Page 45 of Tempted By the Taurus
"No, she hasn't, but every time you want to get Nini now, and you mention me, I see that she always says Nini has something to do."
"Damn, I wish you had told me beforehand."
"What would be the point of my telling you when she would continue being a bitch about it?"
"I could've put Nya's ass in her place where she belonged. Damn, man. You should've told me," he repeated.
I felt bad that I hadn't told A'Mylo, and now he seemed mad about it. I didn't know if he was angry at me or Nya, but my heart ached at the expression he had on his face.
"I know, and sorry for not telling you."
He waved it off. "Yeah, it's all good. I'll handle Nya. Are you ready to go?" I felt him distancing himself from me, and I didn't like that.
"Yeah, I'm ready," I softly replied.
Without saying a word, we left the café. Mylo walked me to my car without holding my hand, and I felt a sense of loss.
"Are you mad at me?" I asked when he opened my door for me.
He shook his head. "Nah, I wouldn't say I'm mad, but I'm disappointed."
I gave a tight smile. "I'm truly sorry."
He shrugged. "It's all good. I'll talk to you later."
I'd give A'Mylo time to cool off for the day. He had been loyal to me, and I took it upon myself to keep something like that from him. That wasn't good. I had to find a way to make it up to him.
"Why the hellam I finding out you showed up at my woman's job trying to warn her? Make that make sense to me," I relayed in a stern tone.
I sat outside in my car in front of the house I'd be working at. It was wrong of me to leave Leighton like I did, but I knew if I didn't, I'd say some off-the-wall shit. When I was mad, it was best to let me cool down. One thing I didn't want to do was hurt Leighton in any way. That woman meant too much to me. The only thing I wanted to do was make her happy and keep a smile on her beautiful face. Still, she had disappointed me, and I made her aware of it.
"It was no big deal. She had to run and tell you that. I was only trying to look out for her, but next time I know to keep my mouth shut," Nya snapped back.
"Nah, I've told you plenty of times to stay out of my business. You don't listen, man. Yet when I put you in your place, you think I'm wrong. From now on, like I've been telling you, if it has nothing to do with Nini, stay out of my business. This is the last time I'm going to tell you."
What the hell was Leighton thinking, keeping that from me? I still couldn't believe that. Then, Nya's ass thought she did something by looking out for someone when she didn't do a damn thing.
"Whatever, man. Damn," she sassed as if she didn't give a damn.
"What the hell did you think you would accomplish? That's what I want to know. You thought she'd leave me? Thought she'd say she made a mistake or something? That won't happen. What I have with Leighton is much more solid than what I had with you. You couldn't see what I tried to build for us. Leighton sees me and knows what a hardworking man I am. But you, nah, you only saw the checks — that's all you wanted to see. Everything else you wanted to bitch about." I laughed humorlessly. "It's all good. You tried to break something unbreakable. I'm still coming to get my daughter later." With that, I hung up the phone in Nya's face.
I threw it onto the passenger seat and rubbed a hand down my face. It had been a while since I had had to go off on Nya like that. This time, I hoped she would take my advice to heart. I didn't know what to do about Lee yet, but as I told her, I wasn't mad. I was just disappointed. Hopefully, by the end of the day, I'd be able to talk to her.
Later that night, I chilled with my brother, BJ, and Malachi at Tito's. It had been a while since we had all gotten together and hung out like we used to. That was more my fault since I spent the majority of my time with Lee. Speaking of her, she had been blowing me up with text messages that I hadn't answered yet. Although I missed the hell out of her, I couldn't let her think keeping something from me was okay. That was something that would have led me to cut her out of my life, and I didn't want to do that. She meant too much to me for me to do that to her.
"Man, you've had that miserable look on your face since we sat down. You good?" Aaron asked.
I gave a short nod, not wanting to go into details about what had happened this morning. If anything, it felt wrong to talk about Leighton, and she wasn't there.
"You're having woman trouble already?" BJ asked, shaking his head.
BJ would be the one to ask that question. He could be very observant about things like this. Since he was happily married to his wife, he believed himself to be an expert on relationships.
I reached for my beer and took a swig before placing it back down. "I wouldn't say it's trouble. Just a disagreement."
Could I even say it was that, too? From what happened, it was a miscommunication.
"So what happened?" Aaron asked, his arms spread apart and his eyebrow furrowed. "Y'all were happy at our parents' house for Thanksgiving a few days ago."
