Lola's POV

I kept staring continuously at my phone as I felt my finger hover above the call button beside Derinsola's number.

Should I just call to check up on....

"No!!"I heard Kosi yell as she walked into the room and pulled my phone out of my hands.

Heyyyy!!

"I'm beginning to think you are developing feeling for this guy"She spoke as I scrunched up my face in irritation.

Jeeeeez! Why was she spewing nonsense.

"The fuck?! Heck, no"I told her pulling the bed covers over my body as I faced the other side of the bed.

I was super tired.

My body aches from sleeping on the fucking couch all night.

What a heartless guy?!

But at least,it was better than him actually touching me, under the disguise of carrying me to some dumb bed.

So yeah, I kinda preferred sleeping on the couch.

"You have been contemplating calling him for over ten minutes, Lola"Kosi spoke as I suddenly pulled the covers off me and looked at her in annoyance.

"Hold up,babe. Before you continue to make things up in your head, let me remind you that I didn't pretend to be his date again for free. He owes me something in return and I wanted to remind him about it"I told her as I rolled my eyes at the suspicious look she threw at me.

That was a lie.

I didn't want to call because I had any reason,I just wanted to since I never got to see him this morning.

When I woke up, I was greeted by his mother who was doing a lot better, and we had a little chat, before I insisted I took my leave.

From her words, he had gone to his room around 4am, after taking care of some office work he had to do.

And he did all these in the living room, were I had slept off in.

I just hope I didn't sleep in such an embarrassing manner.

So, the point is I didn't bid him goodbye before I left.

"Hmmm...okay. That's why you slept over at his house ehn?"She said still looking at me with that skeptical look.

This girl and her insane imaginations.

"Chaiii!! You and this your dirty mind sha"I told her as she crossed her arms with my phone still in her hands.

"Dirty mind?! Lola, you slept over at a man's house. How am I supposed to see it?! You had a sleepover?"She asked me as I chuckled at her words.

Sleepover!!

"It's not funny, Lola. He sees you as someone who would do anything for money, Lola. What if he had tried something?! What if he had just kissed you, thinking you were asleep?!"She continued rambling as I coughed at the word 'kiss' before laying back on the bed.

If only she knew.

She paused before she dropped my phone on the bed side table and wrapped her arms around her head.

"Eiiii, Lola. What's with that reaction?"She exclaimed as I avoided her gaze while she took slow steps towards me.

Busted!!

I heard my phone ring from the bed side table and we both shot our heads towards it.

This is my chance to escape from Kosi's preach.

I immediately jumped off the bed and grabbed my phone, sprinting out the room.

"Omololaa!!!"I heard her scream as she tried watched me run off.

I ran past Dara whose hands were occupied with a plate of food as she walked towards her room.

But I immediately entered her room and locked the door closed, ignoring her screams of disapproval.

Sorry!

I looked at my phone and I widened my eyes at the name on the screen.

Speaking of the devil.

I exhaled deeply before picking up the call and laid on Dara's bed, making myself comfortable.

"I'm starting to think this is way more than fake dating"I spoke wittily with a small cocky smile.

"Don't kid yourself"He told me, using the exact words I had spoken to him yesterday at the diner back at him.

"I actually wanted to call to say thank you. I couldn't tell you that before you left today, so I'm saying it now. I mean, for trying to help my mum." He told me as I bit my lip at the sound of his cool and calm, deep and husky voice.

Ouuuuuu!!!

Lola, nooooooo!!

"It's no problem. I'm a nice person like that"I said cockily as I could picture him, give me a massive eye roll.

"How humble!"He commented sarcastically as I smiled, completely forgotten to respond.

Silence was all I heard for the next few seconds and, I decided to put an end to it.

"Well..."I started but paused when he cut me off.

Ohhh, and the call continues.

Yaaaaay!!

Lola!!! No yaaay!

"Uhrm, I was just curious...."He started as I eagerly waited for him to ask his question.

"Are you really sure about what you said happened between Deborah and your ex?!"He asked as I felt my face turn in frown.

Well, he was a mood spoiler, all right.

How was he still thinking of that idiot?!

Jeeeeez!! It's annoying.

"Yes, I am. Look, you can choose to believe I am lying, I don't really care."I told him, sounding as bored as possible.

I wasn't exactly excited to talk about how my ex cheated on me. It was embarrassing for me.

I mean, what didn't I have that she did?!

It made me sound like those foolish girlfriends, while Deborah must have looked down on me when my boyfriend came to her for sex.

"Just promise me something..."I started with a pause.

This was the least he could do to preserve my 'bad bitch honor'.

"What?!"He asked me, sounding curious.

"Get over her, abeg. Don't hit it off with her. I mean, she thinks we are dating, so it would be like she won again. Then it would now become 2-0"I rambled as I shuddered at the thought of Deborah's sly smile.

He shouldn't o.

"Except....."I trailed off as an idea popped into my head.

"Do you have her husband's number?!"I asked him with a mischievous smile on my face.

I can't trust this love struck idiot, so the least I could do was to make it 2-1.

"What?!"I heard him ask in bewilderment.

He immediately knew what I was plotting in my head.

"No....no.....no! You are not turning this into some contest"He said dismissively as I rolled my eyes at his words.

I was just kidding, ah!

Were you?!

"But seriously, what if..."I continued as he immediately cut me off.

"No"He replied sternly.

What a stick in the ass!

"Well, I gotta go now."He told me before he immediately hung up rudely as I gasped at how rudely he ended the call.

"What a jerk!"I spoke as I pulled the phone away from my ear, suddenly engulfed by the silence of this room.

I sat in the room silently for a while, before realising something.

I kinda hoped the call would last longer.

As I tried to dismiss this thought, I found myself drifting off into sleep.

I needed to rest up for work.

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“Thank you”I thanked Zainab who urged me to pick up my call.

I walked towards the room for employees and checked who was calling.

It was an unknown number.

It better not be all those sim card network people.

“Hello” I asked after I had pressed the answer button.

My tone sounded quite edgy and rude as I clearly wasn't in the mood for any call right now.

“Miss Williams?!”The female voice asked me as confusion suddenly clouded my head.

Who could this be?!

“Yeah?!”I replied soundinh a bit unsure.

“Ohh,good. You are a relative of Mrs Sanjana Williams?”I heard as I widened my eyes at the sound of my mother's name.

What happened to her?!

“Yes, I'm her daughter. What...what happened?”I stuttered in panic as I suddenly felt my body heat up in fear and tension.

I hope she was alright.

“Actually, your mum is doing really well. She has miraculously been responding very well and she even asked for her daughters today.” The woman told me as I felt my breath pace increase as I couldn't believe what I had just heard.

“What?!”I asked her with a shaky voice as I felt a feeling of joy and disbelief surge through me.

“I suggest you come and see her yourself. We will be expecting you”The lady spoke before immediately hanging up as I felt my shaky hands drop the phone unto the chair as I tried to process what she just said to me.

My....my mum was okay.

My mum remembers us. She freaking asked after us.

I immediately screamed in joy as I felt tears of happiness slowly cloud my eyes.

I needed to go see her, now.

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Derinsola's POV

I smiled again as I recollected Lola's first utterance immediately she had picked up the phone call earlier.

It was meant to be a joke but it felt somewhat true.

I remembered how bummed I felt when I realized she had snuck off without saying bye.

“I'm beginning to find this creepy”I heard from opposite me as wiped the smile off my face snapping my head towards Kola who had a suspicious smile on his face.

“Whose the chic?”I heard him ask as I sighed at his question.

There was definitely no chic behind my smile.

It was more like the chic's wit and attitude and I found them intriguing.

Nothing else.

That was an intrigued smile.

“Can't I smile over something else?”I asked him as he shook his head immediately.

“Normally, the something else you would usually smile can not overpower the Deborah's heartbreak sigh, you have been showing these past few months”He spoke as I frowned as his hypothesis.

Deborah!!

I still couldn't believe what Lola had told me. It seemed pretty unbelievable.

I have known Deborah for a while and I don't think she would ever......

“You love me”

Deborah's recent words echoed in my head.

She certainly had changed these past few days.

Was she always like that?! Maybe I had been blinded by my feelings.

“Ohhh, I called Peter, he should be here any moment. I want him to check these papers out”Kola told me as I remembered the uncleared air between us.

I definitely caught that cold attitude he had given me before leaving the hotel the last time we had met.

Was he really into Lola?

The sound of the phone ring bounced off the walls as I picked up the call immediately.

“Yes, let him in”I responded to Rita as I hung up immediately.

And in less than a few minutes later, Peter walked into my office after a few knocks on the door.

“Here”Kola immediately handed over the papers to him, as he slapped him playfully on the back with an hand shake.

“I have somewhere to be, so I gotta bounce. I'll be back soon”Kola spoke as he strolled out my office.

“How far?”Peter spoke as he stretched his hands towards me, urging me into our usual hand shake, with a small side hug.

I liked Peter, he was the peace maker among us all.

“I'm good. Sorry, I ruined your date”I apologized sincerely as he shrugged taking a seat in where Kola was formerly seated.

“It's okay. Deborah was there, so you had to do something, I guess”Peter told me, flipping open the pages of the documents Kola had once handed to him.

“The kiss wasn't necessary though”Peter muttered as I suddenly looked intensely back at him.

It was just another dumb date. Why was he taking this like he was hoping for something more from that date?

I pretended not to hear him as I looked back towards my computer.

“It doesn't matter though. I'm giving it another shot”Peter told me turning towards me as I looked back towards him.

What?! No! Things were gonna get complicated.

“I don't think you should.....”I started as his looked made me stop in my trail of words.

His look said “Dude, do you like this girl?”

And the answer was a big ‘no’

“Sure, you could” I changed my statement, trying to wipe that questioning look off his face.

But.....

I bit my lips shut as I stayed silent looking back at him but he suddenly smiled and nodded.

“Looks like I'm giving it another shot”

Fuck!

I didn't like this idea.

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