Page 58 of What You Do To Me
He scoffed, “Negative.”
I tried to hop down so I could shower. We had been out shopping in the sun, so I wanted to freshen up. I also wanted to check on my girls. Jawan said Lae was sleep, but there’s no telling where Rae was and what she was into.
“Where you in a rush to?”
“I wanna take a shower and check on the girls baby.”
“They aight. Why you wear this little ass shit out of here today?”
I looked down at the sundress that was damn near to my ankles, then back up at Jawan. Of course, he was wearing a frown on his face.
“My dress is not little, Jawan. It doesn’t even show any skin.”
He sucked his teeth at the response.
“This shit tight as fuck, you may as well have gone out of here naked.”
“I’ll keep that in mind next time babe.” I winked and hopped off the counter.
“Yeah, aight, get you and a nigga killed in another country,” he replied to my back.
I knew better than anyone to play with my husband like that. I’ve already gotten two men killed and I have to live with that every day. If he even thinks that another man is breathing the same air as me Grim will come out to play.
The vacation that we were on is just what our family needed. We got some much-needed alone time and the girls were happy to have all of their fathers attention. Now we were back home, and I was online shopping to fill in all of these rooms that we have in the new house. Jawan said he wanted all new furniture and I agreed. I think we all needed a fresh start.
“Why the fuck do the girls need separate playrooms, Tio?”
I was currently setting up the playroom that was going to be designated for Jalae with Jawan hanging over my shoulder. She’s younger than her sister so their likes for toys will be different, too. To avoid them fighting and arguing in the future I decided to separate their playing areas.
“Because Jawan, Lae is selfish already. This is going to avoid them fighting over what belongs to who.”
“Bruh I don’t care about that. I want a man cave. I made that clear when we moved in here.”
“Yeah, I know but—” My words were interrupted by a kiss to my lips.
“Naw ain’t no buts. I want a man cave and you’re going to make sure I get one. The girls will have to learn to share and coexist.”
Letting out a deep sigh, I dropped my head. There was no sense in arguing with him.
“Fine,” I said back with an attitude.
“The fuck you got an attitude for, Tio? We got seven rooms in this muhfucka. Our room, the girls have their own rooms, my man cave, your office, their playroom, and we’re having another baby soon, so they’ll need their own room.”
This was his way to bring up us having another baby soon. As much as I say I need time and I’m not ready, he counters it and tells me that I am. Jalae is so little and he still hadn’t gotten out of that life, so a baby was the last thing on my mind.
“We aren’t having a baby anytime soon, Jawan. It’s an entire guest house out back, why can’t your man cave be out there?”
“Two reasons actually, our family will need somewhere to stay when they visit so we have that space out there for them.”
“We live on a compound, all of us, why would they need to visit?” I interrupted him.”
“Because they are going to visit. We have the biggest house, the only ones with kids, and we’re going to host most of our shit. Plus, we have security and they gone house out there, too. Look, I pay the bills, so I don’t even understand why this is a conversation,” he looked like he regretted the words as soon as they left his mouth once he saw the shock on my face. “Tio I didn’t mean it like that,” he quickly rebutted and tried to grab my hand which I quickly moved.
“No Grim, you meant it just like that, but let’s get something completely understood, the day you made me your wife your money became mine so nigga WE pay these bills,” I said as I stood from the kitchen table. Jawan had me fucked up thinking that I was one of those lil’ has been hoes he use to fuck with. I got ready to walk away, but I wasn’t done popping my shit, so I turned around.
“And like the fuck I said, your man cave is going to be outside in the guest house or you won’t have one. Play with it.”
I made my way upstairs to peek in on the girls. Neither of their rooms were done because their furniture wasn’t set to deliver ‘til tomorrow, so they were in the guest room that I had completed. They were both still asleep, so I headed to our room to take a shower. Our room was complete as well because we had recently purchased this bedroom set, so it was no sense in leaving it at our old place. While I was moving around the room to get the things I needed for my shower Jawan appeared in our doorway, prompting me to roll my eyes.
