CHAPTER FOUR

Mrs. Akande and Jimmy seeped out of her mini van on their arrival to church. She was greeted by some of her friends at church and other members of the church. She was well known as one of the most devout members of that church and even though her popularity had it’s many privileges, she wasn’t at the luxury of keeping her life completely private. Almost everyone she knew at church heard about her son’s arrival from the UK and were all very eager to see him.

“Bunmi!!!” Mrs. Akande’s oldest friend came hugging her.

“Esther my friend!” The two friends hugged tight.

“I don’t see Samuel anywhere.” Esther scaled the area with her eagle eyes.

“He woke up a little late. He will be here soon. Let’s go inside.” She held on to Jimmy’s hand as they started making their way into the church

“Aunty Shola!!” Jimmy pulled himself from his mother’s grip and ran towards a just arriving Shola.

He jumped at her and Shola in return carried him up.

“How are you? And I hope you aren’t too cold from yesterday?”

“What a surprise!” Mrs. Akande walked up before Jimmy could even reply

“Good morning Ma!” She knelt down in respect for Mrs. Akande

“You are blessed dear.” Mrs. Akande patted her on her shoulder with a very bright smile

“Come let’s go in.” Waving a path for Shola.

Shola took a quick scan with her eyes to see if Samuel was around. She couldn’t ask Mrs. Akande. She will know that’s why I came.

“Psst!!” Jimmy gave Shola a nudge. He made a gesture with his head which was unmistakably pointing out a direction.

Shola understood and looked. It was Samuel riding in with his bike.

Tank top again! Even to church?!

Shola shook her head.

It was a very heartfelt and beautiful service. Shola definitely felt a bit closer to God that morning.

I should probably do this more often.

She had thought that about a million times in the past.

Mrs. Akande introduced Samuel to all her friends and they all recognised him to be a young handsome man. Some even teased to get him married to their daughters. If Shola had nothing to say about it of course.

The duo had finally seen each other. Samuel couldn’t control his gaze as he stared so carelessly at her. In that well slim black dress that displayed her full body structure as it seamlessly formed perfect curves, there was no man that could resist – especially Samuel. The tight corset of her dress clearly emphasized the size of her breast.

Was this payback for teasing her last night?

Probably!

Well now was not the time to think about that, he had to focus on getting Shola away from his mum without her being suspicious of he and Shola. Luckily, he was a genius at making up schemes. And a very observant one too.

“Shola… I don’t see your car anywhere. How did you get here?” He winked at Shola to play along

Mrs. Akande reacted to Samuel’s question “Yes Shola. Most importantly, how will you go back?”

“No it’s fine Ma, I will probably just hire a taxi.” Trying to be casual.

“No it’s not. Why don’t I take you home. Since mother won’t be leaving soon.” Playing on his mother’s innocence.

Of course Shola would love to ride with him on his bike. A huge opportunity to hold on to his huge and broad shoulders. And maybe even tease him a little by giving his back a feel of her succulous chest.

“I don’t think that’s necessary.” Playing along

“Please Shola. It’s the least we could do after how you helped me the other day.” Exactly what they wanted. It had to come from Mrs. Akande herself for them to be free of suspicion.

What a genius you are Samuel.

There was no limit to how cocky he could get.

“Okay if you insist then.” A faint smile drew on her face as she tried so hard to hide her excitement from Mrs. Akande.

Even though Shola and Samuel might have felt a thing or two for each other, their relationship was still nothing more than a friendship. Shola planned on keeping it that way and would do anything to prevent Mrs. Akande from knowing about them. Mrs. Akande having the wrong idea about them was the last thing she needed at the moment.

“Samuel don’t speed oo. Be careful!” A stern look at him and a strong demeanor was enough to emphasize Mrs. Akande’s point.

Before Samuel had traveled to the UK for studies, he had crashed his bike a couple of times which all lead to some minor injuries and hospital bills. The bills weren’t the issue this time, Mrs. Akande wouldn’t want him putting Shola’s life in danger.

“Where to?” Shola asked, mounting the bike. Apart from their hand shake this was the first real contact she had with him as she placed her hands on his shoulders.

Samuel grabbed her hands and locked them around his waist “Do you have a death wish or something?”

This is even closer! She slightly slipped her hand higher to his belly, feeling the tightness of it. With every feel sending a wave of fire through her core low in her belly. Now she had the perfect excuse to lean on him and hold him. Absorbing every bit of his essence. She loved it.

“Besides mother said to take you home. That’s what I am doing?”

“Okay… wait! What?!!!” she jerked.

“Ha! Ha! Ha! Just kidding. Wait and see.” Samuel turned on the engine and made a large roaring sound before he zoomed off.

For the first time in days, it didn’t seem like it was going to rain. The whether was so clear and bright. Shola and Samuel rode endlessly under the bright sunshine. The sun was hot, but was nothing compared to the heat between these two.

Samuel could feel Shola’s soft breasts as she leaned on him. He liked it, he should probably try to take her to a hotel for the rest of the day and skip their little date. His brain casted a “no” vote even though there was another part of his anatomy that eagerly voted “yes”. Despite the thought being tempting, he couldn’t. He had promised himself to behave. He was completely drawn to her and wanted to make a better impression than the last, even though he could feel Shola taking every opportunity to rub his abs. He knew she loved them.

He isn’t even moving a muscle. A part of Shola wanted Samuel to take part in her naughty little game. Being this close to him made her weak, vulnerable. She couldn’t control herself and had to put herself in the driving seat. But how? If she wasn’t careful she might find herself naked, locked in between his thighs before evening. Which she didn’t want, at least not yet. But she always found herself trembling whenever she was around him.

I hope he hasn’t noticed my racing heart. Of course he had

Good thing she is behind me. The warmth from her hardened nipples and her racing heart gave Samuel a strong hint of her quiver. The excitement had begun to cause his little Sammy to begin to beg for space down there. No wonder he was happy she could only see his back.

“The beach?” Shola threw him a curious look

“Who comes to the beach on a Sunday?”

“That’s the point. Come with me” They stamped their feet in the sand as Samuel motioned her closer to the water.

“You asked about Amy?” A part of his life he swore to forget. He stared far into the ocean but in the corner of his eyes could see Shola looking up at him. She probably wondered what the beach had to do with Amy.

He sat there with his hands locked around his legs as he continued his stare, far into the ocean. The breeze blew aggressively in their faces.

“She is the first girl I ever fell in love with. We met on the beach on one beautiful morning. There was no one there and I met her crying. She just experienced a terrible break up and I tried to console her. A couple of weeks later we got even closer and I fell in love. I asked her out and that’s where it all started…”

Shola’s gaze remained at him, paying close attention to every word he spat. He spoke for a long period of time and Shola remained obsequious all the while.

“…it was so fun and exciting until her ex came back for her. Without a second thought she threw me away like a piece of junk. Ever since then I stayed away from beaches so I never have memories of her again.” His eyes were a little itchy as he narrated. He would have touched them but if he did it might provoke his tears to roll out.

Shola could see the pain in his eyes. There was no hiding it no matter how hard he tried. It made her feel for him.

“If memories of her made you stay from beaches, why don’t we create new ones here and now.” She mused, intending to help him forget Amy for good.

She hauled him off the sandy ground looking at him with a very determined smile on her face. She had just met him but something in her wanted him too bad. Won't he think of her as needy? She didn’t really care about that. If he will ever become hers, there was no better time to start that campaign.

“What are you doing?” He watched as Shola ran to the ocean. She stood just at the edge, where the wave would push the water up to her legs. Spinning and twirling, she danced flinging her hands in all directions.

I have never seen a girl this carefree. Samuel ran to join her.

Like children, they played in the beach. Splashing the water at each other by stumping their feet in it whenever it flowed to them.

Samuel watched her at times as she would carelessly spin around. Her dress lifting up in the spin revealing her panties a little. But he would not think about it. He wasn’t going to be that guy, he was beginning to love her so much so suddenly and didn’t want to ruin it. He knew she was sexually drawn to him as much as he was to her but wanted to focus on building a relationship far stronger than sex. He wanted love.

He had never felt like this in his entire life. For the first time, a ladies physical features wasn’t all that mattered to him. He became curious to see other qualities in her. He had already seen how playful and carefree she could be and it drew him even more to her.

Is this the feeling of love? He shamelessly gawked at her laughing and spinning around like nothing else in the world mattered. She was beautiful. The moment was beautiful. This is perfect. He was certainly going to forget all about Amy after this.

“My dress is all muddy because of you!” Shola mocked Samuel as they walked away from the ocean

“The way you played today… you don’t do this very often, do you?” He made a curious remark.

She slapped her hands together, dusting off the sand;

“Hmm… I don’t. I spend most of my time focusing on developing myself as a person and trying to build a perfect relationship with my father.” It was probably why she didn’t have much friends and worked late. Driving expensive cars and wearing beautiful jewelry all the time were all to prevent people from seeing how lonely she was. Nobody would get to know her too well and be able to see through her and how lonely she was. At least she could pretend to others what an interesting life she had.

“So am I the first person you ever got this close to?” he turned to face her.

She locked eyes with him “uhh… I once…”

“Coming through!” A random man ran bumping into Shola, who hit Samuel as they fell to the ground.

They both layed on the ground, Shola lying on top of Samuel with her palms on his thick chest. They felt soft, yet strong. Her face began to show signs of ecstasy, her breathing gradually became slow and huffed. She shifted her body, climbing him properly and rested her pliable little body on him. She looked into his eyes as her lips slowly separated.

“Hold me.” She breathed out raising his hand to her thigh and the other to her waist.

“Shola…” Samuel knew she wasn’t ready for this

The sun was very hot, but at this rate the sun couldn’t even compete with the heat between these two.

“Why won’t you touch me?” she eagerly asked

“Shola…”

“Touch me.” She cut him short.

He pulled her knee higher to his waist and brushed her thigh, up to her lower back and squeezed their softness.

“Don’t do this.” He said under his breath trying to stop her but she made it hard for him as she leaned even more on him. Pressing her huge chest against his and perched her luscious lips on his.

Shola was totally lost, completely immersed in her attraction for him. And for the first time this quintessential prude found herself trembling in the arms of a man. For someone so disciplined, this was a complete change and she had to stop herself before things got out of hand. Or something had to.

A loud humming sound that came with a continuous vibration alerted Shola of a call on her phone. She jerked off Samuel in reaction to the call.

“Oh my God! What am I doing?” she covered her face with her palm in shame.

“I am so sorry Samuel. I should be going home.” She stormed off

“Shola wai…”

What was meant to be the perfect first date ended in an embarrassing fashion. Samuel could go home this time with his conscience clear but that was the least of his worries. He worried about how Shola would react to what happened. He hoped she wouldn’t hurt herself mentally because of one mistake. He sent her several text that were left unread, calls that were not picked and a couple of voice mails that were not responded. All he wanted was for her to be fine that’s all.

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“Where is this girl?!!” Seun barked. Sitting all alone in a restaurant that he had booked for he and Shola.

He had texted her several times in hope that she would see them and remember their lunch.

I even texted her the address this morning. He sat there fuming and releasing several sighs of anger.

I should call her. He picked up his phone to call her. The phone rung but she didn’t pick.

She was probably away from her phone. He called her a few minutes later but this time she declined it.

“I knew there was something off with her. First, dinner yesterday and now this! I will have to find out what is up with her.” He flared his eyes out of rage. Then with a huff he snatched his keys from the table and strode out of the restaurant.