𝙼𝚊𝚛𝚛𝚒𝚎𝚍 𝚃𝚘 𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝚂𝚎𝚗𝚊𝚝𝚘𝚛'𝚜 𝚂𝚘𝚗 ||ℭ𝔬𝔪𝔭𝔩𝔢𝔱𝔢✓||

Chapter 46

Chioma's POV.

"Take this" Amanda said to me, stretching out her hand to me; which contained some pills.

"No thanks...I'm fine" I lied.

I was far from fine, my entire body ached from yesterday's crying and continuous screaming and Amanda kept insisting that I go to a hospital, which I immediately declined. I've never been a fan of visiting a hospital when I'm sick, in fact, I barely do.

But at the moment, I felt so miserable that I began to slowly consider it. My head ached severely, my breath hitched and my face; pale. I found it difficult to actually breathe and my body felt so weak. I could barely even saying anything.

"Chioma, you don't have a choice. You're clearly not feeling well and you haven't eaten anything since yesterday. And I'm so sick of having to tell you this; you really need to go see a doctor. Its getting worse!" Amanda yelled and I rolled my eyes tiredly.

"I'm fine" I managed to say, turning my head to the side, trying to cuddle myself.

"Ugh! Chioma...please quit being so stubborn! I'm trying to help you" she exclaimed, her voice withholding frustration.

I didn't say anything cause I was too weak to speak, too weak to even feel sorry for myself. I only ignored her, wishing she'd just go home and rest. She'd been here, with me, ever since she arrived from work yesterday. And God knows how much I'd told her to go home, but still she refused.

"Chioma..." She said, her voice solemn as she placed her hand on my forehead, checking my temperature. "It's getting really worse..." She mumbled to herself, but I still heard her.

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Femi's POV.

I couldn't go to see Chioma yesterday, I didn't want to hurt Kunmi and I felt extremely terrible the minutes she cried when I'd insisted on seeing Chioma. I decided to stay back, but I didn't feel glad about that. I felt awful and definitely wasn't happy about it.

All through yesterday, I'd been thinking about going there. But Kunmi decided to sleep over alongside Damola and I just couldn't ditch them and leave.

I'd spoken to Amanda about not being able to come anymore and I'd asked her to take a day off just so she could take care of Chioma properly. But one thing I'm certain of; is that I'm definitely going to see her today. I just hope Kunmi doesn't try to stop me again. Her behavior yesterday was so absurd and so unlike her. She was being awfully selfish and even I couldn't ignore that fact. Damola was also aware of this and kept trying to change her mind but she was adamant and kept bluntly refusing to understand anything.

It's not like I was going there to live with her, I only wanted to help.

"Good morning" Kunmi mumbled sleepily, as she finally got out of bed, turning to my direction with a small smile on her face.

"Morning" I mumbled back and she smiled once more, rubbing her eyes sleepily and reaching for her phone.

"What time is it?" She asked.

"6:52am" I replied.

"Oh..." She turned to look at me and I slowly averted my eyes. Truth be told, I was mad at her for stopping me. I just couldn't wrap my head around the fact that she'd tried so hard to stop me, and actually succeeded in doing so. The Kunmi I used to know was never that way. She'd never put me in that kind of situation; of having to choose between my friends and someone else. To me, she had always been a nonchalant and carefree person. But now; she seemed to have changed. "Did I do something wrong?" She asked me, tilting her head to the side to meet my eyes.