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“Okay.. we can do pizza and wings. We like chicken, bacon, and pineapple on our pizza, stuffed-crust, and buffalo wings with ranch, please.”
“Is that all?” My phone dinged. She’d sent a text with her address and a picture of the medicine Sage needed.
“Yes. Thank you so much. I’ll see you when you get here. The code to the gate is 7578.”
“Aight, pumpkin. See you soon.” I ended the call and asked Kam to stop me at the pharmacy. I pulled up thePizza Castleapp and placed the order for the food.
“Hey, Moo.”I greeted him as I opened the front door. “The kitchen is this way.” He followed me into the kitchen and set the food and bags down.
“Hey, Bless baby, you feeling better now?” He asked, pulling me into a hug. I nodded, resting my head on his chest.
“Yeah, I just need to get this kitchen cleaned, feed the girls, and get the baby in bed. Then I can finally relax. Today has been so stressful. Thank you for coming through for me. I really appreciate it.” I gave him a quick kiss on the lips before pulling away. I heard little feet padding toward the kitchen. “Here comes the troublemaker.” I scooped Sage up into my arms and strapped her into her highchair.
“Wassup, princess?” Saint said, holding his hand out to Sage. She gave him a broad smile, slapping her hand against his. She responded to him by babbling a few words no one understood. Once she started babbling, it was hard to get her to stop. Igrabbed one of her plates from the cabinet and placed it on the counter. I grabbed a slice of pizza and cut it into small pieces. When it came to pizza, my baby got down. She only has about four teeth in her mouth, but that never stopped her from enjoying real meals.
“Oh! I didn’t know you had company, Sissy.” Journey said, taking a seat at the island. “Hi, Mr. Saint, I’m Journey.” She smirked, holding her hand out for him to shake. I knew she was about to grill me. She’d been questioning me about him since our video went viral on social media.
“You can just call me Moo.” He chuckled, shaking her hand.
“He came by to bring us dinner. How much food do you want?” I asked, grabbing another plate from the cabinet.
“I’ll take two slices and two wings, please. Thanks for bringing us dinner. So, do you two like date or something now? I knew it! I told Serenity y’all had something going on! This is so cool. So, does that make us sisters-in-law? OMG. She’s gonna be so happy when she finds out.”
“Okay, girl, first of all, I don’t think it works like that. We’re not even married. And we’re just friends, calm down. Don’t go being messy, telling Serenity that we go together. Dang.” I plated her food and passed it to her.
“Tuh. If you say so, sissy. I’m gonna eat in my room. Thanks again for the food, Moo.” She grabbed her plate and headed back upstairs to her room.
“You know she’s about to go up there and call your sister, right?” I said, passing him his plate. I grabbed two bottles of water from the fridge and took a seat next to him. Sage was in her own world, enjoying her tiny bites of pizza.
“Yeah, I already know. She’ll be texting me in a few, getting all in my business.” He picked the pineapples off his pizza before taking a bite. “I don’t know why you like warm fruit on pizza. It’s disgusting.”
“Nah, you trippin, pineapple on pizza is literally the best. You clearly don’t know good food.”
“Girl, I probably cook better than you. Those cookies you baked were fire, though. You made them from scratch?”
“I make almost everything from scratch. Bagels and bread are my favorite things to make. You should see my sourdough starter collection.”
“I expect samples of everything you bake from now on.” He took a swig of his water, then finished the rest of his food.
Sage began to whine, interrupting the conversation. I knew she was tired and ready for bed. She’d already had her bath, so she just needed to be cleaned up. She still needed to take her medicine, and I knew she was going to fight me about it. Giving her medicine has always been a struggle. She gives me a hard time every time.
“I’m about to get her cleaned up and down for bed. I’ll be back down in like 30 minutes to clean the kitchen. Make yourself at home.” I pressed my lips against his before making my way upstairs.
Putting Sage to sleep took more than 30 minutes. I couldn’t wait until the teething is over. When I made it back downstairs, Saint was on the couch, watching a football game.
“Sorry about that. She fought her sleep until she couldn’t anymore.”
“It’s cool, Bless. I cleaned the kitchen for you and started the dishwasher. Come relax.” He held his arms open to me.
I climbed into his lap, relaxing against his body. “Thank you so much, Moo. I’ve been so worried about being overwhelmed that I haven’t even asked you how your meeting went. Did everything go well?”
“I asked you what I could do to make it better, and came through for you. As long as you’re feeling better now, that’s all that matters. I wanted to take the load off you. My meeting was great. I signed a collaboration deal withBodyAdefor 1.5 mil. I have a meeting withAmourFitnext week to discuss a future deal. My interview with OCSN went well, too. Seeing you just solidified my perfect day.” His hand caressed my thigh as he looked up at me, smirking.
“I’m so happy for you. See, I knew your injury wouldn’t stop your bag. Everything is working out exactly how it’s supposed to. You look good today, too. I only ever see you in active wear. You clean up nice.” He was dressed in a pair of slacks and a designer sweater.
“You’ll get to see me dress up again next week at the Thanksgiving game. You still coming right?”
“Wouldn’t miss it for the world. I got me and the girls matching jerseys.”
