𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑨𝒓𝒕 𝒐𝒇 𝑭𝒂𝒌𝒆 𝑫𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈

38| ᴜɴᴇxᴘᴇᴄᴛᴇᴅ ᴠɪꜱɪᴛ.

ᴇᴍᴘʀᴇꜱꜱ ᴄᴀʟʟɪᴏᴘᴇ ᴋᴀʟᴜ

As soon as my driver dropped me off in front of Dayo's huge mansion, I felt a sense of dread turn my stomach to mush. I've never been this nervous in my entire years of living, hell I wasn't even this nervous when I started competing in basketball!

But here I was, wearing a skirt (which was totally not me by the way), standing in front of Dayo's gigantic home while twisting my fingers like some lost girl. I wanted to so smack myself in the face to loosen up but I couldn't. I felt like tight NEPA wires, I was practically sweating inside my chest.

I got in and stood in front of the door. Taking a deep breath, I reached out my hand to knock but the door flew open and a surprised Dayo nearly managed not to fly into me.

Jesus.

His eyes widened as he gave me  slow once over. His stare made me nervous as hell but I managed to stand there without shaking.

"Empress? What...how....why are you here?" He asked, raising an eyebrow. He wasn't smiling but he wasn't frowning either. Good, that was something. At least he wasn't giving me any evil I-will-murder-you-and-your-generation look.

"Uhm...let me in first?"

He raised the eyebrow so high I was surprised when it didn't reach his hairline.

"Please" I half whispered. He gave me a long look before opening the door wide enough. As I walked in, I couldn't help but gawk at the interior of the house. I mean, the outside was amazing but the inside...Jesus the inside was freaking humongous!

Bro probably could be dragging riches with Elon Musk for real.

I sat down on the on the very expensive looking couches with my back taunt and straight.

"Would you like some juice?"  He asked holding out a bottle of Chivita juice.

"Uh no thank you" I replied and smiled politely. He shrugged and poured himself juice before coming to sit opposite me.

"What do you want Kalu. You are the last person I expected to come see me and in my own house. Here to accuse me of another crime?" He asked bluntly. I bit my lower lip and shifted uncomfortably on the chair. His staring wasn't helping either, I was nervous already so he should cut it out.

"That's why I'm here"

"To accuse me of something?" He asked frowning slightly.

"No! I'm here to... apologize"

Silence...

He gave me a blank look before bursting into laughter. It wasn't the mocking type but the type of laughter that indicated he found what I said funny. I felt like a clown to be honest.

Did I crack a joke though?

"Man whoever hired you to tell me this joke is really good. Nice one Kalu." He managed to say in the midst of his laughter.

"I'm not joking Dayo" I said quietly. The laughter slowly died down as his expression got replaced with a confused look. He brushed dark curls that lingered over his eyes and stared at me hardly.

God he should quit it with the stares, I'm nervous already!

"What? You mean-so- I don't understand Empress"

I sighed and adjusted my self.

"I came to apologize because i had and have no right to say those words to you. Annoying as you are, you don't deserve being treated the way I treat you. I'm really sorry and I hope you find it in your heart to forgive me one day"