Chapter 051|Make a dash for the doorHer heartbeat echoed against her own ear as she just stirred in his arms, a sheen of sweat on both their musky body but none of them was quite ready to lose the body heat. She was boneless, speechless, her legs still shaking as a result of how he had gone down on her there repeatedly, till she was begging him with tear-filled eyes to make the torturing pleasure end, to give her enough to tip her over. His arms were draped protectively around her waist and she couldn't help but grin humorlessly at the irony as her gaze fell on the calendar frame he keeps next to his bed which he made a habit of ticking off every night, the date not easing the pressure and somersaults of jumbling emotions and dangling knots she was trying so hard to cut before it roped her in, way too in.It was the 9th day and even as she came to the realization that what had transpired between them wasn't just fueled by lust or the crazy soft spot that was absurdly being carved in
Chapter 052|Closing her mind from sensibility But she was glad for Bayo's disappearance, for the recess from his hawk keen eyesight will give her enough time to get her head in the game and then kill Taiwo, just like she had promised her uncle, her people. Her family. But until then, she was going to do what she does best. Run. *** 8th day "The meeting with the minister of health is in 50 minutes," Jasmine informed Taiwo, about walking out. "Is it just me or are you bullshitting me right now?" He asked, not able to act like everything was okay, to follow up on the indifference front Jasmine was putting up, to keep on pretending that he was not shocked to see her and all her stuff in his house gone the next morning, like he had not felt a sting like he has just been slapped, when even though everything around him confirmed she had left he had personally gone to the security room and watched as she left not even looking back for a second like he meant nothing to her on the CCTV
Chapter 053|CowardSo she closed her eyes, her decision already made as she smiled at him and then brought her lips to meet his again, crumpling at his feet and allowing herself to feel just one more time because soon she will just have to do this assignment which means more to her than the others before and just as well. For her uncle. For the Native. For her.9th dayShe gulped under his heated gaze, her hands now playing with the spaghetti on her fork. They had ditched his ridiculously long dining room and had made a makeshift space right outside close to the swimming pool. The moon was out and was the only light illuminating their figures as she savoured Taiwo's culinary skill. Another thing she was just discovering and she didn't even want to stick around even more to explore. The problem wasn't just because she had to do the assignment fast because she had set for herself a deadline but also because with each day that passed, a layer of Taiwo is shredded and sh
Chapter 054|He made her feel lost and foundShe had given it a great number of thoughts recently, it won't hurt to dream she had told herself and so because being in Taiwo's arm crippled her wisdom somehow, she had flirted with the thought of having a little studio and just having a part in a child's life, teaching them how to be safe from the big bad world. Like Taiwo, she wanted to contribute her quota and she was beginning to realize that why she had grown fond of Chucks was because of how vulnerable he had looked, how much of a child he had been. But she doubted that helping children and watching them develop some basic lessons is anywhere in her near future especially when she had an empire that awaits her. Taiwo studied her intently. "You don't seem like the type that has a single fighting bone." "It would shock you if you knew how many things you don't know about me." Then she thought of what was safe to say next and what shouldn't slip as she picked her next words carefu
Chapter 055|Checking if you are still a murderer?12th day"Jasmine!" It was the fourth time in a row she was spacing out on Chucks as he filled her out on details about the 'amazing' video game, he had programmed. Apart from the fact that she didn't speak nerd, she couldn't forget the argument she had with Taiwo and how she had stormed out of his house after his profession of love for her.Flashback.His expectant eyes were immediately filled with disappointment as he left her instantly like her body was hot coal, pain flashing in his eyes and a dark look following next. "Please don't be like this. We have something amazing going on between us." She found herself mumbling as he wore his clothes. His look at her was pointed and his stare cold. "Just once, please just once tell me I mean something more to you than some booty call. Someone to scratch an itch?" There was silence for some time and he closed his eyes then he was walking back in with quick strides, a cold look o
Chapter 056|Fraternize with the Devil"Talk." His gaze bore into Bayo's noticing how reluctant he was to get into details. It only means he had nothing or his results were not in their favour. Bayo exhaled, his palms brushing his face as he took a seat adjacent to Taiwo, while Taiwo studied his every step trying to gauge and make out what he was trying not to say. "You look like a mess, malnourished and those sleeping bags? You haven't been sleeping, have you?" Taiwo's lips lifted into what was supposed to be a smile but looked awfully close to a wince. "Ouch, here I was thinking I still get them, looks." "Where is Jasmine?" His stare was knowing, his face hard. "Just glad she didn't die but just walked away, unlike the others." Bayo cursed under his breath, hating that he had trusted that she had it in her to make Taiwo happy while all she did was remind him what happy was like then dragging the carpet underneath his foot and bringing him to the ground. "You
Chapter 057|Killing Taiwo"You shouldn't bother about Chucks or dwell on his words, Sir. He has been acting up for a while now and has been unusually cranky of late." She didn't say a word for a while. He turned to leave. "What do you think, Sir Kehinde? Do you also think he is right? Perhaps my association with the outside world have changed my perception way too much and by relation, me?" He turned to meet her gaze, a polite smile on his face. "Sir__" She held his hand. "Don't regard me as the leader of this outfit but the mere child you had told Young with a hushed whisper when I first arrived here he was so fucked for being handed a child yet you had helped in raising that child proving you're also fucked by extension. Tell me the truth. Do you think I have changed?" He gazed at her for a while then smiled reminiscing old memories and how it felt just like yesterday she had stepped into this house, scared, sad and feeling like a pale pastel coloured couch am
Chapter 058|Now she was going to dream"Room service." She knocked on the door once wearing what she hoped on her face was a sultry smile. "I am coming." The door opened seconds later and she dropped her robe. "Room service." The look he gave her instead of making her feel powerful, Dangerous only irritated her, her body crawling as his eyes raked her almost naked body. She knew whose hands her body wanted, whose heated gaze made her core throb. "I love you." She remembered his words. Then she was slamming the door against the man's face leaving him astounded, she was rushing out of the suite, fumbling with her phone as she did the one thing Young had always asked her to do when it got too much. She retreated. Fucking backed down and worse? She didn't deliberate on the thought that it was the first time she was leaving a mark behind her still breathing but instead all she could think of was the man who she had left after he had bared his heart out to her. Because