Page 22 of When Love Becomes A Need
Envyfilled my body thinking about him touching Autumn, kissing her like he did me in the dream I had about him.
My eyes stayed trained on his car that was in her driveway. I felt betrayed that Ahmad was currently at Autumn’s house, that he was in her space.
Shaking my head and laughing under my breath, I closed my door. I was being crazy. That man owed me nothing. Hell, I didn’t even know anything about him outside his first name.
For a brief second, I entertained the thought of me and him, but that quickly went away. Now seeing that he was with Autumn, I knew all thoughts that were in my head about him needed to vanish,ASAP.
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I gave Autumn a blank look staring at her.
It had been two days since I saw Ahmad at her house. Those two days I closed at the coffee shop so I didn’t have to see him.
Autumn, of course, didn’t know that I had been lusting over her boyfriend for the past month and I kind of felt bad. She had been so nice to me, and here I was thinking about riding her fine ass man until his toes curled. Still, Ahmad didn’t give off the vibe that he was taken. Not that we had much interaction, but still. He was flirtatious whenever he came into the coffee shop,wasn’t he?Had I just mistaken him being nice for him being flirty? Either way, I was highly annoyed and didn’t want to see him until I stopped getting butterflies every time I thought about him.
“So, do you want to go?” Autumn asked.
“Go where?” I crossed my arms over my chest.
“With me to get my tattoo. My friend Robyn was supposed to go, but she got called into work. I’m a huge baby when it comes to needles, but my brother talked me into getting my back finished.”
Istared at her, ready to tell herhell no,but then I thought Autumn didn’t know her boyfriend made my heart race and pussy jump anytime I thought about or saw him.
“I don’t know, Autumn. I’m kind of busy.”
Honestly, I didn’t have shit going on. I was laid up on my couch with snacks binge watching some show onNetflix.
“Come on, Fatima,please! I want you to meet my brother, too. I think you two will hit it off.”
I frowned.
“You know my stance on guys.”
She rolled her eyes. “And he feels the same way, but I’m sure you two won’t feel like that when you meet.” Sighing, I thought about it. Autumn hadn’t done anything to me. In fact, she had been so nice since I first met her. Being that she tried to help me get out of the funk that Mr. Jacobs caused me had me agreeing to go.
“Fine,” I groaned.
Autumn smiled widely. “I’ll be waiting in the car!” I nodded and shut my door.
So much for my peaceful day laying around.
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“Okay, I should have warned you before we got here, but sometimes my brother comes off as an asshole. He doesn’t mean anything by it, but he was burned by someone he loved and has been kind of standoffish since then,” Autumn explained.
“Trust me, I have no intentions with your brother, so I’m good. I’m just here to hold your hand,” I joked.
She laughed. “Girl, you playing but I may really need you to.” She reached for the door handle and pulled it open.
We walked inside the shop and the smell of cinnamon filled my nose instantly.
“Hey Laci!” Autumn said to the receptionist.
“Hey boo!” Laci waved at her.
“Where’s my big-headed brother?”
“In the room waiting on you.”
