The First Time

11. Beautiful, innocent eyes

TIMINI'S POV

Shutting the door of my bedroom not-so gently behind me. I dropped the pieces of clothing with me on the tilled floor- the suit and tie that I had taken off earlier.

Sighing deeply,I walked across the big space of my room to my king sized bed and slumped my weight on it.

I was incredibly unthoughtful and I felt deeply irritated about myself.

Remembering the way I was literally gawking at the girl downstairs was so wrong, I made her feel uncomfortable at some point and that wasn't me.

I don't go around staring at girls to the point that I get lost. Especially girls I just meet for the first time.

Wondering what got into me to indulge in that kind of strange behavior, I groaned and let myself fall back into the softness of my bed.

Maybe it's because she's the most beautiful girl you have ever laid your eyes on.

And being the selfish and lost fool I was, I let her feel uncomfortable at some point that she couldn't even look me in the eye without biting her lip- luscious lips nervously.

A sudden shiver rushed down me and I groaned again without knowing it.

Leaving work early, tired and irritated but looking forward to spending the rest of the day with my little sister. I was expecting to see a very bored Sharon, or at least she and Mrs Yetunde together, instead i saw she was pretty occupied with someone else and they were together, in my dining room.

They seemed to be laughing at something as I walked in and even though I didn't want to disturb whatever they were talking about, I was quite curious about who the new company was.

I made myself known by voicing out exactly what was at the tip of my tongue and when they both heard my voice, they turned to face me.

I was about to smirk at the shocked expression on their faces but my smile wavered a bit before vanishing when my eyes landed on the girl beside her.

The supposed girl standing with her looked up at me with shock coursing through her wide eyes.

I barely heard Sharon's reply to me and my legs felt rooted to the floor as I found it hard to think of moving or even any other thing as I stared, lost in her eyes.

That wasn't what only stopped me in my tracks. It was the intensity with which she was looking at me.

There was a combination of shock, nervousness, a hint of familiarity and that made me question if we had met before. Because she looked pretty familiar to me.

And no, it was still not only that. It was her.

To me, she was the most beautiful girl I had ever laid my eyes on.

Yes, she was a bit normal looking from her dark eyes to her normal black hair and fair skin. But there was a beauty hidden inside of her that was glowing innocently, waiting patiently to unravel itself.

Judging from her innocent, shy eyes she was absolutely oblivious to her allure which only made her more attractive.

My mouth felt dry and I licked my lips, clearing my throat gently. I noticed I was still standing by the doorway staring at her and all I could think at that moment was to cross over to wherever she f*****g was and pull her into my arms.

And then demand why she was causing such strange feelings growing inside of me.

I almost growled under my breath when she looked away from my gaze to Sharon with whatever question she asked her.

Her gaze then shifted shyly to the floor and she answered her in a very soft and sweet voice. I tucked my fingers in my tight pockets, clenching my fingers together tightly, marvelling at the gentleness of her voice.

I tried to resigter what she said in my brain and ignored the strange feeling growing inside of me. Squeezing my fists more, I felt a pang of empathy when I realized I had shocked her when I appeared by their backs quietly judging from what she told Sharon.

I licked my dry lips again and uttered my piece of apology and I saw her nod her head softly and lowered her eyes to the ground.

Growling under my breath, I needed her eyes back on me and I needed to see how she really felt. I needed those pair of beautiful orbs back on mine very much that it scared me slightly.

Sharon said something I that I very much can't remember to her and I saw a barely there tilt of her lips which made my breath hitch slightly. My eyes shifted to the soft curve and fullness of her lips and I found myself moving to the direction of where she was standing.

Not wanting to make her more uncomfortable when I saw her slightly tense, I stopped and stood a few feet away from her.

My eyes moved to Sharon and I almost chuckled at the half done make-up on her face. It looked pretty funny with the mixture of colours from whatever liquid women put on their faces before they looked all glammed up by the end of the whole thing. Then I remembered I didn't know where she was going to for her to invite a makeup artist over for her makeup and it was the perfect way of stopping me from diverting my attention back to the tall, fair beauty standing few feet away from me.

I asked her and she told me wherever she was going to after she was done with her makeup. Ensuring I had the address to party like the overprotective freak I was, I tried my best to not be too strict on my little sister and not seconds later, I felt the words sitting at the tip of my tongue spill out.

I teased a bit about how the beautiful stranger in the middle of the room was quiet and I regretted it immediately after when I saw her shoulders tense more at my words directed at her.

Not seeing the reaction on her face was killing me and I took a few steps closer to her, squeezing my tight fists in my pocket again when my gaze fell on her slightly exposed and smooth shoulders down to her fingers that were now wrung nervously.

Standing before her, I noticed that with how tall she was, my tall and huge figure was still towering and covering her. I looked down to her silently begging for those eyes to fall on mine.

Recalling myself later asking her what her name was and the way it rolled out of her mouth was extremely seductive and I had to bite down my groan.

My male hormones were getting out of control and it confused me deeply with the way I was acting like a f*****g horny teenager.

Time seemed to pass with me getting lost into her eyes as I stared, the arousing way I felt when she bit down on her lower lip and the most intense part was when I thought I heard her moan.

I seemed to have made her a bit uncomfortable with the regular way she kept avoiding my eyes and also with Sharon's teasing. It made me feel like a piece of s**t for making her even the slightest bit uncomfortable.

I wasn't like this and definitely hadn't had the type of reaction with any other women I met. She was different and most of all, the innocence buried deep within her eyes and also her tint of shyness pulled me more to her with the urge to unravel all of it out for me to see her for her real self.

*****

Sighing and laying my head back on the comforter of the bed, I tried to figure out where I had seen her before because she looked oddly familiar.

And with the new feelings building inside me, just hours after breaking up with Eva made me sigh in conflict.

A small knock sounded on the door and I immediately got on my feet to open it. I figured Sharon would be done and I have been patiently waiting for her to come up here.

Opening the door revealed Sharon with a knowing smirk on her face. I internally groaned and left the door open for her to come in as I walked back to lay on my bed, my eyes watching her.

I knew she was going to tease me for what had happened earlier especially when I just broke up with Eva yesterday.

I already felt like a s**t of a person and I was going to let her remind me of that.

I heard the door close seconds later and her familiar voice spoke out.

'I'm not quite surprised to see you still in your work clothes.' She teased with a smile playing at the corner of her lips.

I immediately looked down and saw I was still in my work shirt and suit pants. Few buttons of my shirt were left open but still, I had forgotten myself completely that I didn't know I was still in my work clothes and not showered and refreshed while the time passed.

'And believe me when I say that I never expected to see my big brother act so besotted with a female and i find it quite amusing even though I won't be able to remove the expression that was on your face especially when you first saw her, from my mind forever.' She finished with a dramatic sigh and walked over to the couch in the middle of the room, taking a sit on the plush couch.

'What?' I pretended not to understand what she was talking about and she narrowed her eyes which made me laugh.

'I am not besotted with anyone Sharon, I was just surprised to see her in my house since you didn't tell me this morning you were going to have company.' I lied smoothly and proceeded to change the topic. 'You look really good though. The makeup looks good on you too.' I complimented genuinely and tried to ignore the fact that my little sister was exposing so much cleavage in the white top she was putting on and the fact that the boneheaded teenage boys in the party are going to be gawking and all over her.

You did a similar thing with the girl downstairs, remember?

She smiled. 'Oh? Thanks big bro. I like it myself you know, Debbie downstairs did a very great job.' She said, winking.

I cleared my throat before nodding. 'Yes indeed. She did a splendid job.'

'So, would you tell me what happened downstairs? Or we'd discuss it when I come back?'

'Yeah, when you get home from your party we would discuss whatever happened downstairs.' I said with a little groan whichmade her chuckle.

She got on her feet and crossed over to me, giving me a little peck on my cheek before extending her palm out.

I raised an eyebrow questioningly and she rolled her eyes.

'You promised to pay, remember?'

She added again when I still looked clueless.

'The money for my makeup you agreed to pay for brother Timini.' She dragged her words with an over- dramatic sigh.

'Oh s**t! I totally forgot. Okay one second.' I searched my pocket and brought out my leather wallet, digging out a few wads of fresh notes and then i handed to her 20k naira.

'I'm hoping that would be enough to cover everything?' I asked.

A big smile landed on her face and she squealed excitedly.

'It will and don't worry, I'll collect Debbie's phone number for you. I know you want it.' She winked and quickly scampered out of the room before I could come up with a reply.

What was that? Her number? Oh no.

Bolting out of my bed, I put on the comfortable flops beside my bed and headed straight to the door, after her.

I had to stop her or she was definitely going to embarrass me.

And for a tiny bit, I wished she could collect it before could I stop her.