“Chris!, Chris!!”. He heard his name as he was woken violently.

His eyelids flickered open and his gaze fell on Lara;she had loosened her braids so her long dense hair fell over her face and he had an urge to run his hand through her hair.

“Good morning”. He greeted warmly but got a different response. Lara shoved his phone at him and rolled back to the other side of the bed.

He stared in confusion at the device she handed him; he had 3 missed calls from Cecilia.

Well this is new, he thought to himself.

He climbed down from the bed and walked to the beanbag at the end of the room, flopping into it he dialled Cecilia's number. She picked on the second ring, her voice sonorous as usual.

“Hey baby boo”.

He rolled his eyes at her exaggerated happiness. “How are you CeCe?”.

And from the corner of his eyes he saw Lara shift in discomfort while readjusting the duvet over her body.

“I'm fine boo. So you and that thing are now Nigeria's sweethearts, I'm happy for you sha”.

“Thanks babe”.

This time, Lara hopped down from the bed and forcefully wore her slippers before she stomped out of the room.

He perked an eyebrow in confusion, realising he had zoned out from what Cecilia was saying he shook his head.

“.... Two of us to ourselves, with our peace and quiet. Just like the good old days, so what do you say?”.

“Huh?”. He asked.

“Were you listening?”.

“Yes... I mean no”.

She heaved a sigh and he could hear ruffling of sheets.

“I said we could have Monday to ourselves and before you say anything, yes I called Kcee to check your schedule and he said you'd be free”.

He stood and headed to the closet “Didn't he tell you I'd be on a tour in Ghana from Saturday to Monday”.

“He did, but he said you'd be done by Monday afternoon. So you could catch an early flight on Monday evening”.

He pressed the bridge of his nose “CeCe...”.

“I know I'm asking too much but I miss you, I miss us and don't worry it will be just drinks”.

He facepalmed and let out a breath he didn't know he was holding.

“Fine”. He said.

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     Lara paced the living room ignoring the short glances Auntie Nkechi casted towards her. She was raving mad but she shouldn't be, it wasn't like she cared about his conversation with Cecilia but he was ruining the plan. The plan was to stay with each other until a year and not to call mistresses on the phone and call them 'babe'. Now she sounded bitter.

Admit it, you're jealous_ Her subconsciousness said.

She wasn't, was she?.

“Nne, are you okay?”. Auntie Nkechi asked from the dinning room.

“Yes Auntie”. Lara nodded and said calmly in contrast to what she felt.

Why wasn't he down yet?.

She sat on a sofa and as though he heard her thoughts, he whistled and came down the stairs.

He turned to Auntie Nkechi “Good morning auntie”.

“Nnam, how was your night?”.

“Fine”. He replied and walked towards Lara “Hey babe”.

Keep calm. Stay calm “Hi Chris”.

“So I was thinking, why don't we hang out today at Emeralds”.

Lara forced a smile “Is Cecilia going to be there?”.

“What?”

Lara folded her arms “Did Cecilia ask you to do this?”.

“What does this have to do with CeCe?”.

“Everything. It has everything to do with Cecilia. Just some minutes ago, you were talking to ‘CeCe’ your babe”. Lara air quoted the CeCe. “Now you're down here telling me you want us to hang out”.

She saw Chris trying to hold back a chuckle and she felt the tip of her ears burn.

He seriously finds this funny?.

“What's funny?”. She asked in a grim tone.

He burst out laughing "You're really cute when you're Jealous".

That's it. She could feel her anger brewing over.

She yelled "I'm.not.Jealous".

He walked towards her making the butterflies in her stomach flutter vigorously.

"Lara, Lara loosen up a bit. It's good for your soul".

"Loosen?, I'm not tight. Look, we agreed to keep off from exes, do you want to blow our cover?".

“No one is blowing up anything”. He lifted her chin with his index finger. "Lara, everything will be fine, just trust me".

Lara shrugged “What were you guys discussing?".

"She just congratulated us for barging Nigeria's sweethearts".

Relief ran through her veins as she heaved a sigh.

“Where are we going to again?”.

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