Page 208 of Own It
“You.”
“Okay, but what else?” He grinned, making me roll my eyes. “I’ll give you a hint. You had it last night and this morning.”
“Come on and let’s go.” I settled back into my seat, ignoring his impish remarks, before he climbed out of the car.
He stepped up onto the curb, then opened the passenger side door for me to get out.
I could already hear some Jhene Aiko playing softly from the backyard of Ayan’s big ass mansion as Rakim led me around the side.
Today, Ayan and LaMia were having a big birthday party for their son, AJ. I was typically nervous anytime I had to be in the room with Ayan and my man, but the latter claimed they’d somewhat made amends, so I was hoping Ayan’s trash ass didn’t renege.
“Hey!” Kasia greeted us first, hopping up. I partially think it was to get away from her baby daddy because Josias was yapping at her side profile when we walked in.
“Hey, girl.” I beamed, embracing her just before Rakim did as well.
Shardaya and Téa followed suit, hugging me and then Rakim.
“You look so pretty, and you’re glowing,” Shardaya complimented, even though she had no idea I was pregnant.
“Thank you. I’m gonna need to borrow that outfit, though, and the ass to go with it.” I patted her on her behind, making the ladies laugh.
“I’m out,” Rakim announced, walking off toward his brothers as I chuckled at him.
“You got about as much as she does,” Téa said, and Shardaya and Kasia co-signed.
I shook my hips a little bit at the compliment, but then felt eyes on me that, of course, belonged to Rakim. His brows were pinched as he ran his hand across his neck to tell me to cut it out, jokingly but seriously.
As the ladies talked to me about the food available, my eyes landed on Ayan, and I was shocked to see Morgin standing behind him, massaging his shoulders.
She wore a cropped top, her stomach extremely flat, so I knew she’d in fact gotten the abortion like he and, I was sure, Shaun wanted. She and I locked eyes, but I quickly looked away as I followed the women to the buffet table.
We piled our plates, swaying a little bit to the music playing over the party with elaborate decorations. I wanted to say happy birthday to AJ, but he was too busy having the time of his life inside of the dinosaur shaped jump house.
As a child, I hated when adults interrupted my fun to talk, so I wouldn’t do the same to him. I’d get my chance when he took a break.
The whole party bore the color scheme of bright green and blue from the balloons to the tablecloths, the popcorn machine, face painting, and, of course, the silverware and dinner plates. I liked that though his dad had money, they made the party kid friendly and not a vehicle to floss their funds.
“You know her? ’Cause she keeps looking over here.” Shardaya called out Morgin.
“She used to be my assistant before I found out she was sleeping with my boyfriend Shaun at the time,” I threw out, unbothered by the news now. It was crazy to think about since when it happened, I was pissed. Now, I couldn’t find a fuck to give.
“Oh my gosh! Are you serious?” Kasia’s eyes widened.
“Very.” I bobbed my head as Téa kept looking between Morgin and me.
“I can tell from looking at her, her only goal in life is to find a rich man,” Shardaya said, pegging Morgin correctly that easily.
“Yet he cheated on a whole CEO and beautiful woman for her.” Téa scoffed, looking severely disappointed.
“Yep, but she wouldn’t have been with Rah if he hadn’t. That’s the bright side,” Kasia reasoned.
“I don’t know about that. True enough, I had asked for a break, but he’d been sleeping with the bitch well before that. And by the time I found out, I was planning to break things off anyway.”
“Niggas.” Shardaya sucked her teeth before glancing across the party at her husband, conversing and laughing with Rakim. I loved seeing them so happy together. You could tell they were close. “Glad I met my man in high school and didn’t have to kiss any frogs to get him.”
We slapped her hand in agreement.
“Looks like she’s trying to sink her claws into Ayan though,” Téa got back on topic.
