Chapter 17 #2
“Where grouchy at?” Zaylee asked from the other end of the bright red U-shaped sectional the three of us were sitting on. Zaylee had Zuriyah cradle in her arms.
”He left earlier. said he had something he needed to take care of,” I answered with a pout.
I didn’t want to admit I had been lonely since Niko had left early this morning.
I had gotten so used to Niko being around that I missed his presence.
I wasn’t used to him being gone for more than two hours max without hearing from him at least. He’d never gone this long without checking in with me.
I was tempted to text him but I didn’t want to seem like I was overstepping any boundaries.
He wasn’t my nigga and he really could be gone as long as he wanted too.
“You see that Solana?” Zaylee snickered at me. “She like that nigga.”
“Real bad,” Solana giggled with Zaylee. I flipped both their childish asses off.
Scoffing before I said. “Of course I like him. Niko is my baby daddy. We cool.”
”Bitch byeee! You know good and damn well that’s not the kind of like we’re talking about.” Zaylee waved me off.
“Then I don’t know what ya’ll delusional bitches are talking about.” I feigned ignorance.
“Mmm,” Solana pressed her lips together, with the yeah right look. “Sooo if y’all just cool why you at his house rather than the house you just moved in. I mean this is a nice ass mini-mansion but I’m sure you could have just asked Niko to get you one of your own.”
“Cause I wasn’t finna keep arguing with the nigga about going to my house. He wanted us here with him so here I am.”
That was partly true, Niko was relentless about Zuriyah and me coming home with him.
I tried to reason he didn’t have anything set up for Zuriyah at his house but he easily proved me wrong when he showed me pictures of her pink and gold princess themed room.
The bassinet, dresser, changing table, and rocking chair all were made out of the same white wood, with a pink Z on them all.
Then Niko had gone out of his way with all the clothes he’d gotten her it was ridiculous.
What really got me was how fucking nice his house was.
I thought I was doing something with my new house but Niko’s made my house look like a shack.
When I questioned why he had such a big house when he was single and lived alone.
He said he didn’t plan to live here alone. Whatever that meant.
“Yanna be forreal if you didn’t want to come here you really wouldn’t have.” Zaylee shook her head at me.
”I’m learning to compromise,” I replied in a matter of fact tone.
“Solana, how long do you think she’s gonna last before she falls back onto the dick?” Zaylee softly laughed looking down at Zuriyah. “You better get all the time you can because you gone be a big sister soon.”
“I give it a month maybe two if she fights it too much. I saw how Niko kept looking at you when you were in the hospital.” Solana answered and I gave her a dirty look.
“Niko wasn’t looking at me anyway besides a friendly way. I-“
“The denial is real,” Solana chuckled, cutting me off. “If you mean the kind of friendly the way Marlo and I were. Then absolutely. Cause baby Niko was looking at you like he wanted to devour you. I wouldn’t be surprised if he didn’t want another baby.” Solana snickered.
I hadn’t told Zaylee or Solana about Niko asking me for another baby.
I didn’t want to make a big deal out of a situation that wasn’t that serious.
I’m sure Solana meant well but Niko and I were anything like her and Marlo.
Both of them were in denial about their feelings for each other.
They opted to pretend like they were best friends when we all knew they were really in love with each other.
“Whateveeer,” I teasingly replied. I went to say something but the sound of the front door slamming shut stopped my words. I looked up seeing Niko coming through the how looking pissed.
”Whad up y’all,” He grunted as he made his way into his front room. He went over to Zaylee taking Zuriyah from her arms he quickly kissed her then gave her back to Zaylee. “I’m finna be in my man cave.” He curtly said then made his way out the room.
”Eww, what’s wrong with him?” Zaylee frowned looking over at the door Niko just exited.
”I don’t know. Let me go check on him.” I said standing up quickly.
I had never seen Niko be so short with me and I wanted to make sure he was okay.
“Go check on yo’ nigga!” I heard Zaylee call out to my back as her and Solana laughed at my expense.
Instead of acknowledging my sister I focused on heading up the spiral staircase that led to Niko’s man cave.
Niko’s house was something out of a magazine.
The five bedroom, four and a half bathroom, with a finished basement, basketball court in the back, this house was one for the books.
The only thing he added onto his house was his man cave that had it’s own staircase in the kitchen that led directly to his man cave.
I knocked on the black wood door before I entered. “Hey,” I called out as I cautiously made my way into his man cave.
Damn…Niko was shirtless, his eight pack on full display, Niko had a lot of tattoos on his arms and hands however on his chest he only had one across the top of his pecs that read I Am My Brother’s Keeper.
My favorite part of Niko’s body was the deep V cut the lead down to his dick.
My mouth watered as my eyes dipped down his body.
I wished his jeans or his black briefs were there.
I just wanted on peep at his beautiful golden dicked.
“You good?” Niko startled me, causing me to rapidly blink trying to figure out how he go so close to me so fast.
”Yeah I’m okay.”I nervously fidgeted.
“You sure? You sitting there staring at a nigga like you couldn’t hear shit I was saying to you.”
“My bad I was thinking.” I quickly replied, trying to mask my embarrassment. I couldn’t believe he caught me lusting over him. ”I umm actually came to check on you. You seemed stressed.”
“A little bit,” Niko sighed, stepping back into the room walking over to his mini bar setup he had. “Just tryna figure out some bullshit.”
“I know it’s not much I can do but I’m here if you want to talk. That helps me feel better sometimes.”
Niko chuckled as he poured him a glass of Woodford Reserve, over ice. Another thing I learned about Niko, he loved bourbon liquor.
“You care about making me feel better?” He asked me, peering at me curiously. The look in his eyes was making me feel something fluttering in my stomach.
Shrugging my shoulders as I said. “I mean yeah. We’re basically family now.”
“Not basically. We are family.” Niko replied, then took a drink from his glass. “I’m sayin’ though. You know what makes me feel better?”
Smacking my lips at Niko, “Don’t say nothing crazy.” I didn’t like the predatory glare in Niko’s gaze as he was looking at me.
”I’m not. All a nigga want is a kiss forreal.”
“A kiss?” I asked skeptically with my head cocked to the side.
“Yup. Just a kiss. I’ll be good for the day.”
“Niko,” I sighed. Trying to figure out if I was really finna kiss this nigga.
With his glass in hand Niko easily walked over to me, invading my personal space. He slightly lowered his neck resting his forehead on mine. Our noses touched and I could clearly smell the liquor on his breath.
“Stop sayin’ my name and give me a kiss.” Niko demanded. He pressed his lips into mine sensually kissing me.
We allowed our mouths to get reacquainted with each other.
Niko’s free hand cupped my ass check as he pressed my body deeper into his.
I moaned softly getting turned on from the passion of our kiss.
When Niko slipped his tongue into my mouth I was done for.
I completely got lost in our kiss. I allowed Niko to lead our kiss as my body naturally submitted to his.
“See, I feel better now.” Niko cooly spoke after breaking our kiss. I wanted to demand he continued kissing me but I tried to play it off. “Go ahead and chill with yo’ family. I’ll be here when they leave.” Niko leaned in kissing me once more time then he tapped me on his ass sending me on the way.
I had to take a moment to get myself together, because Niko had my head all messed up with that kiss.
my pussy was creaming for me to go take the dick but that wouldn’t help anything.
It would probably make stuff worse because at the end of the day Niko still hadn’t made his intentions with me clear.
Yeah we were technically living under the same roof but that was because we shared a daughter.
For all I knew this wasn’t a permanent situation.
On top of him having another baby on the way too.
Who was to say he wasn’t going to try to move hos other baby mama in here too.
I wasn’t about to put myself on a fake pedestal like I was special.
I enjoyed our kiss but I wasn’t expecting anything to come from it.
The only thing I wanted form Niko was him to take care of Zuriyah.