The night seemed so magical to me. I and Freddy were trying to catch up on each other's life. He told me everything that happened to him in the past eight years and I told him mine.

"So you can draw my face?" I asked after he informed me that he sold his artwork to earn money. "But I do remember you drawing something in school years back".

"Can you draw?"

A sarcastic laughter left my lips. "I wish!"

He chuckled. Then he narrowed his eyes and leaned close to me. We were now sitting on the floor. Our backs rested on the wall and our arms touched.

"What?" I asked as his gaze drilled into my soul.

"I would like to make a sketch of you. Can you send me a picture later!"

My face flushed. "You want to draw me?"

"Yeah! Why won't I want to draw a beauty like you?" he said with his voice huskier than I could ever imagine.

I gulped and shook my head.

"What's wrong, babygirl?"

"Aarghh! Freddy," I growled and gripped my long black braids. I pulled it in frustration.

"What have I done, sweetie?"

"You have a sweet mouth. Like you flirt too easily"

"Am I blowing your mind? And..." he pouted. "Can I pull your hair. Let's do tug of war with it".

"Eehhn?" I looked at him in disbelief. "The day you have sense, I will buy the whole America and Nigeria".

"Hmph! I hope you have your money ready cos that day will come," he smirked.

I was about say let it come and then, I realized there is no way on earth I can buy both Nigeria and America.

What was I thinking saying that out loud? Who I be to buy America sef?

There was a comfortable silence between them. However, Freddy broke it when he cleared his throat.

"I have a question," he announced.

I cocked a brow. "And the question is...."

"Have you ever dated a guy?"

"Hmm..." I waggled my brows. "Someone looks interested about my dating life".

"Silly woman!" he pinched my cheek. "Just answer the question".

"Why did you pinch me?" I scowled.

"Fiesty tigress!" he threw his arms in the air in mock surrender.

I rolled my eyes.

"Answer my question!" he insisted.

The truth is yes. You, Freddy! I have dated you and nobody else. You don't remember so I can't count that. So my answer is....

"No!"

He literally just gasped as if I threw a bomb in the room. He stayed silent and then, exclaimed. "What the...what? You? You, Naomi? You? Tell me you are lying".

"I am not!"

"How is that possible? You are beautiful so I am sure you have guys begging for your attention. Tell me, what went wrong? Or are you a nun? No....Oh no! Are you a lesbian?"

I didn't know how I did it but with a lightning speed, I got my sneaker off my foot and began to hit him. "Who are you calling a lesbian? The audacity!"

"Ow! Ouch!" he tried crawling away but I still hit him. "I'm sorry!"

"How dare you?"

Just in case you don't know I am not hitting him hard. I can never hit my Freddy hard. What if he gets hurt? I can't afford to lose him.

Just while I had paused to think of how precious he is to me, he took hold of my hand.

"Let go of my hand!"

"Is it too late to say I'm sorry?" he sang in a voice sweeter than honey.

I froze at my spot.

Why does he have a fine voice? He wasn't this good years ago!

"Is it too late to say I'm sorry?" he sang again and added his own melodious style into it.

I frowned. "Yes, it is too late to say you're sorry. Cos I've...already planned your funeral. Wo-oh oh!" I sang back with my not-so-perfect voice.

His eyes widened. "My what??????" he stressed the word with a musical tinge to it.

"Your funeral, baby!" I samg back. Freddy had successfully influenced me to sing. The inner rockstar in me decided to spice her music and I started singing. "Wo-oh! Oh! Oh! Wo-oh! Yeah! Yeah".

"You've got a nice voice, baby!" Freddy sang in a low husky voice and winked at me. "But it doesn't sound like an angel's....wo-oh! Yeahhhh..."

I frowned. "Yours sound like a frog voice, la...la...la...la".

Freddy burst out laughing. "You always seem to surprise me. Why are you so jelly of me, baby!"

I refused to look at him because I could guess he would wink or wiggle his brows. I don't want to see that dangerously hot look on his face.

"So no guy in your life? Why?" he said in a more serious voice. "Don't tell me you are so naive to wait for Mr Perfect. I hope you know you need to give a guy a chance before you will be able to find Mr Perfect".

"I know!"

"So why are you single?"

"I have my reasons!"

"You are weird!"

"Maybe I should match you up with a guy?"

Stupid boy! I'm waiting for you. You are my Mr Perfect. Don't worry. When you regain your memory, you will regret encouraging me to date another guy.

"I don't need your help, Mr Matchmaker!"

"No, Sugar! Call me cupid!"

"My name is not Sugar!"

"Salt?"

"No, Idiot! Naomi"

"Baby?"

"Naomi!"

"Angel?"

"Just say my name! Do you fear it?"

"I'm saying your name"

"What is my name?"

"Cupcake?"

I froze.

"Lollipop?"

I was still frozen.

"Princ...." he paused when he saw my condition. "You okay?"

My brain kept playing the way the word 'cupcake' had effortly rolled from his tongue. The way his husky voice had pronounced it and the memories of my past with him made my eyes blurring.

"Naomi!" he called my name with a look of concern. "Do you want to cry because I didn't call your real name? I'm sorry. I didn't know you don't like that".

"It's not that!" I shook my head and rose to my feet.

"Hey! What's wrong?"

"Nothing!"

He hooked his finger beneath my jaw and lifted my face so our eyes could meet. But I pulled away and faced another direction.

"Huh? What's wrong?"

I let out a forced laughter. "Nothing!" my voice came out weak and that's when he gripped my wrist. He spun me around till I faced him.

"Tell me what's wrong?" he demanded. His countenance changed and the intimidating and grave look he had on, awed me.

"Nothing!" I replied.

He flicked my forehead with his strong fingers.

"Ouch! What's your issue?" I slammed my palm on his chest. My hand ended up hurting. "Ouch!"

He stood silent. "Are you sad because you don't have any man in your life?"

I wanted to scream no but I wanted to know how he would react if I said yes.

"Yes! I want a man that will treat me well and not break my heart"

He nodded and rubbed my arm gently. "You will find the guy. Don't worry"

"Could it be you that I have been searching for? Can you be my Mr Perfect?" I said with a straight face and stared into his eyes.

The way his brows shot up and his mouth dropped was so comical.

"My pickup line!" I winked.

If his eyes could get wider, they would have.

"Damn! That one was good. You are learning from the best".

I nodded.

He rose a brow suspiciously. "Did you just agree that I am the best?"

"Nope! I just want you to realize you are not by yourself. I can't waste my saliva," I rolled my eyes.

"You always have a comeback, you fiesty tigress".

"Call me lioness!" I sent a smug look at him.

Since we were standing so close, he leaned forward. His hot breathe fanned my face as he said, "You wish!"

He took some steps backwards and went to our previous sitting position. I shook my head as he sat down. I yawned and stretched. I was definitely sleepy.

What time is it? Let me check my phone.....Oh yeah! It's downstairs. Way to go, evil side of Naomi.

I got back to my position beside Freddy and we enjoyed the silence in the room. Soon, I was drifting to dreamland. My head kept dangling to my side as I slept. I was so uncomfortable it was super annoying.

However, I felt a large hand on my face. I turned to Freddy. He gently placed my head on his shoulder and said, "Good night princess!"

"Eight years after our highschool, you still find it hard to call me by my name," I giggled and blushed.

He heard me and asked, "What was my nickname for you then?"

"The day you remember, I will give you a big bear hug!"

He sighed. "What if I never remember? I'm scared of that".

I rose my head a little to catch a glimpse of his face. "Fear not for Naomi is here. You will remember. I promise you that. I won't give up till you do".

He sent a big smile to me. One filled with hope and expectation. It took me great effort to resist pecking his cheek. I rested my head on his shoulder.

"Can I use you as a pillow?" I asked.

"You are already doing that?"

"No! I want to lay on your chest"

I don't know where the confidence is coming from? Somebody save me?

"Why?"

Time to lie!

"Because I love to cuddle my pillow"

He flashed a cheeky smile. "I want to be cuddle," he wrapped his arms around me.

I slapped his arms off. "Wear your shirt first!"

He smirked. 'You sure you want that baby?"

"Yeah! I'm extremely sure"

He got up and quickly wore his shirt. When he sat down, my arms coiled around his waist and I rested my head on his chest. His head rested on mine and he wrapped an arm around my waist.

Best Valentine ever! Don't you feel  I deserve happiness? Beside I've been depressed feeling I've lost him. This small moments mean a lot to me.

I woke up to find myself on Freddy who was sprawled on the floor. My arms were around his waist and my head on his chest. I could hear his steady heartbeat. The joy that filled me having him by my side couldn't be expressed in words. He had one hand at my back and the other was under his head as his pillow.

A new day dawned but I refused to stand up. I just shut my eyes and continued to sleep.

Minutes later, I heard legs shuffle in the room. I snapped my eyes open. I caught sight of Freddy waking up. We both turned to the individual apart from us in the room. The security man stood, his eyes wide open.

"Morning sir and ma'am. I no know you people dey lock here oo!" he exclaimed. "Oga! I dey sorry".

Freddy held my waist and helped me rise from his chest. He rose to his full length and clenched his fists. "Is this how this mall is? No security guard walks around to check the rooms? What kind of security do you guys operate? I'm laying a complaint about this"

"Um mm..." I saw the fearful look in the security guard's eyes. "Freddy, it's alright. He didn't know".

"Who cares? Do you know how many times we knocked and screamed for help? Is he deaf that he couldn't hear us?" Freddy snorted.

I gulped. "It's not his fault!"

"Then whose fault is it?"

The way the security guard gave me a knowing look got on my nerves.

Whose fault is it? Well....It's the person that paid the security guard to ignore us. That's the person at fault.

"You see? You also don't know. They have to repair this door," he pointed at the perfectly good wooden door. Though he didn't know that. "That's why I need to complain".

"Don't worry! I will complain myself. Let's rush to our hotels. We have rehearsal and you know the director is kinda harsh," I said.

He hesitated and nodded.

"So shall we go?" I asked.

"Let's go!" he nodded. Then, he turned to the security guard, "Is the mall open? Any crowd?"

"No sir! It's just 7am in the morning. We don't open at this time"

"Thank your lucky stars!" Freddy scowled. He nodded his head at the door and said, "Let's go, Naomi".

I smiled. "Sure, sugar!"

"Eww!" he said as he tried to stifle a yawn. "Why do I still feel sleepy?"

"I don't know. I also feel sleepy!" I rubbed my eyes and stretched my arms.

"Madam, your bag!" The security guard called out.

I spun around immediately. He got it out of a locker and handed it to me. I gave Freddy his phone and he began to walk towards the entrance door while still yawning.

"Madam, you no go add small money for me?" the security guard whispered. "I did my job wella oo".

"I know!"

He rubbed his palms together and chuckled. He stretched one out as if asking me to drop the money on it.

I eyed him. "The money I paid you before. Is it not enough?"

"It can not be enough, madam oo!"

"I've already paid you before. Don't disturb my life," I hissed. "Thank you for your service. Good bye".

"Madam na?" he exclaimed.

"No try me!" I wiggled my fingers at him. I turned around and headed to where Freddy stood.

"What was the man saying?" Freddy asked as soon as I was close to him.

"He was...um... Asking me to pay for the safekeeping of my bag".

"What? Doesn't he know I'm angry with him right now. He can't even guard this mall well..." he growled. "I hope you didn't pay him".

"No!"

"Okay! Much better"

We got into his car, he ignited the car engine and we were on our way to the hotel. The only problem was that Freddy forgot I stayed in a different hotel from him. He drove into his five-star hotel effortlessly, parked and took off his seatbelt.

"Let's go! I'm starving," he said and proceeded to get down the car.

"This is not my hotel," I stated.

He cocked a brow and looked out the window. "I'm sure it is"

"No! It is your hotel. Mine is..."

"Ohhh!" he exclaimed. "Oh! Oh! But....Can we just eat first? Later, I'll take you to your hotel".

"Ummm..." I shook my head. "I need to brush my teeth and shower".

"You can brush in my room!"

"Shower?"

"After eating, I will take you to your hotel. I promise!"

I shrugged. "Sure! No problem".

We got down and headed straight to his hotel room. When we got in, he handed a new toothbrush to me and his toothpaste.

"Brush your teeth, babygirl. It stinks," he laughed.

I gasped. "What about yours! Yours stinks worst".

"No! It doesn't"

I came close to him and held my nose. "Eww! Whose teeth stinks like that? Oh, wait! Freddy's".

He burst out laughing. "Okay! Watch and see. Mine is gonna smell better than yours soon," he said and walked into his bathroom.

When I saw his bathroom, I smirked.

It's good to be rich though.

His bathroom was magnificent. It was just making sense. There was only shower and the shower had glass door around it. Freddy and I stood in front of the sink. He was brushing why staring at the mirror and I stood brushing too.

This is my first time doing this with him and I shall remember this moment forever.

After he had brushed and washed his face, I expected him to leave but it turned out he was in the mood to disturb me. I was still brushing while he started sprinkling water from the tap on my face.

"Fredwie... Swop!" I screamed with my toothbrush still in my face.

He laughed and sprinkled more on my face.

I kicked his knee and he jumped away from me. I spat out what was on my mouth and washed my mouth, toothbrush and face. As soon as I was done with that, I sprinkled water at him.

He pouted. Then, he went into the glass shower and came out with the showerhead. My mouth dropped. I didn't even know you can pull that out.

"Freddy, stop! Enough is enough. I'm not joking. Don't do that. I need to go to my hotel and I can't go there dripping water as I move," I yelled.

His lips curved slowly into a smirk.

"Freddy, I am warning you. Stop being so childish," I whined and stomped my foot on the ground.

His smirk turned into a cheeky smile. Then, he winked.

I glanced at the door and measured the distance it will take to run out. When I looked back at Freddy, he could tell what was on my mind and aimed the showerhead pouring water on me. I ran out of the bathroom like how a cat who hates water would.

Just when I ran out, I bumped into someone and fell on the floor.

"Hey! Come back here" Freddy chuckled and walked out of the room.

I looked at the figure in front of me and I just froze on my spot.

"What are you doing here?" Freddy asked.

Kate let out a sarcastic laughter. "You are asking me that! Huh?" She walked to Freddy and landed a hot slap on his face.

His face turned to the side and he placed his hand on his cheek. "What the fuck?" he mumbled before he gripped the hand Kate had used to slap him.

I hopped to my feet, took hold of her shirt and turned her to my side so I could slap her. However, Freddy was quick to stop me and he pulled me far away from her. I didn't understand his reason for doing that but the way he was boiling with anger made me shut up and just watch the drama unfold.

Kate just slapped Freddy! Someone just wants me to commit murder!

"Let go of my hand," Kate screamed.

"You slapped me!" Freddy growled and tightened his grip on her hand.

"Ouch! Let go!"

Then, Freddy smirked and dropped her hand.

Yeah! He just smirked and dropped her hand. Can you believe? He should have just allowed me to slap her na.

"I respect women and I will never lay my hand to hurt any of them. However, you slapped me Kate. Thanks," he shrugged.

Kate rose a brow. "Thanks? For what?"

"Now I have a reason!" he let out such a mischievous laughter that my whole body shivered. "Our relationship is over. Get the hell out of my room. Ensure to tell my mom you slapped me when you narrat the breakup story to her".

Angry tears gathered Kate's eyes. "You, bastard! You were cheating on me. And now you have the guts to break up with me?"

I think I understand what's going on here. Kate is so angry to see me with Freddy that she has forgot how to act in love with him. Her true colors are out. Nice!

"Me? Bastard? Okay! Then what are you? You've got trust issues. After dating me for two years, you don't even understand me. You even have the courage to say I cheated on you. This is another wonderful reason for us not to date. I'n hungry. Naomi, let's go".

The way he said my name, sent shiver down my spine. He had pronounced it with so much authority that I just moved closer to him ready to do anything he asks of me. He held my hand...which shocked me! And we walked out of the room together....another big shock!

When I glanced at Kate, I was too shocked about what happened and the breakup that instead of sending an evil smile at her, I just stared with my mouth open.

What just happened, my brain asked.

    
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