WHEN LOVE CALLS - CHAPTER 19&20
~𝓣𝓱𝓮 𝒫𝓇𝑜𝓂𝒾𝓈𝑒~
~𝔽𝕝𝕒𝕤𝕙𝕓𝕒𝕔𝕜~
Jemma knowing Cove would always come to the club had set up a plan beforehand.
She had a waiter spike his drink and paid off a slut to take him into one of the rooms in the club where she would be waiting to carry out her mission and like she had planned, it did happened.
BACK TO PRESENT.
Eventually Cove succumbed, letting her do wh@??ver she wants. After satisfying him for some minutes, she withdrew and immediately Cove grabbed her.
“Leave the rest to me” He said hotly making her smirk. She stood taking off her bra, Cove stood also carrying her, she wraps her arms around his neck, her legs tightly wrapped around his waist also. She made to kiss him but before she does, he buried his face in her neck kissing her neck downward.
“Arrhhh…” She Mõ@?s, throwing her head back. Cove began moving away from the main room to the bathroom. He got into the bathroom and drop her harshly the moment he does.
“Ah!” She groans, her butt landing on the floor.
She looks up to him with a frown but Cove only gave her this disgusting look before staggering out of the bathroom.
“Hey! Cove!!” She stood up running after him but it was too late as Cove locked the door on her.
Getting to the room, he buttoned up his pants back then pick his shirt on the floor staggering out of the room, leaving Jemma locked in the bathroom.
She bangs and shout but no response came to her.
“f-__-k YOU COVE! f-__-k YOU!!!” She hollered.
~THREE DAYS AFTER~
Mokee was practicing her lines when her phone started ringing. She checked the caller ID and frowns on seeing who it is. She ignored it and continue practicing.
Moments later, she groaned when the phone wouldn’t stop ringing, disturbing her.
Taking it up, she stared at it ringing with a frowny face.
“Reject?” A voice suddenly sounded behind her. She jerked up looking back only to see Cove, his phone placed on his ear.
“Reject what? My feelings??” He asked again whilst she stood up.
“When did you get here?” She ignored his question.
“I’m hurt, how could you save my contact as ‘Reject’ , do you not want to answer me that much?” He pouted.
“What do you want?” She asks ignoring his question again.
“Your heart” He pointed to her chest.
“Why? You want me to open it up and give it to you?” She snaps.
“Of course not. That would be ki||ing you. First, change my name on your phone.”
“What do you care what I save your name as? I’m sure you saved mine with something ridiculous” She said.
“I saved yours as ‘𝘔𝘠 𝘔𝘖𝘕𝘒𝘌𝘠’ with a blushing monkey emoji, do you wanna see?” He replied, she scoffs.
“Change mine now or I’ll shout on top of my voice to everyone that we’re dating ” He thr_@tens but she huffs walking away.
“ATTENTION EVERYONE!! AN IMPORTANT NEWS TO YOU ALL MOKEE AND I AR__” Before he could finish, Mokee ran back to him covering his mouth. Everyone was already focused on them.
She smiles at them then face Cove.
“You must be crazy!” She seethes silently taking him out of there to a corner.
“Yes, for you” He grins back at her.
“Will you change it?” He ask the moment she lets go of him.
“You’re so unbelievable” She glared then change the name on her phone.
“Satisfied?” She asked showing him after she’s done.
“Cove? Just Cove?” He creases his brow.
“Why? You prefer ‘𝘾𝙾𝚟𝚎𝚗 𝚋𝚘𝚢’?” She asks.
“Hey, that’s harsh”
“Nothing can be more harsh than you calling a woman you like a monkey” She grits.
“It shows how special you are. By the way, what about my answer, I already gave you three days to think about it?” He said
“And the last time I checked, I rejected you” She said back.
“You did, but I reject your rejection” He says simply. Mokee sighs out frustrated.
“What exactly do you see in me? What’s so likeable about me?” See quizzes.
“I don’t know. I just like you” He shrugged.
“You think I’ll just believe you?”
“What exactly do you want me to do to prove it for you? Should I cry on top of my voice for the whole world to hear that I’m in love with you, or should I whispers it to your hearing continuously? Better still…” He paused and lean down to her level.
“How about I kiss you? Maybe you’ll believe then” He moves his face closer to hers while she instinctively cover her lips with her palms, blinking fast.
Cove chuckled.
“Don’t worry, I’m not gonna kiss you without your permission” He says moving away from her.
Mokee sighs out and removes her palm from her mouth.
The moment she did, Cove leans down back to her giving her a peck on her right cheek.
“Maybe I lied” He smiles broadly then walked away from there leaving her astounded.
“That…that…” She shuttered, her cheeks turning rosy.
Cove’s smile died down the moment he was double crossed by someone.
“We need to talk” Jemma said but Cove hissed branching somewhere else.
“I’m gonna tell Mokee you f-__-ked me if you don’t talk to me now” She thr_@tens.
“Do wh@??ver you want” He said nonchalantly, taking his leave.
“Aren’t you afraid she’s gonna h@?? you more the moment she finds that out. I heard you told her you like her” She says stopping him.
“Just because I like her doesn’t mean I can’t f-__-k other women so I careless on wh@??ver you do and moreso, I didn’t touch you. Get your facts straight” He deadpan. Jemma quickly held his hand while he frowns.
“Cove, why are you being like this to me. You weren’t like this before, did you forget, we used to be best of friends? You even had a crush on me then” She says looking up to him.
“That was then, not anymore. I don’t like you anymore and I don’t wanna see you. Being with you like this sickens me. If I had known you’ll be chosen as the main female lead for this movie, I would have just chosen Mokee back then. Stay away from me, I don’t wanna see you okay??” He whipped her hand away taking his leave.
“You can’t just get rid of me that easily, Cove I promised to get you back. You used to be mine and you’ll continue to be mine alone. There’s no way I’ll let you be with that wretched ?îtçh” She clenched her teeth in anger.
“He has been seeing Jemma secretly…” Orion who had heard little of their conversation mumbles to himself in a hiding.
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“Where could she be?” Mokee mutters walking around the not so thick woods.
They just finished $h00ting and she’s currently looking for Nana who had followed her to location as her manager.
She would have called her but her phone isn’t with her at the moment. The crew members had already started packing up and leaving one by one also.
“What are you looking for Ma’am?” One of the crew members which she doesn’t recognize asked.
“My manager, have you seen her around she’s_”
“The one who came with you? I saw her going there just now” He pointed to a direction.
“Really, thank you” Mokee smiles heading towards the direction. The crew member hastily left the wood immediately she left and meet up with someone.
“Yeah, she went there. Everything is set I’m sure she won’t escape it” He says discretely to the person he met, and the person extend an envelope to him.
“Good work. Now leave and don’t be seen” The person he was talking to said and the crew member quickly left.
The person smirks then walk away also
“Where is she going?” Cove who spot Mokee leaving to an unknown direction thought following her also.
“Is this really the right way? No one seems to be here…did I make a mistake? Wouldn’t it be better to just go back this place seems eerie…” Mokee hugged herself as she walks gently in the silent woods.
“Monkey!! What’s is she doing in this dangerous place…MONKEY!!” Cove called after her.
Mokee looks back on hearing the familiar voice but on making an attempt to take a turnaround, she finds herself falling into a large pit which wasn’t visible to the eyes.
“AHHH!!” She screamed out.
“Monkey!!!” Cove ran to her on seeing this, kneeling, he looks down and saw her lying unconsciously on the ground.
“MOnkey!! Monkey!!! MOKEE WAKE UP!!” He shouted but got no response.
“f-__-k!!!” He spat and on seeing her head stained with blood, he lost it.
“MOKEE!!!”
~𝘓𝘈𝘛𝘌𝘙~
“Argghh!!!” Mokee groans on opening her eyes.
“It hurts…” She mumbles.
“You are awake?” She heard that same voice she knows very well again and looks up only to see him looking down at her with a worried expression on.
“How’s your head? Does it hurt?” He touches a side at her head where she has a little cut and that’s when she realizes, her head was actually on his lap.
She sprang up.
“What…what happened?” She looks around.
“Why are we here?” She asked
“Don’t you remember, you fell?”
“Right…but you?”
“I saw you fell, so I ran over and jumped in also” He replied simply.
“What?? Why would you jump in, you could have just called for help?”
“I saw blood, you wouldn’t answer when I called, I thought you were dead, so I couldn’t think straight and jumped in” He replied like a child.
“Ugh! Seriously… you’re impossible. Your phone?”
“With my manager” He replied.
“Then how do we get out of here?”
“I shouted but no one hears me. I think we’re stuck here”
“What!!”
“It’s getting dark, what do we do monkey??” He pouted, Mokee sighs out in exasperation.
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“You’ll drill a hole in my face if you continue staring” Mokee said to Cove who has been staring at her for a while now. He chuckles.
“Thinking about it, this isn’t so bad…”
“What?”
“Being stuck here with you. I love it”
“So, you’re happy?” She raise a brow.
“I think I’ll be happy even in hell as long as I’m with you” He replied with beaming smiles
“Do you have gas mask?” She ask
“Why?”
“You might need it” She replied, he snickers.
“HELP! SOMEBODY OUT THERE!! HELP!!!” Mokee yelled out.
“Why are you shouting?” He asks .
“Is your head there just to add to your height? We’re stuck here and don’t even know how to get out. Shouldn’t we at least shout for help?”
“I’m fine though, being here with you will make us grow closer to each other”
“I don’t like being stuck here with you. I h@?? it and it creeps me out” She said back.
“Why don’t you like me, is there something about me you don’t like? Tell me I might be able to change it” He says.
“I don’t like everything about you. Everything!”
“Even though you h@?? me now, we’re still gonna end up together”
“That would never happen”
“How can you be so sure of that? Even legend have it that the sun and moon has been always in love but they could never be together because the moon rises at 𝚗𝚒𝚐𝚑𝚝 and the sun at sun𝚛𝚒𝚜𝚎 so God in his infinite mercy created eclipse in proof that there’s no love which is forbidden and impossible so how 𝚌𝚊𝚗 you be sure you and I won’t be, don’t you believe in the power of true love?” He quizzes.
“True love my foot, that $h|t only happens in drama and movies” She rolled her eyes.
“Then I’m gonna show you that true love can never be witness in soap operas but in reality”
“Is this how you play other girls, sweet words don’t work on me dear, sweet efforts does”
“Maybe…” He shrugs.
“No wonder you’re h@??d by many” She mumbles.
“I don’t have any reason for anyone to h@?? me, they only create their little drama out of jealousy and I don’t have enmity with anyone, if you think we’re enemies, you created that in your head. But monkey, if everyone is indeed hating me, you absolutely can’t, it’ll make me sad” He stared keenly at her.
She clears her throat.
“Bull $h|t…” She mutters.
“Isn’t this romantic, it’s like our reality like drama. I feel like we’re the main leads of a romantic movie”
“I’ve had enough of your bull $h|t stop it already” She warns. He sneers.
“Ok ma’am” He keeps silent for some moments before breaking it again.
“Why did you go into acting? Because it’s your dream?” He asked.
“Isn’t it obvious?” She asked back.
“Aren’t you tired, I heard you’ve been struggling for years before landing this project. This movie must mean a lot to you since it’s like your key to success, is that why you don’t wanna date? Is it hard, have you ever thought of giving up?”
“Why would I give up when I’m just starting? Believing in yourself is the first secret to success, don’t you know?”
“Ohhh, I like your spirit. You sounded like a complete hero just now”
“We’re all heroes in our lives moreso, no one cares about your story until you win so by all it takes I have to win. That way I won’t have any regrets” She smiles to herself.
“Your smile is pretty… Monkey” He smiles at her and her cheeks slowly turns red.
“You’re blushing” He pointed to her cheek and she looks away taking in her lower lip.
She could hear him chuckling.
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“I’m hungry, thirsty and it’s getting darker” Cove says.
“I’m sure they must be looking for us by now, they’ll find us soon” She assured.
“It’s late already, what do we do if they don’t find us?”
“There’s tomorrow. One night hunger won’t ki||” She shrugs.
He keeps silent.
“But are you okay? You seem uncomfortable” She asks noticing his discomfort.
“Are you worried about me?” He smirks.
“As if. You should sleep, that way hunger will leave”
“I can’t sleep” He says.
“Why? You’re scared uh?”She nudges him playfully.
“Huh. I’m scared so I can’t sleep” He admitted.
“Hey, you’re a man. You shouldn’t admit that so easily”
“I have night blindness. I can barely see anything right now. Including you Monkey, so I’m a bit scared” He confessed leaving her speechless.
“You must believe seeing how quiet you are?”
“You acted strange so I thought so”
“You found out my weakness, don’t you dare use it against me or let anyone know”
“How many people knows of this?”
“Three. You, 𝚒, and Orion”
“You two must be really close?”
“We met in middle school, he’s my only friend. More like a brother”
“You should sleep. It’s late”
“Why are you trying on making me sleep, are you gonna steal a kiss if I do” 𝙷𝚎 𝚠𝚒𝚐𝚐𝚕𝚎 𝚊 𝚋𝚛𝚘𝚠
“You…”
He chuckles.
“Just kidding”
She slap his shoulder.
“I don’t wanna fall asleep 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚒 𝚍𝚘𝚗’𝚝 𝚠𝚊𝚗𝚗𝚊 𝚏𝚊𝚕𝚕 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚊𝚗𝚢𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚎𝚡𝚌𝚎𝚙𝚝 I’m falling for you” He winks at her.
“Aren’t you tired doing that all day?”
“Why should I be, if I’m falling then I should say it. You have a really special effect on me monkey, even if there’s no gravity on earth I’ll still fall for you just like the rain. So, you should try falling also, fall hard for me, Monkey” He stare directly, their eyes locking gaze.
“You really talk too much” She looks away fanning herself feeling hot suddenly.
“I can’t fall asleep in the dark. Do you know why dark is spelled with ‘K’ and not ‘C’? It’s because we can’t C in the dark. I badly wanna sleep too but I just can’t… I’m really scared…”
“If you keep talking like that I’ll start pitying you”
“I’m fine with that if it’ll make you feel something else but hatred for me” He replied. She said nothing.
Five minutes.
Eight minutes.
It was silent.
“Monkey…where are you?” He stretch his hand forward.
“I’m… I’m here…” She held his hand.
“Found you” He smiles placing his head on her shoulder.
“Hey, what are you doing?”
“I can only be at peace because you’re with me right now Monkey, without you here I can’t imagine the hell I’d be going through right now. Promise never to leave me in the dark, promise you’ll always stay where I can see you. Promise me…Mokee… ” He said loftily, looking up to her.
She blinks, staring down at him also.
“Can you promise me, Mokee?” He said again.
“Al… alright. I… promise” She replied slowly, he smiled charmingly then positioned his head well on her shoulder, closing his eyes.
Mokee says nothing, nor push him away, she just sat there in perfect silent.
~𝔽𝔼𝕎 ℍ𝕆𝕌ℝ𝕊 𝕃𝔸𝕋𝔼ℝ~
Cove’s eyes squinted and his lids open slowly.
He withdrew his head from her shoulder and look at her.
The moonlight shone brightly in the sky giving him a clear view of her.
Her head was rested back with her eyes closed.
He smiles.
He pulled her head closer to him, resting it on his chest gently.
Mokee’s eyes squinted, but it wasn’t open.
His gaze focuses on her face and his palm gently stroke her hair.
“You’ve done a great job…Mokee” He mumbles and the corner of her lips went up a little.
She smiles secretly.
Cove’s eyes continued scrutinizing her face, from her scanty eye brows to her closed eyes which showcases her long eye lashes then down to her pointed nose and finally to her heart shaped pink lips pressed together forming a thin line.
His palm stroking her hair find its way to her cheek rubbing on it softly.
He began leaning his face down to her face and Mokee on feeling his hot breathes fanning her face closes her eyes more tightly not moving an inch.
Cove didn’t stop, he leans down more and his face met hers.
Their noses touched.
Her breath hitched so does she tightens her fists.
He closes his eyes also.
TBC…