- Henry's POV -
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"Hope is a very amazing soul, she just seem to have a sharp mouth....

And to me, she's prettier than yemi, like that girl be correct babe 😂"

- oluwafirewamiri000
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Both Jackson and I sat in the living room as I made him feel at home. We both were watching the TV. Well Jackson was, I couldn't say the same about me. Jackson could sense I wasn't concentrating, I guess looking at my phone half the time gave that away.

"What's eating you up?" I sighed placing the phone beside me. My eyes for the first time, went to the football match showing on TV. "Is this about Yemi?"

I scoffed, "Or is it about that girl?"

Jackson though away, knew almost everything going on in my life. "The comments are getting worst."

"Of course it will," Jackson shrugged slightly. "You don't expect your fans to stop being toxic towards her. It will keep getting worst till you do something about it and you of all people know you can't say anything about it. Atleast Dorcas won't let you."

I reached for the ceramic plate resting on a small stool and helped myself with a cherry. Jackson stared at me for a second. I heard him chuckle before saying, "Stop acting like she didn't lie to you too. Well, though not directly."

I scoffed, still staring at the game played. "I never admired her because of her wealth."

"Then her beauty?"

"Really?" I turned to Jackson.

He lifted both shoulders and gave a small shrug. "Let's be rational. You came across her handle long time ago, way before your first interaction. You followed her handle which she might have never noticed cause she didn't make a fuss about it and didn't follow you back. You didn't even interact with her online, all you did was stalk her pictures. Life decided to play some tricks and you both finally met and kept meeting coincidentally and you tell me you were never drawn cause of her beauty?"

"Wealth I can believe," Jackson continued with a nod. "Since you've got all the wealth you could ever dream of. But come on man, I'm quite sure it's because she's pretty."

"Isn't Eniola beautiful." I asked once he was done with his conclusions.

"She is but-"

"What about Yemi? Even I know she's gorgeous." Jackson nodded slightly. "Why am I not drawn to either of these girls?"

"Because..." Jackson trailed in thought. "You've slept with Eniola in the past but you havent-"

"And what about Yemi? I can't stand the girl talk more less of having sex with her." Jackson breathed, letting the whole thing go.

"You've got a point," He finally accepted, leaning back against the comfy couch. "So what's the comments saying?"

I reached for my phone and looked down at the comment section on Twitter, the worst place to ever get canceled.

- That girl is lover with a dollar sign. Do the maths. Lo$er.

- The way I looked up to her so much.

- Asshole sums her up.

- Sapa nice target.

- And to think she was many girls role model.

- cut soap for me, cut soap for me. You for ask if them get soap first.

- Reason why I too like Henry. My guy gave her hot hot.

- Wahala be like watin again abeg?

- Fine for nothing.

- Henry na man you be.

"I rather not," I let my phone go blank and threw it at the end of the three seater cushion. "Let's focus on the game instead."

"How about we focus on your new bodyguard? He's a lanky." I finally had reasons to laugh as Jackson's words threw me off guard.

"Blame it all on Dorcas. To her I need a bodyguard. I mean the airport incident was just one minor incident yet she's throwing a fuss." I scoffed, shaking my head.

"I'll have to agree with her with the whole bodyguard thing. You're a public figure and in need of one." I fought the urge not to roll my eyes at him. "But to choose him? Dorcas could have done better. How's Olamide?"

"Married," I glared at him. He should stop asking about my immediate elder sister. "And get this, Hope wasn't my sister's last option, she was her never option. She wasn't having it in mind to hire him. After you know issue, she lost the candidates credentials and failed to back them up. She found Hope's credentials in the trash and decided to work with that."

"Desperate huh," Jackson laughed. "Well business and safety wise, I can see where your sister's heading with this decision. Hope might not be skilled but the idea of you having a bodyguard would make others alert."

"Alert? Scared?" I knew he was trying to see the bright side in everything but this wasn't his moment. "Of someone so...." The image of Hope appeared so sudden and I couldn't help but think how very familiar he looked. ".... Small?"

"You don't know with people," Jackson shrugged. "In a fight, someone little might beat up a muscular guy cause of his skills. Your fans might use that to judge him. He might look small but skillful, that would be their thought."

"Then they are dumb," I finalized.

"The whole world is dumb," Jackson gave a carefree shrug. "That's what makes it fun. Don't take away the fun."

We focused more on the game but only for a little while. I hard work to do tomorrow that required my energy.

"Speaking about shoots," I voiced out once a thought slid into my head.

"Oh yeah," Jackson pulled his attention away from the screen. "Your new movie. Isn't the first shoot starting tomorrow?"

I nodded, knowing Yemi would be there. We were both the main couples. "Aren't they done casting?"

"Not quite. They need a guest star appearance and I'm thinking of putting your name in. What do you think?" According to the script this guest star would be a real life famous singer. Who else would be a perfect cast if not the mighty and well known J.K? I knew even without asking to put down his name, the casting director would have a meeting with his manager to let him star.

"I think I can squeeze some time," He gave a warm smile. "It means I'll appear once or twice right?" I nodded at his question. "That won't be so hard. What's the genre to your movie with the nation's fairy?"

"Not you too," I finally rolled the eyes I'd been suppressing. "Rom-com."

"Ahh, romantic comedy." Cooed Jackson. "Isn't that perfect?"

I held the cushion pillow and threw it at him which heightened his laughter. Finally, I got up and handed the TV remote to Jackson while retrieving my phone. "Well if I'm gonna wake up on time for tomorrow's schedule, I need to go sleep. Got plans for tomorrow?"

Jackson nodded while staring at the game. "Going to the studio to work on my mix tape."

"Goodluck with that," I let out a small yawn, dragging my feet to the stairs.

Once I got to my room, I didn't hesitate to climb in bed. I covered myself with the duvet and reached to turn off the light using the switch attached to my bed stand. Finally I was all set to sleep but my phone buzzing threw that action away.

Reaching for my phone, I scanned and sighed once I saw the caller ID. I swiped to answer and placed it against my left ear. "Hello Henry,"

She sounded cheeky meaning she wanted something from me. "What do you want?"

"You sound like you're in bed." She said over the phone.

"Whatever gave that away," I replied sarcastically. "What do you want? You of all people should know that I have a shoot tomorrow morning."

"Yeah about that. It was announced and confirmed you'd be in the movie with Yemi." Here's the 'I want you to'.

"Your point?" I yawned on purpose so she could get the message.

"I want you to take a photo and update your fans. Keep them talking."

"You've got to be kidding me. Dorcas, is this the time for a bed selfie?" I knew she needed me to do something and was prepared for it. But my sister always colour me speechless.

"Just do it for your fans, Henry. Keep them anticipating. Keep them talking. You trust me with your fame right?" Dorcas paused and I sighed. No matter how much I get tired of her, she still was the best for this job. "Love you!"

"Likewise," The call ended and I sighed thinking about my life's choices. As much as I wanted to ignore my sister and sleep, I decided to obey her.

I switch my night light on and positioned my phone in a decent angle before capturing myself with just one shot. I slid over to Twitter and decided to post.

Tomorrow's gonna be a long day but I'll try my best to make sure the movie comes out great.

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I'm so sorry for the late update.

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