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Tunmise

I hug the pillow tighter to my body.

God, this pillow is soft, so soft, I don't remember the pillow in my parents house being this soft, my mum hates soft pillows.

I open my eyes and stretch lazily before putting my feet on the floor, my feet sinks into the carpet, I look down, okay, the carpet at my house aren't this soft either, I clearly remember them being hard and purple and this is soft and white.

The memories of last night come flooding back, I look down at my body.

Why am I wearing a shirt and shorts?, where is my fine top and skirt?. I stand up from the bed and leave the room.

I look around the house from the top of the stairs. The house is huge, this Chilota must be loaded. I descend the spiral staircase gently and turn to an opened door that obviously leads to the kitchen.

Chilota is standing there, his back towards me, he's wearing a grey tank top and joggers, he's stirring something on the fire, it smells nice, smells like he's frying egg.

"Erm, Good morning sir." I say.

He turns around, a smile appearing on his face.

"Oh hi, you're awake."

"What time is it?."

"Around 11, you've been sleeping for a while."

I look down at my outfit. "Did you change me?."

"Oh no, my sister did, I couldn't let you sleep in those wet cloths, those are her cloths you're putting on, yours is drying."

"Oh." Is all I can say.

"Do you want to stay for breakfast?."

"Thanks but no." I shake my head even though I'm literally starving, It's just now that I realize I haven't eaten anything since yesterday morning and even then, I only ate two slices of bed and drank a cup of tea.

"Come on, it's just bread and eggs, then after that, I'll drop you home."

"Why didn't you just drop me off at my house yesterday?." I ask

"Because you were sleeping, I didn't want to wake you up, you seemed stressed."

"Oh."

"Yeah, so lemme just finish up with breakfast." He turns around again, his back to me, I watch for a while to admire the way his muscles flex as he moves his arms around.

"Thank you sir, for everything." I say making him turn around again. He flashes me that billion dollar smile.

"Call me Lota, Tunmise, no sir, just Lota."

"Okay si-Lota." I quickly correct myself.

"Good." He turns back to the eggs.

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"Are you okay?, You've been quiet all day and I didn't even hear from you during the weekend." Niyi asks as we both walk across the company compound to his car, mine is still at the mechanic's.

"I'm fine."

"Don't lie to me, I know you're not."

I stop walking to face him totally. "Niyi, Am I pretty?, be honest, rate me over 10, forget the fact that we are best friends. If you just met me somewhere for the first time and you're told to rate me, what would you say?."

"And you're sure you're okay?."

I sigh. "Just answer me."

"Okayy." He draws out, "I'll give you a ten over ten."

"Honestly?."

"Yes." He nods with a straight face.

I stay quiet for a while pondering his answer.

"If I'm a ten over ten, why would Tunji cheat on me then?." I look up at him.

His eyes widen, billions of emotions present in them, disgust, surprise, hatred...

"What?. He cheated on you?."

I nod. "I caught him red handed, he was on top of her."

"Shit." He cusses, "What did he say?, Did he know you saw him?."

"He knew, he followed me and started saying rubbish, he said she's his secretary and she seduced him- just rubbish."

"I'm so sorry." He wraps his arm around my shoulders pulling me into him.

"I just don't understand why I have this bad luck with men."

"You don't have bad luck, babe, your Mr Right is just taking his time." He says into my hair.

"Well he shouldn't, I want him now."

"Hey, Niyi." A familiar voice says making me look up.

"Tunmise, I wanted to check on you, are you okay?."

"Yeah, thanks Lota."

Niyi raises an eyebrow asif to say 'oh so you're on first name basis with him'. I give him a look that says I'll explain later.

"Are you going somewhere important from here?."

"Ummm...I don't think so, why?."

"Let's have lunch together." He simply says.

"I've already had lunch, it's 4pm." I chuckle.

He smiles. "Just consider it a late lunch."

"Okay, sure."

"I'll call you." I hug Niyi.

I follow Lota to his car and he opens the passenger's door for me like he did on Saturday, he gets into the driver's seat.

"Wow, your boyfriend sure didn't have any problem with me taking you out." He starts the engine.

My eyebrows furrow in confusion. "What boyfriend?."

"Your boyfriend. Niyi."

I burst out laughing, it's too funny, boyfriend ke?, Niyi?, My boyfriend?, Is this one sleeping?.

"Niyi is not my boyfriend?." I emphasize the 'not'.

"Really?."

"Yes."

"But the way he hugged you, he seems protective of you and I'm pretty sure I heard him call you babe."

"Oh, that's just how he is, but he's not my boyfriend, certainly not, he's just my best friend."

"Good to know."

"Wait, so you thought he was my boyfriend and you still had the guts to ask me out for a late lunch, what if we were actually dating and he got upset or something?."

"Well, I doubt he can do anything to me, I'm his boss after all." He grins.

I shake my head smiling as I stare out my window.

"Are you feeling better?."

"You've asked me that a thousand times, even when I came to your office to work on that project, I'm fine."

"Well you didn't seem fine on Saturday, were you out of your mind?, why were you standing under the rain?, you could have gotten sick or something."

"Long story."

"Care to share?." He asks his eyes fixed on the road.

I stare at him, I barely know him, I just know he's my boss and he's a nice man and he's filthy rich.

"Why are you looking at me like that?."

I tear my eyes away from him quickly, how did he know I was looking at him?, I'm pretty sure his eyes were fixed on the road.

"Tunmise." He calls.

"Yeah?."

"You can tell me okay?, You can talk to me."

I sigh opening my mouth to speak. "Saturday was a really bad day, like one of the worst days of my life, first of all my car refused to start so I had to take a cab to see my boyfriend then I caught him with another woman-"

"He cheated on you?."

I nod. "He cheated on me with his secretary then after that when I got to my parents house, my mum completely supported him, she said I have to marry him even though he cheated on me. I left the house angry and my heel broke then rain started falling and I was stranded."

"Damn, all in one day?, You're a strong woman."

"I'm just happy we were only together for a month before I caught him, I don't want to waste my time on an unproductive relationship."

"So you're single then?."

"Yup, back to square one, why is it so hard to find a nice guy in this city?."

"I'm a nice guy, aren't I?."

I snicker. "A nice guy I can date, I just need a good man, I'm tired."

"Again, I'm a good man, aren't I?."

I turn my head to face the window again, was he hinting on something?, Nah, someone like him wouldn't want to go out with me.

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