A gift for his "girlfriend"

It was mean to use Franklin like that and I was aware of it, but in my defense, I did not know what his intentions were anyway.

Therefore, was it that wrong to string him along?

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"You are the most insidious person I have ever met," Ugochi said, shaking her head whilst frowning.

Then suddenly, her face brightened almost comically as she grinned.

"I love it!"

"Oh shut up!" I whined, burying my face in my hands.

"But wait wait. Let me get this straight. You like someone else in Lagos, a whole damn lot, but he broke your heart and you can't get over him so you want to use Franklin, who you just met to forget about him?" She asked, counting the points off of her fingers.

"Yeah. That's it," I shrugged.

"But you know that August likes you even though you've decided to turn a blind eye to it, but he does.