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“Why wouldn’t I be?”

“Come on, baby, you really think I’ll let that muthafucka take Savannah away from you? Despite what we have going on personally, I’ll never allow another muthafucka to play in your face. Don’t worry about any of that. You might as well say it’s already handled.”

“Ethan….”

“I’m dead ass. You should know by now that there’s nothing I wouldn’t do for you.” I looked her dead in the eyes.

I could see the tears coming, but before she let them fall, her arms wrapped around my neck in a tight hug. That shit felt amazing. I wasted no time wrapping my arms around her waist, bringing her closer to me. We sat like that for at least three minutes. Shit, I couldn’t even keep up with the time. All I knew was that I was happy to have her back in my arms, even if it was only temporary.

“You mean a lot to me. I’m just scared to take a chance.”

“There ain’t nothing to be scared of.” I hooked her chin. “I’m waiting for you to say the word, and we can pick up from where we left off. If not, I’m willing to move as slow as you want. Either way, I want you to take a chance on me, so I can give you the world.”

She leaned forward pressing her lips against mine, and I damn near lost it. Not dramatically, but my dick bricked up on immediate contact. When she pulled back, I grabbed the back of her neck to bring her right back against my lips. I could feel her body heat up and mine too. We weren’t in the right place to take it there, so I had to pull away to gain control of myself.

“If you’re all in, then so am I. Just don’t hurt me.” She pecked my lips.

“I won’t. I promise.”

CHAPTER 32

Ava Gray

Today, we were celebrating my parents’ thirty-fifth year wedding anniversary. Momma didn’t want to go out and do anything extravagant. Therefore, I cooked all of their favorite dishes for us to celebrate at their house. Daddy thought he could sneak in to take a few samples but every time he tried, Aja kicked him out of the kitchen. In the backyard, Aja and I went half on a bouncy house for the kids. Speaking of kids, Ethan was supposed to have been on his way to join us along with Zoie. Aja had old-school music playing in the living room for Momma and Daddy who were dancing and laughing. It was too noisy to make a phone call, so I went to my old bedroom to see how far Ethan was.

“Hey, beautiful.” He picked up on the second ring.

“Hey. I just wanted to check in. The food is almost ready,” I told him.

“I’ll be there before y’all get seated at the table. Some shit came up, and now I’m on the way to pick up Zoie.”

“Is everything okay?”

He sighed deeply as if he didn’t want to answer my question or talk about whatever happened.

“I had a run-in with Carla. I had to set her ass straight, but it’s all good.”

I sat quietly, shaking my head. I didn’t want to get into an argument over the next bitch; I also didn’t want to get in the headspace of believing he was out running the streets, especially after we agreed to move forward.

“Nothing happened besides me choking her ass out. I’m telling you because I don’t want you to think I’m hiding anything from you.”

“No, I don’t think you’re trying to hide anything. I’ll see you when you get here.”

“I’m on the way.”

“Okay.” I smiled.

“I love you.”

“I love you too,” I told him.

After ending the call, I inhaled a deep breath and sat still for a few seconds before heading back to join everyone. While Aja, Momma, and Daddy were dancing in the middle of the floor. Ace was on his phone while throwing back a few shots. Savannah and Dakota bounced around when they could’ve been outside with all that energy. I took a seat beside my brother before picking up the glass he had just poured a shot into. Real quick, I threw it back like a professional.

“Whoaa, nigga! What do you think you’re doing? All those glasses momma got in the china cabinet, and you wanna come and put your dick suckers on mine.”

“Ace, please. I’m the one who should be worried about catching something.” I poured another shot.

“Go get me another glass, man. I’m not about to share with you. Ain’t no tellin’ what you and bruh freaky frog asses been doing behind closed doors.”