09/07/2025
💔 MY EX IS MY BOSS NOW. AND HE Hasn’t FORGOTTEN ANYTHING.
(💔 PART 5:)✅
> Babe?
I stepped into view.
And everything stopped.
Because standing there…
In Korede’s doorway…
Was my cousin.
The same one who swore she’d never speak to me again.
The same one who didn’t know I worked for Korede now.
The same one who once told me…
“If you ever touch him again, I swear… I’ll make sure you regret it.”
For a moment, no one said a word.
Korede's face was caught between guilt and panic.
My cousin, Eniola, tilted her head slowly like she was trying to process what she was seeing.
Then she laughed.
Not a light laugh.
A cold, sharp, dangerous laugh.
> "Wow. Wow. So this is what fate looks like, huh?"
I took a small step back.
> “Eniola, I can explain—”
> “Explain?” she snapped, dropping her designer bag on the floor. “Explain how you ended up in my boyfriend’s apartment? In his shirt?”
> “Oh wait, let me guess. You tripped and fell into his bed?”
Korede cut in, stepping between us.
> “Eni, that’s enough—”
> “No, it’s NOT enough,” she shouted. “Because the last time we spoke, this witch vanished from your life! And now she’s back like a recycled demon?”
> “You told me you were done with her.”
> “You told me she meant nothing.”
I stood frozen.
Not because of the insults.
But because of the realization.
Korede and Eniola were dating.
This wasn’t a random fling.
This was… a relationship.
And I had just kissed a man who now belonged to my cousin.
Again.
History wasn’t repeating itself.
It was dragging me.
> “You knew,” I whispered to Korede.
> “You knew she was my cousin.”
> “And you didn’t think it was relevant to mention?”
He looked like someone had just sucked the air from his lungs.
> “I didn’t plan for any of this,” he said.
> “She came into my life when I was at my lowest. I didn’t even know you two were related until months in.”
> “And by the time I found out… I was already in it. But it wasn’t serious.”
> “I swear, it wasn’t. Until—until it was.”
Eniola scoffed.
> “Wow. That’s what I am to you now? A pit stop?”
> “You used me to heal from her, and now you’re tossing me out like trash?”
She turned to me, venom dripping from her voice.
> “You really are your mother’s daughter.”
I blinked.
> “Excuse me?”
> “Don’t act like you don’t know,” she sneered.
> “She did the same thing to my father. And now, here you are, completing the family curse.”
My chest tightened.
This wasn’t just a messy love triangle.
This was generational pain.
Unresolved wounds.
Unspoken betrayals wrapped in bloodlines.
Korede ran a hand through his hair.
> “Both of you need to calm down.”
> “This isn’t about family. This is about the truth.”
> “And the truth is… I still love her.”
The room exploded.
Eniola picked up the wine glass and threw it at the wall.
It shattered, the sound echoing like a gunshot.
> “You’re dead to me,” she hissed.
“And so is she.”
She stormed out, slamming the door so hard the frame shook.
Silence followed.
Heavy.
Shameful.
I turned to Korede.
> “You had no right.”
> “You should’ve told me. The moment I stepped into that office, you should’ve told me who she was to you.”
He nodded slowly.
> “I know.”
> “And I didn’t. Because I was afraid if I did… you’d run again.”
> “And this time, I couldn’t survive losing you.”
My knees gave out.
I sat on the edge of his couch.
Eyes glassy.
Mind racing.
> “This isn’t over,” I said.
> “She’s not the type to walk away quietly.”
> “She’ll make sure the world burns before she lets us have peace.”
Korede nodded.
> “I know.”
> “And there’s something else you need to know.”
I looked up.
His eyes were dark. Serious.
> “The letters… weren’t the only thing I kept.”
He walked to the closet and pulled out a small black notebook.
Handed it to me.
> “I hired a private investigator… after you left.”
> “To find out why you really disappeared.”
> “And what he found…”
He paused.
> “...might change everything you thought you knew about your cousin.”
I opened the notebook.
And the first photo inside…
Was of a baby.
My heart stopped.
Because I recognized that face.
But not from a memory.
From a Instagram post.
> “This… this baby…”
> “Eniola said she gave birth to.”
> “She even celebrate for weeks.”
Korede looked at me.
Eyes hollow.
> “That’s not her baby.”
> “That’s yours.”
TBC 👉 African Stories By Ezeh Daberechukw