“You been playing with this pussy while I was gone?”
“Every niiight. Shit, Truce!”
“Mmhmm… My girl been crying out to me. Don’t worry, daddy’s home now. Show him how much you miss him, baby.”
I licked my thumb, pressing it to her clit and rotating it while slowly winding my hips. That seemed to drive her crazy as she fucked me back. Her body fell onto the bar top, and I grabbed her right tit, pinching her nipples while I plowed intoher, showing no mercy. I lifted her, and she clung to me while I helped her bounce on my dick.
Jela was giving porn star vibes the way she fucked me back and held on to me while looking into my eyes. I was lost in her beautiful eyes, but I didn’t need a compass to find my way back. I didn’t know if it was because she had been drinking or not but this time was different. This time, she was showing out on the dick and doing shit to me that had me thinking of what to do for her next.
A new bag?
A jet?
A fucking ring?
Yeah, she had my head now, and I wasn’t letting up on her any time soon.
I grunted. “Shit, baby! I’m ’bout to nut.”
“Let me catch it.”
I let her down, and she got on her knees, taking me into her mouth. My hands went to her hair while she sucked and slurped me until I was shooting off in her mouth. My eyes closed, mouth fell agape, and knees grew weak. I had to hold on to the edge of the bar to regain my balance as I looked down at her tongue kissing the tip.
I had no clue how I was going to stay away from her after this. I was officially locked the fuck in.
After our session in the basement, I took Jela upstairs. We showered together, then got into my bed. She drifted off to sleep while I lay awake with a million thoughts running through my mind. As much as I didn’t want to think about my brother, I couldn’t overlook the fact that my best friend was going to killhim. The nigga was doing too much for no reason, and it was fucking with me to know he was about to die, and I could do nothing about it.
It wasn’t lost upon me that Dame could very well come out as the victor in this war he started, but then I’d be grieving my best friend, who was also my brother. It was a conundrum, and I couldn’t do shit about it.
Then there was Jela.
Our Achilles’ heel.
She walked into that living room on Thanksgiving, and I’d been vulnerable to her presence ever since. I wantedthiswith her. I had never fallen for someone so quickly in all my years on this Earth. Not even Melody got me to fall for her, even after being with her for a whole year. I had love for her, but I wasn’t in love with her.
Now I knew why.
Melody wasn't my person. Where I tried to see the life I wanted in her, I could never find a reason to want to truly lock in on her. Maybe that was the reason she strayed and fucked my brother. Maybe I wasn't giving her enough, but she wasn’t showing me enough to go all in. I liked her. I even loved her, but there was never a time when I longed to be with her when we weren't together.
Miss Jela did that to me.
In under four weeks, I saw a future with her. I was always one of those people who never believed in love at first sight. I wasn't in love with Jela, but she had the potential to make me fall—hard and fast.
I kissed her forehead, then slid from beneath her. I slipped on my briefs and a T-shirt, slipped on my house shoes, and headed out of the room to my office. I sat at my desk and powered on my laptop and booked us flights to South Carolina. I wanted Jela to meet my dad’s side of the family and to spendChristmas with me. I hoped she wouldn't protest, considering she hadn't seen her mom and sister in a year, but if I had to, I’d book their flights as well. We needed a vacation before I had to leave her and Chunks again, which I was already regretting.
Once the flights were secured, I picked up my phone and went to my contacts. My thumb hovered over Damien’s name, trying to figure out what to say to him to make him stand down from this fight. I let out a deep breath, then hit the button. His phone rang three times before he answered.
“I hope you’re calling to tell me you’re on the way with my bitch,” he said as soon as he picked up.
“I don’t know where your lady is, bruh.”
Becausemineis in my bed.
“Bullshit. I ain't caught up to Neveah’s ass yet, but I promise her ass gon’ get hers too.”
“What is it with you threatening and putting your hands on women? Do you think that makes you a fuckin’ man or something?”
“More man than your pretty boy ass. You better get on the line and warn ya tack-head-ass cousin to tell me where she is. I’m telling you now, if either one of y’all hiding her, it’s over for all of you motherfuckas. Believe that.”
