“And I don’t want you to. Goodbye, Damien.”
Damien turned quickly on his heels and left without saying goodbye. That was fine because I wasn’t running after him. I was done settling for the bare minimum. If that meant I’d die as an old lonely cat lady, so be it, but I was going to go to Vegas first.
One decision at a time.
five
. . .
Stepping on the plane,I pushed my sunglasses off my eyes and rested them on my forehead. The flight attendant smiled and gestured to the back of the small plane. I tried to act like I had some sense. Treasure, on the other hand, was being herself.
“Damn, I didn’t think you were gonna make it,” she beamed as she pulled me into a hug.
“I know, I know.” I smiled, hugging her, then Tara.
Kier stood to his feet and gestured for me to meet him at the back of the plane. I winked at my girls, then headed toward him. Their snickering made me blush until I got to him. He pulled me into an embrace, making me blush harder. “Glad you made it.”
I took a second before answering, realizing the decision was made, and there was no turning back. “I told you I would.”
I sat in the window seat, while he sat directly across from me. The cabin host presented us with a tray of champagne. While Kier took a flute from the tray and attempted to hand it to me, I graciously declined. He placed it back onto the tray.
“Can I get you something else?” He asked.
“Maybe a bottle of water?”
“Right away, Miss,” the attendant responded.
“Sibley. Just Sibley.” I corrected her as she went away to procure my water.
“What’s that look?” Kier asked, noticing the skepticism in my face.
“Listen, Kier, I don’t know what I’m doing here.”
“Looks to me like you’re sitting on a plane, heading to Vegas for the week.”
“I mean, I don’t know what we’re doing,” I added, gesturing between the two of us. “You invited a woman you met on the side of the road to travel with you.”
“And you said yes.”
“That’s not the point.”
“That’s exactly the point, Sibley.” He smirked. “I don’t know what you’re doing, but I’mma spend the whole summer showing you why being without me isn’t an option. You, on the other hand, may need a little more time. Let’s take it one city at a time, cool?”
“One city at a time.” I smiled then gazed out the window.
The cabin was quiet and between the dim lighting and cream leather seats, I thought I’d step into my pinterest board. Everything smelled clean and expensive, including the cologne Kier had on wafting in the air every time he readjusted himself .
The flight was smooth, and the four hours we were in the air were spent with Kier and me getting to know each other. He’s an only child, no kids, no pets. He also said he wasn’t in a relationship due to being so focused on work more often than not. And because of that, I was interested in seeing how he would juggle me and his career all summer. I told him about my upbringing, my sister, and my career. Before I knew it, the plane was landing, and the sun welcomed us to Vegas.
A while later, we arrived at the MGM. I’d been to a few Las Vegas hotels, but nothing compared to the MGM. Kier showed us to our loft, which was next to his and one of his newer artists.
“I’mma put y’all up in here. I’m down the hall. Any place y’all eat or drink at, tell them to charge it to my room. Nothing is off limits. Here.” He added, handing us backstage passes for the concert tomorrow. “Be in the lobby tomorrow by 5, then we’ll head to the T-Mobile Arena.”
“Thank you,” I said, taking the passes from him and walking into our loft.
“Hold on.” He pleaded, tugging on my hand. Tara and Treasure walked ahead of me into the suite. “I wanna see you tonight.” My eyebrows crashed together, both in shock and confusion. He must have read the expression on my face because before I could say anything, he cleared the air. “No, not like that.” He cheesed. “I just want to spend some time with you since I’m free tonight. I’ll be tied up until this evening, and all of tomorrow.”
“Okay, we can get together.” I sighed in relief.
