Song of the chapter: Starving by Hailey Steinfield

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"Why do you always have to work?" Abena grumbled, looking at Tobi who had been engrossed in his laptop and phone ever since they boarded the plane.

"Well, technically, I already left everything to my second in command but I can't help but worry. I was ranked second richest man yesterday Abena. I have to make sure it stayed that way." He replied, giving her a smug smile.

"Your second in command, you trust him?" Abena asked.

"Yes. This isn't the first time I'm leaving him in charge. And nothing bad ever happens." Tobi furrowed his eyebrows in confusion.

"Good." She chirped and before he could protest, she shut his laptop and pulled it away from him, the she took the phone and put it with the laptop in his laptop bag.

"How long are we staying?" She asked, ignoring the surprised look he was giving her.

"A week." He said slowly, still confused.

"Good. Within this week, I don't want to see you touch this laptop, use your phone for work, answer emails, or even look at your laptop. No work allowed." She wagged her index finger at him.

"Yes ma'am." He smirked.

"Are you sure it's safe for me to fly?" Abena asked. This wasn't her first time on a plane. When her father was alive, they travelled a lot. She sighed.

She had forgotten what luxury felt like.

"Well I got doctors and nurses on the plane sha." She lifted an eyebrow. "What? I'm always prepared."

"Of course you are. Now I'm bored jare. Entertain me." She smiled.

"Well, how about we get to know each other? Since we're going to be together, I won't mind knowing the little things." He replied.

Her heart warmed up at the word 'together', and she smiled broadly at him.

"Okay." She shrugged. "Sha keep your pervert side away from me."

He laughed, shaking his head at her words.

"Your favorite colour?" She asked him.

"Uhhm, I don't know actually. Why have a favourite colour, when you're too busy making billions?" He smirked and she rolled her eyes.

"Oh God. Your ego is so big, this plane might crash because of its size. You should really tone it down a little." She teased.

"Whatever." He waved his hand at her. "Whats your favorite colour? Pink? Purple?"

"Yellow." She shrugged.

"Thats such a... bright colour. Your lucky number?"

"5. You?"

"One billion."

She raised an eyebrow at him.

"What?" He said defensively. "It's a very lucky number."

"I don't know how you make money, honestly, it's like your brain twitches sometimes." She joked and he feigned hurt.

"You just broke my heart. You have to fix it up." He replied, with a very serious expression that made Abena laugh.

"Well nurse Abena would write up a prescription immediately." She said, playing along.

"Does this, pretence, come with a nurse outfit. I won't mind ordering one of those sexy nurse outfits for you. I'm sure you'll look really good in it, even with the baby." He wiggled his eyebrows.

"Tobi!" She slapped his arm, bursting into laughter. "What goes on in that head of yours?"

"Oh you don't want to know. Trust me." He smirked and she averted her eyes from his intense gaze, feeling embarrassed.

"Ife mi, you have no idea how many nights you keep me up, knowing that you're just in the next room. Or how many cold showers you've made me take. You're the sexiest pregnant woman I know, and I can't wait to make you officially mine." He whispered into her ear, sending shivers up her spine.

His eyes were filled with lust, and she was getting turned on by that little contact.

She blamed it on the pregnancy hormones.

"And how exactly are you going to do that?" She finally asked when she found her voice.

"You'll see." He replied, planting a kiss on her lips. He pulled away too quickly and Abena wanted to pull him back to her and kiss him forever.

Well not forever, but you get the point.

He had turned her on, and he wanted to get on like nothing happened. What was he trying to do, kill her with his hotness?

"So. Favorite food? You know mine, but I don't know yours since you pretty much eat everything." He said, sitting up straight and going on as if that intense moment didn't just happen.

Abena hadn't recovered from her shock, and her mind was still running wild with every possible thing that Tobi had in mind for her.

"Abena." He snapped his fingers in front of her face. "Are you okay?"

Finding her voice, she looked at him, managing a stern expression. "No, I'm not. You just don't say things like that and then go back and act like everything is normal. I'm a pregnant woman, normal feeling are heightened when it comes to we pregnant woman. So don't turn me on, and then leave me like that. I don't even-"

"What. Exactly. Do. You. Want?" He asked, leaning closer to her.

"Just kiss me already. This isn't a movie. We don't need foreplay jare."

He laughed and granted her request, and she pulled him even closer to her, deepening the kiss.

They broke apart when they heard someone clear their throat. Abena looked up to see one of the flight attendants, looking uncomfortable, and obviously checking Tobi out.

"Sorry to intrude, I wanted to ask if you would like your meal now?"

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Tobi had a small cottage that he hardly used. He had bought it when he first started making millions, not billions yet, and Abena was impressed at his choice of accommodation.

It had two bedrooms with restrooms, a kitchen, the living room, a room with a hot tub and an indoor pool, a game and movie room. Tobi carried their bags inside, and went straight to the rooms, dropping Abena's bag in one, and then going to her own room.

They were both too tired to eat, so Tobi just mumbled a goodnight, planted a kiss on her forehead, and went to his room, which was right beside hers.

Abena went to her own room, changed into a pair of cotton shorts and a tank top that catered for her pregnant stomach.

She tucked herself in bed, but sleep evaded her.

Ife mi, you have no idea how many nights you keep me up, knowing that you're just in the next room.

She could hear his words loud and clear, and although she was anticipating the moment, she couldn't help but feel lonely in her bed.

Without thinking, she got out and walked to his room, knocking on the door softly. She heard no movement in his room, and was already going back when she heard the door click.

"Hey, Abena. What's going-"

His gaze moved to her tank top and lingered there.

She wasn't wearing a bra.

Oh Jesus.

He visibly gulped and forced his head to look at her, although his gaze constantly flickered back to her chest often.

Abena panicked. What did she want again?

She didn't think this through. What was she supposed to say?

"Sorry, this was a mistake. Sorry for disturbing your sleep." She said and was about to leave.

"Well I wasn't getting much sleep." He said slowly, and Abena wondered why he was acting so weird. He kept on staring at her, making waves of lust rush through her.

"Well, can I sleep with you?" She blurted out and his lips tugged in an amused smile.

"Not sleep with you, like that. Just sleep, on the bed, together. Nothing more." She clarified, looking away in embarrassment.

"You don't have to ask. Come in. I was just about to go to bed anyways." He stepped aside and opened the door for her.

She walked in, and stood beside the bed awkwardly while Tobi walked towards the closet. He removed his shirt, and she stared at him as he walked back towards her. She tried to look away but her gaze was fixed on his perfectly sculptured body.

He pulled her towards him and kissed her, holding her firmly by the waist while she held his neck, pulling him closer, deepening the kiss. His tongue explored hers, and he bit her lower lip, causing her to moan in his mouth.

He could feel her nipples harden in the flimsy night shirt she was wearing, and he removed a hand from her waist, tracing a line around her breast, and she sighed into his mouth.

Breaking the kiss, he laid her on the bed and moved to assault her neck; biting, nipping, kissing, sucking.

But it wasn't time.

Not yet.

And the only thing separating them that night, was her thin night shirt.

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"We're going to the beach today."

They had spent the previous day at home, eating, soaking in the hot tub, and of course, kissing.

"I didn't pack a bikini." She whined.

"Good thing you didn't. Because I did. You owe me remember? When we were going to go to the beach. So eat up, and get ready." He instructed.

She ate quickly and went to her room, going through the clothes that she had packed. She saw two bikini's and she held them up. The blue one was very modest, while the other, was tiny, and she doubted that it would cover her bits.

"The blue one is for the beach." He said, standing in front of her room.

"And the other?" She asked, turning towards him.

He shrugged. "For my personal view."

...

They spent the day at the beach, although Abena spent most of her time glaring at the women who kept on staring at shirtless Tobi.

"You know, looks don't kill." He said to her. They were sitting down on their towels, their body wet from playing in the water. Abena was licking ice cream, while Tobi just stared at her.

"Doesn't hurt to try." She shrugged and he laughed

"None of them are as beautiful as you." He said.

"Well, as they say, love is blind." She said laughing.

"And you have the most amazing laugh." He added.

"And deaf. Love is blind and deaf." She added and he rolled his eyes.

"Come on, we've been here for hours. Let's go home." He stood up.

"What are we doing tomorrow?" She asked as he helped her stand up while she held on to her ice cream.

"Anything you want ife."

...

The next day, they went to the museum, and the day after, they found themselves at the zoo.

Although Tobi really didn't want to go, saying that zoos were for kids, all Abena had to do was play the baby card again and they were on their way.

She wished they could stay there forever. Just the two of them, in South Africa, away from the prying eyes of the Nigerian press. She wouldn't have to face his family, and their possible rejection.

They could just stay together, but she knew it wasn't going to last, and very soon they would have to go back home.

...

Abena was sad on the sixth day of their trip. Tobi had gone out for a while, and she didn't want to go home.

She was in the hot tub, wearing nothing, after all, Tobi wasn't coming back home in a few hours.

She was wrong, as he came back thirty minutes after, screaming for her. She panicked. She didn't bring a towel, and she couldn't just walk out naked.

"I'm in here." She called out, hiding her body in the water.

"Oh. Can I join you?" He asked and she shook her head frantically.

"No. Um... I'm naked." She said and he smirked at her.

"Thats even better. Give me a minute." He said and left before she could protest.

Later on, they stayed in the tub, just staring at each other.

"Why do you love me?" She blurted out.

"Uh?"

"I said, why do you love me?"

"I don't know. Too many reasons to count. You're the first woman to slap me, the first to keep me in my place, the first to make me hold a gun, the first to make amazing pasta, the first to make me go bikini shopping, the first to keep me away from work, the first to light up the whole room with a smile, the first to make me confused, the first to make me watch a movie when I'm supposed to be working, the first to meet my mother, the first to drive me insane." He said. "Although you're the second to get pregnant for me."

Her head shot up and looked at him. He burst into laughter.

"Kidding." He raised his hand up in surrender. "Why would you doubt my love for you?"

"I dunno. You're you, and I'm, well, me." She said, looking away. He was stepping closer to her.

"Wow Abena, that's really self explanatory." He said sarcastically and she rolled her eyes, smiling.

"Well you get what I mean." She said.

He stepped out of the tub, and gave her his hand. "Come out."

She shook her head. "I need a towel."

"Nope. I want to see you."

"I'm fat. There's nothing to see." She shook her head again.

"Abena. Be nice. Come out. You're not fat, you're sexy. And hot. And beautiful. And amazing. And-"

"I get it oh. I'm coming out." She said, cursing herself for not taking a towel earlier.

They stood in front of each other, Abena looking away in embarrassment, while Tobi just stared at her, taking her sight in. He walked towards her and encased her in his arms.

"Come on, let me show you just how much I love you."

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