"Oh my God! He's so cute!" Toyin shrieked.
"I know, right?" Bisola snatched my phone from me. "Took you so long to show us these."
I sighed, looking at how excited my besties were to see Jeremy's pictures.
I had secretly taken Jeremy's pictures while he was sleeping when I knew he wouldn't notice. He wouldn't be totally happy with this but he wouldn't be mad at me for having his pictures on my phone. The pictures I took were mainly for Bisola and Toyin to see, nothing more. They had been disturbing me for a long time.
"We need to see this guy!" Bisola beamed.
"No, no, no. Not so fast, okay? One step at a time," I said.
"Fine!" Toyin snapped and gazed at the picture with a wide grin on her cute face. "You two look perfect."
"Perfect couple!" Bisola swiped.
"Perfect couple? Or did I hear wrong?" Jasper asked, walking into the sitting room with swaggering moves. He was in shorts and an unbuttoned designer t-shirt, white flip-flops and a brown hat. He pecked Toyin as he slipped his hand around her waist.
"Babe, you shouldn't be moving around the house shirtless..."
"I'm wearing a shirt," Jasper nuzzled her nose.
"But you aren't buttoning up. Are you trying to make the girls here seduce you?"
"Nah, babe." Jasper buttoned up as he quickly kissed Tosin on the lips.
"You should have asked him if he was trying to seduce the girls here by showing off his six packs, not the other way round," Bisola said, eyeing the two.
"Whatever! So, I heard you say a perfect couple, who are they?"
"Gossiper!" I whined and crossed my legs.
"This is a picture of Tosin and her boyfriend."
"It's high time I saw it. Finally the mystery guy."
"He's no mystery. I just want my relationship life to be private," I said.
"Nonsense. Tell me about him."
"Caring. Supportive. Hard-working. Determined. Good looking..." I was saying with closed eyes as I dreamed about Jeremy.
"Good in bed," Bisola interrupted.
I snapped my eyes open. "Jesus, Bisola!"
"What? That's the truth!" She shrugged.
This girl is incredible!
"So you two have done it?" Jasper frowned.
"Oh baby, shut up! Too blunt with your question!"
"Tosin is my buddy, so I'm worried about her."
"I know, Jasper, but this is girls' talk."
"Oh, yeah, I get it." Jasper raised his hand in surrender. "Can I have a look at the hot guy? Is he hotter than me, babe?"
Toyin blushed. "Of course not."
"You said he was!" I attacked her.
"I said he was cute, not hot."
I frowned in fake anger and mouthed stupid to her.
"Bisola, can you please pass the phone and stop mesmerising on another person's guy?" Jasper stretched out his hand for the phone.
When Bisola finally gave him the phone, Jasper's face was expressionless. "Where did you say you met this guy again?"
"What? Why? At the club," I replied.
"The same club we all visit? Never seen him."
"It's a club, bro, you don't get to see everyone's faces. People come and go."
"He doesn't party much. He just visits, drinks and takes his leave after feeding his eyes for a few minutes."
"I see." He nodded and swiped for more. "I am beyond shocked that this guy is gorgeous!" Jasper smiled. "Kinda strange to meet a guy like this. How did you manage to get a guy this hot, Tosin?"
I smiled. "Godsend. He was Godsend. I thought you didn't like him at first because you just kept looking without any expression
"I was struck by his beauty."
I snorted and went to get my phone from him. "Thank you. I hope you aren't feeling insecure?"
"Oh, not at all. I'm hot myself."
"I like that confidence, baby," Toyin said and snuggled close to him.
"Have any of you seen Jasper?" Henry asked, eyes glued to the phone as he walked down the staircase.
"I'm here." Jasper stood up.
"Great, I need you to help me with something here," Henry showed his phone to Jasper.
"Okay, before that, I want you to know I have seen the mysterious guy Tosin is dating!" Jasper walked toward Henry and put his arms across Henry's neck.
"Gossiper!" I rolled my eyes. There was no way the other members wouldn't know what Jeremy had discovered.
"What's so special about him?"
"I will tell you on our way. He's so hot! Gorgeous..." Jasper's voice faded away from the sitting room as he led his best friend away.
"Such a teenager," Bisola said.
"I know, right? He behaves like that at times," Toyin added.
"I hope he doesn't tell Henry he heard Jeremy was good in bed," I said and then got a message from Jeremy that he was ready. "Girls, so Jeremy and I are going to see my dad today. He decided to follow me. I didn't ask him."
"Why go to the cemetery again?" Toyin asked with concern.
"I mean my real father."
"Really?" Toyin asked.
"Yeah," I replied and they came over to me.
"Are you ready for this?" Bisola questioned.
"Sure. I want to know him."
"I wish we could go with you, but Jeremy had stolen you from us," Bisola hugged me.
"Don't worry, I will make it up with you two." I stood up and we hugged again.
"Be strong, be nice and listen before you take action," Toyin warned.
"I will. I won't hit him. I just have to learn the truth. I have to go now. Jeremy is home."
With a final hug and kiss for that day, I left the mansion.
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When I got home, Jeremy was nowhere in sight, so I had to wait patiently. Some minutes later after I had served myself some snacks, he arrived with a bag with him.
"Hey," I greeted with a kiss.
"Hi," he touched my face with a smile on his lips. "I got a call from a client. He needed me to sew him this material."
"Oh, will you still go to Ibadan with me? Because if not, I can just call my besties."
"No, no. I am coming for sure. No worries." He dumped the bag on the couch. "I don't have to do it right away. Not today. Maybe tomorrow when we get back. He needs the cloth in four days."
"Oh, okay, I see," I looked around the house to see if I forgot something. "So we're going now."
"Yeah." We got into his car, tipped the security man and turned on the music. And that was how our journey to Ibadan began.