Page 162 of The Ninth

“I love you, Duke...” my stupid mouth moaned.

“Nah, this dick got you just saying shit...”

His hand found its way around my throat. His fingers on my clit sped up the same time his hips did. As I fell into a daze hearing my pussy squish for her daddy over and over again, my mind drifted away.

I met Duke almost three months ago. I’ve been on him and only him since I’ve arrived in the city. No matter what situations I found myself in, my mind was always on Duke. The way he always showed interest in me. Taking his time, not pressuring me to sleep with him. Being patient and caring for me as I fell apart. Being a man of his word. We may have been official for a short time, but I’ve been Duke’s for a while. I knew it was different from the beginning. So, fuck it. I don’t give a fuck.

“No, Duke. You are hitting me like no one else knows how to. But that’s not the reason I feel intoxicated. I love you.”

“I love you, Devyn,” he replied instantly.

Our lips found each other’s as my walls began to tremble. Even when my mouth dropped open and eyes rolled back into my head, he still continued to kiss my bottom lip. I moaned out quietly. My warmness coated him as his dick throbbed inside, coating me.

We kissed until that dick got soggy inside of me. His right hand rubbed my thigh softly as we laid, connected. I felt jitters in my stomach after professing my love to him. Hearing him say it to me.

“Let me get you something, baby.”

He tapped my leg, hopping up with his beater, underwear and pants. All I could do was pull the blanket over my body and lay there, defeated.

He came back with a warm hand towel and wiped the both of us off. I slid on his shirt as he sat at my feet, placing them in his lap. Music from outside of the office continued to play softly while he rubbed them.

I was too nervous to say anything. Maybe there’s nothing to say? We love each other, and what about it? Both of us has been acting ditsy since we’ve met. It was bound to happen. I just felt lucky to have met Duke as soon as I did. Imagine if I would’ve fucked Twist?

“I wanna go away with you...” I whispered. “You have a lovesick puppy at home. I have two lovesick puppies where I am. I wanna walk barefoot in my underwear with you around the house. Drawing with my titties out. Fucking in the kitchen. We should go on vacation.”

“We can go wherever you want. But when we returned? Everything would go back to how it is now. Why give all that up when you could move in today.”

“DUKE!”

“On my dead brother, I’m being serious.”

“You took all that time taking it slow with me just to love me and want to move in with me a few weeks after we became official!”

He smiled while looking at me, “I already cared for you and you did me. I told you once you were mine, that was it. I’m not the type of man to play by what everyone else thinks is right. If it feels right between us, then that’s what it is. However, I can realize a nigga is a lil looney, folks. So I’ll let you be for now. And you should know if you love someone within three months or more.”

I chuckled, “Nah, I agree.”

“Have you thought more on Cassandra’s offer?”

Cassie offered me to tattoo in her building for free in one of the suites. Of course it’s a beautiful ass idea. I get to remain close to my girl and see her often. What if I did move in with Duke? Or K3 whisked her away? I would need somewhere permanent to see her often. But I felt at home in this shop as well. I was conflicted and although he never asked me to stay, Duke didn’t want me to leave. The thought of being separated from my cousin stung more than I thought it would.

“I’m still not made up about it.”

“Take your time. You know it’s nothing regardless, don’t you baby?”

“I know.”

“Let me get you up out of here before the mall closes. You can’t be looking this good without buying a bunch of shit too.”

I giggled while hopping right up! My cheeks burned as I took his shirt off. I gave it to him as he stared at my body. Even with feeling shy, I got dressed as slowly as possible. I’ll do anything for Duke.

As I slid my shoes on, he reached into his fridge and got out a Green Machine flavored Naked Juice. After him and his fuck ass brother made fun of me for drinking them, he made sure he always had them for me to drink. I gladly took it and my keys while walking to the front of the shop. He rode with K3 and will be leaving with his babyyy.

I walked out and towards the Lexus. My head was titled back as I drank down the juice. The air was more chilly as the sun settled in the sky. Duke always got on me for lingering outside of the car, so I approached the passenger door more quickly.

“THAT’S HER!” I heard a voice say. It sounded surprised. Urgent. As if they had been looking for her for forever.

My head snapped around, looking for the source of the voice. Just two doors down, two bodies stood in the shadows, both facing me. It seemed like we stared at each other for hours before the shop door came open with Duke stepping outside. They stepped out of the dark doorway, turning and walking in the opposite direction. I stood motionless, staring at them.