CHAPTER TWO.

After I was done with my work at the office, I decided to hang out with Alex because he would not let me rest if I don’t.

Picking up the keys to my Bentley, I drove out of the house onto the almost lonely road but I was surprised to see a car parked by the side of the road and ayita was standing by it and looking downcast.

I quickly stopped my car and climbed out before making my way towards her.

“Ayita” I called and she turned towards me, I could see a look of gratitude flash through her eyes, “what happened?”

“My car broke down and I have been trying to get my mechanic but it’s not reachable and no taxi seem to be touring this area”

The way she was talking in a calm and collected voice made my heart leap faster, she already had an effect on me and somewhere within me, I was glad that I was the one who could help her.

“You would have called me Ayita, I gave you my card right?”

After talking I walked over to the car and checked it out but it was also something I couldn’t work on.

“I will have my mechanic come to check it out and I will take you home. Is that okay with you?”

“Thank you so much zayn”

The way shs pronounced my name made me so happy.. soft and sensual.

Shit, I wasn’t supposed to be thinking like this. I was a priest for crying out loud, this was a sin against God but I couldn’t help it when she looked like heaven herself.

“Thank you so much zayn, you are a sweetheart” her lips curved up into a beautiful smile and there and then I wanted to hold her. She was making me feel different, she was making me feel an abominable kind of feeling which I loved.

“You think calling a priest sweetheart is appropriate?” I asked, raising an eyebrow and she gave me a small smile again.

“Sorry”

“It’s fine by me though”

She pursed her lips but didn’t say anything, my eyes traveled down to her body and I gulped. She was looking breathtaking and her bare shoulders almost made me want to lose my mind.

“Shall we?” Ayita’s voice filtered into my ears and I jolted back to reality.

“Yes please”

After she was securely seated on the passenger’s side, I walked over and in no time, we were already on our way to her place.

I felt a bit suffocated with her in the car because my mind was trying to play tricks on me. The more I pretended she was not there, the more her lavender scent filtered into my nose and I couldn’t get enough of it. Ayita was becoming my obsession just in a few hours.

“Where do you live?” I asked after a while, maybe I would be able to take my eyes off her beautiful skin if I indulged her in a conversation.

“Star regency” Ayita answered and I nodded before turning my attention to the road ahead. The more I drove, the more my attention was drawn to her bare shoulders.

Fuck Zayn, you shouldn’t be looking at a woman like that. You are a priest and you should not be doing something like this”

A voice was screaming deep inside of me but how the heck was I going to stop when she was looking so sexy beside me like that.

After driving in silence for a while, I finally came to stop in front of her house and we both alighted.

“Thank you so much zayn, I am really grateful”

The way her skin glimmered under the night sky made her look so breathtaking and beautiful, she just didn’t realize what she was doing to me”

“I am more than willing to help anytime” I answered and she smiled at me again.

“I will come over tomorrow and we can continue our discussion”

“That is totally fine by me”

By the time I realized it, shs was already going inside her gate but I was still stood, rooted to the spot looking at her retreating figure and her white hair. She was just different from any other lady I have ever met in all my life.

The way Ayita affected me was much more deeper than I thought.

After entering her gate, she turned and gave me one last smile before disappearing behind the flowers thst adorned her lawn.

Oh Jesus, her smile was one to die for.

I didn’t know for how long I stood until my phone began to buzz in my pants pocket and I pressed it against my ear without bothering to look at the name.

“Where the hell are you man?” Alex's angry voice resonated in my ear and I jolted back to reality.

“I will be there soon” I told him and I can swear he rolled his eyes.

“Come soon”

After dropping the call, I looked at the house one last time, how I wish Ayita would come back and give me another smile but I knew her son was in her arms by now.

Raking my hand through my hair, I entered my car and zoomed off with the thought of Ayita lingering at the back of my head.

******

By the time I got to the address Alex sent me, it was already past eight in the night and I saw him pacing up and down the entrance.

Alex was my very good friend, we became friends right from when we were kids and the friendship grew into something unfathomable. His father was also a minor head of the mafia family.

“What the hell man?”

These were the first words that left his mouth after he saw me, “we agreed to meet by seven”

“Something came up” I answered nonchalantly and he rolled his eyes.

“You were done with confession some hours ago zayn, where the hell were you?

“The work of the Lord is an all around thing Alex”

After talking, I headed inside the building and he followed suit while winning like a child.

The Person my eyes caught when I entered the bar made me stop dead in my tracks. What the hell was she doing here when I just dropped her off?

“What happened man?” Ales asked me but I ignored him and turned all my attention to the lady a few feet away from him. She looked exactly like Ayita and at that moment, I felt like going over to her and yanking her closer to myself. I wanted to rake my hand through her short hair and trace the outline of her body in that black dress. I wanted more of everything she had to offer.

All my hopes were dashed to the ground when the lady turned to me, it was not Ayita. I was beginning to see her face everywhere. The lady I just met a few hours ago was already making me question my priesthood of seven years.

“Why the hell are you staring at her like that?” Alex asked again and I totally ignored him while making my way to our private suit. How could I tell my best friend that a lady was already making me question myself.

“ I thought she looked like someone I know,” I blandly replied before sitting down. It has just been a few hours and I was already behaving like a lunatic obsessed with an African lady.

The moment we settled down, a lot of ladies began to make advances at us and I purposely kept the big cross I always wore outside of my shirt to signify I wasn’t interested. While I kept a stern face, Alex had a sheepish smile on his face, he wanted all the ladies to himself.

I knew I was about to go crazy when I heard my phone buzz and a message popped up on the screen.

“Thank you for today zayn, wink”

My palms became sweaty as I read the message over and over again, why did it sound sexy in every possible way? Here I was trying not to think about her and she was messaging me?

“The pleasure is mine Ayita” I typed back. The thoughts of me making Ayita mine began to float in my memories and I quickly nodded my head, why was she doing this to me?

“Nice perfume though” her message popped up again. The hell this lady was trying to flirt with me and I was liking it.

I didn’t know for how long we had been talking and I had a sheepish look on my face until I felt my phone being snatched from me. It was Alex and before I could say jack, he had already read through the messages.