Page 4 of Rhoni & Dreaux

“I just told you I won’t lose.”

I started collecting the balls because she had no clue what was about to happen. I would win and when I did, she would be in my bed, or a bed, by the end of the night. If I wanted her, she would be mine and I wanted this woman.

For tonight.

“What’s your name?” she questioned, staring at me as I moved the balls into a group.

“Dreaux and yours?”

“Rho.”

I’d heard her cousin say it multiple times but I was curious to see if she would lie. After I finished and moved the balls into the triangle my phone vibrated in my pocket so I glanced at her to request a moment. “Can you give me a minute?”

“Girlfriend?”

“No.” She didn’t believe me but I stepped away anyway.

Shihadbeen my girlfriend of six years but that ended a month ago. She had a choice to make and chose wrong.

“What?”

“Where are you?”

“Doesn’t matter. I’m assuming you got my text.”

“I did and you can’t be serious.”

My brows pinched. “Yeah, Shi, I’m fucking serious. You have the rest of the night to be out of the apartment…”

“Where am I supposed to go?”

“Not my problem.”

“It’s that easy for you to write me off? You act like I had a choice.”

Is she fucking kidding?

“You had a choice, Shi.”

“They threatened to give me time.”

“And I said it wouldn’t fucking happen,” I growled. “I asked you to give me a week. This never would have touched you.”

“They said…”

They, the fucking cops who she’d known for an hour was who she chose to believe. Not her man who she had been with for six years.

“What didItell you?” I questioned, cutting her off.

“That it wouldn’t touch me.”

“You didn’t listen. I was gonna do the time. Iamdoing the time because that’s who the fuck I am. It would have never touched you. You fucked up, I’m done. Tonight, that’s all you get. Have your shit out and have a good life.”

I ended the call and exhaled a sigh. In less than twenty-four hours I would be reporting to lockup. Four years of my life, gone. Could have been more but my lawyer worked his ass off. I was grateful but didn’t want to think about that shit tonight. I was sentenced today. Needed a distraction, now I had one.

I walked back to the table and picked up the cue her cousin left behind. “You ready?”

“Are you?” She eyed me cautiously. I wouldn’t be surprised if she’d heard the call. Not that I cared. I wouldn’t discuss it with her. This would be sex only when we got there. Right now, I was about to hand her ass to her at this pool table.

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