IF I HAD KNOWN.

HAD K

, all relationships had their ups and d

tionship. I tried all I could to make the relationship work, I did as he always said, I gave myself to him whenever he wanted me. Still, it was an unrequited love, he never l

y, I wasn't taken off guard, because I actually expected it, I expected the day he'd break up with me, albeit I did c

eauty. I wasn't pretty as other girls, but I knew well that I wasn't ugly. Perhaps it could have also been because I was

n I say God did heed to my prayers, because I found one when I got my first job at a university. Anyways, what I didn't know was that I should have been careful. Wh

how ugly love could get

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he opening of my eyes. I groaned in annoyance, rolling and turning on the bed. I

I yawned and stretched my muscles, s

well renowned ORANGE UNIVERSITY— where I had been n

e, couldn't leave the mouths of most broadcasters and citizens of Nigeria for some period of time. I was used as an example and a model to upcoming mathematicians. Always invited for seminars to advise students on ways to

in mathematics was on

just wanted to work for sometime so that I could be able to sponsor myself abroad fo

t friend and my roommate Sewa Oku

you too," I looke

sed on my bed. "My bad,

. I can hear the sarcasm drippi

have happened in my life then. She was a socialite, the life of the party, an extrovert and extremely beautiful. Sewa was someone that one could call a melanin goddess with black eye orbs — unlike my own black brown orbs — s

Sewa's eyes were still close

y at work, even after ringing it into her ear throughout the previous day. "It's my first day at work, Remember? I told yo

er her body as she sat near me embracing me into a

oked out and she released me instant

lst I just had a huge smile on my face. "Forgive me, my love

she'd used to apologize was really funny, it sounde

y head in response to her qu

especially at you. Anyways, what are yo

ime at home and when she wasn't home, it could be that went to shoot for a clothing line

simultaneously. "I better take

bed as she used my duvet to cover all her body,

entered my room but Se

lf dry, afterwards I proceeded to rub my body, and when I was done I walked towards my closet and brought out a pair of underwear, they were new by the way. My mum al

r getting ne

ed the gown for the thousandth time — no exaggeration. I just couldn't stop admiring the gown since I'd bought it, because that gown was just so beau

in my room and styled my hair into a ponytail, then wrapped the mouth into a doughnut. I also made sure to do my edges, I

doubt I knew I looked extremely okay and decent, and like they say 'first impres

parlor where I saw Sewa laying on the thr

problems affecting Nigeria, the society and the world at large. I didn't know when I sat down on the single couch watching the TV

as lying on the three sitter, but her

he stood up, moved towards the kitchen

from the kitchen whilst I quickly

ut with a plate of toast and a cup of tea. "Why did y

you're

the watch on my wrist and it was

my bag and as I was about to walk out of

I need to start g

outh and I chewed on it as quick as possible, collected the cup of tea from her and chugged it d

to be in school before eight, but it was impossible. I couldn't beat the traffic and on a normal day the drive from my

rst impression_ I thought t