All Chapters of The Interception : Chapter 11 - Chapter 20

Jamilah recovered quickly, greeting me before pulling her eyes away from mine immediately and I was almost sure she would avoid them throughout the whole dinner.She was nervous as the trembling in her hands didn't go unheeded, exactly like the night when I first met her. I wondered, did she hate me? Or did she see me as some brute her family was handing her off to, willingly.

I left the room, leaving behind my father, Rashid and Shade as Tijani had stood up some minutes ago to take a call but I with the intention of studying the Daran's home.  I had already established the fact that it was large, so taking note of every wing or section might have been a difficult task to do now as I was not disposed to enough time.

"You are scaring me, what happened?""It was a mistake, Jacob. I didn't mean to," Osaze croaked as he gripped the sides of his hair with his hands. He had started shaking his head repeatedly almost and kept on muttering silently, the words 'I didn't mean to.'

Only a breath away as my lips grazed over hers, teasingly and when I was finally about to take the bait and delve in, the redemption came too soon.“Jacob, the door was open and I-,“ Bankole said, stopping short once he had drank in the scene. Shade had jerked away from me at the sound of his voice, almost as if she had been seared by hot coals. The colour had drained from her face and we both looked clearly uncomfortable, similar to a pair that had just been caught in the middle of something reprehensible but Bankole was clever, his mind must have worked all the pieces in place already.  “I-uh...I was just leaving,” she announced with a shaky voice before walking away.Our both eyes watched her leave hastily through the way she had entered and once she was out of sight, he turned back to me looking dismayed.“Are you crazy!” He shouted, his belting tone

It was absurd but I had felt like I had connected a little with the strange lady through her song. The wordings were a sort of insight to her story and it was almost as if I had known her for years. I strained my eyes but yet again, her face was well hidden behind the black mask and a riveting smile flooded my features as I accepted the challenge to discover what lay beneath those coverings.