Elise sat in front of dressing mirror in her room, worried. She had just stepped out of the bathroom and her long hair was wrapped up in a thick towel. A bigger white towel was around her chest. Her heart hammered within her chest. She was now staring blankly at herShe picked up her phone and swiped through it. There was still no calls or messages from her friends from school. There was a sickening feeling in the pit of her stomach. What manner of disappointment was this? She wondered in half annoyance.She decided to call her boyfriend, David. He had promised her that he was going to spend time with her a day before her birthday. For over two weeks, their relationship had gone almost downhill as David had been two busy for her.He kept cancelling each appointment she made to meet up with him; most of the times, he provided only flimsy excuses as reasons he could not meet her. She was almost getting tired of his nonchalance but, she decided to just talk things out with him. The eve o
Elise had already told the staff downstairs to open up the main door whenever her friends arrived. They got to her place when it was some minutes after 9pm. Elise was already lying on her bed, her heavy duvet covered her from her chin down to her feet. Her phone was besides her and the voice of a man spoke from the phone. It was her boyfriend, David. She had dialed his number without giving it much thoughts and he answered.He apologized that he was caught up in the middle of a crisis as one of his cousins who lived with him in his private apartment outside school, had gotten a sudden asthmatic attack and badly needed to be rushed to the hospital.He then told her that he was going to make it up to her by coming over to see her at her father’s residence, but only for a few minutes, before he would go back to the hospital where his cousin was hospitalized.While still on the call, Elise heard some loud voices downstairs. She jumped out of bed, quickly bade David farewell, ended the cal
Richard had been turning around in bed, trying to catch some sleep. After futile attempts to fall asleep, he decided to just go out of the room and get a glass of water. Perhaps, the coldness of the room made it quite hard for him to fall asleep as fast as he wanted..He had gotten used to falling asleep in a room that had a warm temperature—his shared hostel room at school had an air-conditioning unit that was only turned on during the early hours of the morning, so he always had to fall asleep with sweat all over his body.It was quite hard for Richard to adapt to this new life, but it didn’t take him long to get used to it. Now, he was sleeping in a room where the air-conditioning unit was constantly running. He sniffed and pulled off the heavy bedsheets that was on his body. Then, he pushed himself up and got out of bed. He slipped his feet into his padded skippers that were by the bed and he headed out of the room.The hallways was quiet and the kitchen was only a few rooms away
The following morning, Elise was woken up with a splash of water on her face. She opened her eyes to meet smiling faces staring down at her. Her mind reeled.She had gone to bed earlier, thinking about Richard’s words the previous night. She knew that what he said was only to help her and bring her back to reality so she would know how much worth she carries, but yet she still felt a certain strange feeling about her relationship with David. She was willing to give him one more chance to make things right. Her mother’s Primary goal was to make sure she didn’t end up with any man that was as below her standards.As she thought about how complicated her relationship with David had gotten, she dozed off.She was still staring in confusion at the other women. She raised her head up and water dropped from her hair. Her eyes fell on the glass of water in Juliet’s hands.“Elise!” Juliet squealed, flashing a bright smile at her. “Sorry, I had to pour you water. You know the tradition! The bir
Niko turned around in the revolving chair and his eyes fell on the lady that had just walked into the office. She wore a bright red lipstick and her tight skirt clung firmly to her body, showing her curves. She held a document in her hands and her round glasses rested on the bridge of her nose.Sunlight pierced through the glass walls of the office and flooded the entire office.“Hello, Sir?” She called out again, taking a step closer to him.Niko raised his hand in the air and gestured for her to approach him. The apple laptop on the table was still on. The dim light of the laptop screen had still not gone off. The lady approached the work table in front of Niko and leaned one of her hands on it.“What did you say?” Niko asked her, his eyebrows drew together as he spoke. He looked up at her and saw how she opened her mouth to say something but shut it immediately. He sensed how tensed she was and it immediately got him upset.“I just asked you to repeat yourself” Niko said in a loud,
Richard was stopped twice by Susan when he got into the kitchen. After he had helped her carry an heavy carton of drinks from the kitchen to the living room, he saw his chance to slip away when she had to answer a phone call.He decided to use the main door of the house and go around it to meet Elise at the back garden. He stumbled on some rocks on the way to the garden and almost tripped over but he held himself back and leaned on the wall for support.As soon as he got to the back of the house, he saw Elise. She was on the same rock where he had met her the previous night. This role, she was not aware of his presence because she had her AirPods plugged in.It was only when he got close enough to her that she raised her face up and met his eyes. In a split second, her surprise changed into a glare and she hissed. She pulled off the AirPods and glared at him.“What exactly are you doing here?” She spat in anger at him as she jumped to her feet. “Are you stalking me, Richard? Why do yo
The party was slated for 7pm but when it was almost an hour to the party, the entire Island was booming with energy and bustling with people. Her mother and Aunt had gotten matching dresses for her birthday party.Elise’s had already sent one of his driver’s to take her down to the island in her party dress. Her friends went in the other car while she rode with her mother. Her Aunt was still at home, giving the final orders to the staff of the residence.During the ride to the island, Elise leaned by the window of the car and stared with longing out of the car at the road. Memories of her 13th birthday filled her mind. It was one of her first birthday parties that gave her much prominence among her peers because of how lavishly her parents had spent on her. Infact, she had the privilege to your 13 exotic places in 13 countries around the world as a special birthday gift from her father. It was an experience that ha always stuck to the back of Elise’s mind.One of the ways that her fat
David stared at his reflection in the mirror and cast a sharp glance at his wristwatch. It was already 7pm. He threw his head back and looked over his shoulder at the lady that was crouched over the bed behind him. She stood upright and flashed him a wide lipped smile.“How do I look?” She asked in soft voice.He ran his eyes from her hair down to her feet and his eyes went back to her face. His lips drew up in a smile as his hands squeezed into fists. This was exactly what he wanted. He always loved her to appear as beautiful as she could each time they had to go out together. It made him feel a certain level of authority and dominance each time he caught other men, leering with lust at her whenever they were out in public.“You look stunning as usual” He said, licking his lips. His eyes ran down to her boobs and settled there. She wore an off shoulder blouse that begun at the lower parts of her shoulder, showing her perfect neck bone and the soft rise of her chest.She blushed. Then