[STORY] FLIRTATIOUS (Episode 30)

Episode 30.

I pushed F.D into sending her a text immediately …

“I heard you are at the hotel looking for me, I changed my shift… Can you find your way to our place tonight? My sister can’t wait to meet you…” F.D was shaking as he typed…He forwarded our house address to her.

” It’s for the best F.D” I assured him but he kept looking into my eyes searching for sense in the nonsense he felt I was asking him to do…

” I am not sure” he said locking his gaze with mine

At this point in this story, I know a lot of “Leni lovers” would see my actions as taking a wrong step. What would you have done in my shoes?

The truth is my brother doesn’t love me as a wife, letting him choose me over the woman he loves will be punishing him and I will constantly be living in the pain of him not loving me enough.

I have always lived off F.D.

Back at the orphanage, it was whatever Mrs Abrahamson brought for him, that I got things.

Therefore, history was about repeating itself, but this time around I choose to be smart about it. I choose to become someone useful to myself. I was going to return for my HND, and become a graduate, get a job and become successful.

That was my plan…

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She came into our house looking elegantly beautiful in a white chiffon dress. No wonder, F.D couldn’t let her go. She was beautiful. I am beautiful but hey! She definitely has some points ahead.

I gave her a warm and intimate hug, after all, she was about to be my financier…

“Finally, I get to meet the one who has been giving my brother sleepless nights for three years. “ I said cheerfully

“I am so sorry about the death of your husband,” I added quickly so she could know I was up to date with all that was happening in F.D’s life.

“Thank you… and I am happy to meet you, Leni, he has told me so much about you”
She replied gleefully. I could see she felt good about my open arms.

“I hope the things he said about me do not include my most popular identity?” I said jokingly

” Which is?” Promise asked

” The girl with 2 sons and a new pregnancy for 3 fathers,” I said…

“Well… he mentioned it, but I told him you must wear your heart on your sleeves…Wait hold up…there is a third pregnancy?” Promise said ending her last statement in a surprised tone

“Exactly, but don’t blame an orphan like me..Always Finding love everywhere,” I said trying to buy pity…

“So sorry to hear about your orphaned life from childhood…But is the father of the unborn baby going to marry you?”

” I am not that lucky…”

Promise and I hit it off but F.D sat at a corner in the living room watching us…

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Sitting there and watching both of them talk like old friends, my heart bled. A lot of thoughts flashed through my mind. If only, I didn’t mess things up with Leni, this would have been a genuinely beautiful meet-up. Also, I imagined Shalewa sitting there with Leni, if I had not messed up with Leni, Shalewa would have been my wife, and Leni, Segun’s.

This messed up situation started with dancing to the flirtatious tune Promise played.

Reuben’s words began to make sense; I remembered him stating that because I found Promise attractive didn’t mean I should follow the feelings. If I had trashed the feelings since she was married, Shalewa would have been my wife.

Instead, Promise planted the flirtatious seed in me, and when I couldn’t sleep with her after her husband pulled her away, the flirtatious seed in me started looking for the nearest available female… unfortunately, it made me seek relief in my sister…

“F.D… F.D….” I heard Leni’s voice calling me back to reality…

“I want to go to bed, I know you and Promise have a lot of catch up to do”

Honestly,, the desire to talk to Promise had died in me…

I watched Leni go back to her bedroom. I sat there staring at Promise wondering why I found her attractive…

“F.D…” She called my name from where she sat. There was quite a distance between us and I really wanted to maintain that distance mentally, emotionally and physically.

“Hmm…” I answered

“I can understand why you don’t want me… I see you have your sister and her sons to take care of” She said with an innocent caring voice

“Yeah”

“I promise to help you take care of them… We will get a bigger house, where we all can move in and live together as a family… F.D, you are my soulmate, and I can’t let you go…”

“Ok”

I didn’t have the strength to talk… A lot of rollercoaster emotions had passed through my body that day.

She stood up from where she was seated and walked toward me…

“F.D, I am here to make your life better”

To be continued… . . .