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I didn’t want to talk about Kennedy with her. Not because I didn’t have shit to get off my chest. Whenever I happened to share space with Navy, the shit felt like an honor. It was special. I didn’t want to ruin this time talking about another woman.
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Navy was so close that her scent caressed my nose in the best way. It clung to the air between us, as if she owned this studio and her name was outside the door. Vanilla laced with smoke, a sweet and dangerous combination that had my senses going haywire. Baby had me fucked up, and she didn’t have to do much but sit close to me.
Navy lifted her head, eyes steady. “I can’t afford another broken heart, Landon. I’ve patched myself up too many times already. You’re a man that gets whatever you want and leaves a trail of wreckage behind. I don’t want to be another name or another unfinished story you forget to end.”
“I’m gonna let you and moms have your sleepover… you owe me food next time.” “A next time? We keep running into each other by chance, Landon.” “Then what we gonna do to prevent that? Can’t keep running into you by chance. I’m real intentional with the way I do shit, Bleu.”
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In high school, I had bitches staying the night in my room because Menace was always gone. Kora did her best with keeping an eye on things, but she was busy with her own shit. Zoya wasn’t going to tell me shit.
The Case Farm fruits and vegetables were delivered, so I grabbed an apple and sat on the counter waiting for the wench to show herself. Bitch hurt my damn feelings and then had the nerve to want to sit and talk about the shit.
Respect was important with my brother, and I wasn’t going to put her in that position between us. I was going to talk to Menace and let him know how I was feeling about her. Imagine my surprise when her ass went and got engaged or was already engaged behind my back.
“My private life isn’t any of your business.” “But it is, Ken.” I backed her ass up against the wall near the foyer. “It was my business when you was sending me nudes and tell me you wanted me to plant babies in you. It was my business when you were begging me to put this dick on your tongue. Stop fucking playing with me, yo. You came here for what? Get forgiveness and blessings to move on… fuck all that shit. I wish you hell, Wench!” I hollered.
“Very. Tootles, Wench.” I walked away from her and back across the penthouse to my bedroom.
Giving a fuck hurt more than people liked to admit.
The wet dreams I continued to have about Landon Caselli should have been a crime. I found myself moaning in my sleep, as if I could feel his hands gripping my ass and kissing my lips. Smelling his deep sandalwood and leather combination as I laid in the crook of his neck comforted me more than I thought it would. His beard tickling my nose while he rubbed my back and allowed me to cry.
Landon Caselli was art.
He stood there like he had been hand carved by God himself. His muscles and silence both had a presence of their own, even with him dressed casually. His skin was beautiful. That rich caramel that gets dripped around your ice coffee before the coffee gets poured in. His tattoos told a story that I was more interested in than my kindle at that moment.
He looked over at me. “Kennedy came by my crib last week… shit still has me bothered.” The thing that I enjoyed about Landon was how open he was with his feelings. I don’t think many people asked him if everything was good with him, so he never had the chance to answer the question.
I was proud of my apartment because I did this on my own. I had accomplished moving out of my parents’ apartment and having my own. Every month, I could pay the bills and never have to ask anyone for a handout, and that was an accomplishment for me.
Summertime in Brooklyn couldn’t be compared to anything else in the world. I loved walking down every single block and hearing music or smelling food on the grill. I almost always turned onto a block and heard my name being called because I had family over that way, or friends of my parents spotted me.
“Strangers have sex.” I looked into his eyes, allowing him to see that I wanted this as much as he wanted it. His lips softly landed on mine, and he pulled on my lips. “I gotta problem, Bleu.” I caressed his beard as he stood in the foyer, holding me up in his arms. I stared into his eyes, scared for the next words that would leave his mouth. “What’s that?” my voice came out as almost a whisper. He hiked me up and held onto me tighter. “If we cross into this territory, I’m not gonna wanna remain a stranger.”
“Not yet… I want you to look at me… focus… look at me, Bleu.”
Navy was smoking fucking blue magic if she thought we were strangers after the way I fucked her. She was crazy if she thought I wasn’t going back in again and again, and then again after that. The kind of pussy she had, she could walk around slapping bitches because she felt like it. And if she ever decided to start, I would be right there, making sure a bitch didn’t even blink.
“Where did you learn to fuck like that, Landon?” I chuckled. “Why?” “Cause I don’t think I want you doing that to somebody else.”
“Same rules apply for you. Find out you fucking somebody else, I’m gonna have a death certificate sent to their crib.”
Have a nigga fighting with the state because he had a death certificate, and was legally considered dead, but was still breathing. If she didn’t want me to fuck anybody else, then I would put every bitch on hold for her. As long as I knew I could fuck the shit out of her.
“I’m calling you because this wife of mine is trying to kill me or something… this pregnancy shit ain’t for the weak. She fucking broke out crying because I didn’t want to eat the dinner she cooked… literally turned red and was hyperventilating, so I had to fucking eat the damn meatloaf… come scoop me.” I could tell he had the phone close to his mouth by the way he was whispering.
“You said you hate your fucking brother and want him to die… shit fucked up.”
I understood she was independent and proud that she could navigate the city on her terms, but the shit made me anxious thinking about her taking the trains late at night. Navy was around 5’5, and although she had ass and thighs, she was still small. Especially to a nigga around my size.
It was a fear that stopped her from wanting to tell me that she would eventually want more. To her, it was easier to just be friends and see where things went, and I had to admit that was best for us right now. There was no pressure to be perfect. We could just be without all the politics of dating. I didn’t know the rules when it came to dating because I purposely never dated. Dick and black cars was all I could provide.
They ain’t even know with the way I was wrapped around Navy, I was about to fuck around and give her my last name, make her a billionaire, and retire the whole fucking family.
“I want to get to know her the right way. Navy is different, and being completely honest, she got my ass gone. Never met someone like her before… she knows who she is. In a world where everyone is trying to be someone else, that shit is refreshing for me. I’m not here to tell you that we have a future because only she knows that. I’m saying I’m here to know your daughter and continue to laugh with her.”