As she looked to me for a response, I wasn’t sure if I should tell her now or later about the fact that I’d hired someone for the job. I was really hoping that with the new position she’d recently gotten, she would’ve been happy with that, and left me the hell alone about coming to work for me. I wasn’t sure where she worked because I’d never cared enough to ask, but I knew it was a big agency and that she should’ve been happy there. But it didn’t matter what they gave her or what they paid her because until she felt like she could be under me and watch me all day, she would never be happy.
“I actually hired someone for the position today,” I said, sipping the water the waitress had placed down as Logan looked as though she was about to flip the entire table over.
“What do you mean you hired someone for the position, Sincere? I thought you were going to give me the position! We have talked about it numerous times, so I’m not understanding.”
“Yeah, and I’ve shut that shit down each time,” I said, shrugging.
“No, the fuck you haven’t! Why do you keep shitting on me the way that you do? I have been nothing but a good girlfriend to you, and every time I turn around, you give me your ass to kiss. Like, make it make sense for me, Sincere! You already know that I’m qualified for the position, so what’s the real reason why you won’t hire me?”
“Because we don’t need to work that close. The shit never works out, and you know it. And, I also just don’t want you working under me,” I said, honestly, although I knew she didn’t want my honesty.
She wanted me to say some shit that would make her feel better about all the different reasons as to why I wouldn’t hire her, running around in her head. She wanted me to tell her that it was because of another woman or some shit like that, but the truth was that I just didn’t want her ass there, so she wasn’t going to be there. What she chose to believe was up to her, though. I just wasn’t going to sit and feed into her delusions.
“That’s bullshit! It’s because you’re always up there flirting and doing shit that you shouldn’t be doing, that’s why. Who did you hire anyway?”
“You don’t need to know.”
“Oh, so you’re fucking her or something? Why can’t I know who you hired? I work in PR, so you know I know damn near everybody. Go ahead and tell me her name. I’ll figure it out if you don’t. So, let’s save both of us some time, huh?”
“Fine. I hired Kenedi Mathis,” I said, watching as the tears immediately fell from her eyes. “What the fuck is wrong with you?”
“Please tell me you didn’t hire that lunatic? The girl literally spazzed out on her boyfriend on live TV, and you’re hiring her to run the PR department for your business. You can’t be that crazy, Sincere! That will literally ruin your company.”
“Can’t nobody ruin shit I’ve built. And regardless of her personal shit, she’s a beast at what she does. So, yes, I hired her.”
“I can’t believe this is happening right now. Did you know that we used to work together? She’s the one whose spot I took. You literally hired my biggest enemy for a position that I’ve been basically begging you for. Why would you do some shit like that?”
Damn!Taking a second to process what she was saying, I felt a little bad about hiring Kenedi. However, how the fuck was I supposed to know that the two of them not only worked together, but that they fucking hated each other? I had a feeling this shit was going to make my life a lot more stressful whenever they were in the same room. And, I knew that Logan was going to bitch and complain about the shit forever if I allowed her to.
“Well, first of all, I didn’t do the shit on purpose. You’ve never told me the girl’s name, just that y’all couldn’t stand each other. But, yeah, she’s the one that I hired because she’s the best for the job.”
“You have to fire her. This relationship can’t work if she’s working for you,” she said, folding her arms and staring at me.
“Yeah, that shit isn’t going to happen. We’re not even in a fucking relationship,” I said, picking up the menu.
I was a grown-ass man, and there was no way in hell I was going to let somebody tell me what the fuck I had to do. That added to the fact that Logan wasn’t even my woman, yeah, it wasn’t going to happen. I already knew that I would be putting out fires and letting motherfuckers know that whatever they felt about Kenedi and the shit she’d done had better never come across my desk or let me hear it. We’d all done crazy shit in our past, and while the entire world didn’t know about it, I knew that if the shit ever came out, everyone wouldn’t be so quick to judge her.
“So, you’re choosing her over me?”
“Nah, you’re choosing her over you. I haven’t said a damn thing outside of I’m not firing her because you don’t like her.”
“Fine. I guess there’s nothing else for us to talk about,” she said, finishing her glass of wine, grabbing her purse, and storming out of the restaurant.
“Would you still like to order, or will you be leaving, too?” The waitress asked.
“Nah, I’m ordering. I’ll have the steak, medium rare, with loaded mashed potatoes and asparagus. Oh, and I’ll take a Hennesy and Coke,” I said, handing her the menu.
I wished the fuck I would get up and chase after her ass for acting like a brat. She knew I didn’t do all that dramatic shit, and she was going to learn that acting like she was fucking twelve had officially ended our situationship. She could go do that shit with another nigga, because I would never be the one to deal with that shit from her.
After dinner, I made my way home. I had a lot of shit to catch up on, but I wasn’t going to work tonight. I really needed to get some sleep and get prepared for the next day. Kenedi would be at the office tomorrow, and I had a lot of shit that I needed to get her caught up on. So, instead of pulling an all-nighter, I was going to take a hot shower and get caught up on some rest. Something I hadn’t done in a long time, because when you were a man in my position, rest wasn’t a luxury that you had the time to focus on.
As I pulled into my driveway, I shook my head. I wasn’t surprised that Logan was sitting in my driveway, but I was pissed that she was. I just knew I’d at least get a couple of days’ break before she came with the we need to talk bullshit, but I guessed I was wrong. Pulling into my spot, I threw the car in park as she hopped out of her car and stood in front of mine. From the attitude that was written on her face, I knew she wasstill pissed and still on her bullshit. Bullshit that I wasn’t in the mood to entertain.
“What the fuck are you doing here, Logan?”
“I’m here so that we can continue talking about this.”
“We don’t really have shit to talk about, though. You said how you felt, I said how I felt, and that’s really the end of it.”
