“An actress? She is an actress? Which means she is famous and everything. the type that goes to glamour parlours, and events and have almost everything about their lives on the internet” Ayodele thought as he remembered his sister teasing him the other day that the world might be coming to an end and he wouldn’t know about it as he was barely online. She had said this after he didn’t check a message she sent him on W******p for days. He hardly watches movies and doesn’t listen to or read gossip blogs. He would have known about her, wouldn’t he? He looked at her and her agent who had been busy with details since she dropped that bombshell on him, she had looked at him like he had ten heads when she realized that he had no idea who Tanya was. “Wo doesn’t know Tanya?” She had said in shock then turned to the lady in question asking “Pumpkin, where did you get this guy from? The caves?” And shrugged when Tanya had told her to be nice. Since then they had been dealing with details upon
“You look beautiful. Just so… beautiful” Ayodele found that he was short of words and he has to swallow to ease the lump in his throat.Magdalene raised her brow at him. “Beautiful? Just beautiful? She looks amazing! Spectacular! Fanta…..” Her phone rang“Excuse me, that must be Morgan,” she said as she hurriedly slipped her phone from her waist. “Morgan, what’s up? Oh? That is okay, he is? Cool. We would be there soon” she disconnected the call and looked back at them “They are ready for you. The minister has arrived and…your supposed boyfriend is waiting for you at the altar as we speak, all smiles and confidence while he waved from time to time to his fans while ensuring that the camera got his good side. That man is vain till the end. Oh, I can’t wait to see the humiliation on his pretty powdered face today” Magdalene says gleefully.“You are getting bloodthirsty, Mag. One would think you are the one he hurt and you don’t even know what he did to me yet” she caught a look in her m
Tanya took in a deep breath as Carl announced that they have arrived at the venue. For all her bravado, she knew that this day and whatever the outcome turned out to be would have a very huge impact on her career one way or the other but she is not backing down now. The bastard had it long coming and if she didn’t stand up for herself today and for any more people like her who had been wronged so badly but why couldn’t talk mainly because they were afraid of what the world would say.“Developing cold feet?” she heard Magdalene say behind her “You know, as much as I would love to see that bastard humiliated; I would much more love for you not to do something you might regret later. If you truly want to do this, I fully support you but if not; we can simply turn back right now. Not showing up at the event and leaving the coward stranded at the altar is also sweet revenge as well. I can picture him right now fuming, and almost frothing at the mouth as the paparazzi go snap, snap, snap i
“She is good “ Ayodele muttered to Tanya who nodded her eyes with tears in her eyes.“Yes, I am so lucky to have her”“Are you okay?”“I am fine, I just …what she said the other time made me realize just how much I have overlooked things. Did you hear what she said he did?”Ayodele nodded.“I wouldn’t have forgiven myself if he had done more damage than he did”“It wasn’t your fault”They both turned their head towards the door as Magdalene’s voice raised.“So ladies and gentlemen, I present to you, the incomparable Tanya Darlington!”“That is our cue!” she said and pulled him towards the entrance.“What am I doing?” Ayodele thought fleetingly and the next moment all thoughts were out of his head as he saw the crowd waiting for them.Flashes after flashes go off in his face and he wondered how Tanya is not blinded by now from all these flashes whenever she had to be out.“We love you, Tanya!”“You and Martinez are the very best couple in Nollywood and beyond!”“We do. Wait, who is tha
"Chase him! Don’t let him get away! Make sure you take him down!”Tanya sat up as she heard the approaching feet and commotion as a group of men seemed to be chasing someone.“Oh great! She sniffled and added the mangled tissue paper in her hand to the growing pile on the passenger seat. ” Just my luck! A girl can’t even wallow in her misery in peace? Is it too much to ask for a moment of solitude?” She shouted to the roof of her car and then quickly shut her mouth when she saw a man dart out of a corner, running full speed towards where her car was parked in the dark away from the streetlights.Tanya mistakenly flashed her lights while she was fumbling around for her phone on the console and quickly switched it off back but the guy had looked right at her in that fleeting moment.Tanya was taken aback by the sheer terror on his face.“Nobody should be that afraid” then she shook her head when she realized belatedly that he was not just intending to run past her. He was running to her
“What? What who went back for?” Tanya asked anxiously. With her heart in her mouth and the thought that she might end up dead after all.“There were five of them! Been wondering where the fifth one was!” He shouted.“What did he…..oh!” She said as she saw headlights flashing at them from behind “He went to get the car! Great! What would my mother say?! She would be so heartbroken! Oh my God, I am not even twenty-four yet. I can’t die before I clock thirty. That just makes no sense” she rambled on in panic as she tried to envision her parents face when they told them that she was no more.“Damn! They are gaining upon us! Stay down! He shouted as he bent down close to the steering wheel barely seeing where he was going. Another bullet whizzed by where his head had just been then another struck the fender, then another, and another. The men seemed intent on riddling the car with bullets till it stopped.Tanya flinched with each striking sound as she tried not to scream out loud.“The iro
“Sanmi, please I need a room!” The man said urgently to the guy at the counter after scanning the faces of the people who are inside. The guy tossed him a key urgently with a raised brow.“I will explain later, Let’s go,” he said to Tanya then turned back to the guy who was looking at her curiously “I am not here, Sanmi,” he said to the guy meaningfully.The guy nodded without a sound, giving Tanya a respectful nod.The room was a simple one according to Tanya’s standards. It was a far fetch from what her management team would have ever thought of getting for her. It consists of a bed, a table and a chair and a cable tv set up facing the bed. The toilet/slash bathroom door was open and Tanya could see how small it looked.“Two people would need to stand or walk sideways in there for them to fit or crawl in fact,” she thought in amusement as she envisioned someone crawling on the probably grimy floor just so.Tanya sat heavily on the chair as she thought of what had just happened. Some
"Wow! What is this? What is going on?" Ayodele thought fleetingly as the bundle of energy in his arms came on to him with fervour. Ayo had always prided himself as a man's man through and he wasn't about to complain about his luck.It wasn't every day that a man goes from narrowly escaping death to ending up in the arms of a crazily beautiful woman, all in the space of an hour.He was bowled over with the hint of desperation in the way she was tearing at him yet he matched her fervour without backing down. Buttons flew as they tried to get a better hold of each other.They rolled on the bed, one trying to take control and the other not seceding. The temperature in the room heightened and the staccato whirring from the ceiling fan was barely sufficient as steam rises off them.Ayodele swore as his tight belt made it impossible for her to unbutton his fly. He sat up, capturing her mouth in a steaming kiss as he hurriedly unbuckled his belt.Tanya packed back her hair away from her face