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“That means no outsiders, right?”

“Right,” he smirked.

“I’m serious,” I pushed his shoulder. “I can’t really hold shit against you, but you gotta cut them hoes off and that includes the jail bird.”

“I smiled because you don’t realize it’s not that deep for me. I had a roster when I met you and I cut everybody off then.”

“Did you cut Naz off then?”

“She was in jail.”

“I know where the fuck she was at. I’m asking did you cut her off?”

“No, Lourdes…because she was a friend to me when I was in jail so I was returning the favor. But it wasn’t like I was jocing her on the phone every night or something and visiting her every week.”

“Oh, I know…I’m just pointing out that cutting Naz off might be a challenge for you because you’ve never done it before. Even if you can do it with ease she might not be so willing to just let it go.”

“Naz ain’t no threat to me or you. Now what are we doing, doll baby?”

I decided to let the Naz thing go because she was a non-factor in Armias’ and I’s love story. I didn’t even know of her existence up until a few months ago. Going back and forth about if she would be a problem for us was redundant because only time would tell.

“We’re back together like you said.”

“I said that?” He smirked.

“Well you said we were going to work on us and to me that’s close enough.”

“Yea, you right,” he replied while leaning in to kiss me. This chaotic night took me through an array of emotions, but I finally felt at peace as I laid in my man's arms getting loved on.

Chapter 10

Lourdes

“Lourdy, I want more,” Zee said while holding up his plate to me.

“What do you say?”

“Pweaseee,” he grinned, showing off his dimples.

Quite frankly, he could have whatever he wanted whenever he opened his mouth and talked to me. He was too darn cute for words. Being around Armias’ siblings made me wish my daughter could come out as a mixture of all of them. I could say a lot about Rahesha, but the bitch made some pretty kids.

“Okay, baby. You want more french toast sticks?” I took a guess because he still had a half eaten sausage on his plate and some eggs, but he’d completely devoured his three french toast sticks. I made them from scratch and it was my Granny’s recipe, so I wasn’t surprised. If he ever got the chance to taste hers he wouldn’t even mess with mine anymore.

“Yea,” he nodded eagerly.

I grabbed his plate and walked over to the kitchen. While I was putting more french toast sticks on his plate I heard my bedroom door close. A few seconds later Zee was announcing his presence.

“Bubbyyyy!”

“Wassup, man?” He picked Zee up and tossed him in the air before kissing his cheek.

I twisted back over to the kitchen table, knowing I looked good. I don’t know if it was because it was the morning after sex or because we got back together, but I wanted him to love what he saw whenever he woke up. I was happy he’d slept in because it gave me enough to get myself together and cook breakfast. I did a natural, light beat and slipped on a tight, long hot pink maxi dress. It was perfect for chilling in the house and it hugged my curves just right. Armias’ eyes bore into me as I neared the table and sat Zee’s plate on it.

“Good morning, beautiful.” He didn’t bother putting Zee back down. He held him on one side of his body while welcoming me into a hug on the other side. He leaned down and I stood on my tippy toes as our lips collided. I tried to keep the kiss PG because of Zee, but his brother had other ideas because he slipped his tongue in my mouth.

“You tripping,” I giggled after pulling away.

“Man, come here,” he leaned back in, but this time Zee intervened.