Page 88 of Hired By My Rich Baby Daddy 2

“Come on, Miss Noree! Come down to breakfast!”

He grabbed my hand and started pulling me with his whole-body weight. I laughed and let him drag me.

“Ma, let me call you back later, but if ya’ll go to the park, send pics!”

The party was jumping.

Kids everywhere out in the backyard. Two bounce houses, clowns, face painters, a snow cone machine, a whole petting zoo, and whatever else you could think of that could be at a kid’s party.

I ain’t spare nothing. Man, King was having a good time, and that’s all that mattered to me. He had the biggest smile on his face the entire time.

And you already know I dripped my boy out.

I ain’t care if he was gon’ get dirty, mess up his clothes, or even break the chain I iced him out with. He had on designer from head to toe, and his little girlfriend was following him all around. The photographer was snapping pictures of everybody, and once shit calmed down a little, I ended up with a red Solo cup because, kid’s party or not, I needed to have a lil’ sip of something, especially since they were doing a whole bunch of yelling, running, and falling.

The moms and dads of the other kids were acting starstruck at first, whispering and shit, then sneaking their phones out to take pictures of me, but I wasn’t sweating it.

I looked around the backyard. That’s when I saw Noree standing over by the cotton candy table.

I walked over to her, and when she looked back and saw me, she smiled. “There’s the man who cuts the checks…I just know I’m getting overtime for being here when I’m not even on the clock today, right?”

I laughed. “I do more than cut checks.”

She giggled and then put her hand on her hip. “I know that silly. I was just playing with you… you having a good time?”

I nodded, then held up my red Solo cup, and she smirked.

“I might need a little bit of that… this is a lot. It’s beautiful, and everything looks perfect. King is having a ball, BUT all these kids running around is low-key making my nerves bad!” She laughed.

“I got you, love.”

I surprised her and myself when I stepped a little closer, took the red Solo cup, and put it to her lips. She made eye contact with me the whole time as I tilted the cup for her. She took a few sips, then pushed the cup away.

“Damn… that’s strong.” She playfully patted her chest. “What’s that?”

“You know I only drink brown, baby.” I winked at her, and she shook her head.

“Whatever.” There was a slight pause before she walked over to me and placed her hand on my arm. “There is something I wanted to talk to you about. Do you mind meeting me in the kitchen?”

“Aww, shit. What done happened?” She laughed, and we fell in step with each other, heading towards the kitchen.

“Nothing like that. It’s just a conversation I had with King.”

Once we got to the kitchen, there were a few staff members standing around, just making sure everything was staying organized, but I dismissed them for a moment, and once they left the kitchen, we were alone. She placed her hand on the counter and looked at me.

“Sooo, King told me this morning that he wants me to be his new auntie instead of Ginger.”

I peered down at her over the top of my cup, took one more sip, then laid it on the counter and crossed my arms. “Oh, so you finna propose to me?”

She slapped my arm. “Boy, no.” She giggled. “I think the two of us have been getting a little closer than we were before, and I think King is noticing. He said that I’m sincere and that Ginger isn’t, so he wants me to be his new auntie because he likes me. I know it might not be too serious, but I did wanna run that conversation by you.”

“What did you say?” I quizzed, and she looked at me confused.

“When?”

“When he said that,” I replied.

“Honestly, I just kind of shook it off and told him to head downstairs so he can eat breakfast.”