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“What?”
“Questioning the dumb shit that they do.”
She smiled. “I hate how on point you always are.”
“I told you I’m locked in. You keep too much to yourself so if I don’t learn how to read you, I won’t know what’s going on up here.”
He moved his hand up her spine and tangled his fingers into her hair. When they gently tugged her head back, he kissed her roughly.
“You like me, huh?” She grinned and he chuckled, kissing her again.
“You’re aight.”
“Good to know because so are you.” Cali yawned and snuggled into War. “Do you think about more than this?”
“What you mean?” The low rasp of his voice was comforting.
“More than just day to day.”
“With you?” he mumbled but had already peeped where the conversation was going. Lately they had just been in the moment and he let things be as they were. Cali was his, he was hers.
“With us.”
“Yeah, I do. I think about all that shit. I don’t believe it’s necessary to sell you on what’s already yours, but I’m willing to discuss whatever you need to feel secure.”
“It’s not about me feeling secure.” She frowned into the darkness that surrounded them.
“In a sense it is. A lot of people in your life accepted partial responsibility for your heart, your wellbeing, and your overall care. This is a full-time job with me, Cali. I’m on the clock twenty-four-seven. I’m always gonna keep it one hundred with you. I’ll never waste my time or yours shooting you bullshit to temporarily appease you. The future you want, whatever that looks like, is yours. I’m never gonna try to sell you on it. I’ll only ever step up and deliver on the promise.”
She smiled slowly and nodded. “And if that future I want doesn’t have a place for you, then what?”
War exhaled a ragged breath. “I want you to be happy, so I’ll let you do your thing but just know I’m gonna be disruptive as fuck until you get your head on right and realize the only future worth having includes me.”
She lifted her chin so she could see his face. His confident expression was so sexy. “Then what you’re saying is the only choice I have is to be with you.” She arched a brow and he nodded, pressing a kiss to her forehead.
“I’m glad your ass is smart enough to know when one plus one equals two.” His hand moved slowly down her spine. His fingers spread wide over her ass, which he used as leverage to move her closer. “Now take your ass to sleep. You have to work tomorrow.”
“Cali, hey. Is Reyna here?”
When Nilou approached, Cali offered a welcoming smile and pointed. “Yep, behind the counter.”
Nilou leaned over the counter, frowning at Reyna who was sitting between several boxes holding a scan gun. “Friend, you have to sit on the floor to do that?”
“I told her I would do it but she feels guilty because she’s been handling more dick than books lately.”
Cali smiled smugly, lifting a stack into her arms and starting toward the back. She heard Reyna yelling behind her. “That’s not funny, but you’re not wrong either. I feel very guilty. Kinda.”
One by one Cali replenished the shelves with books to replace the ones sold over the weekend. When she was done, she removed her phone and smiled at the screen. She swiped to unlock the device and read the message from War.
War: You busy?
She typed her reply and pulled her lip between her teeth.
Cali: Yes, very.
War: Aight, bout to pull up.
She smiled, rolling her eyes while she responded.
