Page 63 of Another Constant

“Her. You can’t give me a son just yet. I’m not ready to share you with the lil nigga just yet. I just got you.”

I couldn’t fight the smile that filled my features while warmth covered my entire being.Shit, was this what falling in love felt like?

We were on the way home to his place when he got a call. It was the type of call that had anger emitting from his body. He wasn’t on the phone for more than fifteen seconds before he busted a wild U-turn in the middle of the street, all while his hand was on my thigh.

“I’m on my way,” he said to whoever was on the line. He then dropped the phone in his lap and I felt his eyes. “Baby, I’ma pull up to the shop. I gotta handle something. You can take my car and go to the house. I’ll have some?—”

“No. I’ll wait in your office.”

He looked over at me, thinking about my request.

“I don’t want to be there alone.”

“Aight, but you gotta stay in my office. Don’t come out of there no matter what you hear.”

“Okay.” I didn’t know why I agreed or why I didn’t take the car and go back to his house. Shit, I should have, but I guess I was going to his garage. When we arrived, it was late but you couldn’t tell by the amount of cars parked in the parking lot.

Kinga didn’t park in the lot with the other cars. Instead, he pulled into the garage. I didn’t get out of the car until he came around and opened the door for me. Before I could get out, he pushed between my legs.

“You ain’t gonna leave me or nothing, are you?” His hands eased up the sides of my dress and his lips pressed against the side of my face.

“Why would I leave you?”

“’Cause you’ll realize I ain’t perfect.” The way he looked at me made my heart hurt. He never told me he had abandonment issues but in his eyes I saw something. The same thing I saw today when we talked about the possible pregnancy… then once, even before all of this.

“You’re still perfect in my eyes, regardless of what you think I’ma realize.” I wrapped my arms around his neck. He had still yet to realize that I truly wasn’t going anywhere at all. My ass was here…literally.

“Good. I’ma hold you to that.”

“I bet you will. When we leave here, I’ma need a double chocolate cake… no, make that a red velvet cake with cream cheese icing.”

He chuckled. “Aight, I got you. Long as you stay your ass up with me. Puppies with the doula and Tato is with Caya and Aja got Bleu. Your ass is staying up.”

I sucked my teeth. “Yeah, I’ll try.”

“Yeah right. Tighten up.” He patted my thighs for me to wrap my legs around his waist and I did just that. We were in his truck today, so he was enjoying helping me out of the truck.

He then picked me up and closed the door. He carried me further into the garage then unlocked the door to his office. Once inside, he set me down on his desk. “I won’t be long.”

“Okay.”

“Wait, before you go… Where is your phone charger?”

“Plugged up right there.” He pointed to the end table next to the sofa that I had every intention of curling up on. “Anything else?”

“Yeah, how many bitches you fucked on this couch?”

He chuckled. “None. The couch is new, Harlem. I did get some head in the office chair though.”

My face soured. “Go handle your business before you get into it with me here.” I unlocked my legs from his waist and looked off in another direction. I knew I couldn’t get mad, because that was before me, but I still didn’t want the visual.

He sucked his teeth and pressed his lips against the side of my face. “Stop asking questions you don’t want the answers to.”

“Whatever. Go ahead and han?—”

“Give me them lips before I go.”

I tried my absolute hardest to be stubborn but of course he turned my face to meet his and smashed his lips against mine. What started off as a simple kiss drew past that, raising the temperature in the room like a heater in somebody’s grandmother’s house. The man kissed me like he was going off to war, tongue all down my throat while I accepted.Yep, I was in love.

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