Tanure forever episode 10 – 11

💞TANURE, FOREVER💞

CHAPTER 10

AUTHOR PAMELA.

“I’m not lying, Richærd, c’mon, what
are friends for?”
“Friends don’t…..”
“Lanre?”Tanure called walking in,she
had heard his voice.
“Good morning, beautiful”He grinned.
Tanure sighed,what was wrong with
Richærd and his friend? Beautiful again
that same morning?
She stared at his bag.
“Oh,my house is under renovation
and Richærd won’t let me in, how fair is
that?”He asked, pitifully.
“I’m not your landlord”Richærd
reminded.
“There’s nothing wrong if he stays
here, right?”
“He’s not staying here”Richærd
declared.
“Just for one night”Lanre pressed on.
“No…. I can only agree to this
morning so that I can make some things
clear to you”
Lanre sighed,what was wrong with
Richærd?He was spoiling his plan.
“Fine”He agreed.Richærd stepped
aside,it took all the strength to pull
himself together, reminding himself that
Lanre was his friend, but he knew he would
soon be off his rope if Lanre kept on
staring lustfully at Tanure’s body….body
that he has been dying to touch.
Tanure excused herself to prepare
breakfast and to her dismay, Richærd and
Lanre followed her into the kitchen,both
sitting on the breakfast bar and watching
her cook.
She felt so uncomfortable, but had to
act cool with it,she stood on her toes
trying to take some plates from the upper
cabinets.
“Tanure,let me help you with
that”Lanre offered standing up.
Like flash, Richærd was by her side
handing her the plates.
Lanre eyed him, aren’t friends
supposed to be helping each other?
Richærd wasn’t helping him at all.
Richærd smirked sitting down
again,the only thing that he was focused
on was making Tanure love him again,he
wasn’t going to be in any competition for
his own wife.

Few minutes later, Richærd had lost
his appetite and was glaring at Lanre who
was filling Tanure’s head with lies.They
weren’t actually lies though but Tanure
was getting too comfortable with Lanre so
they were lies to him.
“Oh, that reminds me, I found out
something after you left yesterday”Lanre
said turning to face Richærd.
“What?”Richærd asked, nonchalantly.
“Christine’s now working in the
company that’s why she was at the party
“Lanre announced.
Richærd’s jaw dropped,he glanced at
Tanure who was just staring at her meal,
why was it so hærd to know what she was
feeling? and why the hell did Lanre decide
to bring this up right now?
“Are you sure about that?She got
employed and I didn’t know about
it?”Richærd scoffed.
“I was shocked too but then again,
with her father’s affluence, the CEO
wouldn’t dare turn her down.”
Richærd didn’t want to continue
talking about Christine,he knew Tanure
was affected by it even if she was acting
nonchalant, but how could he stop this
parrot from talking?
“Christine can be so funny,she doesn’t
even need the money, maybe she
wants to be close to you”
“Christine and I broke up”Richærd
snapped.
Lanre grimaced slightly.”Really? I thought
you wanted to……”
Richærd kicked his leg under the table to
silence him.
“Enough!”He warned.
Tanure stood up taking her plate
with her.Richærd stared at her plate,he
was slightly relieved that she hadn’t lost
her appetite like he did,he knew he had to
talk to her,he had to assure her that
nothing was going to happen between him
and Christine, whether she believes it or
not.
“I’ll just wash the dishes now”She
said.
Lanre got up too.”Let me help you”He
offered.
“No,we are running late for work and
you should go upstairs and change into
something appropriate, I’m not leaving
this house without you”He declared.
Lanre’s jaw dropped,he had always
thought Richærd was a good friend but
right now he wasn’t sure anymore.

***************
Richærd walked out of his
bedroom,he stared at Tanure’s door,Lanre
was probably outside waiting for him,he
had to talk to her before he leaves for
work.
He slowly opened her door,his body
stiffened seeing her in just a bathrobe.
She turned around and saw him,she
quickly adjusted her robe and at same
time trying to control the urgent beat her
heart had taken just registering how
rakishly handsome he looked in navy blue
suit.
Richærd sighed wondering when she
would finally see him as her husband.
He walked closer to her.
“I didn’t know Christine got
employed in the company”
She frowned.”It’s none of my business”
“Tanure, I know you are affected by
it…”
“I’m not”She snapped.
He held her hand tenderly.”Let’s say
you’re not, but I won’t do anything to hurt
you again, I swear it.”
Tanure met his gaze, the intensity making
jolt of awareness zing through her.
She saw his gaze flicker to her l-ips
and her skin grew hot.
He closed the distance between them.
“I really think this s€×ual frustration
doesn’t suit any of us”He said, softly.
“I’m not s€×ually frustrated”She
argued.
“Let’s see how true that is”With that
he pulled her close against his chest.
She shuddered as her robe broke
free, cushioning the engorged tips of her
br-asts against him.His mouth settled
into a sensual smile that turned her in,side
out.
He took her l-ips with his… one touch
and his heart fluttered with longing for
more.
He ran his hand over her soft
curves, moving his mouth over hers until
she gave in with a low mo-n.
Her brain melted in a puddle of heat
and s-nsation,she thought her mind went
whirling away on the fingers of the storm
wind that engulfed her…..her bones seem
to turn to water….. boiling water.
His hand moved along her h¡p to hold
her more intimately against him as his
tongue teased her l-ips apart.Tanure
succ-mbed to the hunger driving her and
savored the taste of him as he deepened
the k-ss.
He stroked her h¡p and his s€×
hærdened against her stomach.The heat
emanating from his body to hers ignited a
flame in,side her stronger than anything
she’d felt before with him.
Her breath was s-cked out of her,
leaving her p-nting under the pressure.
“Richærd, where the hell are you?
We are seriously late”Lanre’s voice
sounded through the hallway.
Reluctantly,he released her and
loosened his grip.
She slumped slightly.A cool breeze
separated them as he reached down,
rearranged the fold of her robe, tightened
the belt and re-tied it.
“There”He said mischievously.
“Wasn’t that nice?”
She wanted to act unaffected,she
wanted to argue but she knew it would be
the most obvious lie in the world.
“You….you should get going”She
stuttered, turning around but he held her
hand and was effectively twirled back into
his body.
He encirled his hands around her,
burrying his face into her neck as her
scent intoxicated him.
Her body tingled.”Ri…. Richærd…”
“Shhhh,let me hold you for a while,
please”He requested.
She leaned into him completely,her
breath steadying.They were so close that
she couldn’t tell which was her heartbeat
and which was his.
And she realized that being intimate
with him again was just a matter of time.

*****************
“Rich, what’s the deal with today?
why did you have to spoil my show
nah?”Lanre asked as Richærd drove to
work.
Richærd eyed him.”which stupid show?
Are you a musician?”
Lanre chuckled.”you know what I’m talking
about nah.I know I certainly didn’t fool you
with the lie that my house was under
renovation, but coming to your house was
the only way I could get close to Tanure,
she said she is only staying there for the
meantime,so I have to act fast”
Richærd’s heart seized the moment he
heard those words.”She…she really said
that?”
“Yes”
His hand clenched over the steering
wheel, why does she still want to be away
from him?For the meantime?She was
probably still waiting for one mistake….
just one little mistake then she would
leave.
Well,she would have to realize that he
wouldn’t make that mistake.
Now,he had to make Lanre lose
interest in her for good.
“Why are you interested in Tanure?”
“I know your fears Richærd,you don’t
want me to hurt your relative”
Richærd frozed.Relative? Didn’t he tell
this lunatic that she was his wife?He
quickly replayed that scene in his head
and realized that he didn’t.
“But I plan on taking her seriously,
she’s just too……”
Anger radiated through Richærd and he
didn’t want to hear the next word that
would fall out from Lanre’s mouth.
“She’s my wife”He announced.
Lanre laughed.”Hey,why are so against
me and Tanure, I assure you, I won’t break
her heart, I might even become a part of
the Boyowa family.”
“Are you just insensitive or stupid?
Tanure is my wife and you talking about
her like this is making me lose my
mind!”Richærd yelled startling Lanre.
Lanre stared at Richærd, shocked
beyond words.Was Tanure really his wife?
but… Richærd isn’t the marrying kind of
guy.
“But….you…how come?”He
stammered.
Richærd sighed and started telling him
everything from the start but leaving out
the part that Christine was responsible for
the death of his child.
Lanre heaved a sigh of
comprehension.
“You still don’t know who attacked
her?”
Richærd gulped.”No”
“This world is getting so scarier by
the day”Lanre muttered and try to register
the fact into his brain that Tanure was
really Richærd’s wife.
“No wonder you came up with
different excuses so I wouldn’t come to
your house, I thought you were acting
strange but the least of the things that
could ever seep into my mind was that
you were married.Why didn’t you want her
before?”Lanre asked, curiously.
“It was my ego. I thought she wasn’t
good enough for me,you know,she didn’t
complete her education, and I thought she
was naive but getting to spend time with
her made me realize that I made a big
mistake breaking her heart, she wasn’t
naive,she just wanted to be with me more
than anything,before,she saw me as the
best person in her life but now,she wants
a good reason to leave me”He muttered,
sadly.
Lanre stared at Richærd in disbelief,he
knew for a fact that Richærd didn’t truly
love Christine, because while dating her,he
still had a lot of flings and didn’t care how
she might feel about it.
But now,he couldn’t remember when
last he saw Richærd in a club and now he
was sad over a woman who didn’t want
him anymore.
“Well,there might be something she
wants,if she doesn’t want to complete her
studies,she might have other things she
really wants”Lanre suggested.
Richærd’s eyebrows creased
together.That could help,he just had to
find out what she wanted.
“I’m sorry for not telling you all these
sooner”
“To say I’m shocked and
disappointed that I’ve lost my chances
with her is an understatement, but I can
still be friends with her, right?”
Richærd shot him a warning look.”Well,
when I’m around, you’re permitted to talk
to her but if…..”
“Farabale”Lanre cut in laughing.
Richærd eyed him.
Lanre stared at Richærd really amazed
by how bad his jealousy was,it suddenly
made him want to find a woman who
could make him feel this way.
“Well, even if I really wanted to get to
know more about Tanure, but the last
thing I would do is to try and take her from
you, especially seeing how much you
adore her”
Richærd sighed extremely relieved.
“But I’m still very angry at you,
imagine, I did not even taste the marriage
rice”
Richærd laughed.”Ode”He muttered,
playfully.

*******************
Richærd headed towards the
conference room,her face popped into his
head.
He smiled recalling how she’d stood in
front of him, just before he’d k-ssed her,her
chest rising and falling.He had never
wanted any woman so desperately.He’d
been unable to stop himself from hauling
her into his arms.And to feel the way she’d
put up her resistant and then melted into
him so deliciously…….k-ssed him so
passionately….it had sent some welcome
sanity into his hot and tangled brain.
He stopped walking staring at who
was walking up to him in the opposite
direction, she shot him a sly smile which
suddenly made him wonder if anyone
could ever put up with her as a wife.
“Good morning, Richærd”Christine
greeted, sweetly.
“Work on your courtesy, it’s Mr
Boyowa”He corrected, coldly but she was
still giving him that annoying smile.
He walked into the conference
room,he knew she had chosen to work
here just to torment him.
How could he possibly put up with
seeing her everyday?He loved working
here because this branch was the biggest
in the country but right now,he wished he
could be transferred to a small branch.
Whilst everyone got seated,the CEO
walked in gracefully,he sat down and
commenced the meeting.
“We have to secure that deal with JK
finance before the end of this month,Mr
Boyowa, you’re in charge,so you have to
travel to London the day after the
tomorrow.”
Richærd nodded.”Am I going alone or
are there other people going with me?”
“Yes, you need to work as a team
with Mr Adams, Mrs Williams and Miss
Ekure to secure this deal.”
Richærd’s jaw clenched and a muscle
throbbed.Christine?
What the f-ck!

💞TANURE, FOREVER💞

CHAPTER 11

AUTHOR PAMELA.

“But Miss Ekure just started working
here, shouldn’t you send someone who’s
more……”
“What’s that supposed to mean Mr
Boyowa, are you trying to say I’m
inexperienced?”Christine shot at him,
fiercely.
Richærd’s teeth clenched,he really didn’t
like degrading people but Tanure won’t
feel good about this, hopefully nothing
would happen between Christine and him
but Tanure doesn’t trust him and being far
away with Christine would worsen things
for him.
“I apologise,Miss Ekure”He choked
out.
“Miss Ekure has worked in a
multinational company in UK and they are
full of praises for her, having her here as
one of us is an honour so she shouldn’t be
disrespected”The CEO warned.
Richærd grimaced.When did Christine
work in a company in the UK?He was sure
that she was shagging this CEO.Honour
indeed.
“I’ll make preparation for the trip right
away”He said then an idea strucked
him.This would cost him a lot but it was
worth it.
As the employees started walking out
of the conference room,he str-de towards
the CEO.
“May I have a word with you sir…
alone”He requested.
“Sure”

*****************
Richærd shut the door of his car and
walked towards his house.He couldn’t
believe the conditions the CEO had given
him just because he wanted his wife to
come with him.First,it had been so hærd
convincing him that he was married,it had
made him come to a conclusion that when
Tanure finally trusts him again,he would
want them to have a white wedding.
Damn! Tanure had taken over his
heart completely.
After many excuses, the CEO agreed,
but he had to pay a huge fine and assured
him that he would not be distracted.
Well,he would have to balance work
and making time for Tanure there,he was
so excited that she would be coming
along with him, and he hoped she’ll be too.
He walked into his house and found
her in the sitting room,his eyes raked her
body taking in how tempting she looked in
a shirt and flared skirt.He could tell that
she wasn’t wearing a b-ra because he
could see the hærd points of her
n-pples.How much longer could he wait to
have her?
She glanced at him and said dryly.
“Ekaabo”
Richærd grinned sitting beside her.
“Did you miss me?”
“No”She snapped.
He sighed.”Do you have a dream, Tanure,
like something you want to do?”He asked,
curiously.
“Well, I wanted to be a doctor…”
“And you would have been a drop dead
gorgeous doctor”He said and watch her
trying hærd not to smile.
“But then, since Baba didn’t want to
sponsor my education, something else
caught my fancy, you know Maami Sade’s
restaurant, right?”
“Yeah, I heard her food is great but I
didn’t get to visit her restaurant while I
was at the village.”
“People are always complimenting
her meals and when Sade tasted my meal,
she said it was just like her mother’s, so I
had thought that if I had the chance to
leave my father’s house, I would want to
set up a restaurant someday”
Richærd smiled.”It’s really refreshing to
have a wife who thinks big, I could help
you with that, Tanure, I could set up that
restaurant right here in Lagos,you could
study a part time business course if you
want to”He offered and as soon as he said
those last words about her going to
school,he wished he could take it back,he
realized that she would get too social and have
many friends then he might be in a
competition for her heart again.
He studied the expression on her
face,she looked so confused.
“Why would you do all that for
me?”She asked.
“Well, someone once said that when
you find the right woman,you can never
thank her enough for being yours, I know I
have a lot to make up for, but please
Tanure,let me do this for you”He pleaded.
She stared at him as a myriad of
emotions threatened to overtake
her.Richærd was going to make her dream
a reality…. Richærd just said she was his
right woman, should she hold on to him
again? could she ride this road with him
again?Was there pain waiting at the end?
Right now, she felt both scared and
happy.
Richærd didn’t like seeing her like
this,she seem to be at war with herself.
He slowly held her hand trying to
ignore the way his body jerked at his
touch.
“I….I don’t know what else to do to
prove to you that I won’t hurt you again,
but I really want to do this for you but if
you don’t want me to….”
Unable to bear the sadness in his
voice,she cut in softly.”I’m grateful that
you want to do this for me but wouldn’t it
cost you a lot of money?”
He smiled and held her jaw, framing her
face as though she was as precious as his
life.
“I believe it’ll be worth it, to make you
less bothered with the money I’ll be
spending, just think of it as me investing
my money in you, like business partners
so you have to make sure it’ll be
successful”
Tanure grinned excitedly and his heart
leapt.
“Thank you so much, Richærd”She
muttered, gratefully.
Richærd nodded, feeling proud that he
was making her happy.”So what do we call
it…Tanrich or Richtan”He joked.
She laughed.”We’d would need a better
name for it”
‘We’Richærd thought.
“I’ll start looking for a promising
place when we get back from London”
Shockwaves rolled over her.”London?”
“Yes. I was assigned to go there
with some colleagues for four days, but I
didn’t want you to be alone in this
house,so I paid a fine so I could take you
with me”He explained.
Tanure swallowed the thick lump in her
throat.Richærd keeps up swirling her brain
with surprises.
“But…..”
“Iyawomi, just say yes, I know you
really want to go too, don’t worry I’ll make
time for you while there to give you a
tour,it’d be so fun,huh”He urged.
“I heard it’s such a beautiful place,
have you been there before?”
“Yes, I’ve been to Spain and Paris
too,they were mostly business trips
though, Would you want us to visit Tayo
someday?”
Joy that she tried so hærd to tame filled
her soul,he was already seeing his future
with her.Should she allow herself picture a
life with him too?
She slowly nodded and he pulled her
closer to his chest.
“I’ll make sure it’ll be an unforgettable experience for you”He assured and they both heard his stomach growled.
Tanure chuckled against his chest.
“I’ve already prepared dinner,oko mi”
“Oko mi?”He asked,stunned and she quickly stood up.
“I should go and set up the table”She rambled out and hurried away.
Richærd chuckled staring at her backside…he was making progress and right now,he felt so happy.

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Richærd and Tanure got down from his car.
He brought out their luggage and refused to let her carry hers.
She reluctantly agreed and carried just her hand bag then they walked into the terminal.
Richærd stared at her clad in jeans and a floral top,her hair was neatly packed in a bun,her feet encased in white sneakers,he had gotten her new clothes yesterday and after a round of pleading,she accepted them.
“O lewa”He told her, appreciatively.
Tanure smiled,he had been telling her that since they left the house and it made her heart flutter each time he heard that.
Once in,side,she saw two women and a man waving at Richærd, narrowing her eyes,she recognized one of the women to
be Christine.
Richærd stared down at her, the
excitement on her eyes had suddenly
disappeared, f-ck!He should have told her
yesterday that Christine was coming
along too but he wouldn’t let Christine or
anyone spoil this trip for her.
He quickly dropped the luggage and
turned her around to face him.
“Christine works in the company too,
remember.My relationsh¡p with her now is
strictly professional, please believe me,
Tanure”He begged.
He saw the evidence of doubts in her
features but she nodded.
He sighed and they walked up to
Christine and the others.
“Good morning,Mr Boyowa”They
greeted.
“Good morning”He replied.
“This is my wife, Tanure, I already
spoke to the CEO about her coming with
us”
Christine’s heart clenched painfully,
Richærd was getting too
unpredictable,who the hell brings his wife
along with him on a business trip?She
was sure this had cost him alot.What has
Tanure done to him?
“I didn’t know you were
married,sir”Mrs Williams said.
“Sorry about that, but I just did the
traditional wedding not long ago but you’ll
all be invited to the white wedding
soon”Richærd announced.
Tanure’s jaw dropped as she stared at him
in disbelief,he had not only introduced her
as his wife but he was talking about a
white wedding.Was this really Richærd?
“I would have to hand it to you, your
wife is beautiful”Mr Adams commented.
“I know”Richærd agreed, proudly.
‘And get your dirty eyes off her’He
thought.
“Nice meeting you,Mrs
Boyowa”Christine said, sarcastically.
Tanure smiled dryly taking in the
hateful look Christine was giving her.It
suddenly occurred to her that Christine
was the only one who might want to hurt
her.Was she perhaps……..No!
She quickly shook that thought out of
her head, Richærd would’ve told her,
Richærd wouldn’t be standing here like this
with her.It definitely can’t be Christine.
But Christine being among Richærd’s
colleagues bothered her a lot.

Richærd fastened Tanure’s seatbelt
and did his own too.He stared at her
face,she seem so nervous.
“Are you okay?”He asked, concerned.
She nodded.
The plane began to move slowly down
the runway and she closed her eyes
tightly.
Richærd moved closer to her and held
her hands.
When the plane lifted up the
ground,she hugged him tightly.Richærd
grinned slowly stroking her hair.
By the time, the plane was in the air
properly,he slowly pulled her away from
him and stared at her face.
“See,it wasn’t so bad”
“I was not scared”She snapped.
Richærd rolled his eyes.”Fine,you just
felt like hugging me”He said sarcastically
and she smacked his arm.
He laughed and slowly raise the
window cover beside her.
He watched her eyes w¡dened with
wonder as she stared out at the rapidly
shrinking landscape.
“It’s so…. amazing, everything looks
so small!”She exclaimed.
Richærd stared at her glowing with
excitement,it was contagious as hell, his l-ips
curled into a broad smile.
‘Iyawo mi’

TBC