Eriss stepped out of the bedroom, asking where the shower was. I would have let her use mine since it was big and definitely an experience, but she burst my bubble.
“And not the one in your bedroom. Mahlia just texted me and told me how nice it is, but I would rather not,” she said. “That’s too much in your space.”
“Aight, you win. The second door on the left,” I told her. She took off, and I watched the sway of her hips.
Before I could head to the other bathroom with Ermias, the doorbell rang, and I already knew it was Mahlia. I answered the door, and Ermias sprinted to her. She was still in her EMT uniform.
“Oh, sweet boy. I’m so glad you’re okay,” she said, hugging him.
“I was just ‘bout to put him in the tub.”
She looked up and eyed me in the clothes I had on from the strip club.
“I’ll bathe my nephew. You get cleaned up and then order that pizza.”
“I’ll order it before I hop in the shower, you just grab it when it comes,” I let her know. My eyes landed on the bags she had. There was a big trash bag. “What’s in the bag?”
Mahlia laughed. “That teddy bear with your scent on it.”
I walked away chuckling and shaking my head.
I washed the club and day off me and then changed into joggers. When I left my room, I heard their voices floating from the kitchen, the smell of the pizza wafting through the air. Ermias was set up on a barstool at the island, grinning from ear to ear as he ate.
“‘Bout time, Mahlia teased when she saw me.
Eriss looked up and then back down at her pizza. She was in a two-piece pink silk pajama set that hugged her hips perfectly.I strolled over to the sink to wash my hands. When I turned around, I got an eyeful of her round ass, and my dick twitched. Mahlia passed me a paper plate with her brows raised. She’d caught me.
I let out a light, airy laugh and grabbed three slices of pizza and bottled water.
“I’ll let you women and Ermias have the kitchen. I’ma eat and lie down for a couple of hours. Have at it,” I told them, biting into a slice.
I started out of the kitchen, eyes dragging on Eriss a little longer. She hadn’t looked up, keeping her focus on the pizza. I bit into another slice as I left the kitchen, hearing Eriss laugh. Itwas beautiful, but I could tell she was still bothered about what happened earlier with her baby daddy. If it were up to me, today would have been his last day breathing.
After eating and brushing my teeth, I slid into bed and under my sheets. My phone chimed, and I removed it from under my pillow. It was Leesa.
Miss you. Can I come over?
Four attachments of her ass naked were sent. I looked them over, and they were nice, but a nigga was tired.
Nah. Not tonight.
I silenced my phone and pushed it back under my pillow, closing my eyes. An image of Eriss in that pink set had my dick bricking up. My hand flew into the shorts I had changed into. Squeezing it, I took some pressure off. I wanted her ass badly. I knew I had to get rid of Leesa for good if I wanted to pursue Eriss, and that wasn’t a problem. I ain’t need Leesa coming to Eriss as a woman ‘cause she was never my woman to begin with.
9
ERISS JACKSON
My eyes cut to Mahlia when she removed the bear Zyro had won for me at the fair.
“Now, why would you grab this out of all things from my house?” I quizzed.
“You’ve been sleeping so peacefully with it, bookie. I felt like you needed it,” she replied with a mischievous grin.
I groaned. “It just smells really nice.”
Mahlia laughed. We were in one of the four guestrooms. Ermias had eaten, brushed his teeth, and passed out. Mahlia had carried him to one bedroom and convinced me not to smother him tonight, but to sleep in another room. She promised me that Zyro’s house was one of the safest. I wasn’t worried about Delion the way Zyro put him on his ass. That still tickled me because Delion always thought he was the toughest nigga around and untouchable. Zyro proved that to be a lie.
What Delion had said about my eye didn’t bother me one bit. During our relationship, he would say shit like during arguments and then turn around and apologize. After a while, I kind of checked out of the relationship because it got tiring, so when she showed up at our doorstep big and pregnant, Ididn’t fight or cry about it. I kicked Delion out since it was my grandparents’ house.
