Chapter 23
Iadjusted myself in the bed when I felt a tiny foot pressing into my back. Naiari and I spent the night making love, but when we got up to take a shower, we were met with four pairs of eyes staring from the doorway. All four kids wanted to sleep with us, and I couldn’t bring myself to say no.
We changed the sheets, and everyone climbed into bed and passed out.
Keyami and Kiaya were tied for the world’s worst sleepers, as they both did aerobics in their sleep.
Kiaya was lying across my legs while her sister had her feet pressed into my back.
Noodle lay curled up across the bottom of the bed, making me smile.
I glanced over my shoulder and noticed Keyaire cuddling with his momma, and I instantly grew jealous.
They were both sleeping soundly while I was being abused.
I chuckled, deciding it was time to get up.
The clock on the nightstand read a quarter after nine, which meant it was time to start the day.
My phone buzzed, so I removed it from the charger as I slid out of bed.
I went to the bathroom to take my morning piss and take care of my hygiene.
After a quick shower, I stood in front of the bathroom mirror and took in my appearance.
It might have been conceited, but I was one handsome ass mothafucka.
Naiari wanted me to grow my beard out, and I’d admit, it looked better than I thought it would. I had no issues complying with her request, since this was her second-favorite seat.
My phone started ringing, and my smile dropped when I saw Fatima’s name flash across the screen.
She knew I was on vacation, so there was no reason for her to be calling me.
I made it clear that anything work-related would need to wait until I returned.
Reluctantly, I went ahead and answered, knowing she wouldn’t stop calling until she got a response.
“What’s up, Fatima? I thought I made it clear I was on vacation with my family.” I spoke as soon as the call disconnected.
“Well, excuse me for trying to do my damn job. I wasn’t exactly expecting to see your face plastered across every single blog and tea page across the world!”
My face twisted in irritation as she yelled into the phone. Clearly, she must have forgotten who the fuck I was, but I planned to remind her.
“Aye. I don’t know who you’re used to dealing with, but I’m not them. You ain’t my momma, and even that bitch doesn’t have the right to yell at me. Now, talk to me with some sense and tell me what’s going on.”
“I thought you were going to at least give us the courtesy of making a formal announcement, regardless of you and Golden breaking up. Instead, you have opened Pandora’s box, and I don’t even know how to fix this.” Fatima spoke through gritted teeth.
“Are you talking about the picture I posted of me with my girl?” I figured it would draw some attention, but to be honest, I didn’t give a fuck. Naiari wasn’t a secret, and I wasn’t gonna be sneaking around as if she was.
“You have bigger fish to fry than a soft launch of your new woman. The internet is in a frenzy, and they are calling you and Golden the next Kim K and Ray J!” Fatima shouted.
Her statement confused the hell out of me because she was talking about Golden and not Naiari. I hadn’t seen Golden since the fashion show, and we didn’t spend any real time together, because I turned her down.
“Fatima, you’re not making any sense. What are you talking about?”
“You haven’t seen the video? It’s all over the internet right now, and I’m trying to find the source to get it scrubbed, but I’m afraid it’s too late,” she vented, sounding stressed to the max.
“I just got up and started moving around. I don’t know anything about a video.” My stomach dropped because whatever it was had to be bad, based on her reaction.
“I’m sending it to you now. Try not to fly off the handle; the team and I are working to get this taken care of.”
Her warning sent me into a panic as I clicked on the link. My eyes widened as I watched Golden on her knees, sucking my dick. I remembered the day it happened, because we were in her dressing room. It confused me all the same because there weren’t any cameras in our dressing rooms.
“What the fuck! Who took this video?” I asked as I paced the room.
“I don’t know, Keyz. I’ve spoken to several sources, and I have a feeling Golden is behind this.
Someone sent me screenshots of posts she had made to her close friends before deleting them.
It seems like she may have been crashing out about the breakup,” Fatima explained.
She sent me those as well, and it only confused me more.
Golden was posting subliminal messages as if I had broken her heart or something.
Don’t trust these niggas.
Fuck Love. Get Your Money Up, Sis.
Pretty niggas break your heart the worst.
I’ll never play second to any bitch. I’m always number one.
I always get the last laugh.
“What the hell? I don’t understand why she’s reacting this way. We weren’t in a real relationship, and I never fucked her.”
“Well, it doesn’t look that way to the media.
It looks as if you dumped her for another woman and strung her along.
She posted a video of herself crying, and a lot of women are on her side.
The only thing saving you right now is the fact that you are very well-endowed and have temporarily distracted them with your dick.
This could get very bad if we can’t get ahead of this train wreck.
Please do us all a favor and don’t post anything else on social media.
We don’t want to run the risk of people finding out where you are, because you don’t have enough security to protect your whole family,” Fatima advised.
I thought about telling her that my niggas and I were strapped but decided to keep that information to myself.
“Alright. I need to let my girl know what’s going on.
If you need me to issue a statement or do anything else, let me know.
I’m probably gonna have my phone off most of the day, so call Logic’s phone.
” My notifications were already going crazy, and it would only get worse.
I wanted to call Golden and cuss her ass out, but Fatima advised me to cut off all communication with her to avoid her twisting my words.
The only thing I wanted to twist was her fucking neck for playing with me.
“Fuck!” I roared, feeling myself getting angrier by the second.
I sat in the bathroom a little while longer, attempting to get my thoughts together.
As I scrolled through my photo gallery, I couldn’t help but smile as I flipped through all the pictures of my family.
There was a time when I thought I would never have one, and I refused to let anyone mess it up.
I would give it all up before I allowed anything or anyone to tear us apart.
My finger hovered over the photo I took of my family sleeping next to me, and I decided to make one more post before I logged out for the next few days. Fatima would probably be pissed, but I didn’t give a fuck. Folks were gonna learn to stop playing with me.
I posted the photo with a caption to make myself abundantly clear.
Within a minute, I had over three thousand likes and four hundred comments, letting me know it was time for me to log out.
When I walked back into the room, my shoulders dropped as I noticed Naiari typing aggressively on her phone.
Her pretty face was scrunched up with anger, and I prayed it wasn’t what I thought it was.
“Bonjou, Cheri. I didn’t realize you were up.” I greeted her, leaning down to kiss her lips. She turned her head, causing the kiss to land on her cheek. Her actions confirmed she was upset with me.
“I was thinking we could get the kids dressed and spend some time on the beach. It’s supposed to be really nice out today, and I spoke with the hotel staff, and they told me they offer picnic baskets.
” I scratched the back of my neck, feeling like a kid who was in trouble with his parents. “Did you hear what I said?”
If looks could kill, I would have dropped dead on the floor. Cocoa glanced down at the kids before glaring at me. I stood back as she slid her feet into her house shoes before walking toward the balcony. I followed her, making sure to close the sliding door behind me.
“Baby, I—”
“Don’t. Don’t say you’re sorry because it will only piss me off more. On one hand, I can’t be upset because we weren’t together, but Keynauri, you looked me in my face and lied. You told me the two of you were faking, and there was nothing between you two.” Naiari hissed.
“I didn’t lie. There wasn’t anything romantic going on between the two of us.”
“Well, there was obviously something if your dick was lodged in her throat! Why would you let someone record you when you know that you’re a public figure?
Not to mention the fact that you have children who will one day see you exposed on the internet.
What were you thinking?” she ranted while pacing back and forth.
“I realize it looks bad.” Cocoa stopped pacing and gave me a look that said, “You think?” I rubbed my hand across my beard, trying to gather my thoughts.
“Look. I know it looks bad, but I swear I never lied to you. I’ve let you see plenty of messages, so you know it was nothing more than a business arrangement. Now, I will admit she sucked my dick once, but I never stuck my dick in her.”
“I want to believe you, but it doesn’t explain why she is crashing out like this.
Do you know this hoe is claiming to be in the hospital suffering from a miscarriage?
Keynauri, I’m so upset I could wring your fucking neck right now.
The internet is calling me a home-wrecker when I’m the fucking owner of the house!
This is ridiculous.” She fussed through gritted teeth.
The news she revealed left me speechless.
“Wait. Are you serious right now? I never slept with her, so if she was pregnant, it wasn’t mine.
You already know I don’t play those games, and as you said, you and I weren’t together, so I have no reason to lie.
She gon’ fuck around and get hit with a lawsuit because I’m not about to let her drag your name or mine when she knows what it was.
As a matter of fact, I’m about to have Fatima send her a cease and desist before she can even take this any further.
She is playin’ a dangerous game, and I’m not the one to play with. ”
I retrieved my phone to send a message to Fatima before powering it off. I needed to disconnect from the world before I flipped out.
“Come here.” Ari tried to pull away, but I grabbed her by the arm. She could be upset all she wanted, but we weren’t about to let Golden’s bullshit fuck up our vacation.
“I’m not feeling you right now,” she whined.
“I know, and I’ll let you have your moment, but we are on vacation, and ain’t shit changed.
We are here to relax and escape from the real world.
All of the bullshit going on right now will be there when we get back.
Now, come on. Let’s get these kids fed and dressed so we can enjoy the rest of our vacation,” I urged, locking our hands together.
“Why aren’t you flying off the handle and freaking out? Your dick is out there for the world to see. Are you not worried about what will happen next?” she questioned.
“Naw, I’m not worried at all. Eventually, this will all blow over, and even if it doesn’t, I’m still not gonna stress about it.
I have you, my kids, and my music to focus my attention on.
I won’t stand by and allow the internet to paint you in a negative light, but outside of protecting you and my kids, I don’t give a fuck.
Folks can think what they want, but we know the truth. ”
Her face softened as I held her tighter. I leaned down, peppering her face with kisses until she begged me to stop. We stared into each other’s eyes until she poked her lips out for a kiss. I obliged, sucking on her bottom lip until she moaned out.
“I knew it was a bad idea for you to post our picture. Now I’m really gonna need some damn mace and a razor blade to fight the bitches off. Ugh! You’re a porn star now. The bitches have probably already saved the video to help them sleep at night.” She whined while rolling her eyes.
“Naw, I didn’t do anything wrong. You are my woman, and I’m allowed to show off the person who makes me happy.
I’m not thrilled about my shit being all over the internet, but it is what it is.
Like I told you last night, they can look, but they’ll never know what it’s like to experience the real thing.
Hell, I’m sure it was the reason Golden reacted the way she did.
It’s one thing to get dumped by a real boyfriend, but I know it must have crushed her ego to be dumped by a fake one and barely get the chance to even sample the dick.
” I shrugged, choosing not to let the situation get the best of me.