Page 69 of Ony If It's You
“Well, your sneaky link that’s not so sneaky.”
“Bitch, we are sneaky.” She cut her eyes my way. “And for the food, heffa. Nobody is thinking about Dominique.”
“If you say so,” I sang. “I could eat though.”
It didn’t matter what my answer would have been, she was going to DayLux regardless. Celeste wanted to downplay it, but I knew she was feeling Dominique. She may have had him fooled, but I knew her ass.
“Cuz!” Dominique grinned and walked towards us with outstretched arms when he noticed Celeste and me.
“Hi, Dominique.” I returned the smile and hugged him.
“What’s up, beautiful?” Celeste was blushing hard under his stare. I rolled my eyes and went to the table that he was just seated at. It was the same section that he was in the last time I came to DayLux, so I figured it must have been his personal one. “My cousin know you here?”
“No, I texted him, but he didn’t reply. He left for the gym pretty early though, so maybe he’s training.”
“Word, my pops said he got a fight set up with Don Peters in a month so that’s probably why he’s going so hard.”
“Don Peters?”
“Yeah, he’s the current middleweight champion,” he answered as he tapped away at his screen before turning it to us. My eyes ballooned when I saw how big Don was.
“He’s huge. There is no way he’s in the same weight class as JV,” I said.
“Right,” Celeste agreed.
“He’s just shorter than JV, he’s not that much bigger than him.”
“He looks like it.”
“Nique, what can I get you, baby?” a female dressed in a bodysuit and some fishnets asked when she approached.
“He’s not your fucking baby,” Celeste spat.
I laughed and scooted closer to her just in case this girl said something that she didn’t like.
“Chill out.” Nique pulled Celeste into his body before ordering for her. “Let us get some chicken and waffles and a pitcher for them. Y’all want the original one?” he asked, referencing the mimosas and we nodded.
Ol’ girl wrote the stuff down then rolled her eyes before walking away. It was clear that she wasn’t happy about us, mainly Celeste, being here with Dominique.
Brunch was just what I need to wind down. I had been on go so much lately, that I hadn’t realized I hadn’t been out doingadult shit. If it wasn’t something with or for the kids, I was being a wife. Life really had me consumed for the past few weeks, so I needed time to unwind.
“Hey girl, your next appointment is here.”
Looking toward the door to my office, I saw Jasmine standing there so I nodded before I tossed the pills in my mouth and chased them with some water. I fully intended to curse Celeste and Dominique out. We drank so much alcohol yesterday. I hadn’t been drunk like that in a long time, but I also hadn’t had that much fun in a long time. We drank and sang all afternoon and night.
Pharaoh called while I was out saying he would get the twins from school and keep them, so I stayed out and enjoyed my day off. I was paying for it now though. I was hungover. After this appointment, I was going the fuck home, showering, and getting in the bed.
“Levi?” I asked when I entered the room that my client was waiting in.
When he turned to face me and smiled, I was a little stunned. He was fine as hell. His shirt clung tightly to his buff arms and displayed how fit he was. His locs were freshly done and neatly styled. The man was fine, not finer than my man, but fine nonetheless.
“In the flesh.”
Going to my sink, I washed my hands then headed to the supply table for some gloves. After putting them onto my hands, I stood at the top of the table and asked him to lie back. When he did, he stared up at me. I felt a little uncomfortable underhis stare because he was making it painfully obvious that he was intrigued.
“You’re beautiful, you know that?” he asked.
“Thank you. Can you close your eyes?”
