Episode 22 - Will you marry me?

I don't care - Ed Sheeran ft Justin Bieber

Seyifunmi turned in bed and faced a sleeping Dele. Her small smile turned into a grin as she studied his features. His dark hair, caramel skin, broad nose and sexy lips were all features she could paint with her eyes closed. His dark long lashes kisses his cheeks as he slept.

She didn't even have lashes that long.

She brought her hand to the singular grey strand of hair on his beard and kissed it. She loved everything about this man and the most amazing part was that he loved her back.

The trip to Seychelles had been one step short of glorious. Seychelles had been on her bucketlist of places to go and Dele had helped her cross it off.


The island had been breathtaking and the water even more so. They had gone snorkeling and scuba-diving together. She'd even dare him to go ziplining with her. He had. And she'd never forget the ashen look on his face right before he vomited, after the ride.

She stifled a giggle as she remembered him throwing up at the deli they went to. Dele had ordered the chef's special afraid to order for himself after seeing Octopus curry on the menu. The waiter had asked him thrice if he was certain he wanted the chef's special. He had replied yes all three times and thought the waiter dense.

He'd been halfway through the meal when he called the waiter to confirm if it was actual venison, since he didn't think there were deer in Seychelles.

The waiter had told him it wasn't venison but fruit bat. She'd laughed her top of as Dele rushed out of the deli to throw up in the hedges. She'd followed him and videoed him throwing up. He threatened to kiss her with his vomit mouth if she didn't put her phone away.

Other than the two vomiting episodes, she had enjoyed the Creole and Indo-Seycheloise cuisine and the fresh fruits were to die for. The flora and fauna on the hiking trails and the famous archipelago were imprinted to her memory.

The scintillating moments they spent bar-hopping and dancing, she'd never forget. They'd won big at the roulette, lost a little at poker, eat by the beach side, made love on the beach. They'd cuddled together while seeing movies that made her cry and Dele had kissed her tears away.

The memory she'd treasure forever was when Dele gave her a promise ring he'd seen at a gift shop. It wasn't the fancy engagement ring she wanted but it mattered more than if the Hope diamond was placed on a twenty-four carat gold ring.

He had promised he'd never hurt her or give her a reason to doubt his love for her and that no matter what happened he'd never leave her.

Her eyes shimmered with tears as she recalled it.

"Loving the view?" He said with his eyes closed.

She giggled and said, "Yep, the ugliest thing I've ever seen."

He opened his eyes and smiled.

"Good morning." She greeted.

"Morning, babe." He answered and kissed her lips lightly and rolled out of bed.

The word babe reminded her of her confrontation with Tinu. She groaned. She'd been trying to reach Tinu to apologise but her number wasn't going through. She prayed she could apologise before Tinu reported her to Dele.

"Sore?" Dele asked, with a conceited grin on his face.

She bit her lip as she recalled the night before. Well, Dele was back in the game and she loved every second of it.

But she wasn't sore. She was going to be sorry if she didn't get through to Tinu.

"No. Just tired."

"Well, get your lazy ass up and get down to work. You have an emergency meeting, remember?" Dele said.

"Ugh!" She groaned.

Their trip had been cut short because of an emergency meeting that would happen in….

She turned to check the bedside table.

Apparently, two hours.

She sighed. Thank God, the meeting was at HQ and not in Unilag. She couldn't imagine having to drive down to the mainland in two hours.

Her stomach growled and Dele laughed.

"I'll order breakfast for that café you love. Get your ass in the bathroom. I wouldn't want you getting in trouble and cancelling on our date tonight." He said and dragged her feet out of bed.

"Stop!" She squealed. "I'm going!"

She kicked his hands off and strode into the bathroom wrapped in an oversized sheet, grumbling.

She ran back out and called him.

"Yes?" He asked as he picked up his phone from the bedside table.

"Is it possible to have the Rolls-Royce drop me off at work?" She said with a smirk on her face.

"You want to pepper Damilola?" He said with an eyebrow raised.

She nodded enthusiastically and grinning like a Chesire cat.

Dele shook his head, laughing.

"I'll tell Arnold to bring the car." He said and she squealed her thanks.

"I'll go deaf if you continue that." He said as she closed the bathroom door behind her.


*******
"Ayobamidele Oluwaseun Daramola, if I fall down, I swear I'll break your head." Seyifunmi threatened as she took another trembling footstep.

Dele chuckled and said, "I didn't ask you to put on six inched heels. Besides, I told you to remove them."

"Ehnehn." She whined and clutched his arm tighter as she took another footstep.

Where were they going? The black sleep mask didn't let her see anything at all. Plus, it was already night. After their dinner at the fancy-schmancy Yoruba cuisine restaurant he took her to, he'd hinted at another surprise.

She didn't know whether she could stand another surprise. The trip to Seychelles was worth a million surprises and the dinner, well, pretty overpriced, had the best peppered snails she'd ever eaten. Dele said he wanted to eat something he knew and she didn't mind. Their Ofada rice and Ayamase were on point and finger-licking good. She'd have to try and recreate their recipe in her free time.

She'd pressed him to give her hint as Arnold drove them to the estate where his 'surprise' was. As if she wasn't curious enough, he had to add the sleep mask to increase her tension. She was dying of suspense here.

"Okay, raise your leg here." Dele instructed and she took an unsure step on to the softer ground.

Is this grass?

Dele led her through more baby steps on the soft grass. She lost her footing and clutched Délé's arm tight enough to pierce through his guinea brocade blouse to stab his skin.

"Sorry." He said.

"Carry me. Please. I love these heels and I love my legs." She whined like a child begging for sweets.

"Carry ko. Carrier ni. You don't know you've added with all the breadfruit chips and grilled fish you were eating." Dele said and pouted.

She knew she'd put on a few kilos, what with all the Ladob she ate after every meal, but she didn't think he'd notice. She couldn't help it. It had the goodness of bananas and coconuts, two of her favorite fruits. She had managed to weasel out the recipe from one elderly, street vendor that had taken a liking to her.

She smiled as she remembered the man's threat.

Share my recipe and the spirits will come and haunt you.

"Okay. We're here." Dele said and they stopped.

"Finally." She cried. "Can I take it off now?"

"No. I have something to say first." Dele said.

"Okay. Get on with it. I'm so anxious to see my surprise." She said grinning.

He laughed and pulled away from her.

"Where are you going?" She called out in fear.

"I'm right here, Shay. Im not going anywhere." He said with his voice so portentous, she couldn't help but wonder if there was something more.

"Seyifunmi, we've been together for three years, ten months and-

"Seventeen days." She completed grinning.

"And every one of those days are days I will never trade for anything. You were beacon in the stormy days of my life, the days when only ElsaTech was my reason for living. You brought light into my life. I'd like to consider you my lucky charm. You brought my children back into my life-"

"Dele, I don't think I -"
Tears stung her eyes at his his words. She never believed Dele would actually be counting the time they've spent together.

"Please, let me finish. You're more to me than you give yourself credit for. Seyifunmi, I love you more than words can begin to describe. Seyifunmi, you're the first person I want to see in the morning and the last person I want to see at night-"

She gasped at the realization of where the speech was headed. Her tears slipped out of her eyes and into the poplin mask.

"I wanted to wait till the anniversary of the day we met to do this but loneliness has stretched my patience thin. I'm tired of waking up without you by my side. I'm tired of the Aladesuyi surname. I'm tired of your bare, left ring finger." He said and she let out a small sob.
He was finally doing it.

"I want the whole world to know you're mine. Seyifunmi, I'm not perfect. I have baggage. I'm probably oblivious to most things you want me to see" he said and she laughed nodding.

"I'll probably make you mad and angry. But I promise to love you more with each passing day. Remember the day we met, and the old man kept on droning on and on?"

She nodded, crying and laughing at the same time. The man's monotonous speech had driven her, together with half the hall to slumber. She fallen asleep and her head had lolled onto Délé's shoulder. She had jerked awake and apologised profusely. Four years later, they were here.

"Well, you said his wife who kept on clapping after his speech loved his droning. Seyifunmi, I want you to be the person who won't fall asleep when I speak at that age. Seyifunmi Aladesuyi, please take off the blindfold."

She obliged and blinked away the darkness. She didn't know which was more amazing. The expansive, manicured lawn, the mansion behind him, or the man on bended knee before her.

She squealed in tears as she took in the man holding a mauve, velvet cube. She saw a big, purple stone nestling in the white, satin lining of the box.

"Seyifunmi Oyindasola Aladesuyi," he said just as the sprinklers went off, "on our first date, it rained cats and dogs and I know this isn't rain but I promise to nourish our love each passing day like rain nourishes the earth. I promise to make you happy. This is sounding more like marriage vows than a proposal, isn't it."

She nodded crying with her hand clamped to her mouth.

"Well, will you marry me?" He asked with a nervous smile.

"Yes!" She whispered, sobbing. "I will marry you." She stretched out her hand and waited for him to do the honours.

He smiled widened to one of pure joy and he took the ring out and slid it onto her quivering finger. He stood and she flung herself against him and kissed him.

"Took you long enough." She said as she pulled away. She fluttered her lids under the heavy torrent of the sprinklers at full blast. "We should probably get out of here before you get a cold."

"I don't care." He said and kissed her again. He pulled away and carried her and spinned her around.

She giggled loudly as he screamed, "She said yes."

She couldn't have planned it in a better fashion. This was the best. She'd waited and now, she was going to be married to the man she loved.

"I love you." He said as he slid her down his body.

"I love you too." She said.

Advantaged:
Overdrive
Seyi's mind is working on an overdrive
Truth is, many females (I'm a female by the way) think too much just like her and over act/react to things.
Conversation, trust, giving one the benefit of doubt is always key

Truth in details

Team DeMi.

Hope you love this goal.



Update later today if there's light.

peaonyx05:
wow!! I must confess that you re an exceptional writer�, always updating everyday and putting in wonderful twists. You re really doing a good job here.

I can't just understand what Seyifunmi's problem is. She is just having emotional insecurities. She doesn't listen to advice and just does whatever comes to her mind. It's like she is almost running mad about Dele� I just pray he doesn't marry her��

Thanks babe. Na lockdown mode o. I have nothing better to do.

Seyifunmi, see. They don't want you to marry Dele o.

Finally, Dele have proposed. Make dem do fast and do the wedding asap so that I can eat party jollof. Thanks for the update ma'am

Millieeeeeeeeee . I'm speechless from reading such deliciousness you cooked up. You're a star

I'm happy the proposal is finally here, but with the Tinu confrontation unresolved, I fear some sparks are hovering in the horizon... I hope Tinu forgives her sha...

I go love oo. thanks op

Seyifunmi, goan get tinu beg her to bring dele's joygivers back o. Or you tell dele what you've done already.

wow this is so beautiful I'm so happy for seyifunmi but she should go and beg tinu before dele would know if not it could lead to quarrel BTW her and dele that will put an end to their beautiful relationship

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Anti-spam BOT have done our OP bad again.

Please Divepen1 help us by unbanning.

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Before they know it, Tinu has bundled her children out of Lagos

I still maintain my stand, seyifunmi is not the right person for Dele, this ship should not sail abeg, another woman should sail with Dele abeg, this kind of woman can poison someone for a little issue

divinelypruned:
I still maintain my stand, seyifunmi is not the right person for Dele, this ship should not sail abeg, another woman should sail with Dele abeg, this kind of woman can poison someone for a little issue

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divinelypruned:
I still maintain my stand, seyifunmi is not the right person for Dele, this ship should not sail abeg, another woman should sail with Dele abeg, this kind of woman can poison someone for a little issue

Seconded

Op pls can u bring another character to pepper seyifunmi so she will have brain dele supposed not to propose yet Weldon ma'am

hmm,finally !!!it wasn't easy joining the forum again,the story worth the stress mehn,i've been a guest for years
OP u sabi ooo
pls more ink to ur pen....u are a genius
pls I need you to teach Seyifunmi some lessons ah ah

divinelypruned:
I still maintain my stand, seyifunmi is not the right person for Dele, this ship should not sail abeg, another woman should sail with Dele abeg, this kind of woman can poison someone for a little issue

I stan!
Well done Millie... Thanks for the back to back updates

divinelypruned:
I still maintain my stand, seyifunmi is not the right person for Dele, this ship should not sail abeg, another woman should sail with Dele abeg, this kind of woman can poison someone for a little issue

exactly! just a little misunderstanding and she destroyed her relationship with Tinu, she tarnished her own image with her own mouth even before Temi and Tomini. Equally went ahead to speak ill of the dead. Just want her marriage to scatter. Wicked right?
**chuckles**
she hasn't seen anything yet....

They should lift our OPs ban na...

genius43:
They should lift our OPs ban na...

What's causes all these banning of our Op na?

I honestly don't know what the spambot has against me.



Anyway, here's the update.


Episode 23 - Our Perfect Place.

Seyifunmi's mouth formed into an O as she took in the double stairs that led upstairs. The banisters had dark wood handles and ornate metalwork depicting a garden. She'd seen something similar once on Pinterest.

The flooring was made of marble. Real marble. And the door behind her was solid oak.

She looked up and a sparkly chandelier beamed down at her.

"Are we meeting somebody important?" She asked and turned to Dele.

He smiled and grabbed her hand and led her up the stairs.

"Dele, we're trailing in water." She whispered.

"The help will get it." He answered.

She followed him past the hallway with different sculptures and paintings arrayed on the wall and tables.

He stopped in front of a door and said, "Surprise," and pushed the door open.

Seyifunmi took small steps in, expecting to meet someone. The empty room made her gasp and cover her mouth.

"Ohmigod!" She cried as she walked in. "This is my-"

She couldn't finish the sentence as she spun to feel bedding on the king-sized canopy bed.

Egyptian cotton.

She felt the Walnut wood posts and the silk drapes. She walked to the bedside table and ran long fingers across the top. A few meters away was a set of double shuttered doors. She pulled them open and gasped as she walked into the closet with enough shelves and racks to start a boutique and a huge dresser. She continued down the walkway that led away from the cylindrical room to the bathroom.

Tears pricked her eyes as she saw the clawfoot tub she'd pinned on her Dream House board. The shower stall was the same as her pin. Everything was the same save for the dark grey floor tiles.

She turned and saw Dele behind her smiling.

"This is amazing." She said, breathless.

"If you think this is amazing, then you need to check out the kitchen." Dele said and her eyes sparkled with excitement.

He led her out of the room and took her round the house. By the time they were done with the tour, Seyifunmi had cried off what was left of her foundation that the sprinklers didn't wash off.

She kissed him after he climbed into the Rolls-Royce.

"Thank you for everything, Dele. I'm overwhelmed." She said.

He beamed back at her.

"No need to thank you. This is going to be our palace." He said as she rested her head on his shoulder.

"That reminds me. We never finished our conversation about the number of children we wanted." She said and pulled away.

"As many as we can make." He responded.

She smirked and raised the barrier between them and Arnold.

"We better get started then." She said and kissed him.


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Tinu unlocked the door and walked in expecting to hear her children's screams. She met the house empty and sighed. They were still at their grandma's birthday get together.

She had gone out and stayed as long as she could away, hoping they'd be done by the time she got back. Apparently, not.

She contemplated staying in the house till they finished. She shook her head in rejection. If mummy found out she was home while the party was still ongoing, she'd be offended. She sighed again and hoped she wouldn't have to interact with Seyifunmi. If not, she might not be able to resist the impulse to slap her.

She strode out of flat and locked the door behind her. She crossed the hallway and knocked on the door opposite what would no longer be her apartment.

She had everything packed and Délé's mum and her husband left on their trip, she'd leave with her children.

Just a little more acting.

Omotunde opened the door and beamed at her.

"Aunty Tinu, welcome. We are just about to open the gifts." Omotunde chippered.

Since morning?

"We waited for you before we started, but you didn't come on time." Omotunde continued and locked the door behind her.

Tinu sighed and walked to the living room. She met Elsa sitting surrounded by gifts and Donald sitting beside her. Temi and Tomini were sitted on the wooden coffee table while Chris and Reggie sat on the nearest sofa beside Grace. Seyifunmi leaned over their sofa with Dele perched on another sofa.

"E kule o." Tinu greeted and the children ran to her shouting, 'Mummy, welcome.'

She hugged them to herself.

"Happy birthday, mummy." Tinu greeted.

"Thank you, my dear." Elsa answered, smiling.

"Good evening sir." She greeted Donald and the man smiled at her and told her, 'Welcome.'

She picked up Regina and walked to the nearest sofa. She sat and muttered a plastic greeting to Dele and Seyifunmi.

She caught the big, purple rock and her resolve to leave was settled. This was better for everyone.

Elsa instructed Omotunde to get some food for Tinu. Tinu declined but Elsa insisted.

"Grandma, open D.D's own next!" Chris shouted and Elsa smiled at him.

She unwrapped the gift paper and pulled out a red leather box. She flipped it open and gasped.

"Dele, this is beautiful." She said beaming at her son.

"I'm glad you like it, mum." Dele said, smiling. The woman set down the box.

She picked up a long cuboid and Seyifunmi said, "That's from me, mum."

Elsa beamed as she unwrapped the gift. She met a gift box of six yards of green and amber, Adire dyed satin material.

"Wow! Thanks." Elsa said.

"You're welcome, ma." Seyifunmi responded.

Tinu looked on passively and willed the time to go faster, so it would be polite enough to excuse herself.

Elsa picked up an envelope, which was her own gift to the lady. The woman had talked non-stop on going on a cruise and Tinu had decided to gift her two tickets for a Caribbean cruise.

The woman tore open the envelope and gasped at the tickets.

"Donald, they're tickets to a Caribbean cruise." She yelled slapping his arm in excitement. "I've always wanted to go on a cruise."

She turned to Tinu and said, "Tinu, thank you so much."

"It's nothing ma. Happy birthday, once again, ma." Tinu replied as Omotunde handed her a plate of jollof rice and fried rice with grilled chicken. The food had that fast food smell and she couldn't help but wonder if they'd bought the food from one.

She felt a tummy rumble and decided not to punish herself and eat.

"It's our turn now." Tomini yelled in excitement and Temi rushed to get his small keyboard and Grace stood to help them set the keyboard up.

"What's happening?" Elsa asked and turned to face her.

"Me, I don't know o." Tinu said and continued eating, all the while feeding a greedy Regina.

Temi, Tomini and Chris took their positions and Temi sound-tested the keyboard.

"Grandma, happy birthday. And this is our gift to you. It's a song that says how we feel about you. I hope you love it." Temi said and started playing the intro to the song.

Tomini cleared her throat and started singing.

It's amazing how you can speak right to my heart,

Without saying a word, you can light up the dark,

Try as I may I could never explain,

What I hear when you don't say a thing.

Temi joined her for the chorus and they harmonized the chorus.

The smile on your face let's me know that you need me,

There's a truth in your eyes saying you'll never leave me,

The touch of your hand says you'll catch me wherever I fall.

You say it best, when you say nothing at all.

Tomini gasped and continued with the second verse while Temi continued on the keyboard with Chris humming and oohing and echoing a few lyrics.

All day long I can hear people talking out loud (ooh)

But when you hold me near (you hold me near)

You drown out the crowd (drown out the crowd),

Try as they may they can never define,

What's being said between your heart and mine.

The three of them continued the chorus in a Melody and they ended the song.

Tinu beamed at them and turned to see Elsa crying.

"That's the best gift I've ever received." Elsa wheezed, crying.

"Abeg, Omotunde, go and bring bucket so she can fill it." Donald said. "I thought you said you're not crying today."

Elsa glared at him and smiled at her grandchildren.

"Thank you. All of you. Come and hug grandma." Elsa cried and the children ran into her arms.

"God bless you for me." She prayed and squeezed the three of them as Dele and Seyifunmi cheered their performance.

Tinu felt the food in her mouth turn bitter as she realized in two weeks she'd be taking this woman's grandchildren away from her.

She sighed. It was all for the best.

She asked Chris to come take the rest of her rice. She'd lost her appetite.

Millie, it's the same update you posted yesterday o. Seems you made a mistake.

I just Pray Seyifunmi's attitude won't cause her to lose her marriage

Ochyglowsglows:
Millie, it's the same update you posted yesterday o. Seems you made a mistake.

Oh... I wasn't sure if it got uploaded.

Episode 25 - Apologies.

Seyifunmi knocked on Tinu's door, hoping the lady wouldn't slam the door in her face. She had been so stupid. Dele had informed her that Tinu had been the interior decorator that designed the house to her taste.

She couldn't imagine how bad Tinu felt as she hurled those words at her. She just hoped she could get a chance to apologise. The door opened and Grace smiled at her.

"Aunty Seyifunmi, hope no problem." Grace asked.

She gulped and said, "I want to see Tinu. Please."

Grace smile waned and she tsked, "Sorry, she's already sleeping."

Seyifunmi sighed and nodded. "Thank you. I'll come back tomorrow to check on her."

Grace shrugged and said, "Okay. Bye bye."

The lady shut the door and she heard the clicking on the locks and deadbolt.

This was so much easier in her head. Well, nobody said giving the apology would be easy. She'd just have to be quick and persistent, before Dele found out what she'd done.

Remembering he was still waiting for her downstairs and that she'd lied that she forgot her phone upstairs, she rushed to the elevators.


*******

The DJ's got us falling in love - Drake

Rosanna yelled in excitement as she pulled him through the throng of dancers to the bar. She'd just gotten a job as an editor for Today's Woman magazine thanks to one of Ose's avid fans who worked in their HR department.

He insisted they go out to celebrate and the drinks were on her. She hopped onto one of the barstools and he did the same. She signalled the bartender who was mixing up drinks for a bevy of teen-looking ladies and performing some circus worthy stunts to impress the drunk,giggly girls. One of them kept sticking her buxom breasts out and Rosanna just hoped she wouldn't be losing their virginity in the bathroom stall of a nightclub.

"What can I get you?" Another bartender yelled over the earsplitting music.

"A cosmopolitan and," Rosanna told the man and then turned to Ose, "what do you want?"

"Tequila shots." He said and the bartender nodded and left.

"Tequila shots? You make me seem like a lightweight." Rosanna jived and clapped on the counter in excitement.

"Well, you are a lightweight." Ose jived back laughing.

"Me? A lightweight?" She cried in mock insult.

"How many times has Seyifunmi had to drag your drunk ass back to your apartment?" Ose said smiling and then cringed at her withered smile. "Sorry, I named she-who-must-not-be-named."

"I told you. I don't want to hear that b*itch's name again." She called in an exasperated sigh.

"But you guys-"

The bartender returned with their drinks and she grabbed hers and yelled, "Look, we came here to celebrate my new job and how awesome my new bestie is."

She pinched his cheek, smiling. "You know you're like a 110 on a scale of one to ten. You're amazing."

Ose sighed as she raised her glass.

"To Fejirose David Lawrence."

She took a sip and waited for him to pick up his drink.

"You know where I'm from, when someone proposes a toast to you and you don't drink, it's saying something." Rosanna drawled with a Western accent.

The corner of his lips curled up and he picked up his shot.
"If you're gonna quote Pearl Harbor, do it right." He said and downed the shot.

"Everyone's a critic." She quipped and took another gulp of her drink.

She finished her drink and decided to prove to Ose she wasn't a lightweight. She ordered for tequila shots, salt and lime wedges. By her fourth shot, she was already tipsy.

"Ose, you know, I've always thought Seyifunmi to be my sister. You know." She drawled.

Ose raised his brow and shook his head.

"I think we better leave. You're already wasted."

"I think you're talking about you." She said and downed her fifth shot and whooped loudly. "I wanna dance."
She hopped down the stool and stretched her hand out. "C'mon."

Ose shook his head and she pouted.

"The day is young, Fejirose. Don't be a sourpuss, a killjoy, a negative Nancy, a-"

Ose opened his mouth to speak just as a few ladies rushed to him with their phones.

"Oh my God, you're him." One of them cried.

"Can we take a couple of selfies?" Another yelled and Ose nodded grinning.

The girls gathered round him, and raised their phones and began clicking away.

Rosanna felt a bitter feeling roll up her belly and she wanted to yank away the girls one by one with their fibre-active, cheap hair extensions. She rubbed her arms and shook her head.

Why was she bothered? Ose was just her friend and he deserved to be celebrated by his fans. She stalked away to the floor and began writhing in rhythm to the music.

A guy danced up to her and they began dancing together. She turned around and began grinding against him.

Okay. Where did that come from?

She shooed her rationality away and continued dancing with the guy. She spun to face the guy and wrapped her arms around his neck.

Right before his placed his hands around her waist, Ose yanked her away from the guy.

"Get your hands away from my babe." Ose yelled at the guy, who snorted and left to find another partner.

This wasn't the first time Ose had called her that. They'd always acted as a couple to scare off advances from the opposite sex.

Her reason primarily was that she wasn't ready to move on from Dare. She never knew Ose's. Maybe like her, he wasn't ready to move on from the woman he loved.

"Ose, you didn't have to do that." She whined. She actually liked the man she'd been dancing with. He was easy on the eyes and maybe she could have….

What?! Her rationality shouted at her.

She sighed and said, "I need a drink."

*****
Five more shots and she was as drunk as Dionysus. He wondered what her problem was. She knew she was a lightweight, and she liked drinking till she forgot which way was up.

"Ose, I think I'm drunk." She cooed into his neck. Her raspy voice made his hair stand on end and the feel of her smooth thighs on his hand made him want to explore more of that silkiness.

He took a deep breath and tried to erase his imagination of what she looked like underneath the sequined mini gown she had on. He twisted to unlock her door and kicked it open.

He walked to her bed and set on knee on it as he slowly placed her on the soft mattress.

"We're home, already?" She whined.

"Yep." He said and smoothed the pillow under her head.

He made to stand but was pulled back. His eyes looked down and he saw Rosanna's slender hands holding the collar of his white and orange stripped shirt.

"Ro?" He called with his heart pounding loudly and his blood rushing like the waves of a high tide.

"Don't go. Please." She begged with her voice scratching, her chest rising and falling so heavily and her eyes half closed.

If he stayed, he'd be in the valley of evil. Not with his concupiscence for her, not with the salacious thoughts of her in his mind, not with the dirty things he'd fantasized about since he felt her soft breasts against him.

He willed himself not to look down and stare at her face.

Bad idea.

His eyes skimmed over her luscious, brown skin. The bright, fluorescent security light from outside illuminated the room and he got a perfect view of her hooded eyes, her pointed nose and sinfully, plump lips.

"Rosanna, I have to go." He said.

Please.

He didn't want to do something she'd regret. He didn't want to take advantage of her. She was too pure for him. Too good for him.

He tried to move but her grip remained intact.

"Ose, I love you." She said.

He groaned inwardly and wished she would stop saying that.

"Yeah. I know. You tell me everyday." He gritted and tried to pry off her hands. "Go to sleep. I want to sleep."

"I love you, so much, Ose." She said and pressed her lips to his.

Ose bent there, still with his eyes widened in shock. Her supple lips moved against his and she licked the seam of his mouth. He groaned in pleasure and gave her access.

He moved his lips against hers and relished the taste of tequila, cranberry and lime on her tongue. Her kisses grew sloppy and her hands dropped from his collar.

He heard her light breathing and laughed. She'd fallen asleep.

tnx for the update Millie

Thanks for the update

wow....thanks for the update....I cried when those kids were singing for their grandma....mehn

U too much. God bless u