Page 60 of For the Lover in You
"Oh, right, this is your boss. He was the nigga at the restaurant taking up for you?"
"She asked you to leave. So, I need you to get out from in front of my property and go back to where you came from."
Kyle looked Tremaine up and down and then back at me. He scoffed.
"Man, whatever. Mila, baby, I know you're mad but think about what I said. Please."
I rolled my eyes and walked to the parking lot where my Uber was parked, waiting.
"Mila!" Tremaine called just as I was opening the door.
I turned around, exhausted from the day I just had. I just wanted to get in the Uber, get KJ, and go home.
"Let me take you home."
I shook my head.
"Mila."
I held my hand up, cutting him off.
"You left here at noon. It is now five thirty. You've been gone for hours with a bitch you were just recently fucking, not to mention you did it in my face."
"It wasn't like that."
"I don't care what it was like. I don't care to know, but what I do know is that I've had enough of everyone today. I'm going home."
"Can we talk?" Tremaine asked.
Moments when Kyle would play the same manipulation tactic crossed my mind. He would try to spin his actions to make them something they weren't, when in reality, they were what I said they were. I would no longer be a woman who swept everything under the rug.
"No, we cannot talk. Have a good night."
I opened the door and slid in, closing it shut. I didn't look out the window at Tremaine because I knew he was still standing there. As soon as the driver pulled off, I let the tears I had been holding silently fall down my face. Today had drained me, but I was proud of myself for standing on business and putting my feelings first.
Fifteen
Tremaine
Ihovered over Mila's contact while I was lying in bed. I wanted to reach out to her. I didn't like the way we walked away from each other. When I pulled up to the office and saw her ex-husband out front, my blood heated. I was confused about why he was even there in the first place. I heard most of their conversation, and from Mila's tone, I could tell she was at her wits' end. It was hard to walk away and not put hands on Kyle. He had done the ultimate disrespectful thing by showing up at her job. Mila had told me about the order in place, where only their lawyers were their line of communication, so I was on go until Kyle got in his car and drove away. I even made it my business to trail behind Mila until she got home to make sure Kyle wasn't on some crazy shit.
Now, here I was, trying to figure out how to talk to her. All I wanted to do was make sure she was okay, but I didn't want to overstep my bounds. Granted, this morning she had me in my feelings, but all I needed to do was recheck myself. Mila was a woman on a mission to find herself. Of course, she was going toput herself out there to get a footing on her life. Who was I to stand in the way of that? My jealousy took over. However, Mila didn't deserve the attitude I had given her. My jealousy got the best of me and caused me to act the way that I did. I needed to make things right because I knew if I didn't, I would no longer have access to her.
I sucked it up and clicked on Mila's name. The phone rang four times, and I was sure she was screening my calls, but after the fifth ring, she answered. I sat up in excitement, not bothering to clear the suffering in my tone.
"Mila," I said. "Ca-can you hear me?"
The line went quiet, and then she finally spoke.
"I can hear you."
Hearing Mila's voice after being away for so many hours was a sigh of relief. I needed to speak to her every hour on the hour. She had become special to me, and I could no longer try to keep the feelings below sea-level.
"Are you good? I asked.
"I've been better. Right now, I'm just mentally drained. Everything is happening too fast. Kyle showing up at the office, and you going to lunch with Ari, then being gone all day. Then, on top of everything, still trying to show up for KJ after everything. It's draining."
"That shit with Ari was nothing."
