chapter 5 : Dinner

Simi's pov

I love Tobi so much, I'm stuck in between taking simbi's advice and following my heart, I finally got someone to love me back, and not only that, he takes care of me, why did I accept to relocate, why am I leaving Lagos, why did I accept to leave, I have to find away to make this work, I can not let Tobi go! I said to myself, as I was staring at the mirror in my room.

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Three weeks with Tobi felt like a day, I was was so sad, I had to leave him, I didn't tell Simbi about us, I felt I had betrayed Simbi too, I never hid anything from Simbi, Simbi knew everything about me and I knew the same about her, I also did not want Simbi to hide anything from me but here I am hiding from Simbi because I knew I was wrong, I was going to Canada in a few days and I wanted to spend it all with Tobi.

Tobi and I had hung out this last weeks and it felt like heaven, we visited so many places, the club, the zoo, the beach house, the restaurants and most important my family house which I'll not forget in a hurry. Tobi had offered to come to Abuja with me so we could spend the last days together before I travel back and that was so sweet of him.

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The day before relocating, I had packed my boxes, shipped my items that I did not want to give out in Abuja, I had leased out my apartment and I was ready to move. I had dinner with Tobi that evening, Tobi had rented an shortlet apartment for me. it was my third day in the apartment, Tobi had work so he couldn't make it to the apartment for those three days but we had dinner and kept in touch, I always wanted Tobi to come over to the apartment but he didn't, because he said he was busy and couldn't make it, but finally this night, tobi would be coming over after dinner since he would be taking me to the airport the next day, I dressed up as fast as possible, wearing my black Chanel dress, and my vintage red shoes I also got as a gift from Tobi the last time I visited lagos, I did my makeup in less than a minute because I didn't want to be late for dinner with Tobi, Tobi had always commended my punctuality, he called me "Time keeper" sometimes because I was never late to an event, that was something I inherited from my father.

I was done dressing before 7 and I proceeded to call Tobi to pick me up, "babe I'm ready", Tobi and I started calling each other pet names he called me "simsss" and I called him "babe or bubba" I was emotional because this was my last day with Tobi, before my trip.

" okay simsss, could you wait at the restaurant for me, I have booked a reservation but I can't pick you up now I'm still busy" Tobi replied.

I was pissed, but I didn't want to ruin the night " okay no worries" I replied, I took the car keys and went outside the apartment, I put the address on the map and I drove to the restaurant, it was an Indian restaurant, The cilantro restaurant, i had told tobi that I loved Indian food and I felt special knowing tobi listens to me, I picked the table for two close to the windows, the view was to die for, and I knew tobi would love it.

The waitress walked over to the table " good evening ma'am, what would you like to order"

She asked smiling at me. "Not yet, I'm waiting for my partner", I replied smiling, Tobi texted saying I should give him an extra hour and he'll be there at 8, I started to get uncomfortable, but I understood the nature of his work which won't let him leave until he was done, so I ordered a glass of virgin mock tail, while going through my notifications on my email, I missed Simbi and I had not called her for a while now because I didn't want her to know about tobi, we had texted but I didn't tell her about Tobi, I didn't want to bother her anyways she had just gotten married, she deserved have some time off my tales, all I wanted was Tobi.

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It was now 10pm, I was here for 4 hours straight, Tobi stopped picking my calls, and I had I called repeatedly since the last time we spoke, the waitress had also come over a couple times asking if I was ready, and I didn't know which way to answer, Tobi had stood me up, I felt a sudden ache in my chest, tears rolled down my cheeks, it had happened again, I have been dumped!