Subdued (18+)✔️ [A Nigerian Romance]

34~Return Policy

"Which day here, you were begging me to let you keep your job. Wonders shall never end," Odogwu laughed. "Without notice or anything you just wake up and want to quit?"

"It's for personal reasons, please try and understand."

"Personal reasons," he huffed and began drumming the table with his fingers.

Aria knew he would be difficult about it but this was becoming too much. She'd been here for more than twenty minutes all because she wanted to resign. Maybe ghosting him would have been a better idea.

"Wait o. Is it because you saw money that day? Because I wanted to pay you? Babe, if you resign by yourself you get nothing. I won't release shishi for you. Do you still want to quit?"

It stung, it really did. But if you checked it out, Kachi was paying her double plus the big milli. "I still want to quit, sir."

"Small girl with big God! You have a rich boyfriend now abi?" He was smiling now after confirming he wouldn't have to pay her. "Okay o. I wish you well."

"Thank you sir." She placed the letter he'd been refusing to collect on the table and pushed it towards him before rising to her feet. Hopefully, this would be the last time she'd be facing him as an employee. When things with Kachi ended, she hoped she'd find something better to do with her life. There was no way she would come back here and beg for this job back.

Usman was still parked where he'd been half an hour ago after dropping her. She was surprised to see him there but she made her way towards him, curiosity getting the best of her. Before she could knock on the glass window of the driver's door, he wound it down.

"Are you done with your business Miss Zariah?" he asked with that polite smile she was getting used to.

"I'm done and please it's just Aria," she sighed. He nodded but she knew he would never call her by her name. "Why are you still here?"

"I was instructed to drive you." He motioned for her to shift back so he could alight. He got down and opened the door for her.

"I don't have any plans with him." Her brows furrowed in confusion. After breakfast and the three rounds of Mortal Kombat they'd played—which she won— they'd said goodbye and that had been it.

"He asked me to take you home or anywhere else you'd like to go."

What was this luxury? Did this man treat all the women he fucked like this? Aria wondered just how good he treated his actual girlfriend. If she was getting drives to wherever she wanted then his woman must have her own personal driver. It was not jealousy, she tried to convince herself. She was just making a mental note.

"Is he still at home?"

Usman looked up from the car door. "Yes he is."

"Then take me to him," she smiled, hoping he wouldn't give her the usual story of having to ask for permission.

"As you wish, ma'am." He held the door open, making sure she was safely inside before shutting it.

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The house was quiet, too quiet. Kachi had never noticed how empty the entire space was and he wished he'd asked Usman to bring her back. He shook his head and the thoughts away. Why was she the first person coming to mind when he needed to not be alone?

Sighing, he stood up and stretched. He knew what would help take his mind off things. Work would do that for him and although he tried to keep working to only five days a week, sometimes it was necessary. At least it would kill time and get him exhausted enough so he could sleep immediately he got into bed. He didn't want the usual noise in his head to keep him up.

He heard the familiar honk from outside the gate and paused. Was Usman already back? This early? Why would he even come back? He'd asked the man to take the afternoon off till he called him at night. It was for the better, he decided. Usman would drive him to work so he could keep busy.

But it wasn't Usman that pushed through his front door that evening. No, it was the dark skinned tiny woman that had whipped his ass this morning in the video game they'd played. She was all smiles as she quickly made her way towards him, her hips swaying and her hair bouncing as she moved.

"Hey," she said, smile still intact as she came to a stop in front of him. "I came back to win again."

"Win what?" He'd covered the distance between them without even knowing and that was his hand stretching out to push a few braids away from her face.

She looked behind him, her smile falling a little. "The game."

"Hm. What if I have something else in mind, something better?" He reached for the ends of her shirt and tugged, enjoying the way she bit her lips and dropped her gaze.

"Like what?" she whispered.

"A game where we both win." His fingers trailed to her arms and he lifted them up, then her shirt followed. He sucked in a breath, still not used to how sexy this tiny female was. She was wearing a lace bralette and he could clearly see the outlines of her breasts through it.

She stood still as he unbuttoned her jeans and pushed them down, his heart thundering as he find her bare beneath.

"No underwear?"

"I didn't have clean ones with me when I showered this morning and I haven't been to my house."

"I like it, but I'm pretty sure there are underthings in the room you slept in." He pushed the jeans down till it was hanging around her ankles.

She licked her lips and Kachi wanted nothing more than to suck on those plump, pink flesh. She was a distraction all on her own and one that was far more interesting than work.

"They're not mine so I didn't feel comfortable taking them." She stepped out of the jeans, her eyes still not on him and she was back to biting her lips.

"They're yours. I had them delivered a few days ago, that morning before your first sleep over."

She looked up at him then, those dark eyes seeming to bore into his soul. "You bought clothes for me? Why?"

"Because I wanted to. And you'll accept them for as long as we are still together."

"You bought the clothes before I agreed. What if I said no?" she asked again.

"Well, it's a good thing the store had a seven days return policy," he chuckled.

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Don't worry, you already know I won't cut this next part out. The sexy stuff continues in the next chapter 😂🤭

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