Page 12 of Til Death
Her eyes narrowed, causing me to snicker. “Fine, fine.” First reapplying my lip gloss, I gave a summary of everything.
A snarky smile slid onto her face. “You sneaky bitch.”
Laughing, I pushed some flyaway pieces of hair out my face and put my lip gloss back before checking myself with my phone’s camera.
“You gotta do what you gotta do.”
“That you do and I’m not mad at you. After you mentioned him at my house, I looked him up and there’s tons of articles written about how he’s on the road to millions and how promising he is.”
“That’s my hubby. He’s everything I could want in a man and more.”
Her head bobbed to the music and she eyed the crowded club. “Oh, by the way, did you get fitted for your dress?” I asked.
Savannah was the only one in my wedding. We had made a pact a long time ago to be each other’s maid of honor, not that there was any question about it.
“I did and I looked snatched too! I might look better than you on your day.” She laughed, causing me to join in.
“Bitch, you wish.”
She lifted her glass and I grabbed mine and did the same.
“Salute to you, best friend! You got your man.” Clinking our glasses together, we drank to her words.
The other girls had come back into the section and the celebration continued. People could think what they wanted about this marriage, but when they saw me and Yosiah side by side exchanging vows then they’d eat their words.
Yosiah
“So, Siah, are you dating anyone these days?” Reginae asked while pushing her leg against mine. We were at my house sitting in the dining room. I was helping her upgrade the security on her new laptop. I thought she was just going to drop her laptop off and go, but she insisted on staying.
“Nah, not at the moment,” I commented, never taking my eyes off the screen. My fingers moved swiftly across the keyboard.
“The last girl you were involved with was Sierra, right? I’m glad you got rid of her, she didn’t deserve you.”
Chuckling under my breath, I paused and faced her. “That girl never did anything to you, yet you hated her.”
Reginae rolled her eyes and smacked her lips. “Her energy was off. My dad taught us to always trust your instinct and that girl couldn’t be trusted. I felt it in my gut.”
Laughing again, I shook my head. “Yo, you’re something else.”
My eyes went back to the computer. The firmware was currently upgrading, then I was going to work on her IP and server being more secure.
While we waited for that, I thought about Sierra. Truth was, I’d considered marrying her, but that wasn’t something she wanted. She mentioned her reservations about marriage early in our three-year relationship, but when she voiced she didn’t see it in her future at all, I knew that it was time for us to go our separate ways. I didn’t blame her. Her household growing up was chaotic and being scared of the same toxic cycle she grew up in was understandable, but I wasn’t going to waste my time being a boyfriend when I knew I wanted more. She was the first girl I thought about settling down with. Before her I just used women as warm bodies and moved on. I was too busy with school and trying to get my tech company started. Once I started gaining clients and my name started getting around, I decided to take dating more seriously.
My thoughts shifted to Xylina. The wedding seemed to be approaching faster than I expected. Being a husband and father always something I knew I wanted, but this wasn’t how I expected it to happen. I couldn’t see Xylina as anyone’s mother nor did I want to be tied down with a child when it came to her. My plan was to get through these five years then move on as if this never happened.
“Siah! Are you okay?” Reginae’s voice broke me out of my thoughts.
Blinking a couple times, I faced her again, this time with a half grin on my face. “I’m good, just wondering why you’re all in my business. What about you? You aren’t seeing any knuckleheads me and your brothers need to check out?”
She laughed and hit my shoulder. “Now you know if I was dating I would keep it far away from you and my brothers. Y’all try to intimidate every guy that comes into my life.”
“If they’re easily intimidated they don’t deserve you anyway. How you gon’ be with someone you’re tougher than?”
Erik made sure all his kids had fighting and shooting skills due to the type of lifestyle they lived. Reginae had mastered Taekwondo and Krav Maga early, starting when she was a kid. She could kick the toughest guy’s ass if needed.
She giggled. “True. That’s why I need a real man around me. Not a little boy.” Propping her elbow on the table, she rested her chin in her open palm and grinned. Her eyes slowly raked me over. I had on a simple black Nike sweatsuit, but the way Reginae was staring you would have thought I was naked.
Before I could comment back, someone pounding on my door caught my attention. My brows furrowed, wondering who the hell was at my door and banging on it like they’d lost their damn mind.
