Page 55 of Imperial: The Corvidae Family
“I mean, kind of? I don’t know.”
“Oh my God.” She stood up like she needed to physically process this information. “How long has this been going on?”
I chewed my lip. “A little while but not long.”
She frowned again. “And you didn’t tell me?”
I groaned, sinking against the sofa. “Because I didn’t know what it was! I didn’t want to make a big deal out of something that might not even be a thing.”
Rachelle put a hand on her chest like I had personally betrayed her. “So you just let me run my mouth all this time, talking about how men ain’t shit, he’s probably hiding a whole wife and kids, and how he’s probably the devil, while you were out here low-key fucking him? Because let’s be clear, when I said you look weird, I meant you look thoroughly fucked. I know that look, Bay.”
I laughed hard.
“It’s not like that.”
She folded her arms. “It’s definitely like that but tell me your version because it’s something.”
I hesitated. “It’s…complicated.”
Rachelle stared at me. “Baylyn.”
I groaned. “I like him, okay? That’s the problem and I like his dick even more.”
I grinned and her mouth fell open. “Wow.”
“Stop.”
“Nope, not stopping because this is a problem.”
I hid my face behind my hands. “I knew you were going to do this.”
Rachelle sat down next to me again, grabbing my wrists and yanking my hands down. “You like him and love his dick?”
I sighed, defeated. “Yes.”
A devious smile spread across her face. “And when exactly did you figure that out?”
I huffed, pulling my wrists free. “Last night…and this morning.”
“Oh, friend. This is he fucked me good talk. You like the dick not him.”
I groaned again. “Do not start?—”
She grabbed her coffee grinning. “So y’all finally fucked and now you’re all in your feelings…?”
I buried my face in my hands. “I hate you and yes.”
“You don’t hate me, boo.” She practically jumped in her seat. “Oh my God, you were just talking about how you didn’t even know if you liked him like that, and now this? What the hell happened last night?”
I sighed dramatically, knowing there was no way out of this.
“It was…” I hesitated and my body blazed just thinking about it. “I have no words.”
Her jaw dropped.
She smacked my thigh so hard I almost choked on air.
“Yesssss. That’s what I’m talking about! That man must have been packing something dangerous.”
