was going to start showing her that he wanted his family back or she was going to stop fucking around with him altogether. “Lock the door behind you.”
“I got you,” he said then unhappily made his exit.
Chapter 1
Around seven that morning, Lauren woke up next to her new boo, Rich. She looked over at him and smiled as he slept peacefully. He was certainly one hot catch. His smooth brown skin always looked like the perfect tan, and it matched his deep brown eyes that seemed to stare into her soul. His hair was cut short with an ocean of waves. He had a slight overbite, but it didn’t take away from his handsome smile.
Lauren reached over and touched his face as her fingers traced his neatly trimmed goatee. “Hey babe,” she called out to wake him. His eyes slowly opened as he stared in her sweet face. “I’m gonna get on up so I can head over to Kerry’s. You know I’m doing her hair today.”
“Oh yeah, I forgot about that.” He said in a tired tone. “I’m just going to chill out here while you’re gone.”
Lauren definitely didn’t mind him chilling at her crib since he’d been practically living there for the past two months. However, in the three months that they’d been seeing each other all he wanted to do was eat up her food, chill out in her house, and hadn’t paid not one bill. If it wasn’t for the way he hung dick up in her, or the way he kissed her and complimented her, then she would’ve been gotten rid of him. He was good to her in other ways, but other ways was starting to not add up when her thousand dollar rent was due and he couldn’t help with it.
Meeting him three months earlier at Bianca’s wedding reception seemed to be the perfect timing, since Jamal had left her broken hearted. A part of her still loved her lying, cheating ass baby daddy, but another part of her was trying desperately to shake him. To all of her sisters, Rich was just a rebound and a distraction of how she really felt, but a good distraction he was. She didn’t care what they said. As long as he was good to her then that’s all that counted at moment.
“You know mom and dad’s anniversary is coming up soon. I was hoping that you’d come with me.” She said as she sat up in the bed next to him.
Rich smiled. “I’d love to come, but you know your sisters don’t like me much. I’d hate to intrude.”
“It’s not that they don’t like you. They just expect more from you.”
“Why should they expect anything from me?” He questioned, leaning up on his elbow as he spoke to her. “I’m your man, not theirs. I think they be concerned about the wrong things.”
Lauren disappointedly shook her head. “It’s not like that. They’re just used to me dating someone that has his own.” She tried to convince him.
“I do have my own.” He said.
Where at? Lauren quickly thought, trying her best not to roll her eyes from his oblivious attitude towards anything that she tried to tell him to better himself.
“I’m just going through a rough patch right now and I need you to stand by me.” He added.
“I don’t have a problem with standing by you, but it comes a time Rich when I’d like for you to pay the tab sometimes when we go out to eat or buy the movie tickets. I’d like for you to hand me a hundred dollars here and there towards the utilities and or to be able to help me pay the rent. I mean, I just got my oil and brakes changed on my car.”
“Aaaah here we go,” he cut in, grabbing his head with his hand like he was tired of having these conversations.
“I’m sorry you feel this way, but you know I don’t even drive my own car anymore, because you have it more than I do. But, I was the only one paying for the services done to it.”
Rich smacked his lips a little. “Don’t act like you don’t have money, baby. Your bank account ain’t slacking for nothing.”
“You said the magic words, Rich… MY BANK ACCOUNT,” She reminded him with an attitude. “I