Page 17 of The Don’s Virgin Obsession

“What she say?”

“She didn’t even say anything. Just laughing emojis and heart eyes.”

Laila made a sound. “She on that dick. Like she ain’t turn him down when he was driving for Arrowhead Water.”

“Exactly,” I said. “She already in line and didn’t want that nigga when he was a nobody.”

“I’m weak.”

I kept scrolling for a few more seconds, then locked my phone.

“I’m going to bed,” I said.

“Alright. I’ll see you in the morning. I will have your breakfast, boss lady.”

“Okay.”

I paused before hanging up.

“And don’t say anything to Alana about what I told you.”

“Girl—”

“I’m serious.”

“Alright, alright. I won’t.”

We hung up.

I showered without rushing, letting the water run a little longer than usual.

By the time I got into bed, my phone was already face down on the nightstand.

I didn’t pick it back up.

I didn’t go back to the post.

And I didn’t think about him any longer than I had to.

Whatever that was…

It stayed where it started.

At that table.

And I left it there on purpose.

V Saint

“All this attention… and none of it meant anything.”

Ihad been many things before I became who I am today.

Some of them knew. Most of it, they didn’t.

They saw the end result. The interviews. The buildings. The numbers tied to my name. They watched it from the outside and made it make sense, however they wanted.

They didn’t see what came before that.