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“We don’t have to do it now; we can do it later,” she suggested, but I shook my head. I no longer had patience and barely had the pleasantries. All that being super nice to a woman got my heart broken so fuck it. I stood up and told Debo that I was getting ready to bounce.

“We gon’ do that shit today, unless you want to do this shit here. I ain’t did shit to you that you didn’t accept. Now if you want to be on some adult shit, we can but if you keep acting like you got a pair of Huggies on then I’m gon’ treat you as such.” I gave her a stone expression and dared her to come back with some bullshit.

“Let’s roll.” I walked ahead of her; I heard her say a couple nicer words to Debo as I made my way to the door. Holding the door open for her she walked by looking me square in the eyes. The air and wind around us seemed to hold a charge of electricity that I can’t understand at the moment. She was pulling on everything inside of me like she was magnetic.

Watching the way her ass bounced with each profound step had me ready to peel that black romper off and slid deep inside of her. Everything flowed with Era, her thick hair, sweet scent, short shapely legs that I wanted to keep wrapped around my waist. Era was bad as fuck, and she knew that shit.

Since the first time I met her, it was hard to keep my balls from tightening. My dick was so fucking hard that it hard. Her presence made me forget about shit that I should be focused on.

“Follow my truck all the way to my house. No funny shit Era, if you go the other way I’ll just pull up to your location.” She rolled her eyes hard and pulled her sunglasses over her scolding eyes.

“Whatever.” She walked towards her car, and I watched that ass all the way until she was inside of her whip. I jumped in my Range Rover and headed towards my house. Life was just crazy as fuck. One moment I’m hurt over Jocelyn the next a chick that I didn’t know turns up supposedly pregnant.

Thirty minutes later, after constantly looking in my rearview mirror to make sure Era was behind me. I used my access remote to enter my twenty-car garage. I parked and didn’t open my door until Era parked right next to me.

The garage led me right into my home. I still couldn’t believe Sovereign got me this big ass place. It had everything that I could think of to have the contractors add.

Since Era still had that mean look on her pretty face, I walked towards the door inside of my garage and it opened. The first room was the laundry room which was big enough to chill in. It had cushion seats and benches. With four washers and dryers, shelves with cleaning and different detergents. Luv spoiled ass had a tv put in claiming to want to watch movies while she washed then folded her clothes.

“I’m only here because-”

“You have to be, and you will be, now let me introduce you to my family then we can have a conversation privately.”

She smacked her lips; I grabbed her hand and held it loving the feel of her soft hand in mine. This was too soon for her to even meet my peoples but shit what was too soon if she was already carrying my baby. To be real, if it were true, I wouldn’t want to let Era out of my sight. I needed to feel her out more and get to really know the woman she was.

Since Sovereign and Roberto were here, I felt like Era could sit in my conversation so she could understand where me and Jocelyn stood.

Walking in my family room it felt like we were in a nail salon with all the fumes of nail polish and whatever else filling up the space. I spotted Roberto first doing Passion nails. I mean the nigga had a mini desk in my family room with all kinds of nail equipment laid out on top of the desk. He couldn’t hear me and Era walk in because he had a nail drill going as they talked over the noise of the drill.

Making my way to them, Roberto stopped the grill and smiled.

“What’s up top shelf booty.” Era giggled and so did Passion.

“Teddy, look at my nails! Uncle Berto really hooks it up.” She held her right hand up and smiled hard. I didn’t too much care for Passion to have long nails, but she seemed obsessed with it, so I let it fly.

“Yeap and I’m next before you fly out Unc, I want mine done too.” Luv walked in wearing some shorts that I didn’t approve of with her stomach all out.

“Where’s Sovereign?”

“In the kitchen on the phone and cooking.” Roberto started the drill back up and went over Passion’s nails. I couldn’t lie he really had my sister shit looking like she went to the nail shop.

“I hope she ain’t cooking nothing big. Inferno already stated that he ain’t want her cooking for nobody but him.” I chuckled but I was very serious. Inferno was a crazy ass nigga; he really was insane when it came to his wife.

“I need y’all to wrap that up I want y’all to meet a friend of mine. Era these are my two sisters Luv and Passion.” I pointed to each one of my sisters and they greeted Era smiling and properly speaking like I taught them.

“I know who she is! Era aka Black Barbie oh my God me and Passion love listening to all your music. I’m so happy you getting the credit you deserve.” Luv walked right over to Era, and they embraced each other like they were long lost friends. I never even witnessed Luv hug or interact with Jocelyn that way. I ain’t gone lie that shit moved something inside of me and I was happy to see my sisters gush over a chick I possibly would end up with if shit worked out that way.

I hate it, I even ignored the red signs with Jocelyn. I felt like she didn’t have to connect with my sisters because she wasn’t their mother. I did expect her to create and have her own bond with them but that never came. Here was a total stranger standing in front of me talking and having a full conversation now about music and asking them questions to get to know them in front of me. Roberto even joked and joined the conversation and it all seemed to flow like they had all been close for years.

Era was really a cool chick, she acted like she was super mad at me. I just appreciate that she didn’t take her anger for me out on my family which was another big plus.

I took a seat on the couch and waited for Sovereign to come in the room. I was waiting patiently for her because her opinion mattered a lot to me. She could read a person just from shaking their hand and saying a little to any words. She walked in looking beautiful with her wild messy curls all over her head. Sovereign’s brown skin had a natural constant glow to it. Made a person wonder how she kept her skin so smooth and flawless. She was all about skin care and taking care of your skin. If it wasn’t for her all the acne, I used to have would still be all over my face.

She made all the bumps and scars from picking at my bumps when I was a teen disappear. A nigga looked good now.

“I had to make some Nachos-” she stopped talking abruptly when she saw Era. Everybody got silent trying to gauge Sovereign’s mood. She got really quiet and observant when it came to strangers. Most of the time she opted out of speaking or even acknowledging a person’s presence.

“Oh, company?” I nodded my head and watched Sovereign sit the big tray of carne asada Nachos on the coffee table. She sat down on the couch and nodded her head at me.