Chapter 5 #2
I was well aware that he had a vindictive side, but he had never used that side against me. The room fell silent as I tried to come up with a plan. I was sure Kalvin was somewhere waiting for me to reach out to him, and as much as it pained me to do it, I didn’t see another way out.
“What’s on your mind?” Kyon probed. He rubbed his hands up and down my arms in order to distract me.
“I thought this was going to be a calm and relaxing vacation, and it’s everything but that. I know that my fian—I mean, my ex is behind this room situation, and I’m gonna have to face him eventually.”
“I’m not sure how I feel about you being around him. You still haven’t told me about what happened last night and how you ended up back in my bed.”
I gulped, dreading the conversation ahead of me. Since I had to fill China in as well, I decided to wait until she arrived. It took her ten minutes, and as soon as I opened the door, she immediately started talking shit.
“I see you two wasted no time getting that old thing back. You could at least have told me I needed to cover for you. If looks could kill, I would have been dead and gone from the way Kalvin glared at me when I asked where you were. I know you aren’t used to living on the naughty side, but you’re supposed to let a bitch know if you’re gonna sneak off with your ex.
” China fussed as she paced the room floor.
“It wasn’t as simple as you are making it seem. Besides, you would have known exactly where I was if you hadn’t been in your own entanglements. Would you like to tell the class who you were doing the horizontal tangle with last night?” I called out.
I smirked as her eyes bulged, but like a true pro, she hurriedly fixed her face.
“I am grown, and I don’t have to answer to you or anybody else when it comes to my coochie. Secondly, you should have interrupted if there was an emergency. Obviously, something must’ve happened for you to be roaming the halls at the ass crack of dawn. Spill the beans, heffa.”
I attempted to move out of Kyon’s lap, but he held me in place with his arms wrapped around me. I turned enough so I could face China, took a deep breath, and gave them a recap of what happened.
The room fell silent once again, and I didn’t have to look at Kyon’s face to know he was pissed. His grip on me tightened, and I could feel him tense up.
“Laikyn, why the hell didn’t you knock on my door?
I understand that I might have been busy, but you already know how I am when it comes to you.
There is no dick more important than you, and I would rather you interrupt me than to know that you were out in the halls unprotected.
He could’ve chased you down or something.
Anything could’ve happened to you.” China fumed, clapping her hands together angrily.
“Everything happened so fast, I barely had a chance to even think straight. When I realized you were preoccupied, I just decided to go to the next best place. I figured that once we all woke up, I would fill you in and possibly move the rest of my stuff into your room. It never dawned on me that he would try some malicious shit like this. He’s trying to get my attention, and he knows that you’re the best way to do it. ”
Kalvin wanted me to come groveling at his feet and beg him to fix the situation. It was an ego thing for him. He wanted to prove that I needed him and not the other way around.
“I’m so sorry you went through that last night, and I’m sorry that I wasn’t there for you the way I should’ve been.” China’s voice cracked.
“It’s okay. There’s no reason for you to apologize because you didn’t know. The most important thing is that we’re both safe, and I’m gonna fix this,” I assured her.
“What the fuck do you mean by you’re gonna fix this? How exactly do you plan to do it?” Kyon spoke for the first time since I told them what happened.
“Before you get upset, just hear me out.” I prefaced, knowing he was going to snap before I could even finish my idea.
“Don’t piss me off, Lai. If you’re about to give me some half-cocked plan, save it. I’m not okay with anything that could potentially put your life or safety in jeopardy. We’re on a boat in the middle of the water, and my resources are limited.”
“Originally, I thought he was bringing me here as a romantic getaway, but I later found out he brought me on this trip so I could do a favor for him. I believe he is using China’s room as leverage to get me to finish my end of the deal.
Well, I wouldn’t necessarily call it a deal since I never agreed to it in the beginning, but you know what I mean. ”
“Naw, I’m not fucking with it. How do you know that he isn’t trying to get you alone so that he can hurt you? I don’t like any of this.” Kyon expressed.
“I understand your feelings, and they are valid, but this is the safest place for me to be. There are staff and security everywhere. Plus, you and your brother are close, so if I needed you, it wouldn’t take long for you to get to me.”
Kyon stared at me for a moment longer before he finally responded again.
“What is your plan? I need to know exactly what’s supposed to happen before I agree to this.”
“It’s simple. I’m gonna go back to the room and talk to him.
We’re supposed to meet with his boss in a few hours, and he wanted me to be introduced to his boss’s wife.
There’s a big opportunity on the table, and he believes that I can help him secure a promotion with the company by showing his wife a good time.
“All I have to do is go to dinner tonight and then hang out with his boss’s wife tomorrow. By the end of the trip, he should know whether or not he secured the deal.”
“I have a meeting later tonight as well. I’m still not all the way sold on this idea, but I’m going to trust you.
Please understand this, Laikyn. If I even get an inkling that you’re in danger, I’m tearing this motherfucking ship up, and I’m going to jail.
Call me the minute something feels off, and I’m coming to get you,” Kyon warned.
The passion in his tone turned me on, even though it wasn’t the right time.
It felt good to know that he was willing to do anything to protect me.
“I promise I’ll call you.” I leaned down to kiss his lips and then put my plan in motion.