Chapter 32

~ Jace~

We drove into my father's compound,I noticed the way she looked around like she was expecting to be somewhere else,"Is everything okay, babe?"I asked her.

"Yeah,everything's fine,it's just that when you said your place,I thought it was actually your other house,not your father's"She stated.

"Oh,my dad wanted us to move back in for some reasons best known to him but I think he realized our worth and he wants to build a strong close relationship with us,actually me though so I can take over his businesses considering that Noah is still very young"I explained to her.

"What about your step mum?"She raised her one brow.

"Are you talking about that girl?"

"Isn't she within the age of 24-27?,she's a woman and she's older than you"

"Yeah but I don't give two shits about her,she deserves no respect from me."I scoffed.

My mum and her disgusts the living daylight out of me.

"Kamsi"She touched my hand in order to calm me down.

"I think it's weird when you call me that name."I spoke briefly before hopping out of the car and moving towards her direction to open her door.

We walked into the house which was quiet because my dad was at work, Noah's mum was at the supermarket,"You know you shouldn't vent your anger on her,she isn't the reason your mum left"She said,her voice was the only thing I heard.

"Can we please drop the issue?"I demanded.

"Your dad wanted to move on,he chose her and you should accept that fact"She spoke,ignoring my last statement.

I rolled my eyes and ran upstairs to my room,blocking my ears from her talk,I heard her footsteps following sooth.

"Ja...ce...."

"Stop lecturing me!"

"Kam!!"

"Kamsi!!!"

She kept calling my name but I ignored her,"Can you just drop the issue?!"I raised my voice at her as I turned to face her when I entered my room.

"No,I won't,you are being disrespectful towards her,if you weren't disrespectful,she won't treat you like a slave or second class citizen in your father's house"She defended.

Why the hell is she defending that witch?!

"Michelle!"

"What has gotten into you?!"

"Why are you supporting her?,you have no idea about the backstory,you didn't grow up with her so leave it"I snapped.

"It's unfair to her,you know,she isn't the reason..."

"For Christ's sake,shut up!!,shut the f*ck up,ughh!!"I groaned in frustration.

I observed her reaction,her eyebrows raised at the same time in the form of "really?", before walking past me to my bed.

I took awhile before facing her,I calmed myself down before walking to my king-sized bed,"Muffin,why do you have to be so stubborn?"I asked her in a very low tone.

No response.

"What's your deal with her,anyways?."

Silence.

"Why aren't you saying anything?."

Silence.

"Babe?."

She stood up in an attempt to leave but I grabbed her hands to restrict her from leaving,"I'm sorry...."

"Babe....,I'm sorry."I apologized again,hoping she would forgive me.

She dramatically rolled her eyes and sighed,she held my hands,"it's okay,I know it's none of my business but the truth is you have been disrespectful to her,not just her but also your parents, I understand in the case of your mum but your dad?."She paused.

"Come on,babe,he was there for you when she left,he took care of you when he had nothing and when he eventually had,he gave you the best regardless that he had another wife,I see no reason why you detest him,then for your dad's wife,I'm sure she's a fan of older men,that's why she chose to follow your dad,let's forget her age,some of our teachers are the same age with her but you respect them,don't you?."She asked as she stared into my eyes.

"Yeah,I do......"I replied her.

I sighed,"Okay,fine,you win,I will respect them as from now on,as long as they don't piss me off."I told her,my words kept a smile on her face.

She hugged me afterwards,"That's my good boy."She touched my hair and ruffled it.

"I'm also sorry for what happened that day,I wasn't there for you when you needed someone to save you from Tobi."I apologized when I remembered.

"Huh?, I'm not angry at you,I have totally forgotten that."

"Then why have been avoiding me,you didn't pick up any of my calls,you ignored my WhatsApp messages,it seemed like you didn't want me around."

"No,I just needed space from everyone and everything,it was as if I was entering one trouble after another so I needed some alone-time."She kept her tiny hands on my shoulders.

"Let's just forget about it."She stated and I agreed.

"You haven't eaten your food,it will get cold."I pointed to the nylon bag on my table.

"Oh."She stood up and grabbed the bag from the table,she walked back to the bed,she opened the plate of rice and took a spoonful of rice and pointed towards my direction,my mouth actually.

"Open."She ordered.

I shook my head,"nah,I'm not hungry."

"Okay,then."She shrugged and shove the spoon into her.

"It's hot in here."I fanned myself with a book.

Poor book

"You know you can just turn on the fan or the A.C,isn't the inverter on?."She asked.

"It is but......ummm...you wanna go for a swim?."I asked in a hurry because I needed to just cool myself with the water.

"I wanna but I can't swim, remember and even if I can,I don't have a swimming suit."She pouted.

"That's not a problem,I will teach you, I'm gonna grab one from Jessy's wardrobe,she loves the water so much so she definitely would have a swim suit"I stood up and headed for my sister's room.

~Michelle~

"It is but .....ummmm...you wanna go for a swim?"

He left to get a swimming trunk from his sister's closet,I sat in his room, quietly eating my plate of rice,it was almost finished,I ate the large chicken in the plate,after finishing every seed of rice in the plate

Was I that hungry?

Well,thanks to my lovely boyfriend,I would have died out of hunger.

"Umm...here you go"He handed me a red bikini.

I stood up in order to change,"You know you can always undress in front of me,I enjoy the view"He smirked as he vomited those words.

I have him a disgusted look,"Ughh!!,you are such a pervert,will you ever stop?"

"Nah"

I rolled my eyes and walked into the bathroom,after dressing up,I walked out covering my body with an overall dress,"Let's go"He nodded and we left his room.

We moved towards the direction of the backyard since that's where the pool was situated after we left his room,when we got there,I couldn't move close to the pool,it reminded me of so many memories,the good and bad like one time when I almost drowned.

But he saved you.

"A penny for your thoughts?"

"Huh?"I shook my head swiftly as I zoned back to reality.

"Oh,umm..it's nothing"

"Okay,then,let's go into the water"He took off his black T-shirt,leaving his awesome abs for my eyes to devour.

"Less staring,more swimming,muffin"He smirked as he walked away in a pair of boxers.

Okay then.

I took off the dress,leaving me in my red bikini which I was looking hot in.

Don't ask me how I know,I stared at myself in the bathroom's mirror,okay.

"Aren't you........."He turned around to speak to me but ending up drooling as he observed my body.

Hehehehehe

"Less staring,more swimming, handsome"I smirked.

"And oh,don't leave your mouth open like that,you wouldn't want flies to get into it,would you?"The smirk was still playing on myself.

I sat down at the edge of the pool while he dived into the water,I didn't even think of going into the water for the fear of drowning,"Come on,you trust me,don't you?"He stretched out his hands for me.

I only nodded as I took his hand and entered gently into the water,he carried me up,his hands on my thighs,he stood in the water.

"So you are going to follow my instructions,okay"He said.

I nodded.

"Now,I'm going to let you go,the depth of the water here isn't that deep,you can stand."He instructed.

He released me gently,I closed my eyes scared that something bad might happened but the only thing that happened was my legs touched the tiled floor of the pool,I opened my eyes in realization,he smiled,I looked into the turquoise water and saw my legs.

"I'm standing,yaaaaaaaay!!!!!!!!"I smiled,that wasn't enough for me,I started clapping and grinning like a child who was given an icecream to lick.

"Step one,checked."He said.

"Yeah,baby!!!!."

"Dramatic,much."

"What?,aren't I supposed to celebrate that I haven't drowned for the few minutes I have been in this pool"I defended.

"You have a point though."He shrugged.

"Now,step two,if you want to actually swim,you will have to move your legs and hands,for your hands,you sway them like you moving things out of your way in the water."He demonstrated as he moved around in the water.

He held my waist for support as I practiced what he just instructed me to do,he slowly let go and did it on my own.

"You see,it's not that bad"He grinned.

I totally agreed with him,"Step three,if you want to swim underwater,you must learn to hold your breath,so we are gonna do that"He instructed.

He held my right hand,"In the count of three,we go underneath and hold our breaths,okay?."

"Okay."

"One..."

"Tw...o................"

"Three!"

We went underneath,I held his right hand tight,never letting go,after a short while,we came out,we were both gasping for air especially me,I was making it so dramatic as if I was having an ashtma attack.

"Must you be dramatic?"He rolled his eyes.

"Duh,I'm an art student,I have the right to"

"That's doesn't make sense"He said.

"Whatever,are you ready to take an actual swim now?"He inquired.

"Yes,I'm."I smiled and we moved our bodies in the water.

After while of exercising our bodies in the water,I decided to take a break,"Where you going?."

"You forgot to add an are to your sentence."I replied.

"Whatever,you know what am I talking about."He ignored.

"Taking a break,ofcourse."

"Really?."He swam to meet me,he carried me up just the way he did before.

"Put me down,Jason!."I ordered.

"No,what you gonna do about it?"He smirked.

"You really wanna know?."I raised my brow and gave him a evil look.

I kicked his balls with my leg in the water,"Ugh!!!Ah!!Crap!."He dropped instantly as he felt the pain.

Why did you do that?!

I struggled a little bit,he rushed to hold me with one hand as he still beared the pain,"I'm so sorry."I apologized when I realized what I did was awful.

"Hahahaha,gat you!."He smirked,his face which held the look of pain switched to that of evil and mischief.

"You faked it!!."I gasped.

"Come here,muffin."He pulled me close to her as he carried me once again,he covered the little space between us.

"This position would be nice to make babies,don't you think?."He smirked and winked at me,the same time.

"Damn!!"He spanked my ass.

"Pervert"I looked away.

I rolled my eyes as I gave up on him,I pulled myself away and came out of the pool,"Tired already,my love?."He faked a British accent.

"I left because of the cold"I lied to him as I sat down on one of the chairs.

He came out as well,looking hot and cute at the same time,"You still can't believe this hot piece of cake is your boyfriend,huh!"He grinned as he took a seat next to me.

I ignored him,"That was fun,wanna try some other time?"He questioned.

He picked up his phone and texted someone,I didn't bother asking,I didn't want to appear as a nosy girlfriend,few minutes later,a female servant walked in with two big coconut,pineapple flavoured chivita exoctic juice and glass cups in a tray.

"I have been meaning to ask this question"I decided to bring the topic.

"Go on,I'm listening."He replied as he stared at me.

"I haven't gotten to know the history about your hazel eyes,your parents are both Nigerians"I stated.

He laughed,"Yeah,they are but my mum's half-caste,her dad was an American"He explained to me.

"No wonder!"I said to myself.

"I'm jealous,I think it's cool that you have your kind of eyes,most Nigerians ain't lucky to have an attractive pair of eyes,we only end up with black orbs,some lucky ones end up with brown or hazel eyes,no wonder,girls are rushing you."

"Nah,I hate them actually."He frowned.

"Why?."

"My mum has this pair of eyes, anytime I look into the mirror,I see her replica and it disgusts me,I one time tried wearing brown contact lenses but I hated them as well"He complained.

"Well,your grandma got lucky"I diverted that sad part to another as I nudged him as I wiggled my eyebrows.

"I guess,she did"He said those words like he wanted to end that conversation.

"So...."

"So what?"

"Umm...."He turned the drink into his glass cup.

"Speak out already"I groaned as I was curious as ever.

"I want to ask you something?."He stressed the question further,I felt my body been bitten by curiosity.

He didn't say anything for like a minute,I decided to give up,I picked my glass cup and poured juice into it,I sipped it slowly.

"Will you go on an actual date with me?."He finally asked.

Did I just hear well?!

"Say what now?."I asked again for reassurance.

"Babe,I'm asking you if you will like go on a date with me?"His hazel eyes pierced into mine.

I dropped my glass cup,"Ummm....ummm....I can't"

"Why?"The brightness of his eyes dimmed.

"Because you gonna bail on me again"I looked away.

He used his hands to move my face back to meet his eyes,"Muffin,I promise and swear that this is gonna perfect,I won't ditch you,I promise,babe,just please go on a date with me,it will be fun, it's been planned"He said in a rush as he tried to convince me to change my mind.

"Planned by who?"

"Your brother and I"He replied.

"We gonna have a date and also after date"He grinned.

"After-date,is that a thing now?"I inquired.

"Not really but it is for me,we gonna go out to see places after having our mini-date in the garden"

"Isn't that a picnic?"

"Nah,it's not,don't worry,wait and see"

"But it will be late,my mum isn't gonna let me go out at night"

"She will be on night shift,Mason has handled everything"He assured me and I smiled.

I hope history doesn't repeat it.

I can't wait.