I heard him come into the bathroom, and I stopped mopping to look over at him.
“You need something?” I asked.
“You ever fucked with one of the sons in this shit?” he suddenly asked.
“No. Never.”
My father made it very clear to me from the beginning. I was never to involve myself with any son affiliated with The Society,and I never had. Sony was the only son that I had any type of interaction with, and I didn’t sleep with him.
“I only ever dated guys outside of this thing,” I let him know before I went back to mopping. “Why?”
Havoc looked at me and shrugged. “Just felt like asking.” He then left the room, and I finished what I was doing before I went back to the kitchen to start cooking. As I passed his office, I could hear him talking to someone on the phone.
The only thing that didn’t make sense to me was the fact that I’d been coming here for days now and not once had I seen Ocean. It just didn’t make sense how they were together, but she was never around. When I had a boyfriend a year ago, we were always in each other’s houses.
I just had to walk away from that relationship because he became paranoid and obsessive, and I didn’t have time for his childish tantrums. I needed someone who was levelheaded, honest, and who felt safe. Until I found someone like that, I was staying single.
I wanted to ask Havoc about why she wasn’t around but didn’t want to run the risk of him asking me questions about her that I couldn’t answer. Plus, it wasn’t my business.
We would spend time talking, but that didn’t mean I could tell him about Sony and the reason why Ocean acted like that toward me at the club. That was something he didn’t need to know.
My phone suddenly rang, and I smiled seeing it was Sparkle.
“Hey boo,” I answered.
“Hey baby daddy,” she called me like she usually did, and I laughed. This girl didn’t have any damn kids but stayed calling me her baby daddy.
“You’re a mess,” I let her know.
“What you up to?”
“Just about to cook at that housekeeper job I have,” I said, pulling the chicken from the refrigerator.
“Oh yeah. Well, I was just calling to let you know that I’ll be over at the club tonight.”
Her saying that reminded me that I hadn’t seen Ocean for the past few days, which was unexpected, but it would be nice to have Sparkle’s company while I worked.
“That’s great?—”
“Kairi, you ain’t gotta bother cook. My brother on his way, we need to deal with something urgently,” Havoc cut me off and said as he stepped into the kitchen.
“Oh, okay,” I said.
“Bitch, who the fuck is that?” Sparkle asked in my ear, but I ignored her.
I quickly put everything back and grabbed my stuff so that I could leave before his brother arrived.
“Hoe, I know you hear me!” Sparkle snapped. I looked back at Havoc, wondering if he heard her loud ass mouth from my phone. He was too busy looking at his own as he walked me to the door.
“Girl, would you be quiet for one minute,” I whispered, and she sucked her teeth.
I slipped my feet into my Crocs and threw my jacket on before I turned to look at him.
“I will be back next week,” I said. Havoc looked away from his phone and stared at me.
The way his eyes took me in made butterflies swarm in my stomach. He had been a little flirty these past few days, and I’d almost given in—it was hard not to. Everyone has a type that just matches them for more reasons than one, and Havoc had a lot of things that my ex didn’t.
“See you next week,” he said, eyes still locked on my face. I cleared my throat, bounced my head, and stepped out of his condo, closing the door behind me.
