Page 135 of Emergence and Ascendance

I grinned. "I could never do that. You're irreplaceable."

"Hoe, I know that. You just make sure you know that."

"I do." I blew her a kiss.

"And your man better know that too."

"He knows. You're important to me, which makes you important to him."

"Aww, I love you friend."

We walked into the house and I heard Christian's voice coming from his office so we headed to the living room and settled on the couch to wait.

A few minutes later, Christian was crossing the room. He had changed out of his suit into dark jeans and a gray graphic tee, showing off his chest, shoulders, and arms that I wanted around me. His eyes landed on me first and the smile that crossed his face made my stomach flutter.

"How was the spa?" He walked right to me and kissed my temple before turning his attention to Tezni.

"Perfect, thank you for that. This is Tezni. Tez."

Tezni stood and extended her hand, grinning too hard as she did a full assessment. "So you're the man who's been keeping my girl so happy and held hostage?"

Christian shook her hand and chuckled. "I do my best. Good to finally meet you."

"Same. I was starting to think Scot made you up since I couldn't get a face to face."

Christian smiled sexily then his eyes dropped to me in a way that had my stomach tightening. "Definitely real."

"That you are and now I'm glad I'm finally here to make sure you're worthy of my girl."

"Fair enough. Am I passing so far?"

"The jury's still out, but so far so good. You did your due diligence, sir." She dropped down on the sofa next to me and Christian sat on the arm near my side.

"I figured if I was going to be judged, I might as well make a good impression first."

"Smart man. Now tell me, what's your biggest flaw and don't give me one of those bullshit answers like I work too much, I care too much, or I love too deeply. I want the real dirt."

"I'm possessive as hell when it comes to Scotlyn." His hand moved to the back of my neck and he squeezed gently in a way that said so many things. I want you, I need you and I'm going to have you. It was the type of possession that had my pussy on alert.

Tezni looked at me, then back at him. "That's not necessarily a flaw."

"Maybe not a flaw but it's definitely a problem for any man who feels like he has the right to look at her."

I rolled my eyes. "He's exaggerating."

"Am I?" Christian's thumb brushed across my skin.

"Okay, possessive but honest. I can work with that." Tezni grinned. "What's the best thing about my girl?"

He looked down at me when he answered. "There is no best thing. Everything about her is best, but if you need an answer, the best thing about her is that she's mine."

My eyes shot up to his and he winked before he stood and turned his attention to Tezni. "I hope you enjoy your time here. If you need anything at all…"

She shook her head. "I'm good. You've done more than enough."

He nodded then turned his attention to me. "I'll let you two catch up. I'm meeting Krew at Flavor."

"You don't have to stay away all weekend. This is your house too," I said, hoping he wasn't feeling put out.

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