Hello people. I am currently still posting a Novella (Love Life of a Lily-Livered Loner) I started a few weeks ago...I will be posting updates on that once or twice a week. But, in between, I would also be posting short stories.

This is a short-short story of about 3,600 words, and I will divide it into three parts. I will post the first part in the next couple of minutes. And then I will put the remaining two parts between tonight and tomorrow (depending on Power supply).

Please, remember, this is a short-short story...it is quite short. When you see, The End, that's the end. I hope you like it.

This story is a short romance story

One Night with Anna

By

Kayode Odusanya



© 2021 Kayode Odusanya


Frank was seated on the black leather couch closest to the door in his living room, staring at the big screen TV on the white painted wall in front of him. This was the first time ever he would be doing something of this nature, and he was quite nervous. His close friend, Wale had told him the girl wasn’t on social media, so he didn’t even know how she looked. But he had assured Frank that she was someone he would like.

Ever since he ended his last relationship two years ago, because of infidelity on the part of his ex, he had stayed single. He was a tall and good looking guy with an athletic build in his late twenties. He kept a well-trimmed beard at all times, and girls threw themselves at him, but he always found a way to avoid them at all cost. Burying himself in work helped with loneliness, but right now, he was ready to mix with the opposite sex again. He just didn’t want any commitments. Her name was Anna, and her fee for the night was going to be 20,000 Naira.

His phone buzzed on the glass table in front of him, and he took a deep breath. He had already spoken to her once earlier, so he had her number stored. He picked up his silver colored phone, looked at the screen for a few seconds, and then answered the call. “Hello.”
“Hi. Umm…I’m outside your house.” A sweet sounding voice said on the other end of the line.
“Oh! Okay. I’ll be right out.” The line went dead and Frank got off the couch, put his phone in his jeans pocket, and adjusted the collar of the black polo top he had on. He headed to the restroom, grabbed the bottle of Listerine mouthwash on the sink, uncapped it, and took a little of the blue liquid in his mouth. He gargled it in his mouth, as he opened the tap, and splashed water on his face. He spat out the content in his mouth, and let the tap run for a few seconds to flush it down the drain, and then walked out of the rest room.

He took a quick look at his living room one last time to make sure everything was in the right place before heading out. His living room exit was pretty close to the gate the building he lived in, and he could hear her pacing back and forth just outside the big black gate. When he got off his elevated veranda, and started walking towards the gate, he heard her talking on the phone. She was letting someone know she had gotten to the house. The person on the other end of the line had said something to make her laugh, and when she heard his footsteps approaching; she let the person know she had to go.
“Hi.” She said with a smile when he opened the gate. Her dressing was official; grey sleeveless linen gown, with a small black handbag hanging from her right shoulder.
“Hello. Come in.” He said, and stepped aside for her to walk into the compound. She was tall, slim, and brown skinned; that much he knew already from what his friend had told him, but he never expected her to be so pretty.
The building he lived in was at the end of a dead-end street, and the car she had come in was still backing out of the cul-de-sac. He had his eyes on the white Camry for a few seconds before shutting the gate.
“Your area is quite quiet.” She said with a smile on her face.
“Yeah; it’s always like this during the week.” He said, as he led the way to his apartment. “Weekends are a lot livelier.”
“Okay.”
As he walked her to the door, he wondered why she didn’t ask if he really was the one she had been speaking to on the phone. It seemed like she had seen him before. Then he realized that even though he had no idea how she looked prior to a couple of seconds ago, Wale must have shown her his pictures.

Just before entering his apartment, he looked back and saw her going through her handbag. He had a few seconds to check her out unaware. She was quite neatly dressed, and her black weave looked quite expensive. Another thing that caught his eye was the silver watch she had on. It was a Cartier watch; Frank, being a watch fanatic, could tell it wasn’t cheap. She was nothing like what he had expected. He liked that.

A smile appeared on her face when she looked up and caught him staring. He caught a whiff of her sweet smelling cologne when she walked passed him to get into his apartment. Her shoes made a click-clacking sound as she walked into the tiled living room; a different sound from what it made on the concrete floor, outside.
“You live alone?” She asked as she stood still, looking around the living room.
“Yes I do.”
“Nice apartment.”
“Thanks.” Franks said as he shut the door behind them. “You can take a seat.” He said and waved her over to the couch facing the window. She walked over, sat by the end of the couch, and turned to the side, so she could look straight at the TV. It was on Nat Geo Wild, showing a pride of Lions resting in the sun in open woodland. “So…what would you like to watch?” He said as he walked to the center table and picked up the DSTV remote control.
“Umm…You can live it at this. This is one of my favorite channels anyway.”
“Oh. Okay. That’s cool.” He said, and slowly dropped the remote back on the glass table. He didn’t know why, but for some reason, he had thought she would request for the Big Brother Nigeria channel. “I’ll be right back.”
“Okay.” She said and relaxed on the couch.
Frank walked over to a door behind the couch she was sitting on. It led to his bedroom. He didn’t plan on bringing her into the room just yet, but they would still end up in it at the end of the night, and he wanted to make sure the place was in order. He flicked on the lights by the wall. The room had powder blue painted walls, with a neatly made bed. The sheets and the headboard matched the color of the walls. There was a big screen TV on the wall opposite the bed, and a reading table and chair a few feet to left of that by the window. He scanned the room for anything that would seem out of place, and when he was satisfied, closed the door and walked back to join her in the living room.

“Do you want anything to eat?” He asked, and made her turn her head around to see where he was talking from.
“Umm… maybe later. But can I please get a glass of water?”
“Sure.” He said and walked over to the door next to his room door, which led to the kitchen. Inside, he pulled out a bottle of water from the fridge, shut the fridge door and was walking out of the kitchen but stopped and turned back around. He walked back into the kitchen, placed the bottle of water on the kitchen counter, pulled out a glass cup from cabinet by the sink, and opened the tap to wash it as he thought of his next move.

“So…” He started to say as he walked back to join her. “I had asked what you wanted to eat earlier, because I was thinking of ordering some food.”
“Oh.”
“Yeah, I don’t really cook. And I know you might get hungry later on.” He said as he placed the water and cup on the glass stool beside her.
She sat up and looked into space for a few seconds before saying, “Umm…but do you have anything I can cook in your kitchen?”
“Well, yeah I guess…I think I have the essentials; rice, beans, yam, pasta, eggs…and meat and chicken in the fridge.”
“That’s great. I’ll cook something later.”
“Okay.” He said and sat at the other end of the couch she was on. She had taken off her shoes, and placed it neatly by her side. Her legs were stretched out, and he couldn’t help but admire how smooth her skin was. She got him staring and smiled as she drank from the glass of water.
“Umm…do you have anything I can change into?” She said as she placed the glass cup on the stool.
“I should…”
“Like maybe a tee shirt and shorts.”
“Okay. That’ll be no problem.” He got up and was about to head over to the room before stopping and saying, “You can come with me and change in the room.”
“Okay.” She said as she got off the couch and headed in his direction. “I think I would like to take a shower too.” She said as she walked into the room with him.
“Okay.” He said and walked over to the wardrobe. After going through his neatly folded clothes for a few seconds, he pulled out a grey t shirt, and blue shorts. “The heater in the bathroom is working, in case you prefer to bathe with hot water.” He said as he walked over and handed the shorts and t shirt to her.
“I’m okay with cold water.” She said and examined the clothes in her hand for a few seconds before placing them on the bed. Her hand went to her back, and when she was having problems unzipping her blouse, she asked for help. He walked over and slowly unzipped the blouse.
“Thanks.” She said in a low voice.
“You’re welcome.”
“Wait. Please, can you stay in the room with me?” She said when Frank was walking out the room. “I’m kind of scared of being in a room alone.” She added with a smile on her face.
“Okay. No problem.” He said and went and sat on the other end of the bed from where she was. She slowly got out of her gown, placed it on the bed, and walked into the bathroom in her white bra and panties.

Frank had one leg on the floor and the other on the bed as he rested his back on the headboard. The sound of water hitting tiled floor in the bathroom filled the air, and his mind wondered off. Ever since his ex-girlfriend cheated on him, he had become a loner. If it wasn’t work related, he never wanted to even meet girls again, because to him, all of them were the same. He could have sworn Julie was the most faithful human being on earth and for her to eventually cheat on him broke him down. His friend, Wale spent months on end trying to get him dating again, but was never successful. He finally gave up after a while, but one day two weeks ago, he told Frank about a nice girl he wanted to hook him up with. He said it came with no attachments; just someone he could spend an intimate night with. Frank still didn’t know why he said yes to the proposal, but he guessed it was because his soul was just tired of being alone.

She turned off the shower, and a few minutes later, she came out, drying her body with a white towel. Their eyes connected and she smiled before looking away. She walked over to where she had dropped the clothes he had given her. After properly drying her body, she laid the towel on the bed, and slowly got into the shorts and t shirt. He watched her walk back to the bathroom, and it was cool seeing her in his clothes.

When she reemerged from the bathroom, she got in bed, and sat next to him. There was silence, and she turned to look at him after a while with a smile on her face. She probably was waiting for him to make a move, but he just wasn’t in the mood for anything sexual at the moment. “So… tell me a little about yourself.” He said and it made her smile some more. He loved her smile.
“Hmm…Okay.”

No comments? Hmm...

……….

She loved to talk, and the more he listened to her, the less he saw her as just an object of sexual gratification. He found out she had a regular job, loved animals, was an only child, and her 24th birthday was yesterday. She had come over for one reason, but he felt the magic he was feeling right know would go away once he got intimate with her, so he kept her talking.

“So… What about you? What do you like to do in your free time?” The question caught him off guard. He hadn’t expected her to ask him that kind of question, and he was lost for a few seconds. “I understand if you don’t want to talk about yourself.”
“No; it’s cool.”
“So…what do you do when you get back from work every day?”
“Umm…” He was about to start talking when his phone rang. It was the delivery man for the food they had ordered. Initially, they had agreed she would cook something later, but when he thought of how long that would take, he convinced her that ordering food would be a better idea.

He excused himself from the room, and came back in about two minutes with a white pizza box and a bottle of red wine. He placed the big box of pizza in the middle of the bed and the bottle of wine on the bedside stool, before going out to get cups. She had the pizza open, and was already taking out a slice when he got back. “Sorry, I couldn’t wait.” She said with a smile on her face as she took a bite from the pizza slice.
“It is okay.” Frank placed the cups on the floor, and grabbed the wine. “How is it?” He asked as he proceeded to open the wine with a stainless steel, winged corkscrew.
“It’s good. It’s really good.” She said with her eyes closed, savoring the taste of the pizza. She had a little piece of food by the corner of her mouth, and he stopped what he was doing to grab a piece of serviette next to the pizza box to wipe it off. “Thanks.” She said with a smile on her face.

Frank finally got done with opening the wine, poured them both a glass full, and handed hers to her. She took a few gulps from the cup to wash down the food in her mouth, and then placed the cup on the stool by her side of the bed. “So…you were telling me about yourself before we were interrupted.”
“Oh, that’s true.”
“Do you have a girlfriend?”
“No… No I don’t.” He answered and took a sip from his cup. “Why did you ask that?”
“Well, it’s really none of my business, but I want to be sure a girl won’t bust through the door at any minute.”
“Oh!” He said and laughed lightly. “Trust me; you don’t have to worry about that.”
“Okay. That’s cool.” She said and cleared her throat. There was a smile on her face as she looked in his eyes.
“What about you…do you have a boyfriend.”
“No.”
“Okay.” Frank said and took a sip from his cup before placing it on the floor. He looked up and caught her staring at him. She didn’t look away. Sexual tension was in the air. He closed the box of pizza in front of them, pushed it aside, and moved closer to her. He leaned in slowly, and kissed her gently. She kissed him back, passionately, like she had been waiting for it all night. He pulled her closer, and she proceeded to mount him without stopping the kiss.

His hands went underneath her top, and he started caressing her all over. Just then, his phone started ringing in his pocket. He ignored it at first, but it kept ringing, and he tried to pull it out of his pocket without stopping what was going on, but she pulled away after a while. “Sorry,” he said and looked at the screen of the phone. It was Wale. He just remembered he hadn’t let his friend know she had successfully located his place. “One minute.” He said to Anna before picking the call. “Hey what’s up?”
“What’s up? Is she there?” The masculine voice said on the other end of the line.
“Yeah, she got here about an hour ago.” He said and looked at Anna. She was letting him know she had to use the restroom. She got off the bed, and looked back at him for a second with a smile before walking into the restroom. “Bro, I like the girl. Thanks man!” Frank said in a low voice. He laughed at something Wale had said before going on to say, “We’ll talk tomorrow morning” and then ending the call.

He was now sitting in bed, facing the window, with his legs on the floor as he went through his messages on his phone. When she came out, she walked over and sat next to him. Just as he was about to put his phone aside and face her, power went out, and the room got dark. “Oops! I should go and turn on the generator.” He said and was about to get off the bed but she placed her hand on his right thigh. He got the message quick. He turned to face her, and planted a passionate kiss on her lips. They kissed for a few seconds before she pulled away, slowly laid her back on the bed, and pulled him in for a kiss.

Last part coming up tonight.

Last part coming up...

……….

Frank woke the next morning with a strong sense that someone was staring at him. He opened his eyes, and smiling down at him was Ana. They had such a great night, and now she was fully dressed. “I got to go.” She said and tapped the tip of his nose with her index finger.
“What time is it?” Frank asked as he sat up in bed.
“It’s 6:30 am.” She said, looking at her wristwatch.
Frank rubbed his eyes a few times before saying, “Let me drop you off.”
She gently pushed him back when he tried to get off the bed. “I already ordered a ride, and the driver is almost here.”
“Wait, it’s a Saturday. Where are you rushing off too?”
“I have a few errands to run for someone.” She said and looked at him long, with a smile on her face before leaning in and kissing him. She pulled back and continued to look at him excitedly. “I had a great time last night. Call me later, you hear?” She added before getting off the bed and heading towards the room door. She looked at him one last time at the door before stepping out.

Frank rubbed the back of his neck, and looked around the room. She had cleaned the place while he slept; it was cleared of the pizza box, wine bottle, and every other thing from last night. The clothes he had given her to wear and his clothes were neatly folded on the bed, next to him. He got off the bed, grabbed his phone by the bedside stool and headed out the room. As he walked over to look out the living room window, he caught her stepping out the gate, and heard the sound of a car engine. A few seconds later, he heard the car door open, and slam, and then the car zoomed off.

He called up his friend, Wale as he headed towards the door.
“What’s up?” Wale said on the end of the line, excited when he picked up.
“I’m cool.” Frank said and yawned as the locked his entrance door. “She just left. I think I will need her over again tonight.” He said and his friend started laughing. “So, I will probably just send you 40k for yesterday and today. You can let her know I want her over tonight too.” His friend kept on laughing. “Why are you laughing bro?”
“I have to tell you something.”
“What?” Frank said and froze, wondering what his friend could want to tell him.
“She’s not a call girl.”
“Yeah, I understand she just does it once in a while.”
“No, you don’t understand. She has never done anything like this before.”
“What? I don’t understand.”
“She’s my colleague.”
The line was silent for a while and then Frank asked, “She’s your colleague?”
“Yes.”
“I don’t understand. Why…why would she do this for money?”
Wale laughed a little more before saying, “Long story short, she saw you at my sister’s wedding earlier on in the year, and fancied you. She has been asking me to connect her with you ever since.”
“Oh.”
“Yeah; But you kept shutting me down whenever I brought up the conversation of hooking you up with someone.” He stopped talking to whisper something to someone and continued with, “She stopped asking of you after a while, but then she saw you again at the Salah party I invited you for a few weeks ago.”
“Hmm…”
“I knew she really liked you, and I had to come up with another way to hook you guys up.”
It was Frank’s turn to laugh now. “You’re mischievous genius.” He said between laughs.
Wale laughed some more before saying, “Thanks for the complement.”
“So…”
“She thought it was a ridiculous idea at first, but I spent time convincing her that it would work.”
Still laughing, he said, “This is really crazy. It’s like something from a movie.”
“Bro, I have to go now. I have a girl here with me and she is getting inpatient. I’ll talk to you later.”
“Okay.” Frank said and ended the call.

He leaned on the door, and went through everything that happened last night. He shook his head with a smile on his face. He dialed her number, and waited for her to pick up.
“Hey… Hi.” She said on the other end of the line.
He laughed a little before saying, “I just got off the phone with Wale. He told everything.”
“Oh. I see.” She said and laughed lightly.
“I love it. I actually love it.” He said and there was silence.
“So…”
“I’d like to you see you tonight.”
“Okay.”
“I want to take you out some place; I want us to go on a proper date.”
“Cool.”
“Wait, but your name is really Ann, right?”
“Yeah, my name is Ann.” She said between laughs.
“Okay. I can’t wait to see you tonight.”
“Me too.”
“Have a nice day.”
“You too.”

When the line went dead, he stood there, still amazed at how unconventional the idea was, and how he probably would never have agreed to meet her if Wale wanted them to go on a regular first date. He couldn’t deny the fact that he admired her, and he already knew she liked him, so their plan worked perfectly. Now they just had to get to know each other some more, spend some quality time together, and let the love grow naturally.

“What an experience. What an experience.” Frank said to himself, looking into space, with a smile on his face.

The End

Lovely piece. I love your stories, i've read quite a lot of them.
Thanks

PraisesPblaze:
Lovely piece. I love your stories, i've read quite a lot of them.
Thanks

Thank you.

Thanks for this

Beautiful story.

Thanks.

Wawuuuu! Great piece, as always.

Nice

sir Kayo80 The Great.... Wonderful story.

Thanks for this beautiful story.

Masterpiece

How am i just reading this.....wonderful piece bro

Thanks for all the accolades guys. I really appreciate it.

For the new fans, you can check out some of my other stories below...

*4 Dead (https://www.nairaland.com/3282359/4-dead-flash-fiction-story)

*Me, You, and Them (https://www.nairaland.com/3307549/me-book-1-romance-novellete)

*Everyone Falls in Love Sometimes (https://www.nairaland.com/3664816/everyone-falls-love-sometimes-romance)

*Underlying Love (https://www.nairaland.com/4044960/underlying-love-romance-novelette-kayode)

*Not Just an Ordinary Day (https://www.nairaland.com/4207272/not-just-ordinary-day-short)

Hmmm. The way luck smiles at us in unusual circumstances. I am happy it's this piece that welcomed me to the literature section this year. Thanks Kay.

kayo80:
Thanks for all the accolades guys. I really appreciate it.

For the new fans, you can check out some of my other stories below...

*4 Dead (https://www.nairaland.com/3282359/4-dead-flash-fiction-story)

*Me, You, and Them (https://www.nairaland.com/3307549/me-book-1-romance-novellete)

*Everyone Falls in Love Sometimes (https://www.nairaland.com/3664816/everyone-falls-love-sometimes-romance)

*Underlying Love (https://www.nairaland.com/4044960/underlying-love-romance-novelette-kayode)

*Not Just an Ordinary Day (https://www.nairaland.com/4207272/not-just-ordinary-day-short)

How do you do it, sir? Write so many stories and not get tired?

Jaylynn:


How do you do it, sir? Write so many stories and not get tired?

I get tired sometimes o... I get unmotivated to write, and I don't write or edit during those periods. Life happens, and I just have to take time out to work on some personal things in my life... But the stories in me won't let me be... With time, I get back to writing again.

I would say my passion for storytelling won't let me go for an extended period without writing, even though I take a lot of breaks in between writing stories.

I can see you also have so many stories here... How do you do it?

kayo80:


I get tired sometimes o... I get unmotivated to write, and I don't write or edit during those periods. Life happens, and I just have to take time out to work on some personal things in my life... But the stories in me won't let me be... With time, I get back to writing again.

I would say my passion for storytelling won't let me go for an extended period without writing, even though I take a lot of breaks in between writing stories.

I can see you also have so many stories here... How do you do it?

Well, I do have so many stories. Not like anyone notices here

Jaylynn:


Well, I do have so many stories. Not like anyone notices here

They will notice with time.

Jaylynn:


Well, I do have so many stories. Not like anyone notices here

Let me go check some of your stories out

Captaintitan:


Let me go check some of your stories out

There are some I posted with my old acct. That acct's been deactivated.
And thank you I really appreciate.

kayo80:


They will notice with time.

With time... thank you.

This is one of those times when I have no motivation to write at all... No zeal. It's some times hard to keep writing when you make little to nothing from your book. It's crazy thinking about that some times.

People will say, well, write only in your leisure time. But the thing is, once I start writing a story, even when I am not typing/writing, my brain/subconscious mind is still working on it. It totally takes over my whole being... It's like I am in that world for that time being... I feel all the emotions all the characters in the story feel... GOOD and BAD.

It's really a lot, but most people don't get it. I love it very much, but sometimes I wish I was just a regular guy that wasn't creative... Sometimes I just hate it. It drives me crazy... Literally. I hope that makes sense. Well, if I was making a lot of money from it, I would be able to live with the bad part of it all.

Thanks for this brilliant piece!

kayo80:
This is one of those times when I have no motivation to write at all... No zeal. It's some times hard to keep writing when you make little to nothing from your book. It's crazy thinking about that some times.

People will say, well, write only in your leisure time. But the thing is, once I start writing a story, even when I am not typing/writing, my brain/subconscious mind is still working on it. It totally takes over my whole being... It's like I am in that world for that time being... I feel all the emotions all the characters in the story feel... GOOD and BAD.

It's really a lot, but most people don't get it. I love it very much, but sometimes I wish I was just a regular guy that wasn't creative... Sometimes I just hate it. It drives me crazy... Literally. I hope that makes sense. Well, if I was making a lot of money from it, I would be able to live with the bad part of it all.

Can we call this a writers lamentations?
I believe being able to live it is what differentiates you from your peers and yes it will touch you from time to time but still it will bring you great joy from time to time. I guess this is why you still do it?
If you should stop, it feels a large chunk of you has been cut off and when you come begin writing again you see life's perspective even clearer. Hang in there bro. It's one thing passion for a particular thing brings and seeing as you live it, it will continually impact. There will be better days.

Another amazing story. Just read it now and I love it. Kudos

queenemelda:
Another amazing story. Just read it now and I love it. Kudos

Thanks.