Diary of a Side Chick - Another Valentine Story.

Tolu was a successful music artiste and promoter. Due to his string of successes, he always had new and upcoming artistes knocking on his door everyday, they wished to benefit from his wizardry skills in teleporting artistes and their works from the dark dungeon of oblivion to the limelight.

Tolu was no new victim to beautiful women and their bizarre belief that everyman could be controlled with sex, therefore every other day, he had to withstand the numerous advances by upcoming female artistes to grant them audience in his bedroom, however, he never fell for their coyness. After all, he was not one to mix business with pleasure. For him, money was the only legal means for the exchange of value, moreover, he had a very beautiful girlfriend whom he not only adored, but had pledged to be faithful to.

Mary! the Manager screamed, the

supermarket was filled with shoppers who were slowly and carefully shuffling through the cabinets, they were very picky and unusually analysed the contents of the products they wanted to buy. Everyone was being extraordinarily careful, Valentines day was tomorrow and the lovers were carefully selecting the gifts for their partners, no one wanted to buy something that won't leave a lasting impression in the minds of their partners.

Mary was one of the bustling attendants at the supermarket, she had a lean frame contrasted by well rounded boobs which never felt comfortable under her Bra, but always pushed forward, seeking for their own independence. Last year she had won the annual award for best 'sales man', this was partly due to her attractive appearance and her frontal endowments.
In spite of all the advances she had received from wealthy guys who because of her had turned regular shoppers at the supermarket, she still maintained her resolve to be faithful to her boyfriend, who was a hotshot in the music industry.

Tolu and Mary had been in a relationship for  a little over 4 years now, they loved each other and hoped to build a happy family later in the future. Due to the nature of their jobs, they seldom had time for each other, but always made sure that they spent the weekends in each others arms, visiting the cinemas, touring the beaches and ending up in bed together, climaxing the day with hot steamy romance, but never sex.

Cynthia, was an established artiste in the National music scene, her manager and promoter was Tolu. It was through the efforts of Tolu that she had emerged from a regular everyday singer to the superstar status she possessed today. It so happened that during the 2-year duration they had known each other, both of them had grown so close that any one who saw them would think they were lovers. In fact, Cynthia herself, could not think of Tolu except in the context of him being her boyfriend. Although he had never asked her out, but Cynthia always remembered that fateful night when she had won the coveted MTV base artiste of the year award, later that evening, She and Tolu had been caught up in the heat of the moment and coupled with the several glasses of champagne they had consumed in their exuberance earlier on, they woke up in each other's arms at Cynthia's house.

Several times, Cynthia had relished the thoughts of that fateful day, when Tolu all drunk and horny had screamed all sort of sexual obscenities into her already sexually aroused ears. The Champagne had really weakened her defences and when he tried to kiss her, she could not resist the strong spell of his manliness. That night, after a very short foreplay, she had moaned under the penetrating thrusts of his unsheathed sword. Although she was so drunk that she could barely resist this sinful pleasure, she was surprised that she could clearly recall every detail of the 'accident' later that morning. Tolu on the other hand couldn't believe he had actually cheated on his girlfriend. He had woken up with relaxed nerves and a radiating smile, even his hangover was strangely a very mild one.

Since that night after the the sex, Cynthia had been nursing thoughts of going into a relationship with Tolu, she began to buy him expensive gifts and also made it a duty to call him at least three times each day. Although she was a super-star and had the attention of many rich men locked on her, she still found it strange to believe that She was madly in love with Tolu, to the detriment of her many other suitors.

For all she cared, Tolu was definitely single, although she accepted the fact that he must be a player, especially since he had obliged to have sex with her, but she was sure she could wrestle him away from all those desperate babes out there, for all she cared, she had enough charm to arrest his attention for one night, maybe with a little effort, she could make him surrender his heart for a lifetime spent with her. Although sometimes, she wondered how possible it was for such a handsome, talented young man to actually be legitimately single, but she usually discarded such thoughts as soon as it came. She was not ready to entertain any sort of discouragement or self-induced fear.

As is characteristic of most men, Tolu played along with Cynthia's script and as expected was rewarded with more nights of wild ecstasy and free sex. He made sure to stay clear of discussions bordering on relationships, emotional commitment and the likes, this was even made easier by Cynthia's obvious disinterest in those same topics. He knew she was single, and hoped to enjoy 'the fruits of his labour' while their Romantic voyage lasted.

It seemed like the more Tolu slept with Cynthia, the higher he valued the decency of his Fiance; Mary, who had insisted that sex was only a luxury she could afford within the confines of marriage. So, now that a Nigga was getting freebie outside, he could afford to stop nagging Mary about the No Marriage, No sex rule.

On February 13, Tolu's phone suddenly developed multiple faults, early in the day around 8a.m it was just the earpiece. He just couldn't hear whatever Cynthia was saying over the phone. Then by midday, the 'dial button' on his phone began to misbehave, it seemed to work whenever Mary called, but refused to respond when Cynthia was on the other end. By late evening that day, Tolu and Mary went out to watch the movie '50 shades of grey' after which they ate a romantic dinner. It was therefore not too surprising when Tolu's phone refused to leave the 'Airplane mode' throughout that evening. By the next day which was February 14th, the now infamous phone accidentally went for a dive in the kitchen sink and baaam! that's how it packed up.

Tolu who already agreed to spend the day indoors with his heartthrob had no problem with the Phone taking a bath, after all, it was just acting according to plan.

By noon, trouble almost broke out as Cynthia whose attempts at reaching Tolu had been replied by different network slogans, decided to storm his residence. Luckily, Tolu had sent his security guard on a Valentines day leave, and infarct was spending the day at his heartthrobs  residence, therefore there was no one to either open up or even bribe to disclose his whereabouts.

Cynthia was however not annoyed at all, She only drove back home, scattered the whole bedroom which she had prepared for a romantic procession. Then she proceeded to pack all the gifts she had bought for him, threw them in the boot of the BMW X6, drove crazily to third Mainland Bridge and went right through the barricades into the welcoming arms of the Ocean.

Of course she contemplated doing just that, but then she decided to just throw all the Prada accessories and Gold jewelries into the Ocean. She was not going to jump in just yet, maybe another time, maybe never, but first she was going to get to the root of this treachery. She decided that only those who are alive can fight another day.

Written by Onyeoziri Favour
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