My head dropped as soon as I made it inside the elevator.
The guilt I felt was overwhelming.
If Skye found out that I’d ditched her to meet up with Melina, our shit would be over before it even started.
Maybe I should just tell her what’s going on.
She’d already proven that she understood me.
The elevator doors opened.
I was barely in the lobby when I heard Shade’s voice. “What’s up, big bro? What you doing here? Skye up there?”
“What? No,” I said, appalled that he would even think that.
“Damn, don’t look so fucked up in the face. I know you only come here when you’re fucking, so?—”
“Yeah, well, not today, and I would never bring Skye here.”
His hands shot up. “Okay, my bad. I forgot y’all don’t get down like that anymore.”
“She’s never been here.”
“Wait, what? Like, not even when y’all first started?—”
“Nah,” I said, walking toward the exit.
“So, you’re telling me that she’salwaysbeen at your crib?”
“Yes.”
Shade pressed his fist against his mouth. “Woah, that’s crazy. Damn, you’re feeling her feeling her, huh?”
I stopped. “Yo, shouldn’t your ass be somewhere picking out baby names or some shit?”
He smirked. “Damn, you’re deflecting hard as hell. But it’s cool. I already know what’s up.”
“Yeah, okay.” I looked away, knowing damn well I wasn’t good at hiding the truth. “What you even doing at your crib? I thought Nyx had you hemmed up at her place these days.”
He flipped me off. “Man, whatever. She left a big ass box of that cinnamon cereal shit here, so I stopped by to grab it. It’s the only thing she can keep down right now.”
“Why didn’t you just send your assistant to get it?”
“Because I’m trying to be on my shit.”
I laughed, my arms folding over my chest. “I see you. You’re excited, huh?”
“Hell yeah. I mean, I didn’t expect to become a father anytime soon, but now that it’s here, I’m with it.”
“That’s what’s up. Are you guys going to tell people?”
“Not yet. We want to make sure things are good first. She has an appointment coming up. After that, we’ll tell the rest of the family. Still not sure about releasing anything to the public though. I don’t want Nyx to be stressed, and you know it’s going to get crazy once the world finds out.”
“Yeah. It’s going to get wild.”
“Hell yeah.”
“But what about your music? And her dancing? How is all that going to go?”
