BABALOLA UNIVERSITY

4. Target

Unknown POV;

Have you ever been so fascinated by someone... So intrigued you wanted to know EVERYTHING about them?

What made them laugh. What made them cry. What made them happy? What made them tick... What made them so annoying!

I felt that way every time I looked at her. There was always this mad hunger. Just biting. Burning... There was always this maddening desire to know all there is to know about her.

To understand her and tame her disgustingly intriguing guts and stubbornness. To understand the source of such disgusting bravery and nerves. I always wondered how she had the face of an angel and acted like a demoness.

She intrigued me.

Despite all the chaos I had caused, I couldn't take my eyes off her. How she happily tapped her feet in excitement. Watching as the dean of student affairs punished the wrong guy. My sister wondered what I did with my hacking skills causeI'm not a fraudster. She's the only one who knows about my hidden talent, but she doesn't understand its depth and just how much damage I can do. More importantly, she doesn't know what I do with it.

She doesn't know that I use it to wreak havoc. Like how I sent Victoria's pictures to this innocent boy's phone. The pictures can not be traced back to me, and are saved as pictures he took with his phone.

"I swear, I didn't take those pictures! "The boy screams, and I tilt my head as I stare at his tear streaked face. Sure, I can save him by sending the pictures to everyone here including the DSA. But if I do that, Victoria will know that the culprit hasn't been found, and she will not let her guard down. I need her to be relaxed, comfortable, and vulnerable for me to strike. It's just so sad that this boy gets to suffer for it.

If Victoria wasn't so much of an attention seeker, I wouldn't have had to do this, and an innocent boy wouldn't have had to suffer.

"You're still lying abi!? It's okay. We'll see what you will have to say when we hand you over to the police. You will be expelled for this.I promise you! You will be a scapegoat to other students! You will not rin the name of our good school! "The DSA yells, and I sigh.

Maybe I'll be able to save him when I'm done with what I intend on doing. Hopefully, it will be before the school concludes his expulsion process.

I walk away from the crowd, and back into the male part of the hostel, to my room. I have bigger things coming. I have no time to waste. There's much to prepare for. My darling Victoria is such a work of art, I need more than the bear minimum to attain her.

********

Tope's POV;

I was nervous as I waited for Tunde to arrive in the ride he ordered. It wasn't my first time spending the night with him at a hotel. But I knew tonight was going to be one of the last nights I'll spend with him with no worries. I don't know what will happen to us after he leaves, and quite frankly, I'm not sure I'm ready to face that.

*I'm here* I read his text and got up from the corner where I was sitting. I pulled off my headphones, and I saw the ride with the plate number he sent to me earlier. I took a deep breath before walking up to it.

It was all smiles when I got into the cab. We hugged, and he held my hand the whole ride, but my mind was in so many places at once. Slipping from one thought to another as though slipping through time and space.

My mother doesn't know that I got to hotels off campus with a boy just because I'm in love with him. But that is the only way I can have some private, quality time with him, and I'm still a virgin. We mess around, sure, but we've never had sex. She should give me some accolades. I wouldn't be doing this if I wasn't in love with him.

We got to the place, and I was so nervous, I had already sent my live location to Kumbi as per tradition, and I anxiously waited as Tunde checked us in. Somehow, I knew tonight was different. I couldn't lay my finger on it, but I knew something would happen. Something I wasn't so sure of my stand on.

We got to the room, and I sat on the bed, surfing the internet while Tunde ordered for food and drinks. He went to have his bath as he was coming straight from work, and I chatted with Kumbi while I waited. I changed into my silk, baggy pajama pants and button up shirt, and after what felt like forever, he finally came out. Smelling like hotel soap, and looking fresh like a baby. I couldn't help but smile as I stared at the handsome hunk who was mine, and he smirked at me when he saw me staring.

"I'm going to miss that smile. "He said, and my smile immediately dropped.

"What? "

"I've spoken to my mom. I told her everything and... She's on board with me. She's sad, but she understands. We just haven't told my father yet. I'll leave this school and process my admission elsewhere. "He explained and I felt a brick drop on my chest. A brass brick.

"Is this really the way out? What if... Godforbid, but what if something like this happens in your next school? Will you leave it half way too? "I questioned, trying to be strong, and he sighed as he sat beside me.

"Tell me. Do you think I want to leave you? Do you think that I will abandon everything if there was truly another way out? Babe. You know I'm stuck. I have no other way out. "

His words struck a chord I couldn't stand. Tears filled my eyes as I looked away, but he gently pulled my face to look back at him.

"Please. Don't let your precious tears dampen the night. This is supposed to be a precious night. Let's keep it that way."He said,and I forced a smile.

I felt flutters in my chest and tummy as he kissed me, and after a while, as he began to unbutton my shirt, I didn't stop him. I felt a certain kind of heat flow through me and although I knew what was coming, I couldn't stop him. I wanted to, but I just couldn't. I was too comfortable. Too relaxed. And pleasure was thinking for me.

I laid on my back and as he laid on top of me, I knew I was about to let go of something I had been holding on to for twenty years, and I just couldn't stop it.