Page 34 of Love Next Door
Thad laughed. “A’ight. I’ma let y’all two lovebirds get to it. I’ve got some shit I’m over here working out myself.”
Kamaia’s face slowly came into the camera as she rose over Thad’s bare shoulder. I could tell that they had been up to something.
“Yeah, I’ma let y’all get back to it,” I stated.
“Don’t hurt him, boo,” Abril called out beside me.
Kamaia winked. “You know how I do.”
“A’ight. That’s enough. We’re out,” I declared and ended the call. Turning back to Abril, I crossed my arms. “Wassup, for real, though?”
“I wanted to apologize to you because I jumped to conclusions. Well, actually, your ex helped me get there, but I didn’t give you a chance to explain.”
“A’ight, tell me all about it while I eat. I guess the least I can do is listen since you went all out and cooked a nigga’s second favorite meal.” I pulled out the chair and sat down to the oxtails, cabbage, and rice and peas.
Abril pulled out a chair beside me and explained everything that happened. I ate while I listened, but I burned with anger. I wanted to go back over there and run my car through the house and tear that bitch down. Then I wanted to strangle the fuck out of Briana until she stopped breathing. But my thoughts always strayed back to that innocent, harmless baby. I hoped for her sake that Briana got her shit together.
I patted my lap for Abril to come and sit on. I wrapped my arm around her and pressed my lips against her neck.
“We don’t have to worry about her anymore. I got a restraining order against her, so she’s done.”
“And me?”
“Well, you should’ve given me the benefit of the doubt. Next time, make sure that you do that shit. I don’t care what the evidence looks like. I want you to trust me with your heart, Abril. I won’t hurt you. My only intention is to love you,” I whispered as I nuzzled her ear.
She dropped her head back, and I tugged at the bottom of her crop top. Her breasts fell free, and I leaned in and sucked one into my mouth. Her hands rested on the top of my head, ensuring that I did not move.
My free hand went to her other breast to rub her nipple into a hardened peak. Abril moaned as she arched her back.
“Hold up,” she murmured.
I lifted my head, and Abril stood and shimmied out of her leggings. When she was completely nude, she grabbed my hand and pulled me out of my chair. I watched her ass cheeks bounce up and down individually. My dick jerked in my pants, and I grabbed and massaged it. Just like me, he couldn’t wait to get inside of that tight ass again, but first, I had to get him wet inside of her pussy.
When she led me to her bedroom, I undressed.
“Before we do this, I have something to say.”
I sat on the bed and pulled her onto my lap. “I’m listening.”
“I have been so afraid to let go and just let myself fall into you, July. You’ve been so good to me from the day we met, chasing my cans and picking up my tampons.”
I tilted her chin. “That’s how I always know what you like during your cycle. Your man paid attention from the jump.”
She sucked her teeth, rolled her eyes, and bit back a shy smile. “Who said you was my man? Ain’t nobody said all that.” Her voice had gone a little high-pitched.
I smacked her ass. “You know I’m ya man, Abril. Play if ya wanna. You gon’ fuck around and find out I’m the best thing to come into your life.”
She giggled and looped her arms around my neck. “You are. That leads into what I was going to say. I wanted to tell you that I’ve been falling for you for a while. But I tried so hard to let it not be. I was scared of getting hurt, and then when you seemed to be doing the same thing that Devon did, I was devastated.Juju, I’m sorry that I didn’t give you the benefit of the doubt. I can’t help but love you, boy, because you’ve always been what’s best for me. You care for my heart and treat me tenderly. I couldn’t ask for a better boyfriend than you.”
“You ain’t got no boyfriend, baby girl. You got a man.”
She stuck her tongue out and tilted her head sideways. “My man, my man, my man! I love you.” Her eyes grew wide as if she hadn’t meant to speak those words. But they filled my heart with delight, and it squeezed in my chest.
I pushed her onto her back and spread her legs. “I know you do. It was my mission to break you down until you fell in love with me the way that I love you, girl.”
“Why do you love me?”
“Don’t be playing that humble shit with me. You know you made a nigga fall in love with you the minute I got a taste of this pussy,” I answered, sliding my hand between her thighs.
