LIFESTYLE (LOOK NATURAL AND FABULOUS)

Becoming a naturally beautiful is not a day's job. You can decide to go without make up and look OK but we are going for fabulous, where there is no spot, pimple or dullness. You can be radiant, smooth and beautiful with out makeup if you take the following steps

DETOXIFICATION :

Beauty starts from the inside, a little half lemon or lime in full glass of warm water will help wash our the debris inside you, help your become leaner and your skin brighter.

CLEANSING
You don't only cleanse before or after make up, our climate is too rough to go without cleansing whether you applied make up or not.

MIND YOUR DIET
Many people don’t realize that the skin is our largest organ. It needs caring for both inside and out. To help it look beautiful without any makeup, feed it properly, with lots of water and vitamins. Also ensure that you get enough sleep and Abstain from alcohol if natural beauty and looks is what you are going for.

EYE BROW
Groom your self, enhance your natural features, pluck your eye brows into a perfect arch. Believe me even without eye pencil you will look smart.

SMILE
A genuine smile really does make anyone look great. People will notice your smile rather than any ‘flaws’ – and they certainly won’t notice that you’re makeup-free. Avoid a forced grin, as that won’t look at all natural, but let your smile reach your eyes.

CONFIDENCE
Don't let anybody shut you down, tell you you are not beautiful with or without make up. If you believe you are fabulously beautiful, you will naturally act it and people will have no choice but to see you that way.

LASHES
No, you don't need mascara to bring out your lashes and make them look voluminous! There are actually other natural ways to pump up your lashes without reaching for that make up bag. One way to make your lashes Look darker, fuller and longer is by combing through with a layer of Vaseline. Vaseline really is a miracle product! It could be used as a solution to almost any female problem, so why should this be any different?

BRIGHTEN YOUR EYES
You might feel like your eyes become dull and indistinguishable without any eyeliner or eye shadow, but don't think that only makeup can bring our your eyes. Simply using eyes drops to wake up your whole Face and make the whites of your eyes appear clearer can make the difference. Your natural beauty can stand out without any artificial help!

MOISTURIZING
 Even if you have oily skin, moisturizing can prevent your body from excreting excess oil and help lock in moisture to keep your the surface of your skin

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PROTECT YOUR SKIN FROM UV RAYS
There is no way you can consider your skin to be healthy without protecting it from the harmful UV rays. Not only does sunscreen protection result in facial improvement only after a couple of days but it also benefits your appearance in the long run, helping your skin age gracefully. Make applying sunscreen a couple of minutes before you leave your house a ritual even on the gloomy days, and you won't regret it in the end.

WHITEN YOUR TEETH
You don't have to resort to harmful whitening strips that often damage your enamel, but reach the effect of white smile by constantly using whitening toothpaste and mouthwash. Believe it or not this combination can lead to very effective results. In addition there are tons of natural remedies for a brighter smile!

HYGIENE
Hygiene is the key concept in keeping up a good appearance. Oftentimes you don't need a ton of makeup to look presentable! Clean hair, nice nails, clean clothes and controlled body odor should be the foundation of your beauty so you should always prioritize your hygiene first before using additional tricks to enhance  your appearance.

LIPSTICK ALTERNATIVE
There is a no need to use lipsticks or lip stains to change the color of your lips because in the end your natural lip color will always suit you best. Exfoliate your lips every week to get rid of the dead skin and moisturize them so they become soft and plushy, all you need is a toothbrush to lightly rub your lips with and any lip balm of your preference.

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HUNGRY HEARTS

HUNGRY HEARTS
Dear readers

I hope you are all doing good.
Please I need your help. Yes I know that I share the blame here but right now I am trying to do what is right.
I have been dating Fred for three years now. He lives abroad and comes back twice a year.  The relationship is not perfect but I stayed with him cos I love him.
He cheats on me regularly, when he is doing that he would flaunt the girl on his bbm. We will quarrel and he will beg then I would forgive. His excuse is that I am not there with him and that he is a man with needs, that those girls are not important.
Six months back he began dating this very beautiful white girl. And this time around when I complained he broke up with me. A month later I began dating Mike.
Four months later Fred came back and apologized, he said he wants us to get married now. So quickly I tried to break up with Mike. Mike refused, he would cry and beg then I would pity him each time I try.  I found myself dating two guys. My fiancée and my boyfriend until my big sister noticed and warned me. So I forcefully broke up with Mike.
The trouble began when we went for Fred's sister's birthday party and Mike was there. Him and Fred used to be close before but not anymore. Mike started trying to become close to him after that but I fought. It was like we are fighting over Fred. Then he resorted to blackmail. He said if I don't come and see him, he would tell Fred all about us.
I opted to tell Fred first after all I have forgiven a lot but my girlfriend said no that I would loose him if I did. That he is with me cos he thinks I am different. If I tell him he would realize that I am not. That is true Fred always says I different cos not all girls will faithfully wait for a guy abroad. He is very proud of that.
My big sis says I should tell b4 mike does. That Fred would get angry but he would realize it was his fault I strayed and forgive.

Please readers which of these advice do I take?

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AMBER ROMANCE

WHEN THE HEART KNOWS

CHAPTER SEVEN





Nma heart flipped with fear as she heard the anger in his voice. She grasped about for what to say or do to make him go away.
“Ah! But we need privacy, don’t you agree?” she glared at him and feigned anger to convince him to go away.
“You already know the answer to that honey, are you going to move out of the way do I have to carry you inside. On a second thought I think I would prefer that, it would kill any illusion Ken might have left”.
Horrified Nma reluctantly led the way into the living room. He sounded as if he would rather carry out his threat and she had no doubt he would. By the time they came into the living room, Ken was already standing, judging from the expression on his face, she guessed he must have seen Uche kiss her and probably heard their conversation. The first thing that hit her was the difference between the two men, while Uche exuded an effortlessly aura of class and wealth in his white attire, Ken looked pitiful in his brown caftan, ridiculously small compared to Uche and she wondered at that moment how she had endured his company all these while. But she smiled at him as she entered with Uche.
“Ken I want you to meet someone” she began “Uche, a friend of mine and Uche this is Ken.” she stopped at that because if called Ken her fiancé he would capitalize on that.
She watched as the two men shook hands. They reminded her of two fighters circling and weighing each other in an areana.
“Okoha right?” Ken asked maliciously
“Right” he answered jovially
“I’ve heard so much about you” Ken said eyeing Nma hardly
“It is quite difficult to meet someone who hasn’t heard so much about me”
“And I’ve heard so much about you from Nma” Uche said indirectly
“I know you would, we’re kind of a kindred spirit, right honey?” Ken said and Uche laughed. He was sure going to enjoy himself.  The guy was dumber than he thought if he didn’t recognize that he was mocking him.
“So Uche” Ken began “How long have you known my fiancée?”
Uche eyed him lazily and sat down “Just a couple of weeks but it feels like years already, doesn’t it?” he asked Nma.
Nma frowned at him; he shouldn’t bring her into this game. She was not going to be a part of it. If they wanted to fight, fine by her but she wasn’t going to play referee.
“Well I don’t know about that Uche but it doesn’t feel like years to me yet” she told him meaning to wipe the smug look from his face.
“I guess it doesn’t, years sounds boring, forgive my exaggeration” he laughed easily.
“I see” Ken muttered and turned to Nma with a glare. “I take it he was the one you spent the whole of your night with”
Nma’s shock was evident but she pitied Ken, she wished she could lessen the hurt but she couldn’t do that without accepting to marry him.
“Yes I was the one indeed” Uche answered for her
“I was asking my fiancée” he glared at Uche
“Calm down Ken, yes I was with Uche last night I told you I was invited…”
“…To a pre dinner drink and after wards you made your own plans, you should be ashamed of yourself falling this cheap after holding on for so long Nma, Okoha goes through women like they are Kleenex!”
Nma saw red and she was about to explode with anger but for Uche’s timely intervention.
“Contrary to what you may think Ken but had Nma spent the whole of the night with me, we would still be in bed till now and I assure you she wouldn’t have the energy to become as angry as she is right now”
Nma was surprised most men would brag about their conquest, some would brag even about women they know they would never come close to bedding even in the next life. But here he was openly admitting that he had not slept with her.
“Thank you Uche, Ken please I would appreciate this visit to be cordial. You know you have no right to act the way you are doing with me”
“Well didn’t you hear him? He has not slept with you yet doesn’t mean he is not planning to”
“I am not a kid Ken! Please I beg for the second time don’t treat me like one”
“Tell me Ken, honestly are you not planning on the same thing, you don’t have to be hypocritical about it, just be honest”
For an answer Ken glared at him.
Nma smiled nervously but kept quiet, she was thinking of what to do to get one of them to leave, because there were signs of danger antagonizing about. Ken was trying to get Uche to lose his temper but Uche was taking all his innuendos in strides that he got her confused about his utterance about taking her away from Ken. She heaved a sigh knowing that she could never get Uche to leave; already he has made himself at home by relaxing in her father’s favorite arm chair, apart from that he would never leave her alone with Ken. But Ken she could always make him leave if she applied a little bit of trickery to his senses. She thought smiling mischievously.
“Don’t you want to sit down Ken?” she smiled sweetly at him. He shrugged and sat down
“Now what do I offer you?” she asked Uche
“You know what I like” he answered smiling
“All right, I’ll be back” she smiled.
“So you know him well enough to know what he drinks” Ken’s words stopped her in her tracks and she turned.
“Ken please I told you he is a friend” she admonished mildly
“For now” Uche winked at her and she swallowed hard forgetting for an instant that they were not alone. She smiled back at him “Your confidence is irritating sir” she said to him and he laughed as she disappeared into the kitchen.
“Do you realize it’s my fiancée you are talking about or just because you are an Okoha you think that gives you the right to everything in this world, this is one thing your money is not going to buy for you” Ken flayed up.
“Actually I wouldn’t be here, if I thought my money could buy her for me, I think it’s me without the Okoha money that has single handedly won her heart” Uche said devoid of anger.
“I can see you are a mad man just like the people say, the rate you go through women I don’t think you have a heart, and Nma is not going to fall a victim, not if I can help it”
“There is absolutely nothing you can do about it Ken, you know I am already the winner here. If I were you I would bow out graciously”
“She is going to marry me”
“She is not wearing your ring yet and my guess is she would never, not after the way she responded to my kisses”
Ken glared at him “let me tell you, she could be sweet on you now because you are everything she needs to take her career further but that is what it is, she would be using you and not loving you”
“Luckily for me I have enough money to keep her interested for a long while yet” Uche smiled at him. He could see the man’s frustration and he enjoyed it.

Meanwhile back in the kitchen, Nma delayed coming out, she was still trying to devise a means of getting rid of Ken. She didn’t want to be cruel to him but she knew that she could manipulate him. Though she honestly didn’t want to do that but if she left the two men to stay antagonizing and saying heated words to each other, it might result into a fight. That was the last of her intentions, it was better to take care of things now before they got far.  She laughed softly as she loaded the tray with pineapple drink, Uche was truly an enigma. She thought he would be barks and fights and she would have to defend Ken but it turned out that he was the one at the receiving end while Ken doled out loads of indirect insults. She loved especially the way he had come clean to tell Ken that he had not slept with her, but Ken was quick to note the unspoken yet in his words. She laughed and carried the drink out, one way or the other they were going to survive today. She looked at the drink she was carrying, and smiled at Uche’s trickery. Uche’s favorite drink had alcohol in it. And he knew she would not have anything alcoholic in her house but she was sure he was going to enjoy the pineapple juice like it was his favorite for Ken’s benefit. “Men” she muttered as she walked away.

In the living room, Ken was standing again standing and pacing while Uche lazily inspected his well manicured finger. Suddenly Ken turned to him.
“Nma is mine and I am not going to let you take her away”
“Good for you that is the spirit” Uche sounded bored
“You think this is a game? You think just because I am not rich as you are I am not able to take care of my woman?”
Uche smiled and shook his head in pity for Ken. The man was totally dumb. Whatever he was going to say was cut off by Nma as she entered with the drinks.
“Nma can take care of herself” Nma put in quietly and began to pour the drink. She gave to Ken first “To be sincerely honest Ken, I don’t see what you are flaying up for, or why you see Uche as a threat, don’t forget he could become a lucrative client if you play your cards right” Nma advised and moved over to hand Uche his drink
“Your favorite” she couldn’t resist saying and he laughed but he stopped as Ken began to talk again.
“That is all you think about, money, power and business, you don’t even stop to read what’s between the line, once it has to do with money, you are all for it”
Uche became very annoyed, the woman Ken described was not the same Nma he had come to respect. Given she was ambitious but she was very reserved and hardworking and intelligent and he was not going to sit still and have that silly excuse for a man talk to her like that.
“Are we sure we are talking about the same woman? The Nma I know and has come to respect works very hard for all she has and she deserves to enjoy them” Uche said honestly
Ken looked at Uche wickedly. He knew he had been bested and he was very angry about it.
“That was not fair Ken, you know I am not what you’ve just described, that shows exactly what you think of me and how little you know me. And you know the worst part; you don’t even care to find out the kind of person I am. You are already biased on the kind of person you think I am, so maybe now you would begin to understand what I have been trying to say to you”
Jerking Ken stood up. “I don’t know why I am wasting my time here” he said stiffly, leaving.
“I am sorry Ken, please don’t take it that way, you have been a good friend…”
“I am not going to allow you to eat your cake and have it, it is everything or nothing”
He began to leave
“Ken” she tried to go after him but Uche stopped her.
“Let him be, faint hearts never won fair ladies”
“I’m not a faint heart Mr. billionaire, you haven’t seen the last of me yet, and she is still my fiancée” Ken muttered.
Nma smiled, she didn’t know Ken possessed such confidence.
“Yes for a little while Ken. You are wrong for her and you will kill her zeal for life and when you say I haven’t seen the last of you, I hope you know what you mean, I make a formidable enemy, I can ruin you Ken and you know it.” Uche said gently and seriously.
“You’re a bastard, I knew you would resort to blackmail, I guess that is what got you so far”
“Like they say, all is fair in love and war” Uche said sounding very arrogant that he was beginning to annoy Nma.
“I am not an object to be taken, I am….” Nma began to say
“That serves you right” Ken said and left banging the door behind him.
Nma heaved sigh but not one of relief, she was feeling sick and she was suddenly very angry with herself and with Uche. She hated to see Ken leave that way. She decided that she was going to apologize and hope she could make him understand why she turned him down. As for Uche, she wasn’t in the mood for his presence.
“I think you should leave too” Nma said to Uche firmly.
“Why?” he asked innocently.
“Why because, I’ve got work to do, I was working on a new design before I was disturbed by two pigheaded men.”
“I remember I promised to help you, if the work gets too much for you.”
“I don’t need your help besides you wouldn’t know where to start, I bet you never had to sew in a button or mend a tear all your life”
“You would be surprised of what I’m capable of”
“Look Uche if you want to stay here, fine, as for me I’m going to work” she said heading to her studio. She marched away from him. She was quite irritated with the man couldn’t he just leave, she thought.
She entered her studio and surveyed it. As always she was overcome with humility and gratitude and she was feeling almost better at once. She started working immediately; believing that Uche had left, somehow she wished he would come in to see her world. She would show off her world with pride but she had already chased him away she mused, working and humming to herself softly.
Uche entered her studio; her back to him meant she didn’t notice his presence immediately. He was enthralled by the vision she made. She must have forgotten to hold her hair, and she flipped it back as she worked but the hair always found its way to her face again. He wanted to flip the long braids for her, he wanted to rub her shoulders and ease the tension he was sure she would be feeling because of the position her work demanded. Without thinking he walked to her and held her hair and pushed his hands into it and rubbed. His pulse quickened when he heard her sigh of pleasure and let his hands roam from her scalp to her neck, kneading at the visible tension. He loved the way her body reacted to his touch but he wasn’t going to give in to his desire of feasting on her lips until he eased her tension.
Nma purred like a cat. Where did he learn to massage like that but it wasn’t just the massage that got her body quivering, it was him, it was the sheer joy of being cared for by a man you love so desperately. Her hands fell away from the machine and found their way to his neck; she wanted to taste him desperately. Forgotten was her earlier repulsion. She didn’t believe, couldn’t believe that heaven had more than this to offer. She sighed when he gave in to her demands and kissed her. She sighed then and deepened the kiss. She felt herself being lifted and cradled and she held on to him with abandonment she couldn’t stop any longer.
When he broke the kiss she was surprised to find out that he was now sitting on the chair and she was being cradled in his hands. She smiled. “You make forget myself” she murmured as her nervousness returned with reality.
“Would it make you feel better if I say you do the same to me” he smiled at her.
“I thought you had gone” she whispered reluctant to stand up but she knew she should get up before things got out of hands.
“Not without seeing you in your world” he smiled and looked around “This is where you create all those magnificent clothes” Uche asked.
She looked around her studio, following his eyes, it was a small place but she was mightily proud of it.
She turned to nod at him and the shock of how young she really was hit him again, without make up and sophisticated clothes she looked barely eighteen and incredibly beautiful and he felt inclined to ask.
“So how old are you really?” he asked
Nma was taken about by his quick change of mood and she wondered why her age should become important now when he had not bothered to ask before. Then she understood, today she looked her age and thus younger to him because her face was devoid of makeup. She smiled up at him  and promised herself she was not going to let age come between them. “Why do you ask? I thought you must have guessed” Nma asked, standing up, she wanted him to guess but mostly she wanted to know if he was as blind as Ken.
“Twenty three, five there or about” he guessed. “Very young, very, very young” he murmured.
“You are right, I am twenty six, and too young for you I guess” she smiled
“It’s just my luck I guess that it’s you who got under my skin of all the women I met all over the world, and come to think of it, I’m hardly cradle snatching you” he joked. “You are not a baby” he concluded.
“So how old are you?” she asked, turning to look at him.
“I’m thirty three and not too old for you” he went on to say.
Nma laughed, “If my father was alive, he wouldn’t let you anywhere near me”
“Wow, am I supposed to be happy he isn’t around or pity you for losing him at such a young age?”
“Just be truthful and honest to yourself”
“I’ll reserve my comment” he said laughing “So what is this edifice you are creating?”
“A dinner gown”
“It’s beautiful” he murmured, going to inspect the clothes that hung on the racks
“Did you sew all this alone?” he asked in wonderment
“I have assistants and apprentices they help out too. “Of course I couldn’t have done them without my head cutter and seamstress”
“So are all these for sale?”
“Kind of, those suits over there, were ordered, I have finished with them, they’re going off tomorrow, including those caftans. These other ones are for my exhibition in a couple of months” she stopped “I guess I’m boring you” she said shyly, she knew Ken would be bored to weeping.
“No, I’m fascinated, and this one you are making?”
“I have been thinking of getting into a competition, so I have to create a master piece to win”
“You know what fascinates me most is how you shoulder all these responsibilities at such a tender age, my sister is still a daddy’s pet up till now even though she is getting married.”
“Well, my father loved me so much and spoilt me to an extent, he never did for me what I could do for myself, he taught me all I know, he told me that no one on this earth would face my challenges for me”
“You were eighteen when he died, how did you cope?” Uche asked coming to stand beside her
“My father left me in Felix’s custody until I became twenty one. They took me in; at first I thought I would die of grief, but Felix and Tessy saw to it that I didn’t.”
“Did your schooling suffer too?”
“Not exactly” she said livening up.
“And you don’t have plans of furthering your education?”
“Yes I do, and I want to but it’s just the time”
“You have to make the time, there are part time and evening classes going on every where”
“Do you find me not well read for your standards?”
He was shocked at first; he had just realized that he had never dated anybody who didn’t have one qualification or the other.  He also found out that it didn’t repel him one bit. And then he looked at her in awe, the truth was one could hardly tell from the way she carried herself. Then he saw her laughing at his expression and he realized that she was just pulling his legs.
“Why you minx” Uche said and grabbed her he began kissing her. This kiss was supposed to be a punishment for Nma for what she said but both the punisher and the punished seemed oblivious of that fact. Uche broke the kiss, breathing heavily. “That was to teach you not to say something like that again”
“If this how you punish your women, then no wonder” she laughed
“No wonder what?”
“Nothing” she smiled. She didn’t try to hide that she enjoyed his company and that she was happy. She wondered how she was going to cope when he learnt that she would not have an affair with him, wouldn’t sleep with him outside marriage. She pushed the unhappy thoughts out of her mind. What mattered was now and he was with her enjoying her company like she was doing his. She was contented and tomorrow she would think but now, what mattered was now.
“Of all the women I’ve met, you dare me the most considering you are the youngest and smallest of them all, especially your waist” he said
“If you don’t know Mr. It is in vogue to have as tiny waist as you can mange”
“I like it” he said spanning her waist with one big palm” Uche said and a vision flashed through him, he could see her pregnant with his baby. That very tiny waist could thicken with his baby; he stopped shocked to his bones. What was wrong with him, what was that he just thought about? Marriage was not for him, at least not for many more years to come. This woman was more dangerous than he thought; she already got him visualizing her with his baby. He was losing his mind, he concluded and the earlier he left the better for both of them. Yes of course he was going to delay making love with her for another day. He wasn’t sure he could do that now without proposing. Just as he was thinking for the right excuse to give her, his phone rang and picked it.
“What is it Star?”
Nma remembered the very beautiful woman with an easy effortless grace and she wondered how Uche could be attracted to her after being with a woman like Star.
Try as much as she could, she couldn’t comprehend what Uche Okoha saw in her. Oh! He wanted her body and he didn’t deny that but the woman in her couldn’t help believing that there was more. She was sure he felt more for her than carnal attraction because she found it difficult to believe he went after all his women so vigorously the way he was doing her.  Then again she couldn’t be too sure. Oh! How she wished there was more to his attraction for her other than her body, only then would she begin to hope that he might date her and wait till their wedding night to sleep with her. She stopped, a wedding night. She asked herself. For a wedding night to happen, there must come first of all a wedding and Uche never for once mentioned anything concerning staying with her after he bedded her much less a wedding. She laughed silently at herself; she had just realized that she wanted to marry him as well, to be with him forever. Imagine this man belonging to her and she had the right to love and care for him the way she really wanted. Have access to every inch of his tantalizing body. How she wished, she sighed sadly and looked at him; he smiled at her over the phone. He was still on the phone with Star.
“Alright Star, I would be there shortly. You are just a kill joy” he cut the phone and walked over to her and held her.
“I need to run into the office, you want to come with me?” he asked her
She was greatly tempted to say yes but she wanted some time alone to think about her latest discovery. She couldn’t still believe she wanted to marry Uche. Where was her love for her freedom, to go and come as she pleased and with whomever she pleased? She managed a smile for him and slowly shook her head negatively.
“Thank you but I have to get back to work” she replied
“Are you sure?” he whispered a breath away from her ears and she shivered at his breath caressed her skin.
“I want to come but I can’t and moreover I would be in the way”
He smiled and kissed her.
“Then I’d better take myself off and leave you to do your work” Uche said turning towards the door.
“I will see you out” she muttered.
“Come on then” he said, drawing her to him with his arm on her tiny waist.
As soon as they came out, Nma admired his cream colored BMW. “Nice car” she complimented. “It gets me around town” he murmured.
They stood together and admired the car. “You know this is the third car I am seeing you with since I met you and if you could call a limo a car then it would be the fourth”
He laughed “I love cars, right from childhood and I am yet to be cured of that illness and besides I can afford the illness
“You know some times you sound very arrogant like just now. Money is not the answer to everything”
“But the scripture says that money answereth all things”
“Why do all rich men know that particular verse in the scripture?”
They laughed together. Just as they were laughing, a flash of something passed them. They looked up in time to see a man with a camera dash into a car and zoomed off.
“Great!” Uche muttered “I would very much have loved to get my hands on that man”
“What did he do that for?”
“Well, you better get ready; Uche Okoha in secret romance, Uche Okoha’s latest heartthrob. That’s what you are going to see in the tabloids next”
“I am sorry” she muttered “I thought you should be used to them by now” she said trying to pacify him.
“You never get used to being followed around but it’s you I’m worried about” he turned worried eyes on her.
Nma smiled nervously, she was shaking and she still hadn’t comprehended that she would be in the papers probably tomorrow alongside Uche and dubbed his latest girl friend but she would survive, she thought.
“I’ll survive” she managed to say.
“Are you sure?” he asked her, the tenderness in his eyes was her undoing and she sighed
“I will be fine Uche” she said and gave him a hug because she couldn’t resist the urge.
“Good, I’ll call you” he said giving her a quick kiss and jogged back to his car.





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I know every one is wondering what is happening to every waking moment? I stopped cos of eye problem, I was advised to stay away from heavy writing for a while. I am getting better now.

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RELATIONSHIP

Having a relationship is cool, having one that makes you happy is even way cooler but keeping and building that relationship is where the work is.
Just like every facet of life, relationship has its own dos and don'ts.

Here are some tips to help you build a loving and happy relationship.

STAY INVOLVED WITH EACH OTHER
Some relationships get stuck in peaceful coexistence, if you don't talk, work or do things together your relationship might be crashing while it may seem stable on the surface. It is only when you have an important issue that you would realize how distant you have grown and that communication is no longer easy for you.

GETTING THROUGH CONFLICT
Sometimes this is the hardest or ugliest part of being involved with someone. Not only does conflict keep you unhappy and anxious, resolving it may also be scary. But we should be able to resolve conflict without fear of retaliation or violence or name calling. Whether you talk quietly or shout on top of your voice, the key is that you are communicating and listening  to what he or she is saying. Remember you need to be safe to express things that bother you without fear, humiliation, degradation or insisting on being right.

KEEPING OUTSIDE INTERESTS ALIVE
It is not possible that one person can meet all our needs and expectations. To expect it from your partner is to put him or her under undue and unhealthy pressure. So keep your other interests and friends network alive. This can also help bring exciting variety to your relationship.

COMMUNICATING
Honest and direct communication is an integral part of a relationship. When couples are free and comfortable to converse and express their true feelings, they become closer. They trust each other and can easily defend each other. Their bonds are strengthened. They become more affectionate and can easily touch and even communicate non verbally even in room filled with noise and people.

KEEP THE PHYSICAL INTIMACY ALIVE.
Studies have shown that affectionate touch actually boosts the body’s levels of oxytocin, a hormone that influences bonding and attachment. In a committed relationship between two adult partners, physical intercourse is often a cornerstone of the relationship. However, intercourse should not be the only method of physical intimacy in a relationship. Regular, affectionate touch—holding hands, hugging, or kissing—is equally important.

Be sensitive to what your partner likes. While touch is a key part of a healthy relationship, it’s important to take some time to find out what your partner really likes. Unwanted touching or inappropriate overtures can make the other person tense up and retreat—exactly what you don’t want.

SPEND QUALITY TIME TOGETHER

Every one has fond memories of when they started dating. It was fun and playful and romantic. But with work, children and other challenges of life or just because you have gotten too used to each other, you no longer make time to spend together. It’s critical for your relationship to make time for yourselves. If you don’t have quality time, communication and understanding start to erode. Also keeping a sense of humor can actually help you get through tough times, reduce stress, and work through issues more easily.

FOCUS ON HAVING FUN
Think about playful ways to surprise your partner, like bringing flowers or a favorite movie home unexpectedly.
Make a habit of laughing together whenever you can. Most situations are not as bleak as they appear to be when you approach them with humor.

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HOW TO GET HIM TO PROPOSE TO YOU

I know one of the greatest headaches women have daily is how to get the man in their lives to propose. Most times you come down to depths of humility, take trash from him and his family, pamper him and even support his business financially but still no result.

Stop taking trash and follow these steps and please when it works don't forget to invite me to the wedding.

1. Be the Woman Your Man Cannot Resist

Men love women who are confident about themselves. A woman they can trust to stay through thick and thin. Remember, self-confidence is like a magnet that pulls men towards you and makes them surer about their future with you . So, if you are a woman and  your guy knows you would let go when the going gets tough, there is no way he is proposing

2. Communicate Regularly

Some women take it for granted that he would propose just because they have been in the relationship for long. They keep waiting for the proposal, even when the man doesn’t know about their anticipation. The best way to avoid unrealistic expectation is to talk to him about your relationship, ask him what his goals are, discuss what you want from your relationship. The truth is that some men don't think of marriage until it is brought up. So, express yourself and gently solidify your stance.

3. Work on the Relationship First

First of all, are you sure you want to spend the rest of your life with him? Are you sure you are ready and willing to take your relationship to the next level the way it is presently? Do you know each other so well that it is natural to expect marriage? Men look at marriage as a big commitment. something that they want to be absolutely sure about. Before you get him to propose, please work on the relationship first, address issues you are not comfortable with. Issues that are bothering both of you. Doing this tells him you are committed and in for the long haul. The idea of marriage will begin to sip into his mind.

4. Appreciate Him and His Efforts

If you want to get married to your man, you must learn to appreciate him and his efforts.  constantly complaining or faulting his efforts would only make him believe that marriage will be a big mistake with you. Rather, show affection and appreciation for what he does. Men love it when they hear compliments from their women. try to be more supportive and loving to make him understand how much he means to you.

5. Be His Friend

The majority of men fear marriage. They see it as being in bandage. Sometimes you don't blame them because once married they have to put up with too many questions, a lot of nagging and responsibilities they would rather avoid. But you can help them overcome this fear by simply choosing to be a good friend first. If he knows that he can talk to you about his faults without getting judged or criticized, if he knows he can make mistakes and instead of you bringing the whole place down with your ire, that both of you would discuss it and find solutions. he will feel more secure about the relationship and its future. He will also not think about marriage as an imposition. Rather, it will be a logical progression of your relationship.

6. Let Him be the Person He Wants to Be

Regardless of what romance novels tell you, tall, dark and handsome with a bank account to fill an ocean exists only in novels and movies. You also cannot expect your man to be like your friend’s husband, simply because you look up to them as the ‘Perfect Couple’.
accept him for who he is. The more you try to change him, the more suffocating he is going to feel in the relationship and fear any sort of commitment.


Try these tips and see the wonderful turn your relationship will take.

See you at the altar.

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HUNGRY HEARTS

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AM I FOOL

Good day friends

My name is Leke, 3 years ago I had nothing, just fresh out of school and no job. I was living with my widowed mother and two sisters. Things were tight, I was desperately looking for a job.
Meanwhile I met and started dating this very beautiful secondary school graduate. She is very beautiful. But after dating her for close to one year without getting a job or taking care of her the way I should she broke up with me. Her reason was that she was too young to suffer.
I have never experienced the pain of heart break before until her. I begged her even on bended knees but she refused. So I moved on with my life. It was a struggle to get over her
A year later I got a small job and went back to her but she has gone back to 419 boy friend.
Then I got a good job with a television house and the pay was good. After a few months we moved to a better accommodation. Things were getting better for me. I started dating another girl.
Then I met her again. She is still very beautiful and still all I want. I took her to lunch in my car and I found out that I am still in love with her and want her back. Now I can take care of her and she has agreed to stay with me
My family said no, that she wants just my money. My friends are calling me a fool. my mother is sure that she is using juju to hold me but the truth is that I love her and she is all I want. I am thinking of buying her an engagement ring this month.
Please advice me, am I fool like everyone thinks.


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AMBER ROMANCE

WHEN THE HEART KNOWS

CHAPTER SIX




Nma laid on her bed afterwards trying to analyze the situation she found herself in. she tried to question her love for Uche and tried to rationalize the reason why she shouldn’t go ahead and enjoy his attention no matter how short it might be. The truth was she loved him and would do anything to be with him forever but the fact was she could not do just about anything. She made a promise and she was going to keep it no matter how difficult it got. She could loose Uche, she was sure that he would leave her once he realized that she was still a virgin and was not ready to loose her virginity outside the sacred bounds of marriage. She sighed because she could very well see his face when she eventually told him. She could see the disgust and rejection on them.

She got up from her bed and walked over to the window in her blood red short satin night gown, she knew sleep was a lost course to pursue. She thought of going into her studio to work on her latest design but the thought of slaving over a sketch book or a sewing machine sounded appalling to her. She wanted to get this over with and move on with her life.  She should tell the man the truth and stop wasting his time and her time. She wished desperately that her dad was here with her, and then she would have had someone to help her get through this period. Felix could try but it was her father who really understood. It was him who had taught her all she knew about the world, about life and the little she knew about men. But she stopped wishing because her dad was not coming back to help her deal with her problems this time. This was one problem she was going to have to deal with on her own. She walked over to her table and picked her father’s frame and looked at him. “I know you wouldn’t want me to compromise my principle and sleep with him but at the same time; you would want me to fight for the love of the man I love” It was confusing and she wondered if all girls faced this dilemma or was she different? Of course majority of girls didn’t allow themselves to suffer like she was doing. They were more than willing to sleep with any man who could give them what they wanted at the time, love, money or protection. She put back her father’s frame and stared at it with her hands folded.

 She could see herself five years ago, looking at her boutique and wondering how to start. She was already feeling guilty because Felix insisted on quitting his job so he could help her out at least at the initial stage. She had been scared as she viewed the fazed out sewing machine, then they were two sewing machines in the whole shop. Thank God her father owned a house so she didn’t need to worry about space. Felix assured her that her house would do just fine till she started making money. And she believed him. Oh! She had never doubted that she would make it big and make big money from her chosen career that had never been the problem. The problem then was starting, meeting the right people and showing them what she could do. She wanted a fashion label not some tailor shop.

And it didn’t take her long to realize that none of her father’s friends were ready to help her, not with the way they were demanding she sleep with them first. The thought was appalling, men she had looked up to as guardians now had carnal thoughts about her and to her it was incestuous. Of course that wasn’t how they saw it. One of them had actually promised to help her and she had waited for a like a month for him to fulfill that promise. Of course she had wasted money on transportation chasing him about to get him to fulfill that promise but all her efforts had been met with disappointment. Meanwhile Felix had already predicted those men to her but she couldn’t just believe that they would all be that bad. Just when it was looking as if she was going to believe Felix, the man had called her and apologized for stringing her along and gave her the flimsiest excuse she had ever heard. He had asked her to meet him at his office and she had agreed, deciding to give him a benefit of doubt. On getting to his office he was already rushing out to somewhere, but he asked her to come with him and she stupidly fell for the ruse.

When she came down from the car and found herself facing what looked like a residential home, she had panicked but he covered up by telling her that he was having a very confidential meeting with his friends in the building. She had questioned why she should be present in a highly confidential meeting. He told another lie which she would have seen was she older and more experienced. But of course she was young, naïve and inexperienced, and she had believed him when he told her that he was thirty minutes early and wanted to finish with her before his friends arrived. If she had known she would have questioned why he didn’t finish with her in his office when he knew he had thirty minutes. Why did he act like he was already late for a very important meeting when he had more than thirty minutes to spare, but she didn’t because aside from being young and stupid, she was also desperate for his help? So she had followed him inside with the thought that he would just write a check or give her the money once they were inside the house. But being inside the house was another experience for her. He had led through the small bar to a door which she found out too late led to a bedroom and she turned in shock to question him, he smiled and asked her to calm down. He sat down and asked to sit. She sat down quietly. Even then she was sure that the only way she would have slept with him would be under duress and she would have made sure he suffered for it afterwards. she lunched straight into the money issue, wishing to get it over with but he calmly told her that she should slow down and have a drink, luckily she didn’t drink alcohol, because he would have used that to turn her head and neither did she accept any other kind of beverage,  she didn’t take anything fattening. After he found out that he was going to depend on his charm to persuade her, the seduction began or what she would call now intimidation. First of all he reminded her of how big he could see her dreams becoming. Oh! But that had been the only truth he had told that day because he actually prophesied when he said that the rich and mighty would fall over themselves to be associated with her. Then he had quietly asked her how much she needed and she had told him again probably for the one millionth time. He brought his check and apologized again for all the disappointment she had faced from his friends and even the ones he had caused her. She had breathed a sigh of relief, and thanked God for making it possible at last after months of wondering. She had even started thanking him for the help even though she was yet to have the check. She watched him keep the check aside after writing it. Then he turned to her and smiled. “Do you know that you are such a fine girl” he had said to her, she had blinked back her surprise and waited because she was beginning to get that déjà vu feeling. She had been in this same situation before with other men who swore to help her when her father died. Stupidly she had believed them. Courageously she looked up and asked him straight way. “I am sure you never meant to give me that check?” he smiled and looked her, “Nma you are such a pretty girl and it would be difficult not to be tempted”
“Was that why you brought me here in pretense of having an urgent meeting? You weren’t running late for any meeting were you? All that was in a bid to bring me here”
He hadn’t denied her accusation so she had gone ahead and said the next thing in her mind. First of all she had stood up and hung her shoulder bag then she faced squarely. “Prove it Uncle Mike, prove to me that you didn’t plan my being here, give me the check if my accusations are not your intention?” he looked at her and shook his head.
“You are just twenty one my dear girl and no man in his right mind would give you that kind money to become an ordinary tailor. His degradation of her career nearly brought her to tears but she stood her ground
“Mark this day Uncle Mike” she had said “Just give me five years and you would be ashamed to look me in the face” then she left him.
She only allowed herself to cry when she got home. and then she vowed to God that if he helped make her dreams of Nma collections come true, she was going to show gratitude to him by remaining chaste till she got married. And he had done it for her. And there was no way she going to break that vow not when God had fulfilled his own part of the covenant, because shortly after that she started Nma collections.  Felix was kind and didn’t try to censure her. He said she should start small by making dresses for women she already knew and she had shouted at him and asked if he quit his job to make a dress once in a month for elderly women. She had reminded him that he quit his job because he believed in her dreams. Her dream was having a label not a tailoring shop and after her outburst, she had declared that she was going to use the house to borrow money from a bank. Felix was so opposed to the idea but she had fought him every step of the way until Felix told her he had a friend who could help her, she reminded him of her experiences with so called friends.  He had told her not to worry that his friend was different. She didn’t believe him and was making arrangement with the banks when Felix came with the needed money. Shortly after, the two of them had started Nma Collection and it had taken five years and they have grown so big, though she was yet to see Uncle Mike, she was sure that he would be ashamed to look her in the eyes.
Then one puzzling thought came to her mind. She had never met the man whom Felix called his friend, the same man who gave him the money, of course they had paid the man back but Felix had been the only one who dealt with the man. But who was he? Why was Felix hiding him? That was the least of her problems now. Her problem was Uche and how she was going to make him understand why she would never sleep with him except if they were married. She laughed and her laugh turned into great sobs because she had just remembered what he told her as they left his house. He said tonight was the only night he was going to let her leave him without consummating their affair. They could never be, she thought but she was finding that hard to accept.
The Uche she had come to know would never accept that they have a platonic relationship, what was the point; he might even think that it was her way of trying to trap him into the marriage. The best thing to do was to end things without explanation. She should just stop seeing him, she should stop her feeling for him but that was impossible, though she had not been in love before but she knew in her heart without a shred of doubt that she would never love another man the way she loved Uche. Well some things were not meant to be no matter how right they seemed.  She stood around, meaning to go to bed and rest from her many troubles. Then she saw the big poster of Amber hanging on her wall and she walked up to the poster and touched it. She remembered what Uche had said earlier, he wanted to know if she and Amber were related. She sighed, because she was remembering a time when she used to pretend that the woman was her mother. She had even thought of looking the woman up and confronting her because the resemblance between them couldn’t just be a coincidence. Felix had discouraged her and told her it would be wrong to disrupt another person’s world. It was Felix, who said if Amber was her mother, then Amber should be the one to seek her out; after all she was the one who left. And she agreed with him immediately, if Amber was indeed her mother or any relation of hers for that matter, she must have heard about Nma and she should do the digging and seek for her forgiveness. It should not be the other way round. Then again she wondered what Amber would do if she found herself in the same situation she was in right now. She doubted that someone as worldly as Amber would think twice before grabbing Uche if she wanted him. Amber was the type of woman who went after what she wanted; she didn’t strike her like the type who wanted things served to her on platter of gold. But that was her motto too. She always went after whatever she wanted, never expecting them to fall on her laps. Hadn’t her experience in the early stages of her career taught her the dangers of thinking like that? But Uche’s case was different; there was no way she was going to let God down at this point. He had been there for her. He had helped her build Nma up to this extent and He was still helping her grow. How could she turn around and stab him in the back by breaking her own part of the covenant. She sighed and walked over to her bed and lay down. She was never going to resolve this tonight; she might as well get some sleep. If only Uche would accept her the way she was, if only he loved her enough to marry her. but all the if only(s) in the world are not going to take away the fact that Uche is not that kind of a man and neither did he love her at all much less marrying her. That was the last thought in her mind as she fell into a deep sleep.

Uche looked up from his laptop; he has been in his study, working since morning. It was Saturday and he hated going into the office on weekends. It was always lonely and boring. Not that he liked crowd but what was the point of being alone in a sterile office when he could do so in the comfort of his home. He glanced at his watch and sighed. He knew he had told her he was coming to see her today but he couldn’t tell what was holding him back. Was he afraid of consummating the affair, of course he was not? It was just that the thought sounded as if he was signing away his freedom.  Nma was trouble right from the start and he knew it but the problem was that his gluttonous body wouldn’t take heed.  He stretched and stood up, then again he remembered she was not exactly free to sleep with him, she was holding another man’s ring. A ring she was not wearing yet. Then again a ring she was yet to give back to the owner and she was not making plans of doing so. Rather it seemed that she had already agreed to marry Ken. He shuddered at the thought, Ken was not the man for her, and he could see that, Nma is all passion and Ken wouldn’t begin to understand such depths. Well he was not going to let her stray from his hands to Ken’s. He left the study, he wanted a deep in the pool before he set out to branding the woman his finally. The woman was his and he was not going to let another man take her away from him. Just as he came out, he saw the house keeper daughter in her usual skimpy attire bringing him a glass of juice, he didn’t ask for this, he tried to remember if had and probably forgotten.
“Good morning” she smiled shyly at her
“Did your mother ask you to bring this?” he asked
“No, she didn’t” the girl said “It is just that you have been holed up there since morning and I guessed you might be thirsty?
Uche didn’t know how to handle a teenage crush not when the girl looked so sincere and desperate. He shook his head in confusion.
“Thank you but I like to order for what I need. Next time don’t assume” he took the juice because she looked like she was going to start crying if he didn’t. He moved away, thinking probably he would have to call Eva and have her deal with the girl but decided against it, he was going to suggest to the mother that the girl be sent to a boarding school or something. Maybe by the time she came back, she would have gotten over her crush on him.

She was busy admiring the way his muscles rippled under his T-shirts and she sighed, wishing he would notice her and look at her the way he had looked at the irritating woman last night. She had watched them all through last night, she had seen him kiss her and the stupid woman enjoyed the whole show and when he had suggested they find a bed, she gave excuses. The woman was playing with him and she was not going to allow it. Uche Okoha belonged to her and only her and no one was going to take him away from her.  She discovered that he was going to swim. She loved to watch him when he swam because that was almost the only chance she got to see him naked. A chance the silly woman got last night and threw it away. She knew the game the woman was playing; she wanted him to pine for her so much that he would be desperate to give her what she wanted. She smiled but the woman had a surprise in store, Uche was not going to be living a celibate life for long because she planned to get into his bed soon. Yes she knew it looked like an impossible thing but she had known and pined for him for a long time, when you loved a man for years without him loving you back, you became creative with ideas on how to make him love you back.
She watched as Uche swam, she knew he was going to do twenty laps. He did thirty laps every day in the morning after sweating in his gym, but whenever he got the urge to swim during the day, he did twenty laps. How she had wished she could get into the pool with him. She closed her eyes daydreamed. In her dreams she walked into the pool and he smiled his welcome and swam close to her. He drew her into his muscular arms and whispered to her ears the words she had waited so long to hear “I love you” and she replied “you don’t know how much I have waited to hear you say those words” then he kissed her like he had kissed the woman last night but he did not stop because she would not push him away like the silly woman had done. She would let him make love to her because if you truly loved someone, you would give him everything you have. While she was day dreaming, she nearly fell off from her hiding place and she made a sound which made Uche stop swimming for a while, looking for the source of the noise. She adjusted her position so she would not be detected. As soon as he resumed swimming, she breathed a sigh of relief. Then she began to call herself a thousand different kinds of fool for being careless. She didn’t want Uche to know that she was watching him, she wanted to take him by surprise and then it would be difficult for him to say no to her. With that she quietly left.

Nma looked up her sewing machine as she heard a knock on her door. She knew it might Uche and she wasn’t ready to face him just yet. She chose to ignore him, thinking that he would leave if he thought she was not at home. But the person persisted, banging angrily on her door. So angrily she marched to open the door. Half way to her door, she looked at her attire, a cut off blue jeans shorts and a green body blouse. There was nothing she could do to her appearance. Her face was bare of make up, so she dashed to her room and powered her shiny nose. She didn’t want to meet Uche looking drab. She came out and opened the door and caught herself before she could sigh with disappointment. It was not Uche at the door but Ken, he was looking a bit dressed up for a Saturday morning in brown caftan she thought as she recognized her design.
“Hello” Ken greeted cheerfully
“Hello” Nma smiled reluctantly and moved out of the way to give him room to enter inside. She couldn’t disguise her disappointment.
“Where have you been?” Ken asked as he sat down. Nma kept silent for a moment angrily, she didn’t want to become more upset than she already was. What gave him the right to ask her such question? She was not going to tolerate anybody monitoring her.
“Did you try to reach me?” she asked calmly trying hard to calm down. She struggled to understand what her anger was all about. It was hard to believe that Ken’s question though irritating could upset her so much. She was disappointed she thought. She wanted to see Uche and not Ken.
“I came to this place yester night, and I’ve been ringing you since then until your phone started ringing engaged, where were you?” Ken asked
Was he deliberately trying to see how long she would hold on to her temper?
“Sorry I went out last night”
“To where?” he asked almost suspiciously
Nma folded her hands, anyone who knew her well would know that was a sign of rising temper but Ken didn’t know and didn’t care to find out. He thought he could do whatever he liked just because she had gone out with him a couple times. He even thought it didn’t matter whether she was in love with him or not, he just wanted to control her and her career. Not even Uche Okoha with all his charms and billions had tried. But she was not going to get angry with him. He wasn’t worth it, she thought.
“A friend invited me to a pre dinner drink and from there I made other plans”
“Does this friend happen to be a man?”
“Ken, are you trying to upset me because if you are, I want to tell you are succeeding. What does it matter if he was a man, is there a law against it”
“No, but you spent all night there”
She gave up the man was a fool and there was no sense in getting angry with him either, she thought and calmed down
“I’m not a kid Ken and please don’t make me look like one” she said quietly.
“Who is he, have I met him before?”
“No you haven’t met him before”
“Doesn’t he have a name?”
“Ken, will you stop asking me those silly questions, you even disturbed me, I was working on a new design” she was forced to shout on him.
“Okay, okay, so how about the ring, I thought I would hear from you by now?”
She sought for the best way to break it to him without breaking his heart if that was possible. She heaved a sigh. It was inevitable. She was willing to break it off with Uche the man she loved with all heart, then why should she hesitate with Ken.
“Ken, I can’t wear that ring, please try and understand, what you are asking is for a lifetime and more and one needs to be careful”
“Maybe you should stop accepting dates and really take time to think about this” Ken suggested.
“Sorry Ken, but even if I hole up in here for the next century my answer would still be the same” she told him honestly.
“Don’t you feel something for me at all; we’ve been together for a while. What have you been feeling all these while?”
Exact question she has been asking herself, why didn’t she break it off earlier than this? Because he had always had that fragile look about him and she had been afraid of hurting him. She pitied him because he sounded desperate but there was nothing she could do about it. There was no way she was going to let him off easily without giving him the answer he wanted, already she had left it too late which she didn’t mean to.
“I feel something for you Ken, brotherly love”
She saw him gasp and she wished she had kept her mouth shut because he had that surprise hurt look on his face.
“Even when I kiss you, does it feel like a brother was kissing you, come on Nma don’t kid me”
Nma laughed, “Now that’s funny”
She wanted to tell him that she had not felt anything at all when he kissed her, not like the way she felt when she was kissed by Uche it was like she was on fire.
And before she knew it, he grabbed her and was kissing her. Nma didn’t struggle, she wasn’t afraid that the kiss would come to anything. Like always the kiss was without passion but she allowed the kiss because she was trying to experiment, she wanted to compare his kissing with Uche’s, to see if he will arouse the same feeling in her, but to her utter dismay there was none of the thrill that Uche aroused in her, she pushed him away when she got tired. Just as she did that, a knock sounded. Nma was startled, her mind had already told her who it was and she was suddenly afraid, not for the person at the door but for Ken.  She was very scared of having the two of them in her house at the same time. She knew what Uche thought of Ken and she knew it would take the angels to persuade him to be polite to Ken. She hoped Ken would take the cue and leave but he eyed her and door suspiciously.
“Are you not going to get the door?” he asked
“Yes of course” Getting a hold on her emotions and went to open the door, with great courage she threw the door open and faced Uche.

She startled him with her lack of makeup, she was even more beautiful than he had thought and a lot younger than he thought too, but she was beautiful.
“Hello” Nma greeted nervously.
“You are beautiful” he greeted and drew her to him. Nma was going to say the same thing to him, he looked different today.
In white flowing trouser and marching shirt, the shirt was supposed hide his form but all it did was emphasize how broad his shoulders were and how muscular and wide his chest were. The shirt was open at the neck thus giving away a glimpse of that tantalizing body and a promise of something deeper and darker

Meanwhile he was busy admiring her bare legs. Her figure shouldn’t continue to take his breath away not after he had spanned it with one of his palm several times. Yet each time he saw her, he wanted to try out the same thing over again. He decided to do just that. He drew her closer to him dying to kiss her.
“I have a visitor” she protested, placing a hand on his chest
Ordinarily he would over look that but he wondered who it was she was afraid would see them kissing, curiosity won. “Who?” he asked peering over his her shoulder
“Ken” she whispered
Then he kissed her. Nma was torn between the devil and the deep blue sea, dared she struggle and get ken thinking something else and come to her rescue or she could stay put and use this opportunity to put Ken out of his misery by letting him think there was someone else. Then she remembered she had once told Uche that she was going to marry Ken on an impulse to get even with him. she also recalled she had decided last night to use Ken as an excuse to get rid of Uche, she had concluded that if Uche thought she wanted another man, she knew he had pride, he would leave her thus stopping her from breaking her covenant with God. And how was he going to believe her if she let him kiss her before Ken. With all her willpower she pushed him away from his embrace.
“My fiance is here” she muttered icily
Uche could feel his temper rising. He knew the moment he laid his lips on hers that her attention was divided and that had angered him. He didn’t want her to think about any other thing when he touched her. He wanted her thoughts to be filled with him and what he was doing to her and it had always been like that except today Ken was around. Very angry he decided he had to meet Ken and set some record straight.
“Let’s go and meet him then” he said through tight lips

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LIFE STYLE

LIFESTYLE



10 food items found in Nigeria that helps weight loss.


Many people are trying to lose weight and they have tried different diet plans, different gyms and exercises, but nothing is working. Some are thinking of giving up. Some have accepted they are meant to be fat.
The best way to achieve a flat stomach or weight loss is through a healthy diet with very low calorie  and plenty of exercise. But if you want a faster result, try these ten water retention reliever, metabolism booster that keeps you feeling fuller for longer and helps you control cravings food.

#1: Apple
An apple a day can keep weight gain at bay.  Plus, the antioxidants in apples may help prevent metabolic syndrome, a condition marked by excess belly fat

#2: Egg
Eat eggs, yolks and all. contrary to what people think, it won't harm your heart, but they can help you trim inches.

#3: Oats
All oats are good but if they are  minimally processed, they have up to 5 grams of fiber per serving, making them the most filling choice.

#4: Beans
Each grain of bean is packed with nutrients, including protein and fibre, are low in calories but full of slow-release energy making you feel fuller, while the high protein content will help firm up your muscles and keep you toned.

#5: Garlic
Bad breath I get it but each clove of garlic is packed not just with toxin-battling antioxidants, but also a naturally occurring chemical called allicin. When digested, allicin reacts with the blood to create a product capable of killing off many harmful bacteria and viruses that your body may be harbouring – including in the digestive tract. A healthy gut it essential for achieve a flatter tummy to avoid bad breath, – you can put it in water and leave it for a day or two and drink or you put it in your food 4-2 mins before the food is done

#6: Ginger
This spicy root has been used for centuries as a digestive aid, because it possesses anti-inflammatory, anti-nausea and antioxidant properties. It also contains an enzyme called zingibain, which helps digest proteins.

#7: Brown Rice/ ofada
Mostly when we are on diet we run away from carbohydrates for obvious reasons but If you’re looking to loose weight, flatten and tone your belly, you should eat a complex carbohydrate that is rich in muscle-strengthening protein and vitamins, like brown rice or ofada, It’s better than white rice, because it contains a rich supply of energizing B vitamins, which could help you burn calories faster.

#8: Peanuts
Peanuts or ground nuts  is seen as taboo when we are on diet but eating a small handful of peanuts as a snack in between meals could stop you from over eating or from eating other fattening snacks. It also gives you the protein you need to carve a lean, flat stomach. Peanuts are rich in omega 3 fatty acids and fibre, as well as skin-conditioning vitamin E.

#9: Avocado
There is a reason why guacamole exists beyond it being darn tasty! it soothes the digestive system after it is irritated by the heat. Avocado also contains potassium, which helps to regulate fluid balance, as well as magnesium, which prevents constipation.

#10: Mackerel
Eating plenty of oily fish or titus as we commonly call it here is a good idea if you want to tone up your tummy, because it is high in protein and low in ‘bad’ or saturated animal fats. It is also a rich source of omega 3 and 6 fatty acids, which are crucial to proper brain function. Slimmer AND smarter? Sounds good to us…

#11: Lemons
A well-known detoxifier, it’s a great natural weapon against water retention and could help you achieve a flatter stomach.

OK ladies, we have all sworn to a slimmer us this year. You know what, we can do it. Go get it with this 11 foods.

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RELATIONSHIPS

RELATIONSHIPS

EIGHT TIPS TO A HAPPIER MARRIAGE.

Have you been in that marriage or relationship for a while now and you are beginning to feel unpretty and unattractive? You are no longer the size 10/12 girl he used to know or you catch him looking at prettier, younger, slimmer or more ambitious women and that makes you feel old, ugly and fat? Here are 8 tips to help you feel attractive and keep his interest like forever.

1. BE CLEAN:
so many women after being Married or being in a relationship for a while, begins to become too comfortable with their partner. They don't bath till night, some do in morning but don't at night. Some never remember to wash their hair. Some stop shaving even the most essential parts. Even the house is being neglected or the sheets on the bed yet you want that man to turn to you at night.  He won't and he would be too polite to tell you why. He will say he had long day and is very tired.
2. BE SEXY:
Competition is tight, a lot of young girls outside understand this and you see them buy sexy under wears and lingeries while married ones don't get that no matter how long you've been married you are still in competition with if not other women but your husband's memories of you when you first met. so they take it for granted that they already got the man and don't need to try. That maybe true but wait till your partner meets one of them sexy younger girls. So wear sexy night gown, lace and silk underwear. Do your make up right even when you are at home, even when you don't plan to go anywhere wear beautiful n simple n sexy attires all day long. I promise he won't wait for the kids to go to bed. He would rush home every night. Be what your husband want in bed, and give him your full attention, not even your kids should come into your mind at this stage.  Remember there are girls outside who are more than willing to show him the latest when it comes to sex.
3. BE ROMANTIC:
Romance comes natural to the woman more than the men. So make use of this free gift from above. Take him out for a romantic dinner, when the children are in bed, sit out for a while, drink wine and make small talk. Just enjoy the stars, moon the fresh air and each other. Think of some romantic ways to melt his heart. Wink at him when your eyes meet even if your grown up children are there. Take long strolls. Be romantic!
4. BE FUN:
The truth is that men never grow old. They still remember the fun you used to have when you started dating ages ago and still want it. No wonder they sneak around with girls your age when they first met you. Those young girls are fun. They go clubbing, they hang out at joints with them and to viewing centers. How many married women do you see in such places. Next to none but what about married men? They come with the single girls. Wise up ladies. Having fun must not include children. Most times family picnics with fussy and crying children bore and irritate men. So while you are planning family picnics and fun, plan for something only two of you can do.
5. BE CHEERFUL:
why do most married women keep long faces. Things are hard, you are worried about finances etc. Your long face and sighing is enough to drive him to the bars and into the hands of some woman. No matter how hard things get if your man is trying be that one source of happiness for him by keeping a cheerful face and attitude.
6. BE PEACEFUL: no matter how angry he made you or how trying your day has been. When you open the door for husband at the end of the day, do so with a warm smile. By doing this you are telling him it's okay to come home no matter how mad you are at him. Don't nag, don't be contentious and don't be argumentative. Your relationship needs a measure of peace to survive. If you need to let him know when he is not doing right, do so in a mature and firm conversation. Don't be violent.
7. BE HIS BEST COOK: a man's stomach they say is the easiest way to his heart. This is true. You don't have to be a chef to do this. Learn to be the best cook of all his favorite meals. Make sure that no girl can do it better than you. Be creative with food, learn some new recipes to tempt his pallet.
8. WATCH YOUR WEIGHT: One of the things that give woman complex and make them suspicious of every single girl is when they add weight. They begin to feel inferior to the still shapely single girls. Remember you are in competition, so watch your diet, exercise and loose weight if you have to.

These are not all but these eight tips will put you in the right course. Your marriage is worth fighting for and these are your weapons.

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AMBER ROMANCE

WHEN THE HEART KNOWS



CHAPTER FIVE





The few days that followed, Nma plunged herself into her work. She had found out that only that could relax her and make her forget Uche Okoha and his forgotten interest in her. Sometimes she would become very angry to think that he could just come into her life when he wanted and leave when it suited him. Was that how the rich behaved? She wondered. So they thought they could play with a woman heart just to get rid of boredom caused by their idle lifestyle. That was exactly what Uche did to her, he came into her life with a promise of excitement and romance and all of a sudden, his interest shifted.
But hadn’t he told Aher the truth when they first met that he was not looking for a whirlwind romance. His interest was in introducing her to his mother. Even that promise he didn’t fulfill or did but it made no impact to her business life. The woman took one look at her and hated her. She still wondered why. She wished she had never set her eyes on him, she wished she hadn’t gone out with him and she wished they hadn’t shared that last kiss, even the thought of it caused goose bumps on her body. She had never been kissed like that before. The kiss made her come alive; it made her aware of her body like never before. She never knew one could get so much pleasure from a kiss. She was woman enough to know that he was affected by that kiss like she was. She stopped at that thought, but if he was, why did his interest in her fade? Maybe he didn’t find the kiss that exciting but she could have sworn he did. She shook her head in self pity. It was no good; Uche was a mystery she would never unravel. He was the kind of a man no woman should attempt to understand. One minute he was attracted to her and the next he ignored her like she bored him. She stood up from her table. And just then her assistant came in Helen. Helen was a very beautiful dark complexion girl who didn’t know how she looked, so often she was careless with her looks. But no matter how careless she was, she never ceased to exude that aura of warmth and peace. She was only twenty five and she acted so matured. Helen was the type of girl she should be hanging out with. Not the foolish rich girls who thought that all the problems of this world could be solved with their daddy’s millions. Nma smiled at Helen.
“Good afternoon, I just wanted to check if you want something, I was on my way to lunch” Helen spoke
Always like Helen to look out for her. Nma thought. Helen thought she worked too hard so she took it upon herself to remind her of some necessities like food which she tended to forget while working.
“Very kind of you Helen, I nearly forgot and considering that I didn’t have breakfast, I am now very hungry”
“You work too hard Nma, slow down a bit okay, so what would you have?”
“I am so hungry that I cannot wait for you so I would rather join you” Nma smiled and got up from her chair. She took a minute to powder her nose, as she was doing that, she looked up at Helen and decided she was going to coach the girl on beauty tips.
“So what powder do you use?”
Helen looked confused for a moment but smiled.
“I am not like you Nma, it doesn’t matter if I use one or not. I am too plain to do justice to it”
“You give yourself little credit babe, you are one of the most beautiful dark complexion girl I have ever seen”
Helen smiled shyly; Nma could see that she didn’t believe her. “You have a very good shape if you would just wear the right clothes, and use the right make-up. And come to think of it, you have a very creative mind with clothes. Use it on yourself a bit”
“Do you think I am not classy enough to work here?” Nma wasn’t offended; she could only see that Helen was a bit nervous which was new to her. She had always seen Helen as a very confident girl who didn’t have time for frivolities or else she wouldn’t have survived as her assistant
“You know I am not honey, but I hate to see any beauty go through life unnoticed. Isn’t that why we make very beautiful clothes?”
Helen smiled “Guilty as charged, I promise to wear more close fitting clothes from this day forward and do up my face, shall we go and eat now?”
Helen was back to her usual cheerful nature “Yes but not before I show you some tricks” she brought out her make over kit and proceeded to turn Helen into a beauty she really was.

Uche was not having a better a day himself, he had been to the Niger Delta twice in the last few days trying to forestall potential upheavals. He had even meddled into politics which was his worst game but he had one or two satisfaction of twisting some arms and hearing them yelp. Now he was back in town only to find out that he had to be in New York and UK in the coming week. Whoever called the life of a rich man idle, he murmured. But he was glad of the challenges, they helped him forget Nma. The girl was trouble, just one kiss and he was thinking of forever with her. He had never been as scared as he was that night when he kissed her. He still remembered the kiss, it made him unbearably uncomfortable. The most annoying part was that no other woman interested him, he didn’t want another woman. While in Port Harcourt, a few had tried but he found out that he could only think about Nma. But he was determined to forget her. He wasn’t ready for that kind of commitment yet.
He looked up as his sister entered and he managed a smile for her as she kissed him and sat down on his desk.
“Star told me you have decided to kill yourself with work”
“I thought you shouldn’t have time to think about no one else but Charles” he replied a bit irritated for no just cause
“You are my brother, loving another man doesn’t take away that fact or the fact that I love you”
“How is it going at the bank?”
“Fine!” she told him “Charles and I are having a little get together to say thank you to those who graced our engagement party”
“Another party! Eva you just had one few days ago”
“Yes I did but this one is different, it is a small thing ten people max”
“If I am free I would come”
“Okay for now”
She gets up and “Bring Nma, I think I like her”
Uche tactfully kept quiet, he pitied his friend, Eva was spoilt good and proper not even him would tolerate her as a wife. Another party barely two weeks after her engagement party, he shuddered. Bring Nma she had said, that was impossible. He knew that if he made the mistake of seeing her again, there would be no turning back. He laughed silently he didn’t believe that a day would come when he would be afraid of a woman.
His mind was still clouded with the thought as he made his way home at the end of the day. He found himself contemplating stopping over at her house. For crying out loud, all he should do to get her out his system was sleep with her till he got bored because the more he resisted, the more intriguing she became.  When he couldn’t make up his mind and other road users were shouting expletives on him. He drove straight on home. He had already agreed that she was one big mystery he wasn’t ready to unravel.

Nma was closeted in her studio alone working at the office, she has been working steadily for past six hours. When her door opened, she expected Helen, the angel who always came to save her from herself. When she looked up, she saw Eva.
“Hello! They said I could find you here”
Nma was too surprised to speak, customers were never allowed into the studio not talk of her own studio. Everyone knew she preferred to work alone hiding her irritation, she commanded her brain to focus on her visitor.
“Hi!”
“Am I disturbing you? I could leave and…”
“No not at all, I was just surprised; I hardly receive visitors up here. So how are you, you came to shop?”
“Yes I came to look around the place, and I think you have a big thing going on here”
Nma smiled and realized the girl was still standing “Please sit down” she indicated a couch, where she had been forced to sleep on when she worked into the night.
“Thank you” Eva sat. There was an awkward silence while Nma wondered what the girl really wanted. She was aware that the girl was very protective of her brother and she wished for her own sake that she was not here to protect Uche, if she was, she would put her in her place in no small way.
“I know you would be wondering why I am here” Eva said
“You couldn’t be more right”
“I am having a little get together at my house tonight, I was wondering if you could come”
“Oh… well… I will come, what time is it?” Nma asked and then it dawned on her that Uche might be there, she didn’t bother to understand the mixed feeling of excitement and fear that griped her. She had stopped trying to sort out what it was she felt for Uche Okoha.
“Well six, it is not really a formal affair, I am just having a pre dinner drink with close friends and after that people can continue with the dinner engagements”
“Okay! So when is the wedding?”
“In two months time, not sure of the date yet but we are definitely getting married in two months”
Nma wanted to ask if her brother would be at the party but she didn’t want the girl to mistake her interest.
“How is it going with Uche?”
Nma was startled, how like her brother she was, confidently asking question that could embarrass.
Nma smiled “I have been very busy and so it has been difficult to see him” was it surprise she saw flicker in the girl’s eyes. She was sure no woman had spoken of her brother so flippantly.
“I am sure the party would be a good opportunity for you to spend some time together. Since I am offering only pre dinner drink, I guess you can make further plans for the evening”
Nma smiled “Contrary to what your brother told you, I want to assure you that we are not really that serious not now and I don’t see it happening in the future”
Eva laughed “Well I am glad that there is one woman on earth who didn’t think my brother walked on water, so my dear I keep my fingers crossed” she laughed again “Star should hear this, it would give her one more thing to tease Uche about” at that moment she stood up her mission accomplished. Eva was glad that she decided to invite the girl personally, when her brother had kept quiet about her, she knew that he might bring someone else and she was scared he might decide to bring Angela.
“See you Tomorrow evening” she smiled at Nma. She liked the girl and yet she couldn’t put a finger on why she did.
Nma stood up too and walked her to the door. “Thanks for coming and for taking the trouble to invite me”
As soon as she left, Nma knew that her peace of mind had gone with her. So it was again inevitable that she would see him. As she was thinking a thought occurred to her, so the man had the guts to ignore her after all the innuendoes he implied. Well she was going to make him beg for it. She was going to that party and she was going to look so good that all the men there would be salivating at the thought of her. She could probably go with Ken to add insult to the injury. She wasn’t particularly sure about that because she had been avoiding Ken and she didn’t want to give the poor man the wrong impression. If she took him along, she would become guilty for the same crime she was going to punish Uche for. She paced about, thinking of what to wear, an idea occurred to her and she picked up her sketch pad and began to sketch what she would wear. She decided on skirt and top, she wanted something modest but which would at the same time show off her finest attributes. She spent the rest of the day perfecting her attire.

Nma came out from her bathroom and patted her face in the mirror. She had spent some time on her face masking it with a marine mask, a new hundred percent natural face mask that did magic to one’s face. She was careful with her facials because she detested chemicals on the body. So she researched the product she used very well before using them. She picked up the simple top she had made. Somehow she wasn’t sure anymore. The top was shiny red peplum blouse, with empire waist and three inches band then it fell into pretty gathers with balloon puff sleeves. The top molded her perfect figure especially the band clung and emphasized her very tiny waist but the gathers gave her space so it could move on her body as she walked. She wanted to make Uche beg for it and he was going to, then she would turn him down and get the satisfaction of bursting his over inflated ego. She wore a black leather pencil skirt. The skirt molded her well round hip, which looked more rounded because of her very tiny waist. She wore black shiny stiletto shoes and matched with an over size skin colored purse. She looked at her hair and debated what to do with it; she decided to let it fall and pin a red flower. She looked at her end result and smiled with satisfaction. Who said being a fashion designer didn’t help, especially when you have a point to prove or a statement to make.  Tonight she was telling Uche that he can’t have his cake and eat it. With that she left her bedroom, she was in high spirit and she was excited.

She got the exact result she wanted when she entered the room, all the men in room gave her appreciative glances but they didn’t mean anything to her. She was here on a quest. Uche was nowhere to be seen but she was sure he was coming. Eva came to her and gave a friendly kiss, “come and meet everybody” she cued, Nma could feel disappointment sipping into her some time later as it began to look as if Uche wasn’t going to come. And she couldn’t resist asking Eva.
“I haven’t seen Uche around, is he not coming?”
Eva hid her smile, so the girl wasn’t as immune as she let on. Eva decided not to let off easily.
“My brother is never predictable; he might not show up after all”
Her heart went out to the girl when she saw her disappointment but she said nothing and drifted away to attend to her other guests. Nma was standing at a corner, when Charles accosted her.
“If this isn’t the hazel eyed witch”
Nma turned and gave him a brilliant smile
“Hello, nice party”
“Yes, Eva loves throwing parties”
“But I see you indulge her”
“When you love someone the way I do her, you would find it difficult to deny him whatever brings him happiness”
Nma smiled and thought of Uche, she wondered if he would ever come to love her the way Charles described but she bit back her sigh of disappointment. He wasn’t the man for her. There was no way a man like him would agree to her idea of relationship.  She shouldn’t even be here; she thought, who was she kidding?
“How are you enjoying the party?” Charles asked
“Fine, the people here are friendlier”
He laughed, “Because they are close friends, birds of the same feather flock together”
Nma smiled as she remembered Uche saying the same thing in his usual arrogant manner.
Suddenly she felt the hair at her back stand and she knew that only one person could have that effect on her. She couldn’t help turning around, and she saw him standing at the door with the most beautiful woman she had ever seen, she could feel her resentment for the girl wash all over her. The girl wore a short red high waist gown. The gown was so short that it left nothing to be imagined. Nma was breathless and faint and she couldn’t believe it as she looked at the girl’s cool beauty and charisma. She knew that she had once again succeeded in making a fool of herself over Uche Okoha. Her next decision was to make some polite excuse and leave. She knew the exact moment he saw her, as their eyes met her breath caught in her throat, he looked as handsome as ever in deep blue chinos and sparkling white fitted shirts open at the neck showing very tiny gold chain. She loved this man, she thought and she stopped. She could feel tears rushing to her eyes as the realization dawned on her. She was in love with a man who didn’t care if she existed. She turned back to Charles, determined to ignore Uche till she was alone again to think about her new found feelings for him.

Uche watched her talking to Charles. Was he never to be free of her? Eva had gone the extra mile to invite her. Hadn’t Star insisted on coming with him just to take a look at the girl Uche Okoha was pinning for?  He felt his blood quicken as he took in her attire. Gush! Didn’t the girl know what her figure did to every warm blooded man? Then he noticed that he wasn’t the only one looking. He glared at the man beside him so fiercely.
“That girl is something else” the man muttered before moving away.
Didn’t the girl have the good sense of wearing some loose clothes? Did she not know the kind attention she was drawing to herself? It irked him to know that all the men in the room were wishing but he was going to let them know that she was not free for taking.
“You have been looking at that girl and glaring at everyone who looked at her, is she the one?”
He glared at Star. He knew that Star turning up at his house was her sister’s way of making sure he came. He had already settled for a quiet evening when she arrived.
Just then Eva joined them. She smiled at him and gave him a hug. “People are already leaving Uche; you are becoming terrible with time”
“Why did you invite her?” he heard himself ask
“She came to my party and I wanted to thank her, after all you were the one who said I should be friendly to her.
“Who did she come with?”
“I can’t tell but I haven’t seen her chummy with anybody since she came”
“Excuse me” he said to ladies and began to approach Nma.
Star and Eva exchanged a look,
“So it happened at last” Star breathed
“I never thought I would see my brother besotted over a woman again. He cares about her”
“The whole of our specie would definitely mourn the chance we never had” Star mused
Eva turned to her with surprise “Didn’t know you are still sweet on my brother”
Star smiled “still sweet on him, no I am not” she laughed.
“What actually happened the first time?”
“Nothing happened I wanted him so much when I came to work for him and he felt the same way, so one day we were working late and somehow we started kissing but the good thing was we realized that we couldn’t do that to our working relationship and since then we feel nothing but respect and friendship for each other”
“When did you realize that, before or after” Eva asked mischievously
“He is your brother I know but if he was not, tell me do you think you would have resisted working with him everyday and not want to find out” Star smiled as she watched Uche stopped by a couple eager girls. “He can hardly make it across the room without being stopped by numerous eager girls”
“Well I hope you are satisfied with the decision both of you came to because the way I am seeing it, there is no turning back for him with Nma”
“You know me girl friend, if I still wanted him Nma wouldn’t have had a chance” she smiled “But I have found out I love my freedom, moreover I got a call from Chucks last night and when next he is town, we are hooking up”
“Star Chucks is the worst Casanova on earth” Eva exclaimed
“And sweet heart I am a definite match for him” taking a drink from a passng waiter, she sipped and smiled.

Charles turned and saw Uche approaching them except that there were so many women who wanted to talk to him. He smiled because he knew what exactly was happening to his friend and he was glad. Uche thought he should have resisted falling for his sister, and he wanted to see him resist what was happening to him. He was falling in love and hardly knew it. By the look of things he was fighting it and giving it all kinds of name that it was not. He was going to sit back and relax and enjoy this. He wanted to watch how Uche was going to come out of this one without a marriage certificate.

Nma made the mistake of turning just as Uche managed to extricate himself from a group ladies. She felt her pulse quickened and she lost the trend of the conversation she was having with Charles. She tried to give sensible answers to his questions but gave up when she couldn’t follow her thoughts through. Her whole mind was centered on Uche. She didn’t know the first thing she would say to him and she desperately searched her mind for something appropriate. A cool smile was all she could manage when he reached them.
“Glad you could come man” she heard Charles say
“Don’t let her have her way all the time” Uche laughed at his friend
“You would be doing the same for someone soon, the way I see it”
“Not very soon, maybe someday, why not go charm your fiancée and leave us bachelors to woo the ladies” he teased Charles who laughed and left.
Nma felt her heart skip a bit as he turned to her after Charles left.
“How are you?” he asked her
“Fine and you?”
“I have been very busy”
“Me too, I am getting ready for an exhibition next month and I hardly had time for myself” you are blabbing Nma, too much information, she scolded herself.
“I see your fiancé is not here” Uche asked looking around
“No he is not, I came alone”
“Does he ever go anywhere with you?”
“Not that it is any of your business, but we have different schedule and we have found a way to work around it and we love our space very much”
“Forgive me for assuming, I am yet to realize that some men are not like me. I see you are the only one without a drink, come along let me find you something to drink”
Mesmerized she followed him. She looked around when she found herself in the kitchen.
The kitchen was quite big, bigger than her living room and furnished with every gadget one could wish for in a kitchen.
“Very nice, is this Charles’s house?”
“This is Eva’s house” Uche told her and drew out a seat for her at the small dinning table.
“My parents will not permit them living together without a marriage certificate”
 She sat down and watched as he opened the well stocked fridge.
“I believe your parents are right”
He came back with a pack of pineapple juice and poured a generous amount for the both of them.
“But it is a waste of time because, they could pretend all they want before my parents that they are waiting till wedding night but I am not fooled”
Nma smiled “Has it occurred to you that you might be wrong”
“I am never wrong sweet heart”
Nma laughed and decided to change the topic.
“You are not drinking tonight”
He chuckled “I am not fond of drinking alone” he answered and sat down beside her.
“You could have told Eva about your drinking habit, she would have provided you with an alternative”
“I wasn’t going to stay long” she replied, wishing there was more space between them. He was sitting too close to her. And she could feel his strong thighs brushing against hers and it was making her nervous. What was wrong with her? She tried to ignore his muscular bicep which was directly beside her and at arm’s reach, her mind whispered.  How she loved this man, she thought. She wished things were different.

Uche watched her sip the drink, he could remember what it felt like to kiss her, he tried to stop himself from what he was about to do but there was no stopping his hands because they seem to develop a will of their own whenever he was with her. He took the cup from her.
She knew immediately that he was going to kiss her and she raised her mouth welcoming him. Then it occurred to her that the last time he kissed her, he withdrew from her and that was the last thing she wanted, not tonight, not ever. She leaned out of reach. She saw a flicker of surprise in his eyes.
But Uche was not having her denial he has been waiting for an opportunity to kiss her again and here it was and she was not going to deny him.
“What is it?”
“This is your sister’s kitchen and anybody might walk in”
“Are you suggesting we go somewhere more private and comfortable?”
She looked up alarmed at his suggestion and she stood up meaning to leave, shaking not with anger but she was actually excited by his suggestions and she had to get away from him before she said yes. He began to laugh as she struggled to leave. She turned to him summoning anger
“You think this is funny” she asked
But he drew her down on him, she was startled to find herself sitting on him and he placed his mouth on her. She was about to turn away but he spoke.
“Relax, you are safe, there are about twenty people in the next room who could come in anytime, I am not going to do anything that would embarrass you” then he deepened the kiss and she was lost at that instant, it didn’t matter if they were in a room filled with a crowd, all that mattered was him.
This shouldn’t feel this right, he shouldn’t feel like he has found paradise but that was what kissing her did to him. He wasn’t scared anymore, he was just plain curious to find what it would feel like all the way. There was no point denying himself any longer. He wanted her and he was going to have her and stay with her till he got bored. He was sure he would get bored but he knew it was not going to be soon.
While they were oblivious of nothing else except each other, Star came in followed by Eva but the moment they saw them, they slowly tiptoed away. Uche broke the kiss because he had to breathe. She leaned on him and he held her.
“What do you think about dinner on a beach?”
“Romantic” she murmured “but impossible” she concluded
“Never say never, and most things are possible with me” he drew her to her feet and kissed her once more. “Let’s go find something to eat”

Back in the living room they found out that most of the guests had gone. Only star and Eva were in the living room when they came in.
“I see I have been dumped” Star smiled at both of them.
Nma gasped remembering the girl, in her excitement she had forgotten that he brought a date. The girl might be just a friend to him judging from the way he spoke to her. Still it wasn’t proper for him to leave without her”
“I brought my car” Nma suggested “I could meet up with you”
“Eva would you please see that Star gets home, call her a cab” he gave the woman a lingering kiss on the cheek and said something that made her laugh and he led her out.
“What about my car” she asked as the door closed behind them.
“It would get home before you I assure you” he opened the door of yet another jeep and helped her in. Nma sat down and closed her eyes and took a deep breath. She wasn’t sure she knew what she was doing though, because if she knew, she would not be going anywhere with this man. As he drove, it occurred to her that he mentioned dinner on a beach and she wondered what he had in mind.
“So where is this beach you are talking about?”
“My house”
“You own a beach?” she asked trying not to panic because he mentioned his house. She was certain that he was joking.
“Yes I do, it is called Eden castle”
“So that’s where you are taking me?”
Uche could hear the panic she was trying to conceal and was doing a bad job of it.
“It would have been my pleasure but Eden castle would take about two hours to get to. But at my town house here, I have a beach I share with all my neighbors, if we are lucky we might find the beach to ourselves”
“Your house, I didn’t realize”
“And you are having second thoughts?”
“Well, it is just that it is getting late and I wonder…”
“Hey” he touched her knees “I am not a rapist”
She looked at him with shock “I never implied that you are”
“Then stop being afraid and let’s enjoy dinner”
“I am not afraid”
“Were you not” he asked mockingly
“Why should I be when I know I am only going to have dinner on the beach?”
Uche laughed and shook his head “Honestly I am intrigued by you, we are almost there”
She saw his house come into view. Was this what he called a house in town? The place looked more like a mansion and it glittered with lights. But so did other houses beside his. This was where the richest of the rich lived in wealth and splendor. Yet she felt that his house was more enchanting than the others. There was something gravely mysterious about the place that made it stand out from the rest. She saw him punch some numbers in the dash board and the gate opened and she was watched in awe as they drove in. as if he knew what she thinking, he began to explain.
“I have same code in all my cars, it is for security, I could open my gate five minutes to my house, it opens five second after I punch in the code and closes even faster. A man in my position can’t afford to be careless”
“Is your life constantly in danger?”
He smiled “You can never tell how many people want you dead for very flimsy excuses”
“Have you wronged so many people?”
“A business man cannot help that, sometimes you fire some lazy workers who thought you were too cruel and sometimes it might be something bigger and someone more your size. I have to apply caution”
She didn’t like it; she didn’t like what she was hearing one bit. She was very scared and concerned that his life could be in danger. As the car pulled to a stop, she turned to him
“Shouldn’t you go around with body guards then?”
Was it concern he heard in her voice, it intrigued him, none of his lady friends had shown such concern before and he hastened to assure her “I don’t need one, while I was sowing my wild oaths in America according to my dad, I was with the marine for two years, so honey I can very well take care of myself” he smiled
“Yet you should have body guards what’s one man against five men with guns”
“I do have body guards, courtesy of my mother who seemed to share the same sentiments as you. But they stay off sight” he told her. His mother employed body guards to watch him secretly she thought he didn’t know. At first he didn’t but when he eventually found out, he decided to indulge her after all she was the one paying them but he had warned them that he would fire them if he saw anyone of them near him. From then on he ignored them even when they broke the agreement.
“She must worry about you” Nma was saying as he helped her down the car. “No wonder she wants you to be serious about Angela, she wants you to reproduce more Okoha males as fast as possible seeing that you like to live dangerously”
He chuckled “My mother would love you if she gets to know you better”
Nma smiled at him, she didn’t see any chance of that happening and was going to reply but the door was opened by a teenager in pink shorts and spaghetti top. Nma wondered who the girl was and why she was so scantily dressed. She saw Uche stiffen and she had come to know that as a sign of rising temper. How fast she getting to know him she thought.
“Where’s your mother?” Uche asked
“She is putting finishing touches to dinner, she asked me to see to the door”
Nma watched the girl as she spoke and when their eyes met she was surprised to see that girl’s eyes reflected nothing but friendliness. She didn’t have time to dwell on the thoughts as Uche was leading her into the house and explaining about the girl.
‘That’s my house keeper’s daughter, they live at the boy’s quarter but I have a feeling that she is more than eager to fill her mother’s shoes”
Nma nodded, the hall way was enchanting, soft red rug, green huge plants, paintings at the adjacent sides of the white walls. “Do you care for a drink before dinner, oh? I forgot you don’t drink”
“I must have something if you don’t mind”
“Go ahead” she replied and he led her to the living room and she nearly cried out with its share splendor. It looked like nothing she had ever seen. Her entire house could fit into the living room. She thought Eva’s house was beautiful but it was nothing compared to this one. From where they stood the living room was twenty inches below it looked like a pit for orchestra except that it was much bigger and larger. She took in the stairs and looked around, she was still awe struck. The room was marbled too but it had Persian scatter rug and two ottomans, the television covered one part of the wall. She watched him pour himself a drink and wondered how someone could be so rich.
“It is very beautiful here” she said
“It is just a house, I am grateful for it but you should see my mother’s home. I still miss it” he said and turned to her again. And handed her a drink he watched her hesitate “It is very safe for you to drink, it is none alcoholic” she accepted the drink and sat down.
“Unless you prefer to be here, I would say we proceed to the beach”
She stood up and followed him to the beach.

The beach was long stretch of white sand, which was shared by other houses. It was beautiful, there was a full moon and the sky was filled with stars. She closed her eyes in share delight and took a long deep breath. It was like something out of a fairy tale.
“You might want to remove your shoes” she heard him say. She opened her eyes and did as he suggested and he grasped her wrist and led her to a patch on the sand that has already been overlaid with blanket. There was a bucket of ice containing some wine in it. She looked around the place and sighed again. If this was how he wooed his woman, no wonder they rush after him like bees to pollen.
“It’s is magical here” she breathed and he chuckled and began to pour the wine.
“I am glad you like it” he said and handed her the wine. She took it without asking him. She knew he would never give alcohol to drink. Was that the beginning of trust, she asked herself. Could she trust him? Was there any good in trusting a man like Uche, a man the world had dubbed the worst notorious play boy? But sitting with him and gazing at nothing but the stars, he didn’t seem anything like the cruel heart breaker he had been called a lot of times.

The house keeper came with the dishes distracting her, she watched the woman serve the food closed face and she wondered if someone had offended her. There was no friendly bone in the woman at all unlike her daughter.
“You will enjoy Emen’s cooking; she is a diamond of the first water in that area”
Nma smiled “I can’t wait” the food looked quite good and she didn’t know she was actually hungry until she saw the food and her stomach growled. The taste of the coconut rice with fried plantain and vegetable sauce was different from all she has ever tasted.
“You are right” she said to Uche, “that woman is a genius”
“You know every time I look at you, I am reminded of a woman, and she is one of my mother’s protégée”
“Who could that be?”
“Do you know the woman who owns BodyTalk?”
“Amber! Of course yes” she gladly said”
“Are you related?”
“No, I don’t know her one on one but she is my role model and I look up to her”
Nma had wondered at the resemblance between her and Amber but she had concluded that it was a mere coincidence.
“You share the same enchanting eyes and luscious lips and the same deadly figure, now she is in her forties but she doesn’t look a day older that twenty five”
Nma watched the way he described the woman and wondered if there was more between them other than the woman being his mother’s protégée. She couldn’t believe she was jealous of the woman. She was not only jealous of the woman, she was jealous of every other woman he might be interested in.
“You could be her lost relative” he told her
“Not a chance” Nma said, she didn’t want him to reinforcing her childhood wishes that Amber could actually be her mother. She was sure that if her mother was still alive, she would have sought her out by now.
“I see you don’t want to acknowledge the possibility”
“I have outgrown wishing that my mother would show up one day” she smiled ruefully and she immediately changed the topic.
“So what exactly do you do that gives you all these money?”
He chuckles
“I’m into a lot of things” he replied lazily raising his glass to his lips, she watched drink and swallowed hard. She couldn’t believe she found the simple task of drinking so exciting. Would she ever recognize herself again?
“But I command a good part of the oil industry in Nigeria and a good percentage around the world. Then there is shipping and manufacturing of raw materials. Then we own Silverline Bank and it is developing fine, and tourism of course, you must know dream towers. We have it spotted every where in the world and a few in Nigeria, mostly in the pacific regions and a little bit of this and that”
Nma made sure her mouth was not hanging open.  He was virtually into everything. Then she looked around her surroundings and wondered how she expected to have a serious platonic relationship with this man.
“How do you cope, it is easy to loose count”
“I have capable people working with me and they know I don’t suffer fools gladly”
She sighed in wonder and closed her eyes. Suddenly she felt inferior because she had just understood the kind of man she was dealing with and she didn’t think she could begin to measure up.

Uche knew she was overwhelmed, in his experience; this is where he began to get bored with the women he dated. Once they understood how rich he was, they became overwhelmed and too eager to please him. He wondered what was going on in her mind. Had she realized that he was too rich and was now plotting her next move on trapping him good and proper? Irritated he pushed away the food. But her next word shocked him.
“I should go home, it is getting late. It was a nice evening, thank you for inviting me”
She was leaving, no that was new. Most girls he had known became more pliant and willing after learning how rich he was. He could feel his heart jump in happiness. He couldn’t believe he was happy that she was not all like the other girls.
“But the night had just started; we are yet to swim in the ocean”
She looked up shocked “I am not going to swim in that water this night and neither are you” did the guy want to die, she asked herself. She didn’t know why the thought scared her, probably because he was a human being like her. She was sure she would feel the same if he was another human being. The truth she was too scared to face was that she wasn’t about to let him die not when she had just found him.
“Don’t tell me you are afraid of water” he laughed drawing her to her feet.
“I am not afraid of water, I just don’t like swimming when it is dark, and there could be lots different animals out there”
“This ocean is safe, I wouldn’t risk my life”
“Who is to tell the scavengers that Uche Okoha is on the prowl keep away?”
He laughed “So what do you suggest we do instead because the night is still too young”
Nma became nervous all of a sudden. She had not reviewed the situation, they were alone on the beach and only God knew what was going on in his mind.
“I really must start going” she heard herself say.
He wondered if she was really as innocent as she acted. He knew that of course she wouldn’t be a virgin but he doubted if she has had much experience with men and how to handle them, contrary to the impression she gave out about herself. Didn’t she know that the more a woman resisted, the more persistent the man became.
“Absolutely no honey, I am not letting you go anytime soon, let’s walk a bit” he suggested. He wanted to bring down her anxiety which almost resembled virginal fears. Nma found herself falling into steps with him. He took her hands and they began to walk.

“Tell me” Uche began “About the fashion industry” he surprised her by asking. She had thought that all he would be thinking about would be how to get her into his bed.
“I didn’t know you were interested in it; tell me do you have business interest in our industry?”
“It depends on what you tell me”
“It is still a growing one in this country, you know but it has got great potential because no other industry in the world can do without us”
“Is that true?”
“Can you imagine yourself going to work without clothes?”
She had to chuckle at the sight her mind had conjured
“It has happened before; the early men went around nearly naked, if the same case is applicable to us now, I’d like to think we would manage just fine”
“Well let’s stick to the twenty first century, the early days are gone and man continues to develop”
“You are right” he smiled at her “so tell me why a twenty first century man like me can’t do without you, business speaking of course”
“Well, because we give you the class and grace you need to excel in your world, you can’t go to your board room meetings in torn jeans and T shirts, and neither can you go to a beach party in a tuxedo. We define what is appropriate at any given time, we define lifestyle and we create elegance for those who can’t afford to be ordinary. Take a look at yourself and tell me that being distinct and unique doesn’t speak volume about you in any gathering you find yourself and that is what we do for you. And no one who is eager to succeed in his chosen career could afford to ignore us, and that is virtually every single person in the world”
“Wow! I am dazzled”
“So when I say the industry have potential, I am not talking about a group of select few who could afford to drive cars or own houses or go to school, I am talking about every single person in the world and think about the money to be made from about eight billion people”
“I am impressed, I am tempted to hire you” he laughed and stopped “I am impressed you are not all looks and no brain”
“The beautiful ones are the intelligent ones” she laughed easily with him.
“So what is your place in this ocean of potential you’ve just described?”
“A very small one now, but I am working hard everyday to see that I spread my tentacles by getting money magnets like you involved”
He laughed “Have you been suffering my presence because of that”
He saw the flicker of shock in her eyes and it pleased him. She was not, he concluded
“I enjoy your company Uche and that is the only reason I am here, still if you are going to invest in the industry I would rather you do it through my label”
He watched her and knew she was being honest, and then he bent down and kissed her.
“You know I have never pined for another woman the way I do you, why do you think that is?”
“I am very different from the sort you are used to dating Uche, I guess that is the reason” and then he kissed her. Tentatively at first then with so much adore that had both of them shivering.
“Let’s go inside, I want to make love to you the first time in a bed”
Her fears returned with full force. Of course she was not going to say yes, there was no way she was going to sleep with him. She had to find a way to say no without sounding like a total imbecile.
“I don’t think so, I should start going” still she sounded worst than an imbecile.
“I know you want to, are you afraid of cheating on Ken?”
She grasped the excuse he offered “Yes Ken, I can’t do this to him”
“Why do you choose to waste your time with a man who doesn’t rouse you like I do?”
“You can’t tell that he doesn’t” she replied trying to sound angry but failing.
“I can tell by the way you respond to me. Right now, your mind might be feeling a little reluctant but your body is trembling with anticipation. You wouldn’t want me this much if Ken could give you the same pleasure” he smiled at her.
She couldn’t say anything, he was telling the truth and she didn’t know how to deny it.
“Sooner or later, you are going to make up your mind who you want Nma, I don’t share and I don’t want that little of your time that Ken is too busy to have”
He kissed her again briefly. “I will let you go home tonight Nma and never again”
He began to lead her back the way they came from.

Nma was quiet throughout the drive home trying to accept that this was her last time with him. She was not going to be able to give him what he really wanted, so she would stop wasting his time and her own. She was better off with Ken, at least with Ken she was in control.  But she was going to miss him terribly, she wished there was something else she could do but she knew that Uche was never going to accept a platonic affair; the man was too virile to live that way. She sighed and looked at his grim face. Was he angry that she said no tonight? Maybe he had made up his mind not to see her anymore. Well who could blame him, how could he stick with her virginal fears when millions of women all over the world were more than willing to sleep with him even it was for once?

The jeep crawled to a stop in front of her house and she turned to look at him, meaning to say a quiet good night and getting out of the car but Uche had another thing in my mind.
“I am sorry I am going to say my good bye here, I don’t trust myself to be inside your house and behave”
The way he said it brought a shiver she was fast becoming familiar with down her spine.
“I understand” she murmured reaching for the handle but he stopped her
“But that doesn't mean I am not going to say good bye at all” he drew her into his arms. “I want you to forget Ken; there is no way I am going to let him have you now that I have decided I want you”
She would have met his arrogance with hers was she with her senses but her senses were filled with him and with the anticipation of his kiss.  He kissed her, Nma should be getting used to his kisses now but each of his kiss was different from the last one. Uche groaned in frustration and let her go.
“Till tomorrow honey” he unlocked the car and she came down on shaky legs, she waved him and entered her house. She leaned on her door and wiped her tears for a love that would never be.

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