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“She’s aight.”
“What about you? You mentioned your sister? She the only one?”
“Sibling, yes. I don’t know my biological parents, my sister and I were adopted. We left our adoptive parents when Conner graduated high school.”
“You’re not close to your adoptive parents?”
“Not really. It’s kind of a strange relationship. I love them and they love me but it’s more like an obligation instead of the type of love parents should provide their kids.”
“Damn, that’s tough.” He genuinely felt her pain. He had no idea what he would do if he didn’t have or wasn’t close to his mother. His father wasn’t an issue because he had been in and out of their lives until his sister was born. Two months later, he was gone for good. None of them had seen or talked to him since.
“It is what it is, so I kinda just did my own thing for a while. My parents felt like I needed structure so I eventually went to college and made sure my sister went too. Why not since they were paying. Nothing really stuck, so I dropped out. Conner got her degree in accounting and I ended up bouncing around from job to job for a while until…”
She paused when Merritt infiltrated her thoughts but War already knew what she was thinking.
Until he set you up so you didn’t have to work.
“Until a few months ago. I have a little money saved but I really need to be figuring things out.” War noticed the distant look in her eyes and didn’t want to lose the moment so he reacted, lifting Cali until she was straddling his lap. Their eyes connected, speaking without words, with War being the first to break the silence.
“You’ll figure it out.”
Cali laughed, lightly rolling her eyes. “I hope so. It’s been six months and it’s time for me to get it together.”
“Just do what feels right. That’s the only thing that matters.”
Nodding slowly, Cali decided to do just that. She leaned in and kissed War sweetly with soft pecks, loving the feel of his lips against hers. When his hands moved down her waist to her ass, she kissed him with a little more intent, grinding against the hard mass she felt growing beneath her.
War moved Cali closer so her chest was against his while his hands found their way under the hoodie she wore, enjoying the warm soft feel of her bare skin. When he finally found the restraint to pull away, he pressed his forehead against hers.
“Cali, what are you doing?”
“Nothing.”
“This isn’t nothing.”
“We can stop if you want.” The need in her eyes was killing him. He was so torn between what he wanted and what he felt was right. He didn’t want Cali to end up hating him even if what was going on between them had nothing to do with Merritt outside of the fact that Merritt had implanted Cali into War’s world.
“That’s the problem, I don’t want to stop. I want you, this, shit, all of it but...”
You’re going to hate me when you find out the truth…
“Then don’t stop.” Cali kissed him again but this time her hand eased between them and War almost lost it when her fingers brushed against his dick, gripping it firmly with intent.
“Shit, Cali. Are you sure? I need you to be sure. I need this to be about us and not…”
You trying to replace what you lost with him.
“What’s that supposed to mean?”
“Nothing. I just want you to be sure.”
Cali smirked, massaging his length. “I think this proves I’m sure, War. I’m a big girl. I know what I’m getting into.”
No, actually you don’t.
Instead of speaking his thoughts, War stood, hoisting Cali around his waist, covering her mouth with his while he carried her through his home up to the bedroom. His first stop was the massive California king where he gently lowered Cali, admiring the sight of her sienna brown skin against his dark bedding.
She wasted no time, kicking off her shoes then tugging the hoodie she wore over her head, exposing a black lace bra. When she lifted onto her knees and pushed her leggings down, kicking them off right after, War knew he was done for. Her body was amazing—soft, curvy, sinfully sexy. He wanted to spread her open and get lost in every inch of her temptation.
