POISONED LOVE- Episode 16-18

(E-book/Story)

Episode 16

On a Thursday evening.
“hello? Steven?” Sophia called on the phone.
She was at home.
“hey, love. Wats up?” Steven replied buoyantly.
“I’m not really fine”.
“what? What’s the problem?”
“remember the group test I told you we’d be
having tomorrow? Well, I’m really in a serious
mess. I don’t seem to understand the outlines”.
“Oh, that’s bad.”
“yeah, it’s really bad. And you promised helping
me out earlier today in school, but you failed to”.
“yeah, I know. I’m really sorry. I was kind of
busy.”
“I’m really confused, Steven. This test is
important”.
“uhm… I have an idea. I’m at home now. So, I
think you should come over so I can help you
out”.
There was a pause.
“hello? Sophia, are you there? Can you hear me?
Just meet me at home, okay? I’ll be waiting… ”
There was a Crack and the call ended.
Sophia remained muted, not knowing exactly
what to say.
‘did Steven just ask me to come over to his
house?’ she thought.
She had never been to his home before, although
she knew where he lived. It felt odd to her.
At that moment, Lily’s words rang in her head
like an alarm.
# he makes use of even the slightest
opportunity”.
She tried to wave it aside.
They’ve been dating for close to two months and
he’s never brought up such issue before.
But wasn’t that because she’s never been to his
house?
“please, Sophia,” she said to herself. “besides,
his parents might be home and there wouldn’t be
room for such nonsense”.
She knocked on the gate and was welcomed in
by the gateman. He was a short black man and
he had a uniform on.”
“hi, good evening”, Sophia greeted as she
adjusted the bag on her shoulders.
“welcome. How may I help you?”
“I’m just…”
“Sophia!” Steven called from behind as he
walked over to meet her.
“you came?” he asked and gave her a kiss.
They both walked into the house together,, first
approaching the sitting room.
Sophia was starring around the whole time. The
house was magnificent. It could almost be
compared to an estate.
And the sitting room? It was beyond description.
Someone might possibly think it belonged to a
famed politician.
“welcome to my humble abode”, Steven said,
spreading his arms apart.
“it’s… It’s beautiful”, Sophia recommended, still
taking her eyes around.
“uhm… By the way, where’re your parents?”
“my parents? They’ve been off to work”.
“work?” Sophia asked nervously. “So, who’s
home with you?”
“no one. Just me.
Come with me”, Steven replied and walked into a
part of the house, expecting Sophia to follow him
behind.
Sophia was confused. She couldn’t tell why she
felt uncomfortable with being just alone with
Steven.
Steven,, who had been ahead of her, stopped and
noticed she wasn’t following him behind.
“is there a problem?” he asked.
“uhm… No”.
He led her into a room which was probably his.
It was refurbished and well decorated.

Episode 17

‘Steven was really a spoilt brat’, she thought to
herself.
“So, what’re we talking about?” Steven asked as
he sat on the bed, leaving enough space for
Sophia to sit beside him.
Sophia settled down next to him and brought out
her books. He set off immediately to explaining
things to her and at a point, Sophia began to
feel at ease.
After a long while of explaining and elucidating,
Sophia and Steven finally decided to come to a
pause as they had both become exhausted.
“you look tired. Hold on”, Steven said and left the
room.
Sophia leaned her back against the wall of the
bed and sighed. Steven was really a nice fellow.
She felt lucky being with someone like him.
Shortly, he returned to the room with a tray
containing two glasses of juice and two little
plates of sliced cake.
He dropped them on the bed and gave one plate
to Sophia while he took one for himself.
“thanks”, Sophia said as she collected the plate
from him.
She took a little bite from it and discovered it
tasted good. After that, she sipped from one of
the glasses of juice.
“So, how’re you coping with the lessons? Hope
I’m being of help?” Steven asked, also biting at
his cake.
“well,, maybe. By the way, this tastes really
good”, Sophia replied.
“Oh, dear. Thank. I made it myself.
“hm. You can tell that to the gods.”
“I’m damn serious. I baked it myself”.
“not even in your wildest dreams”.
And they both laughed for a while.
They ate silently, but not for long.
“you’re beautiful, Sophia”, Steven said after a
short while, starring directly into her face.
They were sitting very close to each other.
“I know. It’s nothing new to me. So, don’t think
you can flatter me now.”
“Oh,, seriously?” Steven asked and laughed.
“come on, let me feed you”, he said as he
collected the plate of cake from her.
“I’m not a baby, Steven. I can do it”.
“just shut up for once. And who told you you’re
not a baby? Don’t you know you’re Steven’s
baby?”
“hm. Indeed”.
Steven cut a little slice of the cake and fed it to
Sophia. She ate happily.
And while she was eating, some particles stained
on her lips.
“you claim not to be a baby, yet, you still eat like
a baby ” Steven said as he used his hands to
clean it off her lips.
“come on, Steven. That’s because you’re feeding
me”, Sophia replied and paused.
She noticed Steven’s fingers were stucked to her
lips and his eyes kept starring at them.
“is… Is there something wrong?” she asked,
starring into his eyes which were starring at her
lips.
“no”, Steven replied and finally kissed her.
It was a snogging kiss.
Sophia could comprehend what was going on at
the moment. It took her quite sometime to
realize Steven was kissing her and they were
both on the bed.
Steven held her face tenderly and continued
kissing her. She was kissing him back.
She thought of putting a stop to it, but she felt
helpless. She kind of enjoyed it.
Then suddenly, some words flashed into her
head like someone recovering from amnesia.
First, Lily’s words:
‘ # Steven’s a playboy and that’s what he’ll always
be. He acts like he cares, but he doesn’t. He
makes use of even the slightest opportunity and
once he’s gotten into that special angle of yours,
you’ll mean nothing to him”.
Then secondly, Treasure’s words:
‘ # the truth is, I’m very scared for you. He’s
always been a playboy and that’s why I can’t
can’t tell if he’s changed or not’.
And finally, Oliver’s words:
‘ # Don’t think you’re sleeping on a bed of roses,
Sophia. He may act like he cares, but no matter
how hard he tries, he’ll always be a cheat’.
At that point, Steven was already on top of
Sophia and her T-shirt had already been
unbuttoned. Her chest had become exposed.
She pushed him away and jumped out of the
bed, turning her back against him.
“Sophia, what’s wrong?” Steven asked as he also
left the bed and walked up to her.
“Steven, stop.” she said with less enthusiasm.
Her words were just too weak. She was panting.
She starred at Steven who was now standing in
front of her with his T-shirt apart. He was looking
so cute – so sexy.
As she thought of the discouraging words, she
also remembered his words to her sometime
ago:
‘ # I know I’ve lived a bad life, but please, trust
me when I say I love you. I really do, Sophia’.
Steven held her by the waist and went for her
lips again. And this time around, she couldn’t
resist him.
It was 6 p.m.
Steven opened his eyes and found Sophia still
sleeping beside him, covered under his
bedsheets.
Awww! It had been a wonderful time.
He looked at her and smiled. She was really a
darling.
He looked at the wall clock and on discovering
the time was 6 p.m, he sprang out of bed.
“Sophia! Sophia! He jerked her out of sleep..
Sophia awakened with a yawn and was surprised
at Steven who was now putting on his trousers.
“please, dress up. You need to go home”, Steven
said in a hurry.
Sophia was stunned.
“b… but why?”
“please, Sophia. There’s no time. Just do as I
say”.
Sophia was confused. That felt strange. Why was
Steven in a hurry to get her home? Why did he
want her to leave all of a sudden?
She wore on her clothes and Steven led her into
his car. He was so much in a hurry.
Immediately he settled on the driver’s seat, he
scorched off on a high speed.
He parked in front of Sophia’s gate and awaited
her to get off the car. Sophia was worried. Why
was Steven suddenly acting strange?
“Sophia,, I’m so sorry I had to hasten things up.
Don’t worry, I’ll call you later”, he said and gave
her a peck.
Sophia starred at him in silence for a while. She
was out of words.
“bye”, she finally mumbled and left the car.
Steven drove back into his compound and found
his dad’s car parked outside.
That was a lucky escape, he thought.
He didn’t want to imagine what would have
happened if his dad had returned and had found
him on bed with Sophia. That would have been a
bombshell; a disaster!
He knew his dad was good at keeping his
threats. And he couldn’t explain it to Sophia
because it would have sounded childish.
He walked into the house and found his parents
in the sitting room. But, there was something
uncanny.
He also found the plates of cake and the glasses
of juice he had used with Sophia and they were
placed right in front of his dad.
Damn! He had forgotten to clear them up before
leaving.
“mom, dad, good…”
“hold your greetings, Steven”, Mr Damola
snapped in.
“where’re you coming from?” he asked.
“I… I went to check on something down the
street”.
“and what were these doing in your room?” he
asked, pointing to the plates and drinks.
Steven was silent.
“I’m asking a question!”
“I had a visitor”.
“and what visitor is that? Don’t even tell me it
was a male because I can’t imagine you having
cakes and drinks with your fellow guy in your
bedroom with your bed being so rumbled!”
Steven couldn’t say anything. He knew he had
been bursted.

“So, after all my warnings and instructions, you
still had to disrespect me, right? You shameless
son! You’ve decided to bring shame and disgrace
upon this family, right? Steven!
Just thank your God. Just thank your God I
didn’t come in time to meet both of you. Else, I
would have dealt with that stupid LovePeddler of
yours!”
“she’s not an LovePeddler, dad. So, mind the way you
refer to her.” Steven said in anger and his father
slapped him.
“ah! Oko mi! What’s the meaning of this?” Mrs
Damola shrieked.
“if you really don’t need me as a son, then why
don’t you just send me away?” Steven said
raucously and walked into his room.
His mother followed him behind.
“Steven!” she called as he threw himself on the
bed in anger.
“Steven, please don’t mind your dad. You know
how he is at times.” she tried consoling him as
she sat on the bed with him.
Steven threw his face away and was fuming with
anger.
“but, why did you go ahead to bring a lady into
the house after he warned you not to?”
“please, mom. I’ll want to be alone”.
“hm”, Mrs Damola sighed and kissed him on the
cheeks.
“have some rest. I’ll check up on you later” she
said and left.
Steven felt humiliated. Being slapped by his
father was really embarrassing.
Why was his dad even going against his
relationship with Sophia? What business did he
have with his love life?
He didn’t want to think about it because it
increased his anger.
He laid on the bed and slept off.
Sophia sat on her bed and found it difficult
falling asleep.
She thought of Steven.
Why was he acting strange? He was yet to call
her as he had promised.
Was everything okay?
Perhaps, he was busy and they would probably
meet in school the next day. She didn’t want to
Harbour any negative thoughts or feelings.
But, as she finally laid to sleep, she recalled
Lilly’s words again:
‘ # once he’s gotten into that special angle of
yours, right between your legs, you’ll mean
nothing to him’.

To be continued...

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