“I uhm… I told her to stay away from him and if she was lonely then I'd give her everything she needs. For some reason she didn’t seem scared of me. She just watched me with shock. She… she seemed to know it was me. There was dialogue after that and one thing led to another and we ended up having sex.”
“Hold up.” I hold my hand up then bring it up to my chin rubbing it because I know I heard him wrong. “So, let me get this straight. You break into her house, you threaten her, scare her, then you somehow end up fucking with her without showing your face? And she let you? How? Bro I think you might need to throw the whole girl away. That one’s stupid.” He jumps up ready to defend her honor or some shit but the Nia and Angel walk into the room and we halt all conversation.
“Is it ok if we relax here a bit? Nia wants a tour around the house and we're going-” I walk over to her, cutting her off with a kiss.
“You can do whatever you want. In fact, how about I just call you a full team over and you both can relax here in the comfort of our home? I can send you your work via email so you can work from home since you were worried about taking time off.”
“No, I don’t need that.” She looks away embarrassed, but I could smell her excitement at the idea.
“I'm doing it anyway. Relax here and have your girl talk. Don’t worry about work until later, allow your man to take care you.” She ducked her head under my chin and hugged me tight making me feel like the king of the world. “I'll make a call have them over in no time. I’ll also have a chef sent over as well.” She opened her mouth to protest but I slipped my tongue in hushing her. “Mmm delicious, thank you for the reward. Now head over to the den.”
“Th-thank you, Channing.” Quickly she took Nia’s hand and away and ran in the direction of the den. She’s just too cute for my heart.
“I’m jealous.” I turn to see Landen with his arms crossed and looking in the direction the girls ran off to.
“Who wouldn't be? Have you seen my woman?” I bit my lip trying to deny the urge to take her for another ride like this morning in the shower. I calm down at the thought of knowing she’ll be here when I get off work. Honestly that thought made me want to ditch the whole idea of going in all together, but I wouldn’t dare. Making sure my family is secure financially is always first.
Bypassing Landen who was now standing I grab my phone and call over the team that helps me get ready for important functions. As I’m talking to them I see Landen pacing and narrow my eyes. “…es make sure the team is only women. No men… no, the client is my wife, and-. I said no men… tell your boss if he has a problem with that, I can find another company to work with… Oh okay, yes, I humbly apologize.
Gay men are completely fine. Yes of course. Thank you so much. You have a great day as well.” After hanging up I hurry to the den leaving Landen to his own thoughts, we can talk in the car. Once there I find Angel and Nia in a heated conversation. Must be about what happened with Landen.
“Angel we're leaving, I have everything ordered for you all you have to do is wait until they get here. The housekeeper will handle bringing them to where they need to be. Is there anything else you need form me?.. Oh yeah, feel free to use any of the cars in the garage. Preferably the one on the blue lane. They are my safest model cars.”
“Wow, thank you so much Channing. You didn’t have to do all this.”
“You’re wrong, I do have to do all this and more.” Giving her another kiss on the lips I turn her face up to me so I can get one last look at her before I leave.
Seeing her beautiful face has me really contemplating if I wanted to leave her. I guess she’ll be okay. I have cameras here and all the cars have built in GPS systems that I can monitor live from my phone. I also have bodyguards watching and reporting her every move, so I’ll still get my fix.
Distracted by the wonderful smell and the softness of her cute afro, I think about the time we’d spent together taking down her braids. Part of me wanted to ask she if she could keep it in this puffy state but I don’t. However, she chose to wear her hair is fine by me, but I still think this is best. It’s sexy and adorable... It’s too much for my sanity.
“I'm going to miss you today.” Wait? How come it didn’t occur to me when I was making this suggestion that I won’t be seeing her all day today. I'm not going to see her all day. What did I do?! Why did I do it?! I’m not going to survive! Why did I suggest that?!
“I'll miss you too. Now go. You both are already late.” I pull her into a hug not ever wanting to let go, but if didn't go now my family could suffer in the future.
“I’ll see you later.” Today is going to be hell. Back in the living room I see my brother putting on his scarf and slipping on his leather gloves “Come on idiot, finish telling me about your night. I’m sure there’s more to the story.”
“You have no idea.” As I cross the threshold of our house with her not by my side, I feel my lungs squeeze and heart skip and beat. Yeah today is going to be terrible.
~*~
I can’t stop sweating. My heart is beating erratically, my eyes are watery, and my nerves seem to be all over the place. I look over to my right and see my brother pulling at his collar and seemingly going through the same withdrawal symptoms. Yes, he’s just as affected by Nia’s lack of presence as I am by Angels.’s Even though he’s trying to play it cool I’ve counted him picking up his phone and setting it down over twenty times now. I’ve done it twice as many times as him.
When I hear my phone beep, I pick up my phone and my heart stops when I see the selfie my Angel took while lying down getting her full body massage. Shaking my head fed up, I put my phone down and stand up. I cannot and will not put myself through this torture any longer. As I start gathering my things and go to shut off my computer which I never logged onto, I feel my brother’s eyes on me.
“What are you doing? We've only been working thirty- six minutes.”
“I’m going home, what’s it look like? I miss my woman I should be there if she needs me.” Landen snorted but started getting his things together as well.
“She's getting her hair done, not going against the Irish Don. Relax.”
“You have some nerve telling me to relax, yet you’re prepping to end your day just as early for the exact same reason. Besides you can’t tell me what to do. I am the boss and if I say I’m going home, damn it that means I’m going home. Aside from that I'd appreciate if you didn't bring up the devil incarnate in my presence; everyone knows you’re not supposed to say his name let alone mention him.” I huff stuffing my briefcase.
“Sorry, I know what you mean. Those O'Shea dudes give me the heebie jeebies, but did you hear about what happened with the older brother?” Landen asked looking up.
“No what?”
“I heard from a friend of a friend that his own wife kidnapped him. The lucky bastard I wish Nia would kidnap me.” He sighed putting his head in his hands looking over in the distance. What the hell is this some crazy romance book?
“Shut up and come on. I told you now to mention them. You ever heard of speaking of the devil and you’ll have him knoc-” the knock on the door made me jump out of my fucking skin. “W-who is it?”