“Mom, no I haven’t. It’s not that big of a deal,” Sophie said, looking up at me.
She never really discussed work with me. I’d ask about her day and she downplayed it. I figured she just didn’t want to discuss work with me, which I was cool with, but her mother made it seem like she was keeping something from me.
I hoped Sophie didn’t think I couldn’t relate. I knew business. Maybe not marketing, but if it was part of her, I didn’t want her keeping it from me like she couldn’t share that part of her life.
“It’s cool, Sophie, you work hard and you should be proud of that.” Again, my lips found her cheek and her mother smiled.
“Exactly. Well, enjoy your evening, I’m going to mingle.”
She walked away, leaving us alone.
“It’s really not that big of a deal. It’s just business,” Sophie tried to explain.
I stepped in front of her and took her face into my hands before I delivered a series of kisses. “Ay, it’s cool. Don’t feel any type of way about that, just know you don’t have to keep that part of your life from me. I know shit, Sophie, and if good thingsare happening for you, tell me. I’m proud of you, baby girl. You’re doing your thing and I respect that.”
She grinned as her eyes searched my face. “I know. It’s just… with you, things are different. There’s no pressure and I like that. I like who I am with you, that’s all. I’m not hiding anything from you.”
“Good, ’cause you about to have a muthafucker in his feelings.”
She laughed. “Let’s go. I want to introduce you to a few people, then we can have drinks with Maddie and Carlos.”
For the next hour, Sophie dragged me with her from group to group. With each conversation and introduction, she grew more comfortable. The first time she introduced me as her boyfriend, she looked at me like she had done something wrong while waiting for my approval. I smiled and nodded, and thereafter, she let it flow with ease.
I was cool with that. It didn’t mean shit to me, but if it was important to Sophie, I could rock with it. When we finally crossed paths with Orin, I thought I was gonna have to check her ass because she kept grilling Sophie hard as fuck and shooting daggers at me. The dude with her was oblivious to her basically eye fucking me all night, which I though was funny.
After I downed a few drinks, it was time for a bathroom run. I left Sophie with Maddie and Los while I slipped away. The second I hit the corridor and entered the men’s room, shit went downhill. Orin was right behind me. As soon as the door closed, she rushed me and her hands went right to my suit pants.
“Ay, not happening,” I said, grabbing her wrist, but she snatched away and slipped her hand into my boxers.
“Why? You know you want it. I bet Sophie would never take care of you like this.” Orin moved down my body and took me whole.
“Fuck, man.” My fingers dug into her hair and I gripped it firmly, guiding her head as she worked her magic.
Orin’s head game was undeniable, and as wrong as it was, I let her do her thing. After I released down her throat, she was on her feet again, smiling at me.
“You know you miss that, Trooper. She’s not me,” Orin said with a grin and tried to slide her arms around my neck, but I pushed her back.
“Last time, Orin. You can get that, but don’t come at me like that anymore. You’re right, she’s not you. She would never do any shit like this because it’s shady as fuck. I don’t have to worry about her giving head to a man who doesn’t belong to her in a fucking bathroom. That’s something you would do.”
I fixed my clothes and she just stood there looking at me, like I had somehow insulted her by calling her out on what she’d just done. Hell, she’d insulted her gotdamn self.
“Really, Trooper?”
“Yes, really. Now get the fuck out so I can pee and get back to Sophie. You, on the other hand, need to figure your shit out, but you better do that without making Sophie part of it. Are we clear?”
“Yeah, we’re clear. I won’t say shit to her because I know you’ll eventually be back. Enjoy your night, Trooper. And when you’re fucking her, just remember that the first nut was on me.”
I shook my head at Orin. She’d shown a side I didn’t know. People never showed their true colors until they wanted someone to see them for who they really were. This bitch was crazy.
After I peed and washed my hands, I exited the bathroom and had four eyes on me. Just fucking great. Sophie’s parents were outside the bathroom in a heated discussion.
“This is what you want for her? That’s the type of man you’re okay with your daughter being with?” her father yelled at hiswife before he cut his eyes toward me. “He was in there fucking another woman while our daughter is only a few feet away.
“Ay, mind your business. I didn’t do shit with her,” I said, taking a step toward him. My hand moved to my side out of habit before I realized I wasn’t strapped. His eyes followed my hand and he laughed.
“He’s just like him. A common thug, but you’re okay with that, right, Alana? You better tell him to keep that muthafucker away from our daughter or all bets are off. I’ll come for him the same way and you know what I’m capable of. Keep him away from Sophie before she ends up like you. Only difference is she won’t have anyone to save her like I saved your trifling ass.”
I was confused as fuck as to what I had just walked into. Her father stormed off and her mother looked like he had just crushed her soul.
