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An ulterior motive

Penulis: Lustre Okengwu
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Sage

Out of nervousness, I threw the wine back in my throat. It burned but it gave me a little bit of courage.

I wagged my finger at him as he poured me another glass,

“Don’t think I don’t know what you are doing,”

“And what am I doing, Sage?” He rumbled in that thick voice of his.

The list hit me out of nowhere and I struggled to clamp my legs together.

“Inviting me to your house and offering me wine knowing I am a lightweight, what do you hope to achieve?”

He shrugged, “I don’t know what you are talking about, Sage. I just want to catch up on my favorite student, is there something wrong about that?”

I scoffed, “so now I am your favorite student?” I gulped the content in the glass, “days ago, you were calling me a mere student.”

He chuckled and took another sip of his wine.

“You know the problem with you? You always overthink things. I thought we could be friends.”

For some reason, that word seemed to ignite something in front of me.

“You called me here to tell me that? You should
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