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Savior let out a short laugh. “I know your delusional ass ain’t sitting here clowning me, whenyouhaven’t even bagged yours yet.”
Sincere grinned. “Difference is, I actually got to know Tay before I went crazy over her.”
Savior flipped him off. “Fuck you.”
“Real talk though,” Sincere added, his tone shifting slightly, “you know she A’Mazi’s sister, right?”
Savior stayed quiet, eyes fixed on a point across the greenhouse.
Sincere’s brows lifted. “Damn. You ain’t tell him, huh?”
“I’m still trying to figure out how the fuck Ifeelright now,” Savior said slowly. “Before I go to that crazy-ass nigga and tell him I might be falling for the one person he probably swore off-limits.”
Sincere laughed under his breath.
“A’Mazi protective as fuck, just like we are with Sarai. He gon’ lose it.”
“I know.” Savior inhaled deep, blowing smoke through his nose. “That’s why I gotta be sure first.”
And even as the words left his mouth, deep down…
He alreadywas.
“So howRosepull the heartstrings of my heartless big brother?”
Sincere smirked, leaning back with that sly-ass grin on his face, clearly enjoying every second of this.
Savior didn’t even try to deflect.
“Man… I don’t know,” he admitted, exhaling smoke as his voice dropped. “I seen her outside Macho’s shop. Everything about her—how she moved, how she stood—she had me from jump. Some nigga was disrespecting her, and I killed his ass.”
Sincere’s eyes snapped wide.
“Nigga?!In front of her? In broad daylight?!”
Savior shot him a look. “Fuck no. I ain’t stupid. But Ididcatch up with him that night. Put a bullet in him for calling her a bitch. Then I broke into the house of the nigga she’s fucking with and told her to stop.”
He dragged his hand over his face, frustration rising.
“I’m doing all this… and Idon’t even know her. This shit isfuckingwith me, bro.”
Sincere stayed quiet for a beat, letting that sit. Then he nodded slowly, still stunned.
“Damn. You indeep.I ain’t never seen you like this. A woman’s never had you gone.”
Savior gave a tight nod. “It’s more than her beauty. Way more.”
He paused, staring into the haze of smoke floating between them.
“I looked her in the eyes, Sin. Those beautiful-ass eyes. And I saw pain—but I also saw who sheusedto be. Like the woman she is now… that ain’t really her. Like something broke her and she’s been faking it ever since.”
Sincere’s expression shifted into something softer. Wiser.
“That’s why you fucked up over her,” he said.
Savior looked over, curiosity now glinting behind his hardened exterior.
“Why?”
