“Naw, it’s the hoe that just lefts. I think she forgot it.”
“Nigga, don’t play.” I nudged him but smiled as I grabbed the box that had a beautiful diamond tennis bracelet inside. “This is beautiful, Makhai. I love it.”
“You better. Shit cost me a grip.” He smirked, removing the bracelet from the box and clasped it around my wrist. “Look good on you, my baby.”
“Yes, thank you,” I simpered as I examined the peace of jewelry on my wrist.
“Ain’t shit. Come on, sit so we can eat.”
He pulled my chair out so I could take a seat then he took one directly across from me while I kept stealing glances at the view.I hadn’t even seen his whole condo but had settled on it being my favorite part.
Our dinner was already plated and ready, so after saying a quick grace, we dug in. Over dinner, we talked. He let me know he hadn’t been staying at his place that long and he was barely there. I couldn’t wrap my head around it because the view was my favorite thing.
He also told me about his uncle Proof who he was just as close to as he was his parents. Proof was apparently the father of his only cousin whom he let me know was excited to meet me. I was equally as pumped because his mom was the only one I’d met so far.
“Food was straight?” he asked.
“So good,” I gushed. “I’ve made a mental note to thank your cousin when we formally meet.” He got up and rounded the table extending a hand for me to take. Without hesitation, I accepted it and allowed him to gently pull me from my seat. He began to lead me down the hall, so I asked, “Where are we going?”
“You swim?”
“I can,” I answered. “But it’s cool out now and I didn’t bring a swimsuit.”
“That’s cool,” he glanced over his shoulder and smirked before pushing his room door opened. “We gon’ be inside and it’s a heated pool.”
“That solves one problem.”
He pointed to the bed that had a few shopping bags on it.
“Check the bags, love.”
A few of them were from a place called Passion, but there were also some from Fendi. Inside the bags were different outfits, shoes, and purses. I only got to open the first one noticing that it was a swimsuit. I smiled as I turned to face him.
“You just thought of everything, huh?”
“Facts.” He smirked. “You can change in here; I’ll go to my guest room.”
He went to grab something from his drawer then left the room. When I was alone, I looked inside of the other bags and noticed some slides, sandals, a bag, and bracelet. I grabbed the swimsuit and cover-up that was in the first bag and took it in the bathroom so I could change quickly. I also used the travel toothbrush and toothpaste I carried in my bag to brush my teeth while I was there.
When I was done, I applied lotion to my hands, reapplied my lip gloss, then slipped my feet inside the slides that matched my suit before leaving the room to go find Makhai.
He was in the living room on his phone when I entered, so to make my presence know, I said, “I’m ready.”
When he glanced over his shoulder his lids lowered as he took me in shamelessly. My thighs squeezed a bit when I noticed his tongue dart out to moisten his lips.
“I knew you’d look good in the shit, but damn,” he rose and made his way toward me. When he was close, he pulled me into his body. “Damn, we need to take pictures or some shit.”
“How?” I beamed. “You have a ring light?”
“What am I? A bitch?” he laughed. “Hell naw, I don’t got no fuckin’ ring light, but I got this phone, so come on.”
He pushed me away gently, so I posed for a few pictures before holding my hand up to stop him, but he didn’t. He just took some off guards of me. I took my phone out and snapped a few selfies of us as well as some faceless pictures that I might post later, then we left his place and headed down the hall. Apparently, the condominiums had an indoor pool on every other floor, and he was able to have the one on his floor closed for his personal use for the night.
When we entered the space was dimly lit just like his place, with just a tad bit more light from the pool. I immediatelynoticed the candles that surrounded the pool and was about to ask about it until some of the overhead lights came on and I saw what he’d done. The pool was covered in red and pink rose petals, with white ones that spelled out “will you be my girlfriend?”in the center.
I spun around quickly to find a smiling Makhai. He encased me in his arms and asked, “You fuck with it?”
“Yes,” I simpered, looking between him and the pool. “I-I need to take a picture of this.”
