Page 10 of When Darkness Comes Knocking
“I’m a man that knows what he wants, Perrae. If I have to beg and get my Keith Sweat on, then I will. I’ll do whatever it takes to get your eyes, mind, and heart on me.”
I swallowed hard. My laughter ended so fast. Fortune spoke with intention.
He saw us having a future together. After all these years of being single, maybe it was time I gave love a try again. If the date went left, then we’d have a business relationship only. The ball was in my court.
“What do you say, Perrae?”
I licked my lips. His eyes followed the short drive to the other corner of my mouth. When he looked at me, I smirked. I was more than ready to play this cat and mouse game with him.
“I’m open and willing to give you my time and attention. Although there is room for error around me, please don’t take my kindness for weakness.”
Fortune smirked and nodded. “Perrae, I am a man of my word and actions. I don’t make excuses. Whatever I take interest in, I water and nurture it. You’re now a priority to me, Perrae.I’ll call you tonight with details for our date. Don’t flake on me, beautiful.”
I chuckled. “I won’t, love.”
Fortune turned away from me and switched on the garbage disposal. Now she purred like she once did. I was excited. He did know what he was doing.
“Sounds good. Your garbage disposal has been restored.” Fortune gathered his things and placed them in his bag.
“All thanks to you.” I walked him to my door, and we stepped out on the porch together.
“I’ll be reaching out to you tonight once I put Madison down for her bedtime.”
“I’ll be here waiting,” I flirted back with him.
“Good girl.” He kissed my cheek. “I’ll see you soon.”
“Yes, you will,” I purred.
He smiled and swaggered toward his truck. Fortune was a man after my heart. If he played his cards right, he’d get everything he wanted.
Fortune climbed inside of his truck and pulled away. He drove away slowly as I saw him ogling Myron’s house. I followed his line of sight.
Myron stood in one of the rooms in his house and mugged me. He drank his beer. When our eyes connected, he stormed away, blinds swaying swiftly from his sudden movement. It looked as if he would be a problem, so I had to watch my back at all times.
Chapter
Three
Fortune
As I drove away from my last client’s house, I couldn’t help but to think about Perrae. She’d occupied my mind since we first met, but right now, I felt as if her dilemma with her neighbor was more serious than she anticipated. The way he watched her from his room window when I pulled off bothered me.
My stint of being in the streets taught me a lot. One of those lessons was to believe the facade of a person they first showed me, whether it was real or fake. Our actions and speech slowly revealed our character.
Something was up with that nigga. He appeared to have an agenda. Seeing that I didn’t know what that plan was, I’d let him be for now. If anything else happened, he’d definitely have to see me.
Perrae filled my head again. This time I thought about her pretty brown skin, deep brown eyes, and curvy body. Although she wouldn’t be classified as a BBW, she was definitely a midsized beauty.
As once the head plug in Chicago, I’d been with my share of women, but after growing and maturing, I realized there wasa difference between pretty women and beautiful women with substance. Perrae was a woman of substance. She made it very clear that her time wasn’t to be wasted, and I respected that.
Her boundaries were set, and she refused to allow anybody to break them. Perrae’s character made me want her even more. She was about her family and business, and that shit was a turn on.
I could appreciate a goal-oriented woman now. Madison’s mom, Lina, was the same way. I messed over her a lot when I was in the streets.
Yeah, I supplied her with her needs and wants, but I neglected her for the streets often. Now she was married to a white-collar man that was good for her and baby girl. Jason was surely a square, but he took care of them.
He loved them like I should’ve in the past, but I owned my mistakes, all of them. That was why I was mature and humble enough to respect him. As long as he did right by them, he’d always have my respect.
