Page 158 of Her Loyalty

"Baby, you-" He started but stopped as he pulled me to him with a smile still on his face.

"Baby, you sittin' there cryin', sayin' I ain't spending enough time withchu but not even 20 minutes ago you told me to get the fuck out of your face and don't ever touch you again."

"Do you remember that, baby?" He asked as my lip trembled.

"No." I looked down at the ice cream I'd just thrown onto the bed, feeling my mouth water for it.

"Baby, I don't know whatchu wun' a nigga to do." He chuckled lightly as I sat up and pulled him to me, hugging him tightly.

"I just want to spend time with you." I cried into his neck, feeling myself calming down from my rage. I was on an emotional rollercoaster these days and I didn't know how to handle it at all. I felt crazy.

"Aight, baby. I'm gon' spend time witchu." He chuckled softly, shaking his head.

"And how you gon' say I left to go to class and then left you again when I got home, baby.." He trailed off, making me pull back to look at him with my wet eyes.

"You know you sent me to four different stores to find this ice cream that you just threw down on the bed?" He asked, looking into my eyes and I pouted.

"Every time I left today other than school, it was because of you, baby." He laughed as my lip trembled.

"You keep wantin' shit and you know your man gon' go and get it for you."

"But I can't be in two places at one time." He chuckled softly.

"I know, I'm sorry." I apologized to him and he pulled me back to him, letting me sulk in the crook of his neck.

"It's aight, baby."

"I understand you gon' through a lot right na'. Just keep on baking my son."

"Amiri." I blurted out as we pulled away from each other.

"Yeah, ma. Keep on baking Amiri. I got everything else." He nodded, making me smile.

Breaking us away from our gaze, his room door opened, making us both look.

"Oh shit." Deja tried to quickly close the door.

"Deja." I called sternly and she sighed deeply, coming back into the room.

"I thought this monster was sleep." She said jokingly to Dom as they both laughed at me.

"Where are the cupcakes I asked for to go with my ice cream?" I asked her. She'd had cupcakes earlier and told me she'd get me some later since she didn't want to share hers.

"They ran out." She joked as they both continued to laugh at me and I sat there without an ounce of play in me.

"Aight, stop laughin' at my baby." Dominic cleared his throat once he saw that I was serious.

"I'a go get you some tomorrow, Aight?"

"Tonight." I spoke sternly, poking my lip out.

"Aight, baby."

"Tonight."

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