Mania [COMPLETED] ✔️

🌺Chapter Nineteen🌺

Saleem's POV

It's now four months since Ifedayo and I moved to this area and we've been growing beautifully together in all aspects, we were practically living together now. I secured a job in a Coca-cola company as a supervisor with my graphic designing as a side hustle.

We also moved Ifedayo's boutique to a much bigger space and she was known as the biggest and successful thrift trade in that area.

It was now glaring that we are really made for each other. I was assured and ready to settle down with her.

Just a month ago, I took her to see my mother and my mother's joy knew no bounds. She and my mother got along pretty well and they became buddies in no time.

This week I look forward to something big and I was just so happy mere thinking about it. I decided to propose to the love of my life in a very grand style.

Her birthday was also coming up so I had a lot of events to plan.

"Baby how's business going??" I asked her one afternoon in the room as we sat on the bed munching on a jar of plantain chips.

"Haa! It's been really hectic. We've been receiving orders non stop and I'm thinking of employing two more girls" She started putting a chip in her mouth.

I remembered she had eight girls working for her and she once told me she wanted to employ one more. How it became two is what I don't understand.

"But baby, you said you wanted to employ only one person before.

"One person ke? That lazy girl called Bummi is just ruining my business. She's very lazy ehn! I want to replace her asap. Her mind is always far away, she doesn't pay attention to things at all. I don't know what a young girl like her is thinking about. Can you imagine four days ago, she sold a dress worth #7000 at #3000" Ifedayo fumed. It was as if the scenario just happened right now with the way she vented.

"Haaa!!" I exclaimed.

"This is not the first time she's doing this rubbish ooo! Infact it's not the fourth or fifth time. There was a time I told her to give the rider a customer's package going to Ibadan, she went ahead and told the rider it was going to Lagos. I had to bear the cost of that with insults from the customer. I can't count how many customers I've lost because of this incompetent fellow." Ifedayo added as she reached for a glass of juice just beside the bed.

"Baby just calm down, you know these girls and how they behave. Just take your time and scrutinize anybody you're going to employ henceforth" I advised as she nodded gulping the juice down.

"So babe, there's this dress I saw and I want you to wear it for our dinner date" I announced cheesing. I told her yesterday that I wanted to take her for a dinner later this week but little did she know I was going to propose to her.

Ifedayo raised her eyebrows at me chewing what's in her mouth slowly. 

"Baby, since when do you choose dresses for me to wear on a date. I thought you told me I have a fantastic fashion sense. Are you scared I would not dress well for this date??" She looked offended and I shaked my head quickly sitting up.

"No that's not what I meant my love. I just love the dress and I thought it would really look fire on you"

"Are you sure??" She asked skeptically.

"Of course my love" I pulled her closer and crash my lips on hers.

Sofiya's POV

Ever since I moved into this Omoore Street, I've never caught glimpse of Saleem nor that stupid girl; Ifedayo for once.

Everyday I would roam around the street hoping to see them or anything related.

I was beginning to think that idiot; Biodun gave me a wrong address. If I lay my hands on that bastard ehn! To think I've spent a lot of money moving here. If he actually lied to me, he's really going to regret it.

With each day that passes, I was losing hope on finding them here but I thought to myself that I would never give up.

One morning, I was on my phone on IG going through random videos when I got a post notification.

Surprisedly it was from Saleem. I was so excited, I thought he blocked me on every platform. This was my chance to have a cue of his location or where he usually goes. I quickly clicked on it and what I saw next shocked me to my bone marrow. I couldn't believe this.

Its now official💍👩‍❤️‍💋‍👨. Alhamdulilah 🤲 says the caption on the post.

Did he just propose to her!!! Fuck! I stared at the shiny ring in the picture sitting pretty well on her ugly finger. It's so beautiful. Must have cost a fortune also.

I saw he tagged someone and I supposed it was her, I clicked on the username and what I saw on her page shocked me more.

Oh my God! My baby just proposed💍I can't believe this! I'm now a fiancee😩😭💝 says the caption. I played the video on it and she was wearing a very beautiful peach dress dancing with Saleem. I swiped again and a picture of Saleem holding out her hand displaying the ring as they kissed.

My stomach started turning as I played and viewed every single video and picture. I didn't even know if I was angry or sad but I'm really going through mixed emotions right now.

If anyone deserved this ring, it was me because all I ever did was to shower Saleem love ever since I knew him. No other woman can love him the way I do.

I knew I didn't want to marry but I still wanted Saleem. I didn't want to ever see him with anyone else. I didn't want him to marry me either because I'm not interested but I just want to be with him all the time. I want to have him all to myself.

I spent a good amount of time and I noticed Saleem even opened a big boutique for her. Wonders shall never end! Honestly they look super rich and comfortable.

I tapped on a post and instantly a wide smile formed on my face. I finally found out the location of her boutique. This was the only thing that made me smile since I've been on her page.

I screenshoted it and put off my mobile data as I relaxed on the bed. By tomorrow I would make sure I go to her boutique and hopefully I can find out where they live.

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Translations:

Ke - a slang

Alhamdulilah - it means thank God in Arabic language

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