Chapter 58
“Ooh okay it’s fine”he said, “you ladies like talking” he added.
Soon after they finished eating and left the place, he decided to take her on a tour of New York to see how busy the city was, their night life and everything in between, they traveled from downtown Manhattan to Brooklyn stopping at strategic junctions to get ice cream and different snacks, before they decided to go to the park so they could stop by for a swing.
“Park” she asked, ” is the park not supposed to be closed by now”, she said.
“Trust me New York is a city that never sleeps, it will shock you to know the amount of people that are at the park this night”he said as they drove through the cityCcontent © exclusive by Nô/vel(D)ra/ma.Org.
” Well, I heard tales of New York when I was younger from my parents and grandparents who had come here and half of what they said about the city is true,”she said.
By the time they got to the park, she was surprised to see people there , the place was filled with a lot of bubbly activities she looked at him, he was right from the adults who came with their kids, to the lovers who just wanted to catch a glimpse of the moonlight, to the children playing all around, new York park was so bubbling.
She ran to a particular swing, and quickly sat on it before someone else came to claim, she saved the second one for Audrey who immediately went to sit down beside her so he could take a look at the beauty beside him.
” So you like it?” He asked.
“Yes, of course I did, why wouldn’t I like all these beautiful things you did for me?” she said.
“Well, maybe I did not impress you enough”he thought.
” You are such a silly fellow, you have always impressed me since we met, that is how you managed to win my heart, remember?” She said she did not want to bring up how he did not tell her about his real identity because she didn’t want him to feel hurt.
” Awwww I am shy, the whole Audrey, son of Roland is shy”Audrey teased and pretended to cover his eyes.
” That is true, talking about fathers, how is yours?” She asked.
” He is fine,” Audrey said.
” Okay, okay, Stephanie said”
“Y’all should take care of that man he deserves the word and everything, I saw how hurt he was whenever you and your brother fought, and when he was talking to your mum how he could not complete his sentence while talking to her, it was really fun sweet of him” she continued.
” You know my dad is my role model even if I won’t admit he is Derrick’s and I’s role model with regards to everything including how to love your woman with everything you have got, you see the crazy love my brother had for Sophie, who do you think gave him so much love that he wanted to share out of the love and he ended up falling for Sophie big time” Audrey explained
She then shared her own experience growing up, a part of her life she did not feel comfortable talking about until recently, she felt if she wanted something more maybe she should learn to open up a bit . She told tales of how her parents started having issues at a very young age In her life, as long as she could remember, she remembered seeing her parents in the living room arguing and fighting and it would often make her and her sister cry, she would beg them to stop it but who would want to listen to a 6year old child at that point all they knew is they wanted to kill each other by the time she was finishing high school they had gone their Separate ways, she felt this was a better arrangement.
He just sat and listened to her tales of growing up, his father had always told him to be a good listener so that was just what he did.
By the time she was done he had heard enough tales so he just sighed and talked.
” Wow, you had such a wildlife and you turned out to be just fine, I don’t know what the future holds for us but all I know is I am going to make a better man than your father was” he said and held her hand.
“I know ” she said
“He asked me to be his girlfriend” Stephanie squealed as she broke the news to her best friend.
“And what did you say baby girl” Mirabel asked, not like she did not already know the answer but she was just asking so she could get her best friend to spill all the details of the dinner.
” What do you think I would say, if course I said Yes, I am willing to be with him, I am willing to be his girlfriend” Stephanie said with so much excitement in her voice.
“Oooh I see, so my baby now has a boyfriend” Mirabel said jumping up and down in excitement.
“Jeez you look happier than I am” Stephanie mocked her friend.
” So where are we going to, bills on you again this time because you know you are the one that snatched a billionaire boyfriend and heir to a multi-million naira fortune” Mirabel said.
She knew her best friend had wanted that all along , she had wanted to be referred to as Audrey’s girlfriend. Mirabel was so happy for her
“Congratulations girl, you have no idea how happy I am for you, you snatched a man on our first year in NYU” Mirabel said, “by the way you have not given me details of how the date went, I am very sure you had plenty of fun.
Stephanie went ahead to spill to her best friend details of how the date with her beau went, she told her about the restaurant, the beautiful park they went to where he proposed to her and how they attracted a crowd when he was proposing to her.
” Did I forget to mention the dance we had?” Stephanie said grinning like a high school kid who just got asked to prom from her longtime crush.
” You really attract handsome men, baby girls,” Mirabel said, smiling hard at her best friend.
They stayed together for a long time and did not realize how much time was spent. They then decided to go read and prepare for the next literature review class that was coming up the next day. ” Babe, time has gone, let us go and prepare for our next literature review class. You never know what book Mr Simpson will give us to review again. They then proceeded to the university library which was on the east side of the university, to take a book review .
” What elective do you want to do?” Mirabel asked.
” I would have loved to do something along the sciences though, but why are we all being forced to do a compulsory computer science elective?” Stephanie sighed.
“Tell me you are not happy about it, you get to see Audrey more often” Mirabel teased her and hit her shoulder playfully.
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