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Here’s to being fucked and loving books. Or being fucked while reading books… who said thatttt?
😂😂😭😭 i’m loving this book already
My desk faced the view of the infamous park that was stolen from us, just like everything else in this country.
shiii who you telling
If he had a valid reason other than the fact that the man put steak sauce on his steak,
Since graduating, I had more free nights where I didn’t have to cram and study for different exams. Nobody was holding my hand or forcing me to a desk to study. The only thing that kept me focused on school was Menace. I didn’t want to envision the look on his face if I had to tell him I wasn’t graduating.
boy i know he’s happy to be done with that shit
Always said it calmed him, but when I was younger, I used to think he did it to scare me. I would come down for a drink of water and that nigga was in the living room sitting in the dark, playing with his hands.
😂😂😂 that nigga loved the dark as a kid
When I heard Kennedy’s name, I was more interested in the conversation. There was only one spot I wanted to hit tonight, and it was Tiny’s.
uh oh he heard his girl’s name
Any bitch or nigga in that bitch was getting to the money. Music was always loud, and velvet booths were available if you wanted to catch a vibe alone or with your significant other. The tables were always crowded with bottles upon bottles and food scattered throughout.
Naturally, I was a person who craved to be around people. That shit didn’t work when your older siblings loved to be alone.
As I leaned against the counter, the track changed to Wale reciting a poem about an ambitious girl. The kind of woman I wanted in my life. Fuck that. Needed.
I craved a woman with ambition. She didn’t want to be with me because of the money in the bank or the name. Her concern was more on chasing her own dreams, building a life that would perfectly align with mine. I wanted to spoil her because that wasn’t something she was looking for. The kind of woman you could see the hustle coming out her pores because she wanted to win in life that bad. It was never about the kind of man she decided to be with; he was the bonus.
and i’m pretty sure he’s talking about my girl kennedy 🤏🏽🤏🏽🤏🏽
It was always so fucking hot and cold with her, and I never knew where I stood. One minute we were on the same wavelength, then the next second, she was second guessing shit and telling me we shouldn’t have feelings for one another. While she worried about Menace, I never gave a fuck.
AND DON’T!
Who the fuck died and made him in charge of who I wanted to be with? Menace kidnapped his fucking wife and fell in love with her. The nigga wasn’t qualified to set any rules on who could and couldn’t be together.
NO SHADE BUTSKSHSISJSJS TEA!
he’s the last person to be taking advice from i’m sorry 😂😂
I wanted to take her out for her birthday and had sent her a text last night asking before I wished her a happy birthday. She had me out here bad with the way she picked and chose to respond to me.
oh lord kennedy is making don’s nose so wide open 😭🥺
Being the youngest, I was always underestimated. My siblings were all big presences. I often found myself lost in the shuffle.
LITERALLY ME
Who was going to hug me when I failed a test and tell me I was still smart? Menace would rather pull his toe nails off before he hugged anybody. Who was going to help with homework? Whenever Menace did make dinner, he made the same shit every night and then told us we could eat grass for being ungrateful.
lord i just knew menace was nothing but a headache 😂
With Stevie, I watched how he was and took notes. He cared for and loved her, and he wanted to spoil her. Make her life easier because it had been complicated thus far. He was a Menace to the world, but a saint to her.
ugh i missed my parents 😭 he changed sooo much for her
With Kennedy, I never second guessed her. I knew her life hadn’t been the best, and I wanted to save her. I wanted to make all the trauma and pain she experienced disappear because I was into her like that. Was it love? Nah. It could be, and that was what pissed me off about her.
he wants be a lover boy sooo bad and she won’t give him the time of day
I attended private schools and experienced shit in life that some people would never get to. I never went through the phase of wanting to be someone that I wasn’t. Even before we came into our family’s money, we were never starving. Most rich kids wanted to experience the other side and hated to be referred to as rich. That wasn’t my reality because I embraced being wealthy.
The navy-blue backless dress she wore hung off her shoulders and complimented her complexion, along with the gold bold earrings she wore. Her legs were crossed as she leaned over and secretly read in the middle of all that was going on.
IS THAT NAVY POOH 🥹🥹🥹
“Why are you reading in the middle of a dinner party, anyway?” Since I had her attention, and Beans was over there talking with Greene, it couldn’t hurt to hold a conversation to pass time. “Is it a crime to enjoy reading?”
girl no shii i would’ve done the same! i take my kindle everywhere i go
“I tune people out and have been doing it since I was a child. It has always been easy for me to become lost in a book, especially when it’s a good book.” “What you reading?” “Block Wives of Atlanta by Sevyn McCray.”
She snatched her bag up and stood up, and that was when I got a good view of the ass she was hiding from me. The dress fell down her body like a piece of silk falling from a freshly undone bed. So effortlessly.
ooooo not you checking out navy i see you boo—i might have to root for you and navy 🙂↕️
“Well, look at you being so nice and holding Kindle-esha,” Navy came back over and gently took her kindle from my hand.
bitch not you naming your kindle 😂😂😂
Kennedy was throwing shit out there because my attention, for a split second, wasn’t on her. Even from across the room, as she took pictures and talked with her friends, I watched as she looked up every so often and saw me and Navy talking to each other.
ooop she getting jealous but sis you keep toying with my man like what’s up?
“Sometimes losing people isn’t that bad. It propels us to where we need to be. People can hold us back without us even realizing the shit.”
I tossed a few pieces of popcorn into my mouth as I searched Navy’s name on the internet. A bunch of short form videos along with YouTube videos appeared. Then her social media accounts all filed in right after the different videos.
awwww not him about to do research on ms blue
Ken: Want to pick me up? I looked at the text message from Kennedy and suddenly I didn’t want to leave the house. Me: I’ll send a driver. Ken: Pick me up or I’m not coming.
um excuse you!
When she went ghost and decided not to respond to a text message for days, it was cool. The minute I returned some of that same energy, it was a whole commotion, and she was throwing a tantrum behind it.
cause she likes it when you chase her but don’t have that same energy when it’s the other way around
I looked down at my engagement ring that I had just slid on my finger this morning. When I saw Landon walk into Tiny’s the other night, I quickly slipped it off my finger to avoid him seeing and asking questions I wasn’t ready to answer yet.
BITCH HUH?!?!?? THE FUCK YOU MEAN ENGAGEMENT RING—and you has the nerve to be mad at don talking to navy
“And about Alex?” She found a way to bring the conversation back to discussing Alex when that wasn’t what I wanted to talk about. “He was screwing me when he was married to his ex-wife. I wouldn’t say he would make the perfect husband.”
jesus
“Why did you tell him that you would marry him, then?” I shrugged. “Because this could be my ticket out of all of this shit.” “What ticket? Your godfather is Menace Caselli, and he has told you plenty of times that you needed to quit Case House. Being stubborn is the reason that you refused to leave.”
girl he gave you leeway to leave case house and you still didn’t take the offer and married a man you don’t love smh fix it jesus
“I don’t want his money. I’m tired of always feeling like I’m asking for a handout from people. It was the reason I started working for Case House. To make my own money and not have to depend on the Caselli’s.
Don was different from any man that I had ever gave my attention. He didn’t look at me like my Case House clients. He saw me as a person, leaving sex out the equation. When he found out that I had been raped, he was there for me. As much as I tried to push back what happened to me, it was him who encouraged me to seek therapy and not ignore it. Ignoring things until they no longer hurt was my specialty.
It was also hard to be serious knowing that what we both wanted was forbidden. Don would always be set for life because his last name was Caselli. Who knew how long Menace would continue to give a fuck about me? Alex was rich and wanted a life with me, and I needed to go with what I was familiar with. I had to take care of me, and being Alex’s wife secured that piece. As fucked up as it was, I enjoyed the life of luxury, and this man wanted to keep me in it.
the projection <<<
that tells me you don’t know don like you think you do
“You would give up on having actual love for security.” I laughed at Maki because she had no clue. This was all new to her, an entire new world that came with a different set of rules than we were used to. There was no love in money, and I learned that quickly. Women didn’t get married because of love; they got married for security.
Alex wanted to take care of me and give me the life I didn’t have to lay on my back to achieve or hold my hand out to ask Menace for. This was something that I had to do, and I didn’t expect anyone else to understand.
“Uh, huh. I cannot wait to go out of town this weekend. Need to find me a nigga and sit down. Not trying to waste any more time…” her voice faded away as she walked into my closet.
😂😂😂😂
Slowly, I pulled her shorts down and then pulled her thong back, letting it go when I heard that snap sound, and her gasp. “You was talking a lot of shit, Grace.”
not him sleeping with the cleaner omg
“What does that mean, baby?” My brow raised when she mentioned the word baby. Whenever words like that started to be tossed around, it was time to switch shit up.
awww shit she’s getting attached and loverboy about to fire her
I listened as she promised me everything from having my first-born son to giving me her abuela’s home on the beach back in Puerto Rico.
NOT ABEULA’S HOUSE LASHSKSJSKSK
Her eyes glazed over, and she looked at me with this dick drunk look on her face. Like she was in love and wasn’t coming up off me anytime soon. Little did she know her access and her services were no longer needed.
Sex wasn’t a commitment for me. I had yet to meet a woman I’ve fucked who made me want to keep her around. I could slip in and out of pussy without attachment because I believed we didn’t belong to anyone. Women were just experiences for me that I would let go to move onto the next. I could spend time with a woman and never feel anything about her because I was detached from my emotions.
my poor baby just wanted to be loved and is now detached from emotions—send him to therapy!
My other monitor chimed, and I turned my head and looked at the notification from YouTube from Navy. I didn’t know how often she posted or what her schedule was. I knew from the other night watching her videos, I wanted to see more of her, so I subscribed to her channel.
🤭 he’s a fan already!
This was the shit that had me second guessing if she was worth all of this. When she never responded to my text messages, I never gave her shit for it. I sat back and played it cool and waited for her to respond. When I gave her a taste of her own medicine, then I was met with a bunch of fucking question marks and missed calls like I was her damn man. While the goal was to become her man, I wasn’t that now, and she needed to chill the fuck out.
While Menace was cool seeing us twice a year, it was Stevie who made sure we got together more often. I’ve had to see my brother’s hand rubbing up close way too often because of his new wife.
LMAOOOO STOP MENACE HAS OCD
“The co-owner of the New York Sonics is making headlines again. This time, it’s all about love. He and his fiancée, Kennedy Watkins, are officially tying the knot this summer in what’s expected to be a stunning ceremony in Lake Como. We wish the happy couple all the best.
OH SHIT! not him finding out on the news thats even worse
Not once did she mention she was engaged or even fucking dating somebody. While she was all in my business and accusing me of fucking with so many bitches, she was the one that should have been questioned.
that’s wild
I never asked because I took her word and now, she was getting married to a nigga who was old enough to be her father and had sexual assault accusations.
HUH?!? oh kennedy what are you doing???
I’ve always believed that things would happen the way they were supposed to. There was no reason for me to rush into anything. I was over here being a gentleman, and she wanted the fucking sexual abuser.
oh baby 🥺
Each time I joked and said she had a nigga she was hiding, she could have been honest and told me she was fucking grandpa.
GRANDPASJSJSSKJSJ
