“You said today was ours.”
“It is, you been knocked out,” he reminded her.
“I’m up now, so you can stop.”
He glanced down. “You telling me to ignore my responsibilities?”
“Yes,” she stated with a straight face.
Jio chuckled. “Wow, I never thought I would hear that from Boss Lady.”
Nina adjusted her body against his.
“I did it for us.”
She saw a shift in his expression.
Jio wasn't a man accustomed to being chosen first.
Respected?
Feared?
Needed?
Always.
But prioritized? That was a lil’ different.
“You serious?”
Nina nodded. “I know you said for us to lock in right now, and I think we’ve done that, but I needed one day… with you,” she admitted.
“You can have whatever you want.” He reached for another kiss, this one more sensual than the last. The afternoon swept by them. Movies played in the background. Nina was in and out of sleep, and Jio did the same but with work. Some calls he had to answer, others he sent to voicemail. When lil’ mama was awake, she had his undivided attention, and when he heard her snoring, he crept away to count money in the other room and put plays together. Balance was possible when the person you wanted to build with was on the exact same page as you.
By nightfall, they found themselves standing in front of the refrigerator, high and hungry as hell.
“What you want for dinner?”
Nina crossed her arms. “I picked last night.”
“No, you didn't. I brought home Chinese and you ate it.”
“Same thing,” she huffed.
“Man what you got a taste for?”
“Sushi.”
He shook his head. “Nah, I don’t want that. What about steak?”
“No, because then we have to put clothes on and leave the house,” she pouted.
Jio told her, “You can send Ava to pick it up or I can call one of the lil’ homies. Is that what you want?”
She shrugged. “It’s whatever you choose.”
Nina didn’t like making decisions when she was with him. She had to do enough of that at work. She loved that Jio was a natural born leader.
