The Reunion (Nigerian Themed novel)

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Kemi's POV

I laid on my bed chatting with some random guy on a dating site. After the event, i had gotten myself a new phone. But i had to go all the stress of recovering lost contacts.

Alot of ladies testified how they found there soul mates and partners from various dating sites. Juicy stories of how love found them and changed there lives forever. I wondered why mine was different story.

Was i cursed or something?

Ever since Evans, my long time boyfriend had broken our love, by walking through the aisle with his mystery girl friend. I had vowed to rather date a stranger than make any commitments to a Friend turned lover. So that began the adventures to my blind dates.

And then came Mark.

We had met on the site some months earlier. He looked handsome. Possessed all the magnificent looks from fairytale storiesand captivated my interest more with his chatty vibes. For days we stayed all night talking about various aspect of life
He is an engineer and works with one of the most renowned companies in south Africa .

I shared my catering experience with him and he will always encourage me in the sweetest way ever. I guess i was falling in love.Soon we exchanged our contacts and video called all day. But something wasn't right.

I had sensed it, but i was scared to ask. I feared rejection. I didnt want to end our lovely relationship.

I wasn't even sure it was a relationship.

But then, i cared less

He never spoke of a girlfriend or a special woman in his life.

Countless times, Ronke had encouraged i ask him. But i was adamant. I avoided the question.

Days grew into weeks and weeks to months and we became love-struck, barely going a day without at least making a phone call. I anticipated the sound of his voice every day.

It was becoming so intimate, yet distance a barrier and that had made me ask the hardest question i had avoided. We were chatting at the middle of the night and i had blurted the question.

"Mark, do you see us like an item?

Intentionally, i had chosen those words over..

"Mark do you have a girlfriend?" Like Ronke had suggested.

He had responded after a brief silence,

A short and choking reply.

"I am married!"

Without thinking, my mind raging with fury. I punched my keypad aggressively and managed the best words i could find.

May God forgive you!

Inwardly, i prayed God punishes him like a sinner he was,

If only men were God!

He would never see the breaklight of a new dawn,

I swear it.

Like a baby, i sobbed all night.

~~~Present day

I felt exhausted. Yawning, i log out from the dating app and was about sleeping when my phone beeped continuously. Feigning annoyance, i receive the call.

It was a new number.

"Hello?"Came the caller from the other end of the phone.

"Hello, good afternoon."I responded confirming the time on my phone.