Page 242 of Kentrell

Her mouth dropped into this perfect little O that made me wanna kiss her and laugh at the same time.

“What? Why not?” she giggled.

“You not experimenting on me, shorty. Fuck nah.”

“Kentrell, you’re being rude and closed-minded,” she whined, giving me her best fake hurt.

“My stomach closed to that shit too.”

She burst out laughing, the sound already softening me up even though I kept my face flat.

“You don’t even know what I was gonna make!”

“What is it?” I already knew it was gon’ be some nasty, stupidly put-together ass shit.

“Onion Boil?—”

“Hell—No.”

I deadpanned so hard she cracked up laughing again.

“It’s good!”

“How the hell you know and you ain’t never had it?”

That only made her laugh harder.

A few days ago she pulled some dumb TikTok stunt called a Tiffany Plate. Nasty-ass sausage dipped in mustard and cottage cheese—like that combination made sense—then she added raw carrots, cucumbers, broccoli, a boiled egg, and some random-ass almonds on the side like that balanced the meal out.

And she threw all that shit up, too.

“Because it looks good!” Zoe said, still defending her nonsense like she was on trial.

I shook my head, already smirking. “That’s yo best argument? Counselor?”

“Because I shouldn’thaveto present my case to my man, who said he’d spoil me. You should just do what I want!”

“Who you talkin’ to?” I growled, glancing around at the people trickling in through the side entrance.

Two strippers. A couple niggas I remembered from back in the day.

“I’m talking to my client… Mr. Caldwell.”

I glanced back at my phone just in time to catch her rolling her eyes.

“You better calm down,” I warned, voice low but not nearly as mean as I could make it.

I could never see myself being that way with Zoe. Even the first time I laid eyes on her, something about her felt… untouched. Like she was something I ain’t wanna taint.

And over these past two months?

Man… she broke a nigga down.

First to a lot of shit.

First to get real dates outta me… take real trips… move her into my space…

Tattoo her name on me.

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