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“Anthony.” Her breathing seemed to stop like her emotions bottled it all up in her throat but I would profess every chance I got just how amazing she was.
“Nah, don’t do that soft feminine voice shit that you do. Have my dick hard all up in this establishment. You already flirting with your eyes and shit again.”
“I don’t even understand what the hell you’re talking about. I’m not doing anything.”
As expected, she was laughing because Aphrodite thought it was teasing. There was a look she gave me that let me know she wanted affection and another where she just needed her back put through the mattress. She ain’t have a poker face with me since her eyes gave away her heart every time.
“You think that. But we gone continue this conversation at the house. Right now we got money to spend.” I took a step back so she had a better view of the showroom, but she didn’t make a move to check anything out.
Apparently, she’d been silent trying to gather up the courage to say something foolish. “I made a pretty good salary this year. I can always—”
“You can pay the insurance if it makes you happy.” I squeezed her hand to soften the words because I knew they sounded harsh.
“Damn it’s like that?”
“Let me treat you, my baybee. You deserve it.” I understood that she’d proven her usefulness to her family by how much came out of her bank account but that wasn’t necessary with me. “I know what you’re thinking but I could afford one of these on my last salary. I don’t have any debt and have been able to stack way more money. Besides, I know you and you’re not going to do anything too crazy because you’re going to worry that you’ll nick this shit up. Pick out your starter car. We’ll upgrade it whenever you want.”
She was grinning and the shine was back in her eyes. She’d worn some sneakers, these shorts that stopped mid-thigh and baggy t-shirt I was almost positive was mine. I chuckled under my breath as she bypassed the cars at the front of the lot because they were brand new. I had no issue with getting her a beater car for right now because like I told her I wouldn’t have a problem getting her something nicer when she got more comfortable.
She was scanning the cars when she paused and turned to me.
“I love you.”
I smiled down into her face as she grinned at me again. Her eyes were barely open slits and her golden-brown face was flushed with joy. “I love you too baby, what you about to say that I won’t like?”
“Not a thing. But I also know nothing about cars so I need you to help me out. I’ll do something crazy like just buying the car that’s the color that I like. I don’t know what lasts long or what doesn’t.”
“You like my car?”
I already had three and had just purchased my truck last year. My car was a luxury brand that made a product that lasted. I didn’t want to lease something new every two years to keep up with other people so I got what lasted.
“Yes.”
“That brand is known for being a good luxury value. I know you’re not flashy and what other people think don’t matter to you, but it’s like a normal person luxury brand. Those things can go for twenty years when you take care of them.”
Her face perked up again and I could only smile at the knowledge that Aphrodite wouldn’t be another broke athlete when her career was over. “Good. Let’s get one of those.”
We went back and forth between the benefits of having a car over an SUV. I wanted her to have an SUV so that she could runsomebody over if they got too close. She wanted a car because she was still learning how to drive. In the end, she got a mid-sized SUV once she realized how easy it would store all her stuff in the cargo area. We signed the paperwork, did the bank draft and I let them know to deliver it to the new house.
This didn’t look like the life of unnecessary excess I’d thought I’d be living once I made it to the league. Instead, it was everything that the young me had wished for: a healthy, happy home life and a place to put down roots without worrying where my next meal would come from. My gratitude for God expanded tenfold for seeing the desires of my heart and throwing them away in order for me to have the necessities that fed my soul.
CHAPTER FOURTEEN
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ANTHONY
“THROW THAT ASS back for me, AP. You know I gotta leave soon.”
My fingers gripped the small of her waist as I was getting the pressure off me before I headed to the team hotel. This had become our tradition. Before I headed off to work she helped me get my mind right.
If only people knew she was the reason I was ballin’ out.
She threw her ass back like she was determined to pull my nut out of me. When she started to wind her hips and bounce that ass back, I had to pull out. I shot my release on her ass cheeks and I grunted my way through it as I stroked out my cum on her back.
I fell on the bed next to her trying to get my breathing under control. “What you wearing today?”
She got up on wobbly legs before she went in the closet and walked out a few seconds later. “This.”
