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Penulis: Rhema Oyedotun
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Back to life. Back to reality. Back to work, but this time, a little less for one of the duo.

Life should be more rosy now. The world has been on Naomi’s shoulders until she made a no-turning-back decision to dance the world off her shoulders.

Dance her shoulder off? How about the things Ethan's touch did to her? The electrifying touch from the Billionaire.

The soft neck kisses that had been permanently installed in her head? Nah. She was missing all of those.

Especially now that she is plying the route of endless emotional trickery, the simultaneous feeling of needing love and affection at a time, and in a snap, it becomes cravings for fried shark, roasted lion skin, etc, an endless list of unthinkable edibles, any flesh can think of.

The trauma that accompanies gestation is second to none. It is almost impossible to sit for a while without salivating.

Her feet increased in size, and her visibly protruded stomach needed support, support from Daddy. But Daddy firmly protests that
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Who's this benevolent strange guy? why did he help Naomi. I am curious. next chapter, please ....
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  • THE EX - WIFE'S RECKONING    CHAPTER 66

    Sometimes, a carefree living rewards the best peace of mind money can not buy.That has been Naomi's slogan, which she outrightly lived by.Job hunting became a threat as she could not present any of her identification cards or Social Security Number, which had her personal details, perhaps wouldn't tally with her new identity, face and name.The past weeks had run mad, since Clara had to leap back to work in China.Bills blew their horns, which bellowed louder than her bank account balance. She just had to get a Job before the little she had saved over the years ran into zeros.But now. How? What now?Something clicked. The gold-like business card from Jay-Cobbs.Now, this is risky. “I have to do this. No one is coming to save me.” She whispered to herself.She went to the wardrobe and buried herself in between her luggage, searching and searching until a quick golden reflection flashed. She made for the card, smiling like one who had lost her mind.Memories galore about Jay dunking

  • THE EX - WIFE'S RECKONING    CHAPTER 65

    “Believing this is a little too uneasy. I can't bring myself to a place of accepting what you have just said, girl. Are you sure about this?”Naomi hesitated to say a word. She ran her fingers on her palm, massaging it carefully, right at the bandaged spot where she had sustained injury the previous day while cleaning up broken pieces of glasses that were shattered on the floor.She let out a heavy heave. “Like I said. My biological mother can do anything for the pay,” she said casually. Then added. “It's a boy.” Clara raised her eyebrow, which was accompanied by one side of her lips. Then she separated her lips to say:“Miss Poetry, can you hit the nail wherever you want to?”“What don't you get? Natasha just birthed another arrogant blood.”“Ou!!” Clara gasped in awe. But soon, her face dropped as she noticed the frailty of dissatisfaction boldly spelt across Naomi's face.“Just cry all you want tonight, I won't lift an arm to wipe those crocodile tears. I need my sanity, too.”Na

  • THE EX - WIFE'S RECKONING    CHAPTER 64

    “Are you the attached cleaner for today?”“Yes, ma.. sir.”The average height man in a white coverall coat that went a little below his knee, raised his brow rhetorically, his eyes shot a piercing glance, while he sent his hands to the side pockets of the coat. On the left side of the coat, just directly to his heart, is written MD. Derek.“Suspend cleaning the hallway, head over to the Intensive Care Unit, Ward 2 and clean it up, real quick.” Before Naomi could separate her lips in response, he had taken four steps away.Her shoulders dropped, and the momentum she had gathered to ask a question.Thank goodness, I didn't blurt that suspicious trash. She thought.Her legs moved two steps ahead of her brain in a reflex. She suspected that the doctor was related to her mother’s case. But so unsure to say.She stepped into a door that had the earlier inscription boldly written above its doorpost, “ICU WARD 2”.She pushed the door open, only to find a cardavass covered head to toe with a

  • THE EX - WIFE'S RECKONING    CHAPTER 63

    AUTHOR’S POV:Sometimes, we never know how much we need the sun till it's burning low. Till darkness covers, leaving every nook and cranny of our insides numb like nothingness. Creating an endless vacuum that nothing can fill.This is not about the sun, you know.BACK TO OUR STORY!“This is the most crappy risk I am about taking for a woman who can not move a spec dust for me if I were to be in her shoes.” Naomi breathed, heaving heavily.“I don't understand how your mom… I mean, like, I.. I..” raises both shoulders, alongside her hands, holding her bare palms facing the ceiling.“Okay, this sounds insensitive, but why would you allow anyone to reach your line over the phone? You could be tracked down easily.” Clara said, looking away, feeling a little uneasy with her complaint, which only came from a place of concern.“My documents are interconnected to that mobile line. I can't easily…” Heaves heavily, then lowers her voice to continue.“I'm sorry, Naomi. I didn't mean to trigger yo

  • THE EX - WIFE'S RECKONING    CHAPTER 62

    Now, life has become a little complex and better. A couple of days ago, she had screamed at the top of her lungs inside a shopping mall, the moment she stumbled on a stranger sitting on her face when she met her reflection in the mirror.An easy life came from the fact that despite the embarrassment that called attention to everyone, no one could recognise her. No flickers of camera lights on her, no stalking by journalists. Now, this is freedom away from how she had usually wrapped her face with mufflers or nose masks to hide her identity from the press.Still, everything felt south. A cold distance between accepting her new looks and the looks she had lived with for over 23 years of her life kept meddling with her every night's rest. “Hey, Girl. You still mad at me for concocting such a plan?”“Yes, Clara. I am mad at you. I mean, is that how to repay all the good he did for us? Especially picking you up from the roadside, halfway through death!”Her body quivered uncontrollably.“

  • THE EX - WIFE'S RECKONING    CHAPTER 61

    The devil doesn't bargain. He only steals it all.At first, it was a rosy, sweet fragrance, then it all turned into flames. Life has been nothing short of sweet bitterness.One time, she was jumping everywhere, living the best life, and the next moment came the wilderness. Nothing was darker than the pure torture she had been subjected to; finally, even the dark charcoal glistens when a source of light flashes on it. But for Naomi's everyday? Nothing was exciting. Nothing.She had cried herself to sleep on the wheelchair she had been depending solely on for support, since Clara is under close watch by a good Samaritan who found her by the roadside, halfway between life and death.Like he had narrated earlier, he couldn't just drive past a woman in that perturbing state, regardless of the risk of losing his license to practice medicine.The door slammed, and Naomi jerked from her sleep.“My bad. I didn't mean to disrupt your good sleep, T.C.” A rough but sweet tenor voice apologised, w

  • THE EX - WIFE'S RECKONING    CHAPTER 60

    Nothing heals the past like time. But some wounds don't heal quickly, or their healing process moves like a running tortoise, marking its territories in every sane corner of the mind, soul and body, defeating sanity, and detailing its scars that open up each time it remembers that night. The night when they locked the world away. That night, where thighs kissed, two hearts beat as one in a heat of passion and touch.Each faded memory came crawling in like it all happened a few seconds ago; again, it burnt off, just like his gut was burning with regrets and anger. The anger of losing the opportunity to experience fatherhood, due to the carelessness of one person. His jaw ticked whilst his teeth ground hard against each other. He relaxed into his office chair, rocking it like a pendulum bulb, left to right and back.“Hi, hunnie.” A familiar voice pushed open the door on short notice without a knock.His heart melted at the sight of a bump that sat on her belly. But a part of him fought

  • THE EX - WIFE'S RECKONING    CHAPTER 59

    Natasha and his fiancé raised a glass in cheers inside their favourite limousine, celebrating victory at last. It will be a great plus as the world will bow at their feet, for leading the break in the saturated and boring fashion industry. How about Natasha? Her parents will be too proud to contend the joy of having their surnames crested in the sands of time. A movement they had failed at due to the foolishness of one man who gave up his life for a piece of fabric he could have easily handed over and got his lucky break in cash.Lucky stars! The search is over.The limousine pulled over in front of a bungalow in a non-residential area.“We're here, Darling. You'll finally meet that piece of shit and get what you deserve.” She brought her chest to meet his shoulder. But his body responded quite the opposite, jerking away.Her mood dropped, but her smile stood solid, but without life.She stood up, half bent, and made for the door which had been held open by one of her escorts.She

  • THE EX - WIFE'S RECKONING    CHAPTER 58

    “Miss Carmen, you still have 24 hours to think this decision through. You may want to retain your true identity or take a different one. While this is impossible to reverse, do reach through the policies, risk, social post trauma that may conflict within you and sometimes, it may tamper with your true self-esteem.”The plastic surgeon raised his brow to form an arc, throwing a neutral but concerning gaze at Naomi, then to Clara and back to Naomi, signalling with a nod at Clara to do the talking with her friend.“You may want to go through those documents beside you again. Once you arrive at a decision, you can call my attention with a dial.” he flickered his eye to where a telephone was seated on the wall, right beside the patient's bed, brought his eye back to the duo who were seated, upright, and continued, “so we can proceed with signing the documents where necessary.” He let out a mild smile that didn't stretch a single muscle around his mouth, and turned on his heel and left the

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