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“And you never will, sis. Whatever I do for them don’t have nothing to do with you. They’ll never go without, but you might be a different story if you keep pushing your luck. Stay in your lane, Mama. For real.”

“Boyyyy,” she stressed as if she wanted to say something, but I think she knew better because she only pursed her lips. She received a text message notification that saved her from the awkwardness of her being put in her place by her son.

“Naz said she’s outside, Armias,” she relayed.

“Bring your best friend these bags and send her on her way.”

I thought he'd hand the shoes off to Naz, but I was pleased with him having Rahesha do it.

“That girl is not my best friend,” she rolled her eyes. “I’m just saying, if it was me I would’ve done what I had to do to keep these free shoes.”

That reinforced some things I’d already known about Rahesha. She was a user and fake as hell. That’s why I didn’t care to build a relationship with her. She didn’t care about Naz, she only cared about what she could get out of her. She also probably loved the idea that she was an obstacle for Armias and I to overcome.

“Well I’m not that hard up. No go head so we can leave. I don’t even want to cross paths with ole girl.”

Chapter 13

Armias

“So you're having my baby and it means so much to me. There's nothing more precious than to raise a family. If there's any doubt in your mind you can count on me. I'll never let you down. Lady, believe in me…” Jodeci’s Forever My Lady blasted through Lourdes’ house. It was the morning of our baby shower, so we probably should have been up and doing something productive, but we hadn’t even gotten out of bed yet.

“Ooouu, fuckkkkk,” her head flew back as she held on to her headboard for support while she bounced up and down my dick. There weren’t many positions we could do with my baby growing in her belly. Most of the time it was her riding me or me behind her in some type of way. This morning we’d managed to accomplish both. I was sitting on my knees hitting her from behind while she popped her pussy on my dick. I was struggling to not bust prematurely at the sight of her wet pussy gripping my length for dear life. I wanted to beat my own ass every time I thought about how I’d deprived myself of this for months. Pride was a muthafucker, but it wasn’t getting in the way of shit anymore.

WHAP! I slapped her ass when she dropped that pussy all the way down on me. It was hard for her to take all of me because she’d gotten tighter, which her doctor said was normal for pregnant women. But because of this I let her control how much she could take. Her taking it all was an unexpected yet welcomed surprise.

“Shit, doll baby. Work that pussy,” I groaned. I’d stopped stroking because she was backing me down with all that ass. The way her cheeks were bouncing reminded me of monster waves in the ocean and it had me mesmerized. Then she tossed her natural, blown out hair over her shoulder and looked directly at me.

“This pussy feel good, daddy?” She asked sexily while grabbing a hold of my balls.

Yes was on the tip of my tongue and if it came out I probably would’ve moaned that shit. I snapped out of the spell she had me under and did something that I knew would make her tap out. I pulled her up by her hair, gripped her throat, and nastily kissed her while bringing my other hand down to her pussy. I jack hammered that pussy while working that clit and in seconds she was pulling her mouth away from mine to scream.

“YESSSS, DADDYYYY!!! I’M CUMMING! I’M CUMMING!”

She wasn’t the only one. While she made a mess on my dick, I blasted off deep inside of her. Several seconds later we had both collapsed on the bed. I knew she was spent because she didn’t complain about me getting a wet rag to clean her up. She just snuggled up into my arms and gave me a lazy but passionate kiss. I reached for my phone to check the time and was happy to see that it was only 9:25 am. Our baby shower didn’t start until 4 pm and Fendi wasn’t coming through to do Lourdes’s hair until 11 and her makeup appointment was also a house call this afternoon, so we had time to get an hour nap in. I set my alarm and pulled Lourdes in closer to me. She was already lightly snoring. I was sleepy, too, so I should’ve followed her lead and closed my eyes, but I was stuck staring at her face. If she was up she’d probably ask me why I was looking at her and I’d respond by saying “I can’t look at you?” Her beauty was enamoring to me and I always found myself observing her in moments like this. She didn’t have on a lick of makeup yet all her features that I loved still stood out like her long lashes, her big lips, and her smooth, brown skin. My daughter was probably going to have a head full of hair because me and her mama had a lot of it. Lourdes’ in particular had been growing like crazy in the past few months. When I first met her it went past her shoulders and now it was towards the middle of her back. I wanted her to wear it naturally for the rest of her pregnancy, but she claimed it was too much daily maintenance involved to do that. The only reason it was down right now was because she was about to get her hair done. Wanting to savor the moment, I snapped a picture of her on my phone and pecked her lips.

“Creep,” she muttered.

I cracked a smile. “Nah, I just love yo’ ass.”

“Loveeee, ever since the first moment I spoke your name. From then on I knew that by you being in my life things were destined to change 'cause loveee, so many people use your name in vain. Loveeee, those who have faith in you sometimes go astray. Loveeee, through all the ups and downs, the joys and hurts. Loveeee, for better or worse I still will choose you first…” Love by Musiq Soulchild played and I couldn’t think of a better song to describe how I felt. Lourdes had taken me through the motions, but none of that changed my feelings towards her. Even through the bullshit the love was still there and that’s what led to us ultimately choosing each other again. I didn’t give a fuck what anybody who wasn’t in this relationship had to say about it because they had probably never been blessed to find their person to know what it felt like.

“I love you, too,” she smiled weakly before yawning and moving closer to my chest as if that was possible. We were damn near in each other's skin.

“Take a nap with me, daddy.”

“I am, doll baby.”

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An hour nap wasn’t long enough for me because I slept past my alarm. I probably would have slept longer if it weren’t for my phone ringing. I cursed under my breath when I saw that it was 11:42 and that Ms. Lucia was calling. Last I checked, we’d hired professionals to handle everything for our baby shower. But still, we wanted to be up and available for any calls pertaining to emergencies or last minute changes. I didn’t have anything to do today except get dressed and show up, but Lourdes had hair and makeup. I frantically turned to her, but her side of the bed was empty. Once I sat up and caught my bearings, I was able to hear music and chatter coming from the front of the house. I instantly recognized the voices of my loud ass cousins, Fendi and Versace, and I think I even heard my sisters. I was about to get up and get ready to start my day when my phone started ringing again. I hadn’t even realized that it stopped ringing in the first place. It was Ms. Lucia again, so I assumed it had to be an emergency.

“Wassup, Mama?”

“We got a real problem!”

“What’s going on?” I stood up and went to Lourdes’ walk-in closet to grab something to slip on. It had only been about a month and I already had my own small section in her closet. I was ready to wash up quickly and run out the door to handle whatever this emergency was. I didn’t want it to affect Lourdes’ day or stress her out, so I was prepared not to tell her.

“There’s an active bomb threat at the venue, so they’re saying there's no possible way we can have the baby shower there today. They said we either have to reschedule or we can take a full refund.”