Jealousy

Shegz likes Abby but his loyalty belongs to his boss. That was why after their conversation, he immediately called his boss on another phone number that Abby was not aware of yet, and also forwarded the recordings of their conversation to him as requested.

'Let her do whatever she wants, I don't care' Tunde thought. Maybe he should get some work done since he couldn't sleep. Beats lying down, and just thinking about her

He stood up from where he was lying and sat in front of the desktop computer in the room. He then opened his email to access the document that Ibrahim had forwarded to him to work on.

He immersed himself in work and sooner lost track of time. After some hours, his neck started to ache and his eyes hurt after staring at the computer screen for so long without his glasses

He decided to finish the one he was working on and retire for the night when he heard a soft knock on the door. He knew it was her knocking because his brothers never knock, they just barge in. 'What took her so long?' He couldn't help but wonder.

Abby decided to go in uninvited after she knocked for some time and he didn't answer. The twins told her Shegz would have already informed him of her coming and they advised her to give him some time to calm down, 'so why isn't he answering the door? Is he sleeping already?'

She opened the door and walked into the room. Tunde glanced up from the file he was working on and went back to work without acknowledging her presence, treating her like air.

She was surprised to see him working on his computer. That means he heard her when she knocked, he purposely didn't want to answer her. Which means he's still angry at her.

Abby went and stood beside his computer

"Hey, baby..."

"..."

"Do you have a moment?''

"..."

"Would you please stop ignoring me and let's talk about this?" She said with frustration when he refused to answer her before

'Why is he being difficult? How would he now react if I cheat on him?' She thought to herself? Not that she's thinking of cheating but she can't help but wonder since he's acting like this because she got an ordinary call from a friend...

"Okay, you wanna talk? Then talk! I'm all ears" he finally said looking away from the computer and glared at her. He stopped concentrating the moment she walked in. He couldn't ignore her when she's in the same room with him, not even if he tried to.

"It wasn't what you think"

"What wasn't what I think?"

"Please don't make this any more difficult for me than it is?"

"Make what difficult for you exactly? What the fuck is your problem? Do you even realize what you did? Why I was angry?" He asked with anger, his eyes also expressing his emotions

"Perhaps you can start by explaining to me the reason why another man is calling my girlfriend 'his precious'? Why he said you're 'special to him'. Why does he come looking for you at 9 pm like he has the right to?...

He asked you where you were several times, you couldn't even boldly tell him you were with your boyfriend. Are you that ashamed of our relationship? Am I that insignificant to you?"

"Baby NO!"

Those were the only words she could manage to mutter with a voice filled with emotion because she was lost for words after listening to him rant. Now she understood from his own point of view and she felt guilty for thinking he was overreacting earlier.

She had no clue about how to go about handling herself in this kind of situation.

"Baby there's nothing between Mike and me, I swear it!" She said with sincerity, looking straight into his eyes.

Of course, he knew there was nothing between them, that Mike's love was one-sided. He couldn't just help the jealousy that engulfed him whenever he heard or saw anything that related to Mike. Especially when he called her 'his precious', he lost it then, his inside was raging with anger. Only God knows how he manages to comport himself.

"I know I promised to tell him about us, but I've not had the opportunity yet"

"I left you with him last Sunday so you could talk to him, why didn't you tell him then?"

"He was hurt already when I left him alone to be with you. I just felt that was not the best moment...I know I might not be the best judge of character...but he has really been a good friend to me in the past year Tunde"

"And for what it's worth he has never called me by such endearment before, I don't know why now...what came over him?"

"Abby he already knew, can't you see?..." He said with frustration, robbing the bridge of his nose 'she's so naive and too trusting' even though she appear strong, he can't help but worry about her. He sighed deeply

"Abike, even though you have not said anything about me to him. I'm sure he already knew and he's gonna make another move on you soon, so you need to be careful when meeting him."

"In fact, I don't want you to meet with him. Tell him whatever it is you want to tell him on the phone 'cos he might take your rejection the wrong way, do you understand?"

"Understood ...and I'm sorry," She noticed he called her by her special name, 'has he forgiven me?' She wondered as she coquettishly moved closer to him.

"Baby are we okay now?..." She asked tentatively, sitting on his laps and putting her arms around his neck

"Hmmn...you're wearing my hoodie," he said like he's just seeing her properly, trailing his finger all over the design on the hoodie that was nestled over her boobs.

"Yeah. I like your scent. It allows me to connect with you in ways you won't understand, especially now that you're angry with me."

"Hmmn... I'mm not navy any more..." he said again as his lips replaced his finger over the swell of her breast. Kissing them tenderly

"...it's in the way though." He whispered, trailing her lips with the tip of his tongue before delving in to taste her sweetness. They were already getting deep into kissing each other when a loud knock sounded on the door

"Yo Abby! Do you need me to slap some sense into that idiot's head?" Lekan banged on the door.

"Oh my goodness, no!..." Abby said and laughed. "We are now good, thanks, big bro." She shouted through the door

"Big bro?..." Tunde asked, raising his brow in question

"Yeah...he said I can call him that after cooking dinner for them. He said I now have two big bros to help kick your ass whenever you're stressing me too much" she said smugly

"Lekan is mad!..." He said and laughed. ,"Let's just go home" , happy that his brothers liked and accepted his girlfriend.