Page 25 of A Hood Wife And A Rich Goon 2

“Aight. Ma texted me on the way here too. She said she's expecting to see every last one of ya at Summit and Taci’s for dinner tomorrow. Six pm,” Jewel added on his way out the door.

“We heading out, too. Going to grab some shit from our spot and take over to the house so we can stay with Brenda for a little while. I need to keep an eye on her.”

Eazy nodded. “Damn sure understand that.”

“I ain’t gotta tell you to keep ya eyes and ears open.”

“Nope,” Eazy responded, popping the p extra hard.

Toni wrangled both kids after washing their hands from syrup and sauntered to the door where Bull and Eazy gathered.

“So, Lotus agreed to be the nanny. In like two weeks. She’s going to fill a sub job she already committed to at the school, then she can start working for us,” Toni informed Bull, unable to contain her excitement.

She didn’t have friends or real family aside from him and the kids. It was obvious that’s exactly what Jewel and Eazy were to him, so in her eyes, they were too. Which meant Lotus was also in the inner circle and Toni was glad to finally have someone genuine around her. She’d been surrounded by snakes and vultures her whole life.

“I told her we could talk about it and discuss salary and draw up an official contract for her. The sooner she starts, the sooner I can start working on my foundation.”

“I’m with that. The kids already fucking with her.”

“Congratulations on the baby, by the way,” Toni told Eazy.

“’Preciate it.”

“Come on, say bye Uncle Eazy,” Toni encouraged the kids on the way to the door, scooping her Dior bag off the couch.

“Bye Uncle Eazy!” Jou Jou and Breeze waved together.

Bull trailed them into the hall, with Toni scurrying to meet up with the kids at the elevator. Eazy dapped his boy up when Lotus appeared from the bedroom. She changed into tights with an off the shoulder vintage rock band top and a pair of Chanel slides.

“Lo, Toni told me about the arrangement. Shoot her your email so I can have the contract drawn up, and you can look everything over and just give me an official start date.”

“Thanks, Bull. I do have a resume, references, the whole nine. I’m a professional.”

“Okay, well attach it with the contract when you send it back.” He shrugged. “If Toni green lit it, I’m good. I trust her, especially when it comes to our babies. Congratulations on the new addition.”

“Thank you.” She smiled and Eazy nudged him out the door before closing and locking it. When he faced Lotus, he looked her up and down, hiking a curious brow.

“The fuck you think you going?”

“Damn, you my handler now?” She reared her neck and turned her nose up. “I wanted to grab some groceries. You cooked the last of the breakfast food, and I refuse to order in every other day. Plus, it seems like the only food this baby likes is what you cook. Everything else leaves me sick and gagging. So, name some of your specialties. Or you could send me a list.” She grabbed her Marc Jacobs bag off a chair in the living room and slung it over her shoulder.

“Or, I could take you to the store.”

“Really? I thought we were supposed to be playing it cool? Normal?”

“Shit, taking my pregnant woman to the grocery store is about as normal as you can fucking get, Lo. Let me get dressed real quick.”

She huffed and shook her head. He was so annoying, but she couldn’t lie; she enjoyed how attentive he was. Eazy didn’t have to be told how to handle Lotus. For the first time, she had someone who paid attention to her needs sometimes before she even did. It was effortless with them. Which sometimes worried her. The other shoe was bound to drop.

Eazy whipped his old school into the lot of Pointe Market and Grocer and parked. Lotus sat beside him, purse in her lap, scrolling her phone at the list she’d made on the way over after talking to him. She was so damn pretty, and all she had was her little individual lashes popping, a little eye liner, and a lip liner with gloss.

She caught Eazy watching her and scowled. He thought that shit was sexy as hell. Annoying her was one of his favorite new things in life. Making her smile was too.

“What you looking at, weirdo?”

Eazy leaned toward her, and Lotus caught a flutter of butterflies in her belly as his juicy, supple mouth latched onto hers. Minty fresh breath greeted her, and his tongue eased in gradually, eliciting a soft moan from her. When they parted, his eyes searched hers and Lotus simpered.

“I’m not cooking this food. That’s your new job.”