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“No, but if he had asked me to be I would have been.”
She frowned, nodding like she understood what he was communicating.
“Why did you buy JoJo’s mother a new sofa?” War studied her for a minute longer and she added, “They said there was another body and something about a sofa being burned. Was that you?”
“Yeah, it was.”
She opened and closed her mouth, not sure of what to say or what she wanted to say.
He released a sigh of understanding. Assuming and having confirmation landed in two very different spaces. Cali had an idea about the kind of man he was but to truly know and have proof there was blood on his hands and could potentially be more might require time to process. She could have all the fucking time she needed but while he was there to reassure her those actions didn’t and wouldn’t deter him from always being the man she needed him to be.
“I’m not perfect, Cali. Not once have I ever insinuated anything close.”
“I don’t need you to be perfect.”
“Then what do you need?”
“You.”
“You got me.”
She nodded and he kissed her forehead. “I’mma head out. I need to go take care of something. What time you think you and Conner will be done?”
Cali frowned and remembered she was supposed to be spending time with her sister later.
“Um, not sure. I don’t think we’re going out. Just dinner and movies at the house, so not too late.”
“Aight, I’ll pull up but I’ll give you time.”
“Okay I’ll text you.”
He smirked. “I’ll pull up.”
Cali rolled her eyes but frowned when he asked, “Ay, what’s the woman’s name who’s talking to your boss?”
When she tensed, he pulled Cali into him, cuffed her face, and kissed her lips. “Relax. I’m not gon’ do shit to her. I just need to know who she is and what she knows, since she brought that shit up.”
She narrowed her eyes and he gave his word once more. “I’m not gon’ touch her, Cali. Chill, aight?”
“Nilou. She’s the DA.”
“Aight. I’mma see you tonight, okay?”
“Okay.”
War walked from the back, smiling charmingly at both Reyna and Nilou before he left the store. As soon as the door closed behind him, Nilou had a brow lifted.
“Oh, he’s sexy.”
“He’s also Cali’s new man, friend, so stop.”
“Girl, I got a whole ass headache of my own. I’m only giving a compliment,” Nilou said and laughed. Cali smiled, anxiously thinking about what War had just confessed, and lifted another stack of books when she reached the counter.
“I agree. He’s very sexy and very mine.”
She carried the books to the back, exhaling the reality of who her man was. Like it or not, she was locked in too.
War inhaled the blunt he was smoking while his boy typed something into his laptop and glared at the screen.
