Page 19 of U + Me : The Finale
“That’s because I never have,” I laughed hard. “He’s different, y’all gone see. He has a strong business mind, he kind of reminds me of you Mr. K.”
“Is that so…well, if he’s anything like me, then he’s a winner in my book. But I’ll be the true judge to that. I’m looking forward to picking his brain. It’s all about intentions for me.”
“Well enjoy yourself, baby,” my mom said. “And don’t forget to drop your location and let me know when you make it back.”
“Will do. Love you guys.”
After hanging up with my mom, I decided to freshen up and get dressed. I had just purchased this really cute Lilac velour short set I found at Neiman Marcus not too long ago. It was a nice 75 degrees out, today would be the perfect day to wear it. Even though I needed to be packing for Vegas, since Ermias was working from home this morning and we haven’t seen each other since the other day, I figured I’d pop up and bring him a lil lunch and his favorite snack for dessert.
Things with Ermias had been going so good that it was basically perfect for real, and I was smart enough to know that wasn’t no relationship ever just perfect whether it was new and fresh or old. But I legit couldn’t find anything wrong with him and it was sad that I was even thinking that way. I just hadn’t really been in a serious relationship before for real and the last thing I wanted was to be green to shit or to get my feelings hurt.
After getting dressed, I stopped at this little diner near my condo called Lincoln Park Corner Kitchen. Their salmon salad and grilled ham and Swiss paninis are to die for. That’s what I got for myself, and I got Ermias a turkey burger with sweet potato fries and my freshly shaved and cleaned yoni for dessert.
Once I made it to Ermias’s place, I let the valet park my car then I headed up to his penthouse. I assumed he was there because he had already told me that he was working from home. Since he had given me the access code to his place and told methat I could come by whenever I wanted, I figured he wouldn’t be bothered by this pop up.
Once I made it inside, I could hear him on the phone and since the call sounded like it was on speaker, I could hear other people talking as well. From the sounds of it, he was having a business meeting with his staff going over things that he expected to be handled since we were leaving for Vegas tomorrow.
He was sitting at his dining room table with his laptop open facing the floor to ceiling window that overlooked Lake Michigan and Grant Park. When he turned and saw me walking toward him with bags of food, he seductively winked at me and smiled. I placed the bags on the kitchen island then went over to where he was sitting and gave him a kiss.
Then I went and took the food out of the bags so that I could give him his. I didn’t get us anything to drink because Ermias kept his refrigerator stacked with all kinds of things to drink from water, soda, and sparkling water to juices and teas. He also had a fully stocked bar. After giving him his food, I fixed us both a glass of iced tea then I sat across from him and ate while he finished with his call.
“I appreciate the food. I haven’t eaten anything since this morning,” Ermias finally greeted, once his call was over.
“I know you a fickle eater, so it was hard to figure out what to get you.”
“You shoulda asked. If I would’ve known you was coming and bringing food, I woulda told you what I wanted.”
“I wanted to surprise you.”
“You definitely did that.” He smirked then took a bite from his burger. “You can have the fries. I’m not much of a sweet potato eater.”
“My bad. Are we okay?”
“Why you ask?”
“You just seem off, a little snappy actually. Since the other day at your office, you?—”
“You mean the day you popped up and startled me? I wasn’t acting funny. I was in the middle of handling something. People know my office off limits, had you been anyone else it wouldn’t have gone good. Wasn’t trying to be snappy, you caught me off guard.”
“Sheesh.” I sighed. “Well, obviously you busy, I’ll just head out. I need to pack anyway.”
I started to pack my unfinished food up, doing my best to not get an attitude but he was making me feel like he didn’t want to be bothered. It was one thing to be busy and another to sound mean.
“You leaving?”
“Uh yeah! You clearly not in the mood for company so…”
Ermias closed his laptop then stood up and walked over to me. I was standing near his kitchen island putting my food back in the bag that I brought it in, when he wrapped his arms around my waist.
“Did I say I ain’t want no company?”
“You didn’t have to. Your disposition pretty loud and clear.”
Turning me around, he looked into my eyes and as we stared at each other my heart started beating hella fast. “I know what yo problem is.” Ermias smirked, as he licked his lips then bit down on his bottom lip.
As he looked me over from head to toe like I was a plate of soul food and he hadn’t eaten all day, he grabbed me by the waist then picked me up and placed me on the island. Just from the look in his guys I could tell that it was about to go down. Just like I thought our lips locked and we were in a full-fledged make out session. Ermias showed the itty-bitty shorts I had on no mercy as he tugged and moved the crotch area to the side and started playing with my yoni that was sloppy wet and ready for him. Itreally didn’t take much for me to get there, his presence alone got me hot and bothered.
“You know you in trouble, right? Wearing that small ass tight ass shit. Yo ass know what you be doing.” Ermias hissed as he fondled my breast with his free hand.
