That's very good of you girl...I'm proud of you.

crislyn:
That's very good of you girl...I'm proud of you.

seconded.
I can't stop hailing her for this single act.
Fresh food my foot! As if he can cook.

Am proud of u sweetie tym 2 show d other woman wat u re made of. Nice update dr n more pls.

KimberlyWest:

seconded. I can't stop hailing her for this single act. Fresh food my foot! As if he can cook.

Lol...men like him can't boil water.

hahahahahahaha, i laf in spanish.
evajeal,queenitee,kimberleywest,akinwale,come and see stephs new found courage,she reli needs to stand up to that tony of a guy.

Kimkardashain:
hahahahahahaha, i laf in spanish.
evajeal,queenitee,kimberleywest,akinwale,come and see stephs new found courage,she reli needs to stand up to that tony of a guy.

I'm here baby. Thanks. I bin wan hate steph before but I love her now. Correct girl. No guy should make you look like a fool, not even for love

Kimkardashain:
hahahahahahaha, i laf in spanish.
evajeal,queenitee,kimberleywest,akinwale,come and see stephs new found courage,she reli needs to stand up to that tony of a guy.

Ayaf see o. I thought she'll stay and be doing softie

Friday morning, I had a shower and started getting ready to meet Tobi. Austin had stormed out of the house angrily after I played a prank on him. He had been so furious that he was speechless. I caught him off guard. He was not expecting those kinds of moves from me.

My big black cat eyes framed by long thick lashes were brushed up by mascara, contrasting sharply against my light creamy complexion and also giving me rounder eyes, a sultry, dark, mysterious and sexy look. The blonde weaves on my head fell backwards in careless waves, giving me a flawless beauty.

I caked my face with contour and highlights and slipped on my jimmy choo 4 inches wedge heels. I was dressed in a short V-neck Vitton gown. A black clutch graced my hand and I could swear I would make heads turn with my look. I descended the stairs and saw my husband having a steaming cup of tea. I didn’t even hear him drive in.

“Hi” I muttered and made my way to the door.

“Woman, where are you going?” He asked sternly, His dark eyes staring deeply at mine.

“Man, where does it look like am going. Austin please I am not in for any trouble today, It is easy for you to go outside and have fun but I can’t right? And don’t forget you told me you don’t fucking care where I go” I spat.

He stood up and made to hit me. I caught his hand in the air and threw it off.

“Don’t you dare!. If you ever attempt that again, I will destroy you, your name, reputation and career. Trust me” With that, I walked out of the parlour. I smiled to myself as I stepped into the car. I breathed in and gave myself a thumb up.

I couldn’t even believe I could have the boldness to talk back at me not to talk of stopping his hand from hitting me. I had texted Tobi that I would be at Foodco restaurant in Ikoyi by 11am in the morning. I just hoped he would be there on time so we could get done with whatever he wanted. I didn’t want to attract those hungry lion set of beings that called themselves Media.

They had been on my neck ever since the wedding, wanting to get juicy stories to publish. Austin’s wedding had really attracted them and the fans to his personal life and so I just had to be careful of scandals. I still loved him with the whole of me and bringing him down was something I would never do.

I pulled into a parking spot after an hour of driving. The traffic jam was one hell of a hectic one. I stepped out of the car and locked it. I brought out my spectacles and wore it, I didn’t want to be easily spotted. I started to make my way into the restaurant.

“Stephanie Cole! Is that you?” I whirled around to see pressmen make their way towards me with their cameras.

Oh no! Are these people everywhere? Shit!

Trying to cover my face, I froze, not knowing what to do. They quickly surrounded me, giving me hardly any room to move. Maybe if I tried to talk to them they’d go away.

“Yes, it’s me. What do you want?”

“How’s Austin? We heard he’s been hitting various locations and would soon produce his own movie. How true is this?” I was disgusted with these people. What a job this must be for a living trying to get a reaction out of innocent people just so they could put food on the table.

I gave a fake smile and tried to find a way out of the circle they had surrounded me. I started to feel anxiety creep up inside of me as the flashes blocked my vision. I couldn’t see anything at all. All I heard were the countless questions being thrown at me so I couldn’t think straight. I pulled my phone out of my clutch and quickly tried to walk back towards the car. Looking behind me, I saw the men trailing close behind, not giving me space whatsoever.

With tears pricking at the corner of my eyes, I dialed Tobi’s number.

“Stephanie?” Tobi’s voice echoed through the speaker.

“Stephanie?” Tobi’s voice echoed through the speaker.

“Please don’t bother coming, am out” I said, entering the car and slamming the car door shut.

“What do you mean? I am almost there” he immediately sounded surprised.

“I was trying to get inside but these media people bombarded me and now they are surrounding me and I don’t know what to do.” I tried to regain control of my breathing.

“Oh,I’m sorry. The wedding called a lot of attention to you I guess. They are not usually like this with other celeb’s wives” “You know what? Calm down baby, everything is going to be okay”
‘What? Baby?’ I uttered in a low tone, not knowing what this man meant. “Honk your horn” He said.

I inhaled and put the baby issue aside, it probably slipped. Doing as I was told, I honked my horn twice, which startled them.

“Now, slowly move forward to let them know you are going whether they are in the way or not”

I put the car in drive and slowly inched my way forwards, which instantly made them step out of the way, clearing a pathway for me to drive by.

“It worked. Thanks, later” I chipped in and cut the call, not waiting to hear his response.

I drove home feeling a bit light headed. Thankfully, the traffic reduced so I was able to get home in thirty five minutes. I honked the car’s horn four times. The gateman didn’t open. I honked again. It was then he came out.

“Open the gate now” I said, winding down the car window so he could hear me.

“Madam, Oga say make I no allow you enter o”

I got my bag from the backseat and pulled out my phone from it. I scoffed as I placed a call through to my husband.

“You have two minutes to let me in baby” I spoke with confidence etched in my voice when he picked his call. I used another unknown number to call him since he would not pick my own number and it was even surprising that he picked because he usually ignored strange numbers. Something sort of common among celebs.

“And what if I don’t? You can’t fucking tell me what to do in my own house”

I wheezed a short laugh and spoke loudly into my mouthpiece. “I’m sure you know what a woman who once lost her voice but later found it can do”

With that, I hung the call and waited, my blood boiling hot just under my skin.

I impatiently patted my feet up and down as I waited for the gate to be opened.

Few minutes later, the gateman rolled the gate to the side and I wheeled the car inside and killed off the engine.

Quickly getting my bag from the backseat, I locked the car and stepped inside the house only to collide with Austin. He got hold of my neck and gripped his hands tightly on it like he was going to suffocate me to death.

“Austin, you are choking me” I seethed.

“And I’m gonna choke the Bleep out of you till you get your senses back. What the hell is wrong with you? I am only condoning this nonsense just because of my name and reputation.”

“Leave me alo..” I whimpered in pain but before I could finish that, an idea popped into my brain. I grinned and used my stilettos to march on his right foot.

“Bleep!” He screamed and scampered backwards as he closed his eyes to take in the pain my heels caused him. How I just wished the latter had bored a deep hole in his foot.

“Next time, you learn how to treat your wife right. I love you still” Giving him a kiss in the air, I straightened my gown and took two flights of stairs to my room.

I was about changing into comfy when my phone rang. “Sophie!!!” I squealed.

“Girl, How are you?” I asked, looking for wipes to clean off my make up that was already washing down my face due to sweats.

“I am fine babe. I am sorry I have been distant these days”

"What have you been doing?" I asked, taking off my stilettos. For Sophia to be that busy for me, it had to be that there is a guy in the picture.

"Actually, It's this new guy I met when I went for the end of the year party of dad's company. He's been the one taking my time. That aside, How have you really been doing? Are you hearing from your dad and his parents? And how has it been?" I filled her in on what’s been going on between Austin and I.

“Wow. Babe, you are a fast learner o. People like you will even do this thing way better than the person that opened your eyes to it. But please, don’t over-do it. Remember you want to get his attention so you can captivate his heart without him looking down on you” She warned.

I rolled my eyes and stifled a giggle. We chatted about some other things and we ended the conversation.

I changed into a blue tank top and bum shorts and laid on my bed to get a nap. I looked around and accessed the room since sleep was nowhere near. The room was extremely spacious, painted in lavender.

The furnishings are soft yet firm, a small vintage couch is situated next to the tall window draped with beautiful velvet curtains. There was a dressing table coiled with mini decorative lights and a big round bulb hung from above the ceiling, casting a warm glow to the entire room. I shut my eyes and let sleep take me to where I deserved.

Paradise.

please gimme more biko

queenitee update don land oh

go girl! make the female folks proud.

is it on Okada books?

Goodie goodie good

Kimkardashain:
queenitee update don land oh

Mama , thanks make I go read

Love her new courage

romanticnovels
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have modified ooo

ladySuperb:
romanticnovels
just finished reading this story from Okada books!!!
what a tragedy!!!!
but I am still not satisfied that Stephanie went to jail.....
Austin ought not to have die like that....
.........what an ending... ….

O wow thanks....

anasbeaut:


O wow thanks....

But why the face nah!!!

ladySuperb:

But why the face nah!!!

You just killed d suspense

anasbeaut:

You just killed d suspense

oops!!!! sorry... I didn't know...

Weldone Ladysuperb... I'm loving this story.

I was woken up by a loud thumping sound that could make anyone close to the speakers blarring off the sound instantly go deaf. I sighed and wiped off the small drool at the corner of my mouth. What the heck is going on? I flipped on a pair of slippers and ran down the stairs only to be blinded by disco lights and I was woken up by a loud thumping sound that could make anyone close to the speakers blarring off the sound instantly go deaf.

I sighed and wiped off the small drool at the corner of my mouth. What the heck is going on?

I flipped on a pair of slippers and ran down the stairs only to be blinded by disco lights and smoke everywhere the sitting room. It was Friday and that meant the maids and cooks would take time off all through the weekend and resume early on Monday morning so it couldn’t be that they were the ones organizing some sort of party and besides, they wouldn’t do that.
I looked around the dim room through the smoke. My eyes fell on some strange faces dancing away and smoking like their lives depended on it. I saw Austin at the far end of one corner drinking. I walked to where he was and growled at him.

“What the Bleep are you doing here? Get off my sight” He slurred and attempted to vomit but took it back. I shook my head and bent down so he could hear what I wanted to tell him.

“I seriously hope your fans out there would understand the kind of person you are someday. You don’t deserve the love and respect they give to you”

He smirked at me and hissed. I went up the stairs and changed into a knee length high necked blue gown. I brushed my hair and packed it up into a high ponytail. I punched my phone and dialed Sophia’s number. It was entering voicemail.

Is it only me that wonders where your best friend goes when you needed him or her the most?

I sighed and sat down at the edge of the bed with my lips pouted.
I sighed again as I dialed Tobi’s number. He was the only person I could go to after Sophia. I just needed to get out of the house that had suddenly turned into a club. “Hello?”His voice made me jolt a bit.
Oh my God, should I do this?

Pulling the car into the highway, I increased my speed as I plucked in my earpiece and started listening to a country music.

"I am almost there. Just give me twenty minutes" I informed and hung the call. It was Tobi and he wanted to confirm if I got the address of his house.
After driving for twenty five minutes, I stopped in front of a bungalow and called him.

"Hello. I am in the estate, in front of a cream and lemon building" I said.

"Alright. That's exactly not my house but I would be with you in a Jiffy. What is the colour of your car?" His voice trailed off.

"Black" I muttered and the call ended. I threw my head back on the headrest and wondered when I would finally get through to my husband.
He was a hard nut to crack but I loved him with all of me. I loved his curves and his edges, His perfect imperfections and I could give him all of me too. I could be a perfect wife for me but I just didn't know what else to do.

I sighed and played on the music, humming the lyrics of 'Hello' by Adele softly. My mind went back to my mother. I really missed her and everything about her. The following week would make 10 years since she died in a awful plane crash.

"Hello!" A knock fell on the window. I wound down and let out a smile.

"Hi" I replied, picking my phone as I got out of the car.

"Uhm.. You look good" He complimented. I could feel air knocked out of me as I turned a red tomato.
'Steph. You love just only one man. Don't let this get to you" I mentally reminded myself.

“Thank you” I said. He smiled and started walking down the road. I tugged behind him silently, neither of us breaking the silence building.

We reached a big house with different flats in it but because it was night, I couldn’t see the building well or count the number of flats there.

Gently opening the gate, we slid inside and walked to a flat at the side. He looked at me and smiled before opening the door.

“Welcome to my humble home” He said, once we arrived inside a dark room. He quickly went in and returned and before I could even think about what he went to get, a lamp came on.

‘Better’ I said in my mind as I plopped down into a seat.

“Nice place” I chipped in curtly.

“Hmm. I know you are thinking this place might be too small for a marketer but it’s not like we are really making money or anything and besides, I am still a bachelor”

“It’s no problem. You still have a nice place” I complimented as I looked around the room. it was stuffed with lovely set of furniture, electronics, a cheetah print rug and a standing fan.

“I am sorry I had to call you I was coming at this time. I erm..”

“Is it your husband?” He asked, running his fingers up and down his chin.

“What?” I could vouch that my expression looked like that of a person who air had just been knocked out of his system. He stifled a laughter and went in.

I sank into the chair and thought about the possible ways Tobi must have known that I had issues with my husband. I mean, Austin was a very good actor both in movies and real life. He had done excellently well in making sure Nigerians believed he loved me and was happily married to me.

Many times I've read his interviews in Newspapers and blogs and the way he painted me as someone he could die for and also our marriage which according to him was one made in heaven could make people strongly believe that we were a perfect couple with no downs whatsoever.

Tobi came back with a glass of water and I just stared at him. I could see him still surprised I was amused he knew about it.

“C’mon, I am in the industry too” He supplied as he sipped down his own glass.

“Er.. I don’t know what you mean but Austin and I are very much okay. Why would anyone be thinking that of a new bond?” I asked, feigning innocence. I was glad my voice or facial expression didn’t betray me as I kept a straight face and a non-shaky voice.

He shook his head and smiled.
“I only came here because Austin travelled and I alone could not sleep in that big mansion. I shouldn’t be here if my friend had picked her call and assured me she was home” I said bluntly.

“Hmm. Excuse me but is this the first time Austin has ever travelled?” He asked, grinning.

Gosh! I had just been caught! “Erm.. Look, if you don’t want to host me and if this is the way you would keep tackling me, then let me be on my way” I looked uneasily at him as I stood up with my phone in my hand.

He hurriedly stood up and held my arms, then shoved me down into the chair.

Bringing his well barbed hair closer, he held my chin up so my eyes were looking at his intently. “You will be just fine, okay?” He smiled and went back to sit across the room.

“So, I guess Sophia Johnson is this friend of yours right?” He asked.

“Uh.. Yeah, how did you know that?” I asked begrudgingly.
“C’mon, her dad, yours and his are important business tycoons in this country. His dad owns Shells, her dad owns Chevron and yours owns Total. They are social and business friends all investing in Oil and Gas.”

I wowed as he stopped and gulped down the rest of the water in the glass. Yes I was also a famous person in the country, my father owned shells but the Cole’s family were the most talked about because Shells was one of the top 5 top companies in Nigeria and the first son of the family was an actor who was going to be a producer soon.

“How Is Stella Henshaw? Have you been seeing her around?” My heart plummeted into my stomach at the sound of my rival’s name. I just realized I had not seen her in the house. I thought of them splitting and a small smile cornered my lips.

“Hm.. are you sure it’s going to be that easy? They’ve been together since 2012.”He spoke, interrupting my thoughts.

“Why… erm, I mean why didn’t she get married to him instead” I asked, gawking at him. I was surprised he read my mind.

“C’mon, you know how most of these actresses are. I heard she doesn’t want to get married. She only wants a child but that’s after, you know..”

“She’s done with my husband?” I cut him off and looked down. I heard a silent ‘yeah’ and the room went dead. Slimming down my dress, I fondled with my nails as the silence grew louder.

I checked the time and realized it was past 12am in the morning. I just wanted to clear my head and think of where I was getting with all these. Before I could hold it back, a tear dropped underneath my eye and rolled down smoothly like my cheeks were some sort of an express road.

He came and hovered over me, flashing me a Mr. Cool dazzling smile.

He pulled me up and embraced me in a hug.

“I.. I don’t know but I’ve been trying. He is the only man I have ever loved this much and he treats me like shit. I knew he didn’t love me but I thought he would since we would be cohabiting together after the wedding. I have read novels that the man ended up…”

“What?” He mouthed and burst into laughter. I felt bad as I wiped off my streaming tears and looked at my feet, embarrassed.

“Oh please. I didn’t mean to make you feel that way. Just that, I am a bad jester. A terrible one”

When he noticed I wasn’t saying anything or going to say, he grabbed my shoulders and rubbed them in and out.

“My dear, life is not a fairy tale. Only God knows why these writers deceive people with their happily ever after story. Look, you are not Cinderella and he is not a Disney prince okay? If he didn’t love you before the wedding, don’t raise your hopes so your expectations wouldn’t be so crashed that you will end up a torn person. Life is too pretty for this and you deserve to be loved. If they don’t love you, let them go. Sometimes, true love is about letting go. Okay, let me ask you this. Do you love the real him or the idea of him, his fame and name?”

“I love him! I love him for him and not his name or fame or anything. Gosh, those things have never gotten deep into my brain to the extent that I would love to risk my happiness to get them. If it’s money, my dad is rich enough, if it’s the fame.

Fine I know I don’t really have fame but that would be the last reason I married Austin. I practically run away from it” I said, letting my tears pour. Tobi chuckled and pressed me down gently so I could sit on the rug. He sat on the rug too and made me relax on his chest.

We remained like that for some minutes before the light came on.

“I have some movies picked out already. We can look at them if you want. They are funny ones. I know how shitty break ups can be so I think you laughing right now would lighten your mood”

I smiled as he stood up and wandered to the DVD to look at some choices.

“I don’t want his movie” I said as I wiped away my tears. He nodded and picked one.

“This would do” He said, showing me the CD. I nodded and smiled. He was a very cool guy.

He settled down beside me and we started watching the movie. It was a comic one as it made me laugh so hard that I was tearing. The storyline was amazing. It was the story of an educated man married to an illiterate woman and the daily happenings in the family was hilarious.
When the movie ended, he looked at me and squeezed my hand tight.

“You will be fine, hmm?” I nodded and yawned. “Oh, I’m sorry. It’s like we have to tuck someone into bed”
I wheezed out a giggle. “Hmm. Thanks but I would sleep here on the rug. Just get me a pillow and I would be fine.” I said.

“But I have two free rooms here and you could sleep in any” “No, I’ll be fine here. It’s almost dawn” I insisted.

He nodded and went in. he came out in two minutes with a pillow and a teddy bear.

“You didn’t have to” I said, smiling as I pointed to the teddy.

He placed it next to me and put his hands in his pocket. “Goodnight” he muttered. “Goodnight” I replied.

I put the pillow under my head as I laid on the plush soft rug.
Running the fingers over the fur, I heaved a sigh and slowly drifted to sleep.

I let out an audible yawn as I drowsily stood up and pulled apart the curtain. It was dawn already. I said some prayers and picked up my phone to call Tobi.

“Hello. Good morning Tobi. Please am ready to leave” I informed once he picked.

There was silence and the call went dead. I thought probably he didn’t hear me well so I redialed the number but I heard his phone ringing somewhere close to the living room. I sighed and waited for him to come.

“Good morning Mrs. Cole” He greeted. It was as if there was an acid in his mouth when he called ‘Mrs. Cole’.

“Good morning. I am ready to leave now”

He yawned and stretched his arms.

“C’mon, It’s just 5:15am. It is too early”

“Hmm. Don’t worry about me. I would be fine. I just have to get going now” I said as I handed over to him the bear and pillow.

“Thanks a lot for the comfort”

“Yeah. Anytime” He said, opening the door for me.
I scurried out of the compound and started walking to where my car was parked. I unlocked it and got inside. It was foggy and still dark but I needed to get home as fast as possible so I wouldn’t tell stories that touch.

I got into the road and arrived the house at exactly 6:07am. I saw Austin standing outside when I parked the car at the lot. He wasn’t looking wasted or anything like that, he was looking his normal self. I got down of the car and made to walk past him but he pulled me back so roughly that I almost found myself struggling on the ground.

“Where were you all through the night?” He folded his hands on his chest and split his legs apart.