18. Ciera
I still was feeling some type of way after the way me and Juelz left things the other night. I still hadn’t heard from him which had me so damn frustrated and concerned all at the same time.
I know his mind was on what happened at his club, but it was like what had just happened between us was voided from his memory.
Being with him was something to remember.
I never thought in a million years that I would run into Juelz.
I also would have never imagined that the club we went to was owned by him.
That night had many surprises and the way he went off on the phone was of them.
He seemed so nice in the meeting at the bank but trust me there was another side to him.
I wanted to talk to Ari again because I had no clue that she had a damn boyfriend or that they were having problems. The fact that he felt the need to put his hands on her, yeah, he needed his ass beat.
Ari needed to stay far away from him. I looked over at the clock, and it was already after one.
I could hear loud music playing, and it was too damn early in the day for that shit.
I got out of bed and headed down the hall, Ari was fully dressed and walking into the bathroom.
I wasn’t sure if she was going or coming, but I would talk to her when I found out where this damn music was coming from.
The closer I got, I knew it was coming from my mom’s room.
I knocked on the door a few times then eventually Mark swung the door open, looking at me all stupid.
“Where is mom?” I yelled over the loud music.
He pointed in the direction of my mother. When I saw that she was at a table in her room, snortin’ cocaine, I nearly lost my mind, and I ran over to her.
“Mom, what the hell are you doing? Are you seriously in here fucking with this shit?” I screamed at her.
“Go somewhere, Ciera, and mind your damn business!” she yelled back, and got up, heading out to the living room.
“I’m not going any damn where. Mom, you sitting here doing this shit with this bum ass nigga.”
At this point, we were screaming and yelling at the top of our lungs, causing Ari to come running down the hall.
After she found out what was going on, I saw all the hurt in my sister’s face, as I’m sure that same hurt was on mine.
When Mark decided that he wanted to call me and my sister a bitch, I lost my fucking marbles.
It was GO time. I didn’t give a fuck that he was a man.
If my mom wasn’t gone stand up for us, fuck it. I got us.
I rushed over to Mark and started fucking his ass up.
He was hitting me back like a little bitch.
But when I felt a blow to the back of my head, my heart broke into a million pieces.
My mom was fighting me for her man. Her own fucking daughter!
She was screaming for me to get out and that is exactly what I’m going to do!
Nothing will ever be the same with me and Angela Voss.
“GET THE FUCK OUT BITCH!”
I rushed down the hall to pack my shit, face full of tears, Ari came in my room.
“Ciera, where are you going to go? I’m coming with you,” she said.
“NO! You will not be in this shit. You have school, Ari. Stay here, and when I get myself together, you can come with me. Ok?” I said, still packing my shit.
It took me a few trips back and forth to my car.
And after getting everything I owned in that room, I got in my car and cried like I never had before.
I had nowhere to go.
I mean, I could go to my grandmother’s house, but I didn’t want to impose on her. I had $7500 in the bank that I could use to get an apartment. I will just stay in a hotel for the time being, and search for a place.
Two Weeks Later
It had been a couple of weeks since I’d been staying in a hotel.
My friend from work knew someone that worked at the DoubleTree hotel in Brooklyn, and they were able to get me room for a good price.
So, I was able to continue to pay that and have the money needed to move.
I had found a place in Brooklyn that was very nice, but I couldn’t move in until the first of the month.
So, I was going to have to stay in the hotel until then.
I paid the $3000 to move in; they had a special running, so that helped me a lot.
I made sure to get a two bedroom, so I would have room for Ari if she decided to move in with me.
I needed to call her to ask what she wanted to do.
With the rest of my money, I went ahead and got a bedroom, living room, and a kitchen set for a good price as well.
If Ari did decide to come, I would use my paycheck to get her a bed.
The things I bought were nice. It was nothing expensive because I couldn’t afford it, but it was mine, and I was going to make it work.
I still speak to Ari every day and she is having the time of her life with her new friend.
She said she barely speaks to Angela- I refuse to call her mom.
I haven’t spoken to her since I left home, and I guess I was fine with that for now.
I haven’t heard anything from Juelz since that night at the club, and he hasn’t come into the bank at all. It was all good though. It is what it is. I couldn’t concern myself with someone that wasn’t concerned with me.
I was standing at one of the teller windows, when I looked up and saw Juelz walking in with some guy.
He looked at me with a blank expression and stepped onto the elevator.
He acted as if he had no emotion about seeing me.
Damn, that shit hurt, but oh well. We had a meeting in a few, so I assumed that was what he was here for.
Well, I guess it’s time to deal with the bullshit!
“Ciera, are you headed up?” Mr. Hall asked.
“Yes, sir.” I smiled at him.
“Good. I will go up with you,” he responded.
We headed up to the Executive Suites, and once we made our way to the floor, we headed into the conference room.
People were standing around talking, so I found a seat and waited for the meeting to start.
I glanced in the direction of where Juelz was, and he was talking to a group of women that worked in Human Resources.
He noticed me and still said nothing. I nodded my head at him, smiled and then turned my attention to the front of the room, where Rita, the head of HR, was getting ready to speak.
“Good morning, everyone. I know legal spoke to you a few weeks ago and said that there would be some changes being made. However, we have some news that may not be so good. I regret that we have to do this, but in order for this company to thrive, we have to revamp. And when I say revamp, that means making some cutbacks as well. There will be some layoffs happening in the next few days. These layoffs are not what we intended, nor are we happy about it.”
The conference room went into an uproar.
People were clearly upset about it, and so was I.
I had just gotten my apartment, and now this shit!
If I was one of the people included in the layoff, I would have to find another job.
Quickly. There was no way that I would sit around crying over spilled milk when I had bills to pay.
“Everyone calm down. I promise we had no intentions of doing this, but after we reviewed the business operations, we had no choice. I promise you all that your severance packages will be handsome,” Juelz stood up and said.
People began to calm down and turned their attention back to the front where Rita began to talk again.
“You all will be notified. Thank you and try to enjoy the rest of your day,” she stated.
When I stood and headed for the door, Juelz called my name, so I turned to look in his direction. “Yes, Mr. Kassom?”
“May I have a moment of your time?” I nodded my head, agreeing to his request.
“Mr. Hall, can you give us a moment, she will be down shortly?” Juelz stated, looking at Mr. Hall.
“Yes, sir,” Mr. Hall agreed as he walked out and closed the door.
He stared at me for a moment and then moved to lock the door, causing my heartbeat to speed up.
Why is he locking the door? I thought to myself.
“How have you been, Ciera? I’m sorry I haven’t called you, things have been so crazy for me lately,” he said with his smooth, deep voice.
“I’ve had some personal issues going on, but I’m okay,” I responded, looking at him as he came to stand in front of me.
“Is it something I can help with?” he asked.
“No, I can handle it. I’m fine,” I said. I looked into his eyes, wondering why he continued to stare at me. The tension between the two of us was so damn overwhelming, I had to say something.
“So, please tell me what you needed to speak to me about?”
“Well, I have been thinking about you, I can’t seem to get you off my mind.”
“I don’t think you had such a hard time, since I haven’t heard from you, but I understand you have been busy.
” I was already tired of playing this game with him.
“Since we are talking, am I going to be involved in this layoff? Because with all the mess I have going on, I need to know what I’m up against.” He looked at me for a moment then walked to the window with his back facing me.
“Yes, you will be a part of the layoff,” he said as he turned to look at me.
I couldn’t believe that I no longer had a job. What kind of shit is that? I looked at him, shook my head and headed to the door. As soon as my hands touched the knob, I was being snatched back and Juelz pulled me into his arms
“This decision was business, and personal. I can’t have you working for me, Ciera.”
“Why would it be personal? Are you feeling me?” I asked.
“Just because I tasted your pussy doesn’t mean I’m feeling you,” he smirked.
“You know what, fuck this! I’m out!”
He grabbed me, leaned down and began kissing me.
He was sucking on my lips, and I was so taken aback that I was not thinking about my damn job anymore.
This kiss felt like he was trying to tell me something.
As we deepened the kiss, it became more aggressive; his hands began roaming and palming my ass.
He moved his hands down my legs to lift my skirt, pulled my panties off and sniffed them before stuffing them in his pocket.
His hand ran across my pearl then he started massaging my shit and eased his finger inside me, but he pulled his finger right back out and stuck it in his mouth to taste my juices.
He quickly lifted me up, sitting me in the windowsill of the room.
The blinds were wide open. Good thing we were in a high-rise building, but shit, someone could still see us.
“Damn baby, this pussy taste so good.” He pulled up a chair, and sat in it, lifting my body up so that my pussy was in his face. Once leveled with his mouth, he latched on to my pearl, and I nearly lost it! He was sucking, licking, sucking and licking
“Mmmmmmm!” I moaned. My mouth was open as I thrusted my body up to meet him with his tongue-lashing.
“Ohhhhhh God! This feels so fucking good, but Juelz, we need to stop this; we’re at work,” I reasoned.
“You taste so fucking good. You like how I make you feel, Ciera?”
“Yes! Ohhhhhh yesss!”
“Good Ciera. I don’t intend to stop.” He continued making love to my box with his mouth and I felt the heat travel all over my body.
“AHHHH JUELZZZZZ!” I screamed, releasing my cream all in his mouth and he sucked every bit of it up.
I couldn’t help it, but nobody told him to do this shit where we worked. As I tried to catch my breath, he helped me down and passed me some napkins to semi clean the mess I had made.
“Ciera,” he called out.
“Yes, Juelz.” I looked at him.
“Let’s have dinner tomorrow this week,” he stated.
“Okay.”
“Ciera, one more thing! Blame your pussy; it’s the reason you no longer work here.”
Stunned was an understatement. This nigga did not say what I think he said. What the fuck?!