Saved by love episode 9 & 10

Saved by Love

By Olufunlola Adeola

Episode 9

 

At Akinlolu’s office, there’s this lady by the name Chidinma. She is a beautiful dark-skinned lady and she has been trying to get close to Akinlolu since he was announced the new Architect so as to worm her way into his heart. One day after work, she went into his office and gave him an invitation card to her birthday which was the following week Wednesday and Akinlolu promised to show up since they had conversed a couple of times and she seem like a nice girl.

That day, whilst eating dinner Akinlolu asked Adara,

 

“Babe, what do you think i can get for a lady on her birthday?”

“Anything. You can get her favorite perfume, a dress, a designer bag or purse, anything depending on your level of clos£ness with her.”

“I see . Are you not going to ask me who I want to buy a gift for?”

“Why would I? You are a grown-up man who has the right to get any lady he wants gift. I would have objected if we were married or are, we married?”

“Really? That’s what you are going to say?”

“Akinlolu, what do you want me to say?”

“Just forget it.” He said standing up and he rinsed his hands and made his way to his room. Why couldn’t she just be jealous? Why couldn’t she just d@t£ him? What was her problem? These and many more were the questions that occu-pied Akinlolu’s mind till he drifted off to sleep.

……..

As promised, Akinlolu went for Chidinma’s birthday

 

. When he got there, she introduced him to all her friends and Akinlolu pres£nted his gift of a leather Gucci wrist watch and a smart collection perfume to her and she was very happy. She put the wrist watch on immediately and hvgged him ti-ghtly.

After taking pictures with her and spending two more hours, he left knowing Adara would be worried as he didn’t tell her he was going out after work and so he stood up and bid Chidinma goodnight but she st©pped him saying,

“But Akinlolu, I thought you were going to spend the night with me.”

“Spend the night? I can’t do that. We have work tomorrow and I have to get to the office to finish the work I abandoned for your birthday.”

“Okay, let me walk you to your car.” She said and as they got to where he parked his car, she leaned forward and k!$$£d him. Akinlolu was shocked and she used that to move in on him, pressing her b©dy to his but he gently pu-ll-ed away and entered his car and she bent down, revea-ling her cle-avageand she said,

“Thanks for coming, you made my day.” She turned to leave and he drove away.

……….

On getting home, he met Adara seeing a series, he dropped his keys as he said,

“Good evening.”

“Welcome, your food is on the table. plea-se excuse me.” Adara stood up to leave,

“I am sorry i c@m£ home late…”

“I know where you went, saw it on your upd@t£.”

“Oh!”

“Yeah, how was the p@rty?”

“Great. It was really okay.”

“All right. I am glad you enjoyed yourself. I am going to be-d now, so tired.”

“Okay. Sweet dreams.” Akinlolu said and Adara went to her room.

……..

Akinlolu resumed work the next day and he kept getting close to Chidinma. He kept meaning to dissolve their friendsh!psoon because he knew Chidinma was not the kind of girl he could as-sociate with, with all her indecent dressing and vulgar languages.

A week after her birthday she visited him at home on a Saturday, she was wearing a black stra-pless mini go-wn. When Adara opened the door to see who it was, she was astounded, this go-wn could go for a long t©p. Who was the lady here to s£dûç£?

“Helloooo.”

“Oh! Hi, plea-se who do you want to see?”

“Funny you, did Akinlolu not tell you to expect me?”

“Oh! You want to see Akinlolu, come in, come in.” Adara ushered her in just as Akinlolu c@m£ into the sitting room and Chidinma went to hvg him just as Adara found the way to her room.

Two hours later, Adara c@m£ to get a drink from the kitchen and as she was leaving the kitchen for her room, Akinlolu who was perched on a stool in the bar asked,

“You think she is okay?”

“You mean the lady that just showed up a couple of hours ago?” Adara asked for clarification as she lowered herself on a stool opposite him.

“Yes, that’s Chidinma.”

“Well, she is okay but I didn’t know she sells flesh.

“How? What does that mean?”

“Her dress was too revea-ling and with all those make-ups? Ugh!”

“Why all these oppositions? Are you jealous?”

“Akinlolu? Me? Jealous? But you asked for my opinion and i gave it.

 

. Is it because i am now staying un-der your roof and you are feeding me? That’s why you think i am jealous? Because of some twit? Is it…?”

“Adara take it easy plea-se. I didn’t think, i just said the first thing that c@m£ to mind.”

“It’s okay. I am off.” She said standing up and as she walked few steps away, she turned and said,

“And that reminds me, I am moving out tomorrow.” Akinlolu was dumbfounded, what did she mean by she was moving out? where is she moving to? This girl will be the death of me, he thought as he decided to let her cool it off for a while.

Later that evening, Adara was cooking dinner when he strolled into the kitchen and he held her w@!st as he pressed his b©dy against hers, she turned thinking he would re-lease her but instead he just lowered his head and caught her s-en-suousl-ips in his. Oh! The kitchen got heated up.

Adara tried to resist but he didn’t let her go but immediately she could talk,

“Do you want to r@p£ me?”

“No! Why would you think that!” He protested dropping his hands from her b©dy.

“You know I love…”

“Don’t!” She said raising a f!nger at him.

“Okay, I am sorry for everything.”

“It’s okay, I am not angry. Just don’t t©uçh me, okay? We’ve agreed on that.”

“Why are you moving and where to?”

“Oh! To my ap@rtment. I got one dope self-contain close to the shop so I have to move.”

“Why didn’t you tell me all this time?”

“It was meant to be a surprise.”

“That’s a nas-ty surprise. So, you are leaving me tomorrow. Can I get a hvg at least?”

“Okay.” Adara said smiling and he hvgged her ti-ght before she turned back to what she was doing and he as-sisted her.

………

The following day, Adara moved into her ap@rtment and after helping her to do some basic arrangement, she cooked, they ate and Akinlolu left. He spent the night alone in his house feeling all lonely and deserted. ‘And this is just the first night?’ He thought to himself.

The next week on Thursday, Chidinma went into Akinlolu’s office, she went around his desk and made to sit on Akinlolu’s l@p but he was fast enough to stand up and he said,

“Look Chidinma, I think it is high time we put an end to this clos£ness.”

“What do you mean Akinlolu?”

“I mean from now on, you see me as your s£nior colleague nothing attached and you are a junior colleague to me. Do not call or chat with me again.”

“Can you imagine? You are detaching yourself from me? Did you think i loved you before? ru-bbish!” Chidinma replied heatedly and left his office slamming the door after her.

 

 

Saved by Love
By Olufunlola Adeola
Episode 10

Even as the days grew by, Ombré increa-sed with clients and wears. It majored in evening dresses, suit clothing and native outfits like lace, Ankara and Gini. After six months, Adara decided to celebr@te the success of her Fashion Sto-re. So, she arranged for lunch with just close friends, Akinlolu, The Williams and her staff. At the lunch, they introduced themselves, Bolade volunteered to take pictures and one of her as-sistants recorded it all as they sat, talked and chatted then the food arrived and drinks . They made a toast to Incognito and Ombré and then everyb©dy settled down to eat.

Just then, a call c@m£ throu-gh on Akinlolu’s phone and he excused himself, he picked it as he got to a quiet area, his boss’s voice c@m£ throu-gh,
“Hello Akinlolu, how are you?”
“I am good sir and you?”
“I am very much okay. I just met with the General Manager of Starling Bank and the interesting thing is, his bank is the one sponsoring that Toronto Project so i decided to meet with him to just while away time and i discovered his name is Mister Akinola Ericson Coker. As we kept discussing he said some things similar to what you told me about your family so…”
“Is the man with you? Can I speak with him sir?”
“Sure. Hold on.” Mr
. Cole said and within a few seconds, Akinlolu heard a different voice, something in that voice that made blood rush throu-gh his veins,
“Hello, am I speaking with Akinlolu Coker?”
“Yes, yes, this is Akinola Ericson Coker right?”

“Yes man, can’t believe it’s you man, I am so excited right now, I want to see you, where the heck have you been?”
“Oh man, not now, I can’t just up and leave, so what can we do? What about Akinloye?”
“Oh! He is doing good; we reAlly nee-d to see. This is a miracle really. I will be free by February for a leave, that’s five months from now, just s£nd me all your details, let us hook up on WhatsApp and Skype, I really nee-d to hear from you.”
“That’s quite far but since we will be conversing via the phone and all. No problem. It’s really nice hearing your voice D’ace.”
“Wow, you remember my nick.

. I have to go now dear, take care.”
“You can tell my boss to give you my number and do treat him very well, he has done so much for me.”
“I un-derstand bro, later.”
“Yeah, take care.” Akinlolu said and he ended the call and few minutes later, Adara pas-sed by him and st©pped when she saw him and asked,
“What are you doing here alone?”
“You can’t believe what just happened?”
“What just happened?” Adara asked and Akinlolu shared the news with her and she said,
“Hmmm, Akinlolu, you have started with this your jokes abi?”
“How can I joke with something personal?”
“Are you really sure of what you are saying?”
“Very much. All the glory belongs to God. If anyb©dy had told me that I would hear Akinola’s voice today, I would have insulted that person.”
“God works in mysterious ways. All thanks to God for finally answering our prayers.”
“Yes. In fact, I am going to be the number one testifier in church on Sunday.” He said and they both laughed,
“By the way, you are looking beautiful today.”
“Hmmm, thank you.” Adara said and quic-kly entered her office because she knew where that would lead to. She liked Akinlolu but she still is not re-ady for any relationsh!pand Akinlolu kept wondering why she was pushing him away in that aspect at least from the beginning she had told him God told her their destiny is intertwined, so why all these?, he asked himself then went to join the small gathering.
As the days grew by, two months pas-sed by and Akinlolu advised Adara to get a small car and he loaned her some money and she added hers and she bought it. Also, Ombré was getting known but nob©dy knew who the owner was, and the media were really talking about the label, Ombré. There was a 24-hour active website for Ombré where you can order and buy wears online and have them delivered to your home. At the Zamani’s house, Alhaji was still infuriated with Adara and her decision. He still hoped that one day she will get tired and come back home. In truth, he missed her.

 

Tbc