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“That’s the definition of doing too much. I’m single and free to converse with whoever I want. Let’s not forget that.”
“Oh yeah?” I could feel his hard dick pressing into me, and I was growing weaker by the second. I refused to let him know that, however.
“Yes.”
“You ready to go?”
“Where is Tesha and your friend?” my eyes darted around the parking lot.
“Stop deflecting. She left, and I spent a good ten minutes talking that nigga down. Now, are you ready to go?”
“Who said I’m going with you?” I smirked, and Kastian’s nostrils flared as he flicked the tip of his nose.
“Who the fuck you playing with?”
I shook my head at him. “All jokes aside, Kastian. I’ll come to your house, but let’s not forget the plan here. Nothing too serious. Very light and casual.”
“Man, you don’t have to remind me of that shit,” he kissed his teeth. But something told me he was lying.
CHAPTER 14
KASTIAN
Three daysafter Ryder crashed out at the lounge, I sat in my office staring at the wall. I had a meeting with Morgan coming up, but for the past fifteen minutes or so, my mind had been on Persia. I hadn’t seen or spoken to her since we had mind blowing sex that night. It was always good, but that night was something different. I felt like I was trying to prove a point and let her know that she didn’t need any other niggas but the harder I went, she matched my energy. The sex was some shit that I couldn’t even put into words. Being jealous of a woman talking to another man was foreign as hell to me. It was the first indicator that I might be feeling some shit for Persia that I’d never felt for any other female.
For more than one reason, that revelation was disturbing to me. No matter how much I believed that David was a lame and never deserved her anyway, she was married to him. They exchanged vows. Maybe she was talking a good game but would end up going back to him. Who knew? Even if she didn’t go back to him, I could understand her desire to be single for a bit. That was why I was annoyed as hell that out of all the women who’d chased me and pretty much begged me to deal with them on a serious level, I fell for one that was adamant about not being in arelationship. She seemed like the perfect match because we were on the same page.
The fact that her talking to ole boy in the lounge ruffled my feathers, I knew I was getting in too deep. The whole time I stared off into space, I’d been rotating my stress ball in my left hand. I’d been squeezing it so hard and for so long that my hand was tired. A knock on the door let me know that Morgan had arrived.
“Come in.”
She eased into my office with a bright smile on her face. “Hi.”
I gave a head nod but also stood up to shake her hand. When it came to business, I handled myself as professionally as possible. My connections got me a lot of business when I first started out. It was my actions and hustle that kept the clients coming. “How are you doing?”
Morgan was dressed in a beige knee length skirt that accentuated the curve of her hips and the roundness of her ass. Her white shirt hung off one shoulder, and she wore gold jewelry to accessorize the outfit.
“I’m pretty good. I’m sure you’re wondering why I asked to meet with you.”
“It crossed my mind.”
“I’m interested in switching firms. I’ve been with Sunburst for two years. When I started there were two other black agents both of them men. They’ve since left, and I can see why. The owner’s kids work for him and the other agents that aren’t related to him by blood are his skin folks. No matter how hard I work or what I accomplish, it’s never acknowledged or appreciated in the same capacity as them. I said all that to say, if you’re looking for new agents, I’d love to join the team.”
I had agents all over the city vying to work for my firm. It was no secret, that I gave black agents favor over others, but I did have an Indian agent and a Korean agent. “I haven’t reallyaccepted any new agents since last year. I have a pretty big team and while business is good and Diamond Cove is a large city, it’s not like there are thousands of people wanting to buy houses daily. I have some leads that I’m too busy to take sometimes, and I pass them along to others, but my team has to be very good about finding their own clients. The people don’t always come to you. You have to go to them. And simply working for my firm doesn’t guarantee success and multimillion dollar listings.”
Morgan gave a curt nod. “Absolutely. I’m very determined and at Sunburst, I did pretty good. Despite them giving the more expensive houses to everyone but me. I have no problem with working hard.”
I had the ability to give shorty a chance, so I was going to do so. The great thing about being a boss was that I could decide who to hire and who to fire. Being a real estate broker wasn’t like most jobs. Working for a firm came with fees. It was generally a one time fee of $300 to become one of my agents, and there was a $200 a month office fee. Even if agents did ninety percent of their work from home and only came to the office a few times a month, they still had to pay the office fee. The fee also included having their own back office on my website, so they didn’t have to pay for and create their own.
My agents had access to three different meeting rooms, their own office complete with furniture and a computer, printer, etc. There was also a dope ass break room that stayed stocked with snacks and beverages.
“I’ll get the paperwork for you to complete. Welcome to the team.”
“Thank you so much, Kastian.” Morgan’s smile could have lit up the sky at night.
It was no secret that Morgan had a little crush on me. The flirting was subtle, but I still picked up on it. One time I had slipped up and had sex with one of my agents. The situationlasted about five months before I had to dead it. Shorty was getting attached and starting to get on my nerves. Thankfully, she met another man that she ended up getting married to, and I didn’t have to fire her ass. She still worked for the agency, but her husband took care of her, so she didn’t hustle like she did before marriage. In fact, I hadn’t seen her in the office in months, but I didn’t care as long as the fee was paid on time every month.
Lessons had been learned, and I didn’t see myself crossing the line with anyone that worked for me again. Morgan completed her paperwork as I read over a text message from Ryder. The moment Morgan left my office, I shut my computer down and left for the day as well. I wanted to swing by the house and take my slacks and dress shirt off, but I headed to my destination exactly the way I was because time wasn’t of the essence.
