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Also to all the other July babies out there.😌

Naomi's P.O.V

I'm in the room watching Tv when I my phone starts ringing. I pick my phone to check whose calling and not suprisingly it's Alex.

He's literally the only contact I have on my phone.

I pick it up and press the phone to my ears.

"Good evening" I say.

"Evening, sweetheart. How are you?" he asks.

"I'm fine. So why'd you call" I ask playing with the hem of my gown.

"Nothing really, just checking on you. I'm on my way home by the way" he says.

"So early?" I ask with creased eyebrows.

"Yeah, I'm hungry" he says.

I roll my eyes at that. Just say it direct, go and cook for me.

"What do you want to eat it?" I ask.

"Yam and egg sauce" he says.

"That's what you always eat, change it na" I say.

"It's my favourite food" he says.

"Alright" I say in a defeated tone.

"See you later love bye" he says then he hangs up.

I lazily get up from bed and put on my slippers. I better go and start making his meal.

When you are stuck with something for ten years you get used to it. Don't you.

I've been stuck with Alex for ten years and I've gotten used to him. I've accepted that this is my life now.

I have no choice. I have to show him love with all my heart if not he'll turn me to personal punching bag.

When I get to the kitchen, the maid is already there and she's washing the vegetables.

"Keep those Mary. We're not making fried rice again" I say sadly.

"Okay ma'am" she says and she sounds quite disappointed.

"I said you should call me toyosi" I say with a smile.

"Mr Williams said I shouldn't try it" she says.

I rub my temples to cool my nerves.

"Take a break, I'll cook myself" I say.

"Are you sure ma'am?" she asks uncertainty evident in her voice.

I nod affirmative.

"Thank you" she says then she leaves.

When we moved overseas Alex changed my name to Toyosi Bakare. That is what I started going by.

We just moved back to Nigeria last year during Christmas. Alex is a very successful and rich business man.

When I first started staying with Alex. It was hard for me.

I wouldn't cook for him.

I wouldn't answer him when he talks.

I wouldn't sleep on the same bed with him.

He wouldn't let me have friends.

It was pure torture. He would beat me up every single day. One day I got tired of all that bullshit.

I started adjusting to my new normal and my life got a lot better. He didn't beat me anymore and he was a lot nicer but any day I tried nonsense he would give me a powerful slap to reset my senses.

Alex and I aren't married. We aren't even dating. We just live like a married couple.

I miss my old life.

I miss my annoying siblings.

I miss my parents.

I miss my friends.

Most importantly I miss Aaron. I miss him so much it hurts physically and emotionally, I just want to hear his voice again.

It's been hell not seeing him all these years.

~FLASHBACK~

"Wake up" some one says shaking me violently.

I open my eyes to see the man that was in the passengers seat staring at me.

"We're there get down" he says the he gets out of the car.

I rub my eyes sleepily and get down from the car.

I look around the compound and it's very unfamiliar and the house is in a very deserted place.

I follow the two men into the house without asking any questions.

When we get inside, I stare at the house in awe. It's big and beautiful. Everything is so neatly arranged. I never pegged Alex as a neat person.

"Your room is upstairs, the second one by your right" one of the guys say to me.

"Alright" I say then I head upstairs.

I locate my room with ease. I walk in and take a look. It's smaller than my room back home and it makes me feel kinda trapped. I hate enclosed spaces. That's why my mum made my room extremely spacious.

I sit on the bed and stare into blank space.

I wonder how the search for me is going. Hopefully they'll find me soon. After all we're just in Ogun state, it's not like we're in the other side of the world.

I get up from the bed and open the wardrobe. I see a note stuck on the door and it's from Alex

"Hey sweetheart, I left this her because I knew you'd open the wardrobe, you're always so curious. I got you new pyjamas. You can put it on after showering"

I hiss very loudly then I tear the paper and throw it in the bin.

I walk over to what I suspect to be the bathroom and open the door and just like I thought, it is.

I decide to have my bath because I'm feeling very dirty. I put oon the shower and let the cold water calm my nerves.

I step out feeling very relaxed. I find towels in the drawer so I take one and clean my body then I reluctantly put on the pyjamas.

I lie down on the bed and it's upper comfortable.

*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*

I'm woken up by the voices of people arguing downstairs. From what I know those voices belong to the two guys that brought me here and Alex.

"I need to leave this country as soon as possible, so you better do something about the plane tickets" Alex says with anger in his voice.

"Yes sir" one of the men says fear evident in his voice.

"Has she eaten?" Alex asks.

"No sir"

"Alright" he says.

I hear nothing after that. My door opens to reveal Alex.

I quickly shut my eyes pretending to be asleep.

I sense him sit down on the bed beside me. Oh God, let this man think I'm sleeping and leave me alone.

"Aren't you hungry?" he asks.

I don't give an answer.

"I know you are awake and very hungry" he says.

He's right, I'm famished but I still don't talk.

"If you answer me I'll allow you to talk to Nathan" he says.

My eyes fly open immediately and I sit up.

"What do you want?" I ask rudely.

"I want you to eat something" he says.

"I'm not hungry" I say in a dismissive tone.

He sighs and looks at me and anger is very evident in his eyes and I'm suddenly scared because when Alex is angry there's no telling what he can do.

"Look, I'm all you've got now. If you don't eat something hunger will kill you. So you better accept your situation and start acting accordingly" he says bitterly.

"My parents are going to find me" I say in a matter of fact voice which earns a chuckle from him.

"They're never going to find you, we're leaving the country in two days" he says and I gasp at that.

"They'll be here before then" I say but deep down I'm not sure.

"Say whatever you want but the deed has been done" he says then he leaves.

~END OF FLASHBACK~

My parents never came for me. We left the country two days after and my life hasn't been the same.

"I'm back" I hear Alex say from the door.

Shit! I haven't started making his meal.

*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*

I don't know how but somehow somehow, I was able to convince Alex to allow me to leave the house.

He never allows to leave the house and on the few occasions that he does he'll follow me.

It's really sickening and annoying.

I told him, I needed to go to the supermarket to buy food stuff and other household items.

He agreed on the condition that he'll come with me but God intervened. He got a call from his personal assistant that he has an impromptu business meeting to attend to so he had to leave me to go alone.

I locate a parking space and park the car. I turn off the car engine and get down.

I get Alex's ATM card and my purse and walk into the supermarket.

I grab a shopping basket from the numerous ones that they have stacked in the corner and start my shopping.

It feels so good to be outside again. I might even go out and watch a movie or something when I'm done with this.

I'm looking for the aisle where I can get butter when someone's shopping trolley hits me and damn it hurts.

I wince in pain and clutch where the person hit.

"I'm sorry, I wasn't looking at where I was going" the person says.

That voice is way too familiar. Could it be?

I look up and lock eyes with the stranger that hit me and I'm shocked when I see who it is.

Aaron?

It can't be, maybe I'm imagining stuff.

After all these years? Maybe it's just his look alike.

"Naomi" he says pulling me out of my thoughts.

This isnt my imagination.

"Shhh, nobody calls me that anymore" I say.

A/N

I hope evryone is happy now. Naomi did not die.😌

I hope you all forgive me now.🥺🥺

Naomi and Aaron have met again after ten fricking years.😩

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