Page 183 of Not My Type
“Mi a come now... just did a do a video with Nickoi,” she says, getting up, and yeah, my eyes go straight to her ass. When she sits back down, I try to keep it together, really try, but that only lasts so long. My hand slides onto her thick thighs, and she looks up at me, face flushing right away. Of course she a go blush. So naive.
Juaqína calls me, and I answer, slipping my AirPod into my ear. “Nickoi, yuh hear wah dem a say a gwaan?” she asks, her voice low and urgent.
I watch Zara get up and walk out before I finally answer Juaqína. “Mi go affi link unuh and see how wi go deal with this,” I say, my mind already spinning.
“Know yah go find a way, just know none a we nah rat yuh out so gwaan do yuh thing,” she assures me.
“Respect enuh,” I nod.
“Yeah... so yuh busy tonight?”
“Yah, a wah?” my brows up.
“Today a Tuesday enuh when we usually drink and thing... just wul a vibe,” she reminds me. Shit. A something we always do enuh but from wen mi a miss that.
“I guess yah go miss it again,” she breathes out, tone sarcastic.
“Mhmmm,” I say, my eyes following Zara as she slips into the pool. “Mi a go busy tonight.”
54. DESIRE
Zara
“Shit,” I hiss when my cologne falls to the ground. Good thing ano’ glass fi broke. I quickly grab it and spray my body, the cool mist waking me up a bit more. I’ve already done my morning routine, slicked my hair into a ponytail, and gotten dressed — ready for work. When I wake up, Nickoi isn’t anywhere in sight, and since I’m already running late, I don’t even bother to look for him.
Mi know him deh pon the balcony or in the living room though. I walk out of the room and just as I expected he’s sitting in the sofa on FaceTime with his brother, Jordane.
“Yuh nah have mi woman a school so late enuh yuh affi go fawud ova yer,” I hear him saying. Oh, Jordane tell him.
Jor laughs. “Arite nuh say 40.”
“Morning, babes,” I say with a smile, sliding into the conversation and glancing at the screen. I wave, throwing in a cheeky grin.
“Good morning,” Jor greets and I look back at Nickoi.
“Morning mi G, weh yuh say yuh ready?” his eyes scanning me.
“Yes,” I pick up my bag.
“Yuh eat breakfast yet?” he asks and I shake my head no.
“No mi a buy breakfast at school,” I retort, and he shoots me a look. Unconvinced I think..
“Member yuh starve yuhself other day and gwaan like eh did good enuh,” he reminds me. He gets up and I walk behind him, heading to the garage.
“Yow bro mi o’ cut now enuh... so do the right,” I smile at Nickoi while he talks to his brother. When he opens the Benz, I giggle and slide in, feeling the leather hug me just right.
“It feel new all over again since them fix it and also cas yuh been nah drive it.” He laughs getting in.
When we reach Spanish Town, he stops and hops out quickly. I use the moment to pull out my lip gloss, applying it with slow, careful strokes. Mi cya teach people and mi mouth dry. That nuh cute.
I wait patiently for him until he’s back with breakfast. “Nickoi,”I say fighting the urge to kiss him. It’s really a blessing to have a man like him. I take the bag.
“Thank you,” I smile looking in the bag. “But mi tell yuh mi would a buy breakfast ova school.” He doesn’t say anything.
My eyes find him and his cold eyes meets mine. “Start eat,” his tone leaves no room for further discussion. I take out a fry dumpling, dipping it in the gravy before I take a bite. “Yuh so bossy... Jeez,” I say after swallowing the first bite.
“Yuh nuh call me daddy fi nutt’n,” he smiles and I chuckle.
