𝟑𝟎 𝐃𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐃𝐞𝐚𝐥

~~ 91. ~~

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".... and that's how I ended up getting the deal," Demilade told Lola about the contract he just had.

Lola smiled. "I'm glad you got it. I know you spend a lot on it and you sacrificed a lot too." He nodded in agreement. "I'm sorry that I told you that I didn't care about your work. I didn't mean it."

"It is fine Lola. You already said that over and over again. Stop going back to it. I know you didn't mean it. It was just in the heat of the moment."

"Thank you for understanding."

"Oh, it's nothing." He waved it off. "You have something on your lips."

"What?" She asked.

"Ice cream of course." He said and he watched her lick the substance off her lips. "That is a turn-on, you know?"

Lola's lip quirked into a smirk. Then she winked at him before she continued eating her ice cream and watching the movie.

"Why are we here?" Demilade asked obviously bored.

"To watch a movie." Lola retorted. "And that is what we are doing. You're not making me concentrate. I will have to download it later and re-watch it."

"Then can we go somewhere else?"

"You're so boring Demilade." Lola shook her head with an amuse smile on her face. "If you say so." Then she stood up. "Let's go."

"That's why I love you," Demilade said with a broad smile and he also stood from his seat. He took her hands in his and they both left the cinema.

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Demilade and Lola sat together in his living room. He was busy with his office work on his iPad while Lola was watching videos on TikTok, laying beside Demilade with her head resting on his legs.

No one said a thing until Lola suddenly broke the silence. She sat up, looking at Demilade that has his full attention on his iPad. She hate to disturb him but she remembered something and she needed to discuss it with him.

"Demmy..."

"Hmm." He replied with a hum without looking at her.

"Can you take that away for a minute, please?" She pleaded.

She noticed him heave a sigh before replying.

"Give me thirty seconds." She nodded and waited patiently for him. Then he dropped the iPad on the handle of the sofa that they were sitting on. "What is it?"

"Thank you for your attention." She appreciated it with a small smile and he nodded. "I want to ask you something. I hope you don't get mad at me."

"I promise I won't. What do you want to ask?"

"Your father... Lawrence..." She noticed his countenance changed a bit.

"What about him?" He asked looking away.

Lola moved closer to him and placed her hand on his. "Don't you think you should invite him to the wedding?"

He jerks his head toward her direction.

"Why? Is it necessary?" He queried.

"It is necessary, Demilade. He is your father."

"I have someone who is going to be in his place and I am okay with that." He stated.

Lola heaved a sigh. "He is still your father Demilade. You didn't invite him to the family introduction. It's not fair."

"Listen, Tiwalola, I said I have forgiven him but I never said I forgot all he did. And that is why I made sure to tell him that I don't want to have anything to do with him. He has never been my father, why do I need him to be that now?"