Ps: If you love listening to music while reading, these are some of the songs that you could listen to while doing so that matches the mood of this chapter. Mind you, they are all Nigerian jam.

*  Jealous by Fireboy

* Pepper dem by Olamide

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True to Taiye's words, they arrived at the party very late. The huge event hall was filled with lots of people, yet it was quiet as Monica made a birthday speech. They catwalks in at t that moment which got them enough attention. Heads spun to look at them and tongues wagged. It was nice, stealing the spotlight from Monica for a while. They found an empty table and settled in quickly and that was when she noticed that even Monica had paused her speech and was trailing them with her eyes. Cool! Her plan was going as planned! How wrong was that grammar? She would show this bitch not to mess with her and her bestie no more. It was just her and Taiye on the table for it was arranged two to one, couple themed. Now wasn't that cute?

'I see Ron,' Taiye whispered to her, leaning towards her.

'Where?' Seiyafa quickly demanded of him, her eyes sharp.

'Don't look behind you. He is with that Damilola girl,' he scoffed. 'Well, he is looking our way, staring daggers at me. He think he's got some killer stares. Well, FHI, his stares aren't one bit intimidating, at all. He knows nothing about a stare down,' Taiye said in a snobbish voice. Seiyafa laughed hard at the comment.

'Oh let him be.'

'I should probably wave at him you know?' he said.

'No silly,' she said holding unto the hand that he was attempting to put in the air. 'Don't do that. Let him look his fill. We will show them not to mess with the wrong people,' she swore softly. 'Yes Taiye and Seiyafa on this,' she said with a smile.

'We're a team?'

'Of course!' was her short nonchalant reply. His eyes twinkled.

'Oh I like the sound of that,' he voiced aloud. She smirked.

'Anyways, you will have to find a way to introduce me to Monica as your new girlfriend. Then, you leave the rest to me. I will make her jealous as hell!' she vowed.

'Why do I have to do that? Aren't we obvious enough?'

'Well, though she has accused us of being together numerous times, she would probably think we are friends now to stop reality from dinking in,' she explained to him.

'Now that I think about it, it seems reasonable. Well, i will do so when we go up to give her her birthday gift,' he said as a waiter brought them drinks and snacks.

'You got her a gift?' she asked with an unhappy look.

'Yes?'

'Who does that?'

'Everyone does that Sei,' he said to her. She scoffed.

'She doesn't deserve that, or you,' she said to him.

'Same applies to Ron. Besides, how on earth can I come to a birthday party without a gift for the birthday celebrant?'

'Whatever,' she said, refusing to dwell on the matter. She took a sip of her drink. It was slightly cold.

After Monica's brief speech came the cutting of the three tiered cake. The cake was extravagant and flamboyant. It made the occasion look like a wedding, especially with Monica's new boy toy in a dark blue suit and her in a white satin gown. Oh what a wedding it would be, and then she would leave her bestie, Taiye alone for her. There was a cheer as they did so, cut the cake alongside the spelling of Monica's name. Monica's boy toy proposed two toasts, one to Monica's birthday and another to their relationship. It was in the process that she found out the name of the boy toy was Joshua.

'Gifts are welcomed and the dance floor is now open to everyone. Please, enjoy yourselves and have a nice time!' Monica wrapped up, announcing this in her soft seductive voice. Seiyafa sneered.

'I'm the one who is supposed to be angry at her,' Taiye teased her although he was hurt.

'I should be too. You are my best friend. You are practically mine. And she dumped you! She dumped what was mine. Then, she invited you to this party to smear it all in your face, her nice little life. She basically just wants to topple your emotions. She too daring! How dare she do that? How dare she treat you that was?' she whispered angrily.

'Seiyafa,' he said with laugh, enjoying her outburst.

'What?' she snapped at him. 'I am going to teach her an evergreen lesson, you hear me? An evergreen lesson!'

'Okay Seiyafa, that's alright. I support you.' He raised his glass of drink towards her. 'Let's make a toast to that.' She raised her glass also. 'This is to our friendship and the well being of its continuity.

'Whatever,' she said with and smiled before they both clinked glasses. She made to drink the sparkling liquid.

'Stop Sei,' he said to her. 'Ron is watching us. Let's intertwine arms feed him some first hand dog food,' he suggested with a pearly white smile. She knew he hated Ron, but it was to her advantage now and she was loving it. They went ahead to do it.She crossed her hands in his and brought her glass to her lips. He did same. They took a few sips and burst into quiet laughter, enjoying themselves. 'He still watches us,' Taiye informed her as they disengaged.

'He must be so shocked. Well, just wait until you see Monica after I an done with her,' she boasted.

'Seiyafa, just don't go overboard,' he pleaded playfully with her. She hissed jocosely at his plea.

'I just might,' she informed him with a smirk that nearly made her look like a crazy bitch.

'Seiyafa.'

'Taiye, do you trust me?' she asked him with a serious expression. He smiled at her.

'Yes Seiyafa, I trust you.'

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