His Angel

Chapter 5

           After spending some time with her sisters, she decided to go get ready for the party before Suhai comes and starts rushing her off. Pampering her skin is something she loves doing with care so she went into her bathroom to start her weekend bath routine, It wasn't weekend yet but today feels special, so she bathed with her milk bubble bath first then rinse off her body before storing some water in the bathtub after blocking the drain,
she added some drops of lavender oil, bergamot, peppermint, chamomile and sandalwood oil and some amount of bath salts into the warm water before letting herself soak in the skin goodness.

       She was totally lost in her own world when her phone started ringing, she glanced at it to check who the caller was, an unknown number which she didn't pick, she rejected the call and checked the time, 12:47am wow, she had spent almost three hours bathing, she quickly unblocked the drain and got out of the bathroom after covering herself in a bath robe, she entered her bedroom and sat in front of her vanity, she moisturized her skin and resolved to wearing make up after contemplating for more than five minutes . She drew her brows first, then applied her faux filter Huda beauty foundation, after making sure it was well blended, she did her eye make-up then highlighted and contoured her face thereby enhancing her prominent facial features then applied a nude lipstick to her mouth.

       Studying herself in the mirror, she looked extraordinary by just applying a little amount of make-up, a look most women would spend all their savings for, a look that is totally useless to her, was she possessed by some demons that prevented men from coming to her? Her mother used to tell her and her siblings that being beautiful without a good character is useless, but she had the almost perfect character, she never yells or talks rudely to anyone, not even shuaibu their gardener and the most annoying creature she ever met and Suhai even says she's too prim and proper, Hajia Babba had once told her she was the most well mannered girl she knew, but why were men so opposed to her? She shook the thought off her head and continued with the final touch of the make up.

       When she was done with the make-up, she went to her special closet where she keeps all the stuff made by her, the closet was already a medium scale boutique, dress of various materials like organza, crepe, sequin, satin, Georgette, velvet, chiffon and neoprene. She chose the gold  coloured sequin gown, it was a fitted straight gown with slit just below the calf downwards and the sleeves had a zip that wasn't visible just in case of solat she would perform her wudu stress free. When she was satisfied with the way the gown fitted her body, she moved to her shoe closet from which she selected a matching Jimmy Choo's.
    "Sallama ga masu gida" her best friend entered looking stunning before she stopped midway into the room after noticing how elegant Dije looks.
    "Aa'a kawas Ansha kyau, you look like you are the goddess of beauty. Suhai complemented.
     "Haba dai, goddess? Hadiza inquired, not sure of what to say.
   "Just hurry and let's go Salman is waiting downstairs".
    "Babe, you didn't have to come over since you guys are going together". She said but she was secretly glad she came.

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      Bored, tired of the party, he wouldn't have attended if it hadn't been for Janine, leaving France to Nigeria,  is the least he could do for her afterall she'd been there for him and he wanted to pay her back not just through money. He continued studying his environs, every single person there looked important, expensive food and drinks filled the place, this wasn't his kind of place, a place where every one raised his nose to the air thinking he's better than the other especially here where the VIPs were.

       He wasn't in the VIPs section because he was important but because he's date is, he'd had enough of people looking down at him due to his plain looking outfit, so he decided to leave for his lounge, coming out from the too sophisticated hall, he was trekking to the roadside to flag down a cab, when his instincts told him, to look back then he saw a moving silhouette, his heart started racing  that didn't stop him from going towards its direction he didn't know if it was a he or she, he just continued following out of his curiosity.

    Suddenly, she (he had long realised it was a woman) stopped in front of a car (her car), removed her phone from her purse and called someone,  when she was done she gave the hall a last look as if expecting someone to come out, then turned towards his direction for a millisecond, What! It was her, the face that had been haunting his night for the past ten years, the face that was his inspiration, she had grown more beautiful, her figure more matured than it had been ten years back, he suddenly came to a realization, she might be married probably with a child or expecting but she doesn't look pregnant thou, he was about going to meet her when the car zoomed off.

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      Upon entering the hall, all eyes turned on her, awe struck by such beauty and elegance, Suhaima and Salman had disappeared off, leaving her to handle the stares all by herself, she found a place to settle down, then took her phone out and started playing 'criminal case' after what seemed like eternity, she decided to leave the place she had already called her driver to come pick her. On her way out she met Janine making out with some she doesn't know.
    "Hey Janine, How are you and your date?
    "He's fine, I left him in the VIPs section".
    "who's your date?
"I didn't come with anyone" Hadiza replied.
       Janine laughed a bit then said "Who would want to come with someone like you, you are too detestable".
    "You think so? I'd be more detestable if I leave my date waiting, and romping with someone else in the parking lot" Hadiza replied sarcastically and went towards the back exit, she had told her driver to park there, she called Suhaima to tell her she left the party already, the she felt an intense gaze on her, she quickly looked back but seeing there was no one she felt insecure, she entered the car then told her driver to drive off immediately.

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    My longest chapter so far, made it this long because the last update was short. Hope you enjoy it, don't forget to like, comment and vote.

      Salma Husseini.