Page 59 of You Make Me Feel

I rolled my eyes. “Please leave. This ismyappointment and an invasion ofmyprivacy.”

He stood, and Oliver walked right over and joined me.

“Kinisha, I have a right to know how the baby is doing. You said it’s mine, right? If it’s mine, I want to be in the picture.”

“This is still my body. You no longer have access to that. I’m going to ask you one more time to leave.”

Just as he was about to respond, his phone rang. His eyes didn’t leave mine as he pulled it from his pocket. He frowned when he answered. “Hello . . .? How do you know where I am . . .? I’ll talk to you when I get home.... Oh yes, youwillbe there waiting for me. If you aren’t, you’ll be sorry.”

He ended the call and glanced at the front desk. “This isn’t over, Kinisha. When I get those results next week, I will proceed as necessary. If I’m not the father, it will prove that you’re the ho I thought you were.”

Before I could blink, Oliver knocked his ass out cold. After jumping out of the way, I looked over at him, and he was staring at Jarod while breathing deeply. He glanced over at me. “I guess he didn’t learn his lesson after Lazarus fucked him up.”

Oliver grabbed him by the arms and dragged him to the other side of the room while everyone looked on in shock. Thankfully, it was only staff. We were the first to arrive in the office after their lunch hour. Oliver slapped him a couple of times to wake him up. When Jarod opened his eyes, he scanned the room, clearly stunned.

“My lady asked you to leave. I’m not asking. Next time, you won’t be conscious when you’re dragged out of here. Learn some respect so you can stop suffering this fate. I’ll do hard time for that woman. Don’t fuck with her if you wanna keep walking away with your life. I hope we have an understanding.”

This was a serious moment, but seeing Oliver this way was sexy as hell. Jarod only stared at him with a frown, then stood and slowly walked out of the office. The office staff stood there watching as Oliver pulled me in his arms. “You okay, baby? I can feel your heartbeat. Take deep breaths for me.”

He seemed calm as hell, but I knew he had to be worked up a little.Damn.His heart rate didn’t even appear elevated when I laid my head against him. I didn’t know how he did that shit, but I was now aware that this side of him had made appearances before. He seemed pretty acquainted with it.

I did as he said until the nurse called me to the back. They immediately checked my blood pressure, and, as I thought, it was extremely elevated. “Since the situation has been deescalated, we’ll wait and see if your blood pressure will come down on its own. We’ll recheck it before you leave. Are you having any other problems?”

“No, ma’am. The morning sickness is just about gone, and the cramping from the uterus stretching is minimal now.”

“Okay. Good. Let’s get a urine sample, and the doctor will be in to talk to you soon.”

“Thank you.”

I took the cup from her and went to the restroom. My legs trembled as I sat on the toilet. I couldn’t believe the shit that Jarod had pulled. I still needed to know how he knew about my appointment. I wouldn’t dare give him any information. Seeing him pissed me off, so I surely wouldn’t want him in my space. I was grateful the doctor’s office didn’t call the police. I just knew they would have. I had Sidney Taylor on speed dial these days, but I still wouldn’t want to see Oliver handcuffed.

After setting my sample in the compartment in the wall behind the toilet, I washed my hands and returned to the room. Oliver was seated but resting his elbows on his knees. He stood when I entered and helped me to the examination table. “Oliver, you okay?”

“Yeah, I’m good. What about you?”

“I’m okay.”

“I’m sorry about earlier.”

“Sorry for what? Defending me? I appreciate you more than you know. Had you not been here, they probably would have had to call the authorities to get him out of here. You don’t owe me an apology for that. Actually, I thought it was sexy.”

His eyebrows lifted, and a slight smile reached his lips. “Sexy, huh? How sexy?”

“Sexy enough to fuck you in this examination room. If I felt like we had time before the doctor came in, I would straddle you in that chair.”

He pulled me into his embrace and chuckled. “You so nasty. I got yo’ sexy ass tonight, though.”

I kissed his lips. Then he went to his seat. Shortly after the doctor came in, he checked the baby’s heart rate. Everything was good. He pressed my stomach in various places and asked me a few questions about how I felt. Since everything was great, he sent the nurse in to recheck my blood pressure. It was still slightly elevated, but it had come down from what it was earlier. They were sure it would continue dropping until it was normal again.

Oliver helped me off the table and to the front to schedule my next appointment. He was quiet, and I knew it had a lot to do with what happened earlier. It was sad that he even had to go there with a grown-ass man. I still couldn’t understand why Jarod wanted to be involved suddenly. His being jealous wasn’t even worth all this bullshit.

As we left the building, Oliver placed his hand on the small of my back. “I’m gonna stay with you tonight if that’s cool, baby.”

I glanced up at him. “Why wouldn’t it be? You know I always want you close to me.”

“I don’t ever want to assume, though. There may come a time when you just not feeling it for whatever reason. I always wanna respect how you’re feeling.”

“Thank you.”

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