Work Husband: Some Lines Shouldn't Be Crossed

by Octavia Grant

Lamar

Crystal.”

Wherever Lamar pulled it out at, was where it was going down at. It didn’t matter to me that I was a married woman.

I could not get enough of this man,

His chocolate skin was flawless. Low Caesar haircut, full beard, and eyes so light brown that anytime he looked at me I felt like I’d lose my breath.

Husband or not, this man was mine.

“It’s so weird that you always have battery issues, when your husband just bought you a brand-new car.”

It seems like anytime you’re late he’s late too. I guess it’s just a coincidence.

Call them out Trinity girl

I made sure I gave him everything he wanted and needed.

I sighed and sucked my teeth at seeing my husband’s name and cell phone number.

hour-long lunch break with my work husband.

things had certainly changed for us.

When our family of two became a family of three, by way of him having a child with a stripper, any love I had for David Jones went out the window. “So far so good,” I said without a trace of enthusiasm.

He would’ve been better off paying for the divorce that I asked him for.

David said

“I fucked up. Are you going to hold that against me forever?”

His catlike eyes, neatly groomed goatee, and wavy hair wouldn’t save him this time.

He knew my mannerisms, moods, and behaviors. I don’t know exactly what caused us to become so close,

I missed what David and I used to have. I thought we had a perfect marriage. But I was wrong.

The falsities

He was becoming bolder with his flirtatiousness, and it was really starting to piss me off.

I mean I know you’re married Crystal and Lamar I know you’re seeing Andrea, but it seems like y’all have unresolved issues.

“Crystal knows she’s my work boo and I got love for her.

Since David had begun checking my phone’s activity, I couldn’t save his number under his name.

“And what did he mean by I’m his work boo?”

We were destined to be together. He had to know that.

I loved him. He was my first thought in the morning and my last thought before I went to bed at night.

When I used to bring the topic of kids up, he shut it down quickly. Saying he wanted to grow his business

Andrea Turner was everything that I wasn’t. Very light, high yellow skin. Slim and petite.

She was beautiful. Just like Kamiya, David’s baby mama.

This was his baby mama.

I thought I was perfect. But if that were true, why did I feel so flawed?

Though my body was near perfection. The men that were supposed to love me, chose woman that were nothing like me.

I was slipping and my battle with depression was winning.

the worst way. I’m so sorry. I should’ve never asked you to get rid of our kids. Looking around this room, I can tell that seeing Nyla’s stuff sent you over the edge. I messed up, but you gotta know I love you.

For the first time in over a year, I was confused. I was in love with Lamar. But listening to David moan and call my name was doing something to me.

“I missed you too. We don’t need a divorce. All we need is each other and our future kids. I’ma make everything right again. I swear.”

His embrace felt right, but I knew better.

My heart cracked in half when I saw two people that I knew in his inbox.

messages from both Penelope and Trinity.

Before I knew what I was doing, I threw the phone hard and cracked him in the face.

This is my chance to rid myself of David Jones. It’s the only way for Lamar and I to be together.

this man was really following me.

he should’ve told me about earlier, he was dodging me like a bill collector.

We had shared too much, done too much, and confided in each other too much for us to have any secrets.

I had given him too much of me for him to brush me off like I was nothing more than a cheap thrill.

“It says bill collector.” The child said.

Since he wanted to try and act like I wasn’t important, I was about to make my presence known.