King

Chapter 17

Leah comes up on deck, dressed in a jean trouser and white shirt, and greets the sailor. She then turns around on hearing someone's footsteps approaching. She sees it's King and he also is dressed in a navy blue trouser and a black shirt.

"you look nice. Where are you going to?" Leah asked.

"to the zoo, where they keep crazy people like you" King answered.

"ha, ha. Seriously" Leah said.

"I'm coming with you" King said.

"to where? You are so not" Leah said. She definitely did not need a bodyguard, to go shopping!

"it's not a request, I'm telling you, I'm coming with you. actually, you are coming with me, because I'm the one taking you out" King said.

"if it's about the money, I have money, so you don't need to worry yourself" Leah said. By all means she didn't want King to come with her, she just needed her own time.

"you have money?" King asked in surprise.

"I was able to take my ATM card with me before I got chased away from my car, so I have with me enough money. And no it's not my parent's money, it's mine. I'm a travel vlogger and I make a ton of cash..." Leah was saying but trailed of as she looked at King who was looking at her with a dry look, completely uninterested in what she was saying. "none of this is impressing you is it?" Leah asked.

"not in the slightest. Just sit and wait for us to get off shore" King answers and Leah goes to sit.

"I hope it's not a "men only" place you are taking me to shop at?" Leah asked, having zero faith in King's shopping expertise.

"yes, because that will confirm your suspicions that I'm dumb" King answered.

"I never said that" Leah said.

"you do every time you ask me "this is yours? You know such people? Are you for real?". You know what, just sit over there and don't talk, that can't be hard for you to do" King said and she was quiet for some seconds, but then she began to speak up causing King to sigh. It was indeed an impossible task for her to shut up.

"but really if you were me wouldn't you wonder how a th..." she is saying but trails off as King looks at her. "sorry, how a man as yourself acquires such things" Leah said. King ignores her and slouches on his seat and closes his eyes.

"oga Ben" King called, referring to the sailor. "abeg, when we reach land, wake me" he said.

Mr. Ben nods his head while Leah shakes hers and rolls her eyes then also slouches and closes her eyes.

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When they reached land, Mr. Ben woke both of them up, informing them that they had arrived land. They got up and waited for some seconds for their eyes to get clear. King stood up and Leah followed as they left the yacht.

"I want to sleep some more" Leah said.

"me too" King said as they were approaching some cars parked by the other side of the docks.

"see, you should be thankful for me" Leah said. King squinted his eyes.

"for what?" King asked.

"if I wasn't such a nuisance you wouldn't have been pushed to sleep so you wouldn't hear for me. And in turn I slept too. So I was a blessing to even myself to" Leah said and King couldn't believe his ears, maybe his hearing had gone bad along the ride. Not that, that would be a surprise, given her constant blabbering.