Chapter 50: Sit Tight!

Chapter 50: Sit Tight!

“You know,” Ikenna began, his tone eerily calm, “I wasn’t planning to interfere.

I was here to observe, just as she asked.” He gestured toward the door, where Nnenna waited outside, undoubtedly smirking.

“But then you thought it was a good idea to lunge at her.

Big mistake.” Reuben gulped, his mouth suddenly dry.

“I watched her call you ‘big time accountant uncle’ and take your pictures,” Ikenna continued, his tone casual yet laced with steel.

“She was smirking the whole time.

But me?

I’m not smirking, Reuben.

Do you know why?” Reuben shook his head quickly, sweat beading on his forehead.

“Because I don’t find this situation funny,” Ikenna said, stepping closer.

His voice dropped lower, more menacing.

“I’m trying to figure out if you’re just a liar…

or something worse.

So, I’m going to ask nicely.

What exactly were you planning to do to her, Mr.

Big Time Accountant?” From everything Nnenna had said, Ikenna pieced the situation together.

The fact that she came all the way here just to take pictures of this man in such a calculated way told him everything he needed to know, Reuben was lying about who he was, and Nnenna was determined to expose him.

Ikenna recalled an office gossip he had overheard during lunch.

One of the nurses, Nurse Courage, was engaged to a man who was rumored to be a “big time accountant.” However, the man was described as violent and short tempered.

nurse was the same one who had been looking after Nnenna, often going out of her way to care for her even when

pitied her when he heard

understood the real reason behind her actions, the man in front of him

wasn’t just exposing Reuben as a liar but also as a disrespectful and abusive

her way of giving the nurse the proof she needed to

thought when something caught his attention,

could fully process it, Reuben

Bang!

the ground, his voice calm

wanted to

Ten minutes later, Ikenna stepped out of the closet, closing

Nnenna’s curiosity piqued instantly.

for help, but being silenced, she had been wondering what exactly had gone on in

at Ikenna,

he casually wiped his hands with Reuben’s

Ikenna,” she corrected herself quickly, her eyes narrowing as

there?” Ikenna glanced at her and smiled faintly, patting her soft, long hair as if she were

“Don’t worry about that.

have your

back to the

still have some things to handle,” he said,

for a moment, her eyes darting to

the

after Ikenna, who was

downstairs, Nnenna offered the receptionist a polite cute smile and waved goodbye, earning another loving look from

interaction and rolled his eyes

got into the car and drove back to the hospital at a leisurely pace, the atmosphere quiet and filled with

to speak to

to the side mirror, where he noticed a

the same one that had been following them earlier

another car heading in the same direction, but now it was clear that it had been tailing them since they left the

on the steering wheel tightened, and his senses went on

detours, driving through random streets

he went, the car remained

was no doubt in

at the girl beside him, her face calm as she stared out the window,

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