Page 2 of Lost In You
He smacked my ass, then leaned over and gripped my neck as he fucked me into next week. When he bit my shoulder, I came all over the fucking place. I could feel the warm fluids leave me as my body jerked uncontrollably. My arch completely fell, and I was lying flat on my stomach on his bed as he continued to fuck my world up. His dick was working magic, and I didn’t know how I would do without him now.
“Ashanni, I’m about to nut, baby. Fuck!”
Not even a minute after he came, there was loud banging at the door. I rolled my eyes. This was what I got for letting my pussy lead the way. I already knew this shit wouldn’t be good. He sprang from the bed as he glanced at me. I did the same as I shook my head. This shit was so fucking good. Now I was about to have to fuck somebody up over it.
“Asad, you still fucking that bitch? Tell me the truth, so I don’t look like a fool.”
“No. I haven’t fucked her since we broke up almost a year ago. For real.”
I nodded as I slid on my underwear and jeans. I had to hop up and down to get that shit over my hips. He licked his lips as he watched me, clearly in a trance, until we heard glass shatter.
“What the fuck!” he yelled.
He left the room in his shorts, and I quickly put on my bra and T-shirt. This ho wasn’t about to find me in here naked. Sure enough, the door flung open, and her ass was standing there huffing. “I know you fucking lying, Asad! You chose this slut to fuck?”
I lowered my head for a minute, trying to calm my nerves and practice restraint as Asad tried to get her to leave without hurting her. My lip felt like it was bleeding, because I was biting it so hard. The lil bit of Jasper Henderson that I had inside of me was wishing I would have taken my gun out of the car. I lifted my head, and said, “I’m a grown ass woman, Mila, but I will make eight years ago a reality in this bitch and having you think you were in twelfth grade all over again.”
“Bitch—”
Before she could get the rest of her sentence out, I grabbed that bitch by the hair and slammed her head to the wall, knocking her the hell out. My breathing was erratic, and my hands were trembling. I wasn’t nervous. I wanted to wake her ass up and fuck her up some more. I looked up at Asad and said, “This was my biggest fear. See you around.”
“Ashanni, wait,” he said as I walked past him toward the front door.
I turned to him, seeing how red his skin had turned. “I’m not going to stop trying to get at’chu. I’m going to file a restraining order on her ass and call the police. She broke into my house.Baby, please. I need you in my life, girl. I knew that shit before she and I broke up. I wanna love you, Ashanni. Please.”
I looked away from him, trying to keep my tears at bay. After swallowing hard, I said, “I’m sorry. I can’t. Mila gon’ end up making me commit murder. I can’t throw my life away like that.”
I walked away from him and went to my G-Wagon barefooted. I’d left my damn shoes in the house.Fuck.Those were my LV tennis shoes too. Hopefully, he’d get them back to me somehow. I couldn’t concern myself with that though. I grabbed my phone and called my sounding board as I peeled out of his driveway.
“Hello?”
“You were right. This was all fucked up, Maui. I’m done. I’m fucking done.”
ONE
ASHANNI
ONE YEAR LATER . . .
“These seats are reservedfor the rest of our family,” Uncle Mayor said to the lady who’d sat in our section.
I wasn’t up for his bullshit today. My nerves were shot, because I couldn’t seem to escape Asad’s gaze. He had his son with him, and he was seated next to Red Squared and Carter Legend. Milana and Ferris were over there too. I slumped in my seat a bit as my daddy glanced over at me. His eyes were low, because he smoked a blunt on the way here. Hell, all our eyes were probably low since we all rode together.
My mama was calmer than normal, and Royal and Crew were quiet as hell. It was normal for us to have a contact high anytime we were around my daddy. That man functioned better when he was high. Sober Jasper Henderson got irritated quickly. There was no way he could constantly be around Uncle Storm that way.
Thankfully, the lady apologized and moved to another seat. I didn’t know why everyone didn’t leave at the same time so we could get here in our seats. Just as I thought that, Jess, Brix, Jacey, Aunt Jen, and Uncle Carter arrived to occupy their seats.CJ had ridden with Uncle Storm. He and Remy were two peas in a pod.
“Now sit yo’ long-headed ass down. Everybody’s here.”
Uncle Storm frowned at my daddy and was about to go off until the music started playing. He shot him the finger and went to his seat for us to witness the twin nightmares get hooded. They were graduating from Rice University School of Medicine, and I couldn’t be prouder.
We stood as they started marching in, and my daddy leaned over and asked, “That nigga ain’t giving you problems, is he?”
“No. He just stares at me. He told me he would always be sure to be in my presence so I wouldn’t forget about him. Shit, he don’t miss an opportunity either.”
He chuckled. “Well, you must like it, or you would have shut it down already.”
I didn’t respond to him. My parents knew me well. Besides Maui, they were my best friends. I could literally talk to them about anything. There were some things I refused to talk to them about, though, because I didn’t want to get fucked up. My mama didn’t play. Royal and Crew stayed getting their lil asses whupped when they were kids. Royal grew up to be a chip off the old block. He was so much like Daddy it was crazy. He didn’t smoke as much as he did, but everything else was all Jasper Henderson. He should have been a junior.
