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Jane, busy doing nothing yet,
tossed her head back and surveyed him fully, the head-to-toe sort, and Uba made
it easier for her to do so by standing still, striking a model pose and soaking
up her appraisal himself as he could see she wasn’t repulsed by what she saw.
Jane burst out laughing at his
comical pose. “Hi, Will,” she replied.
“Just that?” Uba said as he moved
very close to her and made to kiss her.
“What else do you want me to
say?” she giggled throatily, deftly avoiding his questing lips.
Pleased that her reaction wasn’t
really negative, Uba decided to respect himself for the moment. He sat on the
edge of her desk. “Well, you might refer to me as darling or honey or something
intimate instead of just plain Will.”
“You’re just funny, Will. Maybe
you should take up comedy. I think you’ll do well in it.”
Feeling encouraged, Uba wasted no
more time. “Why do you like punishing me, baby? I mean since I’ve been asking
you for a date, you just keep refusing for no valid reason.”
Jane smiled vaguely. “Oh! That
again! Your same old song! Mmm, you just persist and I might still get around
to accepting some day.”
She, as well as her office, smelt
nice from her perfume. “I like your perf,” Uba remarked, inhaling slightly.
“Do I take that as a compliment?”
she bantered.
“You better do. What’s it
called?”
“Why do you want to know? You
want to buy it for me?”
“Do you want me to?”
“I won’t be surprised if you do,”
she returned. “When you guys want something, you’re willing to do anything
until you get it.”
Uba sensed they were gradually
moving to the next level. “I’m not that type,” he said reassuringly, aware this
was a vital opportunity to state his case to convince her. “I believe what I
feel for you is the permanent thing.”
She went silent for some seconds.
Uba too, allowing all the different thoughts in her head to have sway over her
for the moment.
Eventually: “My perfume is
Jo-Jo.”
Uba was a bit disappointed. Jo-Jo
was a Nigeria-made perfume. He had been thinking on the lines she would mention
an exquisite foreign brand, probably French, as most privileged Nigerians
patronized foreign products over the local in virtually everything.
Note: This is the fourth page of the Oseyiza Oogbodo book, The Good Life. More excerpts to follow
on this blog. Its weekly serialization began some weeks ago but began again due
to some hitches. It's also available on Amazon and many other stores through
the links below. Other Oogbodo books available on Amazon, Barnes & Noble,
Kobo, Scribd, Dang Dang and other stores are Short Story Galore, and The
Newell Murder, with Dedication To
The Ugly to be available soon.
https://www.books2read.com/u/mgLRgK
www.amazon.com/dp/B07DM3KC4S
www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B07DM3KC4S
www.amazon.fr/dp/B07DM3KC4S
www.amazon.it/dp/B07DM3KC4S
www.amazon.es/dp/B07DM3KC4S
www.amazon.co.jp/dp/B07DM3KC4S
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