Page 83 of The Don's Virgin Obsession
Rain kept hitting the windows.
Both of us sitting there eating wings in a half-finished luxury unit.
I don’t even remember when I got comfortable enough to kick off my shoes and pull my legs up on the couch with my food, but at some point, I stopped thinking about leaving or texting Marcus back.
We started talking again after that.
Regular conversation.
I looked up and saw him watching me put extra sauce and pepper juice on my wings.
“See, that’s how I know you really from Compton. Rich women don’t still get excited over yellow peppers and extra sauce.”
I laughed. “You always this funny?”
“Nah. You just finally loosened up.”
I rolled my eyes but smiled anyway.
The rain kept coming down harder outside, and eventually I opened my laptop again, trying to finish work while Vaughn moved around the unit, checking random things.
I told myself I was still focused, but being around him was comfortable.
I sat there answering emails and reviewing layouts while music played low on my MacBook, neither of us looking like we wanted to leave. At some point, Vaughn disappeared into another room on a phone call.
I tried ignoring how calm I suddenly felt sitting there with him in my presence.
That’s the last thing I really remember before my eyes started getting heavy.
V Saint
“This shit stopped feeling casual a long time ago.”
Icame back into the room still on the phone with CK, talking about a delivery issue at the warehouse, but I stopped walking when I saw Sade asleep on the couch.
Laptop open on her lap, shoes kicked off.
Leftovers on the table, curled up under herself like she was cold, even with the heater on.
“Bro-Bro?” CK said through the phone.
“Hold on.”
I pulled the phone away from my ear and walked over. She ain’t even realize she knocked out. The music still played low on her laptop while rain beat against the windows.
I grabbed it before it slid off her lap and set it on the counter.
“Yo, you there, my nigga?” CK asked again.
“Yeah. Call me in the morning.”
I hung up and looked back at her.
Damn.
This was the calmest I had ever seen her.
Her phone lit up beside her.
