Page 5 of The Don’s Virgin Obsession

Sade

“I didn’t wait… I chose not to settle.”

“I’m not even gonna lie… she sounds like she goin’ for this nigga. She never lets anyone cut her off.”

I didn’t look up from the floor plans spread across the marble island, my pencil still moving as I marked up measurements. Sunlight poured through the floor-to-ceiling windows, stretching across the unfinished high-rise unit in clean lines. The kind I liked before I turned a space into something people actually wanted to live in.

We were watching our friend Alana like we always did.

My assistant, Laila, didn’t miss a beat.

“You know our girl, Alana,” she said, loud, messy, right with me. “She gon’ stand up in front of a rich nigga.”

I smirked a little, finally glancing up at the iPad propped against a stack of sample books. “Because why he talking like that on her platform?”

“Because he knows what he’s doing,” Laila shot back. “And she knows what she’s doing, too. That’s why this is about to go up.”

This Vaughn dude had taken over the show. I ain’t know him like that. Just knew he was a flashy millionaire real estate developer that always ended up in our circle somehow.

“…I think I’m done dating for fun,” his voice came through, calm California accent, like he wasn’t saying something that was about to have the internet acting stupid.

Laila sucked her teeth.

“Yeah, okay. They always say that right after they get embarrassed during a breakup.”

I let out a soft laugh. His breakup was all over the blogs because he had been dating a messy reality star girl who called herself a real estate agent when she wasn’t on TV. She even had her own show on a home TV network.

“Every time. Whole rebrand.”

“Whole personality change,” she added.

On the screen, Alana leaned in, already steering it where she wanted.

“…so, are you saying you’re ready to settle down?”

I paused my pencil.

Then—

“Might be time I pick a wife.”

Laila turned to me quickly.

“Yeah… she’s definitely looking at him like she wanna get in line now.”

I shook my head, folding my arms.

“If she get involved with him like that…” I trailed off, “We’re about to get dragged into some bullshit.”

Laila blinked once, then started laughing.

The comments started flooding the screen.

“Here we go,” she said, scrolling.

WHERE DO I APPLY???

I KNOW HE TOXIC BUT I’LL RISK IT