Page 42 of Breaking the Rules
He hummed, forking another triangle into his mouth. “This shit is so damn good. I can’t even focus.”
“Relax,” Savanhi giggled. “It is not that deep.”
“I got hitting practice in a couple of hours, promised Areli I’d take her. Want to tag along? I promise to let you sleep at your own place tonight,” he offered.
“That’s so gracious of you.”
“Unless that Manny nigga is still lurking in the parking lot. I don’t like that shit,” he grumbled.
“No vested interest is out the window, isn’t it?”
“So far out, Sassy. So, what you say?”
“Say yes, you know you want to,” Areli chimed in. “You like us.”
“Yeah, Sassy, you like us.” Noble flashed her a loaded look.
“One of you is in question, the other I can’t get enough of,” Savanhi shared, scrunching her face at Areli who grinned from ear-to-ear. “I’ll go.”
“And Friday?” Noble posed.
“Can’t do Friday,” Savanhi said, moving from the table to wash the remainder of the dishes.
“I got that,” Noble sounded off. “And whatever you bringing in Friday through Sunday.”
She spun around, hand on her hips and squinted at him. “You can’t buy me.”
“I can’t and I won’t, but I can keep you.”
“We,” Areli corrected. “We can keep her.”
Noble flashed her a pearly grin and a wink. “Clock that tea.”
“Clock it!” Areli sounded off before getting up from the table and skipping down the hall.
“Noble, you can’t do that in front of her.”
“Do what? Be honest?” Noble mused. “I don’t understand this shit, Savanhi, why I’m drawn to you like this.”
“Uh, maybe because my dumbass let you hit raw? And now I can’t get rid of you,” she scoffed.
“Nah, let’s keep it a buck, if you wanted me gone, I would be. You wouldn’t be standing here in my shirt, legs crossed, nipples hard, mind racing and rules breaking.” He stood and moved closer to her. “You want to explore this just like I do.”
“It doesn’t make sense, though. We just got out of situations, you got a whole-”
Noble quieted her with a kiss to her forehead.
“Situation, Noble.”
“What I say last night? That shit is always going to be there. I can’t make myself miss out on whatever this is. No matter how tender my heart is.”
“Then let’s just take it slow or-”
He lifted her off her feet and placed her on the counter. “We’ve moved past slow. And it wasn’t your dumbass fault. You acted on something you were deprived of. Tell me what you need, I’ll give that shit willingly.”
“I need a lot, Noble. Areli is priority, I won’t come in the way of that. I-”
A soft kiss to her lips muffled the rest of her comment. His large hands at the base of her neck, softly kissing and sucking her pouty lips. “What do you need, Sassy?”
