Hi guys.

Note: Yihana is Vivi's Ghanian name, Haniah is Mimi's Ghanian name and Afryea is Kiki's Ghanian name. For those that have forgotten.

Nasir is up in the media.

Enjoy the chapter.

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Vina's POV
"But Auntie Nenye..." I whine bitterly.

"No buts, Vina. Just go with him." She replies as she applies some sort of facial cream while staring at her reflection in the vanity.

I groan inwardly.

She had said and I quote,'Aidan will be taking you to Yihana's party, Vee.'

Apparently, my aunt knows the Benson family because they all work in the same industry.

Aidan's face had been completely neutral when she said that he would be taking me,'I didn't agree to that, Mum.'

'You don't have to agree to it, love. It was never open for negotiation, I am telling you to do it.' My aunt had said in a completely unbothered voice.

Aidan, I guess knowing his mum, simply exhaled and muttered a 'goodnight' to her before walking out.

And now, I'm begging my auntie to not let me go with Aidan to the party.

"Sweetheart, you have to go with Aidan. Your uncle is coming back from his trip tomorrow and I need Mr. Emeka to drop me off at the airport. I can't afford to miss my flight."

"Are–" I try asking a question.

"And before you ask, it's a night flight."

My shoulders slump in defeat,"Fine. Goodnight Auntie."

"Goodnight, Vee." She says, getting up and wrapping me in a tight hug.

I begrudgingly leave her room and go down to mine. Feeling bored, I send Nasir a text and almost immediately, he replies.
(Pics of thier chat below👇)

We chat a good while, till he asks:

With that, Nasir goes offline. After watching a few YouTube videos, I plug my phone. Snuggling underneath my fluffy duvet, I fall asleep.

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"Omo! We have turn senior babes like this." Violet screams like the mad woman she is once we get to her room.

"Abi o!" I shout too, barely matching her energy and vigor.

We have just completed our Jss3 exams, today. So, we are really excited.

She connects her phone to the speakers in her room and pop music begins blaring out of them.

My girl goes berserk by trashing her gold braids about.

"Vina, join me nau." She says, going into a twerk frenzy.

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I wake up with a start, feeling Violet's presence all around me. I burst into tears, completely overwhelmed with sadness.

It still hurts...badly.

I cry and cry as different images of Violet and I pass through my mind.

A ping from my phone, distracts me.

Nasir: Can I pick you up so that we can exercise together today?

I check the time, it is already 5:35am. I send him my reply in the positive and tell him to be at the gate before 7:00am.

I go into my bathroom still trying to stop the tears. Peering into my bathroom mirror that is seated above the sink, I immediately feel sorry for myself.

My thick curls that I had packed into a bun the night before has come undone. My cheeks are blotched, tear-stained and puffy. My eyes look red and snot threatens to drip out of my nose. Basically, my entire aura is royally fucked.

I splash water on my face and keep on chanting,“Violet won't like this.” repeatedly like a mantra.

Letting out a tired sigh, I return to my room to search for what I will wear for my run with Nasir.

I piece together a grey sports bra, black bust crop hoodie and grey yoga pants.

"Good morning, Ma." I greet Onome as I pass by the sitting room.

At the same time I step out of the house, Audu is coming out of his flat that is beside the gate. He opens the pedestrian gate for me.

Nasir is nowhere in sight so I begin my quad stretches right there in front of the gate. And then, I notice my shoelace is not tied properly.

"Vina."

I lift my head to see Nasir jogging towards me. I give a tight-lipped smile and wave at him. The toothy grin on his face drops once he gets to me.

"What's wrong?" He asks me at the same time holding my hand and pulling me slightly to walk with him.

"There's no problem. I slept late so I am still a bit tired." I lie with a small chuckle.

"That is why your eyes are puffy?"

"Yeah." I reply.

"If you say so. Just try to get some rest when you get back to your house, okay?" He says and squeezes my hand a little.

I nod.

We jog, and run at some point, to the beginning of the estate.

"You look really sexy by the way." Nasir whispers in my ear on our way back.

His hot, minty breath fanning against my earlobes sends shivers down my spine and heat to my cheeks.

"Thank you." I choke out.

I look at him and he has a self-satisfied smirk on that stupidly gorgeous face of his.

We walk on till we are a few paces away from my uncle's house.

"See you tonight?" He asks as he runs his hand through his curls.

"Yeah. See you too Nasir." I turn to go to the gate when Nasir clears his throat not-so-subtly.

"Yes?"

"You left without giving me a hug."

I roll my eyes slightly and go back to him.

I wrap my arms around him, my head on his chest. I am about pulling back when he wraps his arms around my waist and presses me tightly to himself.

To my greatest shock, his palm drops to my butt and he gives it a hard squeeze.

"Nasir stop!" I order.

Immediately, he lets go of me. A mix of lust and remorse in his eyes,"I'm sorry. I went overboard."

"It's fine. See you tonight, Nasir." I say rather coldly and walk away.

Thankfully, he doesn't stop me this time.

I enter the house to see my aunt on the sofa, flipping through the pictures of her models in a magazine.

"Good morning, Auntie."

"Morning, my dear. Onome had to leave for an emergency." My aunt replies.

"Oh." I mutter.

"She couldn't make breakfast before leaving though." She continues,"You are free to go to the kitchen to make something for yourself. I'm fine with my herbal tea."

I go up to my room for a bath before returning to the kitchen to make my breakfast. After some thought, noodles seem like the best idea.

As I sit at the dining table downing my first meal for the day, Aidan comes down the stairs still dressed in his nighties.

I instantly become uncomfortable but Aidan in his usual cold, non-chalant way casually strolls to the kitchen and returns with a plate of sliced bread and a jar of cream cheese spread.

He could have chosen to sit anywhere in this mansion to have his breakfast but no, he sits down beside me.

I begin choking on air because of the shock. Grabbing the glass of water I had brought with me earlier, I down its contents and gradually calm down.

When I regain myself, I carry my things and go up to my room without a backward glance.

Deciding not to overthink his weird behavior, I lay down on my soft bed and finish up my delicious meal.

Just then, a message from Nasir comes in.
(Pics of thier chat below👇)

I go up to inform my aunt about the outing to which she gives her approval. I take my plate downstairs and put it into the dishwasher.

Going over to the fridge, I treat myself to a can of fanta. Looking up, I see Aidan at the kitchen door staring intensely at me with an emotion in his eyes that isn't hatred.

Where is the hate that resides in his eyes whenever he looks at me? That hatred that I know is specially left there for me.

I walk over where he is casually leaning on the side of the door frame. I scoff inwardly and make to brush past him when he stretches out his arm and blocks my path.

I give him a what are you doing look. He just keeps staring at me intently, his head cocks to the side as he studies my face.

I am slowly loosing it with the way he is staring at me. I open my mouth to tell him just that when he speaks.

"Vina." He says in his deep voice.

Something in me just snaps once he calls my name.

"Really, Aidan? What happened to calling me a slut or a murderer? Or the combo that you love – a slutty murderer? Hmm‽" I ask my voice painfully low at first but slowly rose in decibels.

I look deep into his eyes and something akin to hurt flashes in them.

Look at this one feeling hurt. Is he the one that is unfortunate enough to live in someone else's house? Is he the one that names had been thrown at?

His face is contorted in that of guilt but I am not the least bit bothered.

I feel like exploding in anger and tears but I don't want to cry in front of him. He opens his mouth to speak but I hold up my hand signalling him to swallow and digest whatever it is he was about to say.

"Don't...don't say anything to me. You are aware that the party starts at 7pm, I'll be waiting for you downstairs by 6:30. Excuse me."

Unwilling, a tear falls from my eye. Aidan raises his hand towards my cheeks but I hold it before he can touch me and glare at him amidst tears.

Wordlessly, he steps out of the way and I walk past him and up to my room.

Once I enter my room, the floodgates burst open. No sound escape my lips but the tears continue to flow as unwanted memories besiege my mind.

But, I try to fight it.

Slowly but surely, I stop. Giving myself the fake consolation that I have a lunch date in less than an hour.

I go into my closet and search through my outfits. Finally, I decide on a rather simple get-up which consists of a thigh length, form-fitting lilac gown, a white purse and a pair of white flats.
(Picture of Vina's 'fit below👇)

I throw everything on and settle down at my vanity to get to work at doing my hair and hiding my puffy eyes with makeup. A bit of concealer and mascara seems to do the trick.

Giving myself a mental pat on the back, I insert two lilac hairpins into my hair and then, apply some lip balm.

Afterwards, I send Nasir a text letting him know that I am ready and when he gets to the gate, he should ring me.

Thankfully, on getting downstairs Aidan is nowhere in sight. I balance on the sofa and watch the program going on, on TV as I wait for Nasir's call.

Minutes go by before the call finally comes in.

I gently knock on Audu's door and he comes out to open the gate for me.

Nasir's red Chevrolet Camaro is parked right here in front of the gate. I get in through the passenger's side.

"Hi." I say, my eyes not meeting his.

"Hey. You look really pretty." Nasir sayw as I look up to meet his megawatt smile.

"Thank you." I reply with one of my practiced smiles.

He puts the gear in drive and this sends us on our way out of the estate and into the main road.

The latest Nigerian pop songs are crooning out of the speakers and they lift my spirit a bit.

"So...lunch now, right?" Nasir asks, turning to face me.

"Actually, I'm not really hungry right now."

"Let us go somewhere else then. Later, we can have lunch."

"I will be going home around 5 sha." I say as I lean on the slightly tinted windows.

"Sure thing." He winks at me and applies more pressure to the accelerator.

I lightly smile at this.

A while later, Breathless by Shayne Ward starts playing. Nasir begins humming the song.

Soon, it gets to the chorus and Nasir switches to singing instead. Talk about a heavenly voice. Heavenly is putting it in a mild way but for lack of a better word, I will just use this.

"Wow." I voice out almost inaudibly.

"What happened?" He asks, like he doesn't know how he serenaded me with his voice.

"Your voice is amazing." I say anyways.

His lips lift in a smirk as he gives a mock bow,"Thank you very much."

I roll my eyes at him,"But seriously though, you have the voice of an angel."

He gives me a small smile and we continue the rest of our drive in silence. He turns down a dusty, untarred road that is lined by trees and bushes.

"Uhm...Nasir?"

"Yeah?"

"Do you plan on using me for ritual or something?" I ask slightly worried.

"Of course not. Why would you think that?"

I stare at him bedazzled,"If I am the one that drove you to a desolate area, wouldn't you think same?"

"I just want to show you something." Nasir says, chuckling lowly.

"Oh."

He parks by the side of the deserted road and brings the engine to rest.

A/N

I honestly didn't think this chapter would drag on for so long but once I started writing I just couldn't stop.

What do you guys think of this chapter?

What do you think Nasir wants to show Davina?

Word Count: 2345 words

Love,
Riri🌹