YOU CAN MAKE A
GROWN MAN CRY???
(If you ever ever say goodbye?…Never let you go??)
Nnenna’s romance series?
Rated?
QUARTER FINALE
?CHAPTER TWENTY-EIGHT?
(*Goodbye Dee, have a very good time??…*)
“Please, do me this favor De_ra. I want you to stop loving me. Please.”
De_ra sulked and shook her head. “No, if you end it this way, I’m afraid, my pride is gonna feel hurt.”
“You love the wrong people and that’s why you get hurt.”
“Just let me do this. Please, don’t take this away from me. I’m trying to keep this up between us. I don’t want to throw away every lovely moment I shared with you away so rashly.”
“You don’t have to throw them away. I don’t regret sharing them with you either. ” he held her shoulders, “De_ra, you will find someone who will love you more than you can ever imagine.”
“But that someone isn’t you, right?”
He nodded while tears brewed around her eyes. He palmed her face and kissed her forehead. “I’m sorry De_ra. I wish I can just love you.” he hugged her while she sobbed lying her head on his chest.
“I don’t want to say goodbye to the feelings I have for you. I don’t want to stop loving you. It’s hard to let you go, Dee.”
He patted her back. “Just try, huh. Please do this for me.”
She sobbed harder. “I can’t. I just can’t.”
*
Diane stood by the door way watching the two of them hugging and smooching each other and her heart shredded apart.
So why did she wake up so early in the morning, as worried as she was, she dressed up and rushed to his place? To see that they’re together now and she should Fuçk off?
This explains the reason why he never took her calls. She trembled and tried not to cry. Maybe he’s giving her a sign that it’s really over between them. How foolish she was. She initiated the break up. It’s all her fault that things turned out this way. If only she didn’t go to that meeting with him that night, if only she kept silent and never insisted on that investment, if only she didn’t meet Jeff, if only she didn’t pack out of his house and demanded they broke up, things wouldn’t have turned out this way. She’s really gonna let him go for good. So, she won’t hurt him again. She wiped a tear off her face and left.
*
“At least have a date with me this night” De_ra requested with tearful eyes. “Please, let it be like a parting gift for me. For loving you all this time, I swear I will leave you after that.” De_ra pleaded desperately.
Dee heaved. He knew trying to push her off him wasn’t gonna be easy. “Just a date this night, right?”
She nodded. “Yes, just tonight.”
“Alright fine. ” he agreed while she struggled to put a smile on her face. She hugged him. “Thanks Dee. Thank you.”
He fluffed her hair. “It’s okay.”
*
“How is the law suit going Miss Veronica?” Dee asked Veronica over the phone.
“Going very fine. Things are coming back to normal. The press conference we had really helped a lot. I scheduled a meeting with Mr. Peter Obi for you. I booked a flight to Los Angeles from where you’d take your flight to Nigeria.”
He grumbled at the mention of Los Angeles,”Why would I travel to Los Angeles first?”
“Your mom have been wanting to meet you. She said you’re avoiding her and won’t come back home.”
He grumbled. “You should’ve told me earlier. When am I leaving?”
“Next tomorrow. I will send everything to your mail. Please check it.”
He scratched his hair.”Okay. How about the new project?”
“Coming along. ”
“Do you need me to come over to the office and help out with anything?”
“No, no, no. You need a lot of rest and prepare for your travel. I will take of everything.”
“Thanks Veronica, for always being there for me.”
“It’s fine.”
“Bye.” he hung up and then relaxed into his couch. Why is Diane not coming? He checked his texts to see countless messages coming from her alone.
He scrolled through, how come he didn’t see them. *Dee please take my calls*
*Dee, I know you’re angry
with me but please pick up*
*I’m so sorry Dee, but we
need to talk*
*Please Dee*
*Talk to me*
There were voice mails, he was alarmed as he listened to her voice screaming and crying but he never saw them. He was confused. Why is the message on READ when he didn’t see them!
He checked his call log, Gawd! More than twenty calls from Diane alone! He stood up, searched for his car keys and headed to Diane’s house.
He knocked when he reached her house but the door didn’t open. He rang the bell more than a thousand times but no one was there.
He dialed her number. “Diane.” he called when he felt life coming from the other end of the line.
“Dee,” she called coldly.
He gulped. He suddenly felt nervous. “I’m at your door. Can you please open up? I’m sorry I am coming to you this late.”
“I’m not home now. I travelled to Seattle.”
His legs went numb. “What?”
“I don’t think I wanna stay around you anymore. I wanted to go home and be with my parents. My father came back, so, I used this opportunity to leave you. I figured out that we need so much space from each other now. And I need to sort my feelings out…”
“Diane what are you saying?” he held his forehead as his head started aching badly. “Diane, I’m sorry you called me so much and I wasn’t…”
“It’s fine. I understand. But we need to stay away from each other for the moment.”
He cracked up. “Diane why are you doing this to me. It’s my fault and I’m sorry but you can’t stay away from me right now! This isn’t the time for you to leave me.”
He heard her sniffs from the other end; “Goodbye Dee, have a very good time.”
She hung up on him. His legs shook terribly, they could hardly bear his weight. He was too weak to speak. He sat down heavily on the floor and began to cry.
TO BE CONTINUED…
