cutePHAVE choose fireboy's 'Need you' for this chapter because its her favourite so plug in your headphones and put the song on repeat you'll understand why very soon.

If you have gotten the song then delve into the chapter .

This chapter is for Waleeyat I miss you like an idiot misses the point 😂😂😂😂 and I can't do without you sometimes cause we are like two sides of a coin😂😂😂😂. Thank you for sticking with me💓💓💓💓💓

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Liz stared at her reflection in the floor length mirror and fixed her pearl drop earrings. She was excited and nervous at the same time, all the emotions were jumbling around her stomach pulling it in tiny knots.

"You look amazing. See yansh!" Pamela whistled in a cat like manner.

"For the millionth time, say ass or bum or even buttocks" rolling her eyes and smoothing out imaginary wrinkles, she has been correcting Pamela about this since their university days. It always sounds surprising to her whenever she hears of people leaving their place of origin and forgetting about home, Nigeria and Naija ways was in Pamela's blood.

Liz wore a bloody red body con dress with one sleeve the other was off shoulder and had huge bell sleeves, the dress had lace finishing of above 3 inches finishing at her knees. A watch adorned hr left wrist and a tiny silver bracelet on her right, her makeup was bold and subtle at the same time; eyes accentuated to look bolder with matte red lipstick, She finished the look with silver pumps and a little clutch purse.

At exactly 7pm her doorbell was ringing, Jason was here.

"Open the door please tell him I'm coming" Liz instructed Pamela as she hurriedly spritz herself with her favourite perfume blend. Its a must to look good and smell good on your dates, you can't sit close to someone smelling like sweat and fish water, if you think fish water smell is disgusting then dont do it.

She unwrapped the silk scarf she used to hold her edges and hair in place after applying gel. Her hair was in slicked in a low French bun and riotous curls spilled from the edges making her look like a queen.

As she made it out of the room, Pamela and Jason were on the couch engrossed in a funny conversation speaking their dialect. When they noticed her their conversation came to a still, Pamela had this silly smile on her lips but her eyes sparkled with admiration and love.

Jason on the other hand looked shocked, his mismatched eyes taking a darker glint as he drank her in, with each stare he wasn't just captivated he wanted to study her like a coding problem she looked like a beautiful hard unsolvable code and it blew his hacker mind away. Exciting and intriguing him at the same time, she was beautiful no doubt.

"Are you going to say something, or you have become tongue tied" winking at him.

This girl winking should be a crime, someone has to tell her that, she makes a man get lost. "I'm speechless doll face, your beauty has made me dumb" smiling brightly at her.

Liz threw her head back and laughed; a laugh so melodious and beautiful it tickled his intestines and calmed his soul. "You dont look too bad your self mismatched eyes"

For a moment they stared at each other openly, indeed Jason looked good in black slacks and a white and blue stripped shirt, with the two upper buttons left undone.

Melted chocolate,

"Hello guys, I'm still here on planet earth with you guys," waving her hand dramatically in their face to pull them out other trance of each other.

"After you doll face," holding the door to grant her access.

Outside her apartment was a black A class Mercedes Jeep, although she knew his pockets was deep she didn't know how much. Googling him or checking him out hasn't even occurred to her, privacy was a big deal for Liz she preferred to ask questions and get real answers.

"Are you impressing me, with the fine car and fine face?" Liz asked, "it will take more than this to impress me you know"

"Noted milady. I'll add the fine car and the surprise I have for you after dinner" smirking at her, he opened the car for her like a gentleman which he wasn't.

She pouted and settled down in the car " I hate surprises and I can open my own door thank you."

"So you are a feminist?" He asked smiling.

Immediately her guard shut up "Yes I'm a feminist, aren't you, shouldn't all men be one?" Raising her eye brows at him and turning slightly to face him as she spoke.

"Calm down tiger, I love and respect women. I have 3 sisters and you've met my mom. I advocate equal rights for women not toxic hatred and baseless discussions. But we will shelve this discussion for later.  " Jason couldn't understand why most women always went on the defensive.

"Do you like music?" He asked on a lighter note and hit the stereo allowing fireboy's "need you" flow through the speakers.

🎵🎼🎶You sweet pass mango, you sweet pass agbalumo,
No know where I wan go omo mi o ma gbadun no
Na only you fit heal me baby dont go🎵🎶🎼

Jason tapped his head lightly and started singing along lightly, he sang along to the Yoruba part deeply knowing she couldn't hear half of what the song was saying but wishing she was;

🎵🎶🎶Baby se'oun gbo, pe mi loruko fami ni'rugbon
Nkan t'on so ko ma ni tumo
Dont listen to them, you don't need rumours
I know you need me but I need you more,
Oh my lover🎵🎶🎼

Liz stared at the Nigerian boy beside her shocked his voice gave her goosebumps, did he even know he could sing so well? "Wow" she breathed out, quietly not to interrupt him.

She liked this side of him, the soldier that sings sweet love songs, even though she couldn't understand what the song sang. When the song got to the part of :

🎶🎵🎼"You know I miss you like an idiot misses the point,"🎼

He had a stupid smile on his face and pointed towards her using one of his hands to form a microphone as he alternated between driving, Liz thought the lyrics was funny and cute and so she burst into laughter at how silly he looked and how sweet it made her feel inside.

"You sing so beautifully" she said, when the phone rotated to Ed sheeran's "perfect."

He smiled at her "thanks doll face" Liz has long given up getting him to stop calling her doll face she was tired of the argument. She like all the shades of him though, settling in her seat through the rest of the ride.

Soon  the car packed in front of a plush restaurant, the restaurant itself was so beautiful it made Liz gape around in surprise it most cost a lot to eat here.

He pulled the chair for her again, and even though Liz preferred to do it her self she let him without argument because it wasn't about looking weak or feeling like the inferior sex it was a gesture of simple adoration and waiting on a queen.

"Thanks" softly.

Dinner was a beautiful affair of good food and easy laugh. They both ordered stake and had the most magnificent cheese cake after.

As they ate their desert he asked "Are you single?"

Liz nodded "single and not searching," at first when he heard her reply, Jason felt a sharp sting of sadness but he reminded himself that's its okay to try, to get her to change her mind, he wasn't a quitter anyway, so instead he sent a challenging smile her way.

"You'll change your mind soon you know" forking a small portion of the cake into his lips.

Mismatched eyes looks like temptation right now, "what makes you think so" leaning forward and daring him in return

"Doll face I dont think so, I know so." He leaned forward also, leaving small space apart from between their faces. Liz stared into his eyes mesmerized by how they were able to change and intensify with emotions and how if she really wanted to could see so many answers in them.

Liz leaned back her head before she did something stupid like kissing him. He leaned back also and put his glass to his lips he was suddenly very thirsty.

"You are arrogant and proud, I hope you know that" squeezing her face at how much he affected her without even trying.

Jason shrugged "I'm a proud black man"

"Is that a Nigerian thing to say?" Studying him intensely now. Jason hooded his eyes, so much emotions was swirling through him, he just smiled a boyish grin that made him look even more proud and mysterious.

"Do you visit Nigeria a lot?" Liz asked again.

"Yes, I have a company there and extended family members."

"Oh cool" nodding her head, then asked "so you know how to cook jollof rice?"

"Yes. Do you want me to cook for you? Doll face I'm one of those men that even if I boil water for you you'll lick your hands and chew your spoon" he added a subtle wink at the end of the statement.

Be still my heart! This fine boy was going to wreck her if she wasn't careful. "Fine I'll let you cook for me, without help and I'll see how good it is after all your exaggerations" smiling again.

The rest of desert they finished with small talk most of which made them both laugh. Jason called for their bill and as he settled it they made their way out of the restaurant when he suddenly had a serious expression on his face.

"Have you ever killed someone before?" He asked bringing them both to a standstill near the car. Liz stared at him mouth open shocked at his question and wondering if he knew anything about her step dad.

"No why" she replied scared and coming down from the high giddy place his presence and company put her in all evening.

"Because you in that dress, those tiny heels and that pretty smile with those deep dimples slayed me tonight. Like I'm dead just like that poof" his thirty two was on display again as his hands made a big explosion sign.

For a split second as she felt those tiny butterfly things in her belly that novels described Liz wondered why this blue_grey eyed soldier liked messing with her.

She hit him lightly on the shoulder and smiled shyly, she has received lots of compliments but this one hit her different mostly because of the sincerity that shone in his mismatched eyes,"Thank you."

"Come on doll face, are you ready for your surprise" Jason asked.

How much more of this man could she really take before he broke down all the walls around her heart

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