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“Of course. Let’s take Pops with us,” I say.
He pulls his fist down in a“yes”motion.
Jalen takes the phone out of his hand. “I feel like this is a movie he shouldn’t be watching?” he questions.
“Probably not. But you know Pops is gonna show it to him one way or the other.”
“Y’all are gonna pay for all the therapy he’s gonna need.”
“Umm, no I won’t because you’re a billionaire but I got you on the moral support.”
He laughs and hands the phone back to Kam. “Say good night,” I hear him say in the background.
“Good night! Oh wait! Uncle Rome, did you do it?!”
Rome’s eyes widen and Kam’s soon follow. “Uh, no. Not yet.”
“Oops.”
Jalen grabs the phone and I hear him say he’s sorry before he hangs up.
“Did you do what?”
He scratches the back of his neck. “I, um, I created a new game. He was just wondering if I showed it to you.”
“Oh, you did? That’s cool. I didn’t realize you were working on a new game.”
“Yeah. Actually, I want you to beta test it for me.”
My eyes bulge out of my head. “Rome, you know I don’t like scary games.”
“She watches horror movies but hates scary games. Make it make sense.”
“Horror movies I get to sit back and watch everyone survive or die. In games, I actually have to participate. No thank you! Would you choose to put yourself in the middle of a horror movie?”
He shrugs with a laugh. “It might be fun.” I roll my eyes, making him laugh harder. “Okay, fine, no horror games for you. Lucky for you, this isn’t a horror game. I tried my hand at something new. It’s a dating sim.”
“A dating sim?Youmade a dating sim?” I’ve gotten him fully invested into reading smut. We went to A.R. Washington’s party for the release of the third book in her series and webothgot signed copies. He’s watched me play other dating sims games likeCollege Craze,so I know he would never refuse to make one of his own. I just wouldn’t expect this to be the type of game he’d take the time to design himself.
“Yes, so will you test it for me? I need the eyes of a smut reader.”
“Don’t count yourself out, Mr. Filth Pusher himself.” Our new favorite thing is re-creating the spicy scenes we read about. Some of them have been sexy as hell. Some of them, we’ve discovered, are physically impossible.
“You want me to test it now?”
“Yep. Come on.”
He leads me to his home office and sets the PC up for me. When the game loads up, I see that he’s titled itOnly for the Week.I turn to him with a smug smile. “Cute.”
I press start on the game and I’m taken to a character creation screen. I make the character look exactly like me, which is easier than it usually is in other games, and I name her Janelle as well.
You’re supposed to be able to choose from a plethora of love interests in the game but the only option appears to be a character named Rome who looks exactly like Rome. I cut my eyes to him. “You better change that when you release the game. I’m not about to have thousands of women dating you.”
He chuckles and kisses my forehead. “That’s just for you. I didn’t feel like uploading all the other character options just yet.”
“Mhmm, I’m watching you.”
I turn back to the screen and Rome disappears behind me.
