Page 3 of Rhoni & Dreaux

Him.

I only played for fun. The games this guy had watched with me and Tyren presented a false hope. I’d played lazy, let Tyren get in some shots because I couldn’t rightly ask him to hang out with me, take his money, and not at least pretend he had a chance. I could have beat him with my eyes closed had that been what I wanted. Tyren knew that too. The night wasn’t about that, I only wanted a distraction.

“No thanks, I’ll pass.”

“Nah, she’ll play.” Tyren had ended back up beside me, with his arm draped over the shoulders of the woman he was with. She was tiny in comparison to his six four, two hundred sixty pound frame.

“He wants me to sleep with him if he wins.”

“Then you better not lose,” Tyren stated.

I shot him a nasty look and glanced at the sexy specimen who followed with, “Same thing I said.”

Tyren swung his eyes toward the guy. “She won’t lose but if she does…”

Tyren looked back at me. “Pay up. Take your car. Go somewhere you’re comfortable and if he acts like he wants to be stupid…” He lifted his hand and aimed at sexy like he was shooting a gun. “You better not fucking hesitate.”

I rolled my eyes and Tyren looked at him. “She knows how to handle that thang. I taught her. She will empty the clip and light your ass up.”

“Thanks for the heads up, but that’s not what this is about.”

“Just making sure you know what it is.” He turned to me. “I’m heading out, hit my line when you decide and keep your location on.”

I arched a brow. “Are you really pimping me out?”

He smirked. “This don’t have shit to do with me. You made the deal, you decide. I’m just saying, considering the circumstances, it might do you some good to get fucked.” Tyren leaned in, kissed my cheek, and glanced at sexy once more as a warning before he turned to me again. “Don’t forget, hit my line and location on.”

“It always is.”

He jutted his chin and walked away. Leaving me with a decision to make and a guy who was eager to know what that decision was.

Hell after what Tyren had just done, I was surprised he was still waiting but he was, which meant I needed to decide…stay or leave!

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Dreaux.

“I’ll take the bet.”

I’d honestly expected her to bow out gracefully. I wouldn’t have been upset. I had other things I needed to be thinking about but it would be nice to have a distraction. Being real, that was the only reason I had approached her in the first place. She was beautiful, no doubt. Body was tight and I had a feeling she wouldn’t be easy to walk away from but I wouldn’t have a choice.

Watching her for the past hour and being privy to her conversation she’d had with her cousin was the other reason I’d approached. She had a bad break up. Hadn’t had sex in months. She was here with her cousin for a distraction because she was tired of sitting in her house being angry with the fuck nigga who did her dirty.

Tonight, I needed a distraction as well so why not try my hand with a beautiful woman in search of the same thing. Something temporary, no strings attached.

She hadn’t actually mentioned she wanted that, but her cousin seemed to think she needed it. I was game to step up if she agreed. Now all I had to do was win this fucking game. I was good at pool but so was she. She hadn’t been playing to her full potential when she challenged her cousin.

I could sense when she purposely missed shots. That was how skilled I was. Years of playing in bars while my old man fucked around on my mother and he fucked arounda lot. While he cheated, I made money. When I got older, I made money in a different way which was what had landed me here tonight in search of a distraction from my current situation.

“You sure?” I taunted. Not sure why because I wanted her to agree.

“I said I’ll take the bet, but I’m not having sex with you. So please let that go and focus so you can make this interesting.” She sounded bored already.

“I’ll see what I can do.” I pointed to the table. “I’ll rack, you can break first.”

She smirked and shook her head. “No, you break.”

“That confident?”

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