She stared at me for so long in silence that I didn’t knowwhatshe was thinking. Mechanically, my hand slid to my waistjust in case I had to put a hole in her. I didn’t wanna do that shit, but I’d protect myself always. It didn’t matter who was on the receiving end if I felt like my life was being threatened. And right now, there was a chance that my life was in danger.
“You cool?”
“No,” she whispered as tears welled up in her eyes. “This is fucked up. I knew we were never gonna be in a relationship, Xy. I was okay with that but now you’re saying…you’re saying I can’t have access to youat all?”
Tears typically never bothered me because women cried all the damn time to get their way. The only women’s tears I cared about was Drek’s, Vani’s, and my mother’s. Seeing Gabriae cry hit me in my chest though. Not enough to make me change my mind…I wasn’t stupid, but just enough to make me pause for a minute. It wasn’t even a loud cry, and maybe that’s why it was pulling at my heart.
“I can’t have you and have her, Gabriae.”
“Why? You’vebeendoing that to her!” she spat with the tears steady streaming.
That stung a lil’ bit, but she wasn’t wrong. “You’re right. I have fucked up with her in the past, and that’s why I’m getting it right this time.”
A soft sob seeped out of her mouth before she stood up and rushed back down the hall. My mind told me to get my ass out of there, but I stood up and followed her to her bedroom. She was full out crying, and I understood why. Even though she knew I’d never be hers, she still developed an attachment to me.
“C’mon, Gab,” I grabbed her into a hug and kissed her forehead.
“No, Xy! No. This is so fucked up,” she whined, trying her hardest to stop crying.
“I know.”
I didn’t have it in me to apologize when I wasn’t sorry that I was getting the love of my life back. I held her and allowed her to cry it out. She was entitled to feel hurt and upset because again, outside of Drek, Gab was the next person I’d dealt with the longest.
“Now what, Xyleek?” she mumbled into my chest once she’d calmed down.
“Now you keep living your life. I just won’t be a part of it,” I reiterated so that she fully understood I was done.
“Can I have one more night with you?”
“Pussy ain’t gon make me stay or change my mind.”
She dropped to her knees and stared up at me with those seductive eyes. “I’m not trying to change your mind. I just want one more night,” pulling my gun from my waistband, she placed it on her bed then undid my jeans. “I deserve that, right?”
“Gab,” I groaned her name the moment her warm mouth welcomed me inside. “Shit,” my hand found the back of her head when she started sucking on just the tip. “Fuck, aight, last time, Gabriae.”
Technically, Drek and I weren’tofficiallyback together, so this final night with Gab didn’t count for shit. I’d fuck the lining out of her tonight and act like it never happened in the morning. Tomorrow started a brand-new day and a brand-new life.
Chapter Four
Drek
“Hello?”I grumbled into the phone with my eyes still shut.
“Boss lady.”
Winter’s voice came through eerily calm, like something was wrong but she didn’t want to scare me. That caused me to sit straight up in bed.
“Are you okay?”
“I’m fine. S-someone broke into the shop and vandalized it,”she almost whispered.“You haven’t seen the security alerts on your phone?”
My heart dropped to my stomach.“N-n-no. I was sleep. Vandalized it?”
“Yeah. They busted out windows, threw paint everywhere, cut up the furniture in the lobby…it’s…it’sbad, Dreka. I called the police already.”
“Fuck,”I swung my legs over the edge of the bed.“I’ll be there in a minute,”I ended the call without waiting for her to say another word.
“What’s wrong?” Xy rolled over, his voice raspier than usual, thanks to the sleep he’d just been waken up from.
