Tari leveled up, pivoting
to face him, an eyebrow raised. “Really?”
“Yes,
really.”
“Hmmm,
promises, promises.” Tari murmured.
Her
mother chose that moment to sweep into the room through the open door.
Tari
whispered to Steven, “Talk of the angel.”
“Yeah.”
He whispered back. Damn. Hope she didn’t hear any of what he had just said.
Tari’s
mom was ebony-black, with a short haircut. Only her large eyes, heart-shaped
face and proud nose revealed the physical similarities between her and her only
daughter. Dressed in a purple and yellow bou-bou, she held out her arms to the
baby.
“Go,
you two. Have fun.” She smiled up at Steven and Tari. “I can never have enough
of Korede. Come on, give him to me.”
“Yes,
ma’am.” Steven placed the baby in Mrs. Johnson’s arms.
“Ooh,
you’re so cute. Who’s the cutest, most darling baby in the whole, wide world,
hmmm?” She lifted him up, leaning him against her shoulder and rubbing his
back.
Korede’s
hands reached for his grandmother’s lips.
Watching
them, Tari smiled. For most of her life, it had just been her and her mother.
Her father had been absent, insignificant. A foreigner her mother had met when
she was in University. Her mother had never married, although she had had
lovers. But Tari had been her mother’s only child. She was used to growing up
without siblings even though it had been lonely sometimes. She fully intended
to give Korede a baby sister or brother sometime in the future.
“Get
dressed.” Her mother said and carried the child out with her.
Tari
muttered, “You were saying?” and stuck out her tongue at Steven.
He
growled and then pounced, planting his mouth on hers. Her tongue met his.
Twinned. Fused.
The
heat registered in the pit of her stomach and between her legs. Pity they had
somewhere to be. She savored his taste and then slowly, ripped her mouth away.
Steven
was breathing hard, his mouth slightly ajar.
She
grabbed one of his jean-clad butt cheeks. “You owe me hours of fucking.”
“No.”
Steven drawled, “Days.”
***
Dare
eased his hands around Wumi’s waist.
She
gazed up at him. Even in her six-inch heels, he was at least an inch taller.
She loved that.
“What
are you doing?” she said. They had halted in front of a bank of elevators on
their way down to the restaurant.
Dare
drew her closer. His warm voice tickled her right ear. “When a man loves a
woman, can’t keep his mind on nothing else, he tells the world of the good
thing he’s found…” He sang.
He
had a lovely voice, strong and deep. It never failed to turn her to pap.
She
threw her arms around his neck as he continued the song, both their bodies
swaying to the music. Dancing by the elevators.
“I
remember when I first saw you…” He whispered, “In church, over ten years ago.
My dad had just finished the sermon. I came on the stage with the choir and
then, for some reason, I stared down at your pew and… I saw you. Sitting next
to your mother and father, Jasper on your other side. I knew your parents. They
were my father’s friends. And I knew Jasper. But I hadn’t seen you before.”
“Yes,
I was out to school more often than not.” She murmured, smiling.
“I
couldn’t sing. Gaping at you, I froze. Lost my voice and for the rest of that
song, I was silent.” Dare laughed. “Thank God no-one noticed. And then after
the service, as subtly as I could, I tried to pump Jasper for information about
you. I learnt a few things. And then, later that night, I couldn’t sleep. I was
hard as a rock, dreaming of you. I-I had to help myself, use my hands to bring
myself to ejaculate. I told myself that one day, I would marry you.”
Wumi’s
eyes watered. “And here we are, about to get married. Oh baby, I love you.
Every part of me loves you.”
Pushing
her mouth on his, she thrust her tongue inside, moaning low in her throat. Her
hands crept up to his neck and his smooth head. Blood thrummed in her ears.
He
shoved her body closer, as if wanting to dissolve her into himself. Dare captured
her tongue, drinking in the taste of her.
They consumed each other,
bodies blended into one.
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