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“Why does that sound like another man has been in your face?” I smirked. “I have a better question. Why are you surprised?” “Stop fucking with me,” Denver growled, fisting the front of my blouse to drag me up against him.
I’m not gonna fucking chase you like we’re kids, Kensa. Grow the fuck up. I didn’t even want to be chased. But the fact that he’d reduced the actual issue to that, and then declared it beneath him… well… life was too short.
“Ay! Back the fuck up off my wife.” Holy shit.
Denver smiled. Beautiful, but… terrifying.
If I see another motherfucker in your face, everybody in this bitch is gonna feel it.”
“You know what… fine. You want games, fuck it,” he growled. I couldn’t see him, but I knew he was snatching up his blazer and the gun. “But don’t be surprised when you don’t like my rules.”
“Wow. You really are a fuck-up.” My whole face pulled into a frown as I dropped my gaze back to him. “The fuck?” “Your wife has been begging your ass for weeks to give her some face time, but you’ve got your ass in here acting confused about divorce papers. Yo–you’re deadass with this? Like… for real, nigga?”
Kensa just wants to be heard, and taken care of. Whatever that means for her. I know you love that woman, right?” Standing to meet him, I scoffed. “That shit ain’t even in question.”
I wasn’t sure she believed it, but when my wife wasn’t happy, neither was I.
“I said ’til death do us part, and I meant that shit. I’m not interested in running away just because it’s getting a little grimy instead of the picture perfect, squeaky clean existence you’re looking for. We haven’t even tried to muddle through it, and yet you’re in my face talking about we’re done. Ain’t no done, Kensa!” he asserted, with a harsh growl in his tone. “You are my wife, and nothing about that has changed. Whatever shit we gotta deal with, buckle up sweetheart and let’s do it. But what’s not about to happen is you walking away from me like those vows didn’t mean shit.”
“Good. Come on and sit down and eat then, to get the rest of your energy up. We’ve got plenty of arguing to do, I need your ass ready for it.”
“I love you,” he whispered against my lips, as if I hadn’t heard him any of the other times. Maybe… maybe I hadn’t. Because I… met his gaze, and whispered something back–words I hadn’t spoken in months. “I love you, too.”
The way my loyalty was set up, it wasn’t just about my family or the niggas I called my friends–my damn wife was my one and only, the person I’d ride hardest for, the one I… never wanted to fucking hurt.
She pulled a lip between her teeth, nibbling at it for a moment. “I guess we could eat together. If you want to.” “I’d like that, very much.”
How fucking callous would it have been of me, to seek relief of my sorrow from the person I’d hurt?
I looked to Trace, who clapped a hand on my shoulder. “You already knew she wouldn’t take being kidnapped on the chin, right?”
Grief was a raggedy bitch who lived for drama. I’d be better prepared if I ever met her again.

