THE MAN I LOVED WHO HID HIS CROWN

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d she immediately wakes up, turns it off, stretches a little, then looks out the win

on it, and heads to the bathroom while brushing. After fi

oom, tiled floors, and nicely painted walls. The living room has large couches as if she lives with a big

ts in front of a large wardrobe mirror, applies lotion carefully, opens her wardrobe, an

t makeup, sprays a sweet perfume, opens her shoe closet, and picks white

puts on a clean white apron to avoid getting dirty, turns on the gas, and starts making c

the kitchen, washes them, checks the time - it's already 8:00 a.m. She quickly closes the wind

ul girl leaning against a car. The girl is dressed

ne. She comes closer, kisses her cheek, and says, "Good

you know I've been waiting for an hour? And you even ignored my calls!

l gets in the

e tries to cheer her up but gets ignored, so she picks up her phone and sa

tely perks up and says

ldn't say yes, Leyna. You k

nowadays love doesn't matter. If a man wants to spend his money on you, l

0k on my account; my salary is not bad. If I wanted a car, I could buy one. Beside

continues driving, and th

twork Telecom (NNT), similar to MTN. They enter the building, and everyone notices them

e finally asked me to do it last ni

ave a man who respects them and doesn't demand sex before m

ved you'd think he was trained for it. I even started wondering why

night we slept together, and he told me

you're the first girl he took home doesn't mean you're t

for a husband who prays for you to change, b

burst out

s coming with Leyna! Lo

t where Rihanna and Leyn

e introdu

one calls me Tiana. I work at New Netw

riend, along with San

imes makes people mistake me for being mixed or foreign. I'm slim bu

nd I don't hang out in nightclubs because I feel it's not my style anymore. I'm 30 years old, the first

hool, and my biological father abandoned her. She was an orphan, living with he

sider my father today - who took care of her and raised me li

out my

ich men but doesn't settle down. She's funny but has a good heart.

mature. We met at university, and we're almost t

. She just finished high school and works with us at NNT. S

and became part of the group. She was a party girl but changed

rselves th

erything, and even know about every

ame, we went to ea

e's going to be a fire toni

ttle thing inside me doesn't like loud music,"

as a little auntie like me; no wond

wrong with you today? What

g to clubs, I told you already. I

lways go to Zaddy's place, and he

all, Sandy, you know me we

and I are kind of flirting. I wish he would agree to meet up. If it weren't for Alain, I would dit

lirt with. But Paula, you really don't know Liam. He doesn't fal

t Alain just because you say you love Li

ts to taste all the flavors before picking the best

eed to live first before rushing into marriage. Some

l the old rules and forced us to chang

be. Tiana, if you ever fall in love, you'll unde

, she's never truly loved anyone. She always finds flaws in every guy she mee

d my ex, Wilson - a great guy, 35 years old, with a master's degree in veterinar

jected them, telling him I wanted my

me together, but no matter how hard he t

me. Everything we did felt force

ll had feelings for Derick, but no - it's

r I finished university. He was tall, handso

on. We had intense chemistry - we made love oft

ike my friends and wanted me to lea

h, he married

hanks to my friends Sand

ck to reality and smiled, only to tu

ly my moo

to smile at least, so

to take pictures, Leyna pinched me to make me smile more, and Sandy sta

y and I talked, but I

love him

look beautif

d, "T

r party at my nightclub. Sandy and the othe

"No, I'll be working out. Yo

you would let me, I would show you how much

If I didn't care at all, would

er and said, "Okay, sorry, m

e to Dubai for the weekend and you refused, and

at's just who I am. I won't change.

least promise to go out with me ne

need to go back to work - break time is over an

ou, sunshine," and ki

, "Tha

ey told me Zaddy had al

and the others, he

I threw Zaddy's fl

plaining, "Why do you

love Zaddy. If you wan

e him suffer. You know by our rules, once someone's your ex,

ve to deal with the fac

ing about Zaddy, saying he showed off bu

t begging me to join them at

a drove me home, and they said t

le life, focu

dbye to Alicia (who I admire a lot, even tho

ke care of me and make my heart race like Derick

not the end

r slippers, dropped my bag in my

all my makeup

apped a towel around me

a well-prepared chicken from t

ell peppers, tomato

nicely, I made a sauce an

ent back to the bedroom and wore my favorit

y bag, and saw I had 10 missed

call Mom when L

lo, my love

lo, my bea

red the whole day. W

0 girls and told me to pick a wife. She said

are things

ing home from work. I saw she called me man

tually came to your house! By no

ith her. Let me find somewhere to hide. Yo

u off to some random guy. I even asked her to find me

hed to the wardrobe, and pulled out a sho

lipstick, grabbed my sm

the driver to take me to Zaddy's Empire - not ju

nightclub, but that's not all - he owns a really b

tually double that - he's 40. His family is very wealthy; his mother is a Deputy

saw bouncers standing at the door. I showed them my VIP card an

... people like Leyna. But the place was so chaotic that I couldn't find my way

overwhelming. I put my phone into my bag and turned a little - I noticed the

n the artist performing (even though I could barely s

got startled and turned around. He aske

e touched me and answere

ted to touch me again

d Paula and Sandy on

the crowd to go call the

someone grab my b

and found three drunk guys who looked lik

verwhe

rabbed me said, "

ay, saying,

tighter and said, "You ran fr

s were laughing and encourag

, saying, "I don't want to da

id, "The girl told you she does

r, wearing white and black Jordan sneakers, a black Jordan jacket,

us confidently

im and stood between

arted a

"How dare you tou

p at him,

whispered, "30,000 francs a

ng twice, I sa

l kick at the guy, knocking hi

and, and we ran

r about 2

way, bending down with my hands

o catching

ed at his face boldly i don't even know how it came out of my m

ill smiling. Before he could reply i said 'imma pay you a good money