The Deed to a Gangsta’s Heart

Chapter 17

17

R emedy

Back at the Office

“Dr. Simpson.”

Callie’s cheeks lifted as she grinned. My best friend was absolutely beautiful. Her curls were coily and fell just past her shoulders. She was a red bone with sandy brown skin. Callie was short and curvy. I can’t recall the amount of times I had to physically stop myself from gripping her hips and holding her close. She had dark, shiny eyes and round lips that matched her oval face. I was honestly surprised it took me as long as it did to develop feelings for her. Once I started to notice her beauty, everything changed after that. That wasn’t to say I’d only fallen in love with her beauty, but I was a visual creature, and it was her beauty that opened my eyes to other things.

“That smile makes me melt,” I confessed as she continued toward me. “I love all of your curves, but that smile is my favorite.”

“Remedy,” she cooed, covering her cheeks. “Are you flirting with me?”

“Would it be a problem if I was?”

“Only if what you said isn’t true.”

“We don’t have a problem then. I’m happy to see you. What are you doing here?”

“I wanted to stop by before I went back home.”

“You want to sit down?” I asked, looking around my office.

“No, I won’t be here long. I just… I wanted to tell you… the conversation we’re supposed to have tonight…”

“You scared?”

“No, the opposite. I’m ready.”

I licked my lips and allowed my hands to go where they always wanted to be. Pulling her into me by her hips, I kissed her forehead.

“Where is this sudden burst of confidence coming from?”

“I talked to Luci, and she reminded me that you’re not just my best friend.” Her hands slid up my chest. “You’re my safe place. I’ve never had a problem talking to you about anything and I don’t want to start now. So… as awkward as it feels to even think about talking about sex and romance with you… I want to.”

“Look at you being a big girl. I’ll be gentle, I promise.”

“You mean with your words, right?”

I couldn’t stop the bark of laughter that escaped me. “Is that your way of saying you want sex to be rough?”

“Oh God. Not at all. See. This is what I wanted to avoid. ”

Callie buried her face in my chest and wrapped her arms around me.

“Don’t overthink it, pookie. I’m still me, and we’ll still be us, aight?”

She nodded. “Okay.”

“How about you take a ride with me? No pressure. No serious talk. Just two friends.”

“Yeah?” Callie looked up at me.

“Yeah. I need to check on these last two properties and make sure the damage done last night can wait for maintenance or see if I need to do it myself.”

“Okay, sounds fun. I can help if you need me to.”

“Nah. You wouldn’t work at all if it was up to me, and you for damn sure wouldn’t do no manual labor. I wanna keep these hands soft.”

As I kissed her hands, she smiled so hard her chin almost touched her chest as she hiked her shoulders. This version of her was cute, and I was looking forward to seeing and experiencing it for the rest of our days.

That Evening

Tired didn’t begin to describe how I felt. I ended up having to work on five houses today. More than anything, I was frustrated by the lack of updates a few properties were in desperate need of and hadn’t gotten. I checked with our property managers, and neither of them had overlooked maintenance requests from tenants that had been there for years, so it wasn’t on them.

It frustrated me because the renters didn’t value the homes enough to get what they needed taken care of until it was a big problem. The three roofs I patched today would have to be replaced before the end of the year, and that could have been avoided if we’d known before now that they were in need of repair. Something was going to have to change, and that was why I’d called Armor on my way home.

“Did you have anything in mind?” he asked.

“Only thing I can think of is we need to do an inspection yearly before they renew the lease. I’m not saying we put them out if the homes have issues, but we need to stay on top of what needs to be done before it becomes a bigger and more expensive problem.”

“I agree. That’s probably why we’ve had so many maintenance requests this summer. We can have Zoe and Kendrick update the rental agreements. Going forward, there will be no automatic renewals. All tenants will have an inspection done sixty days before their leases are up so we can get any work needed done before they renew.”

“Aight, that’ll work. What you about to get into?”

“I’m about to go home and change. I have dinner plans with the sweetheart I told you about.”

“The one you double dipped for?”

“Hell yeah, and you know I never do that.”

I chuckled and bobbed my head as I pulled into the driveway. “You must actually like her?”

“Yeah, Luci is pretty coo—”

“Wait. Luci? Please tell me she doesn’t have locs.”

“She does. You know her?”

“Luci Williams? Tall and slim shorty with a fat ass? That’s my homegirl. She was in my kindergarten class with Callie. We all grew up together. They’re still best friends.”

“That’s crazy. Jasper Lane truly is a small town.” He released a mellow laugh. “Well, yeah. That’s her. ”

“Take care of my girl. She be on my head because she feels like I take up too much of Callie’s time, but she’s like a sister to me.”

“I got you. Trust me, she’s in good hands.”

We talked a second more about finalizing things with our property managers before ending the call. I was amused to say the least as I got out of the garage. Callie couldn’t have known Luci was out here busting it open for Armor or she would have mentioned it. Callie and Armor had only met once at the grand opening of Armored Remedy , but I talked to both about the other.

I walked inside, fully prepared to shower, have a drink, talk to my girl, and take my ass to bed. As I made my way up the stairs, I heard Callie scream. I went from taking one at a time to three to get to her. Running into her room, I heard her groan from the en suite bathroom.

My movements jerked and stopped when I saw her naked on the floor holding her elbow. I’d seen her in bathing suits before, but never completely naked. My mind and body were at war. I kept telling myself to help her and ask if she was okay, but all I could do was stare at her naked frame.

“What happened?” I asked, pulling myself out of my trance.

I picked her up as she said, “I must have spilled some oil on the floor after my shower and slipped on it.”

Holding her close, I stared into her eyes. “Callie…”

“Hmm?” Her hand slid down the back of my neck.

“You’re naked.”

“Yeah, I know.”

I sat her on the counter and looked her body over. It was perfect for me. “I want to touch you. Can I?”

Biting her bottom lip, she nodded. “Mhm. ”

My fingers trembled in anticipation before sliding down her neck and squeezing her breasts. The quiet moan that she released made my dick throb. Our eyes locked as I gently pinched her nipples. When she gasped, I groaned.

“Tell me to stop, Cal. We need to slow down and talk first. Right?”

“We’ve gone slow enough. We’ve been best friends for twenty-three years. Next month will make twenty four.”

“Yeah, but this is a huge step. I don’t want us to ruin it just because this closeness is making us feel things.”

She smiled as I spread her legs and pulled her forward. “I said the same thing earlier, but what if it doesn’t ruin things? What if it makes things better?”

Resting my forehead against hers, I considered her words. I was in love with my best friend. I wanted to be with her. Now that we were considering crossing the line, I was hesitating. Why? Closing my eyes, I inhaled a deep breath.

“You’re a part of me, pookie. Like a limb. I meant it when I said I cleave to you. If we do this, there will be no turning back. I won’t go back to being just your friend, and I’ll be damned if I watch you be with someone else. That shit ain’t fucking happening.”

“Hey, relax.” She wrapped her legs around me and massaged my tightened shoulders. I didn’t realize how tense just the thought of her being with someone else had gotten me until she ran her thumbs between my eyebrows and I relaxed them. “I want this, pooh. I want you.”

“In all ways?”

“In all ways.”

“I want you too. I love you. I’m in love with you.” A chuckle of disbelief escaped me before I licked my lips and gripped her thighs. “I have been for a while. ”

“Why didn’t you say anything?” she asked, wrapping her arms around my neck.

“I didn’t want you to reject me, and I didn’t want us to ruin our friendship.”

“Then what changed?”

“I just… I’m unwilling to deny myself of you any longer, Cal.”

“Good,” she whispered with a smile. “You don’t have to.”

With that, me and my best friend kissed for the first time. When she pulled away, I thought she was about to change her mind. “Rem?”

“Yeah?”

“I’m in love with you too. I’ve been denying it because I didn’t know how you felt, and I’ve been pushing my feelings down for years. I knew I was in love with you when you were sentenced, and I thought I’d die because I didn’t have you.”

We kissed again, and my body warmed, which was weird, because I’d never reacted from kissing a woman before. I felt chills cover my arms, and the hairs on the back of my neck stood up. Up until now, I never believed in sparks or electric charges going from one person to another. Leave it to Dr. Callie Simpson to make a believer out of me.

“What you doing?” she asked when I pulled away.

“Washing my hands. I been working all day and I’m about to be in that pussy with my tongue, fingers, and dick.”

Her giggle was cute and a clear indication that she thought I was playing.

I’d show her better than I could tell her.

When I was done, I made my way back between her legs and pulled her to the edge of the counter. I’d been thinking about eating her pussy since she played with it that night. The moment my mouth latched onto her clit, we both moaned. I feasted on her pussy like it was my favorite meal, damn my last meal, because I wanted to taste her again and again.

By the time I’d licked and slurped her into her first orgasm, she was a trembling mess. I pushed her legs back and held them down with my arm before licking her slick folds and sucking her clit back into my mouth.

As I slid two fingers into her soaking pussy, she moaned, “Oh shit, Rem. Just like that, pooh.”

I found her G-spot and applied pressure as I alternated between licking, sucking, and nibbling her clit.

Pressing my tongue under the hood of it, I licked until she came again. I could tell by the way her pussy gripped my fingers and didn’t let go that she was about to have me obsessed with her pussy, and by the way she looked down at me with ravenous eyes, Callie was going to be okay with that too.