Chapter 24 #3
“For a lot of reasons,” she flirted, feeling embarrassed that he didn’t bite. It grew progressively worse when Numbers laughed and peered at her with an amused smile before he turned to East.
“They’re on my desk. You want ’em now?”
“Yeah. I’m trying to get this shit closed out so I can be out.” East still had his eyes on Asako while he responded to Numbers. Her showing up wasn’t something he appreciated. Asako made it very clear that she was interested but he also made it very clear that he wasn’t.
“Unless you trying to get a cut then you don’t need to be looking for me, and even if you are, I told you to ask for Chuck or Dawson.”
She flashed him a smile and inched closer to him, grabbing the side of his shirt and pushing her body against his.
She didn’t miss the feel of something firm pressing into her stomach and felt as if she had a chance.
He’s feeling me. “Oh, so you really meant that? Your little girlfriend must have gotten upset about me being in your chair.”
The scowl on East’s face deepened as he gripped her hands to remove the grip she had on his shirt. Instead of shoving her away like he wanted to, East gently pushed her back to create some space. “It doesn’t have shit to do with her. I don’t like friendly pussy. It’s never been my thing.”
“Shit, I do.” Numbers grinned, looking right at Asako.
East released a cocky laugh that didn’t reach his eyes. They remained affixed in a hard stare on Asako. He was annoyed.
“Damn,” Pia said lowly, feeling slightly bad for the woman. But then again, she didn’t really care. Folks either knew East or learned about him quickly. Apparently this woman wasn’t a quick study.
“On your desk where?” East pulled his eyes from Asako, dismissing the conversation. He was done, whether she was or not.
“Corner, left. Pia put them shits in a pink folder,” he groaned, cutting his eyes at her briefly. She smirked and shrugged.
“I like pink and I knew you wouldn’t lose them if I put them in that folder.”
“Nah, you like to be funny. That’s all.”
Pia smiled harder. “But you didn’t lose them, did you? You’re welcome, babe.”
“Y’all might as well fuck and get it over with,” East groaned over the two of them and their back and forth.
“Man, hell nah. She can’t handle this dick. I’ll fuck up her entire life and her hereafter too,” Numbers teased before he stood upright, leaving the counter and stepping to Asako. “But I bet you can.”
Asako wanted to agree. In her head she was screaming hell yeah. She wanted Numbers’ attention, however, she needed East’s attention.
“Y’all work that out.” East chuckled and turned to leave with Asako right on his heels.
When he rounded the corner and felt her behind him, he turned quickly, his large hand gripping the front of her neck while her back made contact with the wall.
East pushed up against her with venom in his eyes and annoyance etched on his face.
Asako was turned on. He smelled so damn good and the rough way he handled her had her panties drenched.
“Why the fuck you trying so hard when I told you I’m not interested?”
She smiled seductively, attempting to calm the pounding in her chest. “Because when I see something I want, I do whatever necessary to get it.” Asako pushed her small hands between them and felt around until they gripped the thickness she knew was there.
East looked down where he felt her hands but was unable to see them because they stood so close.
“Shawt…” East paused, thinking of Joi. He wouldn’t disrespect her by addressing another woman with a title he donned her with.
It had a different adoration and meaning when he spoke it in relation to Joi.
One he wasn’t willing to demean by delivering to another woman.
“Baby girl, just because my dick is hard doesn’t mean I want anything from you.
I don’t work that way. I’m telling you now, and for the last time.
I’m not interested. So do yourself a favor and back the fuck off me before you end up on my bad side. ”
His voice was smooth, calm, and threatening. The icy tone he delivered had Asako quickly removing her hands from his person. The only reason she didn’t drop her eyes was because his held her captive with a final warning. When East was sure she got the message, he released her and walked away.
By the time he reached Numbers’ office, which was across from his, Numbers was walking in behind him. He reached for the pink folder and handed it over to his boy.
“Shorty is trouble. The good kind for me but the bad kind for you.”
“She isn’t a damn thing for me. Trust.”
Numbers grinned, raising one brow slightly higher than the other. “Damn lil baby got you like that? Shit, hook me up. She have a sister, cousin, shit I’ll rock with a mama or an aunt too. Who’s in the lineup?”
East smirked, shaking his head, amused by his boy but the moment didn’t last long.
“You handing out tattoos to your silly hoe team members too?” Numbers and East both looked to the door to find an annoyed Joi with an unpleasant look on her face.
East wasn’t bothered in the least. That scowl of hers was sexy as fuck accompanied by the short ass T-shirt dress she wore.
It was loose around her body, but he knew that body intimately, so his dick was already growing.
“Silly hoe team members? The fuck is that?” Numbers’ eyes darted back and forth between East and Joi, waiting.
“He has a team of silly hoes who like to stay in his face. Their goofy asses don’t understand boundaries.
I’m sure you know all about them.” Joi kept her eyes on East while she addressed Numbers and East smiled harder.
She must have seen Asako leaving and is pissed with me, but she doesn’t have a reason to be.
“Nah, I don’t know shit about that but I’ma get with him later. Sounds like something I’m down for.” Numbers chuckled as he moved to the door, but East stopped him.
“We’re going to my office.” East knew Numbers was leaving to give them privacy.
Just to fuck with East, Numbers looked right at Joi with a sly grin. “You sure you want to do that, shorty? Mine is much bigger than his.”
“Fam, don’t make me beat your ass.”
Numbers laughed, throwing his hands up in defense. “Chill, man. I meant my office is bigger than yours. You know it is. That little matchbox you have across the hall isn’t hitting on shit. This is my palace. Yours is next door.” Numbers shrugged and turned to leave, winking at Joi on the way out.
She was annoyed about seeing Asako but couldn’t help but smile at Numbers. Every time she was around him, he always said something crazy that had her and everyone else laughing.
“Come on.” East moved past Joi, pressing a kiss to her cheek as he left behind Numbers, crossing the hall to his office.
Joi smiled harder when she followed him in and waited for East to shut the door.
The space was a lot smaller and only housed a tiny desk with a leather chair behind it and a TV that took up damn near the entire wall across from it. It was too big for the tiny space.
“He was right, his is bigger.” East walked up on Joi, tossing the folder on his desk before his hands made it to her waist, pulling her to him.
“Don’t get fucked up, shawty. That shit isn’t funny.”
“Neither is me seeing that hoe leaving from over here. What was that about?”
East smirked before he kissed her lips, moving his hands from her waist down her back to her ass. “She wanted to fuck.” He spoke against her mouth, causing Joi to angle her head back and slightly to the side.
“And I should be okay with that?”
“Nah, you shouldn’t but you also shouldn’t be worried about it because regardless of what she wants, all I want is to be up in this.
” By the time this left his mouth, East’s hand was between Joi’s legs, easing through the side of her thong.
She moaned at the same time she gritted her teeth and wrapped her hand around his wrist.
“Stop.” She mumbled the word but it had no authority behind it.
“Nah, I can’t do that.” East was already in the process of walking her back to his desk.
When they reached it, she was lifted onto the desk while he filled the leather chair, spreading her thighs apart to give him access.
After dipping his fingers in a few times and circling them just right, he tapped her thigh. “Lift up.”
Joi did as she was told and East removed her thong, tossing it on the floor.
“Why are you here?” he questioned just before he pulled her to him and dipped his arms under her thighs, delivering the first swipe of his tongue.
Since being with Joi he had been obsessed with making her cum as hard and often as possible.
“Shit…” Joi’s eyes shut quickly as she swallowed hard. “I wanted to see if you were hungry. I’m done with my appointments for today.”
East’s eyes lifted for a brief moment while a smile teased his lips.
“I can eat,” he said just before he buried his face again.
East’s mind was on a thousand because he went from no interest in eating pussy to getting between Joi’s legs every chance that presented itself.
He was addicted to the feel of her on his tongue and the triumph of bringing her ultimate pleasure.
It was an ego stroke like a muthafucker to have her begging him for mercy because of his skillful tongue.
Joi knew what was coming so she gripped the edge of the desk to brace herself.
By the time she settled from her second orgasm, Joi had completely forgotten why she was there. East brushed his lips across her thigh a few times, standing right after. The pleased grin on his face, which was slick and coated from Joi, had her rolling her eyes.
“Why you mad, shawty?”
“Because you’re not slick.” Joi narrowed her eyes and East smiled harder, big as shit this time.
“Don’t worry, you can get this later. I’m not trying to embarrass you by letting everyone in here know you still can’t handle it.
” He winked and looked around his tiny office until he located the roll of paper towels in the corner.
After removing a few and handing them over to Joi, he used some to clean his face.
“That’s not what I meant.” Joi wiped between her thighs before she hopped down to clean up a little better.
“What are you mad about then?”
“Why was she here?”
“I told you why.” East stared at Joi hard, without flinching. He wasn’t the type to argue or do the back and forth thing. The fact that Joi hadn’t already lost her shit behind Asako’s pop up was appreciated, but he still wasn’t about to argue about a woman he didn’t give a fuck about.
“Yeah, to fuck. You just told her to leave and she did?”
“Pretty much. I told you I don’t do easy women. You also asked me to respect what we have, which I’m doing. I haven’t been with anybody but you, and I don’t plan on it, for now.”
“For now?” Joi’s face tightened and East groaned but decided to play nice. He found himself doing that a lot with Joi which he wasn’t used to. Normally he spoke his piece and let things be. East wasn’t the type to spend time explaining his thoughts or actions, but Joi could get that from him.
“For now. Things are straight with us. We’re kicking it and will continue until you give me reason not to. That’s all I mean. It isn’t that deep.”
Joi tossed the napkins and grabbed a few more to do one last run. She needed to go home and shower to get completely right.
After she had her thong on and her dress adjusted, she leaned against East’s desk while he sat in the chair behind it staring at her.
He could still smell her on him and knew he would have to handle that.
There was no way he would get through the rest of his day with traces of her essence on his face. He wouldn’t get a damn thing done.
“Is that the first time she’s been back?”
“Shawty?” East groaned before pushing out a short breath.
“I’m just asking.”
Instead of answering right away, East leaned forward and pulled Joi to him until she was positioned between his legs. The two just stared at each other for a minute until a smile teased at East’s lips.
“Yes, it’s the first time but I have a feeling it won’t be the last. Neither will she be the last to shoot her shot, shawty.
I need you to trust that I’m not worried about her or anyone else, no matter how many times someone shows up trying to open their legs for me.
I already have my hands full.” He pulled her closer, gripping her ass firmly.
“That’s what you say,” Joi rolled her eyes, not feeling it, but she was learning to trust him.
She had to or she would lose her damn mind.
There was no denying the women who found him attractive and let it be known.
They were aggressive. Joi had words with a few since she’d met him, but he always cut it short.
“Fine but don’t have me out here looking stupid.”
East chuckled and pulled her closer. When she bent in his direction, they shared a kiss. “That’s not even me, so you don’t have to worry. Another chick will never be a problem for us unless you allow her to be. That’s my word. Now, where you heading?”
Joi frowned at his question. She had planned on spending the rest of her day with him. “Home, I guess, if you’re busy.”
“I have a few things to take care of. I’ve been neglecting the fuck out of this paperwork.
Then I have something I need to handle when I leave here.
I won’t be long though.” East’s eyes discreetly surveyed Joi’s neck.
The bruises were barely there anymore but it didn’t change the fact that Reg was going to see him. Today.
“Things like what? I can wait.”
“Joi, go home, or to my crib, and I’ma see you in a few hours.
” East delivered a stern look, praying to escape an argument or more questions.
When Joi relaxed and offered one last kiss instead of debating him, he relaxed too.
Relationship shit was hard for a person who had to learn to take someone else’s feelings into account.
That wasn’t something he was used to, but he was getting better at it.
However, some shit just wasn’t gonna change, like him exposing every move he made.
Joi would have to deal with it if they were going to stay in this. It was nonnegotiable.