3 weeks later.

Saturday 1:30pm

Sofi's POV

"Hello Sofi, are you at the wedding already?"

Sofi was picking out jewelry to match her asoebi when he called her. They've not really talked since that Abuja trip, he is the one that has been super busy this time around. He has been doing some heavy financial restructuring, and doing some top management level stuff with the Board.

She was supposed to go for the wedding with Toyin but turns out Toyin's parents know the bride's father and they've dragged her to the Church wedding with them. Lol. She'll go say hi to them at the reception.

Toyin was supposed to drive them there, she didn't really feel like driving herself  because her dress was tight and she has to go get her makeup and gele done first. so she was planning to call an uber sef.

"I'm just about leave my house"

"Mr. Bakare just called me, I forgot it was today.  I can't find the Invitation Card, where is the venue again and what time is it?" He said.

Ah, was he planning to not attend? He wants to start a war between Chief and Mrs. Alabi. Mrs Alabi is the owner of the second biggest indigenous oil Company and Hydra is the 3rd. The CEO or Chairman of the big 5 are expected to be there otherwise Mrs Alabi would take it personal lol.

And then Chief and Mrs. Alabi are close because they are both Yoruba, theyre the only yorubas among the big 5,  he has to show support for his 'sister'. 

They know he is sick but his CEO must show face at least because Chief is supposed to be one of the 'Fathers of the Day' How could he even forget this one! Does he know that he is the one presenting this gift she just picked up from Amanda's PA.

She is supposed to give him the package at the reception. Usually with Chief she would pick it up from the gift wrappers and deliver it to them on the high table when they start presenting gifts. So she just assumed it was going to be the same with him. But why is she even surprised when she knows everything with Mr. Madaki is different.

"It's at the Monarch event center, its starting by 2pm, but they always do African time so you don't have to be there by 2pm maybe 3 to....."

"You know what, can I pick you up?" He cut her off.

She froze. Nooooooo. She is still going to do makeup and tie gele first, she'd rather meet him there, when she's done and peng.

"Or do you have a plus one already?" He asked.

Then it dawned on her that he was asking to be her date not just go with her. Hian!

"urrrm...." She wanted to lie and say she was going with her friend because he took her by surprise and he is going to see all her behind the scene struggle, but godamnit! She actually needs someone to drive her there.

"Never mind, it's okay.., I'll just meet you there" He said.

She could hear the smile in his voice, he sounded disappointed and a little bit embarrassed.

"No, I am going alone, it's just that I......i have to stop by the salon to tie my gele and.....do my makeup first" She felt like dying inside. He is going to think she is one vain slay queen now.

"That's fine I'll take you there, should be at your place in 15 Minutes"

She panicked again when she realized he was really serious but it was too late, he hung up right after he said that. shit. 

She was already dressed up and she had packed her relaxed hair in a rubber band because she wanted to fix one of those huge reigning ponytail style, it usually takes like 15minutes to do. She unconsciously looked at herself in the mirror, adjusted her dress and wiped her face.

Some days she goes to work without makeup nah, the other day they went to Abuja she did her makeup during the flight, he has seen her barefaced nah so why is she fretting?

When she stepped out of her building she saw his car parked right in front of the gate. She saw some of her Male neighbors from the other building shamelessly admiring the car. Those annoying guys that don't allow people to hear word with loud music because they have ordinary c-class.

Shey they can see their mate with senior benz now, did he play loud music to announce his presence? Did he park in the middle of the road? Bush rats she hopes they learn some class from Dare.... Wait a minute? Is she really praising Mr. Madaki right now?

When the guys saw her heading towards the car they started doing amebo, they probably think she has gone to catch one sugar Daddy but she doesn't care, they're idiots lol. Their whispering intensified as she got closer to the car then suddenly the passenger door opened and he stepped out to open the door for her and she almost fainted.

He looked so fine in  Agbada! Like this guy already is hot and clean in suits but she never expected this. He was effortlessly handsome, chill and elegant.

And she was barefaced! Her hair was undone, carrying paper bag and a big box like one market woman.

"Can I help you with that" he said and she snapped out of her thirsty thoughts.

She passed the parcel to him "That is the gift you are presenting to the couple" It was a house key but they packaged it in a big ass box for the glitz, trust Lagos party vendors nah plus they have to Justify the 250k Amanda paid for 'wrapping service'. Omo people are making money in this Lagos o.

"Great, Thanks" he held the door for her and she entered the car.

You see ehhhn she has been seeing this car from the outside and its fine and all but the interior is sick! now she understands why those her yeye neighbours outside were checking out the car.

 She is not even a car person but fuck! this new s-class will make you a car person. Now she gets it, she gets why people cough out that kind of crazy money to buy motto.

Like, she's not going to waste that kind of money on car even if she hammers in the future but she kind of gets it now. It felt like she was in a spaceship and a 5 star hotel room in Paris at the same time. The cream luxurious leather made her nervous because she was afraid she would stain it.

"You look beautiful" He said as the driver started driving. Is he teasing her? she, that has not done makeup and gele and probably looks like Mama put vendor right now.

"You too, native suits you" She said managing the tension she was feeling as a result of his effortless 'peppering' why did she even agree to go with him? This is so stressful.

"Thank you" He smiled.

"Wait where is your Cap? " she realized he was not wearing the fila, she was too stunned by his drip that she didn't notice that. She looked closely and saw that he wasn't even wearing the real Agbada fabric he was just wearing another plain white Agbada. The Men's Asoebi was like 200k and he paid for it, so thats how he is just going to waste it?

"There is a cap?" He smiled and his cluelessness was so fucking cute so she just smiled and shook her head. At least he is showing up. And he is wearing the color. That is fine. Is this the cuteness Ada was talking about?

When they got to her Salon he said he was going to wait in the car because he was watching a live Man-UTD game in the car. He told her to take her time.

But then he called her like 15 minutes later to inquire if there was a television in the salon because his network was acting up. Luckily there was a male section and she could see the barber watching football on the TV there.

She walked up to him, "Is this the Man UTD vs Liverpool game?" She asked and the guy nodded.

He came upstairs, the salon was on the first floor of the plaza and the attendant directed him to the male section because the hair dresser was already doing her hair.

She was looking at him through the mirror when they finished with her ponytail and the MUA started inspecting the gele. He was very focused on the game, him and the barber guy were gisting passionately about the game like old buddies. hmm Men and football.

"This gele is too big for the style I want to tie for you Sofi" The MUA said. "Let me send it downstairs to the tailor on the ground floor to reduce it"

"Okay" Sofi said, eyes still on Dare. Then she got an idea.

"Wait is the extra part going to be enough to make a Fila?" She asked.

"It should" The MUA said.

Dare's pov:

Honestly, she is one gorgeous woman, Dare thought as he stole quick glances at her. While they were doing the hair, at some point she squirmed in pain like it was too tight. He almost stopped the hair dresser, they should calm down nah. The woman is already beautiful she does not even need all these, she is perfect.

The attendant that went out with the paper bag returned with it, it looked like he went to make some adjustments to her scarf.

He saw that she opened the bag and took out its contents, then he turned back to the game. But then she stood up from her chair and when he looked back at her she was walking towards him she was holding a cap in her hand, the burgundy colour of the scarf.

"So, my scarf was too big and I asked them to make a cap for you with the extra piece" She said with the most beautiful smile he has ever seen on her yet. Her hair was done and the sleek ponytail brought out all of her striking facial features, her alluring eyes pulled him in, there was a little clear lip balm on her lips and he was fighting the urge to grab her and kiss them right there. The contrasting of her honey skin against the sheerness of the burgundy lace fabric was enchanting.

"wow, thank you" taken aback by her thoughtfulness he wanted to stand up to collect it so she would go back to getting hers done but she stopped him.

"Just stay put, I want to see if it's going to fit" she giggled.

She held the cap between her beautiful manicured hands and placed it carefully on his head then she framed the two sides of his head with her palms and gently pulled the tip of the cap down with her fingers. It was a little bit stiff, it looked like she was struggling with it. She was standing so close to him he couldn't think straight, her perfume was driving him nuts.

He looked up at her about to say; 'are you sure about this' and their eyes met for about two seconds then she smiled reassuringly to him. "Don't worry It'll be perfect I just need to......errrrm" She pushed it aside then tugged at the edges again. Her pinky finger brushed his right ear and his heart started doing backflips.

"There!" she said proudly as the cap finally balanced on his head, then stepped back a little to see it properly. "Ïts perfect" She added slightly scrunching her cute little button nose.

He looked up at her again panicking inside, wondering if she could sense how nervous she  made him, but thankfully her eyes were on the cap.

The sleeves of her off-shoulder dress had fallen lower pulling down the entire neckline of the dress with it giving him a quick glimpse of her full cleavage, she must have caught him staring because she stealthily pulled it the sleeves back up, smiled politely and then turned away and started walking back to her chair but he was hit again with a view of her full round curves, this time all that blood that was rushing to his heart instantly switched direction and started rushing downstairs to his member.

He said a prayer for whoever it is that invented Agbada in that moment because if he was wearing sometime else, everyone would have seen his embarrassing reaction to her. He was rock hard! Honestly this is not even his fault he was being attacked on all fronts at the same time.

He didn't even know he was holding his breath until she was back in her chair so he let out a huge sigh of relief.

He must have looked stressed because the barber guy he was watching the game with was looking at him and smiling, holding back his laugh.

"What?" he shot the guy a glare and the guy let out the laughter he was holding. They both laughed over it without even specifically talking about it. The guy sha understood.

They finally finished tying the gele and makeup, and when she stood up with that gele on her head, his legs wanted to involuntarily stand up too and pay some form of homage to her, like 'bending the knee' or bowing because she looked like a fucking queen in a crown. Like damn the Nigerian culture and Nigerian women are just too beautiful.

The makeup artists came to meet him, said she wanted to do a little photo shoot with her before they go. "I am going to take more of your time Sir, I hope you don't mind" The Lady pleaded.

He told them to take all the time they need. While they were shooting he couldn't even focus on the game again, her lips were now deep red, her eyes looked dangerous, and his trousers were getting tighter again.

He felt like taking out his phone to capture some of that magnificence but he controlled the urge. That's just going to be creepy, she has already caught him staring.

Then the barber guy brought a flyer to him. It was the salon flyer, he raised his brow questioningly and the boy tapped the contact section and pointed at their Instagram handle.

"That's our Instagram, we will upload all her pictures there later" He smiled and Dare smiled back and nodded. What a smart guy. He folded the flyer quickly and slipped it in his pocket then fist bumped the guy.

"Wait" He called the boy back pullet out his wallet and dashed him $100. The boy started jumping he looked like he was about to shed  tears of joy but Dare just signalled him to keep it between them. before his madam will come and collect the money lol.

Next Chapter tomorrow

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