Page 50 of Never Want to Love Again

“You left me for Crown Heart?”

I winced. Crown snickered as he slurped noodles in his mouth.

“Shawn?”

I knew it was him, but he sounded as if he was on the verge of crying, which tickled the fuck out of Crown.

“Yeah,” he sniffed. “You embarrassed me by going on that stage with that nigga.”

“You’re delusional, Shawn. I embarrassed you? You cheated.” I scoffed with an eye roll. The nerve of him. “You?—”

Crown snatched the phone up.

“Listen nigga, and listen very carefully,” Crown started.

“Really, Kupid? You have me on speaker?” Shawn cried out in a high-pitched tone that I’d never heard coming from him. I even had to cover my mouth to stifle back my laugh when Crown made a damn face.

“Say, man, Kupid is my lady, and since you called, I want to thank you.”

Shawn sniffed. “For what?”

“I want to thank you for cheating nigga. If you hadn’t done that, she’d probably be witcho weak, cry baby ass still. Ima take care of her heart, though. Now, if you call her again…if you email her… or text her, I ain’t gon’ be as nice as I am right now,nigga,” Crown growled into the phone. He hit the end button and started back eating his food as if he didn’t just threaten Shawn.

“You are so crazy.” I giggled and shook my head.

“Crazy ‘bout you, and I meant everything I said. He better consider my threat carefully. Now eat up,” he told me, pointing to my plate. “I want to finish what we started on the bus.”

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City to city,Kupid was right by my side. I was falling in love with this woman. She fit right in, too. She and AD cracked jokes; even Trae was looking at her as Lil Sis. Of course, Nisha took her away from me every chance she could. They were enjoying her being around, just like I was.

The tour bus stopped at a convenience store to gas up, and Kupid wanted snacks. We climbed off the bus, and I picked her up. Her arms circled my neck.

“Y’all make me sick,” Trae chortled.

“Shit, they make me miss my ole lady,” AD said. He opened the door and held it for me and Kupid. I placed her down, and she walked around the store, picking up all kinds of candy and snacks.

“Ass gon’ end up pregnant before the tour over,” I heard AD joke to Kupid, who only laughed and mushed his head. She had to jump to mush AD’s head, which made it humorous.

I paid for everyone’s snacks, drinks, and our cigars so we could roll up. Once we were back on the bus, we headed to the next city. I’d talked to my parents earlier. They were back home, and my mama wanted me to bring Kupid to see her. Shehad a thing where she said she’d know who my wife would be whenever she came across her. She wanted to see if Kupid was the one. Even if she didn’t have that feeling when I did bring Kupid around her, I knew. I knew Kupid was the one. I knew she was my forever. My end game.

We were now in Miami. The last stop on my Heart tour. Jania invited me out since I was in her city, but I had to make it clear to her that we were done business-wise. If she couldn’t respect my relationship, we ain’t have shit to talk about, and I let Nisha know to decline anything from Jania and her people.

Since it was the last concert on the Heart tour, I had a surprise for Kupid, and if Jania weren’t aware of how serious I was about Kupid, she would know tonight. We’d gotten so close in the two weeks that I knew that I didn’t want anyone else but Kupid. She didn’t complain about being on the road wit’ a nigga. Kupid really brought a nigga peace.

After sound check, we spent time on the beach with AD nearby and his girl who flew in this morning. I was sitting on a towel under an umbrella while Kupid and Felicia, AD’s girl, went out in the water. They instantly clicked. Nisha would have joined them, but she was out handling business for the surprise I had for Kupid.

The sun was draining a nigga. Miami was scorching hot, but it was nothing to see a smile on Kupid’s face. She was out there in the water enjoying herself in that tiny ass cheetah-print bikini. I always kept my eyes on her, making sure niggas didn’t approach her.

Another thirty minutes passed, and she and Felicia were walking out of the water.

“Whew, it’s so hot! The water felt good, bae. Now we hungry.” Kupid sat right down on my dick like the nasty freak she was. This morning, I woke up to her sucking my dick, and we went at it all over the penthouse suite. If Kupid didn’t stop playin’ wit’ me like that; I was sure she was gon’ end up pregnant before the tour ended.

We packed up and headed to the hotel so we could shower and dress to eat, and then my ass was taking a nap with my woman before hitting the stage tonight. Fleming’s Prime Steakhouse & Wine Bar was where we ended up. Trae and Nisha joined us.

“I like y’all together so much,” Nisha announced at the table, pointing her fork at both me and Kupid. “You keep him calm, Kupid, and it’s been smooth since you two met.”

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