𝟑𝟎 𝐃𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐃𝐞𝐚𝐥

~~ 11. ~~

"Your older brother?" She asked.

Lola laughed. "You should see your eyes when you say, brother. What are you already crushing on a boy you've not seen before?" Lola teases her.

She pouted and laughed.

"No. But he must be handsome. Don't you know you are beautiful? I admire you the first day that I saw you." She said.

"Wow, thanks. But don't get fooled, it's all packaging." Lola said quietly and they laughed.

"It doesn't matter. So is your brother older than you?"

"No. I'm older than him by four years. But if you see him, you will think he is my boyfriend. He is big and tall." Lola answered.

"Wow. So it is not only beautiful that runs in the family." Mayowa said.

"My dad isn't that tall. I took after him but my mother is. And if you see my maternal grandparents, they were tall till their death. So he inherits that from her side of the family. But I can introduce you to him someday."

"But I'm older than him." She said.

"You can be friends," Lola said.

And they were like that most of the rest of the day. They talked for a long time even after washing and spreading clothes. They sat in the living room watching movies and talking. Lola served her some biscuits and snacks from the refrigerator.

Deborah keep watching them and pretended like she didn't care. But Lola had a feeling she will come around soon.

After walking Mayowa out, she sat to talk with the gate man Jubril, a Hausa man. He was jovial and friendly. And since she loves to make friends and talk. She was never bored. She lives with a family that loves to chat. Everyone talks about their day and friends. Her father taught them the importance of communication. So it makes them quite talkers. Even the twins are no different. And she also gets her friends and two of her neighbours that are her friends are also talkers.

So she is glad they are people that she can talk to. And she doesn't care about their status in the house. She is no different from them.

They all work for the Almighty Billionaire Mr Demilade Ninalowo that hates his surname.

God know why. But she dare not ask. Not like they had even sat to talk. It was a hopeless dream.

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Demilade answered his best friend's phone call on his way to his next meeting. He had been calling before he left the office and he warned his secretary to tell him that he was busy. And now, he was calling again.

He just doesn't know why his friends won't let him work in peace.

"Bayo can't you just wait till night when we chat?" He said immediately he picked up the call.

"How does mom cope with you, Demmy? Is this how you ignore her call?" Bayo replied.

"What do you want to say? I'm almost at where I am going to have my next meeting." Demilade said, bored.

"Fine. You are always boring. But you are not free sha. Are you coming to Fareed sisters' dinner tomorrow?"

"I guess so. They invite me." He said.

"So are you bringing your fake girlfriend?" He asked. "We have to meet her."

"Yes. She is coming. It will get Adam and Fareed and his sister out of my back."