Page 56 of Forced Into Your Arms
“Because I own the mothafucka.”
She stared at me for a few seconds before apparently deciding she didn’t have enough energy left to keep arguing.
“Fine. One night.”
“We’ll talk tomorrow.”
“No, I’m telling you. One night.”
“And I’m telling you we’ll talk tomorrow.”
“There you go doing that again.”
“Doing what?”
“Acting like what I say doesn’t matter.”
I looked at her. “What you say matters… That don’t mean I’m gonna agree with it.” She got quiet, and I could tell she wasn’t expecting that answer. I walked toward the door and stopped right before opening it to look back at her. “Get some sleep.”
“That’s it… You just bring me to your hotel and tell me to ‘get some sleep’?”
I ran my tongue over my lips as my eyes traveled up and down her body. When they averted back to her eyes, I asked, “You want me to tuck you in?”
She looked shy as she looked away, blushing in the process. Still unable to look me in the eyes, she said, “Goodnight, Vice.”
“A’ight…” I opened the door only for her to stop me.
“Wait…” she called out.
When I turned around, she looked toward the windows then the bedroom, before bringing her eyes back to me.
“You’re sure nobody can get up here?”
I nodded. “Yeah… I promise you’re safe here. You don’t have shit to worry about,”
“How?”
“Elevator access to this floor is restricted. Security knows you’re here, and nobody gets up without being cleared.”
She nodded, but I could tell she was still thinking about her apartment.
“They had security too,” she said in a whisper.
“I know…” Her eyes met mine and I understood what she wasn’t saying. She’d believed she was safe before, so now she was questioning this. I walked back toward her. “This ain’t your apartment, baby, but if it’ll make you feel better, I can stay here with you.”
She dropped her head only to bring it right back up to look at me. Her facial expression had changed a bit, probably because she wasn’t expecting me to say that.
She bit down on her bottom lip for a couple of seconds before speaking again.
“So, you say nobody can get up here?”
“Nobody gets close to this room without my people knowing about it.”
She looked toward the door then back at me. “Your people?”
“Security…”
“Oh, right.”
