Page 33 of Jaeda

“If y’all’s husbands have anything to do with it, I won’t be fucking anybody. Where the hell were y’all when they broke in my house to wait for me last night?”

Kaylynn laughed. “Oooo, no they didn’t.”

“Yes they did. Deuce opened the door in the middle of us kissing?—”

All of them screamed, and I had to roll my eyes.

“It’s not that serious for all of that.”

“Yes it is!” Salima declared. “You’ve graduated from kissing Shar.”

“What!”

This time, that was Romi, Renay, and Kaylynn.

“Does Maceo know you were kissing his sister?” Renay asked.

“We weren’t kissing,” I defended. “It was just a peck on the lips, . . . my first one. And there won’t be any more of that. Y’all know how her and Maceo get down.”

Shar flipped her hair over her shoulders. “How do you think I got this ring?” she asked, flashing the rock on her finger. “I might cook and clean, but it’s this cat that brings him back.”

She twerked a little in her seat, causing everybody to laugh.

Kaylynn grinned as she said, “You know, Sharina, if you wanted to kiss somebody, I was always down for the cause.”

Shar rolled her eyes. “Kaylynn, baby, you wouldn’t know what to do with me or my pussy. Let’s start there.”

“Can we please change the subject,” I begged.

Mia shook her head. “No. ’Cause I’m not speaking to Titan, so I haven’t gotten the date from Quaid’s point of view. Go on. Spill the beans. How was it?”

I blushed as I told them about my time with Quaid. The smile on my face was ever present. Talking about him right now had me anxious to have dinner with him on Friday.

“It was just a great time,” I concluded. “I really like him.”

They all smiled.

“I’m happy for you,” Shar said sincerely. “I’ve never seen you smile like this. After all those talks we had, it does my heart good to see you with someone you like and who genuinely likes you.”

Salima nodded in agreement. “I don’t know many men that would want to date a woman after she had them kidnapped.”

Mia laughed. “Pot, meet kettle. Deuce held you at gunpoint, and you married him.”

Renay waved her hands. “Wait a damn minute. We need to start over. I need origin stories at this point because y’all have been in some crazy shit. Am I the only person that met my man in a normal, drama-free setting?”

Renay was currently dating my cousin Jakobi. She met him at my grandmother’s birthday party. Once he made the move to approach her, they’d been locked in ever since. I had to say that theywerethe most normal couple out of everybody here.

“Don’t come for us,” Romi said. “And by the way, Devin and I were friends first.”

“That friendship went out the window the moment you felt his dick on your stomach during your training session.”

Romi laughed hard. “Stop! You’re gonna make me pee on myself. You know I have a weak bladder with these babies.”

Renay giggled. “I’m just saying. Anyway! So are you looking forward to going to his place, Jaeda?”

I nervously ran my hands down my thighs. “I’m having a little anxiety about it. Not because of him. I think I can trust him. It’s just, . . . it’ll be different being alone with him. What if I run out of shit to say?”

Mia playfully pushed me. “Just talk about your nerdy shit. That should keep y’all busy for a while.”

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