“Hey, Loco, hey Diamond,” he spoke before looking down at the baby who appeared to be happy to see him. “Hi, beautiful.”
Keona’s smile stretched wider causing mine to do the same.
“Hi, Lance. You look nice,” I complimented. “Are you two going somewhere?”
He nodded as he smiled down at the baby. “I figured we’d go out for a little date ourselves tonight, to celebrate our first night together.”
“Oh, that’s sweet.”
“Yeah, that’s lit, but remember what we talked about, Lord. I been on ice, but I’ll thaw out and crash out about Baby Lord in a minute, so be careful with her. She just got you. Don’t want to lose you on no mishap kind of shit.”
“Makhai, stop,” I nudged him then smiled at Lance. “You guys have fun tonight, and call if you need anything.”
“I will,” he nodded. “You clean up well, Diamond. Hope your night is just as beautiful as you look.” He winked at me then walked away.
“Nigga knew to hustle out of here after complimenting you in my face,” Makhai said before leading me out of the house to the Bentley that was parked and waiting on us.
“Shut up,” I giggled then thanked the driver that had opened the door for us.
Makhai was right beside me, sliding as close to me as he could once he was inside. He was literally the epitome ofin my skin, but I didn’t mind it. I loved my nigga crazy about me.
When we got to the Celestial, we valeted the car and made our way inside. Makhai did have security in place to escort us since there were a lot of people there trying to approach and plenty recording. He wasn’t fazed by any of them in the least. He was still all over me as we entered.
“This is my first time eating at Casa d’Amore.” I admitted once we were on the elevator.
“I know,” he smirked. “That’s why I picked it.”
When we got up to the restaurant, I was in awe of the place. The entire thing was glass, giving you the perfect view of Atlyn City lit up from all angles. The tables were covered in white tablecloths with gold chairs and beautiful, massive gold chandeliers lighting the place up.
Makhai led me through the restaurant, speaking to a few people in passing. When we approached elevator doors, I frowned in confusion.
“What are we doing? I thought we were having dinner.”
“We are,” he smiled. “I got us like a lil’ cocktail hour set up on the rooftop first.”
“Oh, okay,” I blushed, stepping on the elevator with him.
“Aight,” he walked around in front of me and took my hands. “I need you to close your eyes because I want the set up to be a surprise.”
“Okay,” I closed my eyes with a big smile.
“Don’t peek either, Lord.”
“I’m not,” I giggled.
I heard the elevator sound, letting us know that it had come to a stop. With my eyes closed, I followed his directions as he led me to the rooftop. It was quiet at first, then when I heard Breeze start singing his verse on Makhai’s new song,One Love, One Lifetime, my eyes popped open.
My jaw dropped seeing the set up and seeing who all was there—Makhai’s entire family, his friends and their wives,Kabria, Lance and my niece, Wanda, and my other coworkers. It was insane. I’d just talked to my best friend while I was getting ready and she got off the phone with me claiming that Hakeem had come over.
There was a red carpet that had several vases full of roses and a red and gold ballon arch. Breeze was standing a few feet away from that, singing. When I heard his voice at first I thought it was the damn song, but it was actually him.
In the sky, in the distance I saw a formation of drones spell out my name.
Diamond,
Then they turned off for a second before flashing again.
I love you.
