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✰[KISS ME ON MY LIPS]✰
THE NEXT DAY**
The sunlight flashed across the
waes and landed on Natalie’s pretty morning face.
She hummed, sleepily before opening her eyes open, slowly.
She looked around, and then down to see Clark laying his head, just right at her feet.
She smiled, and stroked his hair. Clark felt it, and blinked his eyes. He opened them and looked at Natalie who was smiling.
“Awake, already?” She asked.
“Yeah. By the way, Whitney and Maureen already left this morning. They should be at the hostel by now” He said.
She nodded.
“When did you come?” She asked.
“Last night when you were asleep” He answered.
“Hmm…Hmm” She smiled.
“Huhm…Clark, I wanna talk to you” She slowly said.
“Let’s eat first” He retorted, and stood up.
“Huh…Uh,, okay”
“Yeah” He said, and got up.
He inhaled deeply before leaving, Natalie watched him with grief and guilt in her heart.
HOSTEL**
John knocked Jayden’s door before entering. He met him on the bed.
“Hey” John muttered.
Jayden quickly sat upright.
“John…” He said sadly.
John smiled dryly as he took his seat.
“I guess you’ve heard already?” John muttered.
“Yes, I’m sorry about your Mum. She was diagnosed with heart diseases and fibroid” Jayden muttered.
John nodded sadly.
“Dad already called me. He told me about it yesterday. It already at the final stage and she never told anyone about it”
“I don’t know why she chose to be ignorant” John sniffed, trying to hold the hot filled tears.
“When is her surgery?” Jayden asked.
“Next saturday”
“That when our examinatiom ends. Exams starts tomorrow”
“Yeah, I know…” John replied.
Jayden simply nodded.
“Dad called me yesterday” John muttered.
Jayden eyes widened.
“What…What did you two talk about?, You both cool now?”
“Yeah…and I feel so good”
John suddenly broke into tears, and Jayden embraced him tightly, patting his back.
“I don’t know why he did that…but he apologized to me?. He wants me to be his true son again. He is willing to tell the world about this. He wants to announce the truth to the public and he doesn’t even care about the repercussions” John was seriously
crying, his lids closed tightly.
“And one more thing…”
“What?” Jayden asked.
John wiped his tears, sniffed hard and faced him.
“I’m leaving after the exams…”
“Wha…at?”
“Dad gave me a privilege, Jayden”
“I don’t understand. What about Maureen?”
“I don’t know…I-
“Where are you going to?” Jayden cut in.
“Paris” answered John.
“I’m gonna be the CEO of his gallery there”
Jayden looked down briefly and a sad smile crawled on his lips.
“Dad also called me” Jayden looked at John.
“He asked me to also leave after the exams. I’m gonna be the CEO of a big bank somewhere outta hear…”
“And?” John asked.
“For Whitney, I declined”
John blinked.
“I’m a fool right?” Jayden asked, his eyes brimming tears.
“A fool for love” John smiled, sadly.
“Youre my best brother” Jayden muttered, and hugged him.
“Bestest” John tightened the hug.
****
“Maureen??, Maureen??,, Maureen??!” Whitney kept calling.
“Oh d@mn!” Maureen exclaimed.
“What’s wrong with you?, Are you worried cause of tomorrow exams?” Whitney asked.
“Not really. I’m just…thinking”
“About?”
“John. I feel he’s hiding something from me”
“Hmm…Like?”
“I don’t know but I feel he is leaving. I feel this…this vibe”
“What?”
“Whitney, I’m f_cking scared. What if he truly leaves?, What if John leaves” Maureen had tears tricking down her face already.
“Oh dear. He won’t leave. Everything will be fine” Whitney hugged her.
Maureen started sobbing loudly.
“I hope so, Whitney. I really hope so cause if he leaves…what am I gonna do?, Will that be the end of us??, I love him so much”
“Sshh…Don’t say that. Don’t say that” Whitney hugged her tightly.
****
“Like tf!!!” Prisca screamed, frustratedly.
She was trying to zip her gown from behind but it was infertile.
“Like seriously. This is so annoying” She sighed.
“Or maybe the heavens doesn’t want me to go to this family meet up dinner and I wouldn’t have to see that Charlie ever again” She smirked.
“Knock Knock” She heard someone say, at the other side.
“Huh, What’s he doing now?” She thought, and walked to the door.
She recognized the voice.
She opened up to see Desmond giving her a calm look.
“Desmond?, What’s up?” She asked.
He came in, and she took steps backwards.
“Today is the day…” He breathed.
“What day?, Oh..oh.. I told you the other time we met, huh?, Yes…Its today” She forced a smile.
“You look happy for someone getting married, against her wishe”
Prisca sighed.
“I can see you’re set” He said.
“Nah, Its just my zipper. Can…you help me with that?”
“Sure. Turn around”
“Thanks” She smiled, and did so.
When his eyes came in contact with her exposed sleek back, he felt this different feeling.
“Desmond…The zipper” She snapped.
“Oh yeah” He gulped, and held it.
He was already halfway in zipping it when he saw a tattoo that caught his attention, and his heart too.
“What’s that?” Prisca asked, when she felt this akward aura in the air.
“Desmond, What’s that??” She asked, almost raising her voice.
“You never told me you drew the tattoo” He whispered.
On her back was a tattoo, *DesCa*, with a heart.
They wanted to get it after clocking a year in their relationship but it was cut short by their sudden breakup.
“Let go of me. It was too late. I already drew it few hours before our sudden breakup” She said.
Desmond smiled at her.
“Its pretty” He whispered.
“Well, It supposed to be pretty. I don’t get ugly things” She smirked.
Desmond felt nostalgic when he
gawked at the tatoo. He saw Prisca, with him… Everything!
He didn’t even say realized when he kissed it. Prisca back shivered slightly at such act.
“What…did you just do?” She asked, and at once, he got back to his senses.
Desmond eyes blinked a thousand times, nervously. He also wondered why he did that.
I…didn’t see it coming either… I just…I just…” He stammered.
“Forget about that it” She snapped.
“I’m…sorry”
She sighed and turned to him.
“Kiss my lips instead”
“What?” He muttered.
“You doing or nah. If you wanna leave, leave but I need you to take care of my zipper first”
He zipped it quickly and left.
“I guess I’m off to Charlie then” She said, inwardly and grabbed her purse.
She held it closer and walked to the door.
The moment she opened it, Desmond got revealed.
“You didn’t leave?” She asked, surprisedly.
“Nah” He shook his head.
“Why not?” She shrugged.
He gave a smirked, and quickly cupped her jawline into his palms.
He took his lips to hers and planted a deep kiss there. Prisca took hold of his lips too, kissing it like there was no tomorrow.