THREE~

DERA.

  Two weeks had passed and everything was back to normal. I gave Damilayo his space. Damilayo apologized to me the next day after the Anniversary party. He claimed he was Sorry and hat he had no idea my parents were late. I know his Mother must have forced him to apologize because when it comes to his Mother Damilayo is helpless. He loves and Worships his Mother like a goddess and he would do anything to make her happy including Apologizing to his Partner.

   Seyifunmi was a different story. She was being nice to me which was really weird. She even offered to take me out today. Something about a girls outing but I told her I had to take permission from her brother first.

 

  It was a Saturday so Damilayo liked to sleep in. Ini prepared Fried rice and Chicken for breakfast. Though I don't like to eat Breakfast, I was determined to have breakfast that morning because it was the mouthwatering smell of the Fried rice that woke me up so there was no way I wasn't going to have some. I skipped downstairs to the dining room and I see Ini putting food on a plate.

"Ah Madam. This one when you dey happy like this. We dey safe?" She joked and I chuckle.

"Or na the fried rice dey make you jolly so?"

I nod excitedly. "Yes o. Na the Fried rice wake me from sleep o." I reply in pidgin English.

"Has Damilayo woken up yet?" I ask and she shakes her head.

"Eh yes, Oga don wake. Nayim I dey go give food."  She tells me.

"He asked you to bring his food upstairs?" I asked again just to be sure and She nodded giving me a silent Yes. It was unusual for Damilayo to want Breakfast in bed except he was feeling ill and couldn't find the strength to come down for breakfast.

"Is he alright? Did he sound sick?"

She shrugged. "I no sure o."

I sigh. "Give it. I'll take the food to him myself." I tell her and she nods handing me the tray.

  I made my way back upstairs to his room. I stop at his door that was slightly open. I frown when I heard the creaking sound coming from the room. I slowly pushed the door and it creaks open. I froze at the sight before me.

Her moans and whimpers fill my ears as Damilayo kept pounding into her from behind. The bed creaked from their movements. I should have left. I should have turned my back on them or screamed. I should have done anything else but just watch The Man I'm supposed to be married to fuck another Woman like an animal. I always knew he slept with other Women, he wasn't being discreet about it but I just didn't imagine that one day I would stumble on him having sex with one of them.

  The bed finally gave up buckling underneath them. She yelps and they both laugh from the sound and friction. I flinch and the tray slips from my hold. The shattering sound snapped me out of trance and I clasped my hand over my mouth staring down at the mess I created.

"Dera?" I hear Damilayo's shocked voice and I look up at him shaking my head frantically.

"I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I didn't know- I didn't mean to...." I attempted to apologize but I kept stumbling over my words. I looked past a naked Damilayo fixing my eyes on the brown skinned girl who was now hugging the sheets to her naked body.

 

"Dera..." Damilayo starts to say taking slow steps towards me.

Is it really possible for someone to have such heated Sex that they end up breaking the bed?

  I don't think I'd ever be able to get what I just saw out of my mind.

My eyes trail down to the mess of Rice and the million shattered pieces of glass on ground. I want to pick it up but my hands are shaking and I fear I might hurt myself so I quickly scurried away rushing to my room. Once I was safely in my room I let out a shaking breath that I didn't know I was holding.

  Lucky for me, I was wearing flipflops which protected my feets from any noumenal damage.

   I took a cold shower and didn't leave my room for the rest of the morning that was until there was a knock at my bedroom door. I was determined to ignore it presuming it was Damilayo but then why would he want to see me. It's not like he cares if I saw him on his Sex spree. 

"Dera, Open jare. It's Seyifunmi." I let out a relieved sigh and hurriedly went to open the door.

"Thank God it's you." I say and she gives me a look.

"What is doing you?" She asked as she struts into my room.

"Why are you fidgeting?" She adds taking in my shaking hands which didn't seem to still.

I shake my head. "Nothing." She gives me a look and I cave in.

"I've just been avoiding your brother. I really don't want to see him." I admit and watch as she settles on my bed.

"Why? Mo gbe- Did he hit you?" Her faces morphs into horror.

I frown. "What? No. No, He didn't." Realization hit me immediately.

"Wait. Do you think he's capable of hitting a woman?"

She shakes her head. "Abeg I don't know. What happened? Why don't you want to see him?"

I sit beside her. "I...um. I walked in on him having hot sex with a woman. It was so intense that even the bed broke."

"Ewo." She exclaimed before she bursts out laughing.

"Are you serious?" She snickers and I nod a pout in place.

"What na happened?" She asked perking up for more gossip.

With the past few days I had gotten used to Seyifunmi and her need to gossip.

I shrug. "Nothing. I came to give him breakfast in bed then saw them. I was so shocked that I dropped the tray and everything broke. I always knew he had his concubines but I never imagined I'd walk in on him having sex with another Woman." I tell her truthfully fiddling with my fingers.

"Aww...poor girl. If it's me- infact it can never be me because I'll handle my man very well that he would only have eyes for me." She says sassily and I just watch her with a frown in place.

"You need to show Dami that you're not that scared Fifteen years old anymore. You're a grown ass woman and you can satisfy his needs."

My eyes widen. "Ah. Please o. I don't want to satisfy anybody's need."

She bursts out laughing. "You're too innocent for your own good."

"I just can't throw myself at him because I want him to notice me. Infact, I don't even want him to notice me. I just wish he would stop bringing these women home. I'm like a laughing stock to them, who knows what they say about me in their concubine association meetings. Can you imagine? Even after I walked in. The girl didn't even have the decency to leave. She just watched me."

I tell Seyifunmi.

"Nawa o. This is why you need to step up." She gets on her feets as if to prove a point. "Look at you! You are Beautiful beyond compare and the most annoying part is that You don't even know how beautiful you are."

I only watch her as she spoke in a language that was foreign to me.

"Me? Beautiful ke?" I scoff at the thought. Does she even know what she's saying.

She hisses and she's about to speak again why her phone rings from inside her Micheal Kors handbag that's on my bed. She fishes it out.

"Speak of the Yoruba devil." She mutters before answering the call.

"What?" She says the minute she answers the call. She's quiet for some time as she listens to what he has to say. He eyes trail towards me and I wondered if he was talking about me.

"Why didn't you tell him to come home and collect it?" She retorted. She was silent again before letting out a long hiss.

"Eh. I'll bring it joor. Hmm. Get out of my phone."

She ends the call and fixes her attention on me.

"That was Dami. He wanted me to go bring some documents for him. We'll just branch his office and drop the documents off on our way to the Cinema."

I wanted to ask why Damilayo was at the Office today since he normally doesn't work on Saturdays and Sundays  but I decide against it. I rather not know.

"I forgot to ask Damilayo if I could go out with you." I say with a frown. She stares at me Incredulously.

"I'm going to act like I didn't hear that. You're old enough to make your own decisions besides you're going out with me. Dami won't dare stop you afterall I'm his Older Sister." She says as a matter of fact and I watch her skeptically.

"We can just call him and ask him-

"No. This is why he treats you like a child because you let him. Stop giving him so much power over you." She says waving a finger at me like a mother scolding her child and I nod obediently not like i know how to do that.

  How do i just suddenly stop doing the things I'm used to. Since I stepped into this house Damilayo has made me feel like I need to inform him and get his approval before doing anything.

  I know everything there is to know about Damilayo Christian Adelaide and it doesn't surprise me that he knows nothing about me. I mean, what more would you expect from a man who insulted his Wife's late parents.

"When is your birthday?" Seyifunmi suddenly asked and I look up to find her with my phone.

"April 28." I tell her.

"Ok so it's your real birthday that's on your Instagram?" She asked and I nod.

"I'm surprised you have 5k followers and you're not even following anyone." She kept scrolling.

"Not even one picture of yourself. I wonder why people are even following you."

I shrugged. "It's because I'm Married to The Damilayo Adelaide." I state crossing my leg over the other as I watch her.

"We're going to change that. I bet that I can get you to 10k followers by posting dope pictures of you. Just give me this weekend. I'll perform miracle." She says confidently and I just smile. By the time she posts pictures of me on my Page I'm pretty sure I'll lose the followers I already have.

Her eyes widen in sudden realization and I give her a look.

"Your birthday is April 28 and two days later is your Wedding Anniversary." She utters cheekily and I just give her a flat look.

Her face morphs into a frown suddenly.

"I can't believe I didn't know before, You were with Us for over five years and I didn't even know your birthday."

I've come to accept that this was going to be a regular thing when she suddenly remembers how unfair she has been to me, guilt once again settles inside of her.

"Your Parents know about it." I mutter hoping it would be some kind of relief to know not every one forgot about me.

"And they didn't celebrate you?" She questioned.

I shake my head. "Your brother didn't want to celebrate it."

"Is it his birthday? So I'm the only one that doesn't know. What is wrong with Dami sef?! How will he not do something for his Wife on her Birthday?" She says irritatedly.

I shrug. "It's not really a big deal. He's a busy man but he does send me money on my birthday."

The corner of her lip raises as she eyes me.

"You're even defending him. God forbid that I become a puppet to my future Husband." She gives me a once over.

"Have you had your bath?" She asked and I nod.

"Good. Oya strip." She demands and I just stared at her wide eyed.

"C'mon strip joor. It's just the both of us." She adds and I hesitantly took off my tank top and shorts. No one has ever seen me nude before but this was somewhat different since I was still in my underwear.

"Chai. See flat tummy. This girl, you don't know this things are rare o. See your fine shape. If it's me eh. I'll be wearing Croptop everyday. Infact do you have crop top?" But she is wearing a crop top.

I shrug not really sure what's in my wardrobe. She goes into my closet coming out with a bunch of clothes dropping them on the bed.

  I obviously didn't know what I was getting myself into when I agreed to go out with Seyifunmi. Clearly she had other plans for me. I just hoped I like it.