Chapter 31
Trill-Land, Jungle Estate
Me and Toni was kickin’ it at Pressure’s crib again, which had pretty much turned into a regular thing over the last few weeks since everybody had been tryna stick together and keep life movin’ like normal even though shit around us been anything but normal.
Me, Pressure and Renza was out on the patio playin’ cards, smokin’, and drinkin’ like we always did when we linked up. The patio sat behind the house overlookin’ the water and the lights from the pool bounced across the glass railin’ while the night air stayed warm.
A blunt was burnin’ between us while a heavy crystal bottle of dark liquor sat off to the side next to three short glasses filled with ice. Every now and then one of us would reach for our glass, take a sip, and then toss another card down on the table like the game actually meant somethin’.
Truth was, none of us was really worried about the cards.
A month had passed since Auntie Abeni did that press conference and turned the whole damn island upside down.
She stepped in front of them cameras calm as hell and aired out Echo and Roderick’s bitch asses.
Once that story about Roderick cheatin’ on his wife hit the news, that shit spread fast as hell and suddenly the same reporters who had been sayin’ my name every day started sayin’ his instead.
The whole scandal cracked his clean image wide open and people started talkin’ about him instead of just talkin’ about me, and I couldn’t lie. A nigga loved that shit.
But even with that distraction goin’ on, these bitches had still been pushin’ hard and my first day of trial startin’ next month had been sittin’ in the back of my mind like a dark cloud I couldn’t shake.
Every time I thought about that courtroom my stomach twisted a lil’, so I learned real quick not to sit around thinkin’ about it too long.
Instead, my thoughts kept driftin’ to Toni, and that woman had been actin’ wild as hell lately.
She was seven months pregnant and horny like she lost her damn mind.
I shook my head a lil’ while I looked down at my cards ‘cause just thinkin’ about the last couple weeks had me chucklin’ to myself.
Usually, I’m the one pressin’ her for sex all the time, but lately that shit flipped completely around.
Ever since her belly started gettin’ bigger and the baby started movin’ more, Toni had been chasin’ me around the house like she was on a mission.
Sometimes I would just be walkin’ through the kitchen mindin’ my business and outta nowhere she’d reach out and grab my ass.
She was always lookin’ at me like she was tryna drag me straight to the bedroom and wild out on a nigga.
Sometimes I would get out the shower and she would already be sittin’ on the edge of the bed waitin’ on me with that look in her eyes.
Other times she would wake me up in the mornin’ rubbin’ on me talkin’ about she couldn’t sleep.
And then before we even went to bed at night she would start all over again like she was tryna make up for lost time or some shit.
While I was thinkin’ about it my phone buzzed on the table and when I picked it up I saw Toni’s name on the screen.
I opened the message and immediately started laughin’ under my breath.
She had texted me one sentence.
I want my dick tonight.
I leaned back in my chair and shook my head while I locked my phone again.
Pressure looked over at me. “What you smilin’ at?”
“Toni,” I said while tossin’ another card down on the table.
“She good?”
I picked up the blunt and took a slow pull before I started talkin’.
“Man, she been trippin’ lately,” I said while exhalin’ smoke. “She wanna fuck all the damn time.”
Pressure started grinnin’ before he even responded. “Nigga, it’s that baby.”
I nodded like I already knew that answer. “Yeah, I figured that shit.”
Renza leaned back in his chair laughin’.
Pressure took a sip of his drink and started talkin’ again.
“Pluto was the same way when she was pregnant. I’m talkin’ about horny all the damn time. Couldn’t keep that pussy out a nigga face.”
“That’s exactly how Toni been,” I said. “But that shit got me nervous though.”
Pressure raised his eyebrow. “Nervous how?”
“Man, I don’t even know how the hell to fuck her no more,” I said while shufflin’ the cards.
“I be sittin’ there tryna be careful and shit, then the baby start movin’ around and her stomach be lookin’ crazy as hell.
One side be flat and the other side stickin’ out big like the baby tryna scoot away from me or somethin’.
That shit had me pullin’ back like hold on lil’ mama, I ain’t tryna fight my own child in here. ”
That had both of them laughin’.
Renza almost choked on his drink.
“Man, hell nah,” he said. “The baby probably tired of hearin’ y’all.”
“Shut the fuck up,” I said while laughin’.
Pressure looked at Renza and shook his head.
“You the last nigga who should be speakin’ on anybody’s situation,” he said. “You done hid Reni like a damn easter egg all this time.”
I lost it, leanin’ back in my chair laughin’ while Renza shot him a look.
“Man shut the fuck up,” Renza muttered, but he was fightin’ a smile.
I took a sip from my glass and shook my head. “Nah, he right though. You talked the most shit. Whole time you had a whole woman tucked away like she was in witness protection.”
Renza rolled his eyes and threw his card down harder than he needed to.
“Y’all still on that shit?”
Pressure smirked. “Nigga we gon’ always be on that shit.”
We kept playin’ cards and smokin’ while the jokes kept goin’ back and forth until the patio door finally slid open behind us.
I turned my head and saw Pluto and Toni walkin’ outside.
Toni didn’t even hesitate. She waddled straight over to me like she already knew where she was goin’ and climbed right into my lap while wrapin’ her arms around my neck.
Her belly pressed against me and that shit still amazed me every time I felt it.
Just a few months ago her stomach had barely been showin’ and now she had this full round belly sittin’ between us like a reminder that our daughter was almost here.
I kissed her lips while my hand slid down to rub over her stomach, and talk to my baby. “Hey mama.”
She smiled against my mouth before leanin’ forward and whisperin’ in my ear.
“Why you ain’t respond to my text?”
I ran my hand up her back and just looked at her for a second.
My wife had turned into a whole menace.
She leaned closer again. “I’m horny.”
I licked my lips and tilted my head, still rubbin’ her belly. “Oh yeah?”
She nodded. “I wanna go home.”
That was all she needed to say.
Once she slid off my lap, I grabbed my keys off the table and stood up.
“I’mma holla at y’all.”
Pressure laughed, and shook his head, ‘cause he already knew what I was goin’ through.
Renza waved his hand. “Yeah, go handle your business.”
I kissed Pluto on the cheek before walkin’ out with Toni.
The second we got outside she pushed me back against the car like she had been holdin’ that energy in the whole time. Her belly pressed against my stomach while she leaned up into me, and I couldn’t help laughin’ at how aggressive she was bein’.
“Girl what the hell wrong with you?”
She ain’t answer. She just looked at me like she wanted to eat me alive. I grabbed her ass and smacked it before openin’ the passenger door for her.
“Get in the car.”
She climbed inside and I walked around to the driver’s side. When I sat down and looked over at her she was already starin’ at me with that same heat in her eyes. I leaned over and kissed her, ‘cause I knew that’s what she wanted.
She grabbed the back of my neck before I could pull away and kissed me again. When I finally leaned back, she looked at me like she wasn’t done yet.
“Baby please,” she whispered, lookin’ up at me with them big eyes. “Can I get another kiss?”
I laughed under my breath and brushed my thumb across her cheek. “You gotta wait till we get home.”
Toni shook her head quick like that answer offended her. “Nooo… just one more.”
I stared at her for a second, already seein’ the game she was playin’. “Baby.”
She lifted both hands like she was surrenderin’, that smile spreadin’ across her face. “Okay, okay… this my last one. For real.”
I shook my head at her but leaned in anyway, pressin’ my lips to hers slow. She hummed soft against my mouth and kissed me back.
When I pulled back, she blinked up at me and smiled. “Okay,” she said real quick. “Just one more.”
I started laughin’. “Girl.”
“I’m serious,” she said, grabbin’ the front of my shirt and pullin’ me closer again. “That one don’t count. I couldn’t even feel that kiss.”
“Toni…”
“Baby please,” she said, already smilin’ again. “Just one more for real, for real.”
I tried to hold my serious face, but that shit lasted about two seconds before I leaned down and kissed her again, slower this time, lettin’ my lips rest against hers while she kissed me over and over like she couldn’t get enough.
When I finally started pullin’ away she chased my mouth one more time. “Okay,” she whispered. “I swear that was the last one.”
I narrowed my eyes at her. “You promise?”
She nodded real fast. “Mhm.”
I barely got a breath in before she leaned forward and stole another quick kiss anyway.
I laughed and grabbed the back of her neck. “A damn shame.”
Toni just grinned up at me like she was proud of herself.
When I finally pulled away, I grabbed my gun and set it on my lap before startin’ the car.
Toni leaned back in her seat still lookin’ at me like she had our whole night planned. And the way she kept smilin’ told me I wasn’t gettin’ no sleep once we got home.
When we made it back to the crib, Toni only gave a nigga an hour to do what I needed to do before it was time for “us” to go to bed.
It was crazy how now I had to sleep when she slept, and it wasn’t even on no sweet married couple type shit either, ‘cause Toni was treatin’ my ass like a personal service, like I was on call.