Page 32 of So Special: Fanatic Love

When I gave Mama Lina and Pops Collin my new number, they asked a thousand questions. Mama Lina threatened to beat my ass. I didn’t take her seriously until she got that damn fly swatter. I conceded and told her why. Once again, I had to talkher down from flying to Georgia. There weren’t going to be too many more times that I would be able to keep Mama Lina off Porsha’s ass.

Asher and Katniss were in their new relationship, fuck all the time stage, so I gave my boy some room. I was happy as hell for him. Sometimes I felt like I wanted that, but it didn’t seem like that was what was in store for me. He went to practice and was on that family life tip now.

Today was an off day as far as practice, so I’d been checking on some of my investments. When I went to college, I made sure I graduated before I entered the draft. I made the very intentional choice to be a finance minor, and my sweet spot was investments. I had always been good with money mainly out of necessity because my mother wasn’t. I was the one that made sure the bills were paid. If I didn’t, she would spend all the money on shoes, hair, bags, and nails.

Since Daisy commented on my balcony, I found myself spending more time out here. Watching the sunset was more peaceful than I ever thought it would be. My phone buzzed on the side table. When I picked it up, my smile broke through to see that Daisy had messaged me.

Daisy_Baby_Clt: Hey! I’m on my way to Kat’s place. Wanted to know if I could slide through to check on you?

Zane_The_Great: Yeah that’s cool! I’m at the crib.

Daisy_Baby_Clt: Cool! B there soon.

That message was right on time. I hadn’t fucked on Daisy since the night they got locked up. She claimed she was busy. I needed some pussy. I finished the beer I was drinking, then headed back inside. My housekeeper came earlier today, so my place was spotless. About fifteen minutes later, there was a knock at my door.

“What’s up?” I greeted Daisy as soon as I opened the door. She looked good as fuck in her casual wear. She never had to try to be beautiful. She just was.

She walked into my space, stood on her tip toes, then kissed my cheeks. “Hey, love.” She walked past me. It was funny that she was this small in stature woman but had a nice plump ass.

After I closed the door, I watched her go straight to my kitchen like her little ass lived here, then grab a bottle of water out of my water fridge on the counter. I just sat down in the den because that was where she would come. I hoped we ended up in my bedroom, shower, or we could keep it out here.

She took a sip of water before she put the top back on the water bottle, then set it on the table. “How you been feeling since everything came out?”She never wastes time with fluffy talk.

“That’s a loaded question because one, I don’t know if the shit is true and two, if it is true that’s fucked up. It’s fucked up all the way around, but with Porsha, it is what it is.” I was more curious at this point than I was angry. When you deal with certain types of people, the things they do no longer faze you. Yeah, they may do something that has you thinkingoh that’s different,but even then, you’re not fazed.

Daisy sat with her body turned toward me. She leaned slightly forward with one leg crossed over the other and her arms rested on her leg. I noticed that the only time she didn’t wear her glasses was when she went out. She was sexy as fuck with them on. A few times that we had sex, I told her to keep them on. “I can see that. Yeah, that lady is messed up in the head. I’m sorry she’s like that.”

I cackled. “There’s no reason for you to apologize. What’s been up with you? I ain’t heard from you.”

“You know how I do. When I’m busy, I’m busy,” she said before she sat back on the couch. “Work has been crazy as hell, but nothing I can’t handle.”

This was crazy as hell. I knew she worked at the hospital with Katniss, but that was as much information as I had. “What do you do again?”

She smiled, then answered. “I’m a hospital administrator.” When I asked her what they did, I was impressed. “Oh, I do a lot of a lot. If I had to round it out, I manage the day-to-day operations of the hospital, which could encompass patient care, finances, compliance, staffing, programing, and a plethora of other things. I have a great team I collaborate with for success.” She picked up her bottle of water to drink some. After all that stuff she listed, I understood why she needed a drink.

“I can see how that would keep you busy,” I commented. “You’re out here being a boss. That’s what’s up.” I knew she handled her business. Now that I knew what she did, it made more sense why she was on the whole she didn’t need a man to finance her type flow. From what I knew, most hospital administrators made well over one hundred thousand dollars a year and that was with a public company. The hospital she worked at I believed was private.

I knew that she lived with her people, but not really. I’d overheard conversations between her, Tiara, Katniss, and Mama Lina about her living in an apartment above her parents’ garage that they had built for her. From that conversation, I learned that her pops was old school and didn’t want her to move out until she was engaged or married. I respected that and could see myself being like that if I ever had a daughter.

Her cheeks lifted, before she said, “A boss does what a boss has to do.” She glanced at her watch. “Well, I just wanted to check in on you. Katniss and Asher have been up under each other, so I haven’t had a chance to ask him about you.”

“Why do you have to ask him about me when you can ask me about me, Daisy? The same way you just came here to check on me, you can do that anytime.” I leaned forward and put myforearms on my thighs before I glanced over my shoulder in her direction. “What you got going on tonight? I wanna feel Suga Melon.”

She leaned forward, put her arm around mine, and pulled me back. With a cheeky, sexy smile she placed her lips on mine. Our kiss deepened. When I grabbed her hips to place her on my lap, she stopped me.

She lifted her lips off mine. “Um, no. I have somewhere to be soon. I don’t have time to take another shower,” she told me before she stood up.The fuck!

I stood next, then pulled her into my arms. My lips went to her neck. That was one of her spots I found out early. “We can just fuck in the shower, Daisy. You got time for a quickie.”

She moaned before she pushed me away with a light giggle. “No, I don’t, Zane. You not about to get me caught up and late. You don’t understand the concept of a damn quickie.”

Something in me ached for her on a deeper level in that second. Like word vomit, I just let it out. “Daisy, what if we tried the relationship thing on some exclusive shit?”

Her smile fell. She gawked at me for a second without blinking before she spoke. “Oh, I was waiting for you to say you were kidding or something. Zane, you don’t want to be with me. That’s not what we do or are.”

“How the hell are you going to tell me what the fuck I want?” I asked her incredulously. “Daisy, I’m a grown man. I don’t talk just to talk. I know what I want.”

Her head dropped. She shuffled on her feet, then her head lifted. “Zane, baby, you’re feeling a lot of things right now. Don’t get me wrong, fucking you is dope, and I want to continue that. The relationship shit ain’t us together or separately.”

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