Page 12 of I Heard It All Before

Chapter 4

Asha moaned as she moved up and down slowly. Her movements were intense and she knew that her partner enjoyed all that she was giving him. He stared up at her in amazement, while silently begging her with his eyes to keep going. He wasn’t the best lover that she’d ever had, but he wasn’t the worst either. She could have done without round three, but she had a motive behind everything that she did.

“Do you love me?” Asha asked as she licked her lips and rolled her hips seductively.

“Hell yeah, I love you,” he answered with short, labored breaths.

Asha knew that he was trying his best to hang on, but sex with him never lasted very long. That was the best part of it all. Fifteen, sometimes, twenty minutes, was all it took for him to cum, and that was fine with her. Cam had the stamina of three men, and she usually was the first to tap out. Things with them were still rocky, but Asha wasn’t ready to throw in the towel just yet. Cam’s money was running low and he wasn’t used to waiting on a weekly paycheck. She was sure that he was going to break any day now and go back to what he knew. Being broke was not on his list of things to do.

“I love you too, baby,” Asha said, lying effortlessly.

Aside from Cam, there wasn’t another man that she could say that she’d ever loved. Most of the time, her motives were self-serving when she said it, but she meant it with Cam. That was one of the reasons why she hadn’t left him alone like she always threatened to.

“Just like that baby,” Asha’s lover panted when she squatted down low and started bouncing on him faster.

He grabbed her hips and slapped her ass as he thrust his body upwards to match her movements. His face was a mask of pleasure as he watched Asha rising and falling on top of him. Their skin slapped hard and sweat poured from his face as he let out a guttural groan. He came hard and fast, not giving her time to move or brace herself before he did.

“Seriously?” Asha questioned, jumping up in a hurry to rush off to the bathroom.

“I’m sorry baby, but that shit was too good,” he replied while getting up and following her.

Asha looked at her boo of one year and admired his tall lean frame. Compared to Cam, he was mediocre, but he was still handsome in his own way. That was another issue that she had to get over. Asha was always comparing everyone to Cam and none of them ever measured up. Cam had a hold on her that was hard to break away from. All he had to do was get his mind right and she wouldn’t have a need for another man. Until then, she had to do what was best for her.

After starting the shower, Asha invited her man in and washed him from head to toe. It was the little things like that, that had him falling so hard for her.

“Did you think about what we’ve been discussing?” Asha asked as she lathered his body and started to wash him up again.

“Yeah, I thought about it, but I don’t know Asha,” he replied.

“What don’t you know? Lo doesn’t just work with anybody. You should be flattered that he’s even giving you a chance,” Asha snapped.

“I’ve never sold drugs a day in my life and you want me to just agree to it just like that,” he replied with a snap of his finger.

“We’ve been talking about this for weeks. He’s a business man, so he’s not gonna wait on you forever. It’s not like you don’t have the money to get started. I know all of Cam’s old customers and I can tell you exactly what to do. He used to make a killing at the clubs and you can too. I’ve seen him do it a million times before.”

“You’re gonna tell me what to do, but you won’t be the one to do it. I’ve never been to jail and I’m not trying to go. It must not be as easy as you say or your nigga wouldn’t have gotten locked up so much.”

“Cam was just reckless. He was always out somewhere that he wasn’t supposed to be. He stayed getting into fights, knowing that he was riding dirty,” Asha noted.

“Just let me think on it a little while longer,” he replied, pissing her off.

“Fuck it! If you’re too scared to make some real money, I’ll find somebody else who isn’t,” Asha concluded, her nostrils flaring in anger.

“It’s not even like that Asha. I just have to be careful is all I’m saying. I have too much to lose.”

“You promised to take care of me better than Cam, but I can’t see that being true. I might as well stay with him and wait for his paychecks to hit the bank every week,” Asha pouted.

“You swore that you were gonna leave him while he was in jail too, but that never happened. You ran your ass up there for every visit until he got released. What I look like taking care of you and you go home to another nigga every night? Your ass is in love with that pretty nigga.”

“I told you that you have to show me better than you tell me. I want to be taken care of properly. If you can make that happen, then I’m all yours. And let’s not forget that you have a little situation too,” Asha reminded him while ignoring his comment about her being in love with Cam. It was true, but now was not the time to bring that up.

“You let me deal with that. Like I just said, I have way more to lose than you do. You’re asking me to put my life and freedom on the line, among other things, but I love you enough to do it. Don’t play with my heart Asha,” he warned her.

“I would never do that baby. You keep your promises to me and I’ll do the same for you.” She smiled.

“Damn man, I’m nervous and I haven’t even done the shit yet,” he remarked.

“Do you trust me, baby?” Asha asked him.

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