10,000 Hours With A Rich Menace (Caselli Family, #1)

by Jahquel J.

What sociopath used ketchup on their eggs anyway?

“These are expensive, Menace.” He nodded. “Not for you.”

“W…what the fuck? Let me go… I can’t breathe.” “Should be thankful that you can breathe, Tony… why the fuck you hurt my baby?”

“Baby, money cannot buy the kind of person you are. Stevie, I know I give you mess for being so forgetful, so forgiving, and kind… but you are a light, honey. There are women wanting to be their true selves, and you are that unapologetically.”

Menace snapped his fingers and Duke pulled out a metal black card. “Go people watch and take your anger out on that card, baby… dinner is at nine.”

Cause it’s not fucking business… I care about her weird ass.” “Well, ain’t that the pot calling the kettle black.” “You racist, Skyler?”

can’t sleep with socks and pajama pants… it feels like I’m suffocating.”

“Our paths were supposed to cross for a reason. You’re used to doing what is controlled, and I am used doing what is chaotic… I wanna be controlled chaos with you, Mitchell.”

“I always watch her when she’s sleep… I sit in her room after she goes to bed and watch her until I’m ready for bed. When she wasn’t fucking with me, I was in there every night.”

Corleon walked into the living area. He kissed Kora and Zoya on the forehead before giving me one, too.

why do i wanna cry?! ugh… i love how everyone is so welcoming of stevie

“You’re not going to choose me over your pops, Wonder.” “I already did.” “Why?” “Because I am in love with you, Maverick. I can’t even think of leaving you, even though that was all I wanted to do when I first met you. The thought of you sitting in that house alone before you met me brings tears to my eyes. You are complicated, and some days I wanna choke you because why can’t you just fucking flush the toilet once… but those are the things that I love. You aren’t weird, baby, you are unique. Different isn’t a flaw, it’s a feature.”

I flinched at her, causing water to overflow out the tub. “Bitch, who else? The fuck you asking like I ain’t a catch.”

For someone that was supposed to be keeping a low profile, Kora’s loud ass nose blowing had us all looking back at her. She held her hand up and looked away because she was sobbing so hard.

Mavie laughed. “Sign the papers, baby. Then I’m gonna take you in the room so I could put that baby into you.” His lawyer smiled, and Maverick’s smile dropped. “You just said you wanted to put a baby in my wife?” “Menace!” Zoya screamed while the lawyer turned every shade of red.

“You not sleeping anywhere but in this bed with me, Wonder. Go and do your little stomps and talking to yourself but get yo ass in this bed next to me so I can lay on you and sleep.” “I’ll fart,” I threatened. “I’ll inhale it.”

“I should kill Angelica, right?” Corleon put his head in his hand. “What the fuck?” “My boo don’t like her calling me so, ending her would stop the calls and texts… make my baby happy, and get her back under our roof.”

“Maverick you have me so fucking overstimulated. I need a vision break,” I removed my glasses and started to pace.“Why are you under my damn bed?” “To bring you home.”

Scooting over, me and Skyler held hands while I prayed that Cornell was gone when the lights came back on. “He’s coming,” Skyler muttered. “Who?” I asked. When the lights came back on, my eyes took a second to adjust, and I turned to see if Cornell was still there, and then my eyes landed on Maverick sitting on the other side of Cornell with a smile on his face.

“Honey, you in danger.” Skyler and Aimee both fell out laughing as Maverick continued to smirk, his grills gleaming off the light in our section.

Whenever she was mad, she liked to spend money, and I didn’t mind. We had enough for her to shop every time she was mad, and we would never end up broke.

“Oh, she’s a bitch now?” “Any woman I fucked with in the past is a bitch. You the standard, the wife, my one and only… your name on all those papers.” “And I have two islands.” “And you have two islands,”

“Appreciate it.” I looked at Jeffie, Skyler, and Duke. “Why the fuck none of you surprised? Y’all said y’all hate my baby?”