Page 23 of Christmas Luvin

“Duchess,I’mnot worried aboutEva.Letme go see whatAleciawants,”Isaid.

Iwalked over and foundAleciastanding by the tables, holdingMarcellusin her arms.

“Now, out of all of the people you could have had come over to tell me that you needed me….” was the first thingIsaid whenImade it toAleciaand reached my arms out forHandsome.

Shelaughed while shaking her head. “Iswear, the minuteIasked her,Iregretted it.Ijust asked whoever was closest to me, and it was her.Ijust needed you to show the men whereIput the gift bags.Whatdid she say to you?”Aleciawanted to know.

“It’snot even what she says to me.It’sthe way she says stuff.She’salways aggressive in her approach with me.Don’tsay nothing to her, though.I’llhandle her,”IletAleciaknow.

Shenodded, althoughIknew she was still going to say something.Istood there and admiredAleciain her pregnancy.Shewas due to find out what she was having in a few more days.Iloved how she was with her son, butIwanted to see her as a girl mom.Ijust knew she would do the most.Aleciawas super girly, soIcould only imagine the level of extra that she would reach with having a daughter.

Italked to her for a little while longer beforeIheaded over to my male co-workers so they could get the gift bags that we were going to hand out.Pee-Weegrabbed me up beforeIcould reach them and wrapped his arms around my waist, then kissed me a couple of times on my neck.

“Saythe word, andI’llgo slap the shit out that bitch,” he said.

Ilaughed while trying to push him off me.

“Youshould have never slapped your dick down her throat because that’s why she hates me.Move,Pee-Wee.I’mworking,”Isaid, trying to get away from him, but he only held onto me tighter, and then he picked me up in his arms, carrying me bridal style and acting like he was going to drop me.

Iscreamed, clinging to his shirt.

“IfIcould snap my finger, and every bitchIever dealt with before you would be sent to another planet,Iwould do that shit in a heartbeat, bae,” he said, andIplayfully rolled my eyes.

“IfIcould snap my finger,Iwould be the only woman you ever had sex with,”Ilet him know, and he laughed.

“Iain’t saying all that now, baby.Ihad to run through a few hoes before you, soIcould experiment and shit.Youknow, get some lessons in.Howelse wouldIhave been able to get you to cum in less than two minutes?Ihad to practice that shit somewhere,” he said, bouncing me again.

Iignored his question, butIdid lean my head in to kiss him once on his lips.Helowered me back to the ground, andIwent to direct my coworkers toward the gift bags.Iwasn’t worried aboutEva’smiserable ass.Iwouldn’t even bring her back up later tonight whenIgot in bed with my man and pillow talked with him.

Todaywas a good day.Itwas about giving back to the homeless and letting them enjoy some good food and small gifts for the holidays.IfEvawanted to be miserable, she could be miserable by her damn self.

Christmaswas coming up in a few days, and since that was the case,Iwas on my way home to giveBriaone of her gifts a few days early.Wewere leaving in a couple of days to spendChristmasinGeorgiawith her family.Youknow this shit was real becauseItook spending the holidays with my family seriously, butIwas a man who knew how to compromise.So, since we didThanksgivinghere with my family, andBria’sdad had come down to kick it with us, the plan was to go toGeorgiaforChristmas, andIdidn’t have a problem with that.Noobjection at all because the real gift thisChristmaswas me having a talk withBria’sdad to get his blessing to propose to his daughter.

Iknew months ago thatIwanted to propose onChristmas.That’swhy the other day, whenBriaandIwere in the kitchen, and she made that comment about us not getting married any time soon,Ihad to pick her brain a bit more on that becauseIknew whatIhad planned already.Ibought her ring a month ago.Spenta pretty ass penny on that shit, too, so damn rightIwas ready to get married.Ididn’t need years to go by for me to know that she was whereIwanted to be.Igot the majority of my happiness fromBria.Thatwas dead ass my best friend.

Acouple months ago,Ihad a sit down with both my parents and explained to them howIfelt.Itold themIwas ready for marriage, and they both talked to me about the seriousness of that shit, but ultimately, they knewIwas ready, and they trusted thatIwould do right byBria.Evenmy sister knewIplanned to propose.Youknow it took a lot for me to tellAleciabecause she andBriawere close, and she talked too fuckin’ much, soIfeared she would slip up and say something, but she promised she wouldn’t, andItrusted her.

Hercrybaby ass shed a couple of tears whenItold her thatIwas going to askBriato marry me.Ican’t fault her for crying, though, becauseIwas her baby brother, and she’d watched my transition from a boy to a man… shit, a damn hoe to a faithful partner, soIunderstood her tears and knew she was only crying because she was happy.

“Yourmommy gon’ love you.I’mletting you know right now that she’s going to cry because she didn’t expect me to get you,”Ispoke to the baby golden doodle puppy.

Hewas only six weeks old, but he was up to date on all his shots.Helooked exactly like the one in the picture thatBriashowed me the other night.Italked all that shit, but the next morningIwas on it, doing my digging to find her a baby because that’s what she asked for.Ifound someone who had those dogs, but he lived out inWestPalmBeach, which was an hour away.Ihad been talking to him for a week, telling him to hold the dog down for me becauseIhad a busy week and couldn’t just up and go.Ofcourse,Ihad to shoot him a stack to hold the puppy, but it was worth it.

Intotal, the dog ran me five racks, but man, the look on my baby’s face when she saw him would be worth it.Hewas too cute, and he was just chilling.Icould tell he was somewhat scared and trying to warm up to me because he sat in the passenger seat, curled up the entire ride.Everyonce in a while,Iwould reach over and rub on him, andIcould tell he liked that.

Inmy trunk, there was a cage for him, and in the backseat were bags filled with stuff like his doggy bed, his leash, someChristmasclothes thatIknewBriawould want to put on him, food, and treats.Iknew we would have to potty train him, soIgot the training pads as well.Anigga was about to be a whole fuckin’ doggy dad out here.Icouldn’t believe this shit.

Ipulled up to the house and parked my car in the driveway.Briawas sleeping.She’dtexted me about thirty minutes ago, telling me she was going to take a nap.Shedidn’t know whereIwent.Ijust told her thatIhad some business to handle, and she didn’t question it since she had work to catch up on this morning in the office.Shewas going to see this damn dog when she woke up and think she was dreaming.

“Comehere.Letme put this bow on you.Yourmommy gon’ cut up when she sees you,”Isaid after reaching in the back and getting theChristmasbow to put on him.Hewas so small and soft.Thispuppy was melting my damn heart already, andIfelt likeIwould beat somebody’s ass for fuckin’ with him.

AsIgot out of the car,Icarried him in my arms.Igrabbed my gun from the middle console and placed it in the waist of my jeans.Ileft the rest of the bags in the car sinceIcould just come back out afterBriasaw him.OnceImade it to the door,Iunlocked it with my key and walked into the house.

ThesecondIwalked in and didn’t hear any feet rushing toward me like she always did whenIcame home,IknewBriawas still sleeping.

Ikicked my shoes off by the stairs and quietly made my way up whileIheld the puppy in my arms.Hewas just chilling, not making a peep.Briahad the door cracked, soIpushed it open, and she was lying in the middle of the bed, resting on her side with a throw blanket wrapped around her.Herhair was pulled up in a bun, her glasses weren’t on her face, and she was knocked out cold.

Courtwas tough for her this week.Shehad some big ass cases that she had been preparing for.Therewere a lot of late nights when she would be downstairs working, so this sleep she was getting right now was well-needed.Anyother time,Iwould have let her get her sleep, butIknew this was different because once she saw whatIhad gotten her, she would be happyIwoke her.

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