#JUST_BEST_FRIENDS
Author: Sam Freddy
CHAPTER 27: MAYHEM.
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After a long day of massive flexing, the only thing Candice wanted to do right now was to have a warm bath and sleep peacefully, but she met an angry-faced Yomi sitting on his desk the moment she walked into his crib.
“Where are you coming from?”
“Sorry?”
“Where are you coming from, Candice?” Yomi reiterated with bloodshot eyes. “I won't ask again.”
Candice was beyond shocked at Yomi's harsh tone. “Babe, why're you being so aggressive on me like this nau?” She said, dropping her handbag on the floor. “You of all people should know that I'm just coming back from work.”
“Oh, please!” Yomi fired. “Spare me that bloody crap. You're lying, and you know it!”
“Oh, am I?” Candice said, arms akimbo. “What even makes you think that I'm lying to you, Yomi?”
“This!” Yomi flashed his phone's screen straight at Candice, as he got down from his tall desk. “Look at this, Candice!” He thundered, walking towards her. “Look at this!”
Dazed to the core, Candice just stood still, watching as Yomi swiped to other pictures of she and her sugar daddy kissing in public.
“Explain this, Candice.”
Although she was frozen on the spot, Candice felt her lips quivering, and her heart tensing up. “Who… who sent you those pictures?” She stuttered helplessly.
“It doesn't matter.” Yomi said tersely, his eyes piercing hers like sharp blades. “Answer my question, now!”
If there was anything Candice was really good at, it sure as hell was maneuvering her way through tight spots. It was a skill she'd mastered through many years of living a reckless lifestyle, and she'd never for once doubted her prowess when it comes to deceiving men and getting away with literally anything, until tonight with Yomi.
There's always a first time for everything, after all.
In just a split second, Candice had already racked her brain as best as she could, to no avail. Her mind was as blank as a fresh sheet of paper—she honestly couldn't think of any reasonable thing to say.
“But baby,” her eyes darted to the wall clock, “this is just six o'clock nau. You're attacking me so harshly as if I came back very late or something.”
“Candice, are you normal?” Yomi spewed, his face somewhat sweaty. “Don't you freaking change the topic!” He pointed a finger to her face. “Tell me what I want to hear, now!”
Candice swallowed hard, frightened. “Okay, okay, okay.” She was literally trying her best to avoid his fiery glare. “What do you want to know?”
This time around, Yomi pointed his phone's screen directly to her face. “Who is that man?”
“That's... That's my uncle.”
“Liar!” Yomi slammed her immediately. “You're a bloody liar!”
“Baby, I'm serious. That's my uncle!”
“Who the hell kisses their uncle in public?!” Yomi shook his head, aggravated by Candice's dishonesty. “You're such a cold-hearted liar. Damn!”
“Yomi, look at those pictures very well.” Candice suggested, acting brave. “If you take a closer look, you'll see that he kissed me on the cheek, Yomi. ON THE CHEEK!”
“And so what?” Yomi blasted her at once. “Did I tell you I didn't see that? Huh?”
“Oh, so you even saw it sef.” Candice said, stretching her arms out. “So why are you now freaking out, since you already know that it was just a simple peck that me and the man shared?”
“You call THAT simple?” Yomi was literally shoving his phone into Candice's eyes, as if he wanted to render her blind. “Just look at the way you were all loved up with your so-called uncle by the roadside, yet you have the audacity to tell me that it was just a minor thing?!”
At this particular point in time, Candice knew that there was nothing else she'd say that would convince Yomi, so she resorted to stubbornness. “See, Yomi, I don't have time for this unnecessary drama.” She walked past him, frowning. “Just leave me alone, please.”
“It's like you're mad, abi?” Yomi dragged her violently, raising his other hand impulsively after he'd thrown his phone to the bed. “You don't walk away when I'm talking to you!”
Candice's eyes widened automatically, a big look of surprise etched on her face, due to Yomi's unlikely actions. “Wow!” She exclaimed, looking at Yomi's towering hand. “So you really want to slap me, Yomi?”
“I will if you push me, and nothing will happen!”
“Oh, is that what you think?” Candice shot back at him, trying to pull her hand away from his powerful hold. “Yomi, don't dare me!”
“Try me!”
“Release my hand, Yomi!”
“I won't!” Yomi spat. “Not until you tell me who that man is to you.”
“Yomi, leave my hand!”
“I said, I won't!” Yomi insisted. “Do your worst!”
“Okay nau!”
The next thing that Yomi felt was a sharp pain on his wrist as a result of Candice's animalistic bite. “Jesus!” He yelled, letting her go. “Are you crazy?!”
Candice hissed, breathing heavily. “I warned you o. I warned you!”
Angered, Yomi sent a heavy slap to her face, but she dodged it at once.
“Jeez!” She uttered, stumbling back. “What the hell, man?”
“Come closer, if e sure for you!”
Candice kept her distance, for her own safety. It was now that she fully realized that things were surely getting out of hand. “Baby, I'm sorry.”
“You know what?” Yomi said, his voice low and hoarse. “I'm done.”
Candice thought she didn't hear him clearly. “Done?”
“Yes, I'm done!” Yomi confirmed what she heard. “Done with your shitty-ass attitude and your unrepentant ass. I can't put up with you anymore, neither can my friends, especially Isioma and Idara. You're just disgusting!”
“What?” Candice was practically lost. “Are you seriously breaking up with me?”
“Candice, read my lips!” Yomi spoke bluntly. “I'm fed up with you. I don't want you anymore. Pack your things and leave my house.”
“Baby...” She started moving closer to Yomi all of a sudden, terrified by his threats.
“Don't baby me!” Yomi snapped, pointing his finger straight to her face. “Leave here, now!”
Impulsively, Candice discarded her pride and ego and knelt down for Yomi. “Baby I'm sorry,” she begged, crawling towards him. “Please forgive me, in the name of the God you serve. I beg you.”
“So you can beg, abi?” Yomi hissed, moving away from Candice, but she grabbed him by the leg before he could even walk further.
“Yomi I'm so sorry, please.” She pleaded, holding his leg tightly, with fake tears starting to form in her eyes. “I don't even know what came over me, baby. I'm really sorry. Please, forgive me!”
“Candice, free me!”
“Yomi, please!” Candice persisted, her face buried in the leg of Yomi's black trouser as she sobbed. “I won't let you go until you forgive me. Please!”
In a bid to be free, Yomi kicked Candice with his free leg, but he instantly regretted doing so, because she started coughing loudly.
“What's wrong?”
Candice obviously couldn't respond in that condition. All she could do was cough and hold her chest as she gasped for air.
Terrified, Yomi rushed to her aid. He lifted her up, but she slipped away from his arms and collapsed on the floor just like that!
Is it just me or does anybody else think that she's just pretending? 😅
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