Page 32 of Regancy & Savior
She nodded with a slight smirk. “Now that’s settled. What are we watching?”
“You mean what’s about to be watching us?”
She shook her head. “No. I mean what movie are we watching?” Her whole response was suggestive. Lane knew what she was doing when she licked her full ass lips and batted her long natural ass eyelashes. I knew they were naturally hers because I asked her about them one night when we were on the phone. I wasn’t one of those niggas who liked the bitches with the big fake ass eyelashes. Then again, I liked everything this damn woman was. Lane was perfect to me, the only woman that had me damn near begging.
LANE
When I finally did leave Taurus’s home, I took my ass home. I needed to do some serious soul-searching because it was getting too deep, and I swear I had no objections until I had to remind myself that I was still wearing the ring of another man. It was just what it was though. Bash never made me feel the way Taurus did. When I was with Taurus, I felt like I was the only person in the entire world. He gave me all of his attention, and we just fit. He was the only person who never seemed to impose on my solitude because when I was around him, I never felt the need for it. I never felt the need to recharge from his presence because he was like a charger.
I walked into my home. and to my surprise, my mother was sitting on my sofa, which was strategically placed right in front of a mirror that oversaw the front door.
“And where have you been?” Her tone was nosy, and she had a knowing smirk on her face as she followed me into my kitchen.
“I ran a few errands.” I set my purse on the counter and went into my fridge to get something to drink.
She laughed. “I thought I’d stop by and see you, seeing as though you’ve been missing in action. I see your boring ass fiancé at my dinner table more than you. How is that when you’re my daughter?”
“I’ve been busy.” I drank from a bottle of water and looked her over.
She laughed. “With who, and don’t you dare lie to me, Lane Isabella Allen.”
I cracked up laughing before looking at her. I definitely had to choose my words wisely and control my reactions. My mother might not have been a lawyer anymore, but she was still a human lie detector test. “How do you know I was with someone?”
“Don’t insult my intelligence, Lane. Unless you’ve taken a sudden liking to men’s cologne and stayed in a hotel last night, I will continue to assume you were with someone. The same someone that has this big smile on your face and?—”
“You came all this way to read me?” I asked. I sighed and walked in the direction of my bedroom.
“Nope, I came to see you and I got a pleasant surprise. Now spit it out and don’t you attempt to change the subject again.” She crossed her arms and sat at the foot of my bed.
“His name is Taurus. I met him a while back and?—”
“He makes you happy.”
I nodded in agreement.
“If so, then why do I still see Bash at my dinner table?” She had a look of confusion. “I’m sure you would’ve told him by now, seeing as though you wear the scent and marks of another.”
I dropped my head in shame. I hadn’t seen Bash in almost a week, and we communicated lately through texts. Even those were forced. I was horrible, and I knew it. He didn’t deserve to be done that way.
“So you haven’t told him? Why not? I may not be a big fan of Bash’s, but I don’t condone you behaving this way. Tell himimmediately. Of course, it’ll break your father’s heart as well, but it will free you. I’m sure the young man you’ve been dealing with doesn’t like being kept in the dark.”
I definitely had to laugh at that one. She didn’t know Taurus. He was in no one’s dark and definitely gave less than a fuck about blowing up my relationship. “Not possible, Mama. That man wouldn’t even let me hide him as a surprise. Taurus is?—”
“Then why are you dragging him along? Why not give whatever it is that you have a fair chance?”
I didn’t have an answer for her, and she knew that, so she stood to her feet and grabbed her purse. “I’m in the city to meet your brother for lunch. I was hoping you could accompany me, but I see now that you have a lot on your mind.”
I threw my head back and rolled my eyes. She was out of her mind if she thought I’d go with her to that lunch. My brother was two years older than me and couldn’t stand my ass. He and I couldn’t be in the same room for longer than an hour, let alone at the same table. For as long as I could remember, we had never gotten along, so we always ended up trading blows that landed way too far below the belt. “I’d rather spend my time doing things that I want to do.” I rolled my eyes.
She laughed. “I don’t know when the two of you will realize that you’re all you have in this world. He is your brother and the only one that you have. I just hope that you both realize it before I leave this earth.
I shook my head. “That’s not a conversation that you should be having with me. I don’t have a problem with Joseph. He has one with me. Maybe you should talk to him about his issue with me.”
After a while, my mother left, and I was left in my thoughts. I knew I was wrong, and nothing could prepare me for the conversation that I knew I needed to have with Bash. It didn’t take for my mother to tell me that I was wrong for me to seethat I was. I knew that Bash and I had run our course a while ago, but I was too comfortable with having someone around when I craved it. For a while, I just floated through my house, cleaning and finally looking through a few case files. I had court within the next few days, so I really needed to be catching up and working, but my brain couldn’t focus on that. I needed a moment to just recuperate and find my center. Usually, my center was with a smudge and binging some TV. However, that was no longer it. Somehow, I was craving his presence, even though I’d just left him that morning. That was too bad because he had business to tend to, and I needed to do the necessary soul-searching. I was way too attached to a man that I had absolutely no history with. Taurus had forced his way into my life, and I didn’t regret it. It was just the timing. However, I welcomed him at that point because he made me feel something that Bash wasn’t able to. Taurus made me feel him. The vibration of my phone on the sofa made me look down, and there his name was. I had manifested him, and I couldn’t control the smile on my face as I pressed the green circle on my screen.
“Look, I’m outside, and I had a long ass day. C’mon down so we can go, old stubborn ass woman.”
I bit my bottom lip before shaking my head and hopping from my seat. Of course, I grabbed my already-packed overnight bag and my purse after stuffing my files in it. I’d be taking a car service from his house to work in the morning. It was such an inconvenience because of how far out he lived, but the rewards of spending time with him were priceless.
