She ran in my face as Zaria tried pulling her back. “I dedicated my life to you! I stood beside you in every fucking decision you made. All you had to do was fucking tell me. I would never cheat on you. I have never put any nigga before you!” she screamed. “I didn’t move to Toussaint for myself. I moved here forus!” She started sobbing.
That was the moment I knew the love I had for Mars exceeded anything I could imagine. Tears poured out of me because she was my fucking safe space. She was my peace, and all that was being stripped away from me.
“Really, Samara!” I shouted. Our tears were in sync. “You said you loved me!” I yelled. “This ain’t fucking love!”
“Samara!” Zaria shouted.
“Zaria, leave me the fuck alone and shut up!” Samara yelled at her.
I was losing control. I knew something wasn’t right because look at how she was talking to Z.
“Look at you! Somebody got in your fucking head!” I gripped the sides of the doors as Chevy struggled to pull me out.
“You’re killing me, Dio,” she cried as Zaria wrapped her arms around Samara as she sobbed her way down to the floor.
“You’re killing me! My fucking heart hurts! On God, my heart hurts!” I cried.
Chev tugged one more time before he pulled me out of the apartment. Beans stood outside Paige’s door. He came over to me to talk, but I wasn’t hearing any of that shit. For the first time, I saw sadness in Chevy’s eyes.
Beans came in front of me, “Chill, my nigga. This shit is just a misunderstanding,” he said.
“Fuck that!” I shouted as I wiped my face. “Beans, that dean of yours is a dead nigga!” I barked as I walked off.
A switch flipped in me, and I knew Demonysus had placed Dionysus on a temporary vacation.
PHOEBE
PRESSPLAY
My eyes opened to Xavier staring at me. After leaving the club, we came back to my apartment, but we didn’t have sex. Instead, we stayed up and listened to music, shooting the shit while he talked about basketball and I explained to him what happened to Monk. It was a little funny watching his reaction as I explained to him that Monk was my pony. I needed the laugh because I was dying inside. Xavier was truly a vibe, one I could put on repeat. The scene of him and Apple played in my mind a few times, and even though I was afraid of the answer, I had to ask. The shit was selfish as hell because I did have my own thing going on, but I liked him a lot. If it were possible, something could come out of this. I wanted it all.
“Did you sleep with Apple?” I muttered.
His eyes narrowed in on me. “Does it matter?”
My lip disappeared between my teeth. Him asking me that and my reply would be a tell-tale sign that I was beyond into him.
“Yes,” I said softly.
“Then, no, I didn’t. She tried, but I couldn’t because the person I wanted to be with kind of stood me up.”
I giggled softly. “I didn’t. I—” I paused, “—I was late, that’s all.”
I wasn’t about to tell him that I had gone to see Percy, whether I was breaking it off or not. I was surprised Dio hadn’t said anything yet, but it was possible he didn’t because I knew he was pledging and no one could know. A secret for a secret.
I got up from the bed and walked toward the bathroom, but he grabbed my wrist, pulling me back onto the bed.
“What’s that?” he said.
Confused, I replied, “What’s what?”
Xavier pushed me on my back as his hand traveled down my belly. When he touched my thigh, I panicked and hopped out of bed.
“It’s nothing.”
His head fell back on the pillow. “You’re a goddamn lie. Bruh, I don’t have time for this shit. I’m out.”
“Why are you so impatient.Fuck!Just relax.”
