Finding My Bodyguard (The Bodyguard Series Book 1)

by A. Blossom

“It’s only us here, and I’ve already seen all your flaws. They’re beautiful. Let’s go eat!”

“Yeah, that may be true… but with this one, marrying you is my choice. I don’t feel forced, and it’ll only be on paper, right?”

“Only on paper,” I confirmed. “After we’re done with all of this, you’ll be free to go. No more arrangements.”

“There was no way I was doing this without a ring.” I took her soft hand in mine. “Monroe Iris, will you be my wife?” I opened the black box. Tears rimmed in her eyes like we had been dating for many years.

“Then I guess we’re getting married, Chocolate.”

“You look so beautiful wearing nothing but my ring.” It had my dick rising again.

do, huh?” She held up her left hand, admiring the diamond. Her ...

“Hell yeah.” I lifted her up. “Let me tell that pussy how good she l...

“Heal me with yo’ mouth, future husband.” “Say less, Chocolate,”

“My nephew is a good man. I trust he’ll do right by you.”

“He’s the most unselfish man I ever met.”

“You ready?” Meechie grabbed ahold of my arm. “She better be, and we don’ flew all the way out here.” Polo walked up on us and latched onto my other arm. “As ready as I can be. Thank you, guys, for doing this,” I replied.

“That nigga behind these doors is my brother. We have been locked in since we were lil pee pee diaper wearing niggas. He asks me for something, anything, I’m pulling up. He asks me to go to war behind a girl he’s feeling, and I walk her down the aisle. We family now, mamas. That’s that!” Meechie confessed, causing butterflies to flutter in my chest.

“We are here to unite you two beautiful people in marriage,” the officiant announced, causing me to turn my attention back to London. “Today, the two of you become a little more than you were before. In the eyes of the law, you’ll be husband and wife.”

“Look to one another and remember what brought you here. Your love, yes, but also all the decisions you have made to keep your relationship growing. Remember that you are both deserving of love and worth the effort that goes into loving each other.”

“I, Monroe, take you, Royale, to be my husband. I want us to create our life together with honesty and compassion, from this day forward.”

London wasted no time pulling me close and planting his lips onto mine. Cheers and claps rang out, but we were in our own little world. As our tongues swirled, I found it harder and harder to accept this marriage was to be only on paper. It felt as if I had just married the love of my life.

“Whoever she is, she’s a lucky girl. I’d fight her about that dick, but I don’t think I stand a chance with you on that level.”

“I’m sorry, Chocolate. I’m sorry. I’m not a liar, but I lied. I ain’t want you to be doing what you doing right now.” I sighed before continuing. “I could say I didn’t know she was gon’ be here, but I did. Bri and I used to have a weekly meet up. With everything going on, I just forget to tell her ass not to show up.”

“Because you deserve freedom, not to be locked down in a relationship, and every time I look at you, that’s what I want to do. Make this marriage more than just an on-paper situation.”

"You need to get the experience of being alone—eating alone, sleeping alone, dating yourself. Making your own choices. Those are the only things that will allow you to grow, Chocolate.”

“You need time to learn yourself, to learn what inspires you, to learn your hopes and dreams, to figure out your boundaries.”

“Monroe, baby, when you do all that and when you’re healed, you better believe I’ma be there with open arms, waiting for you to choose a nigga. Not because I’m the only nigga that’s ever treated you like you deserve or because I be digging yo’ fucking guts out, but choose me because you know who the fuck Monroe is and how I fit into your life.”

“Make me a promise, Chocolate. Promise me you’ll focus on getting to know who you are. Promise me you’ll heal,”

“Well, you had to know a man that damn fine had hos.”

“He is perfect. He didn’t gaslight me about the situation. He apologized, answered my questions, affirmed me, and reassured me that I had a special place in his life. He’s so different, Tessa, except for the whole being a ho part.”

You asked me to heal you, but I can’t. I can only offer my hand to hold while you heal yourself.

Because you said reading brings you peace. This date is with your peace.

“Don’t touch me with yo’ sweaty dick hands, nigga. I heard you in there beating yo’ meat.”

“To whom much is given, much is required. We didn’t get to choose this life, and the sacrifices we have to make for it aren’t pretty, but we don’t get to abandon it, damn it! It made us who we are!” His voice thundered, and I saw flashes of my father. Monroe’s father, just like mine, was stuck in his ways. He didn’t care if I was stating facts. He’d made up his mind and didn’t want to change it.

“Safe,” was all I offered. It was all he needed to know. Mr. Iris sat back in his chair, biting down on his jaw. He wasn’t used to someone standing their ground against him. I wasn’t here to be friendly. Fake marriage or not, Monroe was mine to protect. I’d promised to be her bodyguard, and I was never going back on my word.

“I can’t do that. I promised my wife a better life, and I don’t break my promises.”

“I didn’t know stealing a nigga girl was an unlawful crime,”

“I didn’t turn my back on anything, Pop. I’m doing exactly what you raised me to do, be a man. I’m carving my path and standing on my own two feet.”

“I love you. I love you, and I’m going handle this shit.”

“If something happens to Monroe, I’m gon’ unretire and be the savage I was born to be.”

“Imagine this, your fiancée is supposed to be in Miami getting her body done for a nigga, and you find out that she then ran off with the damn surgeon.”

“Nah, nigga, I ain’t never seen a tear fall from her pretty ass face.” London’s voice echoed from the doorway as a bullet went through Kashus’s head. His lifeless body fell on top of me.

“I got you, Chocolate. I got you.”