Page 37 of Rich Forever: Zo & Remy

“Girl, tell me before I lose my appetite.” I rushed her along.

“I’m engaged,” she said, causing me to choke, and I wasn’t even eating.

“So, your daddy got to you again?” I questioned. She gave me a stone-faced expression, and then we both burst into laughter that I’m sure filled the hallway of the building.

She laughed so hard she cried. But once she was able to compose herself, she said, “No, bitch. I don’t know if that’s shade to daddy or you think I can’t get a man.” She said, wiping her tears.

“You could find a man in the parking lot, on the way to your car,” I reminded her. The material for my baby sister was all there. But she was hard on men. I mean hard. She ran a strict program, and if anyone had stuck around long enough to actually propose, and she accepted it, that was major.

“It’s Mars,” She said, causing me to just about fall out of my chair. Mars is my father’s plug from Louisiana. I knew that she had been spending a lot more time back home, but I thought she was just homesick.

“Wait a second, Tay. Are you about to marry Mars? How the hell did this happen?” I didn’t expect her to name anyone that I knew. Especially not Mars. He had always been around us, but I never thought they had a relationship.

“At your engagement party, I asked you were you ready. You looked me dead in my face and told me, ‘find the best dick and lock it down’.” She said, making me chuckle.

“Why were you taking life advice from me when Storm was literally holding my head back and pouring liquor down my throat? Is that what you’re doing?” I asked.

"Second-best dick, but not about sex," she said, rolling her eyes. I already knew what she meant.

“Let it go, Elsa,” we laughed because I knew she was talking about Judah. For weeks, after I told her that I had seen Judah out with Ivy, she constantly brought up how Jaxon and I ruined her life by getting out of the arrangement. Their situation might have been fun, but they never would have worked. They were both the same person. Judah had found the person to calm him down, and apparently, now so had she.

“I’m serious, though, he proposed, and I said yes.”

“Do you love him?” I asked.

She thought about it and then shrugged. “I think I do.”

“Listen, you are a tough critic. But that’s what I love about you. I’m happy for you, and I’ll support you in any way that I can. Just let me know what you need, and it’s done.” I walked around my desk to bring her into a hug and then took my seat across from her again. I was just about to pry so I could hear all the details about her love life and how they got together.

“Knock, knock,” My assistant said as she made her presence known. I always thought it was funny how she always said it versus just knocking on the door.

“Come in,” I said as we both turned toward the door to see what she needed.

She came in with a beautiful bouquet of roses and brought them over to me, setting them on my desk.

“Thank you so much,” I said as she sat them down, then rushed over to Taylor, and they embraced.

“See, Rem. Pimping was cool, but I’m giving that life up. I’m ready to settle down and have my husband send me flowers every week,” She motioned toward the flowers that sat nearby me.

“And I love that for you,” I said honestly.

My phone rang, and my husband’s picture came on the screen. I smiled as I answered his FaceTime call.

“You look good, Mama.” He said once his face came into the phone.

“Thank you, baby,” I blushed, making Taylor roll her eyes at me.

“Taylor brought me lunch today. She’s here in the office with me.” I said. That was just my way of making sure he didn’t say anything crazy while we were on the phone. There was no telling what would come out of his mouth from one minute to the next.

“Hi brotherrrr,” She sang as I turned the camera toward her. She leaned forward and waved at him.

“What’s up, sis? You good?” He questioned.

They spoke back and forth for a bit before I interrupted them.

“I was just about to call you, baby; I got the flowers that you sent me. They’re so pretty.” I said as I kept eating.

“Huh?” He asked, confused.