that, will you?"

"I think you already have the answer to that."

"But come on Zara, I love you. I just want to be sure you're just for me and me alone before I head back to Enugu. Before I return and hear that you're married off to someone else with all this beauty your dropping left and right."

Zara laughed, "Na you sabi o. Plus I've already explained." She sighed, "Look, I'm scared okay, I just got out from a toxic relationship and I don't want to end up jumping into another one. I feel you still like Ajay. I don't want to be a second option seriously."

"Zara, come on! It's you I love, it's you I fucking want! Yes, I had something for Amara, but that's in the past now. Just trust me on this one." He picked her palm and held it in his staring deeply into her brown orbits, "Please."

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"Obinna, what's the meaning of this rubbish?" Ajay's cousin, Oluchi asked angrily stretching her phone to his face, her one-year-old daughter, Sommy, holding unto her legs for support.

"Oluchi please." Obinna begged, struggling to tie the lace to his sneakers as he got ready to go for another script-reading of a movie he was taking part in.

"Ehh?? Please gini? So you're still following my cousin like fly abi?" She continued when she noticed he was ignoring her, "Are you not ashamed of yourself? Obinna, you're married!"

Obinna massaged his forehead in frustration, doing his best to ignore her. He stood up from the bed, walked to the vanity table and picked up his car keys, about to exit their large, white coloured room when oluchi intercepted, banging the door shut before he could leave.

"Oluchi.." He warned, trying to make his way out.

She hissed, glaring at him, "You're so shameless. You're just a dog, Obinna. Yes, that's exactly what you are. You're married to me and you're still going around chasing that good-for-nothing, spoilt...."

At that point, Obinna lost it completely, "Don't you dare insult Ajay in my presence!" Obinna scoffed, "And let me do the honour of reminding you because it seems you're forgetting. I'm in this.... this thing with you because of Sommy and also because of the respect I have for your mother. I have no romantic feelings whatsoever towards you. The earlier you get that into your dumb skull, the better for us. Good day!" He snapped, moving her out of the way and walking out of the room.

Oluchi lowered herself to the ground and allowed the tears in her eyes flow freely.

What have I done to deserve all these?

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Ajay smiled as she unwrapped her fifteenth birthday gift. She started her day with unwrapping her gifts, not that she was excited to see them but she needed to get her mind off things. The unwrapped gift had the logo ©Innisfree beautifully carved on the gift box. It was a beautiful set from her favourite Korean skincare brand. She carefully unboxed it and a handwritten card fell out of the box. She picked it up only after admiring the content of the box. It read;

I hope you find all the happiness you deserve.
You might never forgive me, but always remember that I once sincerely loved you.
Happy birthday Ajay.

~Oby

Ajay gave a long hiss as she tore the cards into shreds. In the process of standing up to go dispose the pieces off into the bin, she almost flung the contents of the box, of which some were packaged in glass containers. Luckily for her, she was able to get a hold of them before they could get to the ground.

"My babies....." She sighed in relief as she carefully placed them on the bed, "It's not anger that'll come and make me loose my precious babies."

Now thinking about it, just Zara, her mum and Oby knew her specific favourite skin care brand. She was a brand ambassador for one, but she never used it personally. The fact that he still remembered her favorite skin care brand got to her in a way she couldn't explain.

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Flashback

"See how my baby's skin is glowing." Obinna complimented, gently caressing Ajay's face while admiring her beautiful caramel skin which seemed to glow with the radiation of the bright afternoon sun. Heat crept up Ajay's cheeks as she smiled warmly.

"Hype! Stop whining me johh."

"Which one is hype again? Don't allow me descend on you this hot afternoon in front of everyone here." Obinna smirked, licking his lower lip.

Ajay laughed, "The next thing you'll see is news headlines everywhere. Don't joke with your Anti-fans."

"Those ones should hug transformer abeg. Who cares about their jobless asses?" He drew Ajay closer to himself, "Biko, come here johh. Let me admire this beauty... Ehhh Lee nu skin now. Boss won't you show me the way, Ehh?" He smiled kissing her from her cheeks down to her collar bone

"Who is your boss?"

"You na! Nne, tell me your secret biko."

"On one condition."

"Ahhh... Mention anything baby, I'm highly capable."

Ajay laughed at Obi's humorous self, "Don't mind me. I use Innisfree © skincare. It's a Korean skincare brand and it's really good."

"Since when? I thought you were going to call Pearl Secrets ©."

"I just model for them. I'm not a fan of their products abeg."

Obinna laughed, "And you're advising others to use it. You're such an evil thing."

End of Flashback
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Ajay suddenly felt tears prick her eyes at the memory. They were so happy together. What exactly went wrong? She cuddled up on her bed and cried for sometime before heading downstairs to get something to eat.

Fejiro was dutifully dusting the seaters in the sitting room when Ajay walked downstairs. He stood upright with the rag in his hands as he took in her alluring figure. His eyes twinkled in adoration as she took gracious but hungry steps down the stairs.

"A.aunty go..good morning," He greeted, his semi scattered set of teeth on display.

Surprisingly, she smiled back, "Morning Oga Fejiro." She yawned a little, using her palm to cover her mouth. "Has the cook come?"

"I no..no dey sure. Nobo.bo.dy don enter this house since I dey here."

She frowned, "Why? What does that old woman want me to eat this late morning?"

"Aunty I.I for talk make you drink tea but your milk don fi.finish and madam chef never go market."

"What?!" Ajay took in a deep breath, "Just make sure she doesn't ever step a foot in my house again."

"Ye.Yes ma."

"But I'm really hungry naw..." Ajay whined, "And I can't cook anything edible."

Fejiro chuckled, his heart melting at the pleasing sight before him, "We..wetin you want chop?"

"Spaghetti."

"Only? No chi..cken or kpomo or fish?"

"With Chicken, of course."

"Okay na. B.b.bring money make I go buy am." Fejiro said, his palms supinated towards her.

Ajay blinked rapidly, "Sorry?"

He laughed loudly at the disbelief that spread through her face at that moment, "No.no mind me o. I will go a.and prepare it for you."

Ajay smacked his arm playfully, "Go johhh."

"I no f..fit leave you na. You are my o.oxygen."

"It's not only oxygen, it's carbon dioxide," she hissed "Abeg do fast fast. I'm hungry."

"Ye.Yes ma."
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Ajay sat up on her bed for the umpteenth time. She had been doing that for the past three hours. She was supposed to be asleep but her lewd thoughts and horny self weren't doing her any good. Picking up her phone, she put a call through to Zara.

"Ajay this is 1am.." Zara mumbled, yawning

"Isn't it obvious?" She paused "Madam abeg are you up for a hang out? Some really good wine and hot sex will go a long way to calm my nerves down."

"Ajay, by this time? Let's leave it until tomorrow abeg."

"It's not so late na. Babe please, I just need to clear my head."

Zara sighed, "Alright, alright, alright. Fine. Come over to my room in five."

Ajay smiled, squealing "I love u too baby girlll..."

And as planned, they went to their favourite night club, one of the most popular ones in Lagos. Ajay ordered for a glass of whiskey immediately she sat at the counter. She smiled as she completely drank the drink irrespective of Zara's protests. Ajay knew she was a light weight, but ordered for another glass, nonetheless.

"Ajay, please calm down. You have work tomorrow o. I won't accept any blames if you wake up late cos I told you," Zara sighed, sincerely warning as she took a sip from her glass of Amarula.

Ajay laughed and immediately emptied her glass of whiskey, "Don't worry darling," she slurred beaming with smiles and subtly holding onto Zara's chin, "You're safe. Totally." She laughed and staggered towards the dance floor where she grinded seductively on any male that was bold enough to hold her waist.

Zara sat at the counter sighing continuously as she watched Ajay. Her best friend was back to her old self and she wasn't liking it one bit. Her phone's ringtone brought her out of her thoughts. It was Ken.

"Hello Ken,"  Zara began softly, tiredness evident in her voice.

"Babe are you okay? You don't sound good."

"I'm okay, just tired."

"Where are you? I'm at your house. The security said you guys stepped out?" Zara had to step out of the club cos it was really noisy.

"Yeah.. Ajay wanted to clear her head so we came to the club here in lekki."

"Ohh, okay. So... Should I come get you guys or something?"

"That won't be nece....." Zara was forced to swallow her words upon sighting Ajay walking past her hand in hand with one of the guys she was dancing with earlier. She almost dragged the guy off Ajay in annoyance but she knew better. Ajay giggled excitedly getting into her car.

"Let's go to my house," she heard Ajay say before closing the door to the passenger's seat and handing over the keys to the stranger.

"Hello... Zara... Are you still there?" Ken's voice brought her mind back to him.

"Yeah, yeah... I'm with you."

"I was asking if I should..."

"Please come and get me, I'll send you the address." Zara said almost immediately, texting him her location.

"Alright, seen. I'll be there in ten minutes." Zara nodded in reply before ending the call. And as promised, Ken arrived even before ten minutes and picked her up. He noticed how down she was as she maintained her gaze outside the window beside her, admiring the almost empty streets of Lagos.

"Babe, is there a problem? You look down." He asked, gently covering her hands with his.

"Ken, I'm scared." She answered after a while, still looking out the window. Ken kept quiet, waiting for her to continue as he caressed her hands "Ajay has gone back into her shell again. I'm scared she might never get out of it again."

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I honestly just want to finish this book. But I don't know why I'm not feeling it again. It feels really bad😩😂

Anyways I want to thank autumnqueenxo_ and my best friend. They made me realize it's all a gradual process.

I'll finish this book before the year ends... Hopefully.

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