“Man, if you don’t go ahead and do that shit so she knows you’re not going anywhere,” Niles muttered, making Samari frown at Asao before her eyes shifted to Niles in confusion. She almost laughed because Niles looked like he was ready to fuck some shit up.
“Do what?” Samari asked.
Asao laughed arrogantly and shook his head. He removed his phone and made a call. “Son…”
Samari frowned more when she heard Leedren’s voice.
“Pop, where’s my mother?”
“She’s right here, what’s wrong?”
“Nothing, put the call on speaker.”
It took a second before Leedren spoke again. “Okay she’s here, son. What’s going on?”
“Just hang on for a minute,” Asao said, then focused on Samari.
“Doesn’t matter what we put out there in the world. You’re mine and I’m yours. We’re in this shit, Mari. They can’t touch that.”
“Like I said, you can’t touch the untouchable,” Sheree stated with a smug grin, making Asao smirk.
“Nah, they can’t.” He tapped a finger to Samari’s chest over her heart then placed his hand over her stomach. “You have my heart in here, Mari. I’m not going anywhere because I don’t exist without you. That makes what we have untouchable, baby.”
He held his hand up and her eyes moved to the massive diamond ring on his pinky. “And this is so the world knows I don’t play about that shit. They touch, they get touched. Do I need to tell you what’s on my heart, Mari?”
She smiled so damn big before she gently shook her head.
“That’s not our thing. We’re about motion. The actions tell me,” she confirmed with her eyes locked on his.
“I’m about whatever you need, and if you need the words, then you got that.”
Samari leaned in and kissed him. “Can I get the lyrics…”
He smirked arrogantly.
“She put me on game, but the game has changed, got my seed in her womb, time to give her my name.”
“That sounds very much like a proposal, Mr. Delane. Are you asking me to marry you?”
Samari heard a gasp and dropped her eyes to the phone. Asao still had his parents on speaker and now it made sense why.
“Son, answer your lady so your mother will get her nails out of my arm. She’s about to draw blood waiting on you to close the deal.”
Asao chuckled. “Yeah, I am.”
“Yes.” She said the word so quietly she wasn’t sure he’d heard her so she lifted onto her toes to kiss him, confirming her answer against his lips. “Yes.”
“Did she say yes, Lee?”
“Yeah baby, she said yes,” she heard him say before Dom spoke.
“Told your ass to do that shit before tonight,” Dom said. “Now, are we wasting money or we doing this album release?”
Asao dropped his eyes to Samari, waiting for her to make the call.
“We’re doing it, and for the record, I’m still stressed the fuck out about putting this statement out there.”
“And again, fuck them people,” Sheree said, hugging her girl.
