Chapter 19 His home

The cab arrived, breaking the ambiance. "Still wanna leave?" He asked and she shook her head from side to side indicating 'No!'

"Do you still wanna hang with me?"

"Yes"

He paid the cabman and they got back into his car. He reached out for the ignition and started the engine without moving the car.

"May I speak freely?" He turned to her and asked with a straight face towards her

"Yes you may, please go ahead"

"Okay... I was trying to be honest earlier when I said... I mean, it wasn't intentional, okay? They were truly in my face and I couldn't help but saw and...."

"Paul just shut the fuck up and drive the car, please!" Abby cut him off mid-sentence. What he was saying and the look on his face while saying it had her shaking her head with laughter.

'This guy had no idea how hilarious he looks just now. Was he trying to explain his way out of peeking down my dress?' She thought and chuckled again.

"Now you're laughing at me huh?"

"Oh my God! Sorry, the look on your face just now was just too hilarious for me not to laugh at" she continue laughing.

Just then his phone rang, it was his bodyguard calling

Tunde: [sup?]

Shegsz: [they just left sir]

Tunde: [just in time] he clicked off the phone and started the car.

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Abby was surprised when she saw him drove through the main entrance of Banana Island.

"You live here?" She asked, surprise written all over her face

"Yes!... Do you know anybody here? He asked while nodding to the security men who had stood at attention on seeing him.

"Huh! Are you kidding?...only billionaires stay here and I don't know any" she looked at him like he's crazy. Even though her family was comfortable with their businesses and some properties, they still couldn't be called a billionaire, well maybe if all their capitals and assets were pulled together.

Banana island is a billionaire's paradise, populated by Nigeria's richest and well-known in the society. It is also one of the most expensive neighborhoods in the world.

Banana Island security is first-rate, getting into the island is only by invitation and guests need to first go to the visitor's vehicle park to get an entrance code and security checks before proceeding to where they are going, even the houses in Banana island are built to rival the best of luxurious houses in the world.

'I don't get...didn't he said he was a corporal?...' Abby was lost in her thoughts wondering how a corporal could afford to live on this part of the island. '...or maybe he comes from a very rich family then'

He turned the car into a driveway leading to an all-white three stories big mansion, the gate mechanically opened for him as he drove through. The guard station by the left side of the gate stood taller than the already tall fence, four guards in military uniform stood at attention and saluted as he drove inside the mansion.

The car had barely stopped before his body guard, a very tall and huge man that was built like a mountain appeared at the driver's side to open the door for him.

"Welcome, sir... Ma'am" he greeted them while looking towards Abby politely.

"Hello" she smiled and greeted back in return.

"Help get those stuff from the trunk please," Tunde said and handed over the car key to the huge man. When they got to the front door, he pressed the back of his phone against the door and it clicked open.

'Oh wow, am impressed', she thought. Never seen such before, only watched it in movies.

The huge door swung opened into a magnificent black and white themed living room. Abby was awed, her eyes became as huge as a saucer when she saw how grand his living room was.

Large size, U-shaped black leather sofa set with LED light, coffee table, and the center table sits on a white marble floor. A 90 inch flat-screen TV stood above a white LED tv cabinet, almost covering the whole of the white painted wall.

She saw a large spiral staircase to her right leading up to the first floor. And white beautiful, translucent drapes slightly opened, revealing a huge swimming pool at the back of the house.

"Oh my god!...is this your home or your family house?" She asked in awe.

"Mine"... He smiled, amused by the obvious display of shock and admiration on her beautiful face.

"On a corporal's salary? Unbelievable!" She commented incredulously.

"What do you mean?" He asked, not sure what she meant by a corporal's salary

"You told me you were a corporal..." she said glaring at him accusingly. ''How stupid could I have been? What kind of corporal wears designer clothes and drives brand new range huh?''