Chapter 18
EIGHTEEN
Tunk
“Chief, this is nice. You did all this for me?” I held on to her waist as I led her further onto the beach where the picnic was set up.
I was out of touch with this side of things when dealing with dating but wanting to cater to Lourdè came easy to me.
She deserved all this and more, and I was determined to give her everything and then some.
“Of course, I’m glad you like it. Here, let me help you down. You and this dress are still causing problems.” She chuckled while I undid her sandals before escorting her onto the oversized blanket.
Once she was down, I removed my shoes, following suit. I then lit candles to enhance the ambiance.
“And candles, I know this ain’t the club, but this whole scene might have me sucking your dick right now.” I choked on air at her words.
“Lou, this is light shit, and hell no. Those types of privileges are for club play only. I ain’t no fool.
I damn near hate sharing your skill sets with freaky ass bystanders who are strangers.
I for fuck sure ain’t making another muthafucka privy to shit when it comes to you sexually in public. ” She chuckled but I was serious.
“Why not, Chief? Are you afraid another man might want to test them out?”
“If they want to pass their test and live to see tomorrow, they’ll find something safe to do like not playing with me. Listen, Lou, so we’re clear, you open with that nigga, not me. Won’t another man ever have what’s mine.”
I caught her smirk as if she knew what I was thinking about. Yeah, of course I was assuming all this. Her cheeky grin could mean anything.
“Ooh that sounds like you want me forever.”
“Queen Lou, I swear I keep telling you, we’re officially on the status of infinity.
I’m just trying to get all other parties involved to see shit my way.
” I said that while pouring her wine and holding her gaze with mine.
I knew I said this at the beginning of us, but ain’t shit changed for me, only grew. She needed to know how I was coming.
Always and forever is the only thing happening for us.
She didn’t speak as she went for a piece of cheese from the charcuterie board laid out with other mix of cheeses, meats, and fruits. But her face said it all with raised brows as she chewed her cheese. My baby was on the same type of time as me.
I passed her the glass then moved her hair back as I leaned in to kiss the spot right below her ear so I could whisper, “I love you the most, forever, Lou. Should we seal our fate as one?”
I was now back upright and filling my wine glass.
She perked up, lifting her glass with me doing the same.
“Yes! Here’s to you saving the queen.”
I laughed as she clinked her glass with mine.
“To saving my queen.”
We both took a drink.
“Okay, you never told me your music taste and I am curious. Who is your go-to?” I asked as I pulled out my phone.
“I don’t know if you’ll know them by name since you listen to stuff from eighteen-hundreds and all before words became a thing.”
I laughed hard.
“Baby, I do listen to music with words. For example, I listen to a cat that started out as a battle rapper named Krist for my hip-hop needs and Orlane for my R that would be crazy.
I hope this stays between us, but if she ever requests to go to the club Seventh Heaven, please let me know.
Oh, and don’t take her. Now, I won’t ask if that’s where she went today, because I trust her not to lie to me, but sometimes people do new things.
Oh and one final thing, don’t make me have to kill you by fucking my wife.
” There was a bit of sarcasm or something in his tone that I wanted to address but chose to put a pin in it.
Either way, it didn’t sit right with me, but I knew better than to fuck up so early in my mission.
Too late muthafucka.
“I can assure you she wasn’t there. Just the beach like she said.” I didn’t acknowledge the other part because I wouldn’t lie. In my eyes there wasn’t any need to.
He looked me over before he nodded.
“Okay, well, see you soon.” I waited until he turned to head back into his house before I got into my truck to leave.
I glanced at Lourdè sprawled out in my bed and smiled. Quincey went out of town, which meant she got to stay with me with no worries of going home at night and I loved every single moment. This was day two and we had another two days left before we knew he would be returning.
I leaned down and kissed her gently, not to wake her but I was leaving my baby here this morning. I had a meeting that didn’t require her presence.
I grabbed my phone off the stand and headed out.
I got to BK’s house in five minutes since we all lived so close to each other.
I texted him since I figured the baby would be sleeping. To my surprise, she was up and in his arms when he answered the door.
“What’s going on, Tunk?” He slapped my hand with his free one.
“Birds and worms.” He chuckled as he led me into his house.
“I feel it, and so does Minnie. So I hope it’s cool if she joins us. In order to ensure only we have this conversation, I let Mickey sleep when she woke up.”
It didn’t bother me at all.
“Yeah. I understand dad duties first.” We made it back to his office where I took a seat across from him as he circled his desk.
“So what’s going on?”
“I need you to follow someone for me. I need dirt and I’m talking filthy ass shit.”
His eyes bulged. “Oh shit, I got you. Who?”
“The Wilsons, excluding Johnni.” He coughed, causing Minnie to squirm on his chest where she had been laying quietly.
“Oh damn. Normally I wouldn’t ask, but does this have to do with Boss and Boss’d Up? Did his ass try something new that I should be aware of? Because we cool but not that damn cool at this point. It’s only through marriage.” I chuckled as I stroked my goatee, quickly deciding not to say too much.
You can’t say shit anyway.
My information had to move limited as hell with this topic. I promised Lourdè discretion and I wasn’t breaking that until it was time to hard launch us to the friend group.