Intoxicated Romance - Episode 16

 

Narrator:
Cynthia groans as her ringing phone wakes her up. She stretch her hands to the night stand and hit ignore. The phone stops ringing and she sigh contentedly as she burrow into her pillow. The phone starts ringing again and she reluctantly sit up, cursing whoever is on the other end of the line.
"hello" she grumble.
"why are you so useless?. You cant even answer your phone." all thought of sleep fly out of cynthia's head as soon as she hears the cold voice.
"i was sleeping . Isn't it too early to be awake"
"why didn't you tell me about your friend's new engagement" the voice asks
"what new engagement?
"you see your stupidity. Isn't she supposed to be your best friend?"
"yes but i don't feel right about all this Amy more. Why cant we just get married. I don't need money, i need you"
"well, i need money and i cant get it until i get that land from antonia so if you don't want to end up like your friend kacy, you will pack your bags and be at the airport in 20minutes"
"but where are we going?"
"we are going to Paris, baby" he says and the line goes dead.

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Steven:
The sun coming through the blinds wakes me up and i raise my hand to shield my eyes. Antonia moans beside me and move closer to me

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. Being here with her is like heaven to me but we have to get ready for our flight to lagos where we take another flight to Paris. This would be fun. I already have our five-days trip planned and by the end, i would propose to her for real. I can feel that she wants me too. After seeing my bracelet on her hand yesterday, i called my private investigator and asked him to get hospital records of antonia for me. I need to know if she's the one. My soulmate. I have thought of that teenage girl who risked her life for my mother. And if it turns out that antonia is her, i would be so happy. The bracelet is just too identical for it to be a coincidence. Its even tied at the same place i tied it eight years ago when it broke. If it turns out she isn't the girl i have been looking for, it still wouldn't matter. I love her and that's what matters. My private investigator also informed me of the fact that apart from kacy, the dead fiance, antonia hasn't dated any other guy. According to him, she's a conservative girl who doesn't even attend parties. This news elated my heart. It means antonia isn't a gold-digger. I just wonder why she got drunk if she really is conservative. Okay enough reminiscing. I have to wake antonia.
"hey" i whisper and tap her shoulders but she just mumbled something sleepily.
"wake up love" i whisper in her ears but she still doesn't wake up. I drag away my arm that's under her head and she follows the hand. This is hilarious. She is such a deep sleeper. Antonia is currently lying on her back with her legs slayed wide. I bring my face closer to her and i hear her sigh my name. This makes my heart leap. She must be dreaming about me and by the expression on her face, its definitely a good dream. She sighs my name And her lips poker up as if in a kiss. Wait a minute, is she dreaming about me, kissing, her?. Her pokered lips moves as if searching for my lips. I look at her face to make sure she's still asleep then i bring my lips closer to hers. I am about to kiss her when my phone starts screaming 'its time to wake up, the time is 6:30am". The noise wakes antonia and her eyes pop open with me still above her, our lips almost touching. She jumps off the bed too fast and our head collide.
"ouch! What's in that head of yours? It feels like a big hammer just hit my head" i say and pout playfully.
"That's good. I hope it hurts more. What were you trying to do you pervert?" she screeche at me.
"oh so i am the pervert? Atleast i wasn't the one dreaming about kissing an innocent victim" i huff and place my hands on my waist.
"what? You wish! That's preposterous. Thinking about kissing you is just disgusting. I have endured it once and i don't want a repeat even in the dream" she fire at me. Ok, ouch! That hurt my ego.
"oh really?" i stalk towards her and she stands her ground. Brave girl. As soon as i get to her, i snake my hand around her waist and pull her tightly to me.
"so, you think this is disgusting?" i ask and she nod her pretty head slowly while looking at my lips. Disgusting my foot!. I look at her lips and she suck her bottom lip into her mouth. I wish i could do that for her. I use my finger to pull her bottom lip out then i caress it. Antonia gasp then she step on my foot hard.
"ow!"
"that's what you get for thinking of doing disgusting things"she says and she flicks at little tongue at me. I run after her and we run around the house until antonia slumps on the floor breathing real hard. I laugh at her and tickle her feet till she almost pee her pants.
An hour later and we are already at osubi airport. We board after about ten minutes of waiting.we sit side by side with me by the window.
"i am so nervous" antonia says beside me and i look at her to see her sweating.
"are you okay?"
"what if we crash?"
"calm down. We won't"
"how are you sure?"
"well, i don't know". The plane starts moving and antonia shreaks.
"why don't you have alcohol to calm your nerves"
"i don't drink"
"so you have never had alcohol in your life?"
"no"
"but i thought you said you were drunk that night w-e, we did that"
"umm i think someone spiked my drink"
"what? How? Have the person be caught? Where did it happen?"
"at the hotel. It was my birthday and no, he hasn't be caught"
"did you report this?"
"no"
"why the hell not!"i scream. Why would someone want to drug her.

Read " Mirage " by the same author ( Ameh juliet )

. Something worse could have happened to her. I have to find the bastard who did this.
"what's done is done Steven. I don't want people to know about it.
"don't worry. I'll take care of it"
"what would you do?"
"your pretty mind wouldn't want to know" i say and antonia goes quiet. The rest of the flight was uneventful except during landing when i had to sing for antonia to get her to stop screaming. She was too surprised at my singing. I do have a nice voice. It always calmed my mom when I sing and it does the same to Antonia. As soon as we get to Lagos, we board another plane to Paris and again, I sing during take off and landing. After we alight from the plane, we are greeted by the people I hired to take us to a bridal shop. We have to purchase Antonia's gown and my tuxedo